Using API products, including external AI agents, grants API licensees access to account and personal information including username, password, financial information, and trade data, with the customer acknowledging that third-party security standards may be less stringent than Robinhood's.
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This provision discloses that API product use authorizes disclosure of account credentials, financial information, and trade data to third-party API licensees, with an explicit acknowledgment that those licensees' security standards may be lower than Robinhood's, and that external AI agents can place real trades and access portfolio information.
The updated terms establish new fiduciary verification and personal liability provisions for trust and custodial accounts. Trustees are now required to complete Robinhood's identity verification and onboarding before accessing trust accounts, notify Robinhood promptly of any material changes to the trust (amendments, revocation, trustee changes), and provide the correct taxpayer identification number for the trust. The revised language states that trustees are personally liable for obligations, debts, or negative equity arising from instructions given outside the scope of their authority under the trust instrument or applicable law. Robinhood reserves the right to freeze trust accounts or request updated documentation at any time, and will rely on instructions from any onboarded trustee without requiring consent from co-trustees or verifying compliance with the trust instrument. You should consult a tax advisor regarding the appropriate taxpayer identification number for your trust and review your fiduciary authority under the applicable trust instrument before executing trades.
View change record →Under this clause, customers who use API products consent to the disclosure of account credentials, financial information, and trade data to third-party API licensees whose security practices may be less stringent than Robinhood's. The agreement states that external AI agents accessing accounts through API products can place real trades and access portfolio data.
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Compare across platforms →"Through your use of any API Products, you may be providing API Licensees with access to your Account and Personal Information. "Personal Information" means any information that identifies, describes, or is capable of being associated with an individual (including username, logon password, financial information, trade data, and other financial information). By using any API Products, you acknowledge that such API Products may employ security, policies, procedures, and systems of API Licensees which may or may not be less stringent and secure than Robinhood's. You understand and agree that the API Products may deliver Personal Information to Robinhood, and that Robinhood is authorized to receive and store such Personal Information consistent with Robinhood's then-in-effect policies and procedures. Further, you agree that the API Products may request Personal Information stored by Robinhood, and you consent to Robinhood's disclosure of such Personal Information to the API Products. External AI agents can place real trades and access your portfolio.Excerpt from Robinhood's Customer Agreement (PDF)
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The disclosure of financial account information and trading data to third-party API licensees engages the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act financial privacy provisions, applicable SEC and FINRA rules on customer data protection, and potentially the CCPA …
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This provision discloses that API product use authorizes disclosure of account credentials, financial information, and trade data to third-party API licensees, with an explicit acknowledgment that those licensees' security standards may be lower than Robinhood's, and that external AI agents can place real trades and access portfolio information.
Under this clause, customers who use API products consent to the disclosure of account credentials, financial information, and trade data to third-party API licensees whose security practices may be less stringent than Robinhood's. The agreement states that external AI agents accessing accounts through API products can place real trades and access portfolio data.
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