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STATEMENT OF PRIVACY POLICY
Gridley Associates Inc., an independent financial planning 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
Gridley Associates Inc. 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 and agent 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.) |
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We maintain a secure
office and computer environment to ensure that your information is not
placed at unreasonable risk. |
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The categories of
nonpublic personal information that we collect from a client depend upon
the scope of our 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 the
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 services 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 the 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. |
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