This AmEquities Website Security Statement ('Security Statement') applies to the AmInvestment Bank's ('AmInvestment') AmEquities Internet Trading Website which can be accessed under the web address https://www.amequities.com.my ("AmEquities Website")

• Security of your personal information collected through AmEquities Website; and
• Your Obligations as a User of AmEquities Website.

AmInvestment aims to maintain strict procedures and standards and take all reasonable care to prevent unauthorised access to your personal information, and to protect the security of your personal information during transmission. AmInvestment constantly monitors developments in security and encryption technology and will review and update its processes in line with industry standards.

AmInvestment has taken several security initiatives such as deploying technological hardware and software, policies and procedures, and addressing operational security issues.

Personal information supplied by you through the AmEquities Website shall be used in providing AmInvestment's services under the AmEquities Website.

To ensure security, transmission of data over the Internet between the browser and server in the AmEquities Website is encrypted using the proven Secure Socket Layer ("SSL") technology, an industry standard security measure available through your browser. Encryption is a mechanism of transmitting data in a secure manner, where the data is encrypted using a key (this key is provided by a recognised Certificate Authority (CA))

All your financial and personal information collected from the AmEquities Website are stored in secured repositories in our secured data centre. Only authorised personnel have access to the data repositories in limited circumstances and they are prohibited from making any unauthorised disclosure of your personal data. Backups are performed to ensure that your personal information is safe against system failures. These backups are stored in a secured location.

AmInvestment, in its goal to protect your information, has implemented various security features, including:

• User ID and Password Verification
• Personal Identification Number Verification (PIN)
• Encryption of Passwords
• Account Locking
• Automatic Log out
• Firewalls
• Anti-Virus Software
• Internal Policies & Guidelines
• Security Assessments and Surveillance
• Server side Authentication through Digital Certificates

Your User ID and Password will be used to authenticate you for the AmEquities Website's service during logins. To ensure the integrity of your User ID and Password, AmInvestment advises you to periodically change your Password and to keep it secret.

For additional security, your PIN will be used during the trading process in the AmEquities Website. AmInvestment advises you to periodically change your PIN and to keep it secret.

Passwords are treated with the highest level of security. AmInvestment makes use of industry standard technologies for strong encryption and protection of your Password.

Attempts to impersonate valid users are logged and the account is locked by AmInvestment's system after three (3) incorrect login / sign-on attempts. Once your account is locked you need to reactivate your access by contacting us using the contact information provided below

If there is prolonged inactivity during your AmEquities session, AmInvestment's system will automatically log you out of the system. You are then required to re-login.

Firewalls act as filters that prevent information from getting in or out of a protected network.

With the outbreak of viruses over the internet, it is critical for AmInvestment to have anti-virus / anti-malware software. AmInvestment has implemented industry standard anti-virus / anti-malware software to ensure its systems are safe from viruses and malwares.

AmInvestment adopts various policies and procedures for managing system access, system back-ups and other operations management to safeguard access to AmInvestment's systems. Several guidelines and procedures have been put in place to minimise potential security breaches and to ensure and protect the data integrity of AmInvestment's network.

AmInvestment engages security consultants to perform independent regular periodic security assessments on our security infrastructure to detect and to immediately address any currently known high risk vulnerabilities. AmInvestment also engages security consultants for continuous security surveillance to detect and immediately address any abnormal activities.

AmEquities Website is secured with a digital certificate to enable safe communications with our customers. Such a feature ensures message privacy, web site authentication, and message integrity. You will be able to verify the website identity by clicking on the closed padlock icon located either at the top or bottom of your browser window.

As a user, you play an important role in ensuring the security of your online sessions in AmEquities Website. The followings are the minimal security options you can enforce.

You are advised to regularly review your account activities. If you suspect any unusual account activity, immediately contact AmInvestment using the contact information provided below.

You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your User ID and Password. AmInvestment will not be able to secure your information if you reveal your User ID and Password to any third party. AmInvestment's personnel are not authorised to ask you for your Password.

When selecting a password do not associate your selected password with anything personal such as names, birth dates, phone numbers or other familiar words. Do use a combination of numbers, lower and upper case alphabets and special characters, for example *, %, #, ^, &, and a minimum length of 8 characters for your password.

Never leave your computing device unattended during your AmEquities session. Always remember to log off or log out after you have completed your online transaction session. If you suspect any unusual account activity, please contact AmInvestment immediately using the contact information provided below.

To secure the information transmitted between your computing devices (e.g. a Personal Computer) and the AmEquities Website, you will need to use a current version of a reputable browser and ensure the security fixes for the computing device and the browser are up-to-date.

For you to have safe and secure Internet banking sessions, you should ensure that you have installed internet security cum anti-virus / anti-malware software on your computing devices for added protection.

To protect the privacy of your information, you are advised to remove banking information from your browser's information after the completion of your internet banking session. Based on the type of internet browser you are using, you are also advised to clear the browser's cache after each internet banking session by taking such steps as may be required by your internet browser.

Should you have any query / concerns / complaints, in relation to this Security Statement, kindly contact us at: