How Pine Valley Investments collects, uses, and protects your personal information.
Last updated: March 2026
Pine Valley Investments, LLC ("PVI," "we," "us," or "our") is a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information.
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard information when you visit our website at pinevalleyinvestments.com (the "Site"), submit forms, or otherwise interact with us online. Please read this policy carefully. By using our Site, you agree to the practices described herein.
This policy does not govern the collection or use of information by the third-party financial platforms and portals linked from our Site (such as Charles Schwab, Altruist, eMoney, RightCapital, Tamarac, or Monarch Money). Those platforms maintain their own privacy practices, which we encourage you to review.
We collect information you voluntarily provide to us through forms on our Site, as well as certain information collected automatically when you visit.
Information you provide directly:
Information collected automatically:
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.
Contact forms on our Site — including bio page advisor contact forms and the main Contact Us form — are processed through Formspree (formspree.io). When you submit a form, your data is transmitted to Formspree's servers and delivered to Pine Valley Investments via email. Formspree's privacy policy is available at formspree.io/legal/privacy-policy.
We use or may use the following third-party services in connection with our Site:
Each of these providers operates under its own privacy policy and data processing agreements. We encourage you to review their respective policies if you have questions about how they handle your data.
Our Site uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience and collect analytics data. A cookie is a small text file placed on your device by your browser when you visit a website.
We use the following types of cookies:
You may decline non-essential cookies using the cookie consent banner displayed when you first visit the Site. You can also manage cookie preferences through your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some features.
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by applicable law and regulation.
As a Registered Investment Advisor, Pine Valley Investments is subject to SEC recordkeeping requirements under Rule 204-2 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, which may require us to retain certain records for defined periods regardless of the above.
We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Our Site is served over HTTPS, and form submissions are transmitted securely.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. We encourage you to use caution when sharing sensitive financial information through any online channel.
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to access, correct, or request deletion of data we hold about you.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at mmodica@pinevalleyinvestments.com or by mail at the address below.
If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) provides you with specific rights regarding your personal information. You have the right to know what personal information we collect, the right to request deletion of your personal information, and the right to opt out of the sale of personal information. Pine Valley Investments does not sell personal information.
To submit a request under the CCPA, please contact us using the information in Section 11 below.
Our Site is not directed to individuals under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a minor, please contact us immediately and we will take steps to delete it.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
Your continued use of the Site after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your rights, or have concerns about how we handle your personal information, please contact us:
This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected through our website. For information about how we handle your financial data as an investment advisory client, please refer to our Form ADV Part 2A, which is available upon request.