Privacy and Security

Your Privacy Is Important to Dennis Jenkins CPA, LLC

In the course of serving you as an individual client or as someone associated with a corporate or institutional client, Dennis Jenkins CPA, LLC may obtain personal information about you. Obtaining this information is important to our ability to deliver the highest level of service to you, but we also recognize that you expect us to treat this information appropriately.

 This policy describes the types of personal information we may collect about you, the purposes for which we use the information, the circumstances in which we may share the information and the steps that we take to safeguard the information to protect your privacy. As used throughout this policy, the term “Dennis Jenkins CPA, LLC” refers to The Dennis Jenkins CPA, LLC Group, Inc. and its affiliates worldwide.

The Information We Have about You

If you deal with Dennis Jenkins CPA, LLC in your individual capacity (e.g. as a private client), or as a settlor/trustee/beneficiary of a trust, or as an owner or principal of a company or other investment vehicle established to invest on your behalf or on behalf of your family, etc., the typical information we collect about you would include:

Of course, you are not required to supply any of the personal information that we may request. However, failure to do so may result in our being unable to open or maintain your account or to provide services to you. While we make every effort to ensure that all information we hold about you is accurate, complete and up to date, you can help us considerably in this regard by promptly notifying us if there are any changes to your personal information.

Disclosures of Your Personal Information within Dennis Jenkins CPA, LLC

In order to provide efficient and reliable services and to improve product and service options available to you, more than one entity within Dennis Jenkins CPA, LLC may be given, or given access to, your personal information. For example, one Dennis Jenkins CPA, LLC entity might share your information with another in order to facilitate settlement of your transactions or the maintenance of your accounts, or as part of its arranging for the performance of specialized services such as US and international brokerage, asset management and advisory and trust services. When so sharing your personal information, we adhere to applicable legal and industry standards regarding the protection of personal information. Additional information on how your personal information is protected while within Dennis Jenkins CPA, LLC is provided below, under Information Security: How We Protect Your Privacy.

Disclosures of Your Personal Information to Third Parties

Dennis Jenkins CPA, LLC does not disclose your personal information to third parties, except as described in this policy. Third party disclosures may include sharing such information with non-affiliated companies that perform support services for your account or facilitate your transactions with Dennis Jenkins CPA, LLC, including those that provide professional, legal or accounting advice to Dennis Jenkins CPA, LLC. Non-affiliated companies that assist Dennis Jenkins CPA, LLC in providing services to you are required to maintain the confidentiality of such information to the extent they receive it and to use your personal information only in the course of providing such services and only for the purposes that Dennis Jenkins CPA, LLC dictates.

We may also disclose your personal information to fulfill your instructions, to protect our rights and interests and those of our business partners or pursuant to your express consent. Finally, under limited circumstances, your personal information may be disclosed to third parties as permitted by, or to comply with, applicable laws and regulations; for instance, when responding to a subpoena or similar legal process, to protect against fraud and to otherwise cooperate with law enforcement or regulatory authorities or with organizations such as exchanges and clearinghouses.

Other Privacy Policies or Statements; Changes to Policy

This policy provides a general statement of the ways in which Dennis Jenkins CPA, LLC protects your personal information. You may, however, in connection with specific products or services offered by Dennis Jenkins CPA, LLC, be provided with privacy policies or statements that supplement this policy. This policy may be changed from time to time to reflect changes in our practices concerning the collection and use of personal information. The revised policy will be effective immediately upon posting to our Web site. This version of the Policy is effective July 1, 2010 .