Privacy Policy

FACTS

WHAT DOES CLEARONE ADVANTAGE ("ClearOne") DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

 

Why?

Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.

 

What?

The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include: Social Security number and account balances Payment history and credit history Income and credit card and other debt

 

How?	All financial companies need to share customers' personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers' personal information; the reasons ClearOne chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

Reasons we can share your personal information	Does ClearOne Advantage share?	Can you limit this sharing?
For our everyday business purposes— such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus	Yes	No
For our marketing purposes— to offer our products and services to you	Yes	No
For joint marketing with other financial companies	Yes	No
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes— information about your transactions and experiences	Yes	No
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes— information about your creditworthiness	Yes	Yes
For our affiliates to market to you	Yes	Yes
For nonaffiliates to market to you	Yes	Yes

To Limit our sharing

Mail the form below or fill out and email to privacypolicyoptout@clearoneadvantage.com Please note: If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing. Questions? Call 888-768-4767 or go to www.clearoneadvantage.com

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Who We Are

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Who is providing this notice?

ClearOne Advantage, LLC

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What We Do

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How does ClearOne Advantage protect my personal information?

To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.

How does ClearOne Advantage collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you

• open an account or give us your contact information
• give us your income information or provide account information
• provide employment information

We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies.

Why can’t I limit all sharing?

• sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes—information about your creditworthiness
• affiliates from using your information to market to you
• sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you

State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.

What happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else?

Your choices will apply to everyone on your account – unless you tell us otherwise.

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Definitions

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Affiliates

Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

• Our affiliates include financial companies, such as Verge Loan Solutions

Nonaffiliates

Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

• Nonaffiliates we share with can include direct marketing companies, service providers, and lenders or loan brokers.

Joint marketing

A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.

• Our joint marketing partners include a debt consolidation lender, lead generators, and marketing and sales organizations.

Our Cookies Policy

"Cookies" are small text files that are placed on your device by the websites you visit, which store information about your preferences and browsing history.  "Personal information" refers to any information that can be used to identify you, either directly or indirectly.  "Third parties" are individuals or entities other than ClearOne Advantage and you, the user.

We use various types of cookies, including but not limited to session cookies, persistent cookies, and third-party cookies, web beacons and trackers, to enhance your user experience, analyze website usage, and personalize content.  The purposes of our cookie usage include, but are not limited to, remembering your preferences, improving the functionality of the Website, and providing you with relevant advertisements and content. 

Through the use of cookies, we collect information about your browsing behavior, including the pages you visit, the links you click, the information you provide, and the search queries you enter.  This personal information may be shared using this technology with third parties, such as advertising partners, analytics providers, and service providers, for the purposes of targeted advertising, website optimization and service improvement.  These third parties are required to handle your personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies and applicable data protection laws and regulations.

You have the right to opt-out of our cookie usage at any time by adjusting your browser settings to reject or disable cookies and by clearing any and all cookies your browser has previously accepted.  Please note that if you choose to disable cookies, our website may not function properly, and certain services may not be available.

By continuing to use the Website, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this section.

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Other important information

See below for important state-specific disclosures.

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FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS: In accordance with California law, we will not share information we collect about you with nonaffiliates, except as allowed by law. For example, we may share information with your consent or to service your accounts. See below for your right to limit our sharing among our affiliates.

FOR NEVADA RESIDENTS: We are providing you this notice pursuant to state law. You may be placed on our internal “do not call” list by calling 888-768-4767. Nevada law requires that we also provide you with the following contact information: Bureau of Consumer Protection, Office of the Nevada Attorney General, 555 E. Washington St. – Suite 3900, Las Vegas, NV 89101; 702- 486-3132 – BCPINFO@ag.state.nv.us.

FOR VERMONT RESIDENTS: In accordance with Vermont law, we will not share information we collect about Vermont residents with companies who are not affiliates, except as permitted by law, such as with your consent or to service your accounts. We will not share information about your creditworthiness with our affiliates without your authorization or consent but we may share information about our transactions or experiences with you with our affiliates without your consent.

Additional Rights for California Residents - Important Privacy Choices for Consumers
You have the right to control whether we share some of your personal information. Please read the following information carefully before you make your choices below.

You have additional rights under Federal law. See the form with the heading:

“Facts – What Does ClearOne Advantage do with Your Personal Information”

Your Rights

You have the following rights to restrict the sharing of personal and financial information with our affiliates (companies we own or control) and outside companies that we do business with. Nothing in this form prohibits the sharing of information necessary for us to follow the law, as permitted by law, or to give you the best service on your accounts with us. This includes sending you information about some other products or services.

Your Choices:

Restrict Information Sharing With Companies We Own or Control (Affiliates): Unless you say “No,” we may share personal and financial information about you with our affiliated companies.

(_) NO, please do not share personal and financial information with your affiliated companies.

Restrict Information Sharing With Other Companies We Do Business With To Provide Financial Products And Services: Unless you say “No,” we may share personal and financial information about you with outside companies we contract with to provide financial products and services to you.

(_) NO, please do not share personal and financial information with outside companies you contract with to provide financial products and services.

Time Sensitive Reply

You may make your privacy choice(s) at any time. Your choice(s) marked here will remain unless you state otherwise. However, if we do not hear from you we may share some of your information with affiliated companies and other companies with whom we have contracts to provide products and services.

Name: _____________________________________________

Account Number (if applicable): __________________________

Signature & Date: _____________________________________

To exercise your choices do one of the following:

1. Fill out, sign and return this form to us using the envelope provided (you may want to make a copy for your records);
2. Call this toll-free number: 888-768-4767
3. Reply electronically by contacting us through the Internet at privacypolicyoptout@clearoneadvantage.com