Privacy Policy
| Facts | WHAT DOES KOVITZ INVESTMENT GROUP PARTNERS, LLC (“KOVITZ”) 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 and income ◼ account balances, assets, and transaction history ◼ investment experience, risk tolerance and account transactions ◼ Information collected through an internet “cookie” (information collecting device from a web server) ◼ Information we receive from a consumer reporting agency When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. |
| 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 customer personal information; the reasons Kovitz chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
| Reasons we can share your personal information | Does Kovitz 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— 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 | No | We don’t share |
| For non-affiliates to market to you | No | We don’t share |
Questions?
Call 312-334-7300 or go to www.kovitz.com
| Who we are | |
| Who is providing this notice? | Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC |
| What we do | |
| How does Kovitz 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. |
| How does Kovitz collect my personal information? | We collect your personal information, for example, when you: ◼ open an account or give us your income information ◼ tell us about your portfolio or make deposits or withdrawals from your account ◼ enter into an investment advisory contract with us or provide account information ◼ Seek financial advice, show We also collect your personal information from others, such as 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 you ◼ sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. |
| Definitions | |
| Affiliates | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. • Our affiliates include, but not limited to, Focus Operating, LLC, Focus Treasury & Credit Solutions, LLC, Focus Risk Solutions, LLC, Telemus Insurance Services, LLC, TMD Insurance Services, LLC, Origin Investments Group, LLC, Origin Credit Advisers, LLC, and Focus Partners Wealth, LLC. |
| Nonaffiliates | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. • Kovitz does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you. |
| Joint marketing | A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you. • Kovitz does not jointly market. |
| Other important information | If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights. To learn more about these rights, please access our California Consumer Privacy Act Notice at www.kovitz.com/regulatory-documents/. |