PRIVACY POLICY
4Structures.com, LLC ("4Structures.com")is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of users. The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you of what types of information that may be gathered about you when you visit 4Structures.com, how such information may be used, whether such information will be disclosed to anyone, and the choices you have regarding such use of such information. In addition, this Privacy Policy is intended to inform you of the treatment of information posted in non-public portions of the Website. Finally, please note that this policy applies only to the websites located at www.4Structures.com (the "Website"). This privacy policy does not apply to any other website to which this Website is linked and or affiliated.
TRUSTe PRIVACY PROGRAM
4Structures.com is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to enable individuals and organizations to establish trusting relationships based on respect for personal identity and information by promoting the use of fair information practices. Because 4Structures.com wants to demonstrate its commitment to user privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe. By displaying the TRUSTe trustmark, 4Structures.com has agreed to notify users of its privacy and security practices.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy, you should first contact 4Structures.com at structures@aol.com. If you do not receive acknowledgment of your inquiry or your inquiry is not satisfactorily addressed within a reasonable period of time, you should then contact TRUSTe through the TRUSTe Watchdog Dispute Resolution Process. TRUSTe will serve as a liaison with 4Structures.com to resolve your concerns.
CONSENT
By accessing and using this Website or any Services (as defined in Terms and Conditions) of 4Structures.com, you consent to the collection and use of Information (defined below) by 4Structures.com and any use of such Information, in accordance with this Privacy Policy, as amended from time to time. For more information see "Privacy Policy Changes" below.
INFORMATION GATHERED
4Structures.com will be collecting and tracking information about your activities on the Website on an aggregate and or individual basis and will know and keep track of precisely who you are (the "Information"). This is done to keep track of what users may be interested in and to facilitate our marketing and servicing efforts. 4Structures.com does not share personally identifiable information with third parties. However, we may use such Information to contact you again either by e-mail or by regular mail or telephone in accordance with the Terms and Conditions.
The information that 4Structures.com automatically collects and/or tracks includes: (1) the home server domain names, e-mail addresses, and type of web browser of visitors to the Website; (2) the e-mail addresses of visitors that communicate with 4Structures.com via e-mail, bulletin boards or chat groups; (3) information knowingly provided by users in online forms or otherwise, registration forms (i.e. name, address, phone, SSN, DOB, etc.), and surveys; and (4) aggregate and user-specific information on which pages visitors access.
COOKIES
4Structures.com also places Internet cookies on the hard drive of your computer. Internet cookies save a visitor's name, password, user-name, screen preferences, the pages of the Website viewed by the visitor and the advertisements, if any, viewed or clicked by the visitor. When the visitor returns to the Website, 4Structures.com will recognize the visitor by the Internet cookie and customize the visitor's experience accordingly.
In addition, in order to access certain Services 4Structures.com may require that you provide certain additional identifying information. You never have to answer these questions although this may limit what services are available to you. Examples of such Services include the Secure Structured Settlement Quote Form, Assign It!®. and in4structure® . This information may include your subscriber name or "screen name," areas of interest, password used to access such Services, method of payment if required, and, if applicable, your credit card number. If you are comfortable providing the requested information, such Services are available to you that are impossible for us to offer to anonymous users. If you prefer, you may set your computer to refuse cookies. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website if you do so. 4Structures.com reserves the right to request any additional information necessary to establish and maintain your use of our Services.
USE OF INFORMATION GATHERED
4Structures.com uses the Information to analyze what its users like and don't like about the Website or Services so that it can design better products and services. Information about what you are searching for also helps focus the advertisements, products and services presented to you, in an effort to make them more valuable to you. However, 4Structures.com will not sell or disclose any personally identifiable Information without your express written consent, unless compelled to do so by law. 4Structures.com may disclose personal information about you when required to do so by law and when we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with an appropriate law enforcement investigation or current judicial proceeding.
