Presidential
Brokerage, Inc.
PRIVACY STATEMENT
The Securities and Exchange Commission has
implemented Regulation S-P, which relates to the privacy of consumer financial
information. Regulation S-P and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act limit investment companies,
broker-dealers and registered investment advisers in their disclosure of consumers
and customers nonpublic personal information. Regulation S-P also requires that
financial institutions provide privacy notices in various instances and to adopt policies
and procedures to protect the personal information of its consumers and customers. This
statement describes our firms privacy policy and how we handle your personal
information. This policy applies to former, current, and prospective customers.
Presidential Brokerage, Inc., is Committed to Protecting
Your Privacy
We respect every individuals
right to privacy. We understand the importance you place on the privacy and security of
information that personally identifies you or your account information.
Why and How We Collect Personal Information
We are required by guidelines of our
industry, such as New York Stock Exchange Rule #405, Know Your Customer, to obtain
personal information about you for the purpose of providing investment recommendations,
evaluating your financial needs, processing your requests and transactions, and providing
customer service. The personal information we collect about you includes:
Information we receive from you to open
an account or provide investment advice to you. This information typically includes your
home address, telephone number and financial information.
Information that we access or generate to
service your account, such as account statements and securities holdings.
Information that we may receive from
third parties with respect to your account, such as accounts you may have at other
financial institutions or trade confirmations with other brokerage firms.
We Protect the Confidentiality of Your Personal
Information in the Following Manner
We do not sell personal information
to anyone.
We disclose personal information only as
required by law or with your permission.
We disclose or report personal
information in limited circumstances where we believe in good faith that disclosure is
required under law, to cooperate with regulators or law enforcement authorities, or to
protect our rights or property.
We use personal information in ways that
are compatible with the purposes for which we originally requested it. For example, we
will use the information you give us to process your requests and transactions, to provide
you with additional information about products and services, or to evaluate your financial
needs. To do so, we may share personal information with an agent or affiliate.
We limit the collection and use of
personal information to what is necessary to administer our business and to deliver
services to you. This may include advising you about our products or services.
When We Share Your Personal Information With Our Affiliates
In order for us to provide investment
recommendations to you, we may disclose your personal information in very limited
instances which include:
Disclosures to companies as permitted by
law, including those necessary to service your account, such as providing account
information to our fully disclosed clearing firm and/or and custodians
Disclosures to companies that perform
services on our behalf, such as mailings pertaining to products and services
Presidential Brokerage, Inc., is a fully
disclosed correspondent firm of First Clearing Corp.(FCC), a division of Wachovia
Corporation, FCC conducts numerous functions for Presidential Brokerage, Inc., including
securities transactions, record keeping, receipt of and disbursements of funds, generation
and distribution of account statements, and acts as custodian for all securities held in
street name. FCC maintains very strict privacy guidelines and your personal information is
protected in this relationship through a strict confidentiality agreement.
How We Protect Your Personal Information That We Share
With Our Affiliates
When we share personal information with
an agent or affiliate, we protect that information with a confidentiality agreement.
Companies that we hire to provide support services or act as our agent must conform to our
privacy standards. Our internal policies prohibit employees who have access to our
customers personal information from using or disclosing the information except for
the appropriate business use of Presidential Brokerage, Inc. All employees are required to
sign a confidentiality agreement that requires them to protect your personal information.
Updating Your Personal Information
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 and applications that you submit to obtain our products and
services. The accuracy of your personal information is important. We encourage you to
review this information and notify us of needed updates and/or changes. Please call us at
800-230-1288. |