Young Soo, Inc. Privacy & Cookie Policy
General
Young Soo, Inc. is committed to respecting the privacy of consumers and its customers, including visitors to our US websites. This Privacy & Cookie Policy sets out how we collect, use, and share personal information. This Privacy & Cookie Policy also explains how we use cookies and similar technologies on our US websites and sub-sites.
Any changes to this privacy policy will be posted at https://youngsooinv.com. You can also access this Privacy & Cookie Policy via our homepage and from the bottom of every page by clicking on the appropriate link in the footer.
Young Soo, Inc. is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as an investment adviser and is required to comply with SEC Regulation S-P (“Reg. S-P”), as well as the U.S. Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (the “GLB Act”). Reg. S-P and the GLB Act require Young Soo, Inc. to have policies and procedures in place to protect the security and confidentiality of the non-public personal information of consumers and customers, and to provide a privacy notice to such persons describing our privacy policies and procedures. Please click here for a copy of our privacy notice: https://youngsooinv.com./?page_id=533
Glossary
“Consumer” – an individual or an individual’s legal representative that obtains or has obtained a financial product or service to be used primarily for personal, household or family purposes. A person becomes a consumer even if a questionnaire or application is withdrawn or denied or an advisory agreement does not become effective.
“Customer” – a consumer that has an ongoing relationship with Young Soo, Inc., whereby Young Soo, Inc. is providing one or more financial products or services to the consumer (e.g., an advisory client of Young Soo, Inc.).
“Nonpublic personal information” –
- All personally identifiable financial information.
- While the GLB Act excludes publicly available information (e.g., a list of persons and their publicly listed telephone numbers), nonpublic personal information does include any list, description or other grouping of consumers (and publicly available information pertaining to them) derived using any nonpublic personally identifiable financial information that is not publicly available information.
What information Young Soo, Inc. collects
Young Soo, Inc. collects the following information:
- Young Soo, Inc. collects information from individuals who request informational materials, including name, address, telephone number, email address and investment-related questions.
- Young Soo, Inc. collects relevant information on applications and resumes from prospective employees via our careers website.
- Young Soo, Inc. collects information provided orally and in writing via email, mail, online or in person from prospective clients, clients, prospective employees and employees.
- Our websites use cookies to collect technical information, such as IP address, browser used to view the website, operating system, resolution of screen, location, language settings in browser, the site directing to our site, keywords searched, the number of page views, etc. Please see “Cookie Policy” below.
How Young Soo, Inc. uses and shares information collected
Young Soo, Inc. may use the information for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- To improve products and services.
- To follow up, either by email, phone or mail, with people who have requested information and/or materials.
- To periodically send promotional email or mail about services, recent developments or other information individuals may find interesting using the email address or mailing address provided when requesting information.
- To access certain special features or areas of this website.
- To evaluate prospective employees for positions, and to employ its personnel.
- To analyze the financial situation of prospective clients and to provide investment advisory and management services to clients.
- As otherwise permitted by law.
Young Soo, Inc. may disclose information externally as permitted or required by law (such as to affiliates, service providers, and regulatory agencies), or where individuals have provided permission. Young Soo, Inc. will not sell or lease personal information to third parties so they can market to individuals.
How to contact Young Soo, Inc.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy & Cookie Policy, Young Soo, Inc. can be contacted as follows:
info@youngsooinv.com
Young Soo, Inc.
ATTN: Data Privacy
100 Spectrum Center Drive
Irvine, California 92618
USA
1 949 812 4876
Please ensure that full name and address are provided in exactly the form in which it was originally provided to Young Soo, Inc. to avoid any possible confusion with a different individual.
To unsubscribe from Young Soo, Inc. email communications, send an email to info@youngsooinv.com. Please put “UNSUBSCRIBE” in the subject field and include the email address where you received the content, along with any additional email addresses you would like suppressed. We will do our best to prevent you from receiving our email content in the future.
Security
In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, Young Soo, Inc. has put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure information. Nevertheless, due to the nature of the Internet and Internet technologies, security and privacy risks cannot be eliminated and Young Soo, Inc. cannot guarantee that information will not be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this privacy policy.
Other Websites
The Young Soo, Inc. website may contain links to enable users to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once users have used these links to leave this site, users should note that Young Soo, Inc. does not have any control over that other website. Therefore, Young Soo, Inc. cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which users provide while visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this Privacy & Cookie Policy. Individuals should exercise caution and look at the privacy and cookie policies applicable to the website in question.
Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small text file downloaded to an individual’s computer (or other device) when accessing webpages that use them. Cookies and other online tracking technologies (collectively referred to in this policy as “cookies”) allow a website to store and retrieve information about visitors’ online activity. Cookies are, for example, how a website remembers what display language you chose or what items you put into your online shopping cart.
Cookies can be categorized by who places them:
- First-party cookies: These cookies are downloaded to an individual’s computer from a server or domain managed by the publisher of the website whose service the individual is requesting.
- Third-party cookies: These cookies are downloaded to a computer from a server or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that may be seeking data obtained through cookies.
Cookies can also be categorized by their duration:
- Session cookies: These cookies are designed to collect and store data while the individual accesses a web page. They are often used to store information for the duration of a visit to the site (e.g., what account you are logged into). Once an individual leaves the website, the session cookie is deleted.
- Persistent cookies: These cookies store data on a computer for the duration of the period set within the cookie’s file, which is determined by the entity controlling the cookie, and can range from a few minutes to several years, or until manually deleted.
