Privacy Policy
Our
Commitment to Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we
provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the
choices you can make about the way your information is collected and
used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our
homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information
may be requested. Our privacy policy is designed to inform you of the
types of information we collect, how we use that information, and the
circumstances under which we will share it with nonaffiliated third
parties.
Information
Collection and Use
Cornerstone Payment Sytems is the sole owner of the information
collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this
information to others in ways differently than we have disclosed in
this statement. Cornerstone Payment Sytems collects information from
our users at several different points on our website.
Examples of the types of nonpublic personal information collected at
these pages are:
- Name
- Address
- Web address
- Email address
- Phone Number
- Order Information
- Credit/Debit Card Information
- Checking Account Information
- Driver's License Number
- Social Security Number
- Federal Tax ID/Employer
Identification Number(EIN)
Additionally, we collect nonpublic
personal information about you from the following sources (in addition
to our website):
- Information we receive from you on
applications or other forms
- Information about your
transactions with us, our affiliates and others
- Information we receive from a
consumer-reporting agency
Categories of
Nonaffiliated Third Parties to Whom we May Disclose Nonpublic Personal
Information Nonaffiliated third parties are those companies not under
direct or indirect ownership or control with Cornerstone Payment
Sytems.
We only disclose personal information about you to the following types
of nonaffiliated third parties: Financial services providers, such as
companies engaged in banking, credit cards, and consumer finance.
We may also share the information we collect, as described above, with
other nonaffiliated third parties such as third parties who may assist
us in preparing monthly statements, and credit reporting agencies to
whom we report information about your transactions with us.
Please be advised that any opt out rights described below will not
apply with the sharing of information necessary for us to process
applications, such as with consumer reporting agencies, or to perform
services that you request.
By way of further example:
Registration
In order to use this website, a
user must first complete the registration form. During registration a
user is required to give their full contact information. This
information is used to evaluate the application and contact the user
about the services on our site for which they have expressed interest.
In order for this website to properly fulfill its obligation to our
customers, it is necessary for us to supplement the information we
receive with information from 3rd party sources. For example, to
determine if our customers qualify for our service as an ISO, we use
the name, driver's license, and social security number to request a
credit report for use in evaluating the creditworthiness of the
applicant.
Order
We request information from
consumers making purchases from our registered merchants within our
shopping cart and order processing interfaces. Here a user must provide
contact information (like name and shipping address), financial
information (like credit card number, expiration date), and identity
information (like social security number or Federal Tax ID). This
information is used to fill customer's orders, for billing purposes,
and to verify the identity of the consumer to protect against fraud. If
we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used
to get in touch with the user.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored
on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Usage
of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable
information while on our site. Once the user closes their browser, the
cookie simply terminates
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze
trends, administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad
demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked
to personally identifiable information.
Sharing
We partner with other parties to
provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services,
we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for
the third party to provide these services. These parties are not
allowed to use use nonpublic personally identifiable information except
for the purpose of providing these services. We do not otherwise
disclose nonpublic information to anyone, except as permitted by law.
Links
This web site contains links to
other sites. Please be aware that we, Cornerstone Payment Sytems, Inc.,
are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We
encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read
the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects
personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies
solely to information collected by this Web site. Operators may be
subject to the FTC's privacy regulations and if so, (i) the FTC's
regulations contain sample disclosures that operators may consider; and
(ii) operators may be required to send annual notices in addition to
initial disclosures to their customers.
Security
This website takes precautions to
protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information
via the website, your information is protected both online and
off-line. When our registration/order form asks users to enter
sensitive information (such as credit card number, social security
number, and/or Federal Tax ID), that information is encrypted and is
protected with SSL encryption software. While on a secure page, such as
our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as
Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as
opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just 'surfing'. While we
use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also
protect user-information off-line. All of our users' information, not
just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our
offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific
job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service
representative) are granted access to personally identifiable
information. Our employees must use password-protected screen-savers
when they leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter their
password to re-gain access to your information. Furthermore, ALL
employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices.
Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our
employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on
privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers' information is
protected. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable
information on are kept in a secure environment, behind a locked door
or cage.
If you have any questions about
the security at our website, you can send an email to info@cornerstonepaymentsystems.com
Site and Service Updates
We also send the user site and
service announcement updates. We may close your account and/or refuse
additional services if Members un-subscribe from service announcements,
which contain important information about the service. We communicate
with the user to provide requested services and in regards to issues
relating to their account via email, fax, or phone.
Correction/Updating
Personal Information:
If a user’s nonpublic
personally identifiable information
changes (such as your zip code), or if a user no longer desires our
service,
we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove that
user's
personal data provided to us. This can usually be done in writing via
fax to 276-644-1877 or by emailing our Customer Support Department at info@cornerstonepaymentsystems.com
for more instructions.
Opt-out requirements:
As provided in this policy, we
only provide your nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated
third party in conjunction with the services that you have requested
that we provide to you. All nonaffiliated third parties to whom we
disclose your nonpublic personal information are contractually
prohibited by us to disclose or use the information other than to carry
out the transactions that you have requested. Accordingly, there is
nothing for a user to opt out of with respect to how we currently use
their non-public personal information.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy
policy, we will post those
changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what
information we
collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose
it.
If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in
a manner
different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify
users
by way of an email or US mailing so as to enable users
to "opt-out" if we use their information in this different manner. We
will use
information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the
information
was collected.
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