Legal & Compliance
Privacy Policy
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Rev. July 2018
| FACTS | WHAT DOES THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? |
| Why? | 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. |
| What? | The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:
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| How? | 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. |
| Reasons we can share your personal information | Does The Charles Schwab Corporation share? | Can you limit this sharing? |
| For our everyday business purposes— such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus | YES | NO |
| For our marketing purposes— to offer our products and services to you | YES | NO |
| For joint marketing with other financial companies | NO | We don't share |
| For our affiliates' everyday business purposes— information about your transactions and experiences | YES | NO |
| For our affiliates' everyday business purposes— information about your creditworthiness | YES | YES |
| For our affiliates to market to you | YES | YES |
| For nonaffiliates to market to you | NO | We don't share |
| To limit our sharing | Call 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. |
| Questions? | Call 877-812-1817 or 800-435-4000 or go to www.schwab.com/privacy. |
| Who we are | |
| Who is providing this notice? | The Charles Schwab Corporation (also "Schwab") and its affiliates. See list of affiliates below. |
| What we do | |
| How does Schwab protect my personal information? | 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. |
| How does Schwab collect my personal information? | We collect your personal information, for example, when you
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| Why can't I limit all sharing? | Federal law gives you the right to limit only
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| What happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else? | Your choices will apply to everyone on your account. |
| Definitions | |
| Affiliates | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
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| Nonaffiliates | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
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| Joint marketing | A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
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| Other important information |
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State and International Laws This notice does not apply to clients of Charles Schwab Australia Pty Limited, Charles Schwab, Hong Kong, Limited, Charles Schwab Singapore Pte. Ltd. and clients who reside in the European Economic Area. Their privacy notices can be found at international.schwab.com/privacy. |