Privacy Policy & NDA

Privacy Policy

EQUITY3000

Our Commitment to You

EQUITY3000 (the “Advisor”) is committed to safeguarding the use of your personal information that we have as your investment adviser. The Advisor (referred to as "we", "our” and "us" throughout this notice) protects the security and confidentiality of the personal information we have and makes efforts to ensure that such information is used for proper business purposes in connection with the management or servicing of your account. Our relationship with you is our most important asset. We understand that you have entrusted us with your private information, and we do everything we can to maintain that trust.

We do not sell your non-public personal information to anyone. Nor does the Advisor provide such information to others except for discrete and proper business purposes in connection with the servicing and management of your account as discussed below.

Details of our approach to privacy and how your personal non-public information is collected and used are set forth in this privacy policy.

The Information We Collect About You

You typically provide personal information when you complete the paperwork required to become our Client. This information may include your:

•   Name and address

•   Assets

•   E-mail address

•   Income

•   Phone number

•   Account balance

•   Social security or taxpayer identification number

•   Investment activity 

•   Accounts at other institutions

In addition, we may collect non-public information about you from the following sources:

•   Information we receive on Brokerage Agreements, Managed Account Agreements and other Subscription and Account Opening Documents;

•   Information we receive in the course of establishing a customer relationship including, but not limited to, applications, forms, and questionnaires;

•   Information about your transactions with us or others

Information about You that the Advisor Shares

Advisor works to provide products and services that benefit our customers. We may share non-public personal information with non-affiliated third parties (such as brokers and custodians) as necessary for us to provide agreed services and products to you consistent with applicable law. We may also disclose non-public personal information to other financial institutions with whom we have joint business arrangements for proper business purposes in connection with the management or servicing of your account. In addition, your non-public personal information may also be disclosed to you, persons we believe to be your authorized agent or representative, regulators in order to satisfy the Advisor’s regulatory obligations, and is otherwise required or permitted by law. Lastly, we may disclose your non-public personal information to companies we hire to help administrate our business. Companies we hire to provide services of this kind are not allowed to use your personal information for their own purposes and are contractually obligated to maintain strict confidentiality. We limit their use of your personal information to the performance of the specific service we have requested.

Information About Former Investors

Advisor does not disclose, and does not intend to disclose, non-public personal information to non-affiliated third parties with respect to persons who are no longer our clients.

Confidentiality and Security

Our employees are advised about the firm's need to respect the confidentiality of our customers' non-public personal information. Additionally, we maintain physical, procedural and electronic safeguards in an effort to protect the information from access by unauthorized parties.

We'll Keep You Informed

We will send you notice of our privacy policy annually for as long as you maintain an ongoing relationship with us. Periodically we may revise our privacy policy, and will provide you with a revised policy if the changes materially alter the previous privacy policy. We will not, however, revise our privacy policy to permit the sharing of non-public personal information other than as described in this notice unless we first notify you and provide you with an opportunity to prevent the information sharing. You may obtain a copy of our current privacy policy by contacting us at (301) 467-1075.

Non Disclosure Agreement

EQUITY3000

1. The Parties

Referred to as the "parties" for the purpose of preventing the unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Information as defined below. The parties agree to enter into a confidential relationship with respect to the disclosure by one or each (the "Disclosing Party") to the other (the "Receiving Party") of certain proprietary and confidential information (the "Confidential Information").

2. Definition of Confidential Information

For purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential Information" shall include any information, material, data, or know-how, including trade secrets and proprietary information, that is not generally known to the public and that is disclosed to be or appears to a reasonable person to be proprietary or confidential. If Confidential Information is in written form, Disclosing Party shall label or stamp the materials with the word "Confidential" or some similar warning. If Confidential Information is transmitted orally, Disclosing Party shall promptly provide notice in writing indicating that such oral communication constituted Confidential Information.

3. Exclusions from Confidential Information

Receiving Party's obligations under this Agreement do not extend to information that is: (a) publicly known at the time of disclosure or subsequently becomes publicly known through no fault of Receiving Party; (b) discovered or created by Receiving Party before disclosure by Disclosing Party; (c) learned by Receiving Party through legitimate means other than from Disclosing Party or Disclosing Party's representatives; or (d) is disclosed by Receiving Party with Disclosing Party's prior written approval; or (e) is disclosed as required or ordered by a court, administrative agency, or other governmental body.

4. Obligations of Receiving Party

Receiving Party shall hold and maintain the Confidential Information in strictest confidence for the sole and exclusive benefit of Disclosing Party. Receiving Party shall carefully restrict access to Confidential Information to employees, contractors, and third parties as is reasonably required and shall require those persons to sign nondisclosure restrictions at least as protective as those in this Agreement. Receiving Party shall not, without prior written approval of Disclosing Party, use for Receiving Party's own benefit, publish, copy, or otherwise disclose to others, or permit the use by others for their benefit or to the detriment of Disclosing Party, any Confidential Information. Upon written request by Disclosing Party, Receiving Party shall immediately return to Disclosing Party any and all records, notes, and other written, printed, or tangible materials in its possession pertaining to Confidential Information.

5. U.S. Defend Trade Secrets Act

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the U.S. Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) provides that an individual shall be immune from civil and criminal liability for disclosing a trade secret if the disclosure is made (i) in confidence to a government official, directly or indirectly, or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law or (ii) in a complaint or document filed in a lawsuit or proceeding if the filing is made under seal. The DTSA further provides that an individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation may disclose the trade secret to their attorney or to the court if the individual discloses the trade secret (a) in a court filing under seal and (b) does not disclose the trade secret except pursuant to a court order.

6. Rights in Confidential Information

Disclosing Party shall hold and maintain all rights, title, and interest in and to any Confidential Information. This Agreement and the disclosure of any Confidential Information by Disclosing Party to Receiving Party shall not be construed as granting Receiving Party any rights, title, or interest in the Confidential Information, including any rights in copyright, trademark, patent, or any other intellectual property right.

7. Term

The nondisclosure provisions of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement and Receiving Party's duty to hold Confidential Information in confidence shall remain in effect until the Confidential Information no longer qualifies as a trade secret or confidential or until Disclosing Party sends Receiving Party written notice releasing Receiving Party from this Agreement and all obligations thereunder, whichever occurs first.

8. Relationship

Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to create a partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship between the parties.

9. Entire Agreement

This is the entire Agreement between the parties. It replaces and supersedes any and all oral agreements between the parties, as well as any prior writings.

10. Amendments

This Agreement may not be amended except in a written agreement signed by both parties.

11. Waiver

The failure by either party to exercise any right provided in this Agreement shall not be a waiver of prior or subsequent rights.

12. Governing Law

This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of _______________.

13. Severability

If any court determines that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

14. Signatures

 Agreement and each party's obligations shall be binding on the representatives, assigns, and successors of such party. Each party has signed this Agreement through its authorized representative.