The following provides details about our privacy
policy:
Tracking Activity on Our Web Site
When you browse Catalyst Strategies.com and have not registered for any
online service from Catalyst Strategies, we do not collect personally identifiable
information such as your name, address, phone number, and e-mail
address.
However, we track how our site is used by both visitors and registered
clients. One way we track is by using a small string of text that
is sent to your browser known as a "cookie." Cookies collect
information that includes the server your computer is logged onto,
your browser type (for example, Microsoft® Internet Explorer),
and whether you responded to a Catalyst Strategies banner ad from outside
our site or through an e-mail link. A cookie cannot retrieve any
other data from your hard drive, pass on computer viruses, or capture
your e-mail address or any other personally identifiable information.
Using cookies enables us to recognize your computer if you or someone
else using your computer returns to our site, and to keep track
of the pages on our site that you or another user of your computer
visit, and whether or not you or another user of your computer respond
to certain banner ads or special offers. We use this information
to help us present more relevant offers and information.
You can adjust your browser settings so that you are informed when
a cookie is being placed on your computer. You can also set your
browser to decline or accept all cookies. However, if you choose
to register for an online service on CatalystStrategies.com, you must accept
cookies in order to access Catalyst Strategies site pages that enable you
to view your confidential information. These cookies are essential
for site administration and security.
Another way we may track site activity is by using transparent electronic
images called "clear GIFs," "Web bugs," or "Web
beacons" on CatalystStrategies.com Web pages. These images count the
number of users who visit that page from specific banner ads outside
SatalystStrategies.com or through e-mail links. E-mail offers we send may
contain these electronic images to help us record who responds to
the offer and to measure the offer’s effectiveness.
Personal Information We Collect on Our Web Site
When you become a registered user of our Web site, you may provide
us with personal information such as your name, address, e-mail
address and telephone number. Depending on the online service in
which you choose to enroll, you may also provide additional information.
Becoming a registered user enables you to review information for
the service(s) in which you are enrolled and to perform other transactions.
After you have become a registered user on CatalystStrategies.com we may
obtain additional personal information and information on your usage
of our site and the Catalyst Strategies services in which you enroll.
Whether or not you are a registered user on our site, we may request
that you provide your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address,
and other personal information in order to provide a product or
service. And, if you receive an e-mail offer from Catalyst Strategies, we
record whether you "click through" to view or respond
to the offer.
How We Use Personal Information
We use information collected on our site to process any transactions you
may conduct on our Web site and to deliver the products or services you request.
We do not share your information with any vendors or business partners.
We do use it, together with information we have about you as a Catalyst Strategies
client, publicly available information, and preferences you indicate, to provide
you with more relevant offers and updates.
How We Use Your Email Address
We may use your e-mail address to send you the following types of e-mail messages:
- Occasional updates about our products or services, as well as Catalyst Strategies marketing offers
- Regularly scheduled e-mail newsletters related to Catalyst Strategies products or services
- Service notifications related to your business with Catalyst Strategies
Via e-mail or other communications, we occasionally invite our clients to sign up
to receive optional Catalyst Strategies email newsletters. We also post sign-up
forms on the Catalyst Strategies Web site. Of course, you may decline to receive e-mail
offers from Catalyst Strategies at any time. We do not share your e-mail address with
other companies for them to market their products or services to you. When we hire vendors
to deliver e-mails to you on our behalf, they cannot use your e-mail address for any other
purpose. To make our e-mail offers more relevant to you, we may use information you provided
to us in surveys, from information we have about you as a Catalyst Strategies client,
and information available from external sources such as census bureau data. When we send e-mail
to you, we may be able to identify information about your e-mail address, such as whether you
can view graphic-rich HTML e-mail. If your e-mail address is HTML-enabled, we may
choose to send you graphic-rich HTML e-mail messages. You may also receive e-mail offers
from another company for Catalyst Strategies products or services if you have actively
requested that the other company send you offers from its partners and/or advertisers.
