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Our Commitment to Privacy
To Our Clients and Prospective Clients:
At Weiss Capital Management, Inc., we are proud of our privacy practices and want
you to know how we protect your personal information and use it to establish and
maintain your account.
First and foremost, we are committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and
security of your personal information. You benefit from this privacy protection
automatically whether you are an existing, prospective or former client. We are
committed to providing you with superior service and in so doing, protecting the
nonpublic information we have collected.
Please be aware that you do not have to contact us to benefit from Weiss Capital
Management’s privacy protections; they apply automatically to all our clients.
Should you have any questions regarding the privacy of your personal information,
please contact us at 800.814.3034.
Thank you for the trust you are placing in us.
Weiss Capital Management, Inc.
Privacy Notice
At Weiss Capital Management, Inc. (“WCM”), our relationship with you is our most
important asset. We are privileged that you have entrusted us with your financial
affairs, and are committed to safeguarding the privacy of the information we collect.
As an SEC-regulated financial institution, WCM is required to obtain certain personal,
nonpublic information about you. The following Privacy Policy demonstrates our
commitment to the privacy of your personal information.
HOW AND WHY WE OBTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION
WCM may collect this nonpublic personal information about you in any of the
following ways:
- New Account Application (i.e. Social Security number, date of birth, income
and assets)
- Transaction activity (types of transactions, balances)
- Information about your transactions and account experience with Weiss
Capital Management, Inc.
- Information from consumer reporting agencies (for example, to verify your
identity, to assess your creditworthiness)
- Information from other outside sources regarding your employment, credit, or
other relationship with them
- Demographic and other general information we obtain that allows us to
develop new products and services we can offer you but that will not be used
in any way to determine your eligibility for credit, insurance, employment or
products and services that you request;
WCM limits the collection, use, and retention of your personal information to the
extent of assisting us to properly administer our business, service your account and
to continue to improve our services to you.
HOW WCM PROTECTS THE COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION
WCM recognizes the importance of protecting your personal information and
therefore we take the responsibility of handling both your trust and personal
information extremely seriously. WCM does not sell client information to anyone.
WCM does not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you, whether you
are a current client or a former client, to anyone, except as permitted by law or as
authorized by you. We may share your personal information that we collect “on a
strictly limited, confidential basis” with the following entities:
- Affiliates such as service providers;
- Unaffiliated third parties such as the custodian and entities with whom we
have marketing agreements;
- Regulatory agencies such as the SEC along with federal and state law
enforcement agencies;
- Governmental agencies such as the IRS;
- Credit reporting and verification resources;
- In connection with a subpoena or similar legal process, a fraud investigation,
or an audit.
WCM restricts access to your personal and account information to those employees
who need to know that information to provide products or services to you or to assist
you with ongoing maintenance of your account. We maintain physical, electronic,
contractual and procedural safeguards to guard your nonpublic personal information.
WCM will keep you current on our privacy policy. We will provide you with a copy of
the WCM privacy policy annually, as long as you maintain an account with us. WCM
reserves the right to make changes to this policy and in so doing, we will notify you
in writing before we make changes that affect the way we collect or share your
information.
If you are a former client of WCM, your information will be treated in the same
manner as that of our current clients.
Our current Privacy Policy is on our web site at www.WeissCapitalManagement.net.
Additionally you can obtain a written copy by emailing us at WCM@WeissInc.com or
by calling us at 1-800-814-3034.
For our Clients in California, Vermont or North Dakota, please read this
special notice:
If you are a resident of California, Vermont or North Dakota, you may request that
we not share your personal information with unaffiliated companies with which we
have joint marketing agreements, except as otherwise permitted by law.
WEB SITE PRIVACY
The importance of protecting your personal information online is critical in today’s
Internet environment. Therefore along with all of the security measures described
above, we employ the following online security measures.
We protect your personal information by incorporating powerful state-of-the-art
security measures and all of your personal information is collected and stored on a
secure area of our web site. Access to secure areas of our web site are protected by
a unique User ID and Personal Identification Number (PIN).
When you visit our web site a cookie is transmitted to your computer. A cookie is
simply an electronically transmitted file that holds small pieces of information, which
personalizes and enhances the performance of your experience at WCM. It
furthermore, enables us to determine which areas of our web site are more popular
than others and which of our advertisements on other sites have been visited, which
enables us to make improvements to our site. It is important for you to know that your privacy is never compromised when you accept a cookie from our web site. You
can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, allowing you to decide
whether to accept it.
You signify your acceptance of the terms of the Weiss Capital Management, Inc. Privacy Policy by using our web site. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not
use our site. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add or
remove portions of this policy at any time. Please check this page periodically to
remain informed of any changes. Your continued use of the WCM web site following
the posting of changes to these terms will signify your acceptance of those changes.
June 2008
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