PrivacyGreen Valley Wealth Advisors, LLCThe privacy of our investors is very important to us. Green Valley Wealth Advisors, LLC (GVWA or Green Valley) is committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining confidentiality of your personal information. This Policy may be updated from time to time without notice. This Privacy Policy was last modified on April 20, 2011. GVWA complies with the privacy principles set out below. What is Personal Information? The term "personal information" refers to any information that specifically identifies you, including information such as your home address, telephone numbers, social insurance number, birth date, assets and/or income information, employment history and credit history. How do we collect your Personal Information? We collect and maintain personal information about you when you open an account with or through us. We collect your personal information directly from you or through your advisor in order to provide you with services in connection with your investment, to meet legal and regulatory requirements and for any other purposes to which you consent. Your personal information may be collected from a variety of sources, including:
How do we use your Personal Information? We collect and maintain your personal information in order to give you the best possible service and allow us to establish your identity, protect us from error and fraud, comply with the law and assess your eligibility for our products. In addition, we may use your personal information for:
Who do we share your Personal Information with? We may transfer your personal information, when necessary, to our third party service providers and to our agents in connection with the services we provide related to your account, but they will not share this information with others. Such information is only used for the purposes identified above. GVWA will use contractual or other means to provide a comparable level of protection while the information is being handled by a third party service provider or agent. The following is a list of such third party service providers and agents:
We may also be required by law to disclose information to government regulatory authorities (for example, we may be required to report your income to taxation authorities). As a member of self-regulatory organizations (SROs), we may also be required to disclose your personal information to SROs, which, collect, use and disclose such personal information for regulatory purposes, including trading surveillance, audits, investigations, maintenance of regulatory databases and enforcement proceedings. SROs may, in turn, disclose such personal information when reporting to securities regulators or when sharing information with other SROs and law enforcement agencies. We do not sell, lease, barter or otherwise deal with your personal information with third parties. GVWA may be involved in the sale, transfer or reorganization of some or all of its business at some time in the future. As part of that sale, transfer or reorganization, GVWA may disclose your personal information to the acquiring organization, but will require the acquiring organization to agree to protect the privacy of your personal information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. How do we obtain your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information? By signing an application form and/or continuing to do business with us, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information for the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy. GVWA will not, as a condition of the supply of products or services, require you to consent to the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information beyond that required to fulfill those purposes. Can you withdraw your consent? You may withdraw all or part of your consent for us to collect, use or disclose your personal information subject to legal restrictions and reasonable notice. GVWA will inform you of the implications of such withdrawal of consent for the continued provision of services. How do we safeguard personal information? We carefully safeguard your personal information and, to that end, restrict access to personal information about you to those employees and other persons who need to know the information to enable us to provide services to you. GVWA's employees are responsible for ensuring the confidentiality of all personal information they may access. Annually, each of GVWA's employees is required to sign a code of conduct, which contains policies on the protection of personal information. Where is your personal information kept? Your personal information is maintained on our networks or on the networks of our service providers. Your information may also be stored in a secure off-site storage facility. How you can access your personal information? You may request access to your personal information by writing to Green Valley Wealth Advisors, LLC, 524 Union Street, #43, San Francisco, California, USA 94133. We will respond to your written request promptly. GVWA may be unable to provide you with full access to your personal information if we are prohibited by law or regulatory reasons or it has been destroyed. GVWA will provide you with an explanation, if we are unable to fulfill your access request. Who do you contact if you have any questions or concerns? If you have any questi-ons with respect to this Privacy Policy, please contact our Chief Privacy Officer by phone (415-689-5721) , by email at compliance@gvwealth.com or by mail (Attention Chief Privacy Officer, Green Valley Wealth Advisors, LLC, 524 Union Street, #43, San Francisco, California, USA 94133). Summary of Privacy Principles
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