PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: July 1, 2022
In the course of serving our clients, L5 Investments may obtain personal information about such clients. Obtaining this information is important to our ability to deliver the highest level of service to you, but we also recognize that you expect us to treat this information appropriately.
This policy describes the types of personal information we may collect about you, the purposes for which we use the information, the circumstances in which we may share the information and the steps that we take to safeguard the information to protect your privacy. As used throughout this policy (the "Policy"), the term “L5 Investments” refers to (the "Company", "L5", "Us", or "We") and its affiliates.
The Sources of Information
The personal information we collect about you comes primarily from the account applications or other forms and materials you may submit to L5 during the course of your relationship with us. We may also collect information about your transactions and experiences with us relating to the services we provide. In addition, depending on the services you require, we may obtain additional information about you, such as your credit history, from consumer reporting agencies.
Finally, in the provision of financial services to you and subject to strict compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, information may be collected about you indirectly from monitoring or other means (e.g. e-mail monitoring). In these circumstances, the information is not accessed on a continuous or routine basis, but it may be used for compliance or security purposes.
The Information We Hold about You
If you deal with L5 in your individual capacity (e.g. as a private client), or as a settlor/trustee/beneficiary of a trust, or as an owner or principal of a company or other investment vehicle established to invest on your behalf or on behalf of your family, etc., the typical information we collect about you may include (in addition to any other information as may be determined on a case-by-case basis):
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Your full name, phone number, email address, organization, and other contact details;
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Extensive financial information, including source of wealth, investment experience and objectives, risk tolerance and, in certain jurisdictions, representations required under applicable law or regulation concerning your financial resources; and
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A personal identifier such as, depending on your country of residence, your Social Security Number, National Insurance Number, Tax File Number, etc.
You are not required to supply any of the personal information that we may request. However, failure to do so may result in us being unable to open or maintain your account or to provide services to you. While we make every effort to ensure that all information we hold about our clients is accurate, complete and up to date, we rely on our clients promptly notifying us if there are any material changes to their personal information.
Our Use of Your Personal Information
We may use your personal information to:
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Administer, operate, facilitate and manage your relationship and/or account with L5. This may include sharing such information internally as well as disclosing it to third parties, as described in the following two sections, respectively;
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Contact you or, if applicable, your designated representative(s) by post, telephone, electronic mail, facsimile, etc., in connection with your relationship and/or account;
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Provide you with information (such as investment research), recommendations, or advice concerning products and services offered by L5; and
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Facilitate our internal business operations, including assessing and managing risk and fulfilling our legal and regulatory requirements.
If your relationship with us ends, L5 will continue to treat your personal information, to the extent we retain it, as described in this policy.
Disclosures of Your Personal Information within L5 Investments
In order to provide efficient and reliable services and to improve product and service options available to you, more than one entity within L5 may be given access to, your personal information. For example, one L5 entity might share your information with another in order to facilitate settlement of your transactions or the maintenance of your accounts, or as part of its arranging for the performance of specialized services. When sharing your personal information, we adhere to applicable legal and industry standards regarding the protection of personal information. Additional information on how your personal information is protected by us is provided below.
Disclosures of Your Personal Information to Third Parties
L5 does not disclose your personal information to third parties, except as described in this policy. Third party disclosures may include sharing such information with investment partners (e.g. deal sponsors), other financial institutions (e.g. lenders requiring such information pursuant to regulatory requirements) and/or nonaffiliated companies that perform support services for your account or facilitate your transactions with us, including those that provide professional, legal or accounting advice to L5. Each such third party is required to maintain the confidentiality of such information to the extent received and to use your personal information only in the course of providing the services, and only for the purposes, dictated by L5.
We may also disclose your personal information to fulfill your instructions, to protect our rights and interests and those of our business partners or pursuant to your express consent. Finally, under limited circumstances, your personal information may be disclosed to third parties as permitted by, or to comply with, applicable laws and regulations; for instance, when responding to a subpoena or similar legal process, to protect against fraud and to otherwise cooperate with law enforcement or regulatory authorities. L5 will not sell your personal information.
Information Security: How We Protect Your Privacy
L5 is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of your personal information. We limit access to your personal information to authorized L5 employees or agents and, as described above in Disclosures of Your Personal Information to Third Parties, third parties are held to stringent standards of privacy. We also maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect the information against loss, misuse, damage or modification and unauthorized access or disclosure. Some of the other central features of our information security program are:
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A dedicated group within L5 that designs, implements and provides oversight to our information security program;
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The use of specialized technology such as firewalls;
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Testing of the security and operability of products and services before they are introduced to the Internet, as well as ongoing scanning for publicly known vulnerabilities in the technology;
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Internal and external reviews of our Internet sites and services;
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Monitoring of our systems infrastructure to detect weaknesses and potential intrusions;
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Implementing controls to identify, authenticate and authorize access to various systems or sites;
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Protecting information during transmission through various means including, where appropriate, encryption; and
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Providing L5 personnel with relevant training and continually updating our security practices in light of new risks and developments in technology.
