(6).Can we trust Solicitors & Ins. Co. with our private info?

Question

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Answer 1

You can't trust ANYONE with your personal information. I trusted U-Store with my credit card. They stold the info on my card and maxed it out. I thought that was supposed to be a ligitimate business.

Answer 2

Solicitors are obligated by law to maintain and respect client confidences, unless the client is about to involve them in a crime as an accessory before the fact. As officers of the law in a sense, they must report crimes they know are about to happen. Any non-criminal information about you, whether personal or financial, is privileged information, not to be disclosed to anyone without your express permission.

Insurance companies are different. There is no privilege preventing them from revealing data about you, only whatever statues apply in the jurisdiction where the revelation occurs, and whatever terms that are expressed in your contract with them, the insurance policy. In most parts of the US, individual financial and medical data are protected from disclosure by some Federal statutes. The Constitution denies law enforcement access to these items of yours without a court order, even though the information resides elsewhere than your premises. Statutes govern what court orders may issue upon what cause.

Answer 3

Solicitors generally yes -- based on their ethical obligations of confidentiality, and the penalties for failing those.

I've never trusted insurance companies for anything.

There are, of course, always exceptions.