
Bridgeway's Privacy Policy
Bridgeway
Funds, Inc.
Privacy
Policy
February
8, 2006
As the investment adviser and administrator for Bridgeway Funds,
Inc. (the "Funds"), Bridgeway Capital Management, Inc.
(the "Adviser") invests the assets of the Funds and
manages their day-to-day business. On behalf of the Funds and
the Adviser (collectively, "Bridgeway"), we make the
following assurance of your privacy.
Bridgeway's Commitment to You
We work hard to respect the privacy of your personal and financial
data.
Not Using Your Personal Data for our Financial Gain
Bridgeway has never sold shareholder information to any other
party, nor have we disclosed such data to any other organization,
except as permitted by law. We have no plans to do so in the future.
We will notify you prior to making any change in this policy.
As a Fund shareholder, you compensate the Adviser through a management
and administrative fee; this is how we earn our money for managing
yours. We go to some extraordinary lengths to minimize conflicts
of interest between the Adviser and the Funds. Our policy of not
selling your data is an extension of this practice.
How We Do Use Your Personal and Financial
Data
We use your information primarily to complete your investment
transactions. We may also use it to communicate with you about
other financial products that we offer.
The Information We Collect About You
You typically provide personal information when you complete a
Bridgeway account application or when you request a transaction
that involves Bridgeway, either directly or through a fund supermarket.
This information may include your:
- Name, address and phone numbers
- Social security or taxpayer identification number
- Birth date and beneficiary information (for IRA applications)
- Basic trust document information (for trusts only)
- Account balance
- Investment activity
How We Protect Your Personal Information
As emphasized above, we do not sell information about current
or former shareholders or their accounts to third parties. We
occasionally share such information to the extent permitted by
law to complete transactions at your request, or to make you aware
of related financial products that we offer. Here are the details:
- To complete certain transactions or account changes that you
direct, it may be necessary to provide identifying information
to companies, individuals, or groups that are not affiliated
with Bridgeway. For example, if you ask to transfer assets from
another financial institution to Bridgeway, we will need to
provide certain information about you to that company to complete
the transaction.
- In certain instances, we may contract with non-affiliated
companies to perform services for us, such as processing orders
for share purchases and redemptions and distribution of shareholder
letters. Where necessary, we will disclose information about
you to these third parties. In all such cases, we provide the
third party with only the information necessary to carry out
its assigned responsibilities (in the case of shareholder letters,
only your name and address) and only for that purpose. We require
these third parties to treat your private information with the
same high degree of confidentiality that we do.
- Finally, we will release information about you if you direct
us to do so, if we are compelled by law to do so, or in other
legally limited circumstances (for example, to protect your
account from fraud).
How We Safeguard Your Personal Information
We restrict access to your information to those Bridgeway employees
who need to know the information to provide products or services
to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards
to protect your personal information.
Fund Marketplaces or Other Brokerage
Firms
Most Bridgeway shareholders purchase their shares through fund
marketplaces. Please contact those firms for their own policies
with respect to privacy issues.
What You Can Do
For your protection, we recommend that you do not provide your
account information, user name, or password to anyone except a
Bridgeway employee as appropriate for a transaction or to set
up an account. If you become aware of any suspicious activity
relating to your account, please contact us immediately.
We'll Keep You Informed
As required by federal law, we will notify shareholders of our
privacy policy annually. We reserve the right to modify this policy
at any time, but rest assured that if we do change it, we will
tell you promptly. You can access our privacy policy from our
website.