Cookies and web beacons support preferences, site tracking and improvements
Wedbush uses tracking technologies such as cookies and web beacons to record preferences, track site use, monitor traffic and support and improve the site. Its separate statement about not tracking across third-party sites for targeted advertising does not rule out this on-site tracking.
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Cookies, tracking technologies and analytics: Wedbush Futures uses some tracking technologies such as cookies and web beacons to record your preferences, track your use of the site, monitor traffic, and to support and improve the site.
Wedbush Futures does not track its website’s visitors over time and across third party websites to provide targeted advertising and therefore does not respond to Do Not Track (“DNT”) signals.
Qualifications & exceptions
These stated purposes concern the site; the targeted-advertising statement has a narrower cross-site scope.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): Wedbush does not respond to Do Not Track signals — The page describes cookies and beacons for site use while disclaiming tracking across third-party websites over time for targeted advertising. These differently scoped statements coexist; the DNT statement does not negate on-site tracking.
Data Access & Collection · User right or choice
Browser settings can refuse cookies but may limit site access
The policy describes a cookie as a small file placed on your computer’s hard drive. You can refuse browser cookies through browser settings, but may then be unable to access parts of the site. Unless your browser has been set to refuse them, the system will issue cookies when you visit.
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A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
Qualifications & exceptions
Refusal may prevent access to certain parts of the website.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Web beacons count visits and gather website statistics
The policy describes web beacons, also called clear GIFs or pixel tags, as small electronic files used to count page visitors and collect related statistics, including content popularity and system or server integrity. It describes the information collected as anonymous individual and/or aggregate information.
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Web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) are small electronic files that permit a website to count users who have visited those pages or and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity). Web beacons collect anonymous individual and/or aggregate information.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Google Analytics measures use and may collect IP addresses
Wedbush uses Google Analytics and its cookies or other tracking technologies to analyze site interaction and use, compile activity reports and provide related services. Google’s technologies may collect IP addresses, visit times, returning-visitor status and referring websites. The policy also says the site does not use Google Analytics to gather information that personally identifies you; that statement does not negate the listed collection.
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Wedbush Futures also uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”).
Google Analytics uses cookies or other tracking technologies to help us analyze how users interact with and use this site, compile reports on the site’s activity, and provide other services related to site activity and usage.
Google’s technologies may collect information such as your IP address, time of visit, whether you are a return visitor and any referring website. This site does not use Google Analytics to gather information that personally identifies you.
Qualifications & exceptions
The policy’s own statement about personal identification is retained alongside its examples of collected information.
Wedbush says it does not track visitors over time and across third-party websites to provide targeted advertising and therefore does not respond to DNT signals. That stated restriction concerns cross-site targeted-advertising tracking; the policy separately describes cookies, web beacons and analytics for site use.
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Wedbush Futures does not track its website’s visitors over time and across third party websites to provide targeted advertising and therefore does not respond to Do Not Track (“DNT”) signals.
Cookies, tracking technologies and analytics: Wedbush Futures uses some tracking technologies such as cookies and web beacons to record your preferences, track your use of the site, monitor traffic, and to support and improve the site.
Qualifications & exceptions
The no-tracking statement concerns visitors over time and across third-party sites for targeted advertising.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): Cookies and web beacons support preferences, site tracking and improvements — The page describes cookies and beacons for site use while disclaiming tracking across third-party websites over time for targeted advertising. These differently scoped statements coexist; the DNT statement does not negate on-site tracking.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
The site is not intended for children
Wedbush says the website is not intended for children and it does not knowingly collect data relating to children. It does not specify an age threshold in this statement.
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This website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.
Qualifications & exceptions
The collection statement is limited by knowledge.
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No age threshold is stated here.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Wedbush receives information through agreements, communications and transactions
Wedbush says it needs personal information to provide services. It receives it through subscription agreements and related documents, client agreements or forms, correspondence and conversations with its representatives, and transactions with Wedbush Futures or its affiliates.
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We need your personal information in order to provide our services to you.
(1) in the subscription agreement and related documents;
(2) client agreements or other forms;
(3) in correspondence and conversations with Wedbush Futures representatives; and
(4) through transactions with Wedbush Futures or its affiliates.
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The next sentence in the source is incomplete; no missing verb or additional practice is inferred.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Some site information is gathered automatically
Wedbush says some information is automatically gathered during site use and points readers to its cookies, tracking technologies and analytics discussion. That discussion includes Google Analytics; this card does not infer additional tracking practices.
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Additionally, some information is gathered automatically during your use of this site, as described below in the section “Cookies, tracking technologies and analytics.”
Google Analytics uses cookies or other tracking technologies to help us analyze how users interact with and use this site, compile reports on the site’s activity, and provide other services related to site activity and usage.
Provided data includes identity, contact, financial and employment information
The listed personal information includes name, address, phone number, Social Security number, account information, assets or income, birth date, gender, age, salary and other income, savings and employment status.
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The personal information you provide us includes your name, address, telephone number, social security number; account information; assets and/or income information, date of birth, gender, age, financial details about you, such as your salary and details of other income, details of your savings, and information about your employment status.
Product relevance can bring in loan, family and tax information
If relevant to the product or service supplied, Wedbush lists existing borrowings and loans, marital status, family, lifestyle or social circumstances, dependents, widowhood, beneficiary information and tax information as additional personal data.
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Additionally, if relevant to the product or service we provide you, your existing borrowings and loans, your marital status; family, lifestyle or social circumstances (for example, the number of dependents you have or if you are a widow or widower, or information on beneficiaries), and tax information.
Qualifications & exceptions
Only if relevant to the product or service provided.
Some personal data may come from third-party compliance sources
Some listed personal information may come from services, databases and vendors supplying information for client compliance and regulatory reviews. Named sources include credit reporting bureaus and the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control search tool.
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Some of the personal information mentioned above may come from third party sources such as third party services, databases and vendors that gather and provide information for firms like [Wedbush Futures to conduct compliance and regulatory reviews related to their clients]. These third party sources include credit reporting bureaus and the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control search tool.
Qualifications & exceptions
These are possible third-party sources, not a statement that every source is used for each person.
Data Access & Collection · Restriction or exception
Some information is necessary to receive products or services
Wedbush says it cannot provide its products or services without certain information. It will mark information as optional when providing it is optional. The heading “Legal Basis” does not itself identify a particular legal basis for every processing purpose.
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Legal Basis: Without certain information we cannot provide you with our products or services. If providing certain information is optional, it will be marked as such.
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This statement does not map specific data or purposes to individual legal bases.