Our
Commitment to Privacy: Because of the common concern
about privacy on the World Wide Web, we have adopted the following
Privacy Policy for our Web site (the "Site"). This
Privacy Policy was developed as an extension of our commitment
to combine the highest-quality products and services with the
highest level of integrity in dealing with our customers and
partners. The Policy is designed to assist you in understanding
how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you
provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions
when using our Site and our products and services. This statement
will be continuously assessed against new technologies, business
practices and our customers' needs.
What
Information Do We Collect? When you visit our Site you may provide
us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly
choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis
and Site use information collected as you browse our Site.
1.
Personal Information: Except for information that your
Internet service provider automatically provides to our Web
server, such as Web site addresses and possibly user's e-mail
addresses, we will not collect any personally-identifiable information
about you (e.g., your name, address, telephone number or email
address ("personal data") through the Site unless
you have provided it to us voluntarily. Please note that e-mail
sent to us may not be secure.
As
a registered investment adviser, we must comply with SEC Regulation
S-P (or other applicable regulations), which requires registered
advisers to adopt policies and procedures to protect the "nonpublic
personal information" of natural person consumers and customers
and to disclose to such persons policies and procedures for
protecting that information. Non-public personal information
includes nonpublic "personally identifiable financial information"
plus any list, description or grouping of customers that is
derived from nonpublic personally identifiable financial information.
Such information may include personal financial and account
information, information relating to services performed or transactions
entered into on behalf of clients, advice provided by us to
clients, and data or analyses derived from such nonpublic personal
information. We must also comply with the California Financial
Information Privacy Act (SB1) if the firm does business with
California consumers.
We
maintain safeguards to comply with federal and state standards
to guard each client's nonpublic personal information. We do
not share any nonpublic personal information with any nonaffiliated
third parties, except in the following circumstances:
- As
necessary to provide the service that the client has requested
or authorized, or to maintain and service the client's account;
- As
required by regulatory authorities or law enforcement officials
who have jurisdiction over Shelterwood Financial, or as otherwise
required by any applicable law; and
- To
the extent reasonably necessary to prevent fraud and unauthorized
transactions.
Unless inconsistent with the policy set forth herein, we may
use that information in the following ways, unless stated
otherwise: we may store and process that information to better
understand your needs and how we can improve and enhance our
products and services; we may use that information to contact
you and send offers and other information to you; and we may
provide other third parties with information about visitors
to our Site.
2.
Web Site Use Information: In some cases, we may automatically
(i.e., not via registration) collect technical information when
you connect to our Site that is not personally-identifiable.
Examples of this type of information include the type of Internet
Browser you are using, the type of computer operating system
you are using and the domain name of the Web site from which
you linked to our Site.
When
you view our Site, we also may store some information on your
computer. This information will be in the form of a "Cookie"
or similar file and can help us in many ways. Cookies are pieces
of information that some Web sites transfer to the computers
browsing that Web site, and are often used for record-keeping
purposes. Cookies perform various functions such as saving your
passwords, listing potential purchases (shopping carts) and
saving your personal preferences with respect to particular
Web sites. Many consider the use of Cookies to be an industry
standard.
Your
Internet browser is probably set to accept Cookies. With most
Internet Browsers, you can erase Cookies from your computer
hard drive, block all Cookies or receive a warning before a
Cookie is stored. Please refer to your Browser instructions
or help screen to learn more about these functions. If you alter
the configuration of your browser to refuse Cookies, it is possible
that some areas of our site that may use Cookies will not function
properly when you view it.
What
About Other Web Sites Linked to Our Web Site? We are
not responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked
to or from our Site nor the information or content contained
therein.
Please
remember that when you use a link to go from our Site to another
Web site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing
and interaction on any other Web site, including Web sites that
have a link on our Site, are subject to that Web site's own
rules and policies. Please read over those rules and policies
before proceeding.
Your
Consent: By using our Site you consent to our collection
and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post
the revised Privacy Policy on our Web site to keep you aware
of what information we collect, how we use it and under what
circumstances we may disclose it. We encourage you to review
this Privacy Policy each time you visit our Site to check for
any updates or changes. Any changes shall be effective when
posted to this Site.
Last Updated: June 2008 |