Compuscan respects, considers important and protects the privacy interests and information of Web users. We make this commitment to all visitors to any Compuscan web site. We are committed to protecting any information you provide while visiting our sites.

Please read our privacy policy carefully to understand how we will treat your personal information. Compuscan will notify you via e-mail or via our Internet site if there is a change in our privacy practices.

Compuscan's privacy policy addresses :

• What information we collect from you and how we use your information
• With whom whom do we share your information
• What cookies are and how they are used at our sites
• What kind of security Compuscan uses to protect your personal information and third party sites
• What is Compuscan's privacy policy for children
• How you can opt-out of receiving information about Compuscan products and services
• The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alterations of information under Compuscan's management
• How you can correct inaccuracies in the information

When you visit the Compuscan web site to obtain a copy of your credit profile, personal information is required in order to process the request and perform identity verification. This information may include your name, mailing address (current and previous), date of birth, phone number, the name of your employer, and other information. In addition, we collect information about your credit card so that we can process the payment of your request. We capture this information to ensure that your credit profile is delivered to you and that you are protected against an unauthorised person obtaining a copy of your credit profile. Compuscan also may use this information to update our consumer credit database.

Personal information is any and all of the information specific to you that you provide us over the Internet which you enter on the online registration form for a credit enquiry. Certain information, such as passwords and email addresses, is collected in order to, amongst other things, verify your identity and confirm currently stored information in our record system. Information collected at Compuscan's web sites may be used to update our consumer and/or business credit profiles. Our consumer and business credit profiles are available only to business customers who have a permissible purpose and the consumer or business themselves. We limit the type of information that we disclose to business customers based on the balance between their needs, permissible purpose and the likely consumer benefit.

Disclosure of information

Compuscan cannot ensure that all your personal identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not described in this Privacy Policy. We may be required to disclose the information to government or by court order under certain circumstances, or other situations may arise requiring such disclosure and we in our sole discretion believe necessary or appropriate.

In no event however, will Compuscan disclose any of your personal financial information.

Security

To prevent unauthorised access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have established appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard the information you provide to us.

Compuscan has state of the art technology and has implemented security measures to protect against the loss, misuse or alterations of the information under our control by unauthorised third parties. The Compuscan user database is backed up on a regular basis, and our services do not allow anonymous or otherwise unauthenticated access at any time.

Of course, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed 100% secure, and Compuscan does not warrant that your information will be absolutely secure. Any transmission of data on or through the use of Compuscan's site is at your own risk.

Third party sites

The Compuscan Online Privacy Policy applies only to personal information collected at Compuscan web sites. Compuscan web sites may contain links to other web sites. Please be advised that Compuscan is not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of any of these sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy for any site that requests personal information from you.

Anti-spam policy

Compuscan will never sell your email address to third parties for purposes of email spamming. You will never be sent unsolicited advertisements - only messages from Compuscan to which you have subscribed, and to which you may unsubscribe at any time.

Opt-out

Compuscan offers the user the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communication from us at any point where we request information about you. This can be done by way of a single click cancellation from all email communications (unsubscribe) facility.

Cookies

Cookies are small pieces of data that allow the Compuscan web server to recognise you. Cookies are issued by a specific web server, stored in your web browser and can only be read by the issuing server. We use cookies to save your email and username so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site. We may also use cookies to customise your preference settings for future return visits. This is also to facilitate speedy service to you, and enhance your experience on our web site.
At no point in time will any of your personal information be stored in a cookie.

General
This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the terms and conditions of the Compuscan Agreement.

Contact information
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site or your dealings with this web site, please contact the webmaster.