Privacy Policy

Leading Edge Investment Advisors, LLC is a registered investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the Investment Adviser Act of 1940.

Our Commitment to Privacy

Leading Edge Investment Advisors, LLC (LEIA) is committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and security of confidential information about our current and prospective clients. We are proud of our privacy practices and want you to know how we protect this information and use it to service your account(s).

We hope you will take a moment to review the full privacy policy of Leading Edge Investment Advisors, LLC.

The privacy policies of LEIA are reviewed annually. Our printed and online notices are then updated to reflect any material changes.

You do not have to contact us to benefit from LEIA’s privacy protections; they apply automatically to all of our clients.

If We Obtain Personal Information

LEIA may use confidential information about you or your organization to provide you with the superior service you expect from us.  We may use this information to develop, offer, and deliver products and services; process transactions in your account; respond to inquiries from you or your designated representative; or to fulfill legal and regulatory requirements.  LEIA may collect public and non-public confidential information about you from any of the following sources:

• You or your representative on applications or forms (for example, name, address, assets and income);
• Transactional activity in your account (for example, trading history and balances);
• Other interactions with LEIA (for example, discussions with our client relations staff or your entry of information into our interactive tools);
• Information services (to possibly better understand your product and service needs);
• You or your representative regarding your preferences (for example, paper statements vs. electronic statements, or the screen layout you specify if you use our Internet sites);
• Other sources with your consent or with the consent of your designated representative (for example, from your master custodian).

How We Protect Your Information

Leading Edge Investment Advisors, LLC considers the protection of sensitive information to be a foundation of customer trust and a sound business practice. We employ extensive physical, electronic and procedural controls and we regularly adapt these controls to respond to changing requirements and advances in technology.

Within LEIA, we restrict access to confidential information to those who require it to provide products and services to you. We may share the confidential information that we collect with the following entities:

• Affiliates, including affiliated service providers;
• Government agencies, other regulatory bodies and law enforcement officials (for example, for tax purposes or for reporting suspicious transactions);
• Other organizations, with your consent or as directed by your representative;
• Other organizations, as permitted by law (for example, for fraud prevention).

Privacy Online

Privacy, security and service in our online operations are just as critical as in the rest of our business. We therefore employ all of the safeguards described above, along with the following Internet-specific practices.

Leading Edge Investment Advisors, LLC uses a variety of proven protections to maintain the security of your online session. For example, we make extensive use of firewall barriers and authentication procedures. We may also place cookies and similar files on your hard drive for security purposes, to facilitate site navigation, and to personalize your experience on our site.

When you visit LEIA’s Internet site, we may also collect technical and navigational information, such as computer browser type, Internet protocol address, pages visited, and average time spent on our Web sites. This information may be used, for example, to alert you to software compatibility issues, or it may be analyzed to improve our Web design and functionality.

Your Connection to LEIA

You may interact with us in various ways, and when you do, we may exchange information with parties in addition to those described above. Information collected from clients is not shared with LEIA affiliates for marketing purposes, except with the consent of the client or their designated representative.

If you are a former client, we treat your information in the same manner as that of current clients.

For your convenience, LEIA offers a few options for accessing and, if necessary, correcting your account information. You can review your information independently using your statements. You may also e-mail, write or call us with your request for information.