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US PRIVACY POLICY

 

FactsWhat does Northern Trust 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 and payment history
Credit history and account transactions
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 Northern Trust chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

 

Reasons we can share your personal information
Does Northern Trust 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 bureausYesNo
For our marketing purposes — to offer our products and services to youYesNo
For joint marketing with other financial companiesYesNo
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes — information about your transactions and experiencesYesNo
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthinessNoWe don't share
For our affiliates to market to youYesYes
For nonaffiliates to market to youNoWe don't share

 

To limit our sharing

  • You may limit our use or sharing of information about you for marketing purposes by calling 1-877-265-3729,  Monday through Friday, 7:00 am to 8:30 pm Central Time and Saturday and Sunday, 7:00 am to 3:30 pm  Central Time; or by stopping in at one of our locations.


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?

  • Contact us at 877-265-3729.

 

Who we are
Who is providing this notice?Northern Trust Company and its commonly owned affiliates and Northern Funds’ and 50 South Capital's family of funds.

 

What we do
How does Northern Trust 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. For more information and helpful resources, visit northerntrust.com/securitycenter.
How does Northern Trust collect my personal information?We collect your personal information, for example, when you

Seek financial or tax
Make deposits or withdrawls from your account
Open an account, apply for a loan or direct us to buy securities

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 for

Affiliates' everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness
Affiliates using your information to market to you
Nonaffiliates to market to you state laws and individual companies

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 only to you — unless you tell us otherwise.

 

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

Our affiliates include companies with a Northern Trust name; Financial companies such as the Northern Trust Company and Northern Trust Securities, Inc.
Non-affiliatesCompanies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial  companies.

Northern Trust does not share with non-affiliates so they can market to you.
Joint MarketingA formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.

 

CALIFORNIA PRIVACY NOTICE

When it comes to your financial affairs, you expect a relationship built on privacy and integrity. That is why Northern Trust does not sell client information to other companies.

This notice outlines what we do to protect your personal information and describes how you can limit the sharing of this information. It is required to be sent to you annually by the California Financial Information Privacy Act in addition to the notice that provides information about your privacy rights under federal law. It is presented in the form prescribed by California law.

If you already have instructed us to limit our marketing use or to not share your information with other Northern Trust affiliates or with companies with which we have joint marketing agreements, you do not need to do anything. We will continue to honor your request.

We thank you for your business and appreciate the trust you have placed in us to protect the security and confidentiality of your personal information. For more information and helpful resources, visit northerntrust.com/securitycenter.

YOUR RIGHT

You have the following right to restrict the sharing of personal and financial information with our affiliates (companies we own or control) and outside companies with whom we have joint marketing agreements. Nothing in this form prohibits the sharing of information necessary for us to follow the law, as permitted by law, or to give you the best service on your accounts with us. This includes sending you information about some other products or services.

YOUR CHOICES

Restrict information sharing with companies we own or control (affiliates): Unless you say “No,” we may share personal and financial information about you with our affiliated companies.
__No, please do not share personal and financial information with your affiliated companies.

Restrict information sharing with other companies we do business with to provide financial products and services: Unless you say “No,” we may share personal and financial information about you with companies with whom we have joint marketing agreements.
__No, please do not share personal and financial information with companies with whom you have joint marketing agreements.

TIME-SENSITIVE REPLY

You may make your privacy choice at any time. Your choice marked here will remain unless you state otherwise. However, if we do not hear from you, we may share some of your information with affiliated companies and other companies with whom we have joint marketing agreements.

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Name

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Account Number(s)

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Signature

To exercise your choice, do one of the following:

(1) Fill out, sign and send back this form to us using the envelope provided (you may want to make a copy for your records);
(2) Fax the completed form to 866-203-8269; or
(3) Call this toll-free number 877-265-3729.

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