Goldleaf Surety

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

The following is a statement of the Privacy Policy that we have implemented with all of our companies. The nature of our business (helping individuals and businesses obtain the surety bonds they need) requires us to gather personal, financial and business information about you. We deeply respect your privacy, and we appreciate the confidence you place in us each time you provide us with information or permit us to obtain information about you from other sources.

  • The Information We Collect. Since surety is a form of credit, the information we collect usually includes information regarding your financial condition and your credit history. It also may include references regarding personal characteristics, contractual relationships, banking relationships and your performance of and exposure to risks similar to the risk(s) to be bonded.
  • Where It Comes From. Most of the information we collect comes directly from you or is obtained with the assistance of data provided by you. This information may come from standard forms that you complete and return to us, or it may come from third parties. Some of the information we obtain is private information, and some of it is publicly available.
  • Identity of the Third Parties from Whom We Obtain Information. The third parties from whom we obtain information may include other agents we understand to be working for you, accountants and other professionals we understand to be working for you, surety companies that have written bonds for you in the past, consumer credit reporting agencies, business information reporting agencies, persons or entities that employ you (or for whom you perform services), and other business, banking and credit references that you may identify for us. The third parties also may include persons or entities willing to provide credit assistance on your behalf. If you are a company, we also may obtain information about you from your owners.
  • Additional Information We May Collect. Once you have obtained a surety bond with our assistance, we may collect additional information about you through your transactions with us. This information may include bond numbers for any bonds issued with our assistance, information regarding collateral you may provide as security to us or the surety company, ongoing facts and information relating to the bonded risks, claims brought or threatened against you, and a variety of facts and information relating to the release, expiration, cancellation, release and/or renewal of any bonds.
  • How We Disclose the Information We Collect to Provide Products and Services. We generally disclose information we collect only to surety companies we consider appropriate to your request(s) for surety credit. On occasion, we also may disclose the information to agents, accountants, bankers and other professionals we understand to be working on your behalf. These disclosures occur by telephone, facsimile transmission, e-mail, U.S. Mail and/or standard courier services.
  • The Purpose of These Disclosures. The main purpose we have in disclosing information we collect about you is to help you obtain the surety bonds you need or establish the terms and conditions upon which surety credit can be extended to you. Other purposes may include updating your files from time to time, investigating risks that have been bonded for you (and/or claims that are threatened or have been brought against you), investigating or assisting in situations that may affect your surety credit, and determining and collecting premiums, commissions and other charges that may be due from you.
  • Your Authorization of the Foregoing Disclosures. All of these disclosures are authorized by your signature on the Questionnaire, the Personal Financial Statement and/or other signed authorizations you provide to us.
  • How We Protect the Information We Collect. Our company has adopted physical and procedural safeguards to protect the information we collect, and we regularly remind our employees to respect and maintain those safeguards and rigorously enforce our Privacy Policy. Employees who violate our Privacy Policy (and/or any related procedures) are subject to disciplinary action. With respect to third parties to whom we disclose collected information, federal law requires all of these parties to have and enforce written privacy policies regarding the information we provide to them, and we expect all of them to strictly maintain and enforce their policies. We will consider immediately terminating our contractual relationship with any third party that does not have and actively enforce a written privacy policy that is as strict or stricter than our own.
  • We Do Not Disclose or Sell Information for Any Purpose Unrelated to Your Bonding. We do not sell or disclose information we collect to any “non-affiliated” parties, whether for marketing or other purposes. We also do not disclose information about you to persons or entities other than those described above, unless you specifically authorize us to do so.
  • We Protect Information We Have Collected About Former Customers. We do not disclose information collected from or about former customers, except as required or permitted by law.
  • Your Rights. You have specific rights to see, correct, amend and/or delete personal information we may collect about you. Please see the attached Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. State law may provide you with additional rights, and we will comply with the law of your state in every case.

Please direct any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy to Jack Anderson,  Goldleaf Financial, Ltd., PO Box 466, Montevideo, MN 56265 or call him (toll free) at 888-294-6747.