Confidential Client Information. Consultant agrees to keep confidential information and data provided by Client to Consultant for the purpose of enabling Consultant to complete the Scope of Work detailed above.
Confidential Client Information. In the course of investment advisory activities of KWA, the Company gains access to non-public information about its clients. Such information may include a person's status as a client, personal financial and account information, the allocation of assets in a client portfolio, the composition of investments in any client portfolio, information relating to services performed for or transactions entered into on behalf of clients, advice provided by KWA to clients, and data or analyses derived from such non-public personal information (collectively referred to as 'Confidential Client Information'). All Confidential Client Information, whether relating to KWA's current or former clients, is subject to the Code's policies and procedures. Any doubts about the confidentiality of information must be resolved in favor of confidentiality. Non-Disclosure of Confidential Client Information All information regarding KWA's clients is confidential. Information may only be disclosed when the disclosure is consistent with the Company’s policy and the client's direction. KWA does not share Confidential Client Information with any third parties, except in the following circumstances: • As necessary to provide service that the client requested or authorized, or to maintain and service the client's account. KWA will require that any financial intermediary, agent, or other service provider utilized by KWA (such as broker-dealers or sub-advisers) comply with substantially similar standards for non-disclosure and protection of Confidential Client Information and use the information provided by KWA only for the performance of the specific service requested by the Company; • As required by regulatory authorities or law enforcement officials who have jurisdiction over KWA, or as otherwise required by any applicable law. In the event KWA is compelled to disclose Confidential Client Information, the Company shall provide prompt notice to the clients affected, so that the clients may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy. If no protective order or other appropriate remedy is obtained, the Company shall disclose only such information, and only in such detail, as is legally required; • To the extent reasonably necessary to prevent fraud, unauthorized transactions, or liability.