Lastly, cookies can be categorized by the function they serve. Young Soo, Inc. uses the following types of first- and third-party cookies:
1. Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your geographic region or preferred text size). Functionality cookies do not collect any personal information. Enabling functionality cookies may be necessary to access the full content of website material.
2. Personalization Cookies
Personalization cookies allow a website to remember information that changes the page’s appearance or behavior, such as, for example, the language selected for viewing the page.
3. Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies analyze how individuals browse a website and enable Young Soo, Inc. to measure the number of visitors to its websites, as well as to measure and analyze how individuals interact with the site. We use this information to improve the websites and the products or services offered.
4. Behavioral Advertising Cookies
Young Soo, Inc. serves advertisements on various websites using third party companies. If an individual visits a website or clicks on one of Young Soo, Inc. advertisements, behavioral cookies will be placed on the individual’s computer. Behavioral cookies allow Young Soo, Inc. to manage and optimize its digital marketing (e.g., banner ads, pages offering informational brochures, email campaigns, etc.). Behavioral cookies may be used to build a profile to provide content more relevant to an individual’s interests. They adapt advertising and the content the individual sees on other websites based on browsing habits, including how the individual navigates websites, as well as how the individual interacts with internet advertising.
“Do Not Track” Signals
Our website does not respond to “do not track” signals from users’ web browsers.
How to Manage Cookies
To learn more about behavioral advertising cookies and to opt in or out of multiple advertising networks at once, you can visit the website YourAdChoices. Some advertising networks do not participate in the YourAdChoices service. To opt out of some of these networks, please visit the consumer opt-out page of the Network Advertising Initiative.
As explained above, cookies help you to get the most out of the websites that make use of this technology. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of many of the websites you visit. If you do disable cookies, performance and functionality will be affected. If you wish to delete, disable, or re-enable cookies, you may do so through your browser as follows:
- Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
- Safari: http://www.apple.com/au/support/mac-apps/safari/
- All other browsers: Please look for a ‘help’ function in the browser or contact the browser provider.
Changes to Privacy Policy
From time to time, Young Soo, Inc. may use data for new uses not previously disclosed in its Privacy & Cookie Policy. If its information practices change at some time in the future, Young Soo, Inc. will post the policy changes to https://youngsooinv.com/?page-id=533 to notify users of these changes and provide the ability to opt out or unsubscribe from these new uses. For the most up-to-date information on how Young Soo, Inc. uses personal information, please visit the privacy policy on our website.
Beginning January 1, 2020, California residents have certain rights relating to their personal information described in the chart below. A California resident with questions about our privacy policies should contact us by email at info@youngsooinv.com. A California resident with a disability seeking privacy information in an alternative format should contact us in the same manner. For other contact information, refer to “How to contact Young Soo, Inc.” above.
Information Collected and How it is Used
Categories of Personal Information | Purposes of Collecting and Using Personal Information |
Name, address, telephone number, email address, and other identifying information relating to individuals | Marketing purposes, including delivering informational materials to individuals who request them and offering financial services |
Commercial information limited to records of informational materials requested and other individual interactions with us | Marketing purposes, including tracking responses from prospective clients and research to improve offerings |
IP addresses and other technical information as described in “Cookie Policy” above | Marketing purposes, including direct marketing optimization and insight on performance of web based applications |
Employment-related information | Promote employment opportunities; evaluate competence and qualifications; perform background checks; and administer employment relationship, including payroll, benefits, travel arrangements, expense reimbursement, career development, employee recognition, and promotion of Fisher Investments in internal and external materials and advertising |
Financial and other information obtained in the course of providing investment advice and other services | Provide investment advisory, investment management, other financial services, and non-financial services; enhance client service capabilities; and meet Young Soo, Inc. regulatory obligations |
Young Soo, Inc. obtains information used for marketing purposes directly from individuals who request informational materials, through cookies and other online tracking technologies, from existing clients and other referral sources, and from list vendors that gather and sell identifying information. Employment-related information is obtained from third party recruiters, employee referrals, directly from individuals, and background check providers. Information relating to non-financial services is obtained directly from individuals.Young Soo, Inc. discloses personal information to regulatory agencies, law enforcement authorities, its lawyers and accountants, and other third parties explicitly authorized by the individual. Young Soo, Inc. does not sell or lease personal information to third parties.
Information used in connection with investment advice, investment management, and other financial services is collected pursuant to the GLB Act and Reg. S-P, directly from prospective clients and clients and from other authorized sources, such as securities account custodians. The privacy notice required by the GLB Act (described above) explains how Fisher Investments shares this information.
Accessing and Deleting Your Personal Information
California residents have the right to request disclosure of the categories of personal information collected, specific pieces of personal information collected, sources, purposes for collecting and using, and categories of third parties whom the information is shared. California residents also have the right to request deletion of their personal information and to not be discriminated against for exercising their rights with respect to personal information.
To exercise these rights, California residents or their authorized agents should visit the web form (https://youngsooinv.com/contact-3/) or call 1-949-812-4876. Requests must include sufficient information to verify the requester’s identity, including name, email, phone, and zip code. Deletion requests will require additional confirmation. For requests submitted by agents, proof of authority, such as a copy of a valid power of attorney, will generally be required. Young Soo, Inc. will confirm receipt of a request within 10 days and respond within 45 days.