Privacy Policy

We will tell you the sources of the information we collect about you. We will tell you what measures we take to secure that information. We first define some terms.

Nonpublic personal information means information about you that we collect in connection with providing a financial product or service to you. To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. Therefore, when you open an account, we will ask for your name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow us to identify you. We may also ask to see your driver’s license or other identifying documents. Federal law requires us to screen new clients through the Office of Foreign Assets Control “Specially Designated National & Blocked Persons” list and/or the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). 

Nonpublic personal information does not include information that is available from public sources, such as telephone directories or government records. Hereafter, we will use the term “information” to mean nonpublic personal information as defined in this section. An affiliate is a company we own or control, a company that owns or controls us, or a company that is owned or controlled by the same company that owns or controls us, or a company that is owned or controlled by the same company that owns or controls us. Ownership does not mean complete ownership, but means owning enough to have control. A nonaffiliated third party is a person we do not employ or a company that is not an affiliate of ours. This is also known as nonaffiliated third party, or simply, an “other party.”

The Information We Collect

We collect information about you from the following sources:

• Information you give us on applications or other forms
• Information about your transactions with us
• Information about your transactions with our affiliates

The Information We Disclose About You

We do NOT disclose any information about you to anyone, except as permitted by law. This might include disclosures necessary to service your account, perform joint marketing or prevent unauthorized transactions.

Destruction of Sensitive Data. All records and data are properly shredded prior to disposal. Destruction of documents is handled by authorized employees and/or bonded companies when the shredding of large quantities of documents is required. 

The Confidentiality, Security, and Integrity of Your Information

At YCG, we restrict access to information about you to those employees who need to know that information in order to provide products and services to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect this information. We also understand that clients play a critical role in the protection of online accounts from protecting passwords to keeping your computer updated and patched. We share occasional insights on our cybersecurity site that may be of interest in this regard.

Information About Our Former Clients

We have the same policy about disclosing information about former clients as we do about current clients. We do not retrieve account or personal information from visitors who browse the public areas of our website. ycginvestments.com does use “HTTP cookies” – tiny pieces of information that we ask your browser to store. However, we make very limited use of these cookies for website statistical information only. We do NOT use them to learn your e-mail address, or to view data in cookies created by other websites. We will not share the information in our cookies or give others access to it.

Social Media

YCG, LLC and its affiliates (collectively, “YCG”) and select YCG employees maintain profiles and/or pages on various social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Google+, Google My Business, Instagram, LinkedIn (such social media platforms and any similar social media platforms added in the future are referred to hereinafter as the “platforms”). If you choose to  “Follow” YCG on any platforms or take any similar action on another similar platform, you are providing your consent to receive informational updates, including solicitations, from YCG. To stop receiving this information from YCG on a platform, you must follow the procedure established by the platform. For example, on Twitter, you must click “Unfollow” on YCG’s profile page.

The information contained in YCG’s social media profiles and pages is current as of the date of publication (or such earlier date as referenced) and is subject to change without notice. YCG has no obligation to update any or all such information. Additionally, YCG personnel other than the author(s) may provide oral or written market commentary or investment ideas to YCG’s clients or prospects that differ from the views expressed. 

All amounts, market value information and estimates have been obtained from outside sources where indicated or represent the good faith judgment of YCG. Where such information has been obtained from outside sources, YCG cannot guarantee its accuracy or completeness. Past performance is not a guarantee or reliable indicator of future results. YCG’s social media profiles and pages on the platforms are not intended to be an offer or solicitation with respect to the purchase or sale of any security or other financial instrument or any investment management services. They are provided for information purposes only, do not constitute investment advice, and should not be used as the basis for any investment decision. They also do not purport to provide any legal, tax or accounting advice. 

The platforms are owned by third parties unaffiliated with YCG. YCG is not responsible for the terms of use or policies of any of the social media platforms on which is maintains a profile or page or any third-party platforms to which they are linked, and you use these platforms at your own risk. YCG is not responsible for and does not endorse any content, advertising, products, advice, opinions, recommendations, terms of use or privacy policies, or other materials on or available from third parties.

While YCG may monitor postings by third parties on its profiles and pages, YCG is not able to review them before they are displayed, and any such postings are the views and responsibilities of the posters. YCG does reserve the right to edit or remove any post for any reason and to block followers to the extent permitted by the platforms. If YCG does not remove a third-party post, it is not an endorsement of the content.

YCG does not provide customer service, conduct financial transactions or accept customer complaints through its social media profiles and/or pages. Never disclose account or other personal financial information on any of our social media profiles or pages.

What You Can Do

To protect your nonpublic, personal information, we recommend that you do not provide your account information or YCG’s username and password to anyone. If you become aware of any suspicious activity relating to your account, please contact us immediately at (512) 505-2347 or write us at:

YCG,LLC
3207 Ranch Road 620 South
Suite 200
Austin, TX 78738