Privacy Notices
This Notice is provided on behalf of Principal Trust CompanySM, a trade name of Delaware Charter Guarantee & Trust Company.
Protecting Your Privacy
This Notice is required by law. It tells how we handle personal information.
This Notice applies to:
- People,
including IRA account holders, who own or apply for
our products or services for personal use
- Employee
benefit plan participants and beneficiaries
In this Notice, "you" refers to only these people. The Notice does not apply to an employer plan sponsor.
We Protect Information We Collect About You
We follow strict standards to protect personal information. These standards include limiting access to data and regularly testing our security technology.
How We Collect Information
We collect data about you as we do business with you. Some of the sources of this data are as follows:
- Information
we obtain when you apply or enroll for products or
services. You may provide facts such as your name,
address, Social Security number, and employment data.
- Information
we obtain from others. This includes market value
data about your account and similar data.
- Information
we obtain through our transactions and experience
with you. This includes investment records and
account values.
- Information we obtain through the Internet. This includes data from online forms you complete. It also includes data we receive when you visit our website.
How We Share Information With Others
In the course of doing business we may share data with others. This could include personal information about you or about former customers, plan participants or beneficiaries. Personal information may be shared with others for the following purposes:
- in
response to a subpoena,
- to
prevent fraud,
- to
comply with inquiries from government agencies or
other regulators, or
- for other legal purposes.
We
also may share personal information about you or former
customers:
- with
others that service your accounts, or that perform
services on our behalf,
- with other companies with your consent, at your request or as allowed by law.
Accuracy of Information
We believe our records are accurate. Please tell us if you receive any incorrect materials from us. We will make the appropriate changes.
More Information
You can write to us if you have questions about our Privacy Notice. Contact our Privacy Officer at P.O. Box 8963, Wilmington, DE 19899-8963.
Receipt of this notice does not mean your application has been accepted. We may change our privacy practices at times. We will give you a revised notice when required by law. Our privacy practices comply with all applicable state laws. If a state's privacy laws are more restrictive than those stated in this Notice, we comply with those laws. Your agent, broker, registered representative, consultant or advisor may have a different privacy policy.
