The publishing lawyer and law firm values the privacy
of its clients and Web/blog site viewers. Any of the
following personal information that may be made available
to the lawyer or firm when browsing or navigating the
site shall be kept confidential:
- First and last name
- Company, home, postal or other physical address
- Other contact information, for example, telephone
number, fax number, email address, and other similar
information
- Title or position in a company or an organization
- Occupation
- Industry
- Personal interests
- Any other information needed to provide a service
you requested
Examples of scenarios where our visitors
provide their personal information include, but may not
be limited, to:
- Emailing, calling or communicating with the lawyer
or law firm.
- Posting a question or comment through the site.
- Requesting literature.
- Registering to attend a seminar or any event.
- Participating in an online survey.
- Requesting inclusion in an email or other mailing
list.
- Submitting an entry for a contest or other promotions.
- Logging in to the site, thus requiring a user name
and/or a password.
- Any other business-related reason.
The lawyer or law firm provides you the opportunity
to agree or decline to give your personal information
via the Internet. The lawyer or firm will inform you
of the purpose for the collection and does not intend
to transfer your personal information to third parties
without your consent, except under the limited conditions
described under the discussion entitled “Information
Sharing and Disclosure” below. If you choose to provide
us with your personal information, we may transfer that
information, within the law firm or to a third party
service provider as necessary.
Domain Information Collection
The lawyer or firm may collect domain information to
enable us to analyze how our visitors use this site.
This data enables us to become more familiar with which
people visit our site, how often they visit, and what
parts of the site they visit most often. The lawyer or
firm uses this information to improve its Web-based offerings.
This information is collected automatically and requires
no action on your part.
DO WE NEED THIS? Use of
Cookies and Tracking User Traffic
Some pages on this site may use “cookies”—small files
that the site places on your hard drive for identification
purposes. A cookie file can contain information such
as a user ID to track the pages visited, but the only
personal information a cookie can contain is information
you supply yourself. These files are used for site registration
and customization the next time you visit us.
Some parts of the site may also use cookies to track
user traffic patterns. The lawyer or firm does this in
order to determine the usefulness of our Web site information
to our users and to see how effective our navigational
structure is in helping users reach that information.
Please note that cookies cannot read data off of your
hard drive. Your Web browser may allow you to be notified
when you are receiving a cookie, giving you the choice
to accept it or not. If you prefer not to receive cookies
while browsing our Web site, you can set your browser
to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse the cookie
when your browser alerts you to its presence. You can
also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser,
By not accepting cookies, some pages may not fully function
and you may not be able to access certain information
on this site.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Your personal information is never shared outside the
lawyer or firm without your permission, except under
conditions listed below:
- Consenting to share your information to a third party
service provider working on our behalf to serve you.
- Requiring us to provide you with a product or service.
The lawyer or firm will also disclose your personal
information, if required to do so by law, or in urgent
circumstances, to protect personal safety, the public
or our sites.
Internet Security
The lawyer or firm strives to protect your personal information;
however, we urge you to take every precaution to protect
your personal data when you are on the Internet. Change
your passwords often, use a combination of letters
Protecting the Privacy of Children
Children under 13 years old are not the target audience
for our Web site. To protect their privacy, the lawyer
or firm prohibits the solicitation of personal information
from these children.
Links to Third Party Sites
This site may contain links to other sites. The lawyer
or firm does not share your personal information with
those Web sites and is not responsible for their privacy
practices. We encourage you to learn about the privacy
policies of those companies.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
The lawyer or firm reserves the right to change, modify
or update this policy at any time without notice. Any
substantial changes in the way we use your personal information
will be posted on this site.
If you have questions or concerns about our Privacy
Policy, please email us at the contact information on
the site.
