Privacy Policy
Our firm (“we”, “our”, “us”) collects, uses and processes personal information by interacting with you, a referral partner, or marketing events. “Personal Information” means information provided to us about an identifiable individual, or an individual whose identity we can infer or determine from the information.
This Privacy Policy applies to Personal Information (in any format), but does not apply to information about organizations, companies or other legal entities.
Accountability
We take the protection of Personal Information seriously. We have in place procedures and safeguards to ensure our compliance with the law. Employees, contractors and agents are required to comply with our procedures and safeguards. When we collect your personal information, we will tell you why we need it and use it only for that purpose, except as required by law. We do not sell your information.
What information do we collect?
We may collect Personal Information prior to you engaging our firm, and when providing you legal services, which may include:
- your full name and birthdate
- contact information, such as your address, telephone number, e-mail address, or job title
- information about your family members or others
- information to help establish your identity
- any other personal information that you voluntarily choose to provide to us
In some cases, we collect personal information from third parties such as accounting firms or other law firms.
How do we use and disclose Personal Information?
We use and disclose Personal Information to:
- establish your identity e.g. driver’s licence, passport, etc.
- process payment e.g. banking information
- market new services
- track and manage your consent preferences
- carry out any purpose permitted or required by law
- carry out any other purpose we disclose to you and obtain your consent
If you consent to receiving marketing electronic messages from us, we provide you the opportunity to update your contact details and preferences, or unsubscribe from our distribution lists. We may disclose Personal Information to organizations that perform services for us, but only if they agree to provide appropriate protection of the Personal Information.
Personal Information may also be subject to transfer to another law firm through a corporate transaction, such as a merger or change of control. A transfer will only occur if the parties have entered into an agreement where the collection, use and disclosure of the Personal Information is restricted to the purposes relating to the business transaction.
Limiting collection, use, disclosure and retention of Personal Information
We may collect Personal Information in different forms, but only for the purposes disclosed in this Privacy Policy, or as permitted by law. Your Personal Information will only be held as long as it is required for the purpose for which it was collected, purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, and as required by law. When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was collected, we will securely destroy, delete, erase or anonymize the Personal Information.
Our websites and cookies
You can use this website without giving us any Personal Information, but we may use cookies and other technology to collect information when you visit our website. We may collect information about your visit including your IP address, your geography (determined from your IP address), clicks through our website, the date and time of your visit, information about your device, network, browser, its configuration and operating system, your connection speed, links you click, our page response times, errors, length of your visit, and whether e-mail we send you are opened or deleted without being read.
We use cookies on our website to identify you from other visitors to improve our site. A cookie is a text file containing information that is downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit our site. By visiting our website, you agree to our use of cookies and storing them on your device to analyze the way you use our site. If you do not wish to accept cookies when using our website, you can decline the cookie and navigate away from our site. You can withdraw your consent to cookies even if you previously consented (unless cookie is necessary for the performance of this website), in which case, parts of our website may not work. You can set your cookie preferences using your browser.
We may use this information to improve the functionality of our website, to tailor or improve the content that we may send or show you, and for analysis to understand how visitors interact with our website and information we provide.
Consent
By providing Personal Information to us, you agree and consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information under this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with these terms, you are not obligated to provide any Personal Information to us, but you may not be able to use our services.
If you provide your Personal Information for one purpose, and we wish to use your Personal Information for a different purpose, we will first obtain your consent, unless otherwise permitted by law. Please note that there may be occasion where the collection, use and/or disclosure of Personal Information may be permitted without consent in accordance with applicable law.
You have the right to revoke your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information at any time. However, revocation of your consent may prevent us from providing you services.
Storage and security
Our firm has implemented physical, procedural and technical security precautions for the storage of Personal Information. We primarily store Personal Information in a secure server with redundant cloud backup, with restricted access.
Accuracy and access
We encourage you to update or correct your Personal Information by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. We will permit you access to your Personal Information after verifying your identity to our satisfaction. In certain circumstances, we may not grant access, such as where access would lead to the disclosure of Personal Information of another individual and that individual refuses to provide consent to the disclosure, in which case, you will be informed of the reason why your access request was denied.
Third Party Websites
This website may contain links to unaffiliated third parties, such as Twitter and LinkedIn. This Privacy Policy does not apply to third party sites. When you click a link to visit a third party website, you will be subject to that website’s privacy practices.
Amendment of our practices and this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as of April 1, 2021. This Privacy Policy may be revised periodically, which will be posted to our website. Your continued access to and/or use of our website or provision of Personal Information to us after such changes to our Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of, and agreement to the terms of the updated Privacy Policy.
Contact us
Please contact [email protected] if you have questions about this Privacy Policy.
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