Privacy Policy
T & K Futures, an
introducer to PFG (collectively "T & K Futures"), respects each individual's right to privacy.
We value our relationship with you, and we take pride in
maintaining loyalty and respect with each individual
client by providing you with security. The provisions of
this notice apply to former customers as well as our
current customers.
We realize how important it is for
us to safeguard any personal information that may reveal
your identity or account information, whether you are
our customer or a visitor to our website's public
domain. To show our commitment to your security, we
extend the following pledge to you.
Your Privacy is Our
Priority
T & K Futures is committed to
safeguarding the personal information that you provide
us. This Privacy Policy describes how we handle and
protect personal information we collect about
individuals, such as you, who apply for or receive our
products and services. The provisions of this notice
apply to former customers as well as our current
customers.
Why and How We Collect
Personal Information
When you apply for or maintain an
account through T & K Futures, we collect personal
information about you for business purposes, such as
evaluating your financial needs, processing your
requests and transactions, informing you about products
and services that may be of interest to you, and
providing customer service. The personal information we
collect about you includes:
information
you provide to us on applications and other forms,
such as your name, address, date of birth, social
security number, occupation, assets, and income;
information about your
transactions with us and with our affiliates;
information we receive from
consumer reporting agencies, such as your credit
history and creditworthiness, and other entities not
affiliated with T & K Futures; and
information you provide to us to
verify your identity, such as a passport, or received
from other entities not affiliated with T & K
Futures.
How We Protect Personal
Information
We limit access to your personal
information to those employees who need to know in order
to conduct our business, service your account, and help
you accomplish your financial objectives, such as
providing you with a broad range of products and
services. Our employees are required to maintain and
protect the confidentiality of your personal information
and must follow established procedures to do so. We
maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards
to protect your personal information. We do not rent or
sell your name or personal information to anyone.
About Cookies
Cookies are small files containing
information that a Web site uses to track its visitors.
T & K Futures may set and access T & K Futures
cookies on your computer, enabling us to learn which
advertisements and promotions bring users to our
website. T & K Futures or any of its divisions may
use cookies. Currently, third party companies do not
have access to T & K Futures cookies. In the future T & K
Futures may use third party services to access
our cookies, in connection with T & K Futures',
products and services and to track your activities on
our websites. In such case, the information that we
collect and share would be anonymous and not personally
identifiable.
About Hyperlinks
T & K Futures' websites may
contain hyperlinks or "links" to other sites,
and other sites may "link" to our sites. These
websites that may be linking to or from T & K
Futures'
sites provide a separate privacy policy than T & K
Futures' does. T & K Futures' privacy policy applies
exclusively to T & K Futures' and information
collected by our websites. T & K Futures'
is not responsible for the privacy policies or the
content of the sites you link to, nor do we have control
over the use or security of information provided by you
or collected by those sites. If you choose to link to
one of these websites, you may be asked to supply
registration or other information. It is important that
you realize this information is going to a third party,
and you should become familiar with the privacy policy
provided by that third party.
T & K Futures
Security Technology
T & K Futures uses Secure
Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology in order to
protect the information that you submit. This type of
technology protects you from having your information
intercepted by anyone other than T & K Futures while
it is being transmitted to us. We work hard to ensure
that our websites are secure and that they meet industry
standards. We also use other safeguards such as
firewalls, authentication systems (e.g., passwords and
personal identification numbers) and access control
mechanisms to control unauthorized access to systems and
data.
Sharing Information With
Our Affiliates
We may share personal information
described above with our affiliates for business
purposes, such as servicing customer accounts and
informing customers about new products and services, and
as permitted by applicable law. Our affiliates are
companies controlled or owned by us, and include
financial service companies, such as dealers, other
brokers, futures commission merchants, and advisers.
The information we share with
affiliates for marketing purposes may include the
information described above, such as name, address and
T & K Futures account information, but will not
include other credit information, such as credit history
appearing on a consumer credit report or net worth and
income information appearing on applications for our
products and services.
Disclosure to
Non-Affiliated Third Parties
In order to support the financial
products and services we provide to you, we may share
the personal information described above with
third-party service providers and joint marketers not
affiliated with us, including:
Financial service institutions
(e.g., advisers, dealers, brokers, trust companies and
banks) with whom we have joint marketing agreements,
such as agreements to market financial services or
products that we jointly offer, endorse or sponsor; and
companies under contract to perform services for us or
on our behalf, such as vendors that prepare and mail
statements and transaction confirmations or provide data
processing, computer software maintenance and
development, transaction processing and marketing
services.
These companies acting on our
behalf are required to keep your personal information
confidential.
Also, we may disclose personal
information with non-affiliated companies and regulatory
authorities as permitted or required by applicable law.
For example, we may disclose personal information to
cooperate with regulatory authorities and law
enforcement agencies to comply with subpoenas or other
official requests, and as necessary to protect our
rights or property. Except as described in this privacy
policy, we will not use your personal information for
any other purpose unless we describe how such
information will be used at the time you disclose it to
us or we obtain your permission to do so.
Accessing and Revisiting
Your Personal Information
We endeavor to keep our customer
files complete and accurate. We will give you reasonable
access to the information we have about you. Most of
this information is contained in account statements that
you receive from us, and applications that you submit to
obtain our products and services. We encourage you to
review this information and notify us if you believe any
information should be corrected or updated.
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