Privacy Policy

Updated Jan 21, 2014

The website (“Site”) for CAPRiser Group. (“CAPRiser,” “we,” or “us”), was created to provide information about our company, including our investment services, lending services and joint venture opportunities (together with the Site, the “Services”).  We value the privacy of our Service visitors (“you,” “your,” or “user”), and in order to protect your personal information, we have implemented the following Privacy Policy with provisions that apply to the collection of data by CAPRiser, its subsidiaries, and its affiliates.  If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact us at privacy@capriser.com.

Our Privacy Policy discloses the type and nature of the information we collect and how we use it, as well as the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.  We also explain how any requests for personal or personally identifiable information will be used.  Finally, we present our security policy, which outlines how your personal information is protected.

Information We Collect

CAPRiser collects personal and financial information from you when you visit the Site.  The majority of information is collected during the registration and/or application process and, while some items are optional, most are required for legal or security purposes.  You may choose to provide additional information during subsequent visits to the Site, but keep in mind that some of this information will be required if you wish to partake in the Services.

In general, the type of information we collect includes, but is not limited to:

Personal data required to verify your identity;
Personal and financial data necessary to assess your eligibility to utilize the Services on the CAPRiser platform; and
on-identifiable and aggregated personal data pertaining to your Site visits that help us maintain the appropriate features, functionality and user experience

Personal Data

Investor registration and lending applications will require you to provide basic personal data.  Such information typically includes your name, email address, home address and phone number, date of birth, social security number and/or tax identification number, employer and job title.  CAPRiser uses this data to (i) enable you to log in to the Site; (ii) establish your ability to view offering materials and to make investments through the Site (for Canadian residents, such ability is restricted to “accredited investors” with a certain level of annual income or net worth); (iii) determine your credibility to partake in lending opportunities; (iv) verify that you are at least 18 years of age; (v) guard against potential fraud; (vi) contact you if there is a problem with your account, and (vii) maintain regular communications with you as may be necessary to inform you of upcoming investment opportunities and other company updates.

CAPRiser will also gather the names and email addresses of users who contact us through the Site with questions about our company or lending platform. We collect this information for the sole purpose of responding to such inquiries and do not store the contact information unless requested to do so, as in the case of job applicants who submit resumes.

Financial Data (for Investors)

When you subscribe to make an investment in one of our offerings on the platform, you will again be asked for your personal data.  You will also be required to provide financial data, such as your bank routing number and bank account number, to enable us or our broker-dealer partners to utilize your bank account to originate funds transfers and make subsequent investment disbursements to you.

Financial Data (for Borrowers)

You will be asked to provide and disclose financial data when filling out an application to partake in lending services.  Such information may be shared with third parties.  See “How and When Your Information Is Shared With Other Parties” for more details.

Non-Identifiable Data and Aggregated Personal Data

Regardless of whether you register for an account or submit an application, CAPRiser may send one or more “cookies” to your computer.  Cookies are small text files placed on your web browser when you visit our Site that store information on your computer, such as your Site preferences.  We use cookies when you sign in to keep track of your personal session, including some account identifiers to ensure that you are the only person making changes to your account.  We also use cookies to track your activity on the Site as a unique person.  For security purposes, all of this information is stored in encrypted form.  No personal information about you is stored.

You can set your web browser to inform you when cookies are set, or to prevent cookies from being set altogether.  Please note, however, that if you decline to use cookies, you may experience reduced functionality and slower site response times.  In some instances, declining to use our authentication-related cookies may prevent you from using the website entirely.

CAPRiser (or our service providers, such as Google Analytics) may also collect web surfing data related to your use of the Site.  Such information may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, and internet service provider (ISP); your operating system; which of our web pages you access and how frequently you access them; referral or exit pages; clickstream data; and the dates and times that you visit the Site.  This data may be collected using cookies, web beacons, page tags or similar tools.  As with cookies, the web surfing information is anonymous, “click stream” transactional data that is not associated with any users as individuals.

Web surfing data and similar information may be aggregated for administrative purposes.  CAPRiser may, for example, use this aggregated information in the administration of the Site to improve its usability and to evaluate the success of particular marketing and advertising campaigns, search engine optimization strategies, and other marketing activities.  We also use it to help optimize the Site based on the needs of our users.

How and When Your Information Is Shared With Other Parties

CAPRiser does not sell or rent personal information about its users for marketing purposes.  We do, however, work with a number of trusted partners who perform vital functions as part of our operations.

