South Texas Money Management, Ltd., (“STMM”)
is committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and
security of the nonpublic personal information of our potential,
current and former clients. STMM values our client relationships
and recognizes that an essential element of those relationships
is the trust and confidence that nonpublic personal information
is treated as private and confidential. As a member of the
financial services industry, STMM is providing you with this Notice
of Privacy Policy for informational purposes and will update and
distribute it as required by law. It is also available upon
request.
Client Information
As part of STMM’s investment management services, STMM obtains
nonpublic personal information about you. STMM may collect
public and nonpublic personal information about you, through:
- Information we receive from you or your representative
in meetings and conferences, on applications, other forms,
contracts, or documents and correspondence; and
- Information about your transactions with us, or others.
Protecting Your Nonpublic Personal Information
STMM
employs procedures to safeguard your nonpublic personal information. Access to your nonpublic personal information
is restricted by STMM to only those authorized individuals
who need to know this information in order for STMM to provide
products and services to you. We maintain physical,
electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your nonpublic
personal information.
Disclosure Policy
STMM does not provide your nonpublic personal
information to mailing lists, vendors, or solicitors for
any purpose. STMM only shares your nonpublic
personal information with third parties as allowed
or required by law where:
- Disclosure is necessary to process and service transactions
which you have requested or authorized, or is necessary
to service your account;
- Disclosure is to a third party which performs services
on behalf of STMM in the normal course of business. STMM
requires these providers to agree to safeguard the information
and keep it confidential, to use the information only for
the intended purpose, and to abide by applicable law; and
- Disclosure is to governmental agencies or other regulatory
bodies and law enforcement officials as allowed or required
by law.
Maintaining Accurate Information
STMM’s goal is to maintain accurate, up-to-date records
in accordance with industry standards. We have procedures
in place to keep information current and complete, including
timely correction of inaccurate information.
E-Mail
E-mail correspondence does not provide
a means for completely secure and private communications. However,
we value the efficiency of email and encourage our clients
to utilize email with discretion.
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