May 9, 2002
This policy applies to ScorecardSM, a business-to-consumer online Internet service of Experian Information Solutions, Inc. If you have any questions about this policy, you may contact us at scorecardprivacy@experian.com.
Information We Collect About You
Generally, when you request a product or service from Experian, you will be asked to provide information about yourself.
-Information we collect in connection with this product or transaction
-Information you provide to us to verify your identity
-Information from Experian's database used to fulfill your request
Do We Share Information With Third Parties?
We are cautious and selective in our choice of affiliated and non-affiliated third party companies that we do business with. When identifying methods of improving our products and services or if we think a product may be of interest to you, we may arrange to extend offers of goods or services to you through these companies, or share certain information about you with affiliates and non-affiliated third parties so that such entities may make offers to you directly. Examples of the types of third parties are:
In addition, we may disclose all of the information we collect, as described above, to companies that perform services on our behalf such as credit card processors, data management firms or call center providers, or to other financial service providers (as described above) with which we have joint marketing agreements. We may also disclose nonpublic personal information about you to nonaffiliated third parties as permitted by law.
If we share with affiliates and others, we reserve the right to disclose all of the nonpublic personal information we collect.
Our Web site may contain links for other offers and services that we feel you may have an interest in. We believe these sites share a similar commitment to consumer privacy and urge you to review their privacy policy when visiting their sites. We cannot, however, be responsible for their privacy practices.
Offering You Choices - Marketing Options
You have choices when it comes to learning about new offers or services you can use to help meet your financial management goals. As outlined earlier, we may share personal information with nonaffiliated third parties for the purposes identified above. If you prefer that we do not share information with nonaffiliated third parties, you may opt out of these disclosures (other than disclosures permitted by law) by clicking on "NO" in the Marketing Options section of our order registration page.
How Do We Protect Your Information?
We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees who need to know that information to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your nonpublic personal information.
For online purchasers, Scorecard protects your information over the Internet by using a secure Web server which allows Web browser programs (Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer) to interact with Scorecard's Web server via an encrypted session. Scorecard employs a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection that provides an encrypted connection between your computer and Scorecard. The 128-bit encrypted connection scrambles ordinary text or data into ciphertext to safeguard sensitive information during its journey across the Internet. The information is decrypted, or put back into a readable format, when it reaches its intended destination. Depending on which browser you use, you will know you are in secured area by "https" or a lock appearing on your screen. When you visit our Web site, you may move in and out of secured areas. Any time that you are on a registration page or viewing your personal credit report, you will be in a secured area.
Privacy Policy Changes
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time. Online purchasers have agreed to obtain changes to this privacy policy electronically by visiting the Web site.
Please note: This privacy policy applies only to this on-line Web site and application(s). It does not apply to any products or services offered through other channels.