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POLICY
BAI
Privacy Policy
Burt Associates, Inc.
(BAI), an independent financial planning and money management firm, is
committed to safeguarding the confidential information of its clients.
We hold all personal information provided to our firm in the strictest
confidence. These records include all personal information that we
collect from you in connection with any of the services provided by
BAI. We have never disclosed information to nonaffiliated third
parties, except as permitted by law, and do not anticipate doing so in
the future. If we were to anticipate such a change in firm policy, we
would be prohibited under the law from doing so without advising you
first. As you know, we use health and financial information that you
provide to us to help you meet your personal financial goals while
guarding against any real or perceived infringements of your rights of
privacy. Our policy with respect to personal information about you is
listed below.
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We limit employee access
to information only to those who have a business or professional reason
for knowing, and only to nonaffiliated parties as permitted by law.
(For example, federal regulations permit us to share a limited amount
of information about you with a brokerage firm in order to execute
securities transactions on your behalf, or so that our firm can discuss
your financial situation with your accountant or lawyer.
- We
maintain a secure office and computer environment to ensure that your
information is not placed at unreasonable risk.
- The categories of nonpublic personal
information that we
collect from a client depend upon the scope of the client engagement.
It will include information about your personal finances, information
about your health to the extent that it is needed for the planning
process, information about transactions between you and third parties,
and information from consumer reporting agencies.
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For unaffiliated third parties that require
access to your
personal information, including financial service companies,
consultants, and auditors, we also require strict confidentiality in
our agreements with them and expect them to keep this information
private. Federal and state regulators also may review firm records as
permitted under law.
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We do not provide your personally
identifiable information to mailing list vendors or solicitors for any
purpose.
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Personally identifiable information about
you will be maintained
during the time you are a client, and for the required time thereafter
that such records are required to be maintained by federal and state
securities laws, and consistent with the CFP Board Code of Ethics and
Professional Responsibility. After this required period of record
retention, all such information will be destroyed.
If
you have any questions or concerns,
please contact us at 301-770-9880 or toll-free at 1-800-950-2405. You
may also contact us by e-mail at burtassociates@burtassociates.com.
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