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Privacy Policy and Digital Privacy Practices
Leading Edge Investment
Advisors, LLC is a registered investment adviser with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC)
under the
Investment Adviser Act of 1940.
Our Commitment to
Privacy
Leading Edge
Investment Advisors, LLC (“LEIA”) is committed to maintaining the
confidentiality, integrity and security of
personal
information about our current and prospective clients. We are proud of our
privacy practices and want you to know
how we
protect this information and use it to service your account(s).
We hope you will
take a moment to review the full privacy policy of Leading Edge Investment
Advisors, LLC.
The privacy
policies of LEIA are reviewed annually. Our printed and online notices are
then updated to reflect any material
changes.
You do not
have to contact us to benefit from LEIA's privacy protections; they apply
automatically to all of our clients.
How and Why We Obtain Personal Information
LEIA uses
personal information about you to provide you with the superior service you
expect from us. We may use this
information
to develop, offer, and deliver products and services; process transactions in
your account; respond to inquiries from
you or your
designated representative; or to fulfill legal and regulatory requirements.
LEIA may collect public and non-public
personal
information about you from any of the following sources:
* You
or your representative on applications or forms (for example, name, address,
assets and income);
*
Transactional activity in your account (for example, trading history and balances);
* Other
interactions with LEIA (for example, discussions with our client relations
staff or your entry of information into our
interactive
tools);
*
Information services (to possibly better understand your product and service
needs);
* You
or your representative regarding your preferences (for example, paper
statements vs. electronic statements, or the
screen layout
you specify if you use our Internet sites);
* Other
sources with your consent or with the consent of your designated representative
(for example, from your master
custodian).
How We Protect Your
Information
Leading Edge
Investment Advisors, LLC considers the protection of sensitive information to
be a foundation of customer trust
and a sound
business practice. We employ extensive physical, electronic and procedural
controls and we regularly adapt
these
controls to respond to changing requirements and advances in technology.
Within LEIA,
we restrict access to personal information to those who require it to provide
products and services to you. We may
share the
personal information that we collect with the following entities:
*
Affiliates, including affiliated service providers;
*
Government agencies, other regulatory bodies and law enforcement officials
(for example, for tax purposes or for reporting
suspicious
transactions);
* Other
organizations, with your consent or as directed by your representative;
* Other
organizations, as permitted by law (for example, for fraud prevention).
Privacy Online
Privacy,
security and service in our online operations are just as critical as in the
rest of our business. We therefore employ all
of the
safeguards described above, along with the following Internet-specific
practices.
Leading Edge
Investment Advisors, LLC uses a variety of proven protections to maintain the
security of your online session. For
example, we
make extensive use of firewall barriers and authentication procedures. We may
also place cookies and similar
files on your
hard drive for security purposes, to facilitate site navigation, and to
personalize your experience on our site.
When you
visit LEIA's Internet site, we may also collect technical and navigational
information, such as computer browser
type,
Internet protocol address, pages visited, and average time spent on our Web
sites. This information may be used, for
example, to
alert you to software compatibility issues, or it may be analyzed to improve
our Web design and functionality.
Your Connection to
LEIA
You may
interact with us in various ways, and when you do, we may exchange
information with parties in addition to those
described
above. Information collected from clients is not shared with LEIA affiliates
for marketing purposes, except with the
consent of
the client or their designated representative.
If you are a
former client, we treat your information in the same manner as that of
current clients.
For your
convenience, LEIA offers a few options for accessing and, if necessary,
correcting your account information. You can
review your
information independently using your statements. You may also e-mail, write
or call us with your request for
information.
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