Privacy & Data Security
Sierra Crest Advisors' commitment to safeguarding your personal and financial information.
Website Privacy Policy
Last Updated: June 14, 2026Sierra Crest Advisors, LLC ("Sierra Crest," "we," "our," or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Website Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect information when you visit sierracrestadvisors.com or interact with our digital platforms.
If you become a formally contracted client of Sierra Crest Advisors, our handling of your non-public personal financial information will also be governed by our GLBA/Regulation S-P Client Privacy Notice, provided below.
1. Information We Collect and Sources
We collect personal information to provide you with an optimized digital experience and to fulfill your inquiries. We gather this information from the following sources:
- Information You Provide Directly: When you fill out our contact forms, request access to the Sierra Crest Invitational, or communicate with us via email, we collect your name, email address, phone number, and the contents of your inquiry.
- Automated Information (Cookies & Tracking): As you navigate our website, we automatically collect technical data regarding your device, browsing actions, and patterns using cookies and similar technologies. This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, and page interaction data.
- Third-Party Sources: We may receive technical data from analytics providers to help us improve our website functionality.
2. How We Use Your Information
We utilize your personal information strictly for legitimate business purposes, including:
- Responding to your inquiries and scheduling consultations.
- Providing you with requested educational materials, newsletters, or firm updates.
- Improving, securing, and optimizing our website functionality.
- Complying with applicable legal, regulatory, and compliance obligations.
3. Information Sharing and Disclosure
Sierra Crest Advisors does not, and will never, sell your personal information to third parties. We only share your information in the following limited circumstances:
- Service Providers: We may share data with vetted third-party vendors who provide essential operational services on our behalf (e.g., website hosting, secure email communications, and CRM management). These providers are contractually bound to protect your data and may only use it to provide the contracted services.
- Legal & Regulatory Requirements: We may disclose your information to regulatory bodies (including the SEC and state securities authorities), law enforcement, or other governmental agencies when compelled by law, subpoena, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of our firm and our clients.
4. Data Security Practices
We deploy commercially reasonable, institutional-grade physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, loss, alteration, or destruction. This includes secure data encryption, restricted access controls, and regular network monitoring. While we strive to protect your data, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.
5. Data Retention Periods
We retain your personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as mandated by applicable regulatory requirements. As an SEC-registered investment adviser, we are generally required by the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to retain specific client and firm communications for a minimum of five years.
6. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your state of residence (such as California under the CCPA/CPRA, or Nevada under NRS 603A), you may have specific rights regarding your personal information. Note: Information collected subject to the GLBA (data collected to provide financial services to you) is generally exempt from state-level privacy rights requests.
- Access: You may request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Correction: You may request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Deletion: You may request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain legal and regulatory exceptions.
- Opt-Out: You may opt out of receiving non-essential marketing communications from us at any time.
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our website uses cookies—small text files stored on your device—to enhance user experience and analyze site traffic. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, some portions of our website may not function properly.
8. Contact Information
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your privacy rights, or need to file a complaint, please contact our Chief Compliance Officer at:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: (555) 123-4567
- Mail: Sierra Crest Advisors, LLC, [Insert Mailing Address], Stateline, NV [Zip]
Client Privacy Notice
Regulation S-P / Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)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 income
- Account balances and transaction history
- Investment experience and risk tolerance
- Assets, wire transfer instructions, and retirement assets
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 clients' personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their clients' personal information; the reasons Sierra Crest Advisors chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
| Reasons we can share your personal information | Does Sierra Crest 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 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 | No | We don't share |
| For our affiliates' everyday business purposes Information about your transactions and experiences. |
No | We don't share |
| For our affiliates' everyday business purposes Information about your creditworthiness. |
No | We don't share |
| For nonaffiliates to market to you | No | We don't share |
Who We Are & What We Do
Who is providing this notice? Sierra Crest Advisors, LLC.
How does Sierra Crest Advisors 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. We also restrict access to personal information to those employees who need to know that information to provide products or services to you.
How does Sierra Crest Advisors collect my personal information? We collect your personal information, for example, when you:
- Open an account or enter into an investment advisory contract
- Seek advice about your investments or tell us about your investment or retirement portfolio
- Make deposits or withdrawals from your account
We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies.
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 nonaffiliates 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. Sierra Crest Advisors has no affiliates.
Nonaffiliates
Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. Sierra Crest Advisors does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you.
Joint Marketing
A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you. Sierra Crest Advisors doesn't jointly market.
Annual Delivery Statement: Sierra Crest Advisors, LLC will provide a copy of this Client Privacy Notice to all contracted clients annually, as long as a continuous client relationship is maintained, as required by the SEC’s Regulation S-P.