fixed-interest-high-returnsWelcome to the Shepherd’s Finance website. This Privacy Policy only applies to information collection and use practices on the Shepherd’s Finance website. This Privacy Policy is subject to the Terms and Conditions of this website.

Links

There might be links from the Shepherd’s Finance website or portals on the Shepherd’s Finance website to other websites. This Privacy Policy only applies to the Shepherd’s Finance website and not to websites of any other company or organization linked to or through the Shepherd’s Finance website, which may have different policies. Shepherd’s Finance encourages you to review all policies, rules, terms and regulations, including the privacy policies, of each website that you visit.

Gathering, Modifying and Removing Information

Shepherd’s Finance may request and/or collect personal information on the Shepherd’s Finance website that you might elect to provide to Shepherd’s Finance (“Personal Information”) when, via the Shepherd’s Finance website, you: (a) contact Shepherd’s Finance; (b) use Shepherd’s Finance’s services; and/or (c) send requests for information, questions, inquires, or comments to Shepherd’s Finance. You are not required to provide Personal Information to access the Shepherd’s Finance website. Personal Information may include: (a) contact information (e.g., name, address, phone number and email address); (b) information regarding certain of your preferences related to Shepherd’s Finance or the Shepherd’s Finance website; and/or (c) information regarding how you became aware of the Shepherd’s Finance website.

If you would like to review, correct or remove your Personal Information, please contact Shepherd’s Finance at the address listed under “Contact Us.” Shepherd’s Finance will then make all reasonable efforts to correct your Personal Information on the Shepherd’s Finance active database or discontinue the use of your Personal Information.

Gathering Anonymous Information

Shepherd’s Finance might collect non-personal and aggregate information about the use of the Shepherd’s Finance website, such as page hits, number of visits, web pages viewed and the length of visits to the Shepherd’s Finance website (collectively, “Non-Personal Information”). Shepherd’s Finance does not tie this Non-Personal Information to your Personal Information.

Use and Disclosure of Information

The Personal Information that you provide will be available to Shepherd’s Finance, our agents, representatives and service providers and contractors, as appropriate, to be used to respond to your inquiries or questions about Shepherd’s Finance and for the purposes indicated or which may reasonably be inferred by your voluntary provision of such Personal Information and otherwise in connection with the conduct of Shepherd’s Finance’s business and operations. This use may include periodic telephone calls and postal and email mailings from Shepherd’s Finance about new products, services or upcoming events offered by Shepherd’s Finance. Shepherd’s Finance does not, however, sell or furnish Personal Information to unaffiliated third parties to use in advertising or promoting their products or services, without your permission.

Shepherd’s Finance may also use your Personal Information, alone or in combination with the information submitted by other users, to improve Shepherd’s Finance website’s navigation or infrastructure. Also, Shepherd’s Finance may use Non-Personal Information to improve your experience on the Shepherd’s Finance website and to enhance the Shepherd’s Finance website. Third party contractors or providers of services to Shepherd’s Finance that have access to your Personal Information are also expected to protect such Personal Information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy and to use such Personal Information only to carry out the activities or services they are performing for you or for Shepherd’s Finance.

Shepherd’s Finance might disclose Personal Information and Non-Personal Information, if in our opinion such disclosure is required: (a) by law; (b) to protect and/or defend Shepherd’s Finance rights; and/or (c) to protect the personal safety of any individual. In addition, in the event that all or substantially all of Shepherd’s Finance’s ownership and/or assets are transferred or sold to, or Shepherd’s Finance is merged with, another entity, or there is a change of control of Shepherd’s Finance, Shepherd’s Finance may transfer Personal Information and Non-Personal Information to the successor entity.

Internet Communications

We have elected to gather information such as your social security number, birth date, and bank account information via the phone rather than having you submit that information via the forms on this website. This is designed to protect you and your information.

Communications and submissions over the Internet might not be secure. Please consider this fact before communicating or submitting any personal or confidential information through the Shepherd’s Finance website.

Changes

Shepherd’s Finance reserves the right to change, modify, amend and/or update this Privacy Policy at any time with or without prior notice at the sole and absolute discretion of Shepherd’s Finance. Your use of the Shepherd’s Finance Website following any such changes, modifications, amendments and/or updates constitutes your unconditional agreement to follow and be bound by this Privacy Policy as so changed, modified, amended and/or updated. You are responsible for reviewing this Privacy Policy each time you use or access the Shepherd’s Finance Website.