What information does ShareBuilder Corporation/ShareBuilder Securities Corporation (together, ShareBuilder) collect?

In order to receive The ShareBuilder Guide To Long-Term Investing (the guide), we will ask you to provide your email address and your first and last name. We will not collect Personal Nonpublic Information, as defined in our ShareBuilder privacy policy, unless you decide to open an account with ShareBuilder. ShareBuilder protects your personal information, including your name and email address, from unauthorized access or release. We will not give, sell or rent your personal information to any third party, unless you have authorized us to or we are legally required to do so. To view the ShareBuilder Privacy Policy go to: http://www.sharebuilder.com/costco/Home/Privacy.asp

How will ShareBuilder use this information?

When you sign up for the guide, we will use the information you provide to send the guide to you in six installments via email and to communicate with you from time to time via email for such purposes as bringing to your attention new products and services and offering to you special promotional opportunities.

How do I opt out?

Each email you receive as a result of requesting the guide will contain clear instructions for opting out of future communications. If you open a ShareBuilder Account, your opt-in/opt-out election for Account holder communications can be located and modified by clicking on the "Account Profile" link on the ShareBuilder Web site. Opting in or out of email associated with being a ShareBuilder Account holder is unrelated to opting in or out of receiving the guide and related emails described in the paragraph above - each has its own opt-in/opt-out procedure as described.

What types of site use information does ShareBuilder collect?

We collect information about usage of our web sites (for instance the number of visitors that click on advertisements and links displayed upon our site), and reserve the right in the future to link such usage information to Contact Information or Personal Nonpublic Information for each customer or visitor to our web sites in order to better understand which information or services are of more value to our customers.

How does ShareBuilder use cookies?

"Cookies" are elements of data that a website can send to your browser and store on your computer. Our cookies do not collect or contain personal information about you or compromise the confidentiality of your personal information.

Our system automatically gathers information about the areas you visit on our sites and about the links you may select from within our site to other areas of the Internet or elsewhere online. We use such information in the aggregate to understand how our users as a group use the services and resources provided on our sites. This way we know which areas of our sites are favorites of our users, which areas need improvement, and what technologies are being used so that we may continually improve our sites. We reserve the right in the future to link such usage information to Contact Information or Personal Nonpublic Information in order to securely verify your identity, to personalize aspects of your experience on our web sites and to better understand which information or services are of greater value to our customers. We may share aggregated statistical information with our partners, suppliers and other third parties, but we will not share any individual names, personal navigational or other personal information.

You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings of your browser. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies, or allow your browser to show you when a cookie is being sent. You can also erase cookies already stored on your computer. If you choose not to accept these cookies or if you erase them, your experience at our site and other web sites may be diminished and some features may not work as intended. For more information on working with cookies, you should consult the User Manual, FAQ or Help function of your specific browser and operating system software.

While you are browsing our web sites, you might be directed to web sites operated by third parties. These other web sites may send their own cookies to you and collect data or solicit personal information. We do not control and are not responsible for what third parties do on their separate web sites, or how they handle information about you.

To be eligible, customer must be a current Costco member with a valid Costco Membership number.

* Account Bonus Terms and Conditions: You will be eligible to receive a $90 Account Bonus (for Executive Members) or a $70 Account Bonus (for Gold Star and Business Members) when your Costco membership number has been entered in the ShareBuilder account set-up process and verified. You will receive an Account Bonus posted to your ShareBuilder account approximately 4-6 weeks after your first stock purchase. Offer valid with new ShareBuilder Joint, Individual and Custodial account types. Offer excludes Individual Retirement Accounts and Education Savings Accounts. Not valid with any other offers. Limit one ShareBuilder promotional award per unique customer or custodial beneficiary. ShareBuilder and Costco reserve the right to terminate this offer at anytime. Offer ends 2/28/2010 and you must complete your first stock purchase by 4/1/2010.

Quarterly Rebate Terms & Conditions: Costco members who make at least one automatic transaction or subscribe to either the Standard or Advantage Investing Program each month during a calendar quarter (starting with the first month of a calendar quarter) will receive a rebate on all automatic transaction and subscription for that calendar quarter. The rebate will be credited to their ShareBuilder account within 4 to 6 weeks of the end of the calendar quarter. This rebate will be paid on a quarterly basis. Qualifying Costco Executive Members will receive a 25% rebate and qualifying Costco Business and Gold Star Members will receive a 10% rebate. Rebate excludes Real-time Trades (rebate is paid only on recurring $4 transaction charges or $12 and $20 subscription).

ShareBuilder reserves the right to terminate this offer at any time and to refuse or recover any promotion award if ShareBuilder determines that it was obtained under wrongful or fraudulent circumstances, that inaccurate or incomplete information was provided in opening the account, or that any term of ShareBuilder's Account Agreement has been violated.

 

** See website for complete information including pricing & rates . Does not include Real-time Trades.

 

ShareBuilder Securities Corporation is a registered broker/dealer that is not affiliated with Costco. By opening an account, you will become a customer of ShareBuilder Securities Corporation. Costco is not a broker and is not a member of any stock exchange or SIPC and is not facilitating your investment in Costco or other companies. Costco will have no involvement in any account you establish with ShareBuilder. Costco is not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any information provided by ShareBuilder or for any damage or loss arising out of or in connection with ShareBuilder Securities Corporation or the ShareBuilder program.

Securities products are offered by ShareBuilder Securities Corporation, a registered broker-dealer and Member FINRA / SIPC . ShareBuilder Securities Corporation is a subsidiary of ING Bank, fsb.

Securities products are: Not FDIC insured • Not Bank guaranteed • May lose value

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