In conducting its business 4Structures.com may provide certain third parties with Information in order to provide services to its clients. For example, and without limitation, personally identifiable Information of a user may be provided to an insurance company or a law firm in connection with a structured settlement or the purchase of an insurance product. By providing information to 4Structures.com, whether such information is entered into 4Structures.com's computer system by a user or by 4Structures.com directly, the discloser of such information understands and acknowledges that the information may be disclosed by 4Structures.com for such purposes and such disclosure and use is thereby authorized by the user in accordance with the Terms and Conditions.
Other companies that place links on the Website may collect information about you when you click on their links or visit their website. You should contact these companies directly if you have any questions about their use of information and privacy policies, as further described below in LINKS.
SPECIAL POLICY WITH REGARDS TO INFORMATION FROM CHILDREN
In accordance with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), 4Structures.com will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without parental consent.
E-MAIL COMMUNICATIONS AND OPTING OUT
E-mail is an important communication channel between 4Structures.com, its users and prospective customers. E-mail sent to 4Structures.com from within our Website (after you have logged on with your account number and password) is secured with the same Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology used to transmit private account information. So please remember that any e-mail you send to 4Structures.com identifying your account should originate from within our Website. 4Structures.com reserves the right to use your e-mail address to send you important regulatory information or legal notices relating to your account.
You may opt out of receiving email regarding products, Services and information from 4Structures.com at any time by sending an email to structures@aol.com indicating your desire to not receive any further email communications regarding products, Services and information from 4Structures.com.
PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES
In an effort to satisfy the needs of our customers 4Structures.com is constantly evolving and continuously adding new information, products, Services and functionality to this Website. In this effort 4Structures.com regularly conducts reviews of its privacy and security policies and procedures, particularly when changes are made to this Website. If 4Structures.com changes this privacy policy those changes will be posted to this privacy policy, the homepage, and other places deemed appropriate by 4Structures.com so that you will always know what information is gathered, how it may be used and whether it will be disclosed to anyone. 4Structures.com will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
If, however, 4Structures.com is going to use personally identifiable information of a user in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection the user will be notified via email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not their information is used in this different manner. However, if users have opted out of all communication with 4Structures.com, or deleted or deactivated their account, then they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information be used in this new manner. In addition, if any material changes are made to 4Structures.com's privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in a 4Structures.com database, a notice will be posted prominently on this Website notifying users of such change(s).
You may request prior versions of 4Structures.com Privacy Policy by calling (888) 325-8640 or by email at structures@aol.com. Even if you are no longer a 4Structures customer, our Privacy Policy will continue to apply to you and your personal information.
CONFIDENTIALITY
Any Information that is collected, tracked or screened by 4Structures.com is the property of 4Structures.com, subject to and protected by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. ANY INFORMATION POSTED, STORED OR OTHERWISE TRANSMITTED TO NON-PUBLIC PORTIONS OF THE WEBSITE WILL BE TREATED AS CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND WILL NOT BE DISCLOSED TO ANY THIRD PARTY WITHOUT YOUR EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT. However, under certain circumstances 4Structures.com may be required to or we may choose to provide information about you to third parties without your consent, as permitted by law, including, to respond to a subpoena or court order, judicial process or regulatory authorities, to consumer reporting agencies, in connection with a proposed or actual sale, merger, or transfer of all or a portion of a business or an operating unit, and to protect against fraud. In addition, 4Structures.com may provide information about you to our service providers to help us process your registration or provide Services. Our service providers may include life insurers, annuity issuers, structured settlement consultants, attorneys, qualified settlement trust trustees, trust companies or other professionals that may be necessary to provide our Services.
NO LIABILITY FOR ACTS OF THIRD PARTIES
Although 4Structures.com will use all reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of the Information, transmissions made by means of the Internet cannot be made absolutely secure. 4Structures.com shall have no liability for disclosure or access to Information due to errors in transmission, unauthorized access, or other acts of third parties, as further described in Terms and Conditions.
