| WHAT INFORMATION
DO WE COLLECT? HOW DO WE USE IT?
Anonymous Browsing
You can visit GE on the World Wide Web without
telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself or
your company. In those cases, our web servers collect the name of the
domain you used to access the Internet (such as "aol.com") and
the website you came from and visit next. This information is used by
us and our business partners to measure the number of visits, average
time spent, page views, and other statistics about visitors to our website.
We also use this data to monitor site performance and to make the site
easier and more convenient to use.
Information Collection
There are times when we may ask you or you may
choose to provide information about you and your company to assist us
in meeting your various needs, including:
Providing products or services you have requested;
Servicing your account;
Improving our services;
Developing and/or informing you of additional products
or services that we hope will be of interest to you; or
Answering questions you may have.
Information collected to provide these products
or services may include, among other things, your name, physical address,
zip code, e-mail address, phone number, and social security number. Also,
you may elect to fill out an information request for one of our products
or services, which may require us to gather additional information to
determine your eligibility.
Please note that we do not knowingly solicit information
from children and we do not knowingly market our products or services
to children.
Cookies
If you are browsing GE's website, we use a technology
called "cookies" to help us measure the number of visits, average
time spent, page views, and other statistics relating to our website.
If you decide to register online with one of GE's business units, we may
collect additional information to provide tailored offerings or content
to you. In this case, we use "cookies" to recognize you on subsequent
visits and make your online experience more convenient. "Cookies"
are small pieces of data that can be sent to your computer, which then
may be stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. They cannot
be used to get data from your hard drive, get your e-mail address or personally
identifying information about you. Most web browsers have features that
can notify you when you receive a "cookie" or prevent "cookies"
from being sent. Please note, however, that by not accepting cookies,
you will limit the functionality we can provide you when you visit our
site.
SHARING OF INFORMATION AND CHOICE
From time to time, we may share information you
provide to us with our affiliates and other third parties for the purpose
of meeting your needs as well as offering you other products and services
that may be of interest to you. You may contact GE customer service at
1.800.474.2704 to correct or delete information we have gathered from
you. If you do not want GE to share your information, please contact customer
service at the above number to delete your information. We may also aggregate
statistics we gather about our customers, sales, traffic patterns, and
services, and provide these statistics to third parties; however, when
we do, these statistics will not include any personally identifying information.
E-MAIL COMMUNICATION AND ONLINE SURVEYS
Occasionally, we may send e-mail communications
with information, which may be useful to you, including information about
our products and services or about offerings from affiliates or third
parties.
At times, we may conduct online surveys to better understand the needs,
profiles, and experience of our visitors.
HOW IS YOUR INFORMATION SECURED AND
PROTECTED?
General Electric Capital Corporation uses encryption
tools to protect your personal information when it is submitted by use
of this site to General Electric Capital Corporation E-mails you send
us are not necessarily secure when they are transmitted to us. If your
communication is very sensitive, you may want to send it by regular mail
instead.
We instruct our employees with access to your
information that it is to be used only in adherence with the principles
set forth in this Privacy Policy and laws applicable to General Electric
Capital Corporation and its business units. Employees who misuse customer
information may be subject to disciplinary action.
We strive to protect the confidentiality and security of Social Security
numbers (SSNs) in our possession, custody or control by employing
reasonable safeguards seeking to: (i) restrict employee access to and
use of SSNs; (ii) prevent unauthorized third party access to the SSNs,
and (iii) prohibit unlawful disclosure of SSNs.
WHAT IF WE CHANGE OUR PRIVACY POLICY?
We reserve the right to modify or supplement this
Privacy Policy statement at any time. If we make any material change,
we will post a notice on our home page with a link to the updated policy
statement. Please read any such notice and the new policy statement. Your
continued use of this site after we post such notice will constitute your
acceptance of the new terms and their application to your use of this
website and the information disclosed for such use, including information
previously furnished us, as if they were the initial terms.
WEBSITE LINKS
We reserve the right to modify or supplement this
Privacy Policy statement at any time. If we make any material change,
we will post a notice on our home page with a link to the updated policy
statement. Please read any such notice and the new policy statement. Your
continued use of this site after we post such notice will constitute your
acceptance of the new terms and their application to your use of this
website and the information disclosed for such use, including information
previously furnished us, as if they were the initial terms.
WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK
If you have questions about information security,
privacy, and usage at GE that have not been answered here, please contact
us at 1.800.474.2704. We welcome any suggestions about our Privacy Policy.
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