Privacy Policy
Last updated: 04/02/2020
We value your privacy very highly. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the Columbia Collection Service, Inc. Website (the “Website”) operated by Columbia Collection Service, Inc., a(n) Corporation formed in Oregon (“us”, “we”, “our”) as this Privacy Policy contains important information regarding your privacy and how we may use the information we collect about you.
Your access to and use of the Website is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to everyone, including, but not limited to visitors, users, and others, who wish to access or use the Website.
E-mail posted or sent through this website may not be secure against interception by unauthorized individuals. To protect against interception by unauthorized individuals, we will not respond to e-mail requests by unverified addresses concerning accounts details placed for collection. Therefore, if you are communicating with Columbia Collection Service, Inc. regarding a debt that has been placed for collection with Columbia Collectors, Inc., we advise that all correspondence regarding specific details of an account should be sent by U.S. Postal Service or call our client services number at (360) 694-7586. If you are sending a mail request please be sure to include your name, your mailing address, the Columbia Collection Service, Inc. account number, creditor name, and creditor account number so that we may process your inquiry and respond promptly.
The address for mailing inquiries is:
PO Box 22709
Milwaukie, OR 97269
Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on your computer by your web browser. The file is added once you agree to store cookies on your computer or device, and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow sites to respond to you as an individual. The Website can tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
This Website collects cookies and may use cookies for reasons including, but not limited to:
- Analyze our web traffic using an analytics package.
- Identify if you are signed-in to the Website.
- Test content on the Website.
- Store information about your preferences.
- Recognize when you return to the Website.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better Website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This setting may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Website.
Children’s Privacy
This Website is intended for use by a general audience and does not offer services to children. Should a child whom we know to be under 13 send personal information to us, we will use that information only to respond directly to that child to inform him or her that they cannot use this Website.
How We May Use Your Information
We may use the information that you provide us for the following: analytics, contacting you, providing services, and answering questions.
Columbia Collection Service, Inc. may disclose identifiable information (i) to another entity with which Columbia Collection Service, Inc. enters or reasonably may enter into a corporate transaction, such as, for example, a merger, consolidation, acquisition, or asset purchase, (ii) to a third party pursuant to a
subpoena, court order, or other form of legal process or in response to a request by or on behalf of any local, state, federal, or other government agency, department, or body, whether or not pursuant to a subpoena, court order, or other form of legal process, or (iii) to a third party if determined by Columbia
Collection Service, Inc. in its sole judgment that such disclosure is appropriate to protect the life, health, or property of Columbia Collection Service, Inc. or any other person or entity. (The foregoing is not intended to obviate or displace any legal obligations or duties applicable to Columbia Collection Service,
Inc..)
Columbia Collection Service, Inc. has implemented physical, electronic, and procedural security safeguards to protect against the unauthorized release of or access to personal information. Additionally, to further safeguard this information, our employees are asked to agree to Columbia Collection Service,
Inc.’s Standards of Conduct and Work Rules as well as Confidentiality Agreements and are subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment if they fail to follow signed agreements.
While Columbia Collection Service, Inc. may undertake efforts to see that another party to which Columbia Collection Service, Inc. shares personal information is under a contractual obligation to use the personal information solely for the purposes for which the information was disclosed by Columbia
Collection Service, Inc., Columbia Collection Service, Inc. exercises no control over such parties and Columbia Collection Service, Inc. is not responsible for their conduct, actions, omissions, or information handling or dissemination practices.
Sale of Your Information
We do not sell your personal information.
Third-Party Websites
This Website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than us. We provide such hyperlinks for your reference only. We do not control such websites and are not responsible for their contents or the privacy or other practices of such websites. It is up to you to read and fully understand their Privacy Policies. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators.
Do Not Track Signals
Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. We support Do Not Track (“DNT”). You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.
Opting Out of Us Collecting Personal Information
Except as necessary for Columbia Collection Service, Inc. to provide the services, information, or products requested by a website user, or except for the disclosures identified in the preceding paragraph, the user may opt out of having his or her personally identifiable information, which has been voluntarily provided to Columbia Collection Service, Inc. through or from its website, prospectively retained by Columbia Collection Service, Inc., used by Columbia Collection Service, Inc. for secondary purposes, or disclosed by Columbia Collection Service, Inc. to third parties, by contacting Columbia Collection Service, Inc. via postal mail at the address set out above or at the following e-mail address: cs@columbiacsi.com.
Location of Data Processing
All data processing activities undertaken by us take place in Oregon.
Changes to Privacy Policy
Columbia Collection Service, Inc. may change this Privacy Notice at any time. Notice of any new or revised Privacy Notice, as well as the location of the new or revised statement, will be posted on the website for at least 60 days after the change. It is the obligation of users visiting the website before the change to learn of changes to the Privacy Notice since their last visit. Any change to this Privacy Notice shall be effective as to any website user who has visited the website before the change was made.
We value your privacy very highly. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the Columbia Collection Service, Inc. Website (the “Website”) operated by Columbia Collection Service, Inc., a(n) Corporation formed in Oregon (“us”, “we”, “our”) as this Privacy Policy contains important information regarding your privacy and how we may use the information we collect about you.
Your access to and use of the Website is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to everyone, including, but not limited to: visitors, users, and others, who wish to access or use the Website.
By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any part of the Privacy Policy, then you do not have our permission to access or use the Website.
Questions
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at cs@columbiacsi.com.