Carson Privacy Policy

Rev. Mar 2026

Facts	What Does CWM, LLC Do With Your Personal Information?
Why?	Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
What?	The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include: • Social Security number and employment information • account balances and account transactions • transaction history and wire transfer instructions When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
How?	All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons CWM, LLC chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

Reasons we can share your personal information	Does CWM, LLC share?	Can you limit this sharing?
For our everyday business purposes – such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or to government agencies or report to credit bureaus.	Yes	No
For our marketing purposes – to offer our products and services to you	Yes	No
For joint marketing with other financial companies	Yes	No
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your transactions and experiences	Yes	No
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness	No	We do not share
For our affiliates to market to you	Yes	Yes
For non-affiliates to market to you – If your advisor representative is not under a restrictive covenant and leaves CWM, LLC, then we or your advisor representative may disclose your personal information to the new firm to facilitate the transition.	Yes	Yes
We do not share for third-party text marketing campaigns. Any text marketing campaign will require your express written consent. You may opt out of texting services at any time by replying “Stop.”	No	Yes

If you would like to limit the information shared, please return the Privacy Opt-Out form attached to this notice.
If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date you receive this notice. When you are no longer a customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
However, you can contact us at any time to limit sharing.

Who We Are
Who is providing this notice?	CWM, LLC

What We Do
How does CWM, LLC protect my personal information?	To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.
How does CWM, LLC collect my personal information?	We collect your personal information, for example, when you: • open an account • provide account information • give us your contact information • enter into an investment advisory contract • tell us about your investments or retirement portfolio • seek advice about your investments
Why can’t I limit all sharing?	Federal law gives you the right to limit only: • sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness • affiliates from using your information to market to you • sharing for non-affiliates to market to you State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.

Definitions
Affiliates	Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. Our affiliates include companies with a Carson, CWM, Peak or other Carson Group Holdings, LLC-owned entity name; financial companies such as broker-dealers, investment advisory and insurance companies and nonfinancial companies such as coaching and wealth management services.
Non-Affiliates	Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. Non-affiliates we may share your information with include your advisor’s new investment advisory firm and may also include financial institutions such as a broker-dealer.
Joint Marketing	A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you. Our joint marketing partners include financial institutions such as a broker-dealer.

Other Important Information

Accounts with a California, Massachusetts, North Dakota, or Vermont mailing address are automatically treated as if they have opted-out of our sharing as described in this notice.

Personal information may be aggregated and de-identified (we remove any details that identify you personally). When permissible under applicable laws and regulations, we may share aggregated and de-identified information with third party providers to help deliver products, services and content that is tailored to our clients and prospective clients and for our own business purposes.

Questions

If you have any questions about our privacy policy or about how to limit our sharing, please call (888) 321-0808 or visit www.carsongroup.com