Attention Internet users . . .
This notice provides information about your use of our Web site.  This includes:

• Logging on and our use of online data collecting devices known as “cookies;”                                                    
• Our collection of data such as IP address (the number assigned to your computer when you use the Internet).  This also includes browser and platform types, domain names, access times, referral data, and your activity while using our site;                                                    
• Who should use our web site;                                                     
• The security of data transmitted over the Internet;

Below are answers to questions you might have about privacy. You may be wondering.. . 
 
What do we do with your information? 
We do not sell your information to anyone. We do not share this information with companies or organizations outside of Allstate that would use it to contact you about their products and services. If that practice were to change, we would offer you the means to opt out of this type of information sharing. 

How do we protect your information?
We expect any company with whom we share your information to use it only to provide the service we have asked them to perform. Information about you is also available within Allstate.  It is available to those people who may need to use it to meet and service your needs. We communicate the need to protect your information to all employees and agents.  We especially communicate this need to people who have access to it. Plus, we have established physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your information.

Note that if your relationship with us ends, your information will remain protected. This protection will be provided according to our privacy practices outlined in this notice or based upon a current or future contractual relationship.

What are cookies and how are they used? 
Do you log my activity on your site?
Will I receive promotional e-mails from Allstate?
During the period you are logged in our site, we may log IP addresses (a number assigned to your computer when you use the Internet), browser and platform types, domain names, access times, referral data (the last site or URL you visited before logging into our site and the first site or URL you visit after leaving our site), and your activity while using or reviewing our site.

As part of our services, we may also use cookies. A cookie is a message sent to your browser from a Web server that is stored on your computer’s hard drive. The message is sent back to the Web server whenever the browser requests a page from that server. Many commercial Internet sites use cookies. While a code in the cookie file enables the site to label you as a particular user, it does not identify you by name or address unless you have provided us with such information (over the Internet or otherwise) or set up preferences in your browser to do so automatically, in which case it may identify you by name, address or other personal information. You may opt out of accepting cookies by changing the settings on your browser. However, rejecting cookies may prevent you from using certain functions and you may have to repeatedly enter information to take advantage of services or promotions.

In general, cookies can allow us to identify you as a particular user and thus provide you with a more customized service. We may also use cookies to track and measure user requests, inquiries, preferences, interests, demographics, traffic patterns and Web site usage, and to determine audience size and repeated usage.  This information may also be used to manage and customize our Web site’s content, layout, and services in order to improve our site, enhance service, and provide tailored messages.

Who Should Use Our Web Site?
Our Web site is not intended to be a consumer Web site and is operating solely for the convenience of servicers, correspondents and those persons or entities affiliated or associated with Allstate Investments (“Allstate”). This Web site is not intended for children. We offer investment products and services and thus do not market any products or services to children under the age of thirteen or knowingly collect any information from children under the age of thirteen.

What security procedures do we use to guard against the loss, misuse, alteration, or theft of information while that information is being submitted to Allstate over the Internet?
We use the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol, secure servers and security protocol to safeguard the information you submit.

To help ensure the security of your personal and financial information that you submit to us (other than via an e-mail message), we use security software to encrypt the information before and during its transmission through the Internet. We only allow information to be submitted for transmission if your browser is compatible with our security software. If your browser is not compatible, you will receive a message indicating your transaction can be completed but at a lower level of security.

E-mail messages are not secure. Our security software does not encrypt e-mail messages. E-mail messages traveling through the Internet are subject to viewing, alteration, and copying by potentially anyone on the Internet.

We take seriously the issue of safeguarding your privacy online. However, please note that you should exercise discretion with respect to the submission of any personal or financial information via e-mail. Please keep in mind that transmitting information via e-mail over the Internet is never completely secure and thus any information submitted may be intercepted, collected, used or disclosed by others. If you are concerned about the security of your communication, we encourage you to send your correspondence through the postal service or use the telephone to speak directly to us.  We are not responsible for the security or confidentiality of communications you send to us through the Internet using e-mail messages.

What can you do to help maintain the security of information when accessing Allstate over the Internet?
Some steps you can take to maintain the security of your information include:

• Utilize the latest, generally proven version of the Netscape, Microsoft Explorer or the America Online browser. Our site is most secure when using one of these browsers.                                                    
• Keep your User ID and PIN or password confidential. Utilize a PIN or password unique to you and, if possible, change it frequently.                                                    
• Make sure others are not watching you enter your User ID, PIN or password on your keyboard when using this Web site.                                                    
• Do not leave your computer unattended while logged onto this Web site. After you’ve finished accessing your information, exit the Web site.

Our Privacy Statement applies solely to this Web site and its intended users.

We hope you have found this Important Notice helpful. If you are not comfortable with any of the terms or policies described in this Privacy Statement, we ask that you discontinue use of our site.  Please be aware that we may periodically update or revise this Privacy Statement.  If we change our online Privacy Statement, we will post a notice notifying users that the policy has been revised.  

This notice is being provided on behalf of the following company:

Allstate Investments
Home Offices are located at: 2775 Sanders Road, Northbrook, IL 60062