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FX
Fidelity's Privacy Statement
Protecting the privacy and safeguarding the personal and financial
information of our clients and website visitors is one of our
highest priorities. The following Privacy Statement explains how FX
Fidelity collects and protects your information. References to "FX
Fidelity" in this Privacy Statement include all FX Fidelity
companies and divisions.
By opening a FX Fidelity account or by using FX Fidelity Web sites,
you give your consent to the collection and use of personal
information by FX Fidelity as explained in this privacy statement.
Collection of personal information
We collect information required to open an account, to transact
business effectively and to safeguard your privacy.
To do this, we gather information to help us assess your needs and
preferences.
The information we collect directly from you includes information
required to communicate with you, including your name, mailing
address, telephone number, e-mail address; and, as required by law,
to identify who you are, including Social Security or Passport/Tax
ID number; address, etc. We also collect demographic information
when you open an account, including gender, birth date, education,
occupation, etc. Our regulatory bodies also require us to assess
your trading experience, your approximate annual income, approximate
net worth, and available risk capital to assess your financial
position.
You directly provide to us the majority of information we collect.
You do this by completing the account application and related
documentation, placing a trade, sending us an e-mail, or submitting
information in response to a promotion or special offer. Other ways
we obtain information are by (1) observing your usage of the Web
site, and (2) providing products and services to you. This
information enables us to offer you products and services that
should be of interest to you.The information we collect indirectly
from you includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type,
operating system, Internet Service Provider (ISP), time stamps,
transactions placed, and banner ads you click. We do this through
the use of cookies, which are small text files sent from the Web
server to your computer. Cookies help us to know you better by
providing operational data we can use to aid your interaction with
our Web site and improve its navigation and usability.
Usage of personal information
We use personal information only as appropriate to provide you
quality service and security. For example, FX Fidelity may use the
information collected from you to verify your identity and contact
information. We may also use this information to establish and set
up your trading account, issue an account number and a secure
password, maintain your account activity, and contact you with
account information. This information helps us improve our services
to you, customize your browsing experience and inform you about
additional products, services or promotions that may be of interest
to you.
Should you close your account with us, FX Fidelity will retain your
information, but only use it to comply with regulatory requirements
and to periodically contact you to offer you the opportunity to
reactivate your account or participate in other valuable offers.
FX
Fidelity affiliates and partners
FX Fidelity may share information with affiliates if the information
is required to provide the product or service you have requested or
to provide you the opportunity to participate in the products or
services our affiliates offer. FX Fidelity also forges partnerships
and alliances, which may include joint marketing agreements, with
other companies who offer high-quality products and services that
might be of value to our clients. In order to ensure that these
products and services meet your needs and are delivered in a manner
that is useful and relevant, FX Fidelity may share some information
with partners, affiliates and alliances. This allows them to better
understand the offers that are most relevant and useful. In our
strategic relationships, we will require that it be identified that
an offer is being extended because of the relationship with us. The
use of your personal information is limited to the purposes
identified in our relationship with the partner or affiliate.
Non-affiliated third parties
FX Fidelity does not sell, license, lease or otherwise disclose your
personal information to any third party for any reason, except as
described below.
FX Fidelity reserves the right to disclose your personal information
to third parties where required by law to regulatory, law
enforcement or other government authorities. We may also disclose
your information as necessary to credit reporting or collection
agencies, or when necessary to protect our rights or property.
To help us improve our services to you, we may engage another
business to help us to carry out certain internal functions such as
account processing, fulfillment, client service, client satisfaction
surveys or other data collection activities relevant to our
business. We may also provide a party with client information from
our database to help us to analyze and identify client needs and
notify clients of product and service offerings. Use of the
information shared is strictly limited to the performance of the
task we request and for no other purpose. All third parties with
which we share personal information are required to protect personal
information in a manner similar to the way we protect personal
information. Examples of information shared are identifying
information such as name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone
number, and information on account activity.
If at any time you choose to purchase a product or service offered
by another company, any personal information you share with that
company will no longer be controlled under our Privacy Statement. We
are not responsible for the privacy policies or the content of sites
we link to and have no control of the use or protection of
information provided by you or collected by those sites. Whenever
you elect to link to a co-branded Web site or to a linked Web site,
you may be asked to provide registration or other information.
Please note that the information you are providing is going to a
third party, and you should familiarize yourself with the privacy
policy provided by that third party.
Opting out of disclosures of non-public personal information
You may direct us not to disclose non-public personal information to
certain non-affiliated third parties. To opt out of sharing
non-public personal information with non-affiliated third parties,
please contact a client service representative. An opt out election
made by one account owner of a Joint account is applicable to all
account owners of the Joint account. An opt-out election must be
made for each separate account you hold at FX Fidelity.
If we propose to share information in a manner not covered in this
Privacy Statement, we will notify you of this change by posting an
addendum on the Web site, a notice in the "What's New" section of
the Web site, and if appropriate, provide you an opportunity to opt
out of such use.
The
security of your personal information
We employ leading-edge security software, systems, and procedures to
offer you a safe and secure trading environment and protect your
personal, financial and trading information.
When you open an account with us, you are issued a unique account
number, User ID and a password. Only a limited number of FX Fidelity
employees who have a need to know this information will have access
to your account number, UserID, and password. Remember: you are
ultimately responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your account
number, UserID, and password. We strongly recommend that you do not
disclose this information.
On our Web site and on our online account application, we use
technology to encrypt information transmitted by or to you through
our Web site. We use VeriSign™ certificates to authenticate
our Web site and secure trading and customer-facing applications,
allowing you to verify that you are connected to our Web site.
Use
of "cookies"
We use cookies to assist us in securing your trading activities and
to enhance the performance of our Web site. (Cookies are small text
files sent from the Web server to your computer.) Cookies used by FX
Fidelity do not contain any personal information nor do they contain
account or password information. They merely allow the site to
recognize that a page request comes from someone who has already
logged on.
FX Fidelity may share Web site usage information about visitors to
the Web site with reputable advertising companies for targeting our
Internet banner advertisements on this site and other sites. For
this purpose, pixel tags (also called clear gifs or web beacons) may
be used to note the pages you've visited. The information collected
by the advertising company through the use of these pixel tags is
not personally identifiable.
To administer and improve the FX Fidelity Web site, we may use a
third party to track and analyze usage and volume statistical
information, including page requests, form requests, and click
paths. The third party may use cookies to track behavior and may set
cookies on behalf of FX Fidelity. These cookies do not contain any
personally identifiable information.
Changes to this Privacy Statement
In the event FX Fidelity materially changes this Privacy Statement,
the revised Privacy Statement will promptly be posted to the Web
sites and we will post a notice on our Web sites informing you of
such changes. You agree to accept posting of a revised Privacy
Statement electronically on the Web site as actual notice to you.
Any dispute over our Privacy Statement is subject to this notice and
the FX Fidelity Customer Agreement. If you have any questions that
this statement does not address, please contact a Client Services
representative
*Past performance is not indicative
of future results. Forex trading and Private Placements involve substantial risk of loss
and is not suitable for all investors. Leveraged trading magnifies
profits and losses.
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