Public collects highly sensitive personal information when you sign up and use its platform, including your Social Security number, government ID, and financial account details.
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This is some of the most sensitive personal and financial data that exists, and its collection creates significant obligations for Public and meaningful risks for users if it is mishandled or exposed.
When you open a Public account, the platform collects your SSN, government-issued ID, and full financial account details. If this data is involved in a breach or shared inappropriately, the consequences for your financial and personal identity can be severe.
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"We collect information you provide directly to us, such as when you create an account, make a transaction, or contact us for support. This information may include your name, email address, postal address, phone number, date of birth, Social Security number, government-issued identification, financial account information, and other information you choose to provide.Excerpt from Public.com's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Collection of Social Security numbers, government IDs, and financial account information by a registered broker-dealer implicates SEC Regulation S-P, the GLBA Safeguards Rule (as updated by the FTC's 2023 amendments for non-bank financial …
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This is some of the most sensitive personal and financial data that exists, and its collection creates significant obligations for Public and meaningful risks for users if it is mishandled or exposed.
When you open a Public account, the platform collects your SSN, government-issued ID, and full financial account details. If this data is involved in a breach or shared inappropriately, the consequences for your financial and personal identity can be severe.
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