1. What information do we collect?  We collect information from you when you register on our site or fill out a form.

2. When you request new account information on our site, no personally identifiable information is collected.  When completing a service agreement (not done online) you may be asked to provide your: name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, social security number or federal employer id number or other personal or business information. Such information is never transmitted online and our use of that data is handled in accordance with paragraphs 4, 5 & 8 below.  As an approved client, when completing a service request online, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, & phone number as well as personal information about the applicant you are screening.  That information is handled in accordance with all of the provisions of this policy statement.  You may, however, visit our website anonymously by not logging in to our secure client area. Anonymous, unregistered, visitors may not access our screening request services or other client only resources.  Any information submitted in our Secure Clients Area is processed via a secure connection using a minimum 128 bit encrypted link.

3. What do we use your information for? Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

  a. To personalize your experience (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)

  b. To improve our website (we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)

  c. To improve customer service (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)

  d. To process transactions

4. Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company or individual for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of opening an account for you or delivering the purchased product or service requested or in response to a law or lawful court order.

5. Any email address you provide  will only be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your requests or other account related matters.

6. How do we protect your information? We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you submit a request or enter, submit, or access your account online. We make use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit related information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology that employs a minimum of 128 bit encryption technology. Our online payment services are provided by Intuit^® Payment Network through their secure, encrypted website only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems & services. All activities conducted through Intuit^® are subject to their privacy policies/terms and conditions. We never have access to any personal or financial information you may provide on their site or to their service. Private information (credit cards, bank account information, etc.) is never provided to us and is never stored on our servers.

7. Do we use cookies? Yes.  Cookies are small text files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the website to recognize your browser and assist in processing your online requests.  All cookies we place expire and are removed from your computer immediately when you log out of our secure clients area.  If cookies are disabled, approved clients will not be able to use the services in our secure client area.

8. Do we disclose any information to outside parties? We do not give, sell, trade, share, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This includes third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you. We may release your information only when we believe such release is required to comply with the law or lawful court order.  In such cases, we will only release the minimum amount of information needed to comply with the request.

9. Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance. We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act).  We do not knowingly collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age.  Our website & services are all directed only to people who are at least 18 years old or older.

10. Your Consent.  By using our website, you consent to our online privacy policy.

11. Changes to our Privacy Policy. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.

12. This policy was last modified on: 1/7/2013.

13. Contacting Us. If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us via the contact us link at the top of this page or using the information below.

Information Specialties Corporation - NBIC
P.O. Box 783214
Wichita, Kansas 67278 USA
(316) 686-3000

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