PRIVACY POLICY
Thank you for visiting civilrecoverylaw.comtm. Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information may be collected and used at this Law Firm site. Please note that we comply with the EU Safe Harbor Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use and retention of personal data from the European Union. For additional information regarding the Safe Harbor you may visit the Department of Commerce website at www.export.gov/safeharbor or for a list of organizations adhering to the Safe Harbor Framework you may visit: http://web.ita.doc.gov/safeharbor/shlist.nsf/webPages/safe+harbor+list.
The Information We Collect
The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected at these pages include: your name, your business name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, company information including your tax information, banking information, and information about your interests in and use of our various programs and services.
On some of our sites, you can also submit information about other people. For example, you might submit a person's name and address to send a collection notice and, if you submit a request for collection on a specific person, you may want to include your e-mail address so we can send you a confirmation of receipt by the recipient. The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected about other people at these pages include, but not limited to: recipient's name, address, e-mail address, social security number, date of birth, and telephone number as well as information about the case.
At certain parts of our site, only authorized persons who provide us with the requested personally identifiable information will be able to view certain pages and/or request pursuit of civil claims.
We also may collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit our sites, such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows '95 or Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, EarthLink).
How We Use the Information
We may use the information you provide about yourself and/or company to fulfill your requests for our programs and services, to respond to your inquiries regarding specific cases, and to offer you other programs or services that we believe may be of interest to you.
We sometimes use this information to communicate with you, such as to notify you when we need additional information about a specific case or when we make a settlement on a case, or to contact you about your account with us.
We use the information that you provide about others to help enable us determine who we will contact to pursue recoveries on your behalf.
We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer you programs or services.
Since our relationship is one of Attorney-Client, much of the communications between you and our firm is protected by the Attorney-Client Privilege. However, we may disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal process, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request, or where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
Employees, agents and contractors of The Law Firm who have access to personally identifiable information are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Notice by, for example, not using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for The Law Firm and pursuant to the rules of Attorney-Client confidentiality mentioned above.
Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Notice.
We may on occasion combine information we receive online with outside records to enhance our ability to market to you those programs or services that may be of interest. If you prefer not to receive marketing information from this site, you may contact us directly for instructions on how to opt out of receiving any such marketing.
Finally, The Law Firm site covered by this Privacy Notice will not use or transfer personally identifiable information provided to us in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you with an opportunity to opt out of these unrelated uses.
Cookies & Web Beacons
To enhance your experience with our site, we use "cookies." Cookies are text files we place in your computer's browser to store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide this information to us by, for example, registering on our site. However, once you choose to furnish the site with personally identifiable information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie.
We use cookies to understand site usage and to improve the content and offerings on our site. For example, we may use cookies to personalize your experience at our web pages (e.g., to recognize you by name when you return to our site), save your password in password-protected areas, and enable you save select reports. We also may use cookies to offer you programs or services.
"Web beacons" or clear .gifs are small pieces of code placed on a web page to monitor the behavior and collect data about the visitors viewing a web page. For example, web beacons can be used to count the users who visit a web page or to deliver a cookie to the browser of a visitor viewing that page. We may use web beacons on this site from time to time.
Collection of Information by Third-Party Sites, Ad Servers, and Sponsors
Our sites may contain links to other sites whose information practices may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
The Law Firm sites covered by this Privacy Notice sometimes may offer content that is sponsored by or co-branded with identified third parties. By virtue of these relationships, the third parties may obtain personally identifiable information that visitors voluntarily submit to participate in the site activity. The Law Firm has no control over these third parties' use of this information. The Law Firm site will notify you at the time of requesting personally identifiable information if these third parties will be able to obtain such information.
Some of The Law Firm sites covered by this Privacy Notice may use a reputable third party to enhance its collection on your behalf. These third party servers may use cookies, web beacons, clear .gifs or similar technologies to help present such services, and to help measure and research their effectiveness. The use of these technologies by these third party servers is subject to their own privacy policies and is not covered by our privacy policy.
Our Commitment to Security
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online and store on our servers.
How You can Access or Correct Information
If you believe the information we have is incorrect, you may contact us to verify and update accordingly. To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to help verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about The Law Firm online policy for this site or its implementation you may contact us at (866) 875-6565.
Updates & Effective Date
From time to time, we may update this privacy notice. We will notify you about material changes in the way we treat personally identifiable information by placing a notice on our site. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this policy so that you always will know what information we collect, how we use it, and to whom we disclose it.
The Privacy Notice posted on this site was updated on or about June 11, 2009. |
