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Are there any other disclosures required by law?

To clarify the interaction between these provisions, in the final rule we have specifically added language to the paragraph addressing disclosures for law enforcement that permits covered entities to comply with legal mandates, and have included a specific cross reference in the provision of the final rule that permits covered entities to make other disclosures required by law.

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However, any such activity that involves an offering of securities must be accompanied by the important disclosures, processes and other investor protections that our securities laws require.

You acknowledge, consent and agree that we may access, preserve, and disclose your registration and any other information you provide if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce this Agreement; (c) respond to claims of a violation of the rights of third - parties; (d) respond to your requests for customer service; or (e) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of The Defense Alliance of Minnesota, The Defense Alliance of Minnesota Affiliates, its users and the public.

However, we may disclose personal information collected if we have received your permission beforehand or in very special circumstances, such as when we believe that such disclosure is required by law or other special cases described below.

We reserve the right to use or disclose your Personal Information if required by law or if we reasonably believe that use or disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or comply with a law, court order, or legal process.

To the extent permitted by law, we will disclose your information to government authorities or third parties if: (a) required to do so by law, or in response to a subpoena or court order; (b) we believe in our sole discretion that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect against fraud, to protect the property or other rights of us or other users, third parties or the public at large; or (c) we believe that you have abused the Sites or the Applications by using them to attack other systems or to gain unauthorized access to any other system, to engage in spamming or otherwise to violate applicable laws.

Other than as outlined above, Parenting Ideas will not disclose your personal information without your consent unless disclosure is necessary to prevent a threat to life or health, authorised or required by law, reasonably necessary to enforce the law, or necessary to investigate a suspected unlawful activity.

If an advertised lender / broker solicits you for a loan application, that lender / broker must make certain disclosures to you as required by the Federal Truth In Lending Act (TILA), the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and other federal and state laws.

RESPA attempts to regulate settlement costs by requiring lenders, mortgage brokers or servicers of home loans to provide disclosures to borrowers that will inform them about real estate transactions, settlement services, relevant consumer protection laws and any other pertinent and timely information connected to the cost of the real estate settlement process.

Other disclosures and agreements required by law applicable to brokerage accounts are provided on the brokerage Web site.

Under the Code of Ethics, Helene is obligated to maintain and respect the confidentiality of all information obtained from clients; and to refrain from disclosure of information about clients or their pets to others without the client's explicit consent, except as required by law.

We may also share your personally identifiable information to respond to law enforcement requests, court orders, or other legal processes; or if we believe that such disclosure is necessary to investigate, prevent, or respond to illegal activities, fraud, physical threats to you or others; or as otherwise required by any applicable law or regulation.

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper thinks the state's legislation will become a model for other states, according to the Denver Post, because it goes further than other states with disclosure laws by requiring all chemicals to be named (or in cases where the oil and gas commission is convinced a specific chemical should be kept a trade secret, then the chemical family needs to be named), as well as the concentrations in which they are used.

To that end, the parties shall not disclose the existence, content or results of any proceedings conducted in accordance with this Section, and materials submitted in connection with such proceedings shall not be admissible in any other proceeding, provided, however, that this confidentiality provision shall not prevent a petition to vacate or enforce an arbitral award, and shall not bar disclosures required by law.

(H) There are adequate written assurances that the protected health Start Printed Page 82817information will not be reused or disclosed to any other person or entity, except as required by law, for authorized oversight of the research project, or for other research for which the use or disclosure of protected health information would be permitted by this subpart.

They expressed concern that covered entities could refuse or delay compliance with legally mandated disclosures by misplaced reliance on a rule that permits, but does not require, a use or disclosure required by other law.

In some cases where particular concerns have been raised by legal mandates in other laws, we allow disclosure as required by law, and we establish additional requirements to protect privacy (for example, informing the individual as required in § 164.512 (c)-RRB- when covered entities make a legally mandated disclosure.

Comment: A number of commenters urged that the provision permitting uses and disclosures required by other law be amended by deleting the last sentence which stated: «This paragraph does not apply to uses or disclosures that are covered by paragraphs (b) through (m) of this section.»

Other sections of this rule allow covered entities to reasonably rely on certain representations by law enforcement officials (see § 164.514, regarding verification,) and require disclosure of the minimum necessary protected health information for this purpose.

These changes should resolve the concerns raised by commenters regarding conflicts with state laws that require consent, authorization, or other types of written legal permission for uses and disclosures of protected health information.

In the final rule, we include a waiver criterion requiring «there are adequate written assurances that the protected health information will not be re-used or disclosed to any other person or entity, except as required by law, for authorized oversight of the research project, or for other research for which the use or disclosure of protected health information would be permitted by this subpart.»

We reviewed the important purposes for which some commenters said government agencies needed protected health information, and we believe that most of those needs can be met through the other categories of permitted uses and disclosures without authorization allowed under the final rule, including provisions permitting covered entities to disclose information (subject to certain limitations) to government agencies for public health, health oversight, law enforcement, and otherwise as required by law.

Paragraph § 164.512 (f)(1) of this section permits a covered entity to make disclosures that are required by other laws, such as state mandatory reporting laws, or are required by legal process such as court orders or grand jury subpoena.

Response: Section 164.512 (a) below permits covered entities to disclose protected health information when such disclosures are required by other laws as long as they follow the requirements of those laws.

