Gold Star Finance Privacy Statement:
Gold Star Finance has created this privacy statement ("Statement") in order to demonstrate our commitment to customer privacy. Privacy on the Gold Star Finance web site (the "Site") is of great importance to us. Because we gather important information from our visitors and customers, we have established this Statement as a means to communicate our information gathering and dissemination practices. We reserve the right to change this Statement and will provide notification of the change at least thirty (30) business days prior to the change taking effect.
Collected Information:
We require customers who register to use the services offered on our Site (collectively, the "Service") to give us contact information, such as their name, company name, address, phone number, and e-mail address, and financial qualification and billing information, such as billing name and address, credit card number, and the number of users within the organization that will be using the Service. At the time you express interest in attaining additional information, or when you register for the Service, we may also ask for additional personal information, such as title, department name, fax number, or additional company information, such as annual revenues, number of employees, or industry. Customers can opt out of providing this additional information by not providing it when asked.
Gold Star Finance uses the information that we collect to set up the Service for individuals and their organizations. We may also use the information to contact customers to further discuss customer interest in our company, the Service that we provide, and to send information regarding our company or partners, such as promotions and events. Customers are invited to receive an email newsletter by providing an email address. Customer email addresses and any personal customer information will not be distributed or shared with third parties. Customers can opt out of being contacted by us, or receiving such information from us, at any time by clicking the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of any Gold Star Finance newsletter. Separately, customers are also asked to provide an email address when registering for the Service, in order to receive a username and password. We may also email information regarding updates to the Service or company, and will send a customer newsletter. Again, email will not be distributed or shared and customers can opt out of receiving any communication by clicking the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of any Gold Star Finance newsletter at the time it is distributed.
Except as we explicitly state at the time we request information, or as provided for in the Gold Star Finance General Terms of Service, we do not disclose to third parties the information provided. All financial and billing information that we collect through the Site is used solely to check the qualifications of prospective customers and to bill for the Service. This billing information is not used by Gold Star Finance for marketing or promotional purposes. Other third parties, such as content providers, may provide content on the web Site but they are not permitted to collect any information, nor does Gold Star Finance share user information with these parties.
Customers of the Service will be using the Site to host data and information ("Data"). Gold Star Finance will not review, share, distribute, print, or reference any such Data except as provided in the Gold Star Finance Active Presence Terms of Service, or as may be required by law. Individual records may at times be viewed or accessed only for the purpose of resolving a problem, support issue, or suspected violation of the Active Presence Terms of Service, or as may be required by law. Of course, customers are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of their user registration and password.
Gold Star Finance may also collect certain information from visitors to and customers of the Site, such as Internet addresses. This information is logged to help diagnose technical problems, and to administer our Site in order to constantly improve the quality of the Service. We may also track and analyze non-identifying and aggregate usage and volume statistical information from our visitors and customers and provide such information to third parties.
Cookies:
When you interact with the Gold Star Finance Website, we strive to make that experience easy and meaningful. When you come to our Web site, our Web server sends a cookie to your computer. Cookies are files that Web browsers place on a computer's hard drive and are used to tell us whether customers and visitors have visited the Site previously.
Standing alone, cookies do not identify you personally. They merely recognize your browser. Unless you choose to identify yourself to Gold Star Finance, either by responding to a promotional offer, or registering as a customer or member of one of our services, you remain anonymous to Gold Star Finance. Cookies come in two flavors: session and persistent-based. Session cookies exist only during an online session. They disappear from your computer when you close your browser software or turn off your computer. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you've closed your browser or turned off your computer. They include such information as a unique identifier for your browser.
Gold Star Finance uses session cookies containing encrypted information to allow the system to uniquely identify you while you are logged in. This information allows Gold Star Finance to process your online transactions and requests. Session cookies help us make sure you are who you say you are after you've logged in and are required in order to use the Gold Star Finance services. Gold Star Finance uses persistent cookies, that only Gold Star Finance can read and use, to identify the fact that you are a Gold Star Finance customer or prior Gold Star Finance Website visitor (whatever the case may be). We are especially careful about the security and confidentiality of the information stored in persistent cookies. For example, we do not store account numbers or passwords in persistent cookies. Users who disable their Web browsers' ability to accept cookies will be able to browse our Website but will not be able to successfully use our Service.
Third Party Cookies:
We may from time to time engage third parties to track and analyze non-personally identifiable usage and volume statistical information from visitors to our website to help us administer our website and improve its quality. Such third parties may use cookies to help track visitor behavior. Such cookies will not be used to associate individual website visitors to any personally identifiable information. All data collected by such third parties on behalf of Gold Star Finance is used only to provide us with information on site usage and is not shared with any other third parties.
Third-Party Sites:
The Site contains links to other web sites. Gold Star Finance is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other web sites. Customers and visitors will need to check the policy statement of these others web sites to understand their policies. Customers and visitors who access a linked site may be disclosing their private information. It is the responsibility of the user to keep such information private and confidential.
Security:
Our Site has security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the Data under our control. When our Site is accessed using Netscape Navigator, Mozilla Firefox, or Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.5 or higher, Secure Socket Layer (SSL ) technology protects information using both server authentication and data encryption to help ensure that Data is safe, secure, and available only to you. Gold Star Finance also implements an advanced security method based on dynamic data and encoded session identifications, and hosts the Site in a secure enterprise-level server environment that uses a firewall and other advanced technology to prevent interference or access from outside intruders.
Finally, Gold Star Finance provides unique user names and passwords that must be entered each time a customer logs on. These safeguards help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of Data.
Opt-Out Policy:
Gold Star Finance offers its visitors and customers a means to choose how we may use information provided. If, at any time after registering for information or ordering a Service, you change your mind about receiving information from us or about sharing your information with third parties, send us a request specifying your new choice simply by clicking the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of any Gold Star Finance newsletter.
Additional Information:
Questions regarding this Statement or the practices of this Site should be directed to Gold Star Finance's Security Administrator by regular mail addressed to Gold Star Finance, Attn: Privacy & Security Administrator, 610 W Main Street, Denison, TX 75020, USA.
Gold Star Finance utilizes some of the most advanced technology for Internet security available today. When you access our site using at least Google Chrome 60.0, Mozilla Firefox 68.5, or Microsoft Edge 42.17763, Apple Safari 10.1.2 or higher, with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology protects your information using both server authentication and data encryption, ensuring that your data is safe, secure, and available only to registered Users in your organization. Your data will be completely inaccessible to your competitors.
Gold Star Finance provides each User in your organization with a unique user name and password that must be entered each time a User logs on. Gold Star Finance issues a session "cookie" only to record encrypted authentication information for the duration of a specific session. The session "cookie" does not include either the username or password of the user. Gold Star Finance does not use "cookies" to store other confidential user and session information, but instead implements more advanced security methods based on dynamic data and encoded session IDs.
In addition, IGold Star Finance is hosted in a secure enterprise-level server environment that uses a firewall and other advanced technology to prevent interference or access from outside intruders.