Verification Information. Information necessary to verify your identity such as a passport (Examples also include background information we receive about you from public records or from other entities not affiliated with us); furthermore, we may collect other identifiable Information such as identification numbers and/or Passport/Tax registration numbers; we may also collect demographic information when you open an account, including Your gender, birth date, etc…; we may also need to evaluate your trading experience, average annual income, estimated net worth and make an assessment about your risk factor. You directly provide us with most of the Information we collect. You do this by filling out the electronic form(s) (including, without limitation, the Account Opening Application Form(s)) that we post on our Online Trading Facility and by voluntarily providing us with other required documents. Additionally, you provide us with Information by trading on our systems, by contacting us or by responding to a promotion; the information we indirectly collect may include logging your Internet Protocol (IP) address, software configuration, operating system and use of Cookies; Cookies are small files containing information that a Website uses to track its visitors which may be sent from us to your computer and sometimes back. Cookies ultimately help us improve your navigation and ease of use of our Online Trading Facility. We may set and access Cookies on your computer, enabling us to learn which advertisements and promotions bring users to our Online Trading Facility. We may use cookies in connection with any of our Products and/or Services and to track your activities on our Online Trading Facility. Cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information. Such information that we collect and share would be anonymous and not personally identifiable. We use the Information we collect from you only as appropriate to provide you with quality service and security. For example, we may use the Information collected from you to verify your identity. We may also use this Information to establish and set up your trading Account, issue an Account number, issue Access Codes (username and/or password), log your activity and contact you from time to time. The Information you provide us helps us to improve our Services to you, customize your browsing experience and inform you about additional products, services or promotions that may be of interest to you. Should you ever deactivate your Account with us, we will keep your information on file, but only use it to comply with regulatory requirements and to contact you occasionally with the option to reactivate your account. Please note that you may opt out of our Information sharing policies at any time by notifying us of your desire to do so as explained below. We do not disclose or share Information about any of our clients (whether active or inactive) to any non-affiliated third parties other than in the manner and to the entities set forth below: Sharing Information with our Associates: We may share personal information described above with our Associates for business purposes, such as, but not limited to, servicing client’s Accounts and informing client’s about new products and services, or to aid in the trading activity of our company, its Affiliates, or employees, and as permitted by applicable law. Our Associates may include companies controlled or owned by us as well as companies that have an ownership interest in our company. The information we share with our Associates may include any of the information described above, such as your name, address, trading experience and account information. Our Associates are committed to maintaining the privacy of your information to the same extent we do in accordance with the provisions set forth herein.
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Samples: Client Agreement, Client Agreement, Client Agreement Terms
