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The governing legal framework determines what privacy rights and protections apply; users who hold or applied for a brokerage account may not be able to rely on state privacy law protections.
If you have applied for or opened a brokerage account with Public.com, the privacy protections available to you may be those under the GLBA rather than your state's privacy laws.
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The governing legal framework determines what privacy rights and protections apply; users who hold or applied for a brokerage account may not be able to rely on state privacy law protections.
If you have applied for or opened a brokerage account with Public.com, the privacy protections available to you may be those under the GLBA rather than your state's privacy laws.
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