We use physical and technical safeguards to protect your information. We restrict access to your information to those who need it to perform their jobs. Third-party business partners are bound by law to use the information only for our purposes. They may not disclose it or use it in any other way. We adhere with all data security laws. We value you as a client and respect your right to privacy. We pledge our commitment to treat your information responsibly. We created this privacy policy to show you that we are working hard to protect your privacy.

The following is a statement of our Privacy Policy. The nature of our business (helping individuals and businesses obtain the surety bonds they need) requires us to gather personal, financial and business information about you. We deeply respect your privacy.

Since surety is a form of credit, the information we collect usually includes information regarding your financial condition and your credit history. It also may include references regarding personal characteristics, contractual relationships, banking relationships and your performance of and exposure to risks similar to the risk(s) to be bonded.

Most of the information we collect comes directly from you or is obtained with the assistance of data provided by you. This information may come from standard forms that you complete and return to us, or it may come from third parties.

The third parties from whom we obtain information may include other agents we understand to be working for you, accountants and other professionals we understand to be working for you, surety companies that have written bonds for you in the past, consumer credit reporting agencies, business information reporting agencies, persons or entities that employ you (or for whom you perform services), and other business, banking and credit references that you may identify for us. Third parties also may include persons or entities willing to provide credit assistance on your behalf. If you are a company, we also may obtain information about you from your owners. We may collect additional information once you have obtained a surety bond with our assistance, we may collect additional information about you through your transactions with us.

This information may include bond numbers for any bonds issued with our assistance, information regarding collateral you may provide as security to us or the surety company, ongoing facts and information relating to the bonded risks, claims brought or threatened against you, and a variety of facts and information relating to the release, expiration, cancellation, release and/or renewal of any bonds.

The main purpose we have in disclosing information we collect about you is to help you obtain the surety bonds you need or establish the terms and conditions upon which surety credit can be extended to you.

Employees who violate our Privacy Policy (and/or any related procedures) are subject to disciplinary action. With respect to third parties to whom we disclose collected information, federal law requires all of these parties to have and enforce written privacy policies regarding the information we provide to them, and we expect all of them to strictly maintain and enforce their policies. We will consider immediately terminating our contractual relationship with any third party that does not have and actively enforce a written privacy policy that is as strict as or stricter than our own.

We do not sell or disclose information we collect to any “non-affiliated” parties, whether for marketing or other purposes. We also do not disclose information about you to persons or entities other than those described above, unless you specifically authorize us to do so.