We are committed to assuring the privacy of individuals and/or families who have contacted us for assistance. We assure you that all information shared both orally and in writing will be managed within legal and ethical considerations. Your "personal financial information", such as your total debt information, income, living expenses and personal information concerning your financial circumstances will be provided to creditors and, possibly others with your specific authorization.

We may also use aggregated case file information for the purpose of evaluating our services, gathering valuable research information and designing future programs. Your anonymity will be maintained through the use of your client number or by using aggregate data in all circumstances.

In all other situations, your information may be released to appropriate individuals or agencies only upon your written request or when our staff has been served a valid subpoena.

The following PRIVACY PRACTICES detail circumstances under which we will release your information to a third party:

1. We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about our clients or former clients to anyone, except as permitted by law.
2. We may compile data and aggregate information that you give to us, but this information may not be disclosed in a manner that would personally identify you in any way.
3. We may disclose some or all of the information that we collect, as described below, to creditors, or third parties that you have authorized who need this information in order for us to assist you after a counseling session.
4. We may disclose all of the information that we collect, as described below, to creditors and related financial institutions who need this information in order to set up your Debt Settlement program.
5. We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees who need to know that information to provide services to you. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information.
6. We collect nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources:
   • Information we received from you on our applications, surveys, or other forms you provide;
   • Information about your transactions with us, your creditors, or others; and
   • Information we receive from a credit reporting agency.
7. We may disclose the following kinds of nonpublic personal information about you:
   • Information we receive from you on applications or other forms, such as your name, address, social security number, assets and income;
   • Information about your transactions with us, your creditors, or others, such as your account balance, payment history, parties to transactions and credit card usage; and
   • Information we receive from a Credit Reporting agency, such as your credit history.

While at the our website, you may voluntarily choose to complete the form requesting our assistance. In submitting a few brief details, several types of personal information are gathered for use in your confidential session with one of our Debt Analysts. Confidential information collected on the Free Quote includes name, address, telephone number(s), zip code, email address, amount of debt, debt history, and comments you may have. The information gathered will be used to determine the best solution to your financial situation. Specific uses of this information are:

• To contact you and to confirm your identity when you call us.
• To determine the amount of your debt.
• To determine the best time to contact you.
• Demographic data (if any) is used for statistical studies (names are not used without specific permission).