NOTICE OF PRIVACY POLICY
In the course of advising our clients, Hirschler Fleischer necessarily collects and retains nonpublic personal and financial information to enable us to address clients' particular needs in a professional and thorough manner.
Types of "Nonpublic Personal Information" We Collect
As your attorneys, we collect nonpublic information about you from you, and with your authorization, from third parties such as accountants, financial advisors, insurance agents, banking institutions, and other advisors. As the legal issues facing each client are unique, the type and quantity of information gathered varies greatly. For example, our estate planning clients may disclose to us personal family history, medical conditions, individual net worth statements, and past tax returns for both themselves and any closely-held businesses they own. Business clients may provide us with financial statements, employee compensation and benefit structures, and plans for future business opportunities.
Parties to Whom We Disclose Information
We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about our clients or former clients to anyone except as permitted by law, or as authorized by that client. If we are authorized by you, we may disclose nonpublic personal information to unrelated third parties. Such unrelated third parties would include accountants, financial advisors, insurance agents, or government authorities in connection with any tax returns prepared by us or tax planning.
Protecting the Confidentiality and Security of Clients' Information
We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees of our law firm who need to know the information in order to provide legal services to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards and our rules of ethics to guard your nonpublic personal information. While the foregoing federal laws and regulations establish rules and disclosure requirements, they do not limit the attorney-client privilege or the confidentiality rules for information provided to attorneys. Privilege and confidentiality rules are governed by Virginia law and our own ethical standards. In circumstances where applicable federal laws might allow disclosure, we will continue to follow the stricter non-disclosure rules of attorney-client privilege and client confidentiality.
If you have any questions about the confidentiality and security of your personal and financial information, please feel free to contact us.