At slingshot powered by Capital One^® (individually and collectively "us", "we" or "our"), we are committed to connecting you ("you" refers to members and former members of our online community that participate as individuals rather than on behalf of a commercial interest) with a service that meets your needs. Our commitment includes protecting personal information we retain about you (referred to as "information" in this notice) when you become a member of our online community. We want to earn your trust by providing strict safeguards to protect information about you. Please read this notice to learn about our privacy practices. Should any changes occur to this notice in the future, you will be able to determine this by referring to the "Last Revised" date at the bottom of this privacy statement.


As noted above, these information-sharing practices apply to consumers (businesses are excluded) who enroll and become online members of the slingshot community.

We Collect Information From:

You, your user profile and other forms you submit/complete online (information such as your name, address, phone number and email address).

We May Disclose The Information Described Above To:

Our service providers, companies that perform marketing on our behalf or other companies with which we have joint marketing agreements; and other nonaffiliated third parties as required or permitted by law.


We have safeguards to keep information confidential and secure:

We maintain physical safeguards, such as secure areas in buildings; electronic safeguards, such as passwords and encryption; and procedural safeguards, such as customer authentication procedures to prevent ID theft.

Access to information about you is restricted to authorized employees obtaining that information for business purposes.

We carefully select and monitor the outside companies that we hire to perform services for us. We require them to keep customer information safe and secure and do not allow them to use or share the information for any purpose other than the job they are hired to do.

We regularly review our privacy- and data security-related controls to ensure they are appropriate.


Protect your information. Keep your personal password in a safe place. Try to memorize your password and do not write them down with your account information.

If you suspect that you have been a victim of identity theft, immediately notify your creditors, local law enforcement and the credit bureau agencies. If you think your identity has been stolen, you may want to visit www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/, sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission.

Report unusual telephone or email inquiries or other suspicious activity to your telephone company or local law enforcement authorities.

Learn about the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and follow the tips for parents at the Federal Trade Commission's website for children's privacy at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/index.html. We respect the privacy of your children, and we comply with the COPPA. We do not knowingly collect or retain personally identifiable information from individuals under the age of 13 online.

To update your user profile, please do so at www.joinslingshot.com.

Date Last Revised 02/29/08

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