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When you employ Flippin, Bruce
& Porter as your investment adviser, you entrust us
not only with your assets, but also with your personal
financial data. We consider all information to be private
and confidential, and we will hold ourselves to the highest
standard of trust and fiduciary duty in its safekeeping.
Protecting your privacy is important to us. We want our
clients to understand what information we collect and
how we use it. |
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| We collect only information
that is needed to serve you and administer our business. |
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| In the process of serving you,
we become stewards of certain “nonpublic personal
information” – information about you that is
not available publicly. The client information we collect
and store generally consists of the following: |
- Information you provide directly or
indirectly to us on applications or other forms, correspondence
or
through conversations (such as your name, social security
number, address, phone number, assets,
income, date of birth, occupation, etc.).
- Information related to your transactions
with us (such as your account numbers, account balances,
transaction details and other financial information).
- Information we receive from third parties
including your broker, consultant, custodian, financial
planner or other intermediary retained by you (such
as broker statements, custodial statements and
trade confirmations).
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| We limit the collection and
use of information about our clients to that which is
necessary to administer our business and serve our clients. |
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| We carefully limit and
control the sharing of your information. |
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In order to protect client
privacy, we carefully control the way in which any information
about clients is shared. We do not disclose information
about our clients or former clients to anyone, except
as necessary in the management of your account and as
permitted or required by law.
We are permitted by law to disclose some or all of the
information we collect as described above to other advisers,
custodians, brokers, administrators or any firms that
assist us in maintaining and supporting the financial
products and services provided to you. For example, custodians
and brokers need information to process security transactions
for your account. |
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| We are committed to the
privacy of your nonpublic personal information and will
use strict security standards to safeguard it. |
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We are committed to the security of your nonpublic
personal information. Our employees and others hired
to work for us are held accountable for adhering to
strict policies and procedures to prevent any misuse
of your nonpublic personal information. Employees are
bound by this privacy policy and are educated on implementing
our security principles and practices. Our strict policies
for protecting client information apply equally to current
and former clients.
We have established physical, electronic and procedural
safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard
your nonpublic personal information. Our operational
and data processing systems are maintained in a secure
environment that protects nonpublic personal information
from being accessed inappropriately by third parties.
If you have any questions about the confidentiality
of your information, contact the Chief Compliance Officer at
(434) 845-4900.
March 2008
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