Sunday, March 16, 2008

Privacy Policy / Internal Guidelines

SL Financial Reporting (SLFR) Group recognizes the privacy concerns of prospective clients and the importance of protecting the financial information collected of the company. At SLFR Group, a set of internal guidelines are in use that safeguard your financial information. These guidelines have been developed by SLFR Group and the public with the recognition that the financial community should be safe.


PRIVACY


Personal information about you or your business will not be provided to any third party. Completing the Right to Release Form will limit your Privacy.


COMPLIANCE WITH LEGAL PROCESS

We may disclose personal information if we are required to do so by Linden Labs, or we, in good faith, believe that such action is necessary to (1) comply with the Linden Labs or with legal process; (2) protect and defend our rights and property; or (3) protect the personal safety or property of our users or the public.


INTERNAL GUIDELINES

For private companies, we have created the following policies for SLFR Group members:
- The prospective clients have the option of submitting the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) as part of the engagement process to ensure their privacy. We have an NDA created if your company cannot provide one, for a nominal fee.

For public companies, we have created the following policies for SLFR Group members:
- We will not trade between when the engagement is accepted and at the time the CEO posts the monthly financials of their company.
- The names of the companies from any current holdings of SLFR Group members will be publicly available for viewing so that all possible conflicts of interest will be known.

For Audit, we have created the following policies for SLFR Group members to follow and suggestions for Exchanges:
- We will not conduct an audit of the same company where we have also provided services of Financial Reporting and/or Professional Review in the past six months.
- We will not conduct an audit of the same company where we have also held Directorship (eg. Board of Directors, CFO)
- Exchange owners will freeze trading for everyone on the Exchange until the audit review is complete
- Exchange owners will verify if SLFR Group members hold any trading positions of the Company being audited. If either party holds any positions, the audit engagement will not be accepted as this may impair our judgment as we hold financial interest.


*Note: Internal Guidelines are subject to change based on public comments.

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