eFiltro co. (dba "New Idea Center" and "Americas Ventures" ) believes that you should control the dissemination of the personally identifiable information that you provide when using this website. Please review this privacy policy carefully and periodically, as your use of this Site constitutes your agreement to these terms.

  Does eFiltro sign Confidential Disclosure Agreements?
What personally identifiable information is collected on this Site?
 How is my personally identifiable information used?
 Who has access to my personally identifiable information?
 What levels of security are used to protect my identity and ideas?
 What personally identifiable information is disclosed to third parties?
 How do I opt out of or modify the collection, disclosure and distribution of
     personally identifiable information?
 What happens when I go to linked sites?
 What is eFiltro's policy regarding children's privacy?
 Does eFiltro sign Confidential Disclosure Agreements?
 How are cookies used by eFiltro?
 Could there be changes to the Privacy Policy?
 Who can I contact with questions about this policy or my personally identifiable      information?

Does eFiltro sign Confidential Disclosure Agreements?
As you may understand, we do not like to sign formal confidential disclosure agreements (CDAs) since it is impossible to determine where ideas originate. It is quite reasonable to expect that various entrepreneurs may share the same vision at approximately the same time. CDAs also create huge bureaucratic problems, which only add time and cost to our joint effort. We suggest that you provide as much information as possible to determine if your idea should be capitalized. If there are truly proprietary ideas, process, data or personnel issues that you firmly believe should be protected (inventions, patent details, employer conflicts, etc.), then refrain from including these items in your submission, but let us know about these issues.
We will sign our CDA, which is attached, if that makes you feel better. Keep in mind that the best defense is speed of execution of your business plan!

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What personally identifiable information is collected on this Site?
You must register as an Entrepreneur in order to access the information and services on the Site. When you register with eFiltro as an Entrepreneur we collect your name, address, email address, and other optional information, such as citizenship, educational background and current employment. When you submit your Questionnaire or Business Plan to eFiltro, we collect all personally identifying information contained therein.

How is my personally identifiable information used?
We use the personally identifiable information submitted on our registration forms to provide you with a secure password and access to the Site, to send your information about eFiltro and its site features and offers via email (only if you have opted to receive these types of communications), to send you advertising and job information from selected eFiltro advertisers and sponsors (only if you have opted to receive these types of communications) and to ensure that we comply with applicable laws. We use the personally identifiable information contained in your new business Idea submission form to aid in the process of evaluating and scoring your Business Plan and Idea submission.

We may also aggregate the information we collect to develop certain summary reports for our sponsors and advertisers. We provide this information to assist our sponsors and advertisers in determining how to promote their products and services. We do not reveal personally identifiable information or disclose specifically who saw or clicked on their advertisements or other links.

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Who has access to my personally identifiable information?
Only eFiltro and its network of sponsors and authorized agents have access to your personally identifiable information. eFiltro works hard to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed secure. While we takes steps to protect your personally identifiable information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or from the Site, and you use the Site at your own risk.

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What levels of security are used to protect my identity and ideas?

eFiltro has taken numerous steps to insure that entrepreneurs and sponsors have a high level of security:

 Only registered users can access our information.
  Password protected Web site areas.
 Only non-executable files may be uploaded to our site.
 Our Employees receiveprivacy and confidentiality training, and are required to sign strict confidentiality agreements.

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What personally identifiable information is disclosed to third parties?
eFiltro does not disclose your personally identifiable information to any third party except by providing to Sponsors and eFiltro judges such personally identifiable information as is contained in your Registration form and the description of your Business Idea. We may have to disclose during special situations, such as to comply with the law or administer the Site. eFiltro will only share with third party advertisers the information you have provided to us in aggregate form – that is, as a summary report showing, for instance, how many residents of a specific country have submitted Ideas to the Site.

Business Information. All business plans, contracts, memoranda and conversations between eFiltro and its customers are considered confidential information, and subject therefore, to our Confidential Disclosure Agreement, included below. Neither party can consent to release confidential information without the other party's expliciti consent in writing.

Responses to Particular Offers. If you have opted to receive special offers or emails from selected sponsors and other third parties, we may provide your email address or a report to our advertiser or sponsor which tells them who responded to a particular offer. For example, if you indicate that you would like your name to be used for job searches by our sponsor firms, we may provide your email address and certain other personally identifiable information regarding your employment and educational background to our sponsors.

Administering the Site and Compliance with Law: eFiltro may disclose your personally identifiable information if we believe in good faith that we are required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, a subpoena, or other legal process. eFiltro may also disclose information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our Terms and Conditions , or to protect the safety of our users, judges, and the public. In addition, eFiltro may disclose or access personally identifiable information for administrative and other purposes that we believe are necessary to develop, maintain and improve our products and services.

 

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How do I opt out of or modify the collection, disclosure and distribution of personally identifiable information?
At the time of registration you may choose whether to receive emails or other communications from eFiltro or its sponsors. If you do opt in at the time of initial registration, you may later opt out at anytime from receiving emails from eFiltro or from having your personally identifiable information shared in any fashion with selected sponsors and/or advertisers. If you wish to do so send an email to Info@efiltro.com. You send us a message with the phrase {"remove"} in the subject line we will not disclose your personally identifiable information or send you emails or other offers or promotions. However, eFiltro may continue to use your personally identifiable information for internal purposes, to enhance your user experience or as necessary to administer the site or comply with applicable law.

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What happens when I go to linked sites?
When you are on eFiltro, you may be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. For example, if you "click" on a sponsor's logo, the "click" may take you off the eFiltro Site. These other sites may independently collect data, solicit personally identifiable information, or send their own cookies to you. eFiltro is not responsible for any use of the information including click-stream data that you may create when using such 3rd party sites.

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What is eFiltro's policy regarding children's privacy?
eFiltro is committed to the safety of our children. Children under 18 may not register or submit Ideas to one Sponsor or to the eFiltro New Idea Center. In addition, eFiltro will not request or knowingly collect from a child any information online that can be traced to the child, such as an email address, name or information about the child's family.

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How are cookies used by eFiltro?
eFiltro assigns a random number to each user for anonymously tracking traffic patterns. This random number is kept in a file on your computer called a "cookie." Cookies allow eFiltro to keep track of how often users are using specific areas of our Site - or simply how many times a user is visiting our Site each month.

eFiltro does not require users to accept cookies in order to enjoy the Site. You can set your browser to reject cookies, or to notify you when eFiltro or any other company sends you a cookie. If you have questions about how to change your browser's "cookie" settings, you should contact the software manufacturer. You should be aware, however, that many areas of eFiltro will be significantly slower, or may not function at all, if cookies are disabled.

Could there be changes to the Privacy Policy?

We believe we have high standards for privacy already. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what personally identifiable information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it. Your continued use of the Site constitutes your agreement to any such changes.

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Who can I contact with questions regarding this policy or my personally identifiable information?

eFiltro aims to maintain the privacy of your identity, and the confidentiality of your concept, as we have labored to explain in this section. We must maintain the trust of the community, in order to keep our customer value proposition. Our credibility and integrity have to be of the highest importance. If you believe that anyone has breached our policies, then please Contact us , to the attention of Mick Lopez, CEO of eFiltro, and the matter will be addressed immediately.