Effective July 1, 2002
Thank you for visiting the First Data Web site. Protecting consumer privacy is very important to us. Our Online Privacy Statement is designed to inform you about our online collection and use of personal information. From time to time, First Data Corporation (referred to in this policy as “First Data”) may modify this Online Privacy Statement.
The Online Privacy Statement is available on the home page of this Web site as well as at every point where you provide us with personal information. From time to time, you may click to other First Data Web sites or pages that have different privacy policies. When this happens, you can review those privacy policies that relate to those pages or sites.
For more information about the First Data commitment to protecting consumer privacy both online and offline, please read our Privacy Principles.
The Only Personal Information We Collect Online is Information that You Voluntarily Provide to Us.
The only information we collect about you online is information that you voluntarily provide to us. This information may include, for example, name, mailing address, email address and phone number. If you supply us with personal information on this Web site, you will only be contacted so that we can provide you with the information you have requested (press releases, investor information, etc.), to follow-up on job opportunities that you have inquired about, or to occasionally send you other information about First Data and its services that we believe you would find interesting.
When You Browse the First Data Web Site, You Do So Without Revealing Your Identity.
This First Data Web site uses cookies only to aggregate information about the pages that users visit so that we can update and redesign, as necessary, our Web site in order to provide you with the most useful information. Personal information, such as your email address, is not collected, unless you provide it to us. First Data does not disclose domain name or aggregate information to third parties other than vendors who assist us with our Web site and who are under strict confidentiality requirements.
We Are Committed to Protecting the Confidentiality of Consumer Information.
First Data’s policies limit access to personal user information that is collected from this Web site to those employees of First Data and its affiliates who need the information to fulfill their business responsibilities. First Data may disclose personal user information collected online to companies affiliated with First Data surrounding employment opportunities within the companies, or to outside recruiters. Vendors and other outside contractors we engage are subject to our contractual requirements to ensure that sensitive personal information is safeguarded. Employees must adhere to First Data’s Online Privacy Statement in addition to First Data’s Privacy Principles. Employees violating the First Data Online Privacy Statement or the First Data Privacy Principles are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal.
We Give Consumers Choices about How Their Information Will be Used.
In some instances, if we collect information online, we will inform users about how to remove their names from our lists:
- Those submitting information to receive our press releases should call (888) 576-9265 or (303) 967-7536.
- Those submitting resumés and other job-related information should also call (888) 576-9265 or (303) 967-7536.
We Use Appropriate Security Safeguards.
At First Data, security is a priority. First Data employs appropriate measures, including advanced technology, to protect personal information collected online against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. These may include, among others, encryption, physical access security, and other appropriate technologies. First Data continually reviews and enhances its security systems, as necessary.
First Data’s Web site May Be Linked to Other Web sites.
As you visit the pages and sites of our different business units, please be sure to review the privacy policies applicable to those sites.
First Data May Create Links To Third-Party Web Sites.
First Data is not responsible for the content or privacy practices employed by Web sites that are linked to our Web site.
First Data’s Web Site is Not Directed at Children Under the Age of 13.
Our Web site is not directed at children under the age of 13 and First Data does not collect or maintain information at our Web site from children who we actually know are under the age of 13.
We Hold Ourselves Accountable Under Our Privacy Principles.
First Data is committed to meeting the highest standards for our privacy program. A senior First Data official serves as the company-wide privacy officer, with responsibility for administering the First Data privacy program, including implementation of these Privacy Principles.
The First Data privacy officer, working closely with individual subsidiaries, is responsible for:
- Overseeing employee privacy training and employee compliance programs related to this Online Privacy Statement.
- Conducting periodic assessments of First Data’s compliance with this Online Privacy Statement, as well as specific implementation policies and procedures.
- Ensuring that First Data actively participates in appropriate privacy activities and regularly reviews its privacy practices and policies.
If you have any questions or comments about the First Data Online Privacy Statement, please contact:
First Data Privacy Officer
First Data Corporation
12510 E. Belford M21A1
Englewood, CO 80112
Responses to any privacy-related issues are handled by the individual First Data business. This First Data online privacy statement is currently applicable to only US customers and visitors to this Web site. International businesses may have their own rules and practices, which are consistent with their own privacy statements. They may alter their statements as needed for certain products and services and to abide by local laws and customs.
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