PRIVACY STATEMENT
Printable Version With Acknowledgement |
We recognize and respect the privacy expectations of today’s
consumers and the requirements of applicable Federal and State privacy laws. We believe
that making you aware of how we use your non-public personal information (“personal
information”), and to whom it is disclosed, will form the basis for a relationship of
trust between us and the public that we serve. This Privacy Statement provides that
explanation. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Statement from time to time
consistent with the
applicable privacy laws. |
| Notation: Please be assured that our law firm affords you lawyer/client
confidentiality and this in no way alters that relationship. |
| In the course of our business, we may collect personal
information about you from the following sources (there may be other sources as well): |
| From realtors, lending institutions, homeowner associations, management
companies, appraisers, mortgage brokers, credit companies. From your transaction, or from
the services being performed by our office in regards thereto or from other parties
performing services in regards thereto. |
| From the public records that we obtain direct from the public records or
from others. |
| Our policies regarding the protection of the confidentiality
and security of your personal information: |
| We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect
your personal information from unauthorized access or intrusion. We limit access to
personal information only to those employees or our office who need such access in
connection with providing services to you or for other legitimate business purposes. |
| Our policies regarding the sharing of your personal
information: |
| We may share your personal information with your insurance companies,
your real estate agents, your lender, your mortgage broker, your homeowner and/or property
owners association or management company, and to any other third party entity involved in
the business transaction we are handling on your behal, especially if it is customary to
do such. Your undersigned signature directly authorizes this sharing. |
| In addition, we will disclose your personal information when you
otherwise give us permission, when we are required by law to do so, or when we suspect
fraudulent or criminal activities. |
| Inherent in our representation of you is filing documents in the public
domain. Such documents may contain some of your personal information. This would be
available to the general public. |
| Rights to access your personal information: |
| Certain state or federal laws may apply to your right to access your
personal information. We reserve the right to charge, where permitted by law to do so, a
reasonable fee and charge for responding to such a request or requests. All such requests
must be made in writing to our office address shown above. |
