Privacy Statement

Thank you for visiting the Office of Financial Regulation (OFR) website. Your privacy is very important to us. Simply stated, our policy is to collect no personal information about you when you visit the site, unless you affirmatively choose to make such information available to us. Information is only gathered regarding the volume and timing of access to the site by collecting information on the date, time ,and pages you visited while at the site. This is done so that the content of the site can be improved, and your personal information is not identified.

When you visit the site, the web server automatically recognizes only the Internet domain and IP address from which you accessed the site. This information does not result in the identification of your personal e-mail address or other personal information. If you choose to share personal information, such as by subscribing to an e-newsletter, sending a message, or filling out an electronic form with personal information, the information will be saved for a designated period of time in order to comply with the state of Florida's policies. However, information will not be disclosed to third parties, unless required by state or federal law. Please note that Florida's public records law requires that all information received in connection with state business be made available to anyone upon request, unless the information is subject to a specific statutory exemption.

Disclaimer

Content provided by the OFR presented herein is for informational purposes only. The OFR has not screened each individual or organization that appears on this site or that is electronically linked to this site. The appearance of an individual or organization on this site is not intended as, or in any manner serves, as an endorsement of that individual or organization or any products or services identified on the individual’s or organization’s site. OFR disclaims any and all warranties with regard to the website and website information, including without limitation (A) Any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, infringement or title, (B) Any warranty of quality, functionality, operability, use or performance of the website or website information, (C) Any warranty of the accuracy, completeness or validity of data or information communicated through the website or included in the website information, (D) Any warranty of the continuous availability of the website or website information, or that the website or website information will be uninterrupted or error free, (E) Any warranty that the website information or other files or data available for access or downloading will be free of infection, viruses, or other code manifesting harmful, contaminating, or destructive properties, or (F) Any warranties arising from course of dealing, trade usage, trade practice or otherwise. In addition, the OFR does not represent or warrant that any defects in the website or errors in the website information will be corrected. In addition, the OFR does not warrant either expressly or by implication any individual, organization, product, or service appearing on this site or that is electronically linked to this site. The OFR strongly urges all users of this site to conduct their own investigation of any individual, organization, product, or service appearing on this site or that is electronically linked to this site.

Various clipart and image collections appearing on this site are used under license by the OFR or its web managers for this site. These images are for viewing purposes only. Any reproduction may be prohibited under federal/state copyright or trade secret laws.

Privacy and Security Information

The user services sections (e.g. renewal, address changes, etc.) of the OFR website have been protected in two ways. The first is to restrict access to these areas to only those individuals that have provided a valid User ID & password or User ID & hint information. The OFR also protects your information through secured socket layer (SSL) protection. What this basically means is that the information being transferred between your computer and ours is encrypted. Our encryption level is 128-bit.

Terms and Conditions

Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.

Florida's public records law requires that all information received in connection with state business be made available to anyone upon request, unless the information is subject to a specific statutory exemption. In accordance with the rules of the Financial Services Commission, all forms and fees shall be filed with the OFR electronically unless a petition for waiver of the requirement of electronic submission has been submitted and approved in accordance with Rule 28-106.301, Florida Administrative Code.