Sharing of Borrower Information

If you are a potential borrower, then as part of the loan application process, we may verify the information contained in the loan application and in other documents required in connection with the loan, either before the loan is closed or as part of our quality control program.  Your information may also be shared with any investor to whom we may sell your mortgage; any investor to whom we may issue, sell or resell Borrower Payment Dependent Notes (“Notes”) associated with your loan; and to any loan guaranty insurer.  Such data may include, but is not limited to, employment history and income; bank, money market, and similar account balances; credit score and credit history; copies of income tax returns; and consumer report information.  Such data may be provided to users of the platform to aid in their decision to commit funds.

Additional Sharing of Both Investor & Borrower Information

CAPRiser also works with (among others) providers of hosting services for the Site, electronic signature providers, and electronic payment service providers.  We may engage third parties to help us carry out certain other internal functions such as account processing, client services, or other data collection relevant to our business.  Examples of third parties might include those that perform data processing, reporting, tax documentation, custody or escrow services.  Information is shared with these third parties only to the extent necessary for us to process the transactions you initiate or perform other specific services, like collections.  Our partners are legally required to keep your information private and secure.

We may share your information with law enforcement or other government agencies as required by law or for the purposes of limiting fraud. We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order or legal process. We further reserve the right to disclose any of your personal information that we believe, in good faith, appropriate or necessary to take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, to protect the security or integrity of the Site or our services, or to protect the rights, property or personal safety of CAPRiser, its users, issuers, or others.

Notifications and Communications from Our Site

CAPRiser will send you email notifications from time to time.  Some notifications are required elements of your transactions on our platform, such as confirmations of particular actions you have taken.  These mandatory notices are sent typically to notify you of a change in status.  For example, you will receive a notice when you are confirmed as an investor.

We also send out notices that are required for legal or security purposes.  For example, certain notifications are sent for your own protection to ensure that another person cannot make a change to your account without your knowledge.  In other cases, these notifications involve changes to various legal agreements or Site policies.  Generally, you may not opt-out of such service-related emails.

When you register as an investor, you will receive emails that confirm the specific actions you requested.  These will include emails to which you must respond to complete your registration and notifications confirming your registration.  Thereafter, you will receive emails when a new investment opportunity is offered, as well as updates concerning the progress of the funding of such offering and/or other relevant information.  If you make an investment through the Site, CAPRiser will also send you confirmations of the investment as well as occasional updates as to the status of that investment and the timing of distributions relating to that investment.

We may also send you responses to emails you send us, if appropriate.  From time to time, we will also send user surveys, requests for user feedback regarding user experience and Site operations, or marketing offers from us or from us on behalf of our marketing partners.  Completing these surveys, answering requests for feedback, or accepting any offer is strictly voluntary. If you do not wish to receive these surveys, user feedback emails, and/or marketing offers, please opt out of any offer email you receive from us.

Where You Can View and Correct Your Information

We urge you to review your information regularly to ensure that it is correct and complete. If you believe that any of your information is incorrect, or if you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@capriser.com.

Links to Other Sites

If you follow any links that direct you away from the Site, this privacy policy will not apply to your activity on the other websites you visit. We do not control the privacy policies or the privacy practices of any third parties.

International Users

The Site may be accessed by users located outside Canada.  If you choose to use the Service from the U.S., European Union or other regions of the world with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from Canadian law, then please note that you are transferring your personal information outside of those regions to Canada and that by providing your personal information on or through the Site then you consent to that transfer.

Security Policy

Access Limitations

We limit access to the personal information we have about you to those employees who have a legitimate business who need to access such information.  In keeping with industry standards and practices, we maintain appropriate physical, electronic and procedural safeguards and controls to protect your information.  The Site is built upon a secure infrastructure with multiple layers of protection, and we use industry-standard encryption technologies to safeguard your information.

Users are required to identify and authenticate themselves prior to accessing sensitive portions of the Site.  Generally, identification and authentication take place through the use of your username and a password and/or while logging in with one of our technical support staff.

Notifications of Security Systems Breach

If we learn of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps.  We may also post a notice on or through the Site in the event of a security breach.  Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.

Take Precautionary Measures

You can take several precautions to protect the security of your computer and personal information.  For instance, you can use a well-chosen password and restrict access to your email account.  You can also install and regularly update antivirus and firewall software to protect your computer from external attacks by malicious users.  When you are finished with a session on the Site, be sure that you log out and close the browser window.

You should also be aware of fraudulent attempts to gain access to your account information through “phishing,” whereby scammers try to bring unsuspecting people to a website by using a genuine-looking email purporting to be from a legitimate company. Sometimes, either in the email itself or on this fake site, scammers will ask for login information to gain access to people’s accounts and withdraw their money.

CAPRiser will never send you an email asking you for your login information.  In general, you can protect yourself against phishing by never providing personal or login information via a link contained in an email; instead, go to the website directly.  You might also make it a habit to check the URL of a website to be sure that it begins with the correct domain.  In the case of CAPRiser, you should always ensure the URL begins with https://www.capriser.com.