Privacy Policy

Last Revised: February 10, 2006

This website (the "AIGGIG Site") is operated by AIG Global Investment Group ("AIGGIG"). AIGGIG is comprised of a group of international companies which provide investment advice and market asset management products and services to clients around the world, including AIG Global Investment Corp., and the companies listed at http://www.aiggig.com/aboutaiggig/locations.htm (the "AIGGIG member companies"). AIGGIG’s international investment adviser companies are direct or indirect subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc. ("AIG"). The AIGGIG member companies respect the privacy of every individual who visits the AIGGIG Site. This Privacy Policy ("Policy") outlines the information that the AIGGIG member companies may collect from visitors to the AIGGIG Site, a site hosted in the U.S., and how we may use and disclose that information.

What personal information we collect and why we collect it
The AIGGIG member companies may collect personal information about you (such as your name and email address) that you provide voluntarily. For instance, if you choose to contact us through our "contact us" feature, we will collect your personal information so that we can respond to your inquiry.

When we disclose the personal information we collect
Except as provided herein, the AIGGIG member companies will not intentionally sell or rent your personal information to any unaffiliated third party for marketing purposes, unless you consent to this use.

We may share personal information you provide through the AIGGIG Site with other companies that are controlled, owned or operated by AIG or its subsidiaries and affiliates. Such AIG subsidiaries and affiliates will not disclose your personal information for marketing purposes unless you consent to this use.

The AIGGIG member companies may employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf such as operating certain features of the AIGGIG Site, or hosting or maintaining servers used in connection with the AIGGIG Site. These other companies and individuals may have access to your personal information and other information as necessary to carry out their functions; although we seek to prohibit them from using such information for their marketing purposes, we cannot guarantee how a third party may use personal or other information.

AIGGIG member companies may disclose to third parties any information collected from visitors to the AIGGIG Site under the following circumstances: (i) when the law permits it (such as, for example, to comply with laws or to respond to governmental authorities); (ii) to enforce the Terms of Use, (iii) to legal advisors; and (iv) when the AIGGIG member companies, in their sole discretion, believe it reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, safety or security of the AIGGIG member companies, AIG or its subsidiaries and affiliates, AIGGIG Site visitors, or the public.

The AIGGIG member companies may provide personal and other information concerning visitors to the AIGGIG Site and AIGGIG Site users to a purchaser or successor entity in connection with the sale of the AIGGIG member companies or an AIGGIG Entity, a subsidiary or line of business associated with the AIGGIG member companies, or substantially all of the assets of the AIGGIG member companies, one of the AIGGIG member companies, or lines of business.

In addition to these limited disclosures of personal information, the AIGGIG member companies may provide their affiliates or unaffiliated third parties with aggregate information about visitors to the AIGGIG Site (such as statistical information derived from personal information submitted by AIGGIG Site visitors). Such aggregated information will not identify any particular visitor to the AIGGIG Site.

How we protect your personal information
The AIGGIG member companies take measures to prevent unauthorized intrusion to the AIGGIG Site and the alteration, acquisition or misuse of personal information by unauthorized persons The AIGGIG member companies restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees or servicers who need to know the information to provide products or services to you. The AIGGIG member companies maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your nonpublic personal information. The AIGGIG member companies strive to keep records of their information about you accurate and up-to-date. If you tell the AIGGIG member companies of an error, they will update their records promptly.

Other information collected
When you view the AIGGIG Site, we may store certain information on your computer which may be in the form of a small text file called a "cookie." Cookies help us to improve your experience with the AIGGIG Site, and help us to understand which parts of the AIGGIG Site are most popular. Cookies are read only by the server that placed them, and are unable to execute any code or virus. Where specific sections of the AIGGIG Site require you to accept our Terms of Use to access information, once you have accepted, you will not have to go through the acceptance process on return visits to the AIGGIG Site if you return to the AIGGIG Site within a certain time period. This function is accomplished by the placement of a cookie. With most Internet browsers, you can erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions. Please be aware, however, that some features and functionality of the AIGGIG Site may be unavailable if cookies are erased or blocked.

We may use a service that collects data remotely by using web beacons or tags embedded in our site's content. The data we collect includes which operating system and browser you use, how you navigate to and through our site, and how long you stay on our web pages. This information is anonymous and does not include your name, e-mail address, or any other contact information. We share this information with other AIG companies and with our third party vendor, WebSideStory. WebSideStory gives us reports of this aggregated, anonymous data. We use this data to improve our site by responding to our users’ interests and providing more relevant and useful information. To learn more about WebSideStory's privacy standards and use of web beacons, please visit:

http://www.websidestory.com/privacy/privacy-policy.html

Please note that when you link to any other website from the AIGGIG Site, the operator of such other website (whether AIG, an AIG subsidiary or affiliate or a third party) may collect information about you, including through cookies or other technologies. In addition, your Internet or other service provider(s) may collect information about or submitted by you while you use the AIGGIG Site, or any other website. You acknowledge that information collection and privacy practices of any other party, including AIG and other subsidiaries or affiliates, are not monitored or controlled by the AIGGIG member companies and the AIGGIG member companies are not responsible for such websites. Links on the AIGGIG Site to other websites are provided only as a convenience, and the inclusion of such links does not imply endorsement of the linked site. You should review the privacy policies of any other website that you visit to understand how your information is collected and used.

Offline vs. Online practices
This Policy applies solely to online information collection and use practices in connection with the AIGGIG Site. It does not apply to any practices conducted offline or in connection with other websites owned or operated by AIGGIG member companies, AIG or any AIG subsidiary or affiliate.

Changes to this Policy
The AIGGIG member companies reserve the right to make changes to this Policy from time to time, which will be provided to you by posting the revised draft of the Policy on the AIGGIG Site. You will be able to determine when this Policy was last revised by checking the Last Revised legend at the top of this Policy.

Questions about this policy and your personal information
If you have questions or concerns about this Policy, or collection and use of your information, please follow the instructions posted at http://www.aiggig.com/aboutaiggig/contact.htm