This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices for Guardian Asset Management (“Guardian” or “Company” or “We” or “Us”) and applies solely to information collected. It will notify you of the following:
- What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the web site, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
- What choices are available to you regarding the use of data.
- The security procedures in place to protect you from the misuse of information.
- How to correct any inaccuracies in the information.
Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
Guardian is the sole owner of the information collected by its website and information developed. We only have access to/collect information that is voluntarily given via email or other direct contact. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
We will use the information to respond regarding the reason we were contacted or as per our business agreement. We will not share information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request or as contractually obligated to perform our services.
Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.
Your Access to and Control Over Information
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website
- See what data we have about you, if any.
- Change/correct any data we have about you.
- Have us delete any data we have about you.
- Express any concern you have about our use of your data.
Security
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website or designated communication channels, your information is protected both online and offline.
Wherever we collect sensitive information, that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web browser or looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the web page.
While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
Updates
Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time and all updates will be posted on this page. If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately
Vendor Registration
In order to register as a vendor for Guardian, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give certain information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact you about the services on our site in which you have expressed interest. At your option, you may also provide demographic information (such as gender or age) about yourself, but it is not required.
Cookies
We may use “cookies” on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor’s hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.
Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.
Links
This web site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Guardian has developed a training seminar that will be conducted once annually to ensure that all of our employees are up to date on our IT Policies and Procedures. Guardian employees are required to attend and sign an attendance sheet. Below is an outline of the curriculum for the seminar.
Guardian’s IT Policies and Procedures:
Updates are conveyed to the employee’s via the Intranet and/or email. It is up to the employee to read and understand these policies. Questions must be directed to IT or HR personnel.
Policies and Procedures
Guardian maintains Policies and Procedures that support this Privacy Policy, such as its Data Classification Policy and Information Security Policy. Guardian reserves the right to implement additional policies and procedures, or modify existing policies and procedures, as deemed necessary to support business operations, regulatory compliance, and organizational objectives.
SMS Privacy Policy
Mobile information will not be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
SMS Opt-In:
“By providing your phone number, you agree to receive SMS text messages from Guardian Asset Management. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies.”
SMS Opt-Out:
“If you are receiving SMS (text) messages from Guardian Asset Management and wish to stop receiving them, simply respond with either “STOP” to the number from which you received the message. Once we receive your message, you will no longer receive further text messages from Guardian Asset Management”
Use of Customer Data for SMS:
“Guardian Asset Management maintains strict privacy policies, ensuring that personal information of our users and members is not sold, rented, released, or traded to others without prior consent or a legal obligation.”