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Your Privacy
is Our Priority
Spot Trader, (“Spot Trader”) , is committed to safeguarding the personal
information that you provide us. This Privacy Policy describes how we
handle and protect personal information we collect about individuals,
such as you, who apply for or receive our products and services. The
provisions of this notice apply to former customers as well as our
current customers.
Why and How
We Collect Personal Information
When you apply for or maintain an account with our FCM, they collect personal information about you for
business purposes, such as evaluating your financial needs, processing
your requests and transactions, informing you about products and
services that may be of interest to you, and providing customer service.
The personal information we collect about you includes:
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Information you provide to us on applications and other forms, such
as your name, address, date of birth, social security number,
occupation, assets, and income;
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information about your transactions with us and with our
affiliates;
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information we receive from consumer reporting agencies, such as
your credit history and creditworthiness, and other entities not
affiliated with Spot Trader; and
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information you provide to us to verify your identity, such as a
passport, or received from other entities not affiliated with Spot
Trader.
How We
Protect Personal Information
We limit access to your personal information to those employees who need
to know in order to conduct our business, service your account, and help
you accomplish your financial objectives, such as providing you with a
broad range of products and services. Our employees are required to
maintain and protect the confidentiality of your personal information
and must follow established procedures to do so. We maintain physical,
electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your personal
information. We do not rent or sell your name or personal information to
anyone.
Sharing
Information with Our Affiliates
We may share personal information described above with our affiliates
for business purposes, such as servicing customer accounts and informing
customers about new products and services, and as permitted by
applicable law. Our affiliates are companies controlled or owned by us,
or companies controlling or under common control with Spot Trader and
us; and include financial service companies, such as dealers, other
brokers, futures commission merchants, and advisers. The information we
share with affiliates for marketing purposes may include the information
described above, such as name and address.
Disclosure
to Non-Affiliated Third Parties
In order to support the financial products and services we provide to
you, we may share the personal information described above with
third-party service providers and joint marketers not affiliated with
us, including:
financial
service institutions (e.g., advisers, dealers, brokers, trust companies
and banks) with whom we have joint marketing agreements, such as
agreements to market financial services or products that we jointly
offer, endorse or sponsor; and companies under contract to perform
services for us or on our behalf, such as vendors that prepare and mail
statements and transaction confirmations or provide data processing,
computer software maintenance, and development, transaction processing
and marketing services.
These
companies acting on our behalf are required to keep your personal
information confidential. In addition, we may disclose personal
information with non-affiliated companies and regulatory authorities as
permitted or required by applicable law. For example, we may disclose
personal information to cooperate with regulatory authorities and law
enforcement agencies to comply with subpoenas or other official
requests, and as necessary to protect our rights or property. Except as
described in this privacy policy, we will not use your personal
information for any other purpose unless we describe how such
information will be used at the time you disclose it to us or we obtain
your permission to do so.
Accessing
and Revisiting Your Personal Information
We endeavor to keep our customer files complete and accurate. We will
give you reasonable access to the information we have about you. Most of
this information is contained in account statements that you receive
from us and applications that you submit to obtain our products and
services. We encourage you to review this information and notify us if
you believe any information should be corrected or updated. If you have
a question or concern about your personal information or this privacy
notice, please contact your Spot Trader representative.
Privacy
Choices Form – Opt Out
If you prefer that we limit disclosures of personal information about
you, you may notify us via email at optout@spottraderfx.com ,
by calling 866-472-6101,
Our account
records will then indicate the following preferences:
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Limit disclosure of personal information about me to nonaffiliated
third parties
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Limit the personal information about me that you share with
affiliates
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Remove my name from your marketing lists shared with affiliates in
non-commodity lines of business.
Please
allow approximately 30 days from our receipt of your request for your
instructions to become effective. You do not need to notify us, if you
have previously instructed in writing, not
to share information about you. |
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