\Williams & Fudge,
Inc. Paydit Privacy Policy
- 1. Information
We Collect From You
- 2. Furnishers
of User Data
- 3. Use and
Sharing of Data Collected
- 4. Emails from Williams
& Fudge, Inc.
- 5. Cookies
- 6. Security
- 7. Disclosure
of your information to protect Williams & Fudge, Inc.'s rights or if
required by law
- 8. Our Right to
Contact Users
- 9. Changes to
Our Privacy Policy
- 10. Contact us
with questions or concerns
Williams & Fudge, Inc. (we, us, Williams & Fudge,
Inc.) is a third-party debt collector. Williams & Fudge, Inc. is committed
to protecting your privacy. It is critical that all users (you, your, consumer)
of Williams & Fudge, Inc.’s Paydit site feel confident their privacy is
protected. Williams & Fudge, Inc. will not sell, disseminate, disclose,
trade, transmit, transfer, share, lease or rent any personally identifiable
information to any third party not specifically authorized by you to receive
your information except as we have disclosed to you in this Privacy Policy.
When we update this Privacy Policy any
changes are effective immediately. We encourage you to frequently check this
page and review for any updates on this Site and this Privacy Policy
periodically, and to be aware of any changes made to this Privacy Policy. Your
continued use of the Site after such modifications will constitute Your
acknowledgment and acceptance of the modified policy and agreement to abide and
be bound by the modified policy.
1. Information We Collect
From You
When you visit Williams & Fudge, Inc.’s Paydit site we
may collect information from you. This information includes but is not limited
to: IP Address, your Operating System, pages visited, total time spent on
website or specific pages, links that are clicked, and your browser type and
version.
2. Furnishers of User Data
When an account is transferred to Williams & Fudge,
Inc. for collection, the creditor provides a variety of information including,
but not limited to: full name, date of birth, social security number, phone
number, address, email address, account number, original creditor, current
creditor, balance, payment history.
In order for this Paydit site to function for you, the data
that was furnished to Williams & Fudge, Inc. by the creditor is used.
In order for you to use this site, you must first
authenticate you are the correct person ( the consumer) by clicking a specific link in a text message sent
by Williams & Fudge, Inc. directly to you or providing verification
criteria, including but not limited to: the last four digits of their social
security number along with either the phone number they were contacted at or by
entering in the reference number Williams & Fudge, Inc. provided.
When you make an offer within the creditor's guidelines or
accept a counter offer presented by Williams & Fudge, Inc. on behalf of
your creditor, you will proceed to the payment portal. You may need to provide additional information at the payment
portal, as is standard in all payment portals. The data you provide will be
collected to process your payment. This information may include, but is not
limited to: your name, address, email address, phone number, form of payment
and information required to process the payment such as: a bank account number
and routing number or credit card number, expiration date and SEC code. In some
cases, payment information is stored in Williams & Fudge, Inc.'s secure
database in order to transmit the information to the payment processor for processing. Such information will never be
shared with unauthorized third parties. Williams & Fudge, Inc. always keeps
all data secure and private unless expressly authorized by you that it may
share.
3. Use and Sharing of Data
Collected
We only share personal information as
permitted by law with a limited number of third-party service providers who
help us provide our services, including, but not limited to, payment
processing, mailing, information verification, managing and enhancing customer
data, improving our product and services. When we share information, we require
those third parties to handle it in accordance with applicable laws. We also
only share the minimum amount of information necessary for the particular third
party to assist us in providing our services.
Here are some examples of how Williams & Fudge, Inc.
shares personal information:
To analyze user
site usage;
To deliver to you
any administrative notices relating to the use of Williams & Fudge, Inc.’s
Paydit site;
In response to
subpoenas and other legal processes;
To enforce Williams
& Fudge, Inc.'s Terms of Use; and
As otherwise
stated in the Privacy Policy.
We do not sell personal information.
We also do not allow our third-party service providers to sell this information
or otherwise use it for marketing purposes.
4. Emails from Williams
& Fudge, Inc.
Consumers who provide their email address may occasionally
receive emails from Williams & Fudge, Inc. By using this site, you
expressly authorize Williams & Fudge, Inc. to send you emails. You have the
option to opt-out of receiving emails from Williams & Fudge, Inc. at any
time by emailing {{WFI email address}}. If You choose to opt out, it is your decision alone; you cannot
and will not hold Williams & Fudge, Inc. responsible for any consequences
due to opting out of emails.
5. Cookies
Williams & Fudge, Inc. may set and access cookies on
your computer to track and store data you have entered while visiting
www.wfcp.wfconsumer.com. At Williams & Fudge, Inc.’s Paydit site, a cookie is used to
identify one unique visitor from another visitor. Our cookies are encoded so
that only we can understand the data stored in them. All cookies expire and are
deleted as soon as the user closes their browser.
You may choose to set your web browser to refuse cookies or
to alert you when cookies are being sent, but some parts of the website may not
function properly without accepting cookies.
Williams & Fudge, Inc.’s Paydit
site does not recognize or act on “do not track” requests from a browser. The
information we receive through tracking is treated as non-personal information
unless local law requires that we treat it as personal information.
Additionally, if this information is combined with personal information, we
treat the combined information as personal information for the purposes of this
Privacy Policy.
6. Security
Williams & Fudge, Inc. is serious
about data security. We seek to implement the best practices in data
collection, storage, processing, and security to protect against unauthorized
access and disclosure. Williams & Fudge, Inc. uses a number of security
measures to protect the security and integrity of your data. Once any personal
data comes into our possession, we take reasonable steps to protect that
information from misuse and loss and from unauthorized access, modification or
disclosure.
We use encryption methods and authentication processes to
maintain your security when you are using Paydit. Firewall barriers are also
used to protect your account and information, from unauthorized access. Williams
& Fudge, Inc.’s Paydit site is tested and monitored regularly to ensure all
areas are protected from possible hacking.
7. Disclosure of your
information to protect Williams & Fudge, Inc.'s rights or if required by
law
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Williams & Fudge, Inc.
reserves the right (and you authorize Williams & Fudge, Inc.) to share or
disclose your personal information when Williams & Fudge, Inc. determines,
in its sole discretion, that the disclosure of such information is necessary or
appropriate:
To enforce our rights against a consumer
or in connection with a breach by a consumer of this Privacy and Security
Policy or Williams & Fudge, Inc.’s Terms of Use;
To enforce our rights against a data
furnisher or in connection with a breach by a furnisher;
To provide user data collected by Williams
& Fudge, Inc. to a furnisher;
To prevent prohibited or illegal
activities; or
When required by any applicable law,
rule regulation, subpoena or other legal process.
8. Our Right to Contact
Users
We reserve the right to contact site visitors and users
regarding use of Williams & Fudge, Inc. Paydit site, status, changes to
agreements, Privacy Policy, Site Terms of Use or any other policies or
agreements relevant to site visitors.
9.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
If we make material changes to Williams
& Fudge, Inc.'s Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting a notice on a
webpage within www.wfcp.wfconsumer.com describing the change(s).
10.
Contact us with questions or concerns
If you have any questions or concerns
regarding this Privacy Policy, please send an email to {{WFI email}}.
Williams
& Fudge, Inc.
P.O.
Box 11590
Rock
Hill, SC 29731
800-551-5772
Email: wfconsumer@wfcorp.com
California Consumer Privacy Act
Requests to Know or Delete:
For
California consumers, email ccpa@wfcorp.com
or call 800-551-5772 to exercise your rights.
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