Investment Advisers are required by law to inform their clients of their policies regarding privacy of client information. We are bound by professional standards of confidentiality, as part of our compliance with the provisions of certain privacy regulations issued by the United State federal government. We are required to inform you on how we collect, share and protect your personal information.
TYPES OF NONPUBLIC PERSONAL INFORMATION (NPI) WE COLLECT
We collect nonpublic personal information about you that is either provided to us by you or obtained by us with your authorization (such as information on applications). This can include but is not limited to your Social Security Number, Date of Birth, Banking Information, Financial Account Numbers and/or Balances, Sources of Income, Asset(s) Details and Liability Information. When you are no longer our customer, we may continue to share your information only as described in this notice.
PARTIES TO WHOM WE DISCLOSE INFORMATION
All Investment Advisers may need to share personal information to run their everyday business. We restrict access to non-public personal information about you to our employees, affiliates and service providers who need to know that information in order to provide products and services to you. We have not and will not sell your non-public personal information to anyone, even if our formal relationship ends. We do not disclose any non-public personal information about our clients or former clients to anyone, except to our employees, affiliates and services providers and as permitted by law and in accordance with any applicable investment management agreements.
PROTECTING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF CURRENT AND FORMER CLIENT’S INFORMATION
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that we believe are reasonably designed to guard your non-public personal information while it is within our control.
FEDERAL LAW GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO LIMIT SHARING – OPTING OUT
Federal law allows you the right to limit the sharing of your NPI by “opting-out” of the following: sharing for non-affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness; or sharing with affiliates or non-affiliates who use your information to market to you. State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. Please notify us immediately if you choose to opt out of these types of sharing.
DEFINITIONS
Affiliates – companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies; Non-affiliates – companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies; Joint marketing – a formal agreement between non-affiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
Please call if you have any questions. Your privacy, our professional ethics, and the ability to provide you with quality financial services are very important to us.