PUBLIC VENTURES LLC

Regulation S-P Firm Privacy Statement

FACTS WHAT DOES PUBLIC VENTURES, LLC DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
   
Why? Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
What?

The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:

  • Social Security number, income, and employment history
  • Account balances and transaction history
  • Email and contact information
  • Credit history and investment experience
How? All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons Public Ventures chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. Please note that Public Ventures does not sell the personal information you provide to us to unaffiliated third parties.

 

Reasons we can share your personal information Does Public Ventures share? Can you limit this sharing?
For our everyday business purposes – such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus. YES NO
For our marketing purposes – with service providers we use to offer our products and services to you YES NO
For joint marketing with other financial companies NO We don’t share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your transactions and experiences YES NO
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness YES YES
For our affiliates to market to you YES YES
For nonaffiliates to market to you NO We don’t share

 

To limit our sharing
  • Call 310.526.5000

Please note:

If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.

However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing.

Questions? Call 310.526.5000 or go to publicventures.com

 

Who we are  
Who is providing this notice? Public Ventures, LLC
What we do  
How does Public Ventures protect my personal information?

To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.

We educate our employees in our protection of customer information policy. Within Public Ventures, your personal information is available only to those individuals who are involved in servicing your financial needs or in supervisory activities.

How does Public Ventures collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you

  • open an account
  • seek recommendations about your investment
  • make deposits or withdrawals to your account
  • enter into a securities sales and purchase agreement

We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies.

Why can’t I limit all sharing?

Federal law gives you the right to limit only

  • sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness
  • affiliates from using your information to market to yo
  • sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you

State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.

What happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else? Your choices will apply to everyone on your account.

 

Definitions  
Affiliates

Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

  • MDB Capital Holdings and its subsidiaries
Nonaffiliates

Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

  • Public Ventures does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you
  • Public Ventures shares information with non-affiliated companies that perform support services for your account or process your transactions.
Joint marketing

A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.

  • Public Ventures does not jointly market.
Other important information

Should you have any questions, concerns, or desire more information about your account, please contact your Public Ventures financial professional for further assistance.  If deemed appropriate, any concerns you may have regarding the investment handling of your account may be directed to:

Public Ventures, LLC
Compliance Department
4209 Meadowdale Lane
Dallas, TX 75229
(310) 526-5006

As you may know, Public Ventures and Interactive Brokers LLC (“IB”) have an agreement that IB will provide trade execution, clearing, and related activities for your account. In connection with these services, IB is required to communicate its position as it pertains to the privacy of customer information.

Please refer to the Interactive Brokers Privacy Policy at www.interactivebrokers.com for further information.