The Sovereign Investment Council ("SIC") Privacy Policy

The SIC has created this security and privacy statement in order to demonstrate and communicate its commitment to the privacy of the users of the SIC's Web Site and to conducting business with the highest ethical standards and appropriate internal controls. The following discloses the SIC's information gathering and dissemination policies for the SIC Web Site:

Collection and Dissemination of Personally Identifiable Information

The SIC's Web Site may receive and maintain information such as user name, e-mail address, telephone number, and other personally identifiable information only when personally submitted by users through an optional subscription form for our e-mail newsletters or a SIC survey form. These forms and the information provided within the forms allow users to make specific inquiries or requests of the SIC or provide the SIC with feedback on its Web Site or services. Information gathered via this Site is not shared with third parties, unless the involved individual requests such sharing or the law requires disclosure. The SIC does not sell personally identifiable information to third parties for commercial purposes.

The SIC Web Site does not capture information regarding the specific activities of any particular user. It does, however, produce reports that allow us to view activity in anonymous aggregated form. The SIC does not use JavaScript, cookies, Web bugs, or any other active content mechanism to capture or maintain information about users without the user's prior consent, and the purpose of maintaining this information is solely to improve the user experience in working on our Site. The only personal information we capture has been specifically submitted to us through an optional form.

The SIC reserves the right to disclose user information in special circumstances, where the SIC believes that the disclosure of such information is necessary to identify or contact someone who may be interfering or violating the SIC's rights or property or other users or to protect or enforce the SIC's rights or obligations. The SIC may also disclose user information when law or regulation requires such disclosure.

IP Addresses

The SIC's Web Site logs IP addresses and browser types for administrative purposes. The SIC reviews such logs in order to improve the content and functionality of the Web Site.

Third Party Links

The SIC Web Site may contain links to other sites, some of which are not owned by the SIC. The SIC is not responsible for the security or privacy practices of non-SIC sites, the products or services offered by such sites, or the content appearing at such sites. Likewise, the SIC does not endorse any of the products or services marketed at non-SIC sites.

The SIC prohibits the framing of any materials available through the SIC Web Site and unauthorized hypertext links to the SIC's Web Site. The SIC reserves the right to disconnect or otherwise disable any unauthorized frames or hypertext links.

Information Security

The SIC Web Site is protected with a variety of security measures such as change control procedures and physical access controls. The SIC also employs a variety of other mechanisms to protect a user's data from being lost, misused, or altered inappropriately. These controls include data confidentiality policies and regular database backups. Although the SIC takes these measures to safeguard against unauthorized use of a user's data, because such information is transmitted via the Internet, the SIC cannot provide assurances that personally identifiable information transmitted to the SIC will never be compromised.

Policy Changes

The SIC reserves the right to modify or update this Privacy Policy or other terms and conditions of use of the SIC Web Site at any time by updating the relevant link. Any modifications or updates shall be effective upon posting to the SIC Web Site.

Contact Information

Sovereign Investment Council
Suite 300
205 West Monroe Avenue
Alexandria, Virginia
703-535-5774

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