I just now went to open a new account with e-trade. Because of the various posts regarding security and disclosure of information on this forum I decided I would actually read the privacy agreement.
It had more holes in it than Swiss cheese.
Then I finally got to the paragraph that said they would share my personal information with entities in other countries that may have different privacy rules than in the U.S..
At that point I changed my mind. Not sure what I am going to do at this point.