Privacy Policy

As of September 11, 2024

Main Street Securities LLC(“MainStreet Securities” or the “Firm”) recognizes and embraces the importance of keeping our customers’ confidential financial information private. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes how Main Street Securities processes the information we collect about you through our website, www.mainstreetsecurities.net (the “Website”). By accessing or using our Website and/or our services or otherwise manifesting your assent, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to (or cannot comply with) all of the terms of this Privacy Policy, you may not access or use the Website and/or our services.

Federal legislation requires us to notify our customers of our privacy practices by describing the types of non-public information we may collect in the ordinary course of business, and explain the ways that we protect their privacy:

  • We will safeguard, according to strict standards of security and confidentiality, nonpublic, personal information our customers share with us. “Nonpublic, personal information,” for example, would include such information as your home address, social security number and credit information. We will maintain safeguards to protect that information and conduct our business in a manner that keeps personal customer information secure.
  • We will limit the collection and use of customer information to the minimum we require to deliver exceptional service and to administer our business, recognizing, however, that we may need to obtain confidential information to provide financial advisory work and to conduct appropriate due diligence in our investment banking business.

Information We Collect and How We Use It

Sources of Information We Collect. We collect personal information from customers from sources, including but not limited to the following:
  • From customers on engagement letters, related agreements, and in the course of our examination of your business and prospects;
  • From your transactions with us, our affiliates and others;
  • From contact forms on the Website, which may include your name, email address, and other information as found on the contact form;
  • From non-affiliated third parties in the course of our due diligence. We restrict access to non-public personal information to Main Street Securities’ employees and agents who need to know this information to provide products or services to you.

Service-Related Use. We use your contact information for purposes of providing you with information about our services, responding to your inquiries, sending you email alerts (including marketing emails, and providing services to you. We also use your information for administrative purposes such as pursuing our legitimate interests including without limitation, direct marketing, research and development, network and information security, fraud prevention, and complying with our legal obligations.

Third-Party Analytics. We use one or more third–party analytics services to evaluate your use of the Website, by compiling reports on activity (based on their collection of IP addresses, Internet service providers, browser types, operating systems and languages, referring and exit pages and URLs, data and time, amount of time spent on particular pages, what sections of the Website you visit, the number of links clicked, search terms and other similar usage data) and by analyzing performance metrics. Third parties use cookies and other technologies to help collect, analyze, and provide us with reports or other data. By accessing and using the Website, you consent to the processing of data about you by these analytics providers in the manner and for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. For more information on these third parties, including how to opt out from certain data collection, please ask us and we will be able to direct you to the applicable third-party.

Information to Affiliates. As permitted by applicable law, we may disclose personal information to our parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures, or other companies under common control in order to communicate and/or provide you with information about the products and services offered by our affiliates. Our affiliates who receive your personal information will process any information disclosed to them in the same manner as described under this Privacy Policy. Where required under applicable law, we will obtain your prior opt-in consent to send you marketing communications. In some cases, you may be able to request limitations on what information we can share with our affiliates. If you wish to limit our ability to disclose your information to our affiliates, please contact us at [email protected].

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION

Main Street Securities takes privacy and security of personal information seriously. Accordingly, it is Main Street Securities’ policy that we will not share personal customer information (of either current or former customers) with anyone, other than our affiliates, unless pursuant to customer authorization or as permitted by law. Whenever we retain other organizations to provide support services on behalf of Main Street Securities we will require them to protect customers’ personal information. When necessary, we will review and revise our Privacy Policy to protect personal customer information.

LINKS TO EXTERNAL WEBSITES

The Website may contain links to third-party websites (“External Sites”). Main Street Securities has no control over the privacy practices or the content of any such External Sites. As such, we are not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of such External Sites. You should check the applicable privacy policy and terms of use when visiting any such External Sites.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy is effective as of the last updated date stated at the top of this Privacy Policy. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time with or without notice to you. By accessing the Website after we make any such changes to this Privacy Policy, you are deemed to have accepted such changes. Please be aware that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, our use of the information collected is governed by the Privacy Policy in effect at the time we collect the information. Any updates to the policy will be posted on the Website as soon as practicable. Please refer back to this Privacy Policy on a regular basis.

HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to submit a request pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, please email us at [email protected] with “Privacy Policy” in the subject line.