Privacy Policy

When retained to act on behalf of a client, MMC LEGAL SERVICES collects, uses, retains and discloses personal information on behalf of, and as instructed by, that client. This is governed by our duty of confidentiality to our client and, as applicable, by solicitor-client privilege.

MMC LEGAL SERVICES recognizes the importance of protecting the personal information that it holds.

Why Does MMC LEGAL SERVICES Collect Personal Information?

MMC LEGAL SERVICES collects personal information in order to provide legal services and products to its clients. In addition, I may from time to time produce newsletters and hold seminars concerning legal developments, which I provide as a service to my clients and others in the disability community.

How Do We Collect Your Personal Information?

MMC LEGAL SERVICES only collects personal information by lawful and fair means and only what is reasonably necessary. Whenever possible, Icollect personal information about clients and other individuals directly from those parties or through referrals by persons whom such parties have requested to provide us with such information.

How Do We Use Your Information?

MMC LEGAL SERVICES may use your personal information for the following purposes:
• to provide legal services
• for billing, record-keeping and other client service matters
• for audit and record-keeping purposes
• for account collection purposes
• to learn about the needs of current and potential clients
• to develop and communicate services & products tailored to those needs
• to follow up on client comments and suggestions

Disclosure of Your Personal Information

MMC LEGAL SERVICES will only disclose your personal information for purposes related to providing services to you, with your express consent or if required or authorized by law.

For example, we may disclose your information:
• when the legal services provided require us to give your information to third parties
• where it is necessary to establish or collect fees
• if we engage expert witnesses on your behalf
• if we retain other law firms on your behalf
• if a court issues a subpoena

Consent

MMC LEGAL SERVICES may obtain your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your information either expressly (such as in a retainer letter), or when the purposes follow logically from other expressly stated purposes (such as providing publications and updates in areas of law in which I have provided advice previously). You may withdraw or amend any consent previously given, upon reasonable notice to us.

Updating Your Information

Since we use your personal information to provide legal services to you, it is important that the information be accurate and up-to-date. If any of your information changes, please inform me so that I can make any necessary changes.

Is My Personal Information Secure?

MMC LEGAL SERVICES uses appropriate security measures to protect against loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, use or modification of personal information.

MMC LEGAL SERVICES requires that third party service providers to whom personal information may be transferred provide a level of security for such personal information that meets similar standards. In communicating with us, you should be aware that e-mail is not a fully secure medium.

Access to Your Personal Information

We will respond promptly to any request for access to your personal information. There will be no cost for reasonable requests to such access, unless you request copies of records or your request involves significant retrieval costs. We will advise you of the cost, if any, prior to the retrieval of such records or information.

In certain circumstances, we may be unable to provide access to some or all of the personal information that we hold about you. Such circumstances include those in which the personal information cannot be separated from the records of others, cannot be disclosed for reasons of personal security or commercial confidentiality (including, in relation to MMC LEGAL SERVICES) or is protected by professional standards relating to confidentiality or solicitor-client privilege.

Correcting Errors

If we hold information about you and you advise us that it is not accurate, complete and up-to-date, we will take appropriate steps to correct it.

Website

This website may contain links to other sites that are not governed by our privacy policy. On our website,  we may monitor traffic patterns, site usage and related site information in order to optimize our web service. We may provide aggregated information to third parties, but these statistics do not include any identifiable personal information.

File Destruction Policy

Normally MMC LEGAL SERVICES returns all original documents to the client when a matter is concluded and the file is closed. We store closed client matter-files for up to ten (10) years after closing, after which they are destroyed in a secure manner.

Questions, Concerns, Requests for Access

If you have any questions or concerns or wish to access your personal information or change your preferences regarding our use of your information, please contact us.