Public can share your personal financial data with law enforcement or government agencies when it believes a law or legal process requires it, including for national security purposes.
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Your sensitive financial and identity data held by a broker-dealer is accessible to law enforcement through subpoenas, court orders, and national security processes, and the policy does not commit to notifying users when this occurs.
Public may disclose your SSN, trading records, and financial account information to law enforcement or government agencies without your knowledge if required by law or legal process.
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To opt out of the offline disclosure of your information to third parties for these purposes, please email us at privacy@makenotion.com.
We may provide an option for users to opt into the disclosure of their demographic data in a manner and to an extent that may lead to loss of their anonymity.
If you choose to reveal any personal information about yourself to other users, you do so at your own risk. We strongly encourage you to use caution in disclosing any personal information online.
"We may disclose your personal information to law enforcement, government authorities, or other third parties if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.Excerpt from Public.com's Privacy Policy
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Your sensitive financial and identity data held by a broker-dealer is accessible to law enforcement through subpoenas, court orders, and national security processes, and the policy does not commit to notifying users when this occurs.
Public may disclose your SSN, trading records, and financial account information to law enforcement or government agencies without your knowledge if required by law or legal process.
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