Privacy Policy

Foresters Equity Services, Inc. (“FESCO”) is dedicated to maintaining the trust and confidence of all our customers. We want you to understand how we protect your privacy when we collect and use information about you, and the measures we take to safeguard that information. Keeping customer information secure and private is a priority for us. In providing service to you, we collect non-public personal information about you from the following sources:

• Information from you on account applications and other standard forms (for example, name, address, social security number, assets, types and amounts of investments, transactions, and income);
• Information about your FESCO transactions, our affiliates or others including those companies that work closely with us to provide you with diverse financial products and services (for example, your account balance, parties to transactions, types and amounts of investments, transactions;
• Information we receive from consumer reporting agencies (for example, your credit worthiness and credit history);
• Information obtained when verifying the information you provide on applications or other forms (this may be obtained from your current or past employers, or from other institutions where you conduct financial transactions).

FESCO is committed to the protection and privacy of its customers' and consumers' personal and financial information. FESCO will not share such information with any non-affiliated third party except:

• When necessary to complete a specific service for which we have been engaged, such as a licensing or registration service;
• When required to maintain the status of the customer with any third party agency as specifically instructed and/or authorized by the client;
• When so requested by a fiduciary or beneficiary on the account;
• When required by a regulatory agency, or for other reasons required or permitted by law;
• In connection with a sale or merger of the firm' business;
• In any circumstance that has the customer's instruction or consent.

FESCO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Foresters. FESCO is a registered broker/dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investors Protection Corporation (SIPC), and Foresters Equity Services, Inc., is a registered investment advisor. FESCO is permitted by law to share with our parent company and any of its other subsidiaries information about our transactions or experiences with you.
If you have any questions after reading this Privacy Policy, please contact us by writing to the Chief Compliance Officer, at FESCO, 6640 Lusk Blvd. Suite A202, San Diego, CA 92121.