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agency is committed to assuring the privacy of individuals and/or families
who have contacted us for assistance. We realize that the concerns you bring
to us are highly personal in nature. We assure you that all information
shared both orally and in writing will be managed within legal and ethical
considerations. The following are examples of how this data may be used:
ALL CLIENTS
- To assist us in our work with you, our staff
may seek supervision/consultation with professional colleagues with
the agency and, where appropriate and necessary, with other resources
in the community.
- For the purpose of evaluating our services,
gathering valuable research information and designing future programs,
we may use aggregated case file information. Your anonymity will be
maintained through the use of your client number or by using aggregate
data in all circumstances.
COUNSELING ONLY
- For counseling only clients, we will confirm
with your creditors if asked:
a. Verification of appointment
b. Date of counseling
c. Disposition: i.e.
i. Client will handle affairs on their own
ii. Pending action
DEBT MANAGEMENT
- For clients needing our intervention on your
behalf through Debt Management, we will disclose the following to your
creditors:
a. Your address and home phone number if published
b. Total debt information
c. Income, net and gross
d. Living expenses
e. A list of your creditors
f. Personal information concerning your financial circumstances, but
not lifestyle or personal habits
g. Place of employment
In all other situations, your information may be
released to appropriate individuals or agencies ONLY UPON YOUR
WRITTEN REQUEST OR when our staff has been served by valid subpoena.
The following PRIVACY PRACTICES detail circumstances
under which we will release your information to a third party:
- We may compile data aggregate information that
you give to us, but this information may not be disclosed in a manner
that would personally identify you in any way.
- We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information
about our customers or former customers to anyone, except as permitted
by law.
- We may disclose some or all of the information
we collect, as described below, to creditors, or third parties that
you have authorized who need this information in order for us to assist
you after a counseling session.
- We may disclose all of the information that
we collect, as described below, to creditors and related financial institutions
who need this information in order to put you on a debt solver plan
(DMP).
- We restrict access to nonpublic personal information
about you to those employees who need to know that information to provide
services to you. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards
that comply with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal
information.
- We collect nonpublic personal information about
you from the following sources:
a. Information we received from you on your applications or other forms
you provide;
b. Information about your transactions with us, your creditors, or others;
and
c. Information we receive from a credit reporting agency.
- We may disclose the following kinds of nonpublic
personal information about you:
a. Information we receive from you on applications or other forms, such
as your name, address, social security number, assets, and income;
b. Information about your transactions with us, your creditors, or others,
such as your account balance, payment history, parties to transactions
and credit card usage; and
c. Information we receive from a credit reporting agency, such as your
credit history.
RELEASE: I hereby authorize this Credit
Counseling Agency to release all non-public information it obtains about
me to (1) my creditors and (2) and third parties necessary to resolve
the matter(s) discussed during my counseling session.
I further RELEASE and authorize all of my creditors to provide non-public
information about me to this Credit Counseling Agency.
Signature ____________________________________
Date _______________
Signature ____________________________________
Date _______________
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