Login Feedback Products & Trading Clearing Market Regulation Market Data Education About Us Global Exchange Privacy Policy CME Group (the "Exchange" or "we") supports a policy of openness regarding the collection and use of our customers' personal information. We have adopted and implemented this privacy policy ("Policy") as part of our commitment to protecting your personal information from misuse. We encourage you to read this Policy to learn more about the ways we collect, use, disclose, and protect the information we gather from this web site (the "Site"). If you are not comfortable with any of the practices or policies described in this Policy, we ask that you discontinue use of our Site. Please be aware that we may periodically update or revise this Policy without notice. Accordingly, please check this Policy frequently for changes. Please note that information gathered in connection with any services provided via the Site may be governed by separate terms and conditions including, but not limited to, Schedule (B) ("NYMEX ClearPort® Clearing Services") of the Exchange User License Agreement and the Exchange Rules (collectively referred to herein as "Other Terms"). In the event that you receive such services, you agree that those Other Terms shall supercede any conflicting terms contained in this Policy. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION In order to better serve your particular needs, the Exchange (and third parties working on the Exchange's behalf) may collect information from you while visiting our Site. Some of this information is collected automatically through various methods including, but not limited to cookies (see section below on cookies). The Exchange may also obtain information directly from you and, depending upon the nature of transactions you may conduct, from third party sources. We also collect anonymous information, which does not personally identify you, when you visit our Site. The anonymous information includes the pages you view on our Site, the search terms you enter into our search utility, your IP address and the operating system, browser software and Internet service provider you use. Personally Identifiable Information In addition to the information automatically collected when you visit our Site, the Exchange collects personally identifiable information directly from you and, in some circumstances, from those individuals and/or entities you may authorize to act on your behalf. In addition, we may collect other required information in order to provide you with services tailored to your particular needs. The information we collect will vary depending upon the information, service, function or process you select. For example, you may be required to provide your name, address, birth date, phone number, credit card data, the last four digits of your social security number and your e-mail address in order to register for certain services. By learning a little about you, the Exchange delivers more relevant content and product offerings and thus offers you better services. The Exchange may also collect personally identifiable information by monitoring the Site for the Exchange's own purposes (including, without limitation, for purposes of maintaining the functional and operational integrity of the Site and for purposes of complying with applicable laws and regulations), and not for your benefit. The Exchange reserves the right to cooperate fully with state, local, federal, and international legal, governmental and regulatory entities, authorities and officials in any investigation or governmental, legal or regulatory proceeding relating to any information collected and/or Site content (including personal or private electronic communication transmitted via the Site) or to any purported unlawful activities of any Site visitor. Site Users With the exception of the educational resources contained on the Site, the Site is not intended for children under eighteen (18) years of age. The Exchange does not market any products or services to children under eighteen (18) years of age or knowingly collect any information from children under eighteen (18) years of age. Postings/Instant Messaging Postings by visitors on any message board or in any chat room (other than instant messaging conversations facilitated by the Exchange) will not be protected as confidential. The Exchange may use any such postings on the Site, any content thereof, and any information derived from any such postings (including any ideas, concepts, know-how or other intellectual property) ("Postings") and may provide such Postings to any of its parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, or others, for any purpose whatsoever, as deemed appropriate in the sole discretion of the Exchange. The Exchange is under no obligation to review any Postings and assumes no responsibility or liability relating to any Postings. Nonetheless, the Exchange may from time to time monitor the Postings on the Site and may remove and/or decline to accept (i) any Postings that contain any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability or otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national or international law; (ii) advertisements or solicitations of any kind; (iii) messages posted by visitors impersonating others; (iv) personal information, such as messages which state phone numbers, social security numbers, account numbers, addresses, or employer references; (v) messages by non-spokesperson employees of the Exchange purporting to speak on behalf of the Exchange; (vi) messages that offer unauthorized downloads of any copyrighted or private information; (vii) multiple messages placed within individual folders by the same visitor restating the same point; and (viii) chain letters of any kind. USE OF INFORMATION BY THE EXCHANGE We use the personally identifiable information we collect from our Site directly from you or from those individuals and/or entities you may authorize to act on your behalf for : (i) authenticating and verifying authorized use of our Site and services (ii) supply of information; (iii) processing, implementing and administering agreements for the supply of the Information; and (iv) complying with our regulatory obligations. We do not use personally identifiable information for another purpose without the requisite consent. We use the anonymous information we collect from our Site to administer our Site, improve our services, determine how our Site is being used, identify popular areas of our Site and analyze trends and usage patterns. We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server. The information you submit to us either via our Site (e.g. by completing our on-line forms) or via e-mail may be used to provide you with the response or services you have requested. It may also be used, together with the information we collect via various methods such as cookies, to identify you as a particular user. Additionally, your information may be used in aggregate, statistical form to track and measure Site usage including, but not limited to, customer/user preferences, interests, demographics, and traffic patterns; and to determine trading volumes, audience size and repeated usage. We may then use such data, together with information collected from other users, to manage and customize our Site's content, layout, and services in order to improve our Site, enhance customer service, and provide tailored messages. Furthermore, we may use the information we collect from you to contact you about our products and services. Please see the section below entitled "CONTACT US" for instructions relating to opting out of such use. THIRD PARTY ACCESS TO INFORMATION In order to better serve your particular needs, the Exchange and certain companies and individuals working on the Exchange's behalf will have access to all or a portion of the various types of Site visitor information we may collect. When we share access to personal information with companies or individuals working on the Exchange's behalf, we generally endeavor to protect such personal information by requiring those parties to enter into an agreement with the Exchange to safeguard the confidentiality of personal information. We may also disclose information about the use of our Site in aggregate, statistical form. As permitted by law, the information we collect, including personally identifiable information, may also be disclosed to third parties if the Exchange, in its sole discretion, believes disclosure is necessary to comply with legal or regulatory processes or requests or to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of