Privacy Statement

To Our Individual Clients:
Your privacy is important to us, and maintaining your trust and confidence is one of our highest priorities. We respect your right to keep your personal information confidential and understand your desire to avoid unwanted solicitations. A recent law change requires us (along with banks, brokerage houses, and other financial institutions) to disclose our Privacy Policy to you – which we are more than happy to do. We hope that by taking a few minutes to read it, you will have a better understanding of what we do with the information you provide us and how we keep it private and secure.

A. Types of Information We Collect
We collect certain personal information about you – but only when that information is provided by you or is obtained by us with your authorization. We use that information to prepare your personal income tax returns and may also provide various tax and financial planning services to you at your request.
Examples of sources from which we collect information include:

interviews and phone calls with you,
letters or e-mails from you,
tax return or financial planning organizers, and
financial history questionnaires.

B. Parties to Whom We Disclose Information
As a general rule, we do not disclose personal information about our clients or former clients to anyone. However, to the extent permitted by law and any applicable state Code of Professional Conduct, certain nonpublic information about you may be disclosed in the following situations:

To comply with a validly issued and enforceable subpoena or summons.
In the course of a review of our firm’s practices under the authorization of a state or national licensing board, or as necessary to properly respond to an inquiry or complaint from such a licensing board of organization.
In conjunction with a prospective purchase, sale, or merger of all or part of our practice, provided that we take appropriate precautions (for example, through a written confidentiality agreement) so the prospective purchaser or merger partner does not disclose information obtained in the course of the review.
As a part of any actual or threatened legal proceedings or alternative dispute resolution proceedings either initiated by or against us, provided we disclose only the information necessary to file, pursue, or defend against the lawsuit and take reasonable precautions to ensure that the information disclosed does not become a matter of public record.
To provide information to affiliates of the firm and nonaffiliated third parties who perform services or functions for us in conjunction with our services to you, but only if we have a contractual agreement with the other party which prohibits them from disclosing or using the information other than for the purposes for which it was disclosed. (Examples of such disclosures include using an outside service bureau to process tax returns or engaging a records-retention agency to store prior year records.)

COMMITMENT

At DD Cotton we are committed to a professionally ethical standard of functioning at every level within the organization. As a business house we put the interests of our partners, clients and associates at par with our own. We therefore strive to deliver nothing but the best to the industry at large.

As an export house that has survived and thrived in the cotton trade for over 6 decades now, we hold our company values of Commitment, Integrity and Innovation in high regard. These values have guided us over the years and most importantly, have helped us stay ahead of the competition at all times.

INTEGRITY

As a well-established business house that is several decades old, we believe that in business dealings, personal integrity becomes as important as executive skill. Our method of functioning is a reflection of this belief. Our policies such as competitive pricing, prompt delivery schedules, controlled contamination and accurate testing are a testament to the level of integrity and consistency we uphold within the organization. Maintaining this standard of integrity has lent us a high degree of credibility over the years, and also helped us establish an untarnished market reputation through the last several decades. Today reliability and honesty are terms synonymous with the brand DD Cotton and we expect the same standard of reliability from partners, associates, affiliates and clients who do business with us.

INNOVATION

We have inherited a legacy that encourages innovation and progress. As an organization of high repute we believe that our future lies in leading the change, and not merely resting on our past laurels. Consistent reinvention has not just been a business policy, but also one of our primary strengths as an organization.

From starting a semi-automated ginning factory as early as 1994, to introducing physical cotton to institutional funds in 2013 – we have always embraced pioneering changes, even as we have grown. At DD Cotton we never shy away from taking calculated risks so that we are able to keep up with the changing times, and stay ahead of competition. It is this policy of constant innovation that enables us to most effectively meet the needs of both, the domestic and the international cotton markets even today.