Schwartz & Hofflich, LLP

General Privacy Policy

As of November 10, 2008

Foremost, we at Schwartz & Hofflich, LLP (“S&H”) are dedicated to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of our client’s and web site visitor’s personal information.  To insure this confidence in our web site and demonstrate our commitment to privacy and online data security, we are disclosing our Privacy Policy and practices.

This Privacy Policy describes and explains the policy of S&H with respect to the privacy of information supplied by users of our web site or collected by S&H from visitors to its web site www.shcpa.com (“web site”).

By being a guest on our web site and using its tools or applying for a position with our firm, you agree to the collection and use of information by S&H in accordance with our Privacy Policy.  If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, we request that you do not visit our web site or use the tools contained within the site.

What Personal Information is collected?

Our web site collects “Personal Identifiable Information” which one will voluntarily provide us, such as one’s name, business name or business affiliation, postal address, telephone number and email address.  We also collect “Non-Personal Information” which your computer provides our web site.  Our web site records the “IP Address” of all site visitors.  In so doing, your web browser’s identity may be used to collect information anonymously on how our web site is used.

How we use the information you supply?

The information which you supply on our web site is only collected when visitors make a specific request to use a function on our web site or for  information about our services, the operation of our firm or request our newsletter.

In addition, we may use your Personal Identifiable Information to send you other information about our firm, its partners and staff, accounting and tax issue alerts, invitations to events, or other materials we believe may be of interest to you.

Sharing Information:

We may share your Personal Identifiable Information with other businesses or companies that assist us with our web site or internal network management or other entities that help us in fulfilling informational requests.  We have taken reasonable steps and have instructed these entities that aid us in these matters to protect your Personal Identifiable Information.

Legally Required Disclosures:

S&H may be required, by applicable law, court order, subpoena or other legal process to disclose your personal information.  It is our policy to comply with any such requirement.  If permitted by law, S&H will notify you prior to making such disclosures.

Third Party–Links:

Our web site may contain links to other web sites. S&H is not responsible for the privacy practices or the contents of other web sites. Further, these third party web sites may collect information about you when you visit and/or click on advertising or content within their web sites; we suggest you review their privacy practices.

Third party web sites may contain public forums, chat rooms, advertisements and other areas where public information may be made available.  Information that one discloses in this type of environment becomes public domain information for all internet users to inspect, analyze and review.

Electronic & Print Security:

We use a secure operating environment and use certain efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal information.  These efforts, per industry standards, include firewalls and other authentication processes. We periodically review and implement new changes to insure the integrity of our operating environment.  All electronic systems which store personal information are password protected.  However, we cannot and do not guarantee complete security, as this does not exist on the internet.

Printed documents which are to be disposed of are destroyed through an in-house shredding process.

Employees of Schwartz & Hofflich, LLP

All partners and employees of our firm have been instructed on our policy regarding the handling of personal information and are required to sign an agreement of confidentiality which outlines the handling of personal information.

Questions:

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us in writing at: Schwartz & Hofflich, LLP: ATTN Managing Partner, 37 North Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851-3832.

Changes:

We reserve the right to change the terms of the Privacy Policy.  When we make changes, we will change the updated date noted above.

Schwartz & Hofflich, LLP

Privacy Protection Policy for Confidentiality of Social Security Numbers

November 10, 2008

Schwartz & Hofflich, LLP is dedicated to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of our client’s identifiable personal information which is entrusted to us.  These items, as an example, usually take the form of social security numbers, bank account numbers, brokerage account numbers and credit card numbers.

Disclosure Policy:

Schwartz & Hofflich, LLP does not disclose personal information that is capable of being associated with a particular individual through an identifier such as an account number, identification number, social security number, driver’s license number or other number as outlined in Connecticut Public Act No. 08-167.

Legally Required Disclosures:

Schwartz & Hofflich, LLP may be required, by applicable law, court order, subpoena or other legal process to disclose your personal information protected by Connecticut Public Act No. 08-167.  It is our policy to comply with any such requirement.  If permitted by law, we will notify you prior to making such disclosures.

Electronic & Print Security

We use a secure operating environment and use certain efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal information.  These efforts, per industry standards, include firewalls and other authentication processes. We periodically review and implement new changes to insure the integrity of our operating environment. All electronic systems which store personal information are password protected.  However, we cannot and do not guarantee complete security, as this does not exist on the internet.
Secure methods are used to dispose of electronic data and output using appropriate industry practices, which include procedures such as: deleting, removing or neutralizing the magnetic field, removal from disk drives, erasing using an appropriate utility or physical destruction.

Paper documents that hold personal information are stored in a restricted area. Access is limited to appropriate Schwartz & Hofflich LLP partners and employees only. Printed documents which are to be disposed of are destroyed through an in-house shredding process.

Employees of Schwartz & Hofflich, LLP

All partners and employees of our firm have been instructed on our policy regarding the handling of personal information and are required to sign an agreement of confidentiality
Access to social security numbers that we obtain is limited to appropriate Schwartz & Hofflich LLP partners and employees only.

Questions:

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us in writing at: Schwartz & Hofflich, LLP: ATTN Managing Partner, 37 North Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851-3832.

Changes:

We reserve the right to change the terms of the Privacy Policy.  When we make changes, we will change the updated date noted above.

Connecticut Public Act No 08-167, may be viewed at:

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2008/ACT/PA/2008PA-00167-R00HB-05658-PA.htm