Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy applies to the Equityhub International web site located at www.fundservicedirectory.com (“Website”) and to any other Equityhub owned web site that may be accessed through it and covers the way in which Equityhub International collects and uses personal information, and under which circumstances this information is disclosed to third parties. Use of this Website implies consent with the terms and conditions of this privacy policy. This policy applies to information from private individuals and companies. Equityhub International reserves the right to disclose any information collected at the Website as may be requested by law.

1. Information may be collected from Clients and Users of the Website in various ways.

Automatically collected information

We receive and collect the name of the domain and host from which you access the Internet; the Internet protocol (IP) address of the computer used; the browser software used and the operating system; the date and time of access to our site; and the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site. We use this information to monitor the usage of our site, exclusively for internal and support purposes.

Information collected via cookies

“Cookies” are small files or records that we place on your computer’s hard drive to collect information about your activities on our website. The cookies transmit this information back to the servers of our website; these servers are authorised to read such information. We only use cookies to keep track of your current right of access (after you log in). This only applies when you are not only a visitor but a registered member, we only keep track of your right of access if you are a registered member or have ordered any of the products or services that can be accessed through the Website. Our cookies may also store information about visitors preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user access or visit, customize Web page content based on visitors browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

Third party advertisers Cookie

Some of our advertising partners, such as Google Adsense, and others, may use cookies and web beacons (web bugs) on our Website. Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this Website.

These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on this Website send directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.

This Website has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. This Website’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.

If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites. You may also click here to deactivate certain third-party cookies.

Information from your subscription or membership or listing

When you are a registered member or subscribe to any or all of the products or services that can be accessed at our Website you must provide information identifying you as customer. We use this personal customer information for internal administrative purposes, for generating statistics for marketing purposes, and for mailing information on related products. All personal information stored on our systems is secured against unauthorised access. Our Website uses Google analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use our Website.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

2. Use of personal customer information

Personal customer information is used for internal administrative purposes, such as bookkeeping, and for generating statistics used by marketing and internal business administration. Occasionally, Equityhub International uses personal customer information to market products and services.

We do not provide this information to third parties.

Subcontractors

We may send personal customer information to third-party subcontractors and agents that work on our behalf to provide certain services. These third parties do not have the right to use the personal customer information beyond what is necessary to assist us. They are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of the personal customer information and are restricted from using such information in any way not expressly authorised by Equityhub International.

3. Communications from the Website

You may receive the following communications from our Website:

Emails related to your membership or the purchase of our services.
Communications containing information about any of the sites referred to under the term Website, or about Equityhub International and its partners, products and services.
Relevant emails and information if you choose to subscribe to any of the available services offered at the Website (if applicable).

4. Correcting and removing your personal information

For corrections to personal customer information, or for having personal customer information removed from our systems, please send us an email or complete our contact form. Please note that it is not possible to have personal customer information removed as long as you are subscribing to any of the products or services accessible through the Website due to the administrative necessity of keeping customer contact information. In order to have personal customer information removed, you must first consent to terminate the subscription or membership or listing.

5. Linking to third-party web sites

When you click on links and banners on our site that take you to third-party web sites, you will be subject to the third parties’ privacy policies. While we support the protection of privacy on the Internet, Equityhub International cannot be responsible for the actions of any third-party web sites. We encourage you to read the posted privacy statement of any and every site you visit, whether you are linking from our site or browsing on your own.

6. Advertising

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

7. Changes and Updates to our Privacy Policy

This privacy policy was last amended on July 1, 2014. Equityhub International reserves the right to modify or amend this policy at any time by posting the revised privacy policy on the Website. The changes will only affect the information we collect after the effective date of the change to our privacy policy, unless we clearly express otherwise.