Granite Payment Alliance Online Privacy Statement

Our Commitment to Privacy
Thank you for visiting the Granite Payment Alliance (referred to in this policy as "GPA") website. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. We believe that the success of our business is largely dependent upon a relationship of trust being established and maintained with past, current and prospective customers, and other individuals with whom we conduct business. We will therefore continue to collect and manage your personal information with a high degree of diligence and care.

Our aim is to comply at all times with the privacy laws that apply to us. If you have a comment, query or complaint regarding a privacy matter, we encourage you to discuss it with us.

Collecting Information Online
We do not normally collect consumer information on this site. The only information we collect about you online is information that you voluntarily provide to us. This information may include, for example, your company name or e-mail address. If you choose to supply us with personal or business contact information on this web site, you will only be contacted so that we can provide you with the information you have requested (e.g., quarterly newsletter), to follow up on job opportunities you have inquired about, or, if you are a business, to occasionally send you information about GPA and its services that we believe you would find interesting.

Browsing the Website
This GPA web site uses cookies, or identification files that track your web browsing activity. Tracking this activity allows us to gather information about the areas that users visit most. We then use this data to update and redesign, as necessary, to ensure that our website is providing you with the information you want most. Personal information, such as your e-mail address, is not collected, unless you provide it to us. GPA does not disclose domain name or aggregate information to third parties other than vendors who assist us with our website and who are under strict confidentiality requirements.

Protecting the Confidentiality of Your Information
GPA is committed to protecting personal user information that is collected from this web site. We have security policies in place that limit access to your information to only GPA employees and GPA affiliates who need the information to fulfill their business responsibilities. Vendors and other outside contractors that GPA employs are subject to contractual requirements to ensure that sensitive personal information is safeguarded. Additionally, all GPA employees must adhere to our Online Privacy Policy. Employees violating this policy are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal.

Security Safeguards
At GPA, security is a priority. We apply the highest level of security measures to protect personal user information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. These measures include computer firewalls, physical access security and other advanced technologies. We regularly review our security systems and modify them as necessary.

GPA Website Links
For your convenience, the GPA website offers links to many third-party websites. GPA is not responsible for the content or privacy practices employed by these sites.

Changes to this Policy
From time to time, it may be necessary for us to review our Privacy Policy and the information contained in this document. GPA reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time and to notify you by posting an updated version on our website.

Not for Children Under the Age of 18.
Our web site is not directed at children under the age of 18 and GPA does not collect information on our website from those we know are underage.

Questions about our Website Security Standards
GPA is committed to keeping your information safe and offering the highest level of security to our website users. If you have any questions or comments about the GPA Privacy Policy, please contact:

Granite Payment Alliance
3300 Douglas Blvd., Suite 345
Roseville, CA 95661

This GPA Online Privacy Statement is currently applicable to only U.S. customers and visitors to this website. International businesses may have their own rules and practices, which are consistent with their own privacy statements. They may alter their statements as needed for certain products/services and to abide by local laws and customs.