What personal information does Merrill Lynch share externally?
Merrill Lynch does not rent or sell personal information. We may, depending on the nature of your relationship with us, transfer all or some of your personal information to nonaffiliated third parties. These nonaffiliated third parties help us process, service and maintain accounts and transactions; mail account statements and other information for us; help us verify information, including identity; provide us with consulting, accounting, legal and other services; help us develop, operate and maintain our services and systems; and where permitted and appropriate, perform marketing services for us or participate in joint marketing with us. If you have a relationship with us through your employer, such as through your stock option or 401(k) plan, then we will share certain plan and transaction information related to your plan activity with your employer pursuant to the terms of the plan agreements If you have a mortgage loan with or throughout Merrill Lynch, we will, unless you tell us o
