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Privacy and confidentiality are both huge concerns during the divorce process, so it's important to be proactive to protect your interests by speaking with a divorce attorney. In the meantime here are some helpful tips to help you out.
One of the most trying aspects of a divorce is the new sense that you can no longer freely share information with your spouse and children as you once did. Privacy and confidentiality are both huge concerns during the divorce process, so it's important to be proactive to protect your interests by speaking with a divorce attorney. In the meantime here are some helpful tips to help you out.
1. Change your passwords. Before you were considering a divorce, you and your spouse may have freely shared email accounts, social media accounts, and many other online profiles, each with an accompanying password. If you're like most people, you probably only have a very limited number of passwords, most of which your spouse will be aware of. You probably even have a notecard with all of your passwords written down on it. The best way to ensure that your spouse is unable to view communication you want to keep private is to change your passwords on your personal accounts. If you don't have a personal email, now is a good time to set one up, with a totally different password than your usual few.
2. Be careful with your cell phone. If you use your cell phone to communicate with trusted friends and family (or your Georgia divorce attorney) about your divorce, it's best not to leave it lying around the house. You might even want to get in the habit of clearing your call history and text messages. This may sound like an unnecessary precaution, but it's too easy to have confidential information exposed simply because you left your cell phone where your spouse could access it.
3. Consider what you say to whom carefully. Before or during a divorce, your natural inclination will be to reach out to friends and family to receive support and guidance. You will definitely need their support and encouragement, but you must be wise about what you say and to whom you say it. Friends that you and your spouse share in some sense equally might not be the best people to open up to. You may be very close with members of your spouse's family, but it's not advisable to share any of the details of the divorce with them. Instead, choose a trusted outside resource, especially professionals legally bound by privacy and confidentiality restrictions, such as a licensed therapist, clergy member, and especially a member of our highly rated legal team.
Again, your Georgia Divorce Attorney will give you specific advice for your situation, and your conversations with them will always be kept secure and private, but these are a few tips to help you as along the way.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Wes Berry
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Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this publication, it is not intended to provide legal advice as individual situations will differ and should be discussed with an expert and/or lawyer. For specific technical or legal advice on the information provided and related topics, please contact the author.
1. Change your passwords. Before you were considering a divorce, you and your spouse may have freely shared email accounts, social media accounts, and many other online profiles, each with an accompanying password. If you're like most people, you probably only have a very limited number of passwords, most of which your spouse will be aware of. You probably even have a notecard with all of your passwords written down on it. The best way to ensure that your spouse is unable to view communication you want to keep private is to change your passwords on your personal accounts. If you don't have a personal email, now is a good time to set one up, with a totally different password than your usual few.
2. Be careful with your cell phone. If you use your cell phone to communicate with trusted friends and family (or your Georgia divorce attorney) about your divorce, it's best not to leave it lying around the house. You might even want to get in the habit of clearing your call history and text messages. This may sound like an unnecessary precaution, but it's too easy to have confidential information exposed simply because you left your cell phone where your spouse could access it.
3. Consider what you say to whom carefully. Before or during a divorce, your natural inclination will be to reach out to friends and family to receive support and guidance. You will definitely need their support and encouragement, but you must be wise about what you say and to whom you say it. Friends that you and your spouse share in some sense equally might not be the best people to open up to. You may be very close with members of your spouse's family, but it's not advisable to share any of the details of the divorce with them. Instead, choose a trusted outside resource, especially professionals legally bound by privacy and confidentiality restrictions, such as a licensed therapist, clergy member, and especially a member of our highly rated legal team.
Again, your Georgia Divorce Attorney will give you specific advice for your situation, and your conversations with them will always be kept secure and private, but these are a few tips to help you as along the way.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Wes Berry
Legal Content Writer
Copyright Kitchens New Cleghorn, LLC
More information about Kitchens New Cleghorn, LLC
View all articles published by Kitchens New Cleghorn, LLC
Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this publication, it is not intended to provide legal advice as individual situations will differ and should be discussed with an expert and/or lawyer. For specific technical or legal advice on the information provided and related topics, please contact the author.
