Internet Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting Synchrony's Web site and reviewing our Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy for visits to www.synchronyservices.com is clear:

We collect no information about you, other than information automatically collected and stored (see below), when you visit our web site unless you choose to provide that information to us.

Information Collected and Stored Automatically:

When you browse through any web site, certain personal information about you can be collected. We automatically collect and temporarily store the following information about your visit:

• The Internet domain (for example, "company.com" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a university's domain,) from which you access our web site,
• The type of browser and operating system used to access our site,
• The date and time you access our site,
• The pages you visit, and
• If you linked to our web site from another web site, the address of that web site.

We use this information for statistical purposes and to help us make our site more useful to visitors. Unless it is specifically stated otherwise, no additional information will be collected about you.

Personally Provided Information:

You do not have to give us personal information to visit our web sites.

If you choose to provide us with additional information about yourself through an email message, form, survey, etc., we will only maintain the information as long as needed to respond to your question or to fulfill the stated purpose of the communication. These communications are protected by the Privacy Act which restricts our use of them, yet permits certain disclosures. These communications may also be covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the Electronic Communications Act which also restricts its use.

Disclosure:

Synchrony Services does not disclose, give, sell or transfer any personal information about our visitors, unless required for law enforcement or statute.

Intrusion Detection:

This site is maintained by Synchrony Services. It is protected by various provisions of Title 18, U.S. Code. Violations of Title 18 are subject to criminal prosecution in federal court.

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, we employ software programs to monitor traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. In the event of authorized law enforcement investigations, and pursuant to any required legal process, information from these sources may be used to help identify an individual.

Systems of Records:

Information originally collected in traditional paper systems can be submitted electronically, i.e., electronic commerce transactions and information updates about eligibility benefits. Electronically submitted information is maintained and destroyed pursuant to the Federal Records Act, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

Security:

Information collected online in the form of server logs, form submissions or email to info@synchronyservices.com are stored securely and have limited access by Synchrony Services staff. (Archival data is stored offline in a secured storage facility.)

Cookies:

A "cookie" is a small file that a Web site transfers to your computer's hard disk allowing our server to "remember" specific information about your session while you are connected. The Synchrony web site does not make use of cookies (or permit other parties to use our server to host their cookies in order to collect information from our visitors).