Privacy Policy
Atlas is committed to safeguarding the confidential information of its Clients. We hold all personal information provided to us in the strictest confidence. These records include all personal information that Atlas collects from Clients in connection with any of the services provided by Atlas. Atlas will never disclose information to nonaffiliated third parties, except as permitted by law. If Atlas anticipates a change in Atlas’s policy, Atlas will advise its Clients in advance.
Atlas may use financial and other information that the Client or their designated representatives provide Atlas to help them meet their personal financial goals while guarding against any real or perceived infringements of their rights of privacy.
Information Collected
The categories of nonpublic personal information that Atlas collects from a Client depends upon the scope of the Client engagement. It will generally include information about their personal finances, information about their health to the extent that it is needed for the planning process, information about transactions between the Client and third parties and information from consumer reporting agencies.
Notice to Clients
Atlas delivers a Privacy Policy at least annually and when amended.
Access to Information Collected
Atlas maintains a secure office and computer environment to ensure that Client information is not placed at unreasonable risk.
Atlas limits access to information to only employees and agents who have a business or professional reason for knowing such information, and only to nonaffiliated parties as permitted by law. (For example, federal regulations permit Atlas to share a limited amount of information about a Client with a brokerage firm in order to execute securities transactions on their behalf, or so that Atlas can discuss the Client’s financial situation with their accountant or lawyer.)
Employees are advised that all information, transactions, records, etc. of Atlas’s Clients is confidential and must be held in strict confidence. Employees are advised not to discuss a Client’s affairs with unauthorized persons including other employees of Atlas. For unaffiliated third parties that require access to a Client’s personal information, including financial service companies, consultants and auditors, Atlas also requires 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.
Client information on Atlas’s internal computer system is protected by access and/or by password. Access to information on Atlas’s system is assigned on an “as needed” and access by nonaffiliated third parties, if given, is protected by both access and by password.
Outside Contractors
Atlas may, as necessary, use various services from nonaffiliated third parties for the purpose of supporting the financial products and services we provide to Clients. These parties must agree to strict confidentiality in Atlas’s agreements with them and Atlas expects them to keep all information private.
We do not provide Clients’ personally identifiable information to mailing list vendors or solicitors for any purpose.
Maintenance of Records
Personally identifiable information about a Client will be maintained during the time they are a Client, and for the required time thereafter that such records are required to be maintained by federal and state securities laws. After this required period of record retention, all such information will be destroyed.
Requests for Information
Upon Client request, Atlas shall deliver within a reasonable time a current copy of Atlas Privacy Policy. Clients may request a copy or notify us of a complaint by contacting us at 2372 Morse Ave., Irvine, CA 92614 or calling (949)748-7535.
A log of requests and deliveries will be maintained.