We note that nothing in this rule compels a covered entity to make a use or disclosure required by the legal demands or prescriptions listed in this clarification or by any other law or legal process, and a covered entity remains free to challenge the validity of such laws and processes.

Although most disclosures for workers» compensation would be permissible under other provisions of this rule, particularly the provisions that permit disclosures for payment and as required by law, we are aware of the significant variability among workers» compensation and similar laws, and include this provision to ensure that existing workers» compensation systems are not disrupted by this rule.

We reviewed the important purposes identified in the comments for government access to protected health information, and believe that the disclosures of protected health information that should appropriately be made without individuals» authorization can be achieved through the other disclosures provided for in the final rule, including provisions permitting covered entities to disclose information (subject to certain limitations) to government agencies for public health, research, health oversight, law enforcement, and otherwise as required by law.

We also permit covered entities to seek authorization from the individual for another covered entity's use or disclosure of protected health information for these purposes, including if the covered entity is required to do so by other law.

Comment: One commenter recommended that when information from health records is provided to authorized external users, this information should be accompanied by a statement prohibiting use of the information for other than the stated purpose; prohibiting disclosure by the recipient to any other party without written authorization from the patient, or the patient's legal representative, unless such information is urgently needed for the patient's continuing care or otherwise required by law; and requiring destruction of the information after the stated need has been fulfilled.

Some comments urged deletion of the provision for uses and disclosures required by other law.

Comment: Numerous commenters addressed directly or by implication the question of whether the provision permitting uses and disclosures of protected health information if required by other law was necessary.

The proposal allowed a covered entity, when making disclosures to public officials that were permitted without individual authorization but not required by other law, to reasonably rely on the representations of such officials that the information requested was the minimum necessary for the stated purpose (s).

Comment: A number of commenters sought expanded authority to use and disclosure protected health information when permitted by other law, not just when required by law.

They recommend that the notice include, among other elements, «a description of the rights of individuals, including the right to inspect and copy information and the right to seek amendments [and] a description of the types of uses and disclosures that are permitted or required by law without the individual's authorization.»

Response: We found no compelling reason to exempt disclosures for purposes listed in the regulation from this standard, other than for disclosures required by law.

The rules regarding disclosure and use of protected health information specified in § 164.512 (k) cover individuals who are in transitional homes, and other facilities in which they are required by law to remain for correctional reasons and from which they are not allowed to leave.

(D) For each purpose described in paragraph (b)(1)(ii)(A) or (B) of this section, the description must include sufficient detail to place the individual on notice of the uses and disclosures that are permitted or required by this subpart and other applicable law.

Response: In the final rule, we have added an additional waiver criteria to require that there are adequate written assurances from the researcher that protected health information will not be re-used or disclosed to any other person or entity, except as required by law, for authorized oversight of the research project, or for other research for which the use or disclosure of protected health information would be permitted by this subpart.

In some instances, disclosure of protected health information to law enforcement officials will be compelled by other law, for example, by compulsory judicial process or compulsory reporting laws (such as laws requiring reporting of wounds from violent crimes, suspected child abuse, or suspected theft of controlled substances).

If the disclosure is not required (but only permitted) by the federal law, the covered entity must determine if the disclosure comes within one of the other permissible disclosures.

The final rule clarifies that covered entities may disclose protected health information about a victim of crime where a report is required by state or other law, and it requires the victim's agreement for disclosure in most other instances.

We also proposed to prohibit covered entities from requiring individuals to sign authorizations for uses and disclosures of protected health information for treatment, payment, and health care operations, unless required by other applicable law.

Nothing in this rule permits covered entities to avoid disclosures required by other laws.

Response: We found no compelling reason to exempt government requests from this standard, other than when a disclosure is required by law.

Therefore, in accordance with the terms of our privacy statement we will not disclose to any third party for any reason either the contents of or any facts relating to the contents of a user's email or any other communication a user sends to us; provided, however, such disclosure will be made when required to do so by law or by properly issued court order or when good - faith belief exists that such action is legally necessary to: (1) comply with the law or comply with legal process served on California Legal Research, Inc.; (2) protect and defend the legitimate business interests, rights or property of California Legal Research, Inc., its users, customers, or affiliates; or (3) act in an emergency to protect the personal safety of CALRI.com users or the public.

We also proposed to prohibit covered entities from seeking individual authorization for uses and disclosures for treatment, payment, and health care operations unless required by state or other applicable law.

The final rule requires that the covered entity obtain written agreement from the person or entity receiving protected health information under § 164.512 (i) not to re-use or disclose protected health information to any other person or entity, except: (1) As required by law, (2) for authorized oversight of the research project, or (3) for other research for which the use or disclosure of protected health information would be permitted by this subpart.

Covered entities are not required to include in the accounting disclosures to the individual as provided in § 164.502; disclosures for facility directories, disclosures to persons involved in the individual's care, or other disclosures for notification purposes as provided in § 164.510; disclosures for national security or intelligence purposes as provided in § 164.512 (k)(2); disclosures to correctional institutions or law enforcement officials as provided in § 164.512 (k)(5); or any disclosures that were made by the covered entity prior to the compliance date of the rule for that covered entity.

Any information collected by CoverHound may be shared if it is necessary to investigate, prevent or prosecute illegal activities, suspected fraud, violations to the Terms and Conditions, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request or as otherwise required by law or a valid government request (including, but not limited to, search warrants, subpoenas or court orders).