Privacy Policy

This privacy policy applies to www.smartscalecapital.com (the “Website”) which is owned and operated by SmartScale Capital, LLC. SmartScale and the SmartScale marks are a trademark of Smartscale Capital, LLC (“SmartScale”, “Us” or “We”).

1. Protection of Customer Information

SmartScale recognizes and respects the privacy rights of merchants and is committed to protecting the information we collect or receive from you.   The Privacy Policy describes how SmartScale collects and uses the personal information you provide when you interact with us. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected through other sources (such as from sales representatives including any independent sales or marketing representative who may refer you or your business to us) or through third party sales organizations (e.g. QuickBooks, Facebook or LinkedIn). Information security and protecting your privacy are fundamental to SmartScale’s business practices. Additionally, all employees of SmartScale recognize steps and procedures that must be taken to safeguard customer information. Our policy is to treat what we learn about you and your Personal Information as confidential. For example, we will not give or sell Personal Information (as described below) about you or our customers to any third party, except as necessary to provide services to you or our customer, as required by law, or in connection with an investigation of possible illegality. We may also disclose certain client information if SmartScale is involved in a potential merger/acquisition or sale of a all or a portion of its assets. We collect business and personal information that you submit through our application. SmartScale only has access to collect information we receive from you on applications or other forms, including consumer reports you authorize us to obtain, information about your transactions with us and information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. Such information may include:

Business name and address, telephone number, e-mail address, business bank account information

Personal name, address, date of birth, SSN, employment information, and residence rental or ownership information

Information uploaded by users to our site, such as your driver’s license, pictures of your business, and bank statements

Individual financial or credit bureau information (such as a business owner’s credit score, credit history, and bank account information)

Business legal entity type, industry, years in business, EIN/TIN, number of employees, and annual gross revenue

Any other personal information you submit or upload through our site or to one of our email addresses

2. How we collect information

We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to personalize your preferences and profile information. Cookies are also used to collect general usage and volume statistical information that does not include personal information. “Web beacons” are small graphic images placed on a web page, web-based document, or an email address that are designed specifically to allow us or our third-party vendors to collect certain information and monitor use activity on our website

3. Security and Integrity of Information

We treat our data as an asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorized access. We employ information security techniques to appropriately protect confidential and personal information from unauthorized access by users inside and outside the company. Access to personal information is limited to those employees who have a legitimate business need for that information. The website and its supporting systems employ generally accepted information security techniques such as firewalls, access control procedures and cryptography to appropriately protect confidential Personal Information from unauthorized access.  However, no Internet, mobile or e-mail transmission is ever fully secure or error free. In particular, e-mail or SMS messages sent or uploaded user-generated content sent to or from this website may not be entirely secure.

4. Op out

If your Personal Information changes, or if you no longer desire our Service, you may correct, update, amend, delete/remove, ask to have it removed from a public forum or testimonial on our Website or deactivate it by emailing our Customer Support at info@smartscalecapital.com.You may choose to stop receiving our marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions or you can contact us at site above. We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes we will notify you by email or by means of a notice on this Website prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.

5. Anti money laundering notice

To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account.

What this means to you: When you open an account, we will ask for your name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow us to identify you. We may also ask to see your driver’s license or other identifying documents.