January 2008 Important Notice Regarding Client Privacy
Maintaining your trust and confidence is very important to us and is one of our top priorities. Because of this we want to convey how we protect your privacy when we receive information from you and or your family members, and the steps that we take to safeguard your information. CPAs have been and continue to be bound by professional standards of confidentiality that are even more stringent than those required by law. We have always protected your right to privacy. This notice is provided to you on behalf of Nancy L. Shoemake C.P.A., P.A.
Information We Collect
In connection with providing you with tax preparation, investment products, financial advice, business accounting, and other services we obtain non-public personal information about you including:
Information we receive from you on applications, tax organizers and tax documents provided to us by you
Information about your transactions with us or others including your financial adviser
Information from other third parties obtained by us with your authorization
Permitted disclosures such as, providing information to our employees and in limited situations to unrelated third parties who need to know that information to assist us in providing services to you
In all such situations, we stress the confidential nature of information being shared
Information We Disclose
We will not disclose information regarding you or your account except under the following circumstances:
To your financial adviser and his or her manager
To establish or maintain an account with an unaffiliated third party, such as a clearing broker providing services to you
To government entities or other third parties in response to subpoenas or other legal process as required by law or in compliance with professional standards
To all parties that you have given us permission to do so
Our Security Policy
We retain records relating to professional services that we provide so that we are better able to assist you with your professional needs and, in some cases, to comply with professional guidelines. Only those individuals who need this information to perform their jobs are authorized to have access to confidential client information. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural security measures that comply with our professional standards to safeguard confidential client information.
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please let us know as your privacy, our professional ethics, and the ability to provide you with quality financial services are very important to us.
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