Privacy and legal disclaimer:
Thank you for visiting the Austro Financial Services website, AFS is part of a corporate group from Ecuador, our privacy policy explains how we manage personal information that you provide as you visit our website to navigate, obtain information or making a transaction. Personally identifiable information includes personal information that can be used to identify you. You may provide us with information when you send us an email, fill out a satisfaction survey or questionnaire, or when you participate in a promotion, among others. We do not require you to register or provide personally identifiable information to visit our website. We collect some technical information that does not include personally identifiable information when you visit our site, to make your visit a positive experience. The section below explains how we collect and handle information when you visit
www.us-afs.com.
Personally identifiable information that you provide on our website will be used with the sole purpose for which it was provided. We protect your information in accordance with the principles of the privacy regulation of 1974, 2002 electronic government law and the federal registry regulation.
Personal identifiable information
As a rule, AFS does not collect personal identifiable information about you when you visit our website, unless you choose to provide us with such information. Submitting personal identifiable information through our website is voluntary. By doing so, you grant AFS permission to use the information for a specific and indicated purpose. However, not providing the information may prevent us from providing you with the service you desire.
If you choose to provide us with personally identifiable information through AFS website, with methods such as completing an online form, we will use the information you provide to assist in delivering the information or service you have requested. The information we receive may vary depending on what you do when visiting our site.
We share your personally identifiable information with other companies within our Corporate Group if your inquiry or request relates to that agency. Additionally, we collect information for commercial marketing purposes.
If we store your personally identifiable information in a registration system designed to disclose information about you through a personal identifier (name, personal email address, home postal address, personal or mobile phone number, among others.), in a way that allows us to contact you, we will protect the information you provide in accordance with the Privacy regulation of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. § 552a). The Privacy regulation requires that all publicly available websites or forms requesting personally identifiable information publish a privacy notice publicly and in a visible manner.
The notice must address the following:
- Legal authorization to collect your information;
- Purpose for using the information;
- Routine uses of information disclosure;
- Whether providing the information is voluntary or mandatory under the law; and
- Consequences of not providing the requested information.
Regarding general contact information that may be submitted through
www.us-afs.com, we have completed a Privacy Impact Assessment that provides details about the privacy protections and rectification options available for the contact information we collect from the public. We use this information to provide you with information as well as for various administrative needs. For more information, please see the privacy compliance documentation shown as follows:
