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Keeping Your
Account Safe

At Personal Capital, we keep your best interests in mind. This includes never, ever selling your data. And when we share your data with third parties to help us deliver our services, we make sure they don’t sell your data either. After all, nobody wants their contact information sold to telemarketers.

We all know that when it comes to security you can’t rest on your laurels. Every day, criminals come up with new ways to breach companies. That’s why at Personal Capital we believe in constant security testing and improvements. Our security team always scans and tests our systems for security issues, and we utilize a layered defense-in-depth approach.

Protecting Your Data

All sensitive information is protected at rest and in transit.

Data is encrypted with AES-256 with multilayer key management, including rotating user-specific keys and salts.

Strict internal access controls no individual at Personal Capital has access to your credentials.

Strong
Encryption

Our website’s encryption is rated A+ by the world-renowned Qualys SSL Labs, a stronger rating than most major banks or brokerages. We stay on top of security vulnerabilities and keep up-to-date with best practices, including the following:

  • Our servers require clients use the most secure TLS v1.2 protocol; older TLS and SSL insecure versions are not allowed.
  • We utilize a highly trusted Extended Validation certificate, Certificate Transparency, OCSP stapling and HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) technology.
  • We also use ECDHE key exchange to allow for Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) of your communications with us.

Fraud Detection
Using Personal
Capital

  • After linking your accounts to Personal Capital, you can use our Transactions page to look at all transactions across all accounts.
  • Our opt-in Daily Transaction Monitor email sends a daily list of new transactions, making it easy and fast to check for suspicious activity in your accounts.

Robust
Authentication

Maintain your security. Protecting your username and password are just the start.

  • You must first authenticate each device that accesses your account. Before you can access your account on any new device, you’ll receive an automated phone call, email, or SMS asking to confirm your identity.
  • Add extra mobile protection on iPhone with Touch ID authentication, and mobile-only PINs on iOS and Android.

Partnering With The Industry Leader To Keep Your Credentials Safe

Benefit from our partnership with Yodlee, a financial technology industry veteran, to facilitate aggregation of your accounts. With over a decade of experience connecting with financial institutions, Yodlee provides an added layer of safety between your data and anyone who would want to access your account information. Your bank and brokerage credentials are only stored at Yodlee, not in Personal Capital’s database.

Your credentials are safer in Yodlee’s data center than they are in your browser!

In Partnership With
Envestnet Yodlee

Don’t Just Take
Our Word For It

Be confident; we perform regular 3rd party security audits to test and verify the integrity of our systems.

  • We operate a year-round private bug bounty program with leading partner Bugcrowd. Security researchers are always looking for ways to improve our security.
  • We also use Verisign and other state-of-the-art security solutions and practices to protect our site.

Internet Security
Pioneers

Rest assured, when it comes to online security, there’s not much we haven’t seen. The entire staff at Personal Capital understands the challenges of Internet security—as well as the crucial importance of keeping you safe. Personal Capital’s founder, Bill Harris, previously co-founded PassMark Security, the company that designed the online authentication system that is now used by most of the major banks in this country.

No One Can
Touch Your Money

In the event that your Personal Capital account is ever compromised, our application design ensures that you are still safe.

We never send your credentials to your browser. After linking your accounts, your credentials are stored at Yodlee and are only ever sent directly to your financial institution.

To report a security vulnerability or issue, please contact us.

Download The App

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Personal Capital Advisors Corporation (“PCAC”) is a registered investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). SEC registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training. Investing involves risk. Past performance is not a guarantee nor indicative of future returns. The value of your investment will fluctuate, and you may lose money. All charts, figures, and graphs are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent an actual client experience. Featured individuals are actors and not clients of PCAC. Advisory services are offered for a fee by PCAC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Personal Capital Corporation, an Empower company. Personal Capital Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Empower Holdings, LLC. Read Full Disclosures »

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