Privacy Policy

Trademarks

"Futures Group International" and the Futures Group logo product names referenced herein are registered service marks of Futures Group International (hereinafter "Futures"). All other trademarks, service marks, and logos found on the site or mentioned herein belong to their respective owners. Nothing contained on this site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark displayed on the site without the written permission of Futures Group International, or such third party that owns the trademarks displayed on this site. Futures Group International will enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Copyright

The Futures Website and all materials herein constitute Futures and/or third party intellectual property and are protected by United States laws as well as international laws and treaties. Unless explicitly provided otherwise, nothing contained herein shall be construed as granting any license or right to anyone under any patent, trademark, copyright, or other intellectual property right of Futures or any third party.

Futures Privacy Statement

Futures recognizes that the individuals with whom we conduct business value their privacy, and privacy is also important to us. To provide notice and information, we furnish this statement explaining our online information practices.

We strive to be global and consistent in how we implement privacy. Our privacy policy applies to:

• All individuals who provide personal information, such as consumers, customers, research subjects, business partners, shareholders, job applicants, employees, retirees, and others
• All locations where we operate, even where local regulations do not exist
• All methods of contact such the Internet, direct mail, telephone and mobile, and for emerging technologies and methods that might be tested

Our Privacy Policy is built not just on individual country privacy laws but also on the internationally accepted privacy principles, or fair information practices, established by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the European Union Data Protection Directive, and the US Department of Commerce and the European Union Safe Harbor Privacy Principles.

Futures collects and uses personal information to provide world-class products and services of superior quality for our consumers, customers, employees, and others. We limit the collection of personal information to what we need to know in order to achieve our goal of providing superior quality and value. For example, we use email addresses to send consumers or shareholders or job applicants information they have requested.

Collecting Personal Information

Some sections of our site invite you to contact us for more information, and in these cases we may request your name and email address. Typically, you will not receive any unsolicited email as a result of supplying this information.

Collecting Domain Information

We collect some domain information as part of our analysis of Futures site use. This allows us to become more familiar with what customers visit our site, how often they visit, and what parts of the site they visit most frequently. This information is automatically collected and by accessing our site, you signify your consent.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer as a result of visiting a website. This allows the site to know that you have visited before and in some cases can be used to record your preferences.

Cookies can be used/stored for two reasons:

• to help track usage patterns in order to improve and manage a website; or
• to record preferences in order to personalize your visit to that website.

Futures does not use cookies on its website.

Deleting Cookies

If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the instructions for your file management software to locate the file or directory that stores cookies on your web browser and/or computer.

For further information about cookies visit www.aboutcookies.org. This link will take you to another website that is opened in a new window. Futures is not responsible for the content of the www.aboutcookies.org website.

Children

Futures is committed to protecting the privacy needs of children and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children's online activities and interests. Futures does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 (or an age defined by a specific country law) and Futures does not target its websites to children under 13.

Use of Outside Links

Some links on Futures's Web pages enable you to leave our site. Please be aware that we have no control over the Internet sites accessible through these links or over the information found there. Futures cannot and does not make any representation about these sites or the material on them. We furnish these links for your convenience, and they should be used with discretion. We do not endorse or recommend any of the material or information found on any non-Futures site. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any company before submitting your personal information.

Security of the Personal Information

We have implemented commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes.

How to Contact Us

For general questions regarding Futures and the work we do, please contact info@futuresgroup.com. If you have any inquiries about this website, contact the webmaster webmaster@futuresgroup.com.

Changes to the Privacy Statement

Futures reserves the right to change, modify, or update this statement at any time without notice. However, if we decide to materially change our Global Privacy Statement we will endeavor to outline and post the changes on this website as soon as practical.

Effective Date: 02 September 2008