PRIVACY NOTICE

GEMEXICO.COM PRIVACY NOTICE

Effective July 13, 2006

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY NOTICE ("NOTICE") CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE ("SITE"). BY USING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS NOTICE, AS SUPPLEMENTED OR MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME AS DISCUSSED BELOW.

  1. USING THE GE - CAPITAL SOLUTIONS SITE
  2. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT? HOW DO WE USE IT?
  3. SHARING OF INFORMATION AND CHOICE
  4. E-MAIL COMMUNICATION AND ONLINE SURVEYS
  5. HOW IS YOUR INFORMATION SECURED AND PROTECTED?
  6. OTHER INFORMATION COLLECTORS
  7. INTERNATIONAL USERS
  8. WHAT IF WE CHANGE OUR NOTICE?
  9. CONTACTING US

1.USING THE GEMEXICO.COM SITE

GE Capital Solutions, Mexico ("Operator") is the commercial operator of this Site, although software, hosting and other functions and content may be provided by Operator's service providers ("Service Providers"), other companies affiliated with Operator ("Affiliates"), or merely in a business relationship with Operator ("Business Partners"). Operator's Service Providers, Affiliates and Business Partners are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Notice. This Site is not directed to or intended for individuals under 18 years of age.

This Notice describes the type of information Operator and its Affiliates, Business Partners and Service Providers collect from visitors to the Site, what we do with that information, and how visitors can update and control the use of information provided on the Site. This Notice applies solely to our online data collection from this Site; it does not describe information collection policies for other data we collect, including data collected on other sites, such as separate sites operated by our Business Partners that we do not control.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ABIDE BY THIS NOTICE OR ANY FUTURE TERMS, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SITE OR SUBMIT YOUR INFORMATION THROUGH IT.

This Notice is currently applicable only to our United States customers and visitors when they interact with our Website using an Internet Web browser. If you are based outside of the United States, you may use the links found on this Site. Please note that these sites may be subject to other privacy policies. Please read on for details about our practices for handling and securing your personal information.
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2. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT? HOW DO WE USE IT?

Anonymous Browsing/Cookies
When you visit our Site, we may store certain information on your computer. This information may be in the form of a small text file called a “cookie” and can help us improve your experience with our Site in many ways. For example, cookies allow us to tailor our Site to better match your interests and preferences. The information is used by us and our Business Partners to measure the number of visits, average time spent, pages viewed, and other statistics about visitors to our Site in general. We use this data to monitor site performance and to make the Site easier and more convenient to use. None of this information can be used by us to identify you.

If you decide to register online or apply for additional information, products, or services from us, we may collect additional information to provide tailored offerings or content to you or to deliver such products and services. In this case, we use cookies to allow us to recognize you on subsequent visits and make your online experience and our provision of products and services more convenient.

Cookies cannot be used to get data from your hard drive, get your e-mail address or personally identifiable information about you. You may set your Internet browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to 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 and may prevent you from accessing products and services we offer.

For Netscape users, Netscape Navigator Version 4.0 began giving users the ability to control cookies. Newer versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer have a similar capability. Refer to these companies' Web sites for additional information.

Some of our Business Partners use cookies on our Site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies once we have given permission for them to set cookies for advertising. This Notice covers the use of cookies by GE Capital Solutions, Mexico only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Personal Information Collection
There are times when we may ask you for information about yourself to assist us in meeting your various needs, including:

  • Providing you with products or services you have requested
  • Servicing your account
  • Improving our services
  • Developing and/or informing you of additional products or services that may be of interest
In these cases, your browsing will no longer be anonymous to us. To provide these services, we may need to ask you directly to provide, among other things, your name, social security number, physical address, zip code, e-mail address, phone number and certain financial information. Also, you may elect to apply online for one of our products or services, which may require us to gather additional information to determine your eligibility for such products or services.

Please note that we do not knowingly solicit information from children under 18 years of age and we do not knowingly market our products or services to such children. As a result, children under 18 years of age should not use this Site.
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3. SHARING OF INFORMATION AND CHOICE

When you provide information to us, we may share your information with our Affiliates and third parties for the purpose of fulfilling your requests as well as offering you products and services that may be of interest to you. You hereby acknowledge and provide your consent to the Operator to transfer and store your personal data across national boundaries for purposes described in this Notice. We also may provide your information to third parties in response to a request by a law enforcement authority, or when required or permitted by law or legal process, including a court order or subpoena.

We may also aggregate statistics that we gather about our customers, sales, traffic patterns, and services and provide these statistics to third party partners or suppliers in aggregate form; however, when we do, these statistics will not contain any personally identifiable information. Notwithstanding these procedures, in the event that all or part of GE - Capital Solutions,Mexico or all or part of its assets are acquired by, merged with, sold to, or otherwise disposed of to one or more third parties (including, without limitation, in the event of bankruptcy), your personally identifiable information may be among the items so transferred or disposed.
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4. E-MAIL COMMUNICATION AND ONLINE SURVEYS

Occasionally, we will send you e-mail communications with information, which may be useful to you, including information about our products and services or about offerings from our Affiliates or third parties. When you first provide us with your e-mail address, you will be given the option of not receiving any such e-mail or other marketing contacts if you choose. We will also include instructions in our e-mail messages on how to unsubscribe if you later decide you do not want to receive any future e-mails or other marketing contacts from us or other third parties.

At times, we conduct online surveys to better understand the needs, profiles, and experience of our visitors. You will be given the option of not participating in such surveys.
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5. HOW IS YOUR INFORMATION SECURED AND PROTECTED?

At GEMexico.com, our goal is to protect your personal information submitted to us through this Site. E-mails you send us are not necessarily secure when they are transmitted to us. If your communication is very sensitive or includes highly confidential information such as a social security number or a credit card number, 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 Notice and the laws applicable to our business. Employees who misuse customer information are subject to disciplinary action.

While we strive to protect your personal or company information, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of the information you transmit to us, and if you choose to use our Site, you do so at your own risk.
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6. OTHER INFORMATION COLLECTORS

This Notice only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect online through this Site from users. Our Site may include links to the sites of our Business Partners or others. The privacy customs or policies of these sites may be different from ours. To the extent that you disclose your information to other parties or sites, you are subject to the privacy customs and policies of those parties or sites. We cannot be sure whether any third parties linked to or through our Site have privacy policies similar to ours. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the content or the privacy practices employed by anyone else.
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7. INTERNATIONAL USERS

This Site is controlled, operated and administered by GE - Capital Solutions,Mexico from its offices within the United States of America and this Notice is provided in accordance with and subject to applicable U.S. law. If you are based outside of the United States, you may use the links found on this Site. Please note that these sites may be subject to other privacy policies. If you decide to continue to access this Site from your location outside of the United States, you hereby agree to be subject to this Notice and waive all other privacy-related rights you may have.
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8. WHAT IF WE CHANGE OUR NOTICE?

We reserve the right to modify or supplement this Notice at anytime. If we make any material change, we will update our Site to include such changes. We recommend that you review this Notice regularly for changes.
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9. CONTACTING US

If you have any questions about this Notice, please contact us via e-mail.
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