General

Mellon Equity does not collect any personal information from anyone who is merely visiting or browsing our Web site. Personal information may be collected if the visitor chooses to send Mellon Equity an e-mail message.

E-Mail and Product Inquiry

Visitors of our Web site are encouraged to send e-mail messages to us so that we may respond to inquiries regarding Mellon Equity and our products or services. Mellon Equity retains copies of these e-mail messages. The information provided by a visitor will only be used to respond to the visitor’s inquiry and to provide better customer service.

Important Notice for Mellon Equity Clients

Please be advised that Mellon Equity will never contact you by e-mail to request or confirm personal account information or any other type of sensitive information. If you do receive an e-mail that asks you to provide or confirm sensitive information (such as passwords or sign-on IDs) or personal information (such as social security numbers, credit card numbers or personal bank account numbers), please assume that the request is fraudulent. Some e-mails, links or websites may even include the Mellon Equity logo or resemble existing Mellon Equity internet sign-on pages. Despite the graphics, you should continue to assume that the request is fraudulent because Mellon Equity will never contact you by e-mail to request or confirm personal or sensitive account information. If you receive e-mail requests to visit a website or to submit personal information, consider them fraudulent and notify Mellon Equity immediately. We strongly recommend that you do not visit the site, submit your personal information via the site or e-mail, or respond in any way.

By Mellon Equity:

Employees. Certain Mellon Equity employees will be provided with a visitor’s information in order to respond to that visitor’s needs and provide the visitor with information regarding specific products or services in which the visitor may have an interest. Mellon Equity employees are instructed to use care in handling the personal, confidential information of Mellon Equity customers, and the guidelines regarding the handling of such information are discussed in our Code of Conduct. Mellon Equity employees who do not conform to Mellon Equity’s confidentiality rules are subject to disciplinary sanctions that include dismissal.

Mellon Equity Affiliates. Mellon Equity is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mellon Bank, N.A., ("Mellon") and a member of its Mellon Asset Management ("MAM") group. Mellon and its subsidiaries, such as the other members of the Mellon Asset Management ("MAM") group, and The Dreyfus Corporation, along with nonrelated service providers that assist Mellon Equity in meeting the needs of its customers, may receive personal information collected from a Web site visitor. Such information will be disclosed only in an effort to respond to the visitor’s needs and provide information to the visitor about other financial products and services offered. The personal information is treated with the same standards of confidentiality that Mellon Equity itself uses, as the employees of Mellon Equity’s affiliates are subject to Mellon’s Code of Conduct, and Mellon Equity’s non related service providers are legally bound to employ strict standards of confidentiality.

Third Parties. Mellon Equity does not transmit any personal information collected through its Web site to any third-parties. Personal information may be transmitted, however, if there is a specific need to complete a transaction requested by the visitor. Mellon Equity offers the opportunity to its Web site visitors to link to the Web pages of third parties who provide products and services not offered by Mellon Equity. Once the visitor leaves the Mellon Equity site, Mellon Equity does not receive any information from the visitor.