Financial Seminar Group ("FSG," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, how we use it, and your choices regarding that information. By using this website or registering for a seminar, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
1. Information We Collect
Information You Provide
When you register for a seminar or submit a form on this website, we may collect:
- First and last name
- Email address
- Phone number (used for event communications, provided to the presenting professional following the event for follow-up calls, and used for text messaging only if you opt in)
- City or ZIP code
- Any other information you voluntarily submit
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain technical information, including:
- IP address and general geographic location
- Browser type and version
- Pages visited and time spent on pages
- Referring URLs
- Device type and operating system
This information is collected using cookies and similar tracking technologies. You may disable cookies through your browser settings; doing so may affect some features of this site.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Confirm your seminar registration and provide event details
- Send reminders and updates related to your registered event
- Notify you about future FSG educational seminars in your area
- Following the event, provide your contact information to the licensed professional who presented, so they may contact you by email and telephone to follow up and offer their products and services (see Section 4)
- Respond to your questions or requests
- Improve our website and the quality of our educational programming
- Comply with legal and regulatory requirements
FSG does not use your information to provide personalized financial, investment, tax, or legal advice. We do not sell your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.
3. SMS Text Messaging
SMS / Text Message Disclosure
SMS consent is optional and is not a condition of registration or any service. By providing your phone number and checking the SMS opt-in box during registration, you consent to receive text messages from Financial Seminar Group related to the educational seminars you register for. These messages may include registration confirmations, event reminders, day-of notifications, event updates such as location changes or cancellations, and follow-up messages about future FSG educational seminars in your area.
Message frequency: Message frequency varies.
Message and data rates may apply. Check with your wireless carrier for applicable charges.
To opt out: Reply STOP to any message at any time. You will receive one final confirmation and no further messages will be sent.
To opt back in: Reply START.
For help: Reply HELP or email us at [email protected].
No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties. Information sharing with subprocessors (such as our messaging platform provider) is permitted solely to deliver the messages described above.
FSG uses an SMS platform to send text messages on our behalf. That platform processes your phone number only as needed to deliver messages you have opted into. It does not use your number for any independent marketing purpose.
4. How We Share Your Information
FSG does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share information only in the following limited circumstances:
Service Providers
We use trusted third-party service providers to help operate our website and deliver event communications. These providers (such as email platforms, SMS delivery platforms, and registration software) receive only the information needed to perform their specific function and are contractually prohibited from using it for other purposes.
Presenting Professionals
Financial Seminar Group manages all registration and event communications. Following the event you attend, we provide your first name, last name, email address, and phone number to the licensed financial professional who presented, so that they may contact you to follow up and to offer their products and services.
The presenting professional may contact you by email and telephone. They do not receive your text-messaging (SMS) consent and will not send you text messages; all text messages are sent solely by Financial Seminar Group, and your SMS consent is never shared with the presenting professional or any other third party.
The presenting professional is an independent party and is solely responsible for its own communications with you and for compliance with all applicable laws, including the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the CAN-SPAM Act, and federal and state Do-Not-Call requirements. You may opt out of these communications at any time by notifying the presenting professional directly. Once your information has been provided to the presenting professional, any subsequent relationship or communication is solely between you and that professional. Financial Seminar Group concludes its role at that point and is not a party to, and bears no responsibility for, that relationship or those communications.
Legal Requirements
We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, in response to a valid legal process, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of FSG or others.
5. Your Choices and Rights
You have the following rights with respect to your personal information:
- Opt out of SMS: Reply STOP to any FSG text message at any time
- Opt out of email: Click "unsubscribe" in any FSG email, or contact us directly. To stop communications from a presenting professional, notify that professional directly
- Request access or deletion: Contact us at [email protected] to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you, or to request its deletion
- Correct inaccurate information: Contact us to update or correct your information
We will respond to verifiable requests within a reasonable timeframe in accordance with applicable law.
6. Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, or as required by applicable law. Registration data is typically retained for up to 24 months after your last interaction with FSG. You may request earlier deletion by contacting us.
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies to improve your browsing experience and analyze site traffic. You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may limit certain site functionality.
We may use third-party analytics and advertising tools (such as Google Analytics and the Meta/Facebook Pixel) to understand how visitors interact with our site and to measure the performance of our advertising. These tools may collect information such as your device identifiers and on-site activity, and are subject to their own privacy policies.
8. Children's Privacy
FSG seminars are intended for adults ages 18 and older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 18. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us so we can promptly delete it.
9. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Third-Party Links
This website may contain links to third-party websites. FSG is not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and encourages you to review their privacy policies before providing any personal information.
11. Your Privacy Rights by State
Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under state privacy laws (for example, the laws of California, Virginia, and other states) — including the right to access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of your personal information, and the right to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for targeted advertising. FSG does not sell your personal information. To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected], and we will respond as required by applicable law. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Continued use of our website or services after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.
13. Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your information, please contact us:
Financial Seminar Group LLC
1018 Ardmore Drive, Lynchburg, VA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 435-375-4432
Website: financialseminargroup.com