Posey Law Group LLC (“Firm”, “us” or “we”) recognizes that your privacy is important, and we are committed to protecting it. This Privacy Policy applies to www.poseylawgroup.com’s (the “Website”) collection, storage, use and/or disclosure of your personal information. Please read the information below to learn the following regarding your use of this Website. Occasionally we will update this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy for updates.
BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU GIVE YOUR CONSENT THAT ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU SUBMIT MAY BE PROCESSED BY US IN THE MANNER AND FOR THE PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY, DO NOT USE THE WEBSITE. BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU CONSENT TO THE PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
You acknowledge that this Privacy Policy is designed to be read in connection with the Website Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”), and that by accessing or using our Website, you agree to be bound by the Terms, as well as this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy includes details on:
- Types of Personal Information We Collect and How We Collect and Use that Personal Information
- Why We Use or Process Personal Information
- Release of Information
- Protecting Your Personal Information
- How Long Will We Keep Your Personal Information
- Use Choices on Collection and Use of Information
- Miscellaneous
1. Types of Personal Information We Collect and How We Collect and Use that Personal Information
We collect Personally Identifiable Information about you. “Personally Identifiable Information” means information or data about you that can be used to identify you. Examples of Personally Identifiable Information are name, address(es), telephone number(s), email address(es), professional experience, professional affiliations, or other identifiable information or data. We do not collect any Personally Identifiable Information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, when you engage in certain activities on this Website, we may ask you to provide certain information about yourself. Personally Identifiable Information may also be disclosed to us when you submit information to us by mail, telephone, or email, or when you sign up for marketing communications or to attend an event or program online.
We may also collect personal information about you from another source, for example, from a business associate of yours, your representative, or a publicly available source. If you provide Personally Identifiable Information to us about someone else (such as one of your employees or a business associate), you acknowledge that you are authorized to disclose that information to us and that, without taking any further steps, we may collect, use, store and disclose that Personally Identifiable Information as described in this Privacy Policy as if it were disclosed to us directly by such other person.
We also collect certain information through automatic means. For example, we use cookies and other technologies to collect certain information when you use the Website or, if applicable, other sites linked to it. A cookie is a small data text file which is stored on your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. Cookies may also include more personalized information, such as your IP address, browser type, the server your computer is logged onto, the area code and zip code associated with your server, and your first name to welcome you back to our Website. We do not use cookies to track your browsing behaviors. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some aspects of the Website may not function properly if you elect to disable cookies.
2. Why We Use or Process Personal Information
We only use your Personally Identifiable Information for legal and legitimate interests, such as:
(i) Agreement performance: We may use or process Personally Identifiable Information in connection with pre-contract activities and discussion with you, and to perform an agreement that we have with you.
(ii) Legal Obligations: We will use or process Personally Identifiable Information as necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject. This includes using or processing Personally Identifiable Information for defense of claims against us and satisfying any government reporting obligations and requests.
(iii) Legal Services: We will use and process your Personally Identifiable Information for providing legal services, promoting and marketing our legal services, assisting with managing, enhancing and improving our legal services, communicating with you about those legal services, and complying with our legal and ethical obligations related to those legal services.
(iv) Marketing: We may process certain of your Personally Identifiable Information for direct marketing based on your consent. You have the option to withdraw your consent at any time.
(v) Other Legitimate Interests: We will process your Personally Identifiable Information for any of our other legitimate interests not described above. These include resolving disputes, troubleshooting problems, improving our websites, offering and managing programs and events, fulfilling our obligations to our clients and others, managing our client and vendor relationships, and enforcing our agreements with you, including our Website Terms of Use, and this Privacy Policy.
3. Release of Information
We will not sell, trade, or rent your Personally Identifiable Information to others. We share your Personally Identifiable Information with third parties for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy:
(i) Service Partners: We may disclose your Personally Identifiable Information to service partners that perform services for us and who are obligated to secure the information, including, but not limited to, alliance law firms, consultants/independent contractors, continuing legal education providers, mailing providers, joint marketing or event providers, and security providers (“Service Partners”). We will encourage our Service Partners to adopt and promote strong privacy policies. However, the use of your Personally Identifiable Information by our Service Partners is governed by the respective privacy policies of those providers and is not subject to our control. Except as otherwise discussed in this Privacy Policy, this document only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. Other websites accessible through this Website have their own privacy policies and data collection, use and disclosure practices. Please consult each website’s privacy policy. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE POLICIES OR PRACTICES OF THIRD PARTIES.
(ii) Required by Law. Occasionally law enforcement or judicial authorities may require us to provide Personally Identifiable Information to the appropriate governmental authorities. In such cases, we will disclose Personally Identifiable Information upon receipt of a court order, subpoena, or to cooperate with a law enforcement investigation. We fully cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who use our services for illegal activities. We reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we in good faith believe to be unlawful.
4. Protecting Your Personal Information
We take industry-standard measures to protect Personally Identifiable Information from misuse, interference, and unauthorized loss, access, modification or disclosure. We undertake industry standard data protection practices, including by deploying a variety of commercially available software and hardware security tools. We will take such measures with respect to your Personally Identifiable Information using security measures that we use for personal information of others, and we will do so in compliance with all applicable data protection laws and our professional secrecy and ethical obligations. Unfortunately, despite such measures, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your PII, we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant the security of any of your Personally Identifiable Information. You acknowledge that: (i) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (ii) the security, integrity and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Website cannot be guaranteed. We will not be and are not liable for disclosures of your Personally Identifiable Information due to errors in transmission, networks that we do not control, or unauthorized acts of third parties.
5. How Long Will We Keep Your Personal Information
We will keep your Personally Identifiable Information until such time as we no longer expect to need to use it for any legal and legitimate purpose and otherwise in accordance with all applicable laws. At the appropriate time, we will take reasonable steps to destroy your Personally Identifiable Information or ensure that your Personally Identifiable Information is de-identified, except were we need to retain such information to satisfy legal and professional ethical obligations.
6. Use Choices on Collection and Use of Information
We may process additional personal information provided by you for marketing purposes, for example if you have indicated to us that you are interested in particular legal areas and wish to be contacted by us. Only the Firm (or agents working on behalf of the Firm and under confidentiality agreements) will send you these solicitations, and only if you have previously indicated that you wish to receive them. If you do not want to receive solicitations from us, you can “opt-out” at any time.
7. Miscellaneous
You must be at least 18 years old to have our permission to use this Website. Our policy is that we do not knowingly collect, use or disclose Personally Identifiable Information about minor visitors.
You should also be aware that when Personally Identifiable Information is voluntarily disclosed (i.e. your name, email address, etc.) in the discussion forums or other public areas on this Website, that information, along with any information disclosed in your communication, can be collected and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages (including unwanted spam messages) from third parties. Such activities are beyond our control and this Privacy Policy does not apply to such information. Please consult our Website Terms of Use Agreement for our Website Conduct policies.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our information practices, or your dealings with this Website, please contact us at stephanie@poseylawgroup.com. Use “Privacy Management” in the subject line.