LINKS
4Structures.com may provide links to other websites as part of our Services. 4Structures.com does not control these other websites, is not responsible for them, and makes no representations as to their information collection practices. 4Structures.com encourages you to review and understand the privacy policies on these websites before providing any information to them. Any complaints regarding this Website, or any website of 4Structures.com's licensors or affiliates should be submitted to 4Structures.com at (888) 325-8640 or structures@aol.com. The fact that 4Structures.com provides any such links is not an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship, or affiliation with respect to such website, its privacy and or security policies, its owners, or its providers. You agree that under no circumstances will you hold 4Structures.com liable for any loss or damage caused by use of or reliance on the information collection practices of any other website.
SECURITY
4Structures.com has taken reasonable security measures to help protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under its control. All information is stored in a secure operating environment. When sending sensitive information across the Internet - including your username, password, and purchasing information such as credit cards - 4structures.com uses encryption software to encrypt all information sent or received so that it cannot be intercepted and used by a foreign party. Once your information is received, it is stored on a secure server, and access to your data is restricted to you and authorized personnel. 4Structures.com also restricts access to the personal and account information of customers to those employees and third parties who need to know that information in the course of their job responsibilities and as required for 4Structures.com to provide Services to customers.
Any personal information you send us is encrypted by Secure Socket Layers (SSL), which protects information you submit or receive through this Website. In addition, any sensitive personal information that you send to our Website (such as social security number or mother's maiden name) is held in a secured environment, protected by tools such as firewalls and/or database field encryption. 4Structures.com uses firewalls to help limit entry by anyone without proper authorization. A firewall is a security mechanism that (1) regulates the data going in and out of a network,(2) it is a commonly used, specialized computer which acts as a shield against data going in or out of a network, and (3) It checks to make sure that communications only occur between approved individuals and that the communication is in the proper protocol.
No representation is made, however, regarding the unconditional security of such submissions. 4structures.com requires that your browser support SSL, and does not allow information to be stored on your hard drive unless you specifically download it and save it on your computer. For security reasons, access to this site is limited to SSL-capable browsers like Netscape Navigator 6.2 or higher or Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. These browsers will activate SSL automatically whenever you sign on to your 4structures.com account. Under no circumstances should you use any software, program, application, or any other device to access or log-in to the website, or to automate the process of obtaining, downloading, transferring, or transmitting any content to or from 4structures.com's computer systems, website, or proprietary software.
You can tell if you are visiting a secure area within a website by looking at the symbol on the bottom of your browser screen. If you are using Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer, you will see either a lock or a key. When the symbol appears unbroken or the padlock is in the locked position, your session connection is taking place via a secure server. If you need a strong encryption browser, you can go to the Netscape website or the Microsoft website to download the latest Navigator or Internet Explorer browser. We do not recommend the use of beta browser versions.
YOUR PASSWORD AND OTHER SECURITY ISSUES
Your 4Structures.com username and password are your private entry keys into your in4structure® account or other member only areas of the Website. You should never share it with anyone (even your secretary, paralegal or assistant, for whom we can set up a separate in4structure® account), and you should change it periodically. You can change your username, password or other registration information at any time after logging in by clicking on your Account Tools.
If you forget your password, please click on the "I forgot My Password" button on the Home Page of the Website. Then simply follow the instructions to reset your password. If you have any questions please contact 4Structures.com at (888) 325-8640 or structures@aol.com.
LOGGING OFF
After you've finished accessing your 4Structures.com account, don't forget to log off. This prevents someone else from accessing your account if you leave your computer and your session hasn't automatically shut down.
CORRECTING AND UPDATING YOUR INFORMATION
The accuracy of your personal information is important to us. If you are a customer and have a concern about your personal or account information maintained at 4Structures.com, or want to correct, update, or confirm your information, please contact us at (888)325-8640 or structures@aol.com.
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