Website Privacy Policy

This document was last updated on June 20, 2009.

1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

^The Shepherd Investment Strategist is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Statement sets forth our current privacy practices with regard to the information we collect when you or your computer interact with our website. By accessing our website, you acknowledge and fully understand ^The Shepherd Investment Strategist's Privacy Statement and freely consent to the information collection and use practices described in this Website Privacy Statement, which are similar to most other reputable companies.

2. PARTICIPATING MERCHANT POLICIES

Related services and offerings with links from this website, including vendor sites, have their own privacy statements that can be viewed by clicking on the corresponding links within each respective website. Online merchants and others who participate in ^The Shepherd Investment Strategist services are encouraged to participate in industry privacy initiatives and to take a responsible attitude towards consumer privacy. However, since we do not have direct control over the policies or practices of participating merchants and other third parties, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or contents of those sites. We recommend and encourage that you always review the privacy policies of merchants and other third parties before you provide any personal information or complete any transaction with such parties.

3. INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT

^The Shepherd Investment Strategist collects certain information from and about its users in three ways: directly from our Web Server logs, directly from the user, and with Cookies. The information we collect is used to improve the content of our Web site, customize the content and/or layout of pages for each individual visitor and contact those who knowingly provide us their contact information to notify them of items of importance.

1. Web Server Logs

When you visit our Website, we may track information to administer the site and analyze its usage. Examples of information we may track include:

1. Your Internet protocol address.
2. The kind of browser or computer you use.
3. Number of links you click within the site.
4. State or country from which you accessed the site.
5. Date and time of your visit.
6. Name of your Internet service provider.
7. Web page you linked to our site from.
8. Pages you viewed on the site.


2. Use of Cookies

^The Shepherd Investment Strategist may use cookies to personalize or enhance your user experience. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a Web Server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize a web page, or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. Hence, this simplifies the process of delivering relevant content and eases site navigation by providing and saving your preferences and login information as well as providing personalized functionality.

^The Shepherd Investment Strategist reserves the right to share aggregated site statistics with partner companies, but does not allow other companies to place cookies on our website unless there is a temporary, overriding customer value (such as merging into a site that relies on third-party cookies).

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you reject cookies by changing your browser settings then be aware that this may disable some of the functionality on our Website.

3. User Personal Information

Visitors to our website can register to purchase services. When you register, we will request some personal information such as your name, address, email, telephone number or facsimile number, account number and other relevant information. If you are purchasing a service, we will request financial information. Any financial information we collect is used only to bill you for the services you purchased. If you purchase by credit card, this information may be forwarded to your credit card provider. For other types of registrations, we will ask for the relevant information. You may also be asked to disclose personal information to us so that we can provide assistance and information to you. For example, such data may be warranted in order to provide online technical support and troubleshooting.

Unless you request otherwise, we may share information that personally identifies you with certain third parties we feel provide valuable information about current market offers. Additionally, under certain extenuating circumstances, we may disclose personally identifiable information that we have collected to the extent necessary, including:

1. To protect ourselves from liability,
2. To respond to legal process or comply with law, or
3. In connection with a merger, acquisition, or liquidation of the company.

All communications between ^The Shepherd Investment Strategist and its visitors shall be deemed as submission and all submissions, including portions thereof, graphics contained therein, or any of the content of the submission, shall become the exclusive property of ^The Shepherd Investment Strategist. We may choose to use this content in various ways for commercial use with or without additional permission or consideration by the visitor or sender. Testimonials received will not be used without signed permission from the creator.

If you do not want us to use information we collect from you or receive e-mails from us in the future, please let us know by contacting us.

4. USE OF WEB BEACONS OR GIF FILES

^The Shepherd Investment Strategist's Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons -- sometimes also called single-pixel gifs -- that allow ^The Shepherd Investment Strategist to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. ^The Shepherd Investment Strategist may include Web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or newsletters in order to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon.

Some of these Web beacons may be placed by third party service providers to help determine the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns or email communications. These Web beacons may be used by these service providers to place a persistent cookie on your computer. This allows the service provider to recognize your computer each time you visit certain pages or emails and compile anonymous information in relation to those page views, which in turn enables us and our service providers to learn which advertisements and emails bring you to our website and how you use the site. ^The Shepherd Investment Strategist prohibits Web beacons from being used to collect or access your personal information.

5. NOTICE OF UNANTICIPATED BUT ETHICAL USAGE

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in this Privacy Policy. If our collection practices change we will post a notice and provide visitors with the ability to opt-out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our Web site periodically. Customers may prevent their information from being used for purposes other than for those for which it was originally collected by contacting us.

6. ACCESSING WEB ACCOUNT INFORMATION

Upon request we provide site visitors with access to unique identifier information (e.g., customer number or password) and relevant contact information (e.g., name, address, phone number) that we maintain about them. Customers may request, change or correct this information by contacting us.

7. CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT

^The Shepherd Investment Strategist has the discretion to occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "updated" date at the top of this Privacy page. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.

8. CONTACTING US

If you have questions regarding our Privacy Statement, its implementation, failure to adhere to this Privacy Statement and/or our general practices, please contact us or send your comments directly to:

^The Shepherd Investment Strategist, a service of JASMTS Inc.
Attention: Privacy Statement Personnel
Box 149, 1314 S. Grand Blvd., Suite 2
Spokane, WA 99202-1174
Phone: 509.777.3010