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Attorneys who provide legal services involving financial matters of clients are now
required by federal law to inform their clients of their policies regarding the privacy
of client information. The purpose of this notice is to explain what we will be doing with
the financial information that clients provide to us, and the ways that we protect our
client's privacy.
Types of Nonpublic Personal Information We Collect
We collect nonpublic personal information about clients that is provided to us
by our clients or obtained by us in the course of providing clients with legal
services they have requested. This information, in some cases, includes information
about personal finances and property.
Disclosure of Information
We disclose nonpublic personal information about clients only to individuals or entities
necessary in order to provide contracted clients with the legal services they
have requested. For instance, my staff may have access to nonpublic personal
information in order for us to efficiently provide clients with the legal services
they have requested. In some situations we may provide information to another
organization (such as an accountant, financial advisor/broker, realtor, insurance
company, or opposing counsel) in order to obtain information or assist in providing the
legal services clients have requested.
We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about clients to
anyone, except as is necessary in order to provide clients with the legal services they have requested.
Clients Have the Right to Prohibit Disclosure
If for any reason clients do not want us to provide nonpublic personal information
about them to other parties in the course of providing them legal services (except in the
case of Family Law disclosure pursuant to FC §2104 and formal
Discovery under the Code of Civil Procedure), clients may direct us not to make
those disclosures. If clients wish to direct us not to disclose information, they may
do so by written correspondence mailed to The Law Office of Gina G. MacDonald, 27013
Langside Avenue, Suite A, Santa Clarita, CA 91351.
Our Clients Privacy Is Important to Us
We retain records and files relating to the professional services clients have asked
us to provide. In order to guard client's nonpublic personal information, we maintain
physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with the Code of
Professional Responsibility that governs our profession. Please call us with any
questions that you have about protecting your privacy.
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