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WHAT DOES THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? |
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Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. |
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The types of information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:- Social Security number and income
- Account balances and transaction history
- Investment experience and assets
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All financial companies need to share customers' personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers' personal information; the reasons The Charles Schwab Corporation chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
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such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court order and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus |
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to offer our products and services to you |
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We don't share |
information about your transactions and experiences |
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information about your creditworthiness |
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We don't share |
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Call 1-877-812-1817 within the U.S. or +1-415-667-8400 from outside the U.S. - our menu will prompt you through your choices. Please note: If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing. |
Call 1-877-812-1817 or 1-800-435-4000 or go to www.schwab.com/privacy |
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The Charles Schwab Corporation (also "Schwab") and its affiliates. See list of affiliates below. |
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To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings. To learn more about security at Schwab, please visit www.schwab.com/schwabsafe. |
We collect your personal information, for example, when you- open an account or give us your income information
- seek advice about your investments or tell us about your investment or retirement portfolio
- make deposits or withdrawals from your account
We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies. |
Federal law gives you the right to limit only - sharing for affiliates' everyday business purposes - information about your creditworthiness
- affiliates from using your information to market to you
- sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you
State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. See below for more on your rights under state law. |
Your choices will apply to everyone on your account. |
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Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.- Our affiliates include companies with a Charles Schwab name; financial companies such as: Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Charles Schwab Bank, optionsXpress, Inc., ThomasPartners, Inc., Windhaven Investment Management, Inc.; and nonfinancial companies such as Schwab Performance Technologies, and Compliance11, Inc.
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Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.- The Charles Schwab Corporation does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you.
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A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.- The Charles Schwab Corporation doesn't jointly market.
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If you are a Vermont resident, we will automatically limit sharing of your information. Nevada law requires us to disclose that you may request to be placed on Schwab's internal "do not call" list at any time by calling 1-800-435-4000, and that we are providing this notice to you pursuant to state law, and that you may obtain further information by contacting the Nevada Attorney General, 555 E. Washington Ave., Suite 3900, Las Vegas, NV 89101; phone 1-702-486-3132; email BCPINFO@ag.state.nv.us Charles Schwab, U.K., Limited Charles Schwab, U.K., Limited ("Schwab U.K.") introduces residents of the United Kingdom or Switzerland to Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and processes personal information in accordance with the privacy policy of Schwab and various privacy laws of the United Kingdom. Clients introduced by Schwab U.K. may obtain further information at www.schwab.co.uk. Charles Schwab, Hong Kong, Limited Charles Schwab, Hong Kong, Limited ("Schwab H.K.") has contracted with Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. to perform certain services for their customers (such as execution, clearance, settlement of trades, and custody of assets), and processes personal information in accordance with Schwab's privacy policy and various privacy laws of Hong Kong. Clients of Schwab H.K. should also review the privacy terms contained in their account agreement, available at www.schwab.com.hk. |
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