the Exchange, its affiliates, and/or the respective customers, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, and representatives of the Exchange and its affiliates; other Site users; and/or the public. We may also give information about you, such as your name and address, to persons or organizations that may wish to provide you with information about their products or services. These organizations may include affiliates of the Exchange. Please see the section below entitled "CONTACT US" for instructions relating to opting out of such use. YOUR ACCESS TO INFORMATION You may request from us certain information about you including, but not limited to, any information you have provided to us upon registration for various services. Requests should be sent to Privacy@cmegroup.com SECURITY We use a secure server and security protocol to safeguard information we collect from you. To help ensure the security of your personal and financial information that you submit to us via our Site (other than via an e-mail message), we use security software to encrypt the information before and during its transmission through the Internet. We allow information to be submitted for transmission only if your browser is compatible with our security software. If your browser is not compatible, you will receive a message indicating your transaction cannot be completed because of the security risk. E-mail messages are not secure. Our security software does not encrypt e-mail messages. Please keep in mind that transmitting information via the Internet is never completely secure and that, therefore, any information submitted may be intercepted, viewed, collected, used, altered, copied or disclosed by others. We are not responsible for the security or confidentiality of communications you send to us (or that we send to you) through the Internet using e-mail messages. As such, users must immediately change any initial passwords provided by the Exchange pursuant to any services provided via the Site. We take seriously the issue of safeguarding your privacy online. However, please note that you should exercise discretion with respect to the submission of any personal or financial information. We encourage customers either to send confidential correspondence through the postal service or to telephone our employees directly. LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES This Site contains links to Web sites of third parties. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you will be accessing a Web site the Exchange does not control and which may be governed by privacy policies and practices that differ from ours. The Exchange is not, and will not be, responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third parties or the content or security of any third party Web sites. CONSENT Any information you submit to us via our online forms or via e-mail is provided on a voluntary basis. When you access our Site, the collection, use, and distribution of your information will be handled according to the terms and policies outlined in this Policy, unless superceded by the appropriate Other Terms (as discussed above). By using this Site, you consent to collection and use of your information as described in this Policy, including personally identifiable information the Exchange may collect. If you object to any of the policies outlined in this Policy, we ask that you do not submit information to the Exchange or access our Site. We may update or modify this Policy at any time. Any such updates or modifications will be effective upon posting on this Site, and your continued use of the Site will constitute your consent to any updated or modified Privacy Policy. COOKIES Cookies are small data files that many internet sites automatically download to a user's computer, phone or tablet hard disk. They are primarily used in helping websites recognise a user that has visited the website previously such as simplifying the logging on process for registered users. They can store account and password information. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. Our Site uses cookies so that we can better service your return to the Site (further details on the exact cookies and their purposes is contained below). You may configure your browser to prevent cookies from being set on your computer. If you do so, you may still view most of the Site, although you may not be able to enjoy all of our services. If you should wish to reject the cookies then please read the information that came with your browser software to see how you can turn off the automatic download feature. For more information about cookies, including how to set your internet browser to reject cookies, please go to www.allaboutcookies.org. We will use the following types of cookies on the Site: Session Cookies The session cookie enables the Site to keep track of your movement from page to page. Cookies allow you to proceed through many pages of the Site quickly and easily without having to authenticate or reprocess each new area you visit. We may use the cookie to analyse user behaviour, such as which pages have been visited during the session, in order to improve a user's overall experience for example enabling us to determine and display more relevant content. Remember me Cookies The purpose of the remember me cookie is to enable the Site to remember your personal preferences such as log in details and choice of language in order to improve the user experience for example by avoiding you having to re-enter these details on each visit to the our Site. Global Session Cookies The purpose of the global session cookie is to enable us to collect information such as number of visitors to the Site and pages visited in order to analyse user behaviour. This information is collected in an anonymous form and will be collated with similar information received from other users to enable us to compile reports in order to develop and improve the user's experience by displaying more tailored and relevant content for example. Analytics Cookies These cookies are used to collect information as to how visitors use the Site. We use this information to compile analytic reports and to improve the Site. The cookies collect the information in an anonymous form, such information includes the number of visitors, where the visitors have come from and which pages on the Site they have visited. Social Networking and Sharing Tools Cookies On some pages, we also feature embedded 'share' buttons or widgets that enable you to share content with friends through a number of popular social networking sites. These websites may set cookies which can identify you as an individual when you are also logged in to their services. This means they may be collecting information about you. We do not control these cookies and you should check the relevant third-party website to see how your information is used and how to opt out. Web Beacons Web beacons are small sections of code, usually 1 pixel size, which will enable us to track the activity of users on the Site pages. We will use beacons together with cookies in order to better understand how you interact with our Site, and to enable us to improve your experience. EUROPEAN CUSTOMERS For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998, CME Europe Limited and CME Clearing Europe Limited are registered on the ICO Data Controller Register under registration numbers Z3397979 and Z1980204 and comply with their obligations under Directive 95/46/EC – the Data Protection Directive. The data collected from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers when providing product and/or services to you. Such staff may be engaged in, among other things the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing and/or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy. As part of our normal operations and in order to better serve your particular needs, we may utilise your personal data over and above the purpose of performing under the Customer Connection Agreement or complying with its statutory requirements. An 'opt-out' option will appear each time. CONTACT US If you have any questions or comments regarding this Policy, or wish to communicate to the Exchange your desire to opt out of receiving communications from the Exchange or others as described in this Policy, please contact us via Privacy@cmegroup.com. © 2014 CME Group. All rights reserved. Futures & Options Trading As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group is where the world comes to manage risk. 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