Acceptance of Privacy Policy
Please scroll down to read all the terms of this privacy policy and then accept the terms
by clicking on the "I Accept" button located at the end of this privacy policy.
You must accept the terms of this privacy policy in order to continue with the StockRing
Service registration process. If you do not accept the terms of our privacy policy, you will
not be granted access to the content offered through StockRing Service.
General
Purpose of this Privacy Policy
Protecting your privacy is very important to us. This privacy policy describes how StockRing
(the company that created, runs and owns StockRing.com) treats the personally identifiable information
that is collected about you when you visit the StockRing.com web site. This policy also describes
our treatment of personally identifiable information about you that our business partners may share with us.
What is Personally Identifiable Information
"Personally identifiable information" is information that we can use to identify you as an individual.
Personally identifiable information includes your name, address, telephone number and any other
information that is connected with your identity.
Information This Privacy Policy Does Not Apply to
This privacy policy does not apply to information collected about you by anyone except StockRing.
Any information you provide when you visit web sites other than StockRing.com or when you purchase
any products or services that may be offered or advertised on StockRing.com by companies other than
StockRing is subject to the privacy policies of the third party organizations who run and/or own
these web sites.
Information We Collect
Registered Users
When you register with StockRing.com, we collect personally identifiable information from you that
may include your name, email address, city, state and zip code, credit card information, as well as
other information, such as your gender, age, occupation, personal interests and similar information.
In addition, when you use certain specialized features offered to StockRing.com web site users, StockRing
may collect additional information about you, such as stock and fund information, financial information,
employment information and other personally identifiable information. For example, if you create a
personalized portfolio, you will need to provide stock or fund ticker symbols and financial information
relating to the stocks or funds you wish to track. Also, if you subscribe for a premium service, such as
"real time" quote service, StockRing may collect certain additional information required by the NYSE and
Nasdaq Exchanges.
Promotions and Surveys
Contests, sweepstakes, other promotions or surveys may be offered on the StockRing.com web site. In
conjunction with such promotions or surveys, we may ask StockRing.com participants for personally
identifiable information related to the topic of the survey, entry in the promotion, prize notification
or fulfillment. For example, we may ask entrants in a StockRing.com sweepstakes for their mailing address,
telephone number, and other information that may be used to pick and notify winners.
Information From Third Party Sources
StockRing may on occasion combine information we receive online with information we have obtained through
third party sources to enhance our ability to market those products or services that may be of interest to you.
Web Site Usage Information
StockRing automatically collects IP addresses and web site usage information from you when you visit the
StockRing.com web site. This information helps us evaluate how our users navigate and use our web site.
Use of Information
StockRing uses personally identifiable information collected from you for the following general purposes:
to fulfill your requests for specific products and services; to customize the advertising and content you see;
to improve the design and content of our site; to contact you about special offers, products or services that
may be of interest to you; to enter you in promotions at your specific request; and to provide you with
customer service.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
StockRing will not sell, share or otherwise disclose any personally identifiable information about our current
or former web site users to third party companies or individuals, except as permitted or required by law.
StockRing may share or disclose personally identifiable information about you to other companies or
individuals when:
- we have your consent to share the information;
- we utilize third party service providers to provide products, services or functions on our behalf (such
as sending emails or processing credit cards), and require these service providers to agree to maintain the
confidentiality of your personally identifiable information and not to use your personally identifiable
information for any reason except to carry out the purpose(s) for which we hired them;
- we need to protect our legal rights (for example, if we are trying to collect money you owe us or we are
trying to enforce our Subscription Agreement or other agreement with you);
- we must comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal or regulatory process; or
- in connection with a sale, merger, transfer, exchange, or other disposition (whether of assets, stock,
or otherwise) of all or a portion of the StockRing.com business.
Aggregate information is information that we (or third party service providers on our behalf) collect about
StockRing.com web site users on an anonymous basis. We may share aggregate demographic and usage information
with our prospective and actual business partners, advertisers and other third parties.
Cookies
StockRing (or third party service providers on our behalf) may set and access cookies on your computer.
A cookie is a small amount of data (often including a unique identifier), that is sent to your browser from
a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive. StockRing.com uses cookies to understand
site usage and to improve the content and offering on our site. For example, we may use cookies to identify
you as a registered user, personalize your experience at our site, save your password in password-protected
areas, and display relevant content, products, services and advertising. To the extent that StockRing
utilizes third party service providers to set and access cookies on the computer of our web site users on
behalf of StockRing, StockRing requires such service providers to agree to maintain the confidentiality of
the information collected and not to use such information for any reason except to carry out the purpose(s)
for which we hired them.
We use reputable third parties to present or serve some or all of the advertisements on our web site. These
third party network advertisers may set and access their own cookies on your computer. The use of cookies
by third parties is subject to such third party's own privacy policies.
Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you do not want information collected through the
use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the user to reject cookies. If you
set your browser to reject cookies, you may not be able to take advantage of certain features offered through
our web site.
Security
Your StockRing.com registration information is password-protected for your privacy and security. The
personally identifiable information we collect about you is stored in limited access servers. We maintain
(directly and through our agents) physical, electronic and procedural security safeguards to protect your
personally identifiable information.
Review and Correction
StockRing offers registered users the online ability to correct or update information that we have collected
during the registration process. This can be done by visiting the customer service section of StockRing.com.
Children
Due to the financial nature of our business, our web site is not designed to appeal to children under the age
of 13. StockRing does not knowingly solicit any information from children nor do we knowingly market or
otherwise target the StockRing.com web site or its products or services to children. If you are under the age
of 13, please do not attempt to use or register on our web site.
Transfer to U.S.
If you are located outside of the United States, please note that the information you provide to us will be
transferred to the United States. By registering with StockRing.com, you consent to this transfer.
Changes to Privacy Policy and Notice
StockRing may change this policy from time to time.
YOU HEREBY AGREE TO ACCEPT NOTICES OF ANY CHANGE MADE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND ANY APPLICABLE PERIODIC
NOTICES REGARDING THIS PRIVACY POLICY BY THE POSTING OF SUCH PRIVACY POLICY ON OUR WEB SITE.
