RG Stephens & Associates is committed to protecting your online privacy. You may visit most pages on this site without giving us any information. However, sometimes we may need information to provide products or services that you request, and this privacy statement explains data collection and use in those situations.  This privacy statement only applies to RGStephens.com; it does not apply to other web sites, products or services.

Personal Information Collection

You will be asked when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you.  Generally, this information is requested when you are contacting us using e-mail or e-mail forms on this site, or requesting/registering for services such as newsletters.  Personal information collected by RG Stephens & Associates often is limited to name and e-mail address, but may include other information when needed to provide a service you requested.

RG Stephens & Associates also collects information about your computer hardware or software such as IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times and referring Web site addresses.

RG Stephens & Associates collects information about which pages our customers visit within RGStephens.com. This site visitation data is identified only by a unique ID number, and it is never linked with personal information unless a user consents as described below.

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on our behalf. These companies may employ cookies and action tags (also known as single pixel gifs or web beacons) to measure advertising effectiveness. Any information that these third parties collect via cookies and action tags is completely anonymous.

Personal Information Use

We will only use your personal information for the following purposes:

•  To ensure our site is relevant to customers needs

•  To deliver services, such as delivery of news and newsletters that you request

•  To help us create and publish content most relevant to you

•  To alert you to updated information where relevant

•  To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our site as appropriate.

RG Stephens & Associates may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform with the law or comply with legal process served on RG Stephens & Associates; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of RG Stephens & Associates and its web site, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of RG Stephens & Associates employees, users of RG Stephens & Associates services, or members of the public.

Personal Information Control 

When you give us personal information, RG Stephens & Associates will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.  It may be necessary to pass your details to another IIB Accredited Executive not employed by RG Stephens & Associates.  Any such person is not bound by this Privacy Policy, but is subject to confidentiality restrictions under the IIB Code of Ethics.  In addition, separate Non Disclosure Agreements are put in place when required.

RG Stephens & Associates may send out periodic e-mails informing you of services, or updates to newsletters or other services you requested, or confirming you requested a product or service. You will of course be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings.

We will never pass your personal details to anyone else, except for successors in title to our business, and suppliers that process data on our behalf.

Links to Other Sites

This site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by RG Stephens & Associates. Please be aware that RG Stephens & Associates is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.

We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every site that collects personally identifiable information.

This privacy statement applies only to information collected by this Web site.

Changes to this Privacy Statement

RG Stephens & Associates will occasionally update this privacy statement.  For material changes to this statement, RG Stephens & Associates will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web site.

Contact Information 

RG Stephens & Associates welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement.  Please contact us by e-mail at