Identity Theft

Protect Your Identity

CIP is serious about safeguarding your personal information online. As a security measure, you may access your account information online from the CIP website only if you have registered with CIP.

CIP uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt your personal information such as User Ids, Passwords, and account information over the internet. Any information provided to you is scrambled en route and decoded once it reaches your browser. If you have not registered and wish to review your account information, you may write to us at Suite 1710, 90 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-1301 or call 1-866-247-7697.

The internet is and will continue to be the source of many new opportunities. Those who get the most out of those opportunities will be those who use them wisely. Although the information below is not exhaustive, it contains some key points that will help you use the internet in a more secure manner. Use these points with caution and good judgment.

Submitting Forms Online

Information you provide via electronic forms on the CIP website is secure and encrypted in most instances. In other words, it is scrambled en route and decoded once it reaches CIP. You may check that your web session is secure by looking for a small lock symbol usually located in the lower corner of your web browser window. Current versions of leading web browsers indicate when a web page is encrypted for transmission through this symbol. You ay also look for the letters https:// at the beginning of your website URL in your web browser. The "s" means that the web connection is secure.

Sending E-Mail

E-Mail sent within the thecipway.com website is secure. However, e-mail sent to us through other means may not be secure unless we advise you that security measures will be in place prior to your transmitting the information. Therefore, we ask that you do not send confidential information such as social security or account numbers to us via an unsecured e-mail. Such communications should be sent to us via postal mail or you may call 1-866-247-7697.

Links to Third Party Websites

CIP is not responsible for the information practices employed by sites linked to or from our website. In most cases, links to non-CIP websites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of the CIP website. Third party websites may have different privacy policies and/or security standards governing their sites.

Employee Conduct

The CIP Corporate Code of Conduct expresses our absolute commitment to integrity, our related corporate values and ethical standards and the associated business conduct we expect from all our employees. The Code of Conduct includes very specific guidelines concerning the safeguarding of confidential information, which included customer information. In general, these guidelines limit employee access to confidential information, and limit the use and disclosure of such information to specifically authorized processes and transactions. If it is determined that employees have violated the Code of Conduct, corrective action may be taken, including immediate dismissal.

Consumer Recourse

If you believe we have not complied with our stated privacy policies concerning our usage of personally identifiable information that we may collect over the Internet, or that information we have provided to you based upon your Internet activity is inaccurate, you may Contact us.

Children Visiting Our Website

Our website is directed to customers and potential customers, most of whom are adults. However, children may access our website and provide information. For example, they may request information concerning our products and services and apply for certain products and services. Should children access our website, we are confident that parents will not judge any of the information provided as objectionable for viewing by their children. Parents can avail themselves of various software packages that are available to prevent their children from accessing websites which they deem to be inappropriate. Parents can choose to utilize this and other methods to limit the websites which their children have access. When you visit our site we may ask you to "sign-in", complete a survey, or answer simple questions. These may include questions such as where you live, your e-mail address and your interest in receiving e-mail from CIP on new products and services. We collect this information so that we can determine what kinds of products and services are or most interest to you.