Privacy and the Internet
The following additional information will be of interest to you as a visitor to this site:
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Users of L5investments.com are required to identify and authenticate themselves to access certain areas on this site. Generally, identification and authentication take place through the use of your user name and password.
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L5investments.com is built upon a secure infrastructure with multiple layers of protection. We uses industry standard encryption technologies to protect your information from external compromise.
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Security is a cooperative effort between L5s and the users of L5investments.com. Please remember that your login and password are personal to you and should not be made available to any other person. Also, you should discontinue their use and notify us if you have any reason to suspect that someone else may be using them.
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We may collect certain aggregate and non-personal information when you visit this site. We may collect this information through “cookie” technology. Cookies are bits of text that can be placed on your computer’s hard drive when you visit certain websites. Cookies may enhance your online experience by saving your preferences while you are visiting a particular website. The “help” portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. Remember, though, without cookies, you may not be able to take full advantage of all of the site features.
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Web pages you access, the frequency of such access, and your preferences may be collected by L5, or by our service providers, using cookies, Web beacons, page tags, or similar tools that are set when you visit this site.
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L5 may make available on this Website third party applications such as content linking or sharing facilities. Information collected by providers of such applications is governed by their privacy policies.
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Our Website are not currently configured to respond to “do not track” signals or similar mechanisms.
Information For EEA Users (EU plus Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein)
What Rights Do I Have?
Where L5 is a Controller of data under the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), individuals located in the European Economic Area (EEA) will have additional rights with respect to their non-public personal information (NPI), including the right of access, rectification, restriction, opposition, erasure and data portability (each, as defined by the GDPR). Where possible, we obtain and rely on user consent as a lawful basis for processing personal data. In some cases, we may process and retain NPI pursuant to a legal obligation or another legitimate interest under the GDPR to protect your vital interests, the interests of L5, or those of another person.
How May I Exercise My Individual Rights?
Users located within the EEA may contact us with questions or requests regarding their NPI using the contact information below. Please note that L5 may request additional information from you to verify your identity before we disclose any personal or account information.
Who Can I Contact at L5 Regarding Data Protection Issues?
You may contact L5 by email at: info@L5invest.com or by telephone at: 310-697-7172, or by using the contact form here.
Other Privacy Policies or Statements; Changes to Policy; Contact
This policy provides a general statement of the ways in which L5 protects your personal information. You may, however, in connection with specific products or services offered by us, be provided with privacy policies or statements that supplement this policy. This policy may be changed from time-to-time to reflect changes in our practices concerning the collection and use of personal information. The revised policy will be effective immediately upon posting to the Website. This version of the Policy is effective July 1, 2022. If you require further information regarding our privacy policies and practices please contact info@L5invest.com.
Statement on Cookies
By using our Website with your browser settings adjusted to accept cookies, you consent to L5’s use of cookies and other tools to provide the services available on our website. If you would like to modify your browser to notify you when you receive a new cookie or to disable cookies altogether, please refer to Managing Cookies below.
Cookies at L5 and How We Use Them
Cookies are small text files that may be placed on your Web browser when you visit our Website or when you view advertisements we have placed on other websites. Cookies allow your browser to remember some specific information which the web server can later retrieve and use. L5 does not use cookies to store any personal information that could be read or understood by others. When you quit your browser, some cookies are stored in your computer’s memory, while some expire or disappear.
Cookies are used primarily for administrative purposes, to improve your experience when visiting this website. Examples of this include the use of cookies:
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To improve site security by “authenticating” you (i.e., verify that you are who you say you are) when you sign-in to your account.
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To keep track of your specified preferences such as language, time zone and timeouts after periods of inactivity.
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To allow you to navigate our sites more easily by “remembering” your identity so that you do not have to input your password multiple times as you move between pages or services.
In addition to administrative uses, L5 may also use cookies in one or more of the following ways:
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To conduct research and analytics to improve the website and our services. This includes compiling statistical information concerning, among other things, the frequency of your use of this website, the pages visited and the length of each visit.
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To gather information concerning your use of other websites and provide us with de-identified information about you (such as demographic information or the names of sites you have visited.
Managing Cookies
The Help menu on the menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. Additionally, you can disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by changing the add-on’s settings or visiting the website of its manufacturer. Some of our sites employ “functionality cookies” that help the site remember your settings and preferences for use when you visit this website in the future. This provides a more tailored and pleasant user experience. These cookies store information in multiple places. On those sites using functionality cookies, you will find a “Delete Cookies” feature on every page that will allow you to delete these cookies completely from your device. Please note that, if you decline to use cookies, you may experience reduced functionality and, for sites using authentication-related cookies, declining cookies will prevent you from using the website altogether. To learn more about what cookies are set on your computer as you browse the Web and how to manage or delete them, visit allaboutcookies.org.
Contact Us
This website is owned and operated by L5 Investments, LLC. For more information about the Privacy Policy, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at info@L5invest.com.