This is information that you choose to provide to us, which may include without limitation: your name, job title, company name, contact information including email, postal address and telephone number(s), social security number, occupation, income, and information from the consumer and/or credit reporting agencies among other background and other relevant information. You may or will, as applicable, provide your personal information in the following circumstances:
USING OUR SERVICES
Our provision of services to you as well as our third-party providers (e.g., clearing and custody providers) require the use of your personal information. We also use your personal information in order to monitor and analyze our business and operations including, without limitation, to comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements and in connection with investigations and litigation.
SUBSCRIBING TO MARKETING SERVICES, NEWS, ALERTS, OR OTHER PUBLICATIONS
You can use the Sites to subscribe to Lightspeed or third-party marketing services, news, data, alerts, or other publications. We may ask you to provide personal information such, without limitation, as your name, contact details, and topics of interest. We will use this information to provide you with the content you have requested and to tailor this content to your preferences and areas of interest as well as to provide the information required by certain third-party providers of services such, without limitation, providers of data.
We may use your personal information to communicate with you about other topics that we believe may be of interest unless you withdraw your consent. You can unsubscribe from this content at any time (please see the “Opting-out of Communications” section below).
BLOGS
In some cases, our Sites allow you to comment on Lightspeed blog posts and to share content with third parties via email or social media. Personal information may be shared in any comment, and you may submit your name or email address with the comment. By sharing content on social media, you will provide Social Networks with information about your use of our Sites.
You can use our Sites to subscribe to an RSS feed or to receive email updates of our blogs by submitting your name and email address. We use this information to send you the content you request and to communicate with you in connection with our blogs. You can unsubscribe from this content at any time (please see the “Opting-out of Communications” section below).
EVENTS OR WEBINARS
You may provide your personal information, including your name and contact details, through our Sites to register for Lightspeed events and webinars. We will use this information to process the registration and contact you about any changes or updates regarding the event or webinar.
We may share your personal information with speakers or event sponsors, provided you have given your consent. We may also contact you with information about other events and other Lightspeed activities and services provided you have consented to receive such information. You can unsubscribe from this information at any time (please see the “Opting-out of Communications” section below).
CAREERS
You can use our careers site, to learn about our firm and apply for open positions by submitting a resume and other information via email. We may also receive resumes from recruitment consultants, Lightspeed employees, or other third parties.
Resumes will typically include personal information, including name, contact details, information about academic and professional qualifications and experiences, your interests, and the position at Lightspeed for which you are applying.
We will use this personal information to:
- Assess your suitability for the position for which you are applying.
- Contact you in relation to your application.
- Manage and administer our recruitment processes; and
- Provide updates on vacancies at Lightspeed which might be suitable for you, provided you have given your consent.
In the event you are not hired by our firm, we will permanently delete your resume and any other personal information held about you within six months after receiving your application unless you have given us your consent to keep this information for a longer period to inform you about future vacancies which may be of interest.
CONTACTING US BY PHONE, E-MAIL, OR OTHERWISE
When you communicate with us via our contact us page, you are asked to provide your name, email address, and phone number. We will use this information to respond to your questions and comments. We will request similar personal information to confirm your identity when you contact us by phone, email, or otherwise.
We will use your personal information to provide you, or permit selected third parties to provide you, with information about goods or services we feel may interest you, provided you have given your consent, which can be withdrawn at any time.
SITE USE INFORMATION
Our web servers may collect information including the IP address of visitors to our Sites, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, and platform.
We use this personal information for the following purposes:
- To measure the use of our Sites, including the number of visits, average time spent on a Site, pages viewed, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), etc., and to improve the content we offer.
- To administer the Sites and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes; and
- As part of our efforts to keep the Sites safe and secure.
We may share with third parties this information or other data on an aggregated basis without the use of any personal information.
COOKIE POLICY
Like most websites, we may employ “cookies” or similar technologies. This Cookies Policy tells you about the use of Cookies and similar technologies on Lightspeed’s websites and other applications listed here, www.lightspeed.com and www.lightspeedinstitutional.com (the “Sites”).
When you first access the Sites from certain jurisdictions, you will receive a message advising you that cookies and similar technologies are in use. By continuing to browse the Sites, you signify that you understand and agree to the use of these technologies, as described in this Cookies Policy.
You do not have to accept cookies and consent can be withdrawn at any time (see How to Control Cookies, below). You can change your browser settings to refuse or restrict cookies, and you may delete them after they have been placed on your device at any time. If you do not accept or delete our cookies, some areas of our Sites that you access may take more time to work or may not function properly.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are small files containing a string of characters that we may store on your computer or mobile device when you visit the Sites. When you visit the Sites again, the cookies allow us to recognize your browser. Cookies may store your preferences and other information but cannot read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites.
We may use cookies to deliver content tailored to your interests. We may use information collected with cookies to statistically analyze usage of our Sites and to improve and customize our content and other offerings.
HOW TO CONTROL COOKIES
When you first access the Sites from certain jurisdictions, you will receive a message advising you that cookies and similar technologies are in use. By continuing to browse the Sites, you signify that you understand and agree to the use of these technologies, as described in this Cookies Policy.
You do not have to accept cookies and consent can be withdrawn at any time, although you may not be able to use certain features on the Sites. You can do this by activating the settings on your browser that allows you to refuse all or some cookies.
Please follow the links below for helpful information for the most popular browsers:
In addition, you can exercise advertising cookie choices by visiting:
· http://www.aboutads.info/choices/,
· http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/;
· http://youronlinechoices.com/.
WEB BEACONS
As well as cookies, we use other technologies to recognize and track visitors to our Sites. A web beacon (also known as a “tracking pixel” or “clear GIF”) is a clear graphic image (typically a one-pixel tag) that is delivered through a web browser or HTML e-mail, typically in conjunction with a cookie.
Web beacons allow us, for example, to monitor how users move from one page within our Sites to another, to track access to our communications, to understand whether users have come to our Sites from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to measure how ads have been viewed, and to improve Site performance.
CHANGES TO THIS COOKIES POLICY
We may occasionally amend this Cookies Policy to reflect our activities and user feedback, and we reserve the right to make changes to this Cookies Policy at any time.
The provisions contained in this Cookies Policy supersede all previous notices or policies regarding our privacy practices with respect to the Sites.
Please check the “Last Updated” legend at the top of this page to see when this Cookies Policy was last revised.
We encourage you to check frequently to see the current Cookies Policy to be informed of how we are committed to protecting your information and providing you with improved content on our Sites to enhance your experience.
CONTACT
If you have any questions or comments regarding our Cookies Policy or our Sites, please contact us using the contact us page.