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šŸ‘‰šŸ¼Group confidentiality is legally tricky. Here’s why.

by | Sep 2, 2024 | DIY Legal Templates

Today is Labor Day in the US. A day to play and acknowledge all of your hard work. Hope you are doing something fun while reading this emailā€¦šŸ˜

It’s also my Mom’s birthday. (HBD, Mom!) 🄳

So, you know when everything in your business seems perfect, like the God/Universe/Spirit is aligning in your favor.

And then one day, you log into Facebook and you see it, and your heart drops…

This is what happened to my client a few months back.

Here’s what happened… My client Miriam had launched her business mastermind. She filled the spots pretty quickly – and she was thrilled.šŸŽ‰

Her mastermind included group calls and 1-on-1 Voxer support for each client.šŸ“±

But, one day, as she was sitting in front of her laptop, her heart just sank. She saw a post by one of her mastermind members.

A mastermind member was publicly sharing details about another member’s business discussed on a group call 2 days ago. Aaaaaak!

This was confidential information, the kind of stuff that was supposed to stay within the safe confines of their mastermind group.

Panic set in, and Miriam reached out right away.

Miriam had been so sure that having her Mastermind clients verbally agree that ā€œwhat’s said in the mastermind stays in the mastermind.ā€

But now, faced with this breach of trust, she wasn’t so sure.

I had to break it to her gently, though it was a tough pill to swallow šŸ’Š:
Trust alone isn’t enough.

You can’t simply rely on everyone to keep confidentiality in a group setting.

To truly protect yourself—and your clients—you need rock-solid language in your legal terms for a mastermind or hybrid program.

This means spelling out how confidentiality works in the group so everyone’s on the same page.

Otherwise, confidentiality slip-ups could leave you exposed to a breach of privacy claim – which isn’t fun. (And, yes, it does happen.)

I don’t want you to be in the same legal pickle as Miriam…

That’s why I want to help you protect yourself with:

1. The right legal document – to cover you in masterminds (for things like group confidentiality breaches).

AND

2. A 90-minute live Q&A workshop on Tuesday, September 10 at 4pm PT (7pm ET) – to answer any legal questions you have.

 

Get legally covered for your hybrid program

 

šŸŽÆThis Q&A workshop – and the right legal doc(s) – will help keep you out of messes right here.

Here’s how it works:

šŸ‘‰šŸ¼ You’ll get access to your legal document(s) immediately.

šŸ‘‰šŸ¼ Just download it/them and fill in the blanks based on my comments or follow the audio guide(s).

šŸ‘‰šŸ¼ Bring your questions to the live workshop…and then you’ll be ready to go for your next launch!

Because when you have the right legal language in place, you feel FREE – not nervous about potential confidentiality slip-ups.

Just take it from my client Kate Saint Clair:

 

 

This workshop is a one-time offering and I don’t want you to miss it.

Here’s to hybrid programs – and to protecting yourself if someone spills the tea (so you can cover your buns)!

Join me for the workshop + docs here – and I’ll see you next Tuesday, Sept 10!