Privacy Statement

Our Core Competencies Include:

Upstate Business Associates is committed to protecting your online privacy. You may visit most pages on this site without giving us any information. However, sometimes we may need information to provide products or services that you request, and this privacy statement explains data collection and use in those situations. This privacy statement only applies to upstatebusinessassociates.com. It does not apply to other Upstate Business Associates websites, products or services.

Personal Information Collection

You will be asked when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you are contacting us using e-mail or e-mail forms on this site, or requesting/registering for services such as newsletters. Personal information collected by Upstate Business Associates is often limited to name and e-mail address, but may include other information when needed to provide a service you requested.

Upstate Business Associates also does not collect information about your computer hardware or software such as IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times and referring web site addresses.

Upstate Business Associates collects information about which pages our customers visit within upstatebusinessassociates.com. This site visitation data is identified only by a unique ID number, and it is never linked with personal information unless a user consents as described below.

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on our behalf. These companies may employ cookies and action tags (also known as single pixel gifs or web beacons) to measure advertising effectiveness. Any information that these third parties collect via cookies and action tags is completely anonymous.

Personal Information Use

We will only use your personal information for the following purposes:

To ensure our site is relevant to clients needs
To deliver services, such as delivery of news and newsletters that you request
To help us create and publish content most relevant to you
To alert you to updated information where relevant
To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our site as appropriate.

Upstate Business Associates may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform with the law or comply with legal process served on Upstate Business Associates; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Upstate Business Associates and its web site, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Upstate Business Associates employees, users of Upstate Business Associates services, or members of the public.

Personal Information Control

When you give us personal information, Upstate Business Associates will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above. It may be necessary to pass your details to another IIB Accredited Executive not employed by Upstate Business Associates. Any such person is not bound by this Privacy Policy, but is subject to confidentiality restrictions under the IIB Code of Ethics. In addition, separate Non-Disclosure Agreements can be put in place when required.

Upstate Business Associates may send out periodic e-mails informing you of services, or updates to newsletters or other services you requested, or confirming you requested a product or service. You will of course be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings.

We will never pass your personal details to anyone else, except for successors in title to our business, and suppliers that process data on our behalf.

Access to Personal Information

You can obtain a copy of any personal information by contacting Upstate Business Associates as described at the bottom of this statement. We will provide this information to you within 7 to 10 days.

Links to Other Sites

This site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by Upstate Business Associates. Please be aware that Upstate Business Associates is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies only to information collected by this website.

Changes to this Privacy Statement

Upstate Business Associates will occasionally update this privacy statement. For material changes to this statement, Upstate Business Associates will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Website.

Contact Information

Upstate Business Associates welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. Please contact us by e-mail at tzyra@upstatebusinessassociates.com