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Find the partial reply from Vanguard after I made a purchase. "Your Vanguard brokerage transaction confirmation for the purchase of 100 shares of stock X on 05/27/2025 is now available online."
Why not say "HERE" is your conformation. Meaning go to VG & check it out?
@Derf - Your topic heading (”Talk About Privacy”) might be a little more focused? Or, are you trying to emulate Vanguard’s more generic approach?
I’d say that procedure is pretty normal @Derf. Most, but not all, of my financial institutions, including Fidelity, do that as an extra layer of security. And I have a hospital network / medical provider that does the same. Email: “We have a new clinical note for you. Log into your account to read it.”
With 14 CEFs in a basket at Fido, I log in a couple times a week (and pull up “recent activity”) to track the dividends as they stagger in. Basket case! So rarely bother to look at the “confirmation” (?) emails that arrive.
@Old_Joe, I think, noted a while back that he views logging into his brokerage account more often as a “plus” in terms of security. I see the point. Although I wonder if logging in more frequently might also expose one to more risk?
A good time to remind folks to consider an “authentication app” as an added security measure. Plenty of information online about those.
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I’d say that procedure is pretty normal @Derf. Most, but not all, of my financial institutions, including Fidelity, do that as an extra layer of security. And I have a hospital network / medical provider that does the same. Email: “We have a new clinical note for you. Log into your account to read it.”
With 14 CEFs in a basket at Fido, I log in a couple times a week (and pull up “recent activity”) to track the dividends as they stagger in. Basket case! So rarely bother to look at the “confirmation” (?) emails that arrive.
@Old_Joe, I think, noted a while back that he views logging into his brokerage account more often as a “plus” in terms of security. I see the point. Although I wonder if logging in more frequently might also expose one to more risk?
A good time to remind folks to consider an “authentication app” as an added security measure. Plenty of information online about those.