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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We may disclose your information if we believe that 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. We may also disclose your information if we believe it...
In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, bankruptcy, or other similar event, your personal data may be transferred to a successor entity or third party as part of that transaction.
If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), we only process your personal data when we have a valid legal basis to do so, including when: (a) you have consented to the processing; (b) the processing is necessary to perform a contract with you; (c) we have a legitimate interest in processing your...
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"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 Public.com Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Financial institutions including broker-dealers are subject to broad legal process obligations under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the USA PATRIOT Act, and SEC/FINRA rules, which may require disclosure of customer records without customer notification. National Security Letter (NSL) provisions under the USA PATRIOT Act may prohibit Public from notifying users of certain disclosures. The policy language is consistent with standard legal compliance disclosures in this industry. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Low. This type of disclosure is standard for financial services firms and reflects mandatory legal compliance rather than a discretionary data sharing practice. The policy's framing is consistent with industry norms and regulatory obligations. JURISDICTION FLAGS: In EU and UK jurisdictions, government access to personal data by foreign authorities is a material consideration under GDPR Chapter V and the UK GDPR adequacy framework. If Public serves any non-U.S. users, cross-border government access to their data may raise additional compliance questions. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Service providers handling customer data on behalf of Public should have clear contractual protocols for responding to legal process, including escalation procedures and obligations to notify Public before disclosing data where legally permissible. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should confirm that internal legal process response procedures are documented, that law enforcement request logs are maintained, and that any discretionary disclosures (as opposed to legally compelled disclosures) are reviewed by counsel before execution.
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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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