PRIVACY STATEMENT - SCOTT AND SCOTT LLP - ANTI TRUST - SECURITIES FRAUD - CONSUMER RIGHTS

This Privacy Policy Statement is applicable to www.scott-scott.com and all other Web sites on the World Wide Web owned or operated by Scott+Scott LLP ("Scott+Scott").

Scott+Scott does not collect personal information from you except in the following instances:

  • Information your web browser software may automatically provide to our web servers, such as the address of the Web site you linked from, the identity of your Internet Service Provider and the type and version of the browser you are using.
  • Information you provide to us in an e-mail message or attachment; and
  • Information you provide to us in a form on our Web site.

Any information you submit to us will only be used for the specific purpose in which it was submitted.

A "cookie" is a small electronic file that may be written to your hard drive by a Web site you are visiting. Scott+Scott uses a single cookie with its Web site. The cookie contains a short unique alphanumeric string so that we may recognize a specific user. There is no personal information contained in this cookie. We use cookies to:

  • Improve privacy by storing information a user may submit to us on our secure server and referencing it with a cookie. This enables us to transmit user information in a secure manner.
  • Keep track of user requests to search and sort through information on the site.
  • Personalize the site for our users. For example, certain confirmation pages may display the name users provide to us and
  • Provide administrative services.

If you prefer not to receive cookies, you can change the settings in your browser that will turn off the use of cookies. If you choose to turn off cookies, it is possible that some areas of the Web site will not function properly. Please refer to the Help function of your browser for specific information on how to turn off cookies.

Scott+Scott reserves the right to change this policy at any time by posting a new privacy policy at this location.

Last updated on May 13, 2009. If you have questions concerning this Privacy Policy Statement, please contact us.

PRIVACY PROTECTION POLICY TO COMPLY WITH CONNECTICUT PUBLIC ACT 08-167

Scott+Scott LLP understands its clients' and employees' concerns for privacy and the need to ensure the privacy of all personal information.  Privacy is important to us and maintaining trust and confidence is a high priority. Lawyers have been and continue to be bound by professional standards of confidentiality.  The purpose of this notice is to explain Scott+Scott's Privacy Policy with regard to personal information that we obtain and how the firm keeps that information secure.  

Non-Public Personal Information

Scott+Scott collects nonpublic personal information that is provided to it by its clients and employees or obtained by us with its clients' or employees' authorization or consent.

SCOTT+SCOTT DOES NOT DISCLOSE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ITS CLIENTS, FORMER CLIENTS OR EMPLOYEES TO ANYONE, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED OR REQUIRED BY LAW AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE ETHICS RULES.

Scott+Scott does not disclose any nonpublic personal information about current and former clients or employees obtained in the course of representation of those clients or employment of employees, except as expressly or impliedly authorized by those clients or employees to enable the firm to effectuate the purpose of its representation or as required or permitted by law or applicable provisions of codes of professional responsibility or ethical rules governing the firm's conduct as an employer.  One such implied authorization is to non-lawyer employees of the firm so that they may assist the lawyers in representation.  Scott+Scott's policy specifically means that it protects the confidentiality of its clients' and employees' Social Security numbers, prohibits unlawful disclosure of its clients' and employees' Social Security numbers and limits access to its clients' and employees' Social Security numbers in the same manner as it does all other nonpublic personal information.  Scott+Scott safeguards the data, computer files and documents containing personal information and destroys, erases or makes unreadable such data, computer files and documents prior to disposal.

Scott+Scott makes reasonable efforts to restrict access to nonpublic personal information about its clients and employees to those employees who need to know that information in order to provide products or services.  Scott+Scott makes reasonable efforts to train those employees to protect the privacy of its clients and employees.  Scott+Scott maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal and state laws to guard nonpublic personal information.  

Confidentiality and Security 

Scott+Scott retains records relating to professional services that it provides so that it is better able to assist with its clients' professional needs and to comply with professional guidelines or requirements of law.  In order to guard nonpublic personal information, Scott+Scott maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with the firm's professional standards.