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Privacy Policy
Privacy and secrecy principles are for your benefit. The Internet Stock
Exchange Investment Club (hereafter referred to as "The Club") and it's website www.worldstockexchange.com
protects all your personal information.
The Club respects the privacy of visitors, users and members to this website. Your personal information is only
collected, used and disclosed by The Club in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The Club reserves the right to
amend this policy at any time and for any reason. A copy of this policy will always appear on this website.
Personal information is any information about an identifiable individual, such as contact details and usernames/passwords.
Aggregate information that cannot be associated with a specific individual, such as the number of members The Club
serves, is not personal information.
You can visit The Club on the Internet without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself.
We only collect your personal information when you specifically and knowingly provide it on our website.
If you do provide any of the information asked for on this website, you are expressly consenting to and have knowledge
of the collection, use and disclosure of this information, as identified in this Privacy Policy.
Our principles are as follows:
Principle l: Accountability:
The Club answers to you. The Club takes responsibility for the management and confidentiality of the personal information
it collects. The Club has designated individual(s) who are held accountable for protection of personal information
and compliance to with this policy.
Principle 2: Responsiveness:
If you have any concerns about this Privacy Policy, or feel that The Club is not abiding by this policy, please
write or send an e-mail message to:
The Internet Stock Exchange Investment Club
Member Services: Privacy
1701 Williams Court, Suite 607
Columbus, Georgia 31904
E-mail: memberservices@worldstockexchange.com
Principle 3: Openness & Access:
The Club will strive to provide you with convenient access to your personal information and assist you in the management
of your account history. You will have online access to your account information and will be able to edit certain
information.
Principle 4: Maintaining Safeguards:
The Club will protect your personal information by using appropriate security safeguards. The Club asks you to
practice safeguards also, do not give your password to others or have others access your account.
Always copy our safeguards:
·Restricting access to information to persons who need to know the
information to provide products or services to you.
·Requiring contractual commitments and procedures from our service providers.
The Club strives to provide you with the most secure transmission environment possible. To secure the transfer
of personal information, including usernames and passwords, The Club uses a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Server Certificate,
provided by The Club Service Providers. The certificate is used on The Club's website and The Club's membership
forms, as well as on any request for information form. Information entered here is collected within a secure page,
such that it is encrypted while being transferred to a password protected area on the The Club's server.
Information entered anywhere else on our site is transmitted to The Club server unencrypted, using standard Internet
protocol (HTTP). You should be aware of the inherent risks of interception when communicating with others on-line.
Principle 5: Identifying Collections:
We obtain personal information about you in order to service your account.
·Applications, forms or other communications that you send us.
·Your transactions with us.
·Information from consumer reporting agencies (such as to verify your credit rating).
The Club relies on the information provided by its website users and members. The Club reserves the right and may
seek independent verification of any of the information supplied.
Principle 6: Limiting Collection:
We will limit the collection of personal information to that which is necessary.
The Club collects certain technical information from your computer's Web browser when you visit www.worldstockexchange.com
on the Internet. This information includes the amount of time spent on the website by a visitor with a unique Internet
identifier, the pages visited and returned to, the operating system and web browser used, and the referrer website.
These server logs do not contain any personal information and can only be accessed by The Club. Server log files
are used solely to track visits to our website and improve the content and layout of our site. The Club makes no
attempt to link this traffic information to the individuals visiting our website.
Anyone can browse The Club's website with cookies turned off, but if you are a Club member and are logging in,
you may have to accept cookies. This is to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file
that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses
to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web page server in the domain
that issued the cookie to you.
A cookie variable may be assigned to you when you log in, and placed on your computer for programming purposes
only. This may be a temporary (session) or long term cookie that uniquely identifies you as you move from page
to page on The Club's website. It ensures that you have properly logged in and that your personal information is
only accessible, using the "Profile" feature, to you. If temporary, the cookie is destroyed as soon as
you close your browser and is never redirected to any other servers.
Principle 7: Limiting Disclosure and Retention: Personal information is necessary to serve our members in accordance with applicable
law. Personal information about our members or former customers is not used or disclosed to any third parties except:
·As required in rendering the services that you have requested.
·As permitted or required by law to our service providers.
·As required by subpoena or law.
·As may be appropriate to protect against fraud or illegal activity, for the safety of members, employees,
or property.
·If you elect to disclose, or specifically direct us to disclose for you, personal information to a third
party.
Back-ups of membership account occur routinely. The membership account information
is retained for a period determined by legal requirements
Principle 8: Your
account is in constant update and your personal information for tax or other need is available to you instantly,
three hundred sixty-five days of the year.
Back-ups of our membership access (username and password) databases occur nightly. These back-ups are overwritten
such that information is destroyed and irretrievable.
Special Note:
When traveling to places linked by our website remember to read the Privacy Statement and/or User Agreement on
any website you visit. While we hope these organizations join us in respecting your privacy, The Club has no control
over and is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these websites. The Club does not endorse or
guarantee products, information or recommendations provided by linked websites and is not liable for failure of
products or services advertised on these websites.
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