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BOWDITCH & DEWEY, LLP
PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE
(JULY 1, 2001)

Congress recently passed the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which deals in part with how financial institutions treat nonpublic personal financial information. Bowditch & Dewey, LLP has always been committed to maintaining client confidentiality. We appreciate this opportunity to clarify our privacy practices for you as a result of this new law. The policies discussed below will be effective on July 1, 2001, and will remain in effect thereafter, until we send a revised written policy to your current address.

 

OUR PRIVACY POLICIES AND PRACTICES

Personal information we collect:
In order to provide you with legal and related services, we collect nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources:

Information we receive from you orally or in documents, applications or other forms;

Information about your transactions with us or others;

Information we receive from a consumer-reporting agency;

Information we receive from medical records or medical professionals; and

Information we receive from individuals other than you, such as your financial and other advisors.

Personal information we may disclose to third parties:
We will not disclose any of the above information without your prior consent or authorization, unless we are otherwise required by law to disclose it. Such information will only be shared in accordance with applicable ethical rules of professional conduct and to the extent required to provide you with legal or related services; for example, to other professionals rendering services to you in connection with our engagement.

Our confidentiality and security practices:
We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those of our employees who need to know that information in order to provide services to you. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information.