PRIVACY & SECURITY STATEMENT:

Sheppard Securities Limited ("SSL") is committed to maintaining the privacy and security of your personal and private information submitted via this website.

This Privacy and Security Statement applies to this web site which is owned by SSL and  operated collectively by SSL and Lightport Inc., under the domain name www.clients.sheppardsecurities.com ("this website "). You acknowledge and accept that your use of or access to this website indicates your acceptance of this Privacy and Security Statement. This Privacy and Security Statement concerns only this website and does not concern any website to which this site may link.

This Privacy and Security Statement sets out how SSL uses and protects any personal and private information submitted and/or obtained from use of this website.

What is your personal and private information?

Information that is of a personal and private nature and which identifies you or relates to you, as a customer falls within the category of "personal and private" and shall be referred to in this Privacy and Security Statement as "Personally Identifiable Information."

How SSL uses Personally Identifiable Information

To enable SSL to service your requirements and inform you of new products and services, SSL may need to collect your Personally Identifiable Information submitted on this website. You acknowledge that all information submitted via this website is done freely by yourself. The information submitted via our website is not made publicly available. In order for you to access your SSL account, SSL is required to place your Personal Identifiable Information on the website and you consent to SSL placing such information on the website.

Use of technology to monitor your use of our website

SSL gathers and analyses information of the visitor's to its website. SSL may use the information submitted via this website to monitor which areas of the website are most frequently visited, to resolve disputes, to troubleshoot problems and improve our service. All information submitted via this website shall remain the property of SSL .

Cookies 

 This website uses cookies in the following manner as it will be important to the interaction with your internet browser:

i.                   Session cookies on login which are destroyed upon logout or when the browser is closed;

ii.                  User-specific cookies when changes are made to settings in the Virtual Safe and WealthVue pages.

Circumstances in which Personally Identifiable Information may be disclosed

We will not disclose your Personally Identifiable Information with other persons except under the following conditions:

 i.        the provision of  information to agents who work on behalf of SSL  under confidentiality agreements;

 ii.         in response to  court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;

iii.          where we believe that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to violations of the Terms and Conditions of Use;

iv.               SSL is authorized, required or permitted by law to disclose the information.

Without prejudice to the generality of the above, you hereby consent that SSL is authorized to disclose Personally Identifiable Information to the following entities, organizations and persons:

i.             Our outsourced hosting service providers who manage the services we provide to you;

ii.            Your representatives (e.g. your authorized representatives or legal advisers); and

iii.           Our professional advisers, including our accountants, auditors and lawyers.

Security Measures

Sheppard Securities Limited is committed to safeguarding your Personally Identifiable Information. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to secure and protect your Personally Identifiable Information

If you believe that any information concerning you is incorrect or incomplete, kindly contact SSL as soon as possible to facilitate the prompt amendment of any errors.

Third Party Hosting Service

Since we contract one or more third parties to maintain and host this website any information that is submitted to SSL  by you, including any Personally Identifiable Information, will be placed and stored on a server maintained by this third party. Your use of this website and any provision of information, content or data indicates your acknowledgement that such information, content or data could pass through and may be stored in servers outside the control of SSL and may be accessed by the administrator of such site and others that gain access to SSL's server or stored files. You agree that SSL has no liability or responsibility for any disclosure, authorized or unauthorized, resulting from or arising in connection with such pass through or storage of same.

Changes to this Statement

SSL reserves the right to amend this Privacy and Security Statement at any time.  Updated changes will be published on this website.   You should check this website periodically to ensure that you agree with any changes to this Privacy and Security Statement. By using this website, you consent to be bound by the current version of the Privacy and Security Statement existing at the time of your visit.

Questions and Suggestions

This online privacy policy applies only to information that has been collected through our website and not to any information collected offline.

Should there be any concerns or questions regarding this Privacy and Security Statement, please feel free to contact us.