Privacy statement

American Funds considers the privacy of its investors to be of fundamental importance and has established a policy to maintain the confidentiality of the information you share with us.

Personal information we collect

We do not sell any information to any third parties. However, we do collect and retain certain nonpublic personal information about you, including:

  • information we receive from you, your employer or their agents, including third-party administrators and financial professionals, such as your name and address;
  • an address we receive from a third party when you have moved;
  • information, such as account balance and transaction activity, about your investment transactions (including, to the extent necessary for our servicing your account(s) with us, your investments with third parties); and
  • information (commonly referred to as “cookies”) collected from the Web browser of your computer that allows our website to recognize your browser.

Personal information we may disclose

We occasionally disclose nonpublic personal information about you to affiliates and nonaffiliates as permitted by law. Some instances when we have shared information include:

  • disclosing information to a third party in order to process account transactions that you request or authorize;
  • sharing information with companies related to us, as permitted by law, to make you aware of new funds or other services that we offer;
  • disclosing your name and address to companies that mail fund-related materials, such as shareholder reports (note that these companies may not use the information for any other purpose);
  • disclosing information to research companies that help conduct shareholder surveys to assess and improve our financial services; and
  • disclosing information in connection with legal proceedings, such as responding to a subpoena.
When information is shared with third parties, they are not permitted to use the information for any purpose other than to assist our servicing of your account(s) or as permitted by law.
If you close your account(s) or if we lose contact with you, we will continue to share information in accordance with our current privacy policy and practices.
We restrict access to your nonpublic personal information to authorized employees. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your nonpublic personal information.

These measures reflect our commitment to maintaining the privacy of your confidential information. We appreciate the confidence you have shown by entrusting us with your assets.

This privacy disclosure applies to investment and shareholder services offered by:

American Funds Distributors®, Inc.
American Funds Service Company®
Capital Research and Management CompanySM
Capital Bank and Trust CompanySM

and all of the American Funds listed below:

AMCAP Fund®
American Balanced Fund®
American Funds Global Balanced FundSM
American Funds Money Market Fund®
American Funds Mortgage Fund®
American Funds Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund®
American Funds Tax-Exempt Fund of New York®
American High-Income Municipal Bond Fund®
American High-Income Trust®
American Mutual Fund®
The Bond Fund of America®
Capital Income Builder®
Capital World Bond Fund®
Capital World Growth and Income Fund®
EuroPacific Growth Fund®
Fundamental InvestorsSM
The Growth Fund of America®
The Income Fund of America®
Intermediate Bond Fund of America®
International Growth and Income FundSM
The Investment Company of America®
Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America®
The New Economy Fund®
New Perspective Fund®
New World Fund®
Short-Term Bond Fund of America®
SMALLCAP World Fund®
The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America®
The Tax-Exempt Fund of California®
The Tax-Exempt Fund of Maryland®
The Tax-Exempt Fund of Virginia®
U.S. Government Securities Fund®
Washington Mutual Investors FundSM

This privacy disclosure also applies to funds within the:

American Funds Portfolio SeriesSM:
American Funds Balanced PortfolioSM
American Funds Global Growth PortfolioSM
American Funds Growth PortfolioSM
American Funds Growth and Income PortfolioSM
American Funds Income PortfolioSM
American Funds Preservation PortfolioSM
American Funds Tax-Advantaged Income PortfolioSM
American Funds Tax-Exempt Preservation PortfolioSM

and American Funds Target Date Retirement Series®:

American Funds 2055 Target Date Retirement Fund®
American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund®
American Funds 2045 Target Date Retirement Fund®
American Funds 2040 Target Date Retirement Fund®
American Funds 2035 Target Date Retirement Fund®
American Funds 2030 Target Date Retirement Fund®
American Funds 2025 Target Date Retirement Fund®
American Funds 2020 Target Date Retirement Fund®
American Funds 2015 Target Date Retirement Fund®
American Funds 2010 Target Date Retirement Fund®

This policy is effective May 18, 2012. If there are changes to the terms of our privacy policy, documents containing the policy and relevant information on our website will be updated.

For more information
For information about your account or any of the funds’ services, please contact your financial professional. You may also call American Funds at 800/421-4225.

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Investors should carefully consider investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other important information is contained in the fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses, which can be obtained from a financial professional or downloaded and should be read carefully before investing.