secuirty and privacy settings auto opening on startup?

the security and privacy settings window (the privacy tab within it) is automatically opening on startup, like a program would. i.e. I have some programs set up to open on startup via the "users and groups" tab-the security and privacy window privacy tab opens on startup like any old program would, almost as if I had it listed as a program to do so in users and groups.

it's annoying; why is it opening on startup and how do I stop it from happening?