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Public.com's Privacy Policy describes what personal information the company collects about you — including biometric data like facial images — how it uses and shares that information, and what rights you have. By default, your investment portfolio and trades are visible to other Public.com customers on your profile page. You have an absolute right to stop Public.com from using your data for marketing, but for other privacy rights requests, the company may charge a fee or decline your request.
This Privacy Policy establishes Public.com's collection, use, sharing, and retention practices for personal information across its platform. It authorizes collection of highly sensitive data categories — including biometric information (facial images from ID cards and selfies) and KYC-mandated personal identifiers — and supplements directly collected data with information sourced from third-party data brokers and aggregators. The policy grants users an absolute right to object to marketing use of their personal information, while reserving Public.com's ability to charge a fee or decline other privacy rights requests to the extent permitted by applicable law. Personal information is used for personalized advertising, shared with analytics providers who may combine it with data from other sites, and disclosed to law enforcement or government agencies based on Public.com's own belief that such disclosure is necessary. Certain data is retained after account closure for legal, regulatory, and security purposes, and brokerage account holders' information may be governed by GLBA rather than state privacy law.
Public.com collects sensitive personal information including biometric data (facial images from ID cards or selfies) and KYC identifiers, and augments this with data purchased from data brokers and aggregators. Your investment portfolio and trades are publicly visible to other platform users by default. Public.com uses your personal information for personalized advertising, and analytics providers it works with may combine your data across multiple websites for their own purposes. Your data may be disclosed to law enforcement or government agencies based on Public.com's own judgment that doing so is necessary, without a stated obligation to notify you. If you hold or applied for a brokerage account, your information may be governed by GLBA rather than state privacy law. To exercise your absolute right to stop marketing use of your personal information, you can submit an objection to Public.com directly.
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