Privacy Notice
What Information is Collected?
We collect the personal information that you provide to us when you express an interest in receiving information about us or our products and services, when you participate in activities on the services, or when you simply contact us. The type of personal information provided will depend on the interaction you have with the Firm. Usually, the type of identification information we collect will be names, email addresses, and phone numbers.
We do not process sensitive infromation
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
Is Personal Information Collected Automatically?
Some information is collected automatically. Your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our services, and other technical information is automatically captured by the website. Like most businesses, these points of data are collected through cookies and similar technologies.
- Log and Usage Data are service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our services. We record this data in log files. The log file may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings and information about your activity and interactions with our services (i.e. date/time stamps, pages viewed, files downloaded, searches, etc.).
- Device Data, such as information regarding your computer, phone, tablet, or other device used to access our services will be collected. This includes, but is not limited to, your IP address, device identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, internet service provider, mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information.
- Location Data regarding your device’s location will be collected. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access our services. You may opt out of allowing us to collect us information by simply not accessing our services, or by disabling your location settings on your device.
How is Your Information Processed?
We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our services, facilitate communication with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with existing legal regulations.
Your information allows us to deliver and facilitate delivery of our services to you. Your email, name, phone number, location, and other collected items may be necessary so that we can stay in contact with you or provide our services as promised.
We may process your information to deliver and display personalized content and advertising relevant to your interests and location.
We use the trends identified in aggregated personal data to further develop and improve our services and service offerings. Additionally, this data gives us valuable insights into marketing and promotional campaigns undertaken by the Firm.
Who Has Access to Your Personal Information?
Vendors, consultants, and other third-party service providers may be granted access to some or all of the personal data we collect. This allows us to delegate certain aspects of our Firm’s workloads to deliver streamlined and more effective services to our clients. The types of businesses that may receive access to your personal information from our site include but are not limited to: Ad Networks, Data Analytics Services, Performance Monitoring Tools, Sales & Marketing Tools, Social Media Networks, and Website Hosting Service Providers.
We may also share your information with business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
Cookies
We may use cookies and other technologies to track, collect, and store your informations. These are commonly referred to as “beacons” and “pixels”, that help access and store information.
Data Retention
We only keep your personal information for as long as is necessary for the purposeses set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. No purpose in this notice will require us to keep your personal information for longer than 1 year. We delete or anonymize information that is no longer useful to the purposes set forth in this privacy notice. If we must store your data, it is done so securely in a database isolated from further processing, until deletion is possible.
We use appropriate and reasonable technical and organization security measures designed to protect the security of any and all personal information we gain, possess, or have access to. That being said, it is not possible to guarantee that any data on the internet can be 100% secure from cyber-attacks, malware, and other nefarious and unauthorized actors. As such, we cannot promise that our servers will not be accessed by hackers, cyber criminals, or other third parties who are not granted access to our data by us. You should only access our services within a secure environment, with a stable and secure connection.
Your Rights
If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe that we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details by clicking here. If you are located in Switzerland, for the contact details for the data protection authorities click here.
If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can do so by contacting us by using the contact details provided at the end of this notice. Please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of processing and data collection that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent.
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features of our services.
Some web browsers and mobile applications/operating systems include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As a result, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice to not be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we legally must comply with in the future, we will update our policy accordingly.
California residents are granted specific rights by the State of California, under California Civil Code Section 1798.83, known as the “Shine the Light” law. This allows residents of California to request and obtain from us, once a year, free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) that we have disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. Please submit your request in writing to us and mail to the contact information provided below if you are a California Resident and would like to request this information. If you are under eighteen (18) years of age, are a resident of California, and have a registered account with our services, you have the right to request the removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on our services. To request the removal of such data, please contact us in writing using the contact information provided below and include the email address associated with your account, as well as a verification statement of your California residence. Upon verification, we will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on our website, but please be aware that the data may not be completely removed from all of our systems.
Updates to This Policy
This policy is not stagnant. As required by local, state, and federal laws, we may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an “Updated” date at the top of the page. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes, or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage all viewers to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are obtaining, processing, and managing your personal information.
Contact Us Regarding This Notice
If you have questions or comments about this notice, please submit them by regular mail to:
Douglas Family Law Group
ATT: Operations
50 Main Street, Suite 935
White Plains, NY 10606
United States
