NCFTA Privacy Statement
Welcome to the NCFTA web site. The NCFTA has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy for our web site users and our membership. The following paragraphs disclose our information gathering and dissemination practices. The privacy statement may change at any time; any changes will be posted on this page. Should you have additional questions, comments or concerns please contact us:
2000 Technology Drive
Suite 450
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: 412.802.8000
Fax: 412.802.8510
Email: info@ncfta.net
Email Privacy
We do not sell or rent email addresses to anyone outside the NCFTA.
The NCFTA’s Support Level Agreement
The NCFTA is committed to providing 100 percent availability of its Internet site(s). We have implemented safeguards and alarms to notify us in the event of loss of Internet connectivity to the backbone and of hardware failures. Even with these safeguards in place, loss of connectivity or hardware failure can still occur. For this reason, the NCFTA cannot “guarantee” its Internet connectivity, nor can we be responsible for lost or delayed requests, email, or content.
For questions regarding our web site being down or any related service outage, please send an email to info@ncfta.net.
Use of Cookies and IP Addresses
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. Our site uses cookies to keep track of your shopping cart and to make sure you don’t see the same ad repeatedly.
- “Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can edit your browser options to block them in the future.
- A unique number called an IP address identifies every computer on the Internet. Each time you connect to the Internet your machine is assigned an IP address. An IP address is a number that identifies each sender or receiver of information that is sent in packets across the Internet.
External Links
NCFTA.NET may contain links to other external web sites that do not fall under the NCFTA.NET domain. NCFTA is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such external web sites.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.
Children’s Guidelines
We, at the NCFTA, are concerned about protecting children’s privacy and follow these guidelines:
NCFTA.NET DOES NOT:
- collect online contact information without prior parental consent or parental notification, which will include an opportunity for the parent to prevent use of the information and participation in the activity. Without prior parental consent, online information will only be used to respond directly to the child’s request and will not be used for other purposes without prior parental consent
- collect personally identifiable offline contact information without prior parental consent
- distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information with out prior parental consent
- give the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information without prior parental consent
- entice by the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity, to divulge more information than is needed to participate in the activity
NCFTA Cyber Alerts
Press Release: Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and United Kingdom Officials to address government and industry collaboration on fighting cyber threats
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Fleishman-Hillard Alex Kepnes, 703-575-8900 alex.kepnes@fleishman.com PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR TOM CORBETT, FBI, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, AND UNITED KINGDOM OFFICIALS TO ADDRESS GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY COLLABORATION ON FIGHTING CYBER THREATS Forum to Focus on Steps Industry and Government Must Take to Address Cyber Threats at National, State and Local Levels [...]
Tax Refund Spam
Individuals should be vigilant of emails concerning tax refunds. Fraudsters consistently send spam appearing to be from the IRS and financial institutions containing a link to a phishing website and/or malware typically during tax season in the US. Fraudsters then attempt to either socially engineer potential victims and/or infect their computers in order to gain [...]
Email Compromise and Wire Fraud
The NCFTA, along with its law enforcement and industry partners, has observed that cyber criminals are gaining access to compromised email accounts and leveraging the relationship between the email account holder and their financial advisor to request unauthorized wire transfers. The criminals either use the existing email address or slightly change the email address by adding or supplementing a letter or number. The criminals then typically attempt to socially engineer the advisor through stories of hardship or loss in order to justify the wire transfer.
Once the criminals have verified the amount in the account, they request that funds be sent to bank accounts in the US, Australia, and Malaysia. Some of the funds sent to US and Australian accounts have ultimately been sent to Malaysian accounts. Some of the money mules were recruited by romance scams on dating websites. Banks, brokerage firms, and credit unions of all sizes have been affected by this scam.
Please see http://www.ic3.gov/media/2012/EmailFraudWireTransferAlert.pdf for additional information on this scam and guidance on how to report such incidents to law enforcement.