Catalyst Strategies does not provide these companies with personal information about you.
To decline offers from other companies who may send offers on our behalf,
follow the instructions provided by that company.
Ads that Link to Our Web Site
Catalyst Strategies may hire other companies to place our banner ads on
other Web sites and to perform tracking and reporting activities
("third-party advertisement servers"). They do not collect
personally identifiable information in doing this work for us, and
we do not give any personally identifiable information to them.
Third-party advertisement servers are subject to their own privacy
policies.
Children Under 13
We do not knowingly solicit data online from or market online to children under the age of 13.
Site Security Features
Catalyst Strategies realizes how important security is to you, so we’ve
taken a number of steps to enhance the protection of personal or
confidential information sent to or from Catalyst Strategies over the Internet.
First, we may require that a "secure session" be established,
using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. This may be done any
time you supply or access personal or confidential information in
one of our secure online areas.
SSL technology creates a private conversation that only your computer
and Catalyst Strategies systems can understand. The SSL technology encodes
information as it is being sent over the Internet between your computer
and Catalyst Strategies systems, helping to ensure that the transmitted
information remains confidential.
The use of SSL requires two components: an SSL-compatible browser
and a Web server to perform the "key-exchange" that establishes
a secure connection to Catalyst Strategies Web server systems. More details
on these requirements are as follows:
- A Compliant Browser — In order to securely access
confidential information via the Internet, you may need a
browser with SSL capabilities. We recommend you use the latest
browser versions available to ensure you have a browser with
SSL capabilities. Examples of SSL browsers include Netscape
2.0 and above, Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0 and above,
and the Web browser for America Online version 3.0 for Windows
and above. (Note that some older versions of browsers will
not support SSL sessions and some older versions of browsers
are not JavaScript-enabled, which means that you may not be
able to view all the features on the Catalyst Strategies Web site). - A Compliant Internet Service Provider — Nearly all
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) automatically enable the
SSL session described above. If you use your company’s internal
connection to access the Internet and you find you cannot
access the Catalyst Strategies secure pages with an SSL browser described
above, your company may be blocking access via a "firewall."
Please speak to your firm’s Internet access systems administrator
for further details on your network’s Internet access. - Enabled Cookies — You also must have enabled cookies
on your browser in order to access confidential information.
If you have chosen to disable cookies on your browser, you
will not be able to access confidential information.
User ID and Password
Some areas of the site may require the use of a user ID and password
as an additional security measure that helps protect your confidential
information. This allows Catalyst Strategies to verify who you are, thereby
allowing you access to your information and preventing unauthorized
access.
When you have finished using a secure area of the Catalyst Strategies Web
site, make sure you always close the browser software before leaving
your computer to minimize the possibility of anyone else viewing
your information.
Selected Business Partners
In order to bring you any products and services offered on CatalystStrategies.com,
we may work with carefully selected vendors and business partners.
If we have to share any information with these companies in order
to provide a product or service to you, we first conduct a careful
evaluation of their information and security systems and practices,
and require administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to
ensure the security and confidentiality of Catalyst Strategies client information.
At any time, we may audit our partners and vendors to verify the
continued security of their systems and practices.
Linking to Other Internet Sites
Other Internet sites that you link to from the Catalyst Strategies site
or an Catalyst Strategies e-mail may contain privacy provisions that differ
from the provisions of our Privacy Statement. To ensure your privacy
is protected, we recommend that you review the privacy statements
of other Internet sites you visit.
How to Opt-Out of E-mail Marketing Offers
All e-mail offers and e-mail newsletters sent to you by Catalyst Strategies
provide instructions on how to opt out of receiving future offers
or newsletters. These instructions are located at the bottom of
the e-mail message. You may receive separate newsletters pertaining
to different Catalyst Strategies products and services. In that case, you
must reply to and decline the newsletters individually. If you opt
out, we will still send you e-mail with service updates as well
as other important information related to the Catalyst Strategies online
products or services for which you have signed up.
