Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you use our service and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our users. We want to assure you that we do not share your personal information with third parties. This privacy policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect the information you provide to us.
Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law is committed to the protection of your privacy, and will treat all of the information you provide through the Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law Web site, including your registration information, with the utmost respect. Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law works diligently to ensure that it has taken all appropriate administrative and technical measures to prevent the unauthorized or unlawful use of your personally identifiable information, and to prevent any accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, such information. Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law will not sell or disclose personally identifiable information about you to unaffiliated third parties except in accordance with this "Privacy Policy".
COLLECTION OF INFORMATIONWe collect only the information necessary to provide and improve our services. This may include your name, email address and phone number. We do not sell, rent, or share this information with any third parties.
- Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law Web site collects certain information about visitors, even when they are not logged in. Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law may record your IP address, the URLs of the Web sites and pages you visit (before, during and after your visit to Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law Web site), the times and dates of such visits, information about the computer hardware and software you use and other information that may be available. Also, Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law may place "cookies" on your computer to recognize you on return visits to enable Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law to enhance your browsing experience, as well as to collect additional information about you. You may adjust your browser settings or use other means to prevent cookies from being placed on your computer, but doing so may result in reduced functionality and a less personalized browsing experience.
- Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law may ask you to provide certain additional information about yourself, including your name, contact information, the organization you come from and certain other information that Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law may use to identify you. If you choose not to provide such information, you may not be permitted to access certain Firm Web site features, content or services.
- Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law uses the information that it collects about you to improve your browsing experience by personalizing Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law Web sites to your interest, and also to help Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law select content and services that you may find interesting and useful. Information about the content you visit and services you use may be used alone or in conjunction with information collected from other users to help Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law tailor Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law Web site and its other products and services to better suit the needs and interests of you and other users.
- Information that you provide may also be used as part of Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law's effort to keep you informed about events, and selected products and services that may be of interest to you. In some cases, Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law may contact you with information from carefully selected third parties, but Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law will not provide information to third parties for such purposes. In other cases, your information might be shared with a third party pursuant to a process that contemplates such sharing but which you knowingly initiate.
- Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law reserves the right to disclose any information that it obtains through Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law Web site to appropriate governmental or regulatory authorities, if required by law or any governmental agency.
The information collected is used solely for communicating with you as the intended party. We do not share your information with external parties for marketing or any other purposes.
We may use personal data for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our service, including to monitor the usage of our service.
- To manage your Account: to manage your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to you as a registered user.
- For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services you have purchased or of any other contract with us through the Service.
- To contact You: To contact you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
- To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
- To manage your requests: To attend and manage your requests to us.
All messages you send through the Service, whether to us or other users, are stored on our servers. Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law employs servers and services owned by third parties to retain these messages.
SMS DisclosureBy reaching us by SMS, you agree to receive recurring messages from Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency depends on your interactions and preferences. You can reply STOP to opt-out of future messages or HELP for more information.
Disclosure of Your InformationBellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law does not share any client data with third parties for marketing, promotional purposes, or any other purposes. Your personal information is kept confidential and is not disclosed to any outside organizations, except as required by law or with your explicit consent. We may disclose your personal Information under the following limited circumstances:
- We have obtained your consent.
- We need to enforce our Terms of Service.
- We share information with partners or affiliates that have signed non-disclosure agreements with us only to provide you with a specific service.
- We may provide such information to a company controlled by or under common control with Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law for any purpose allowed by this Policy.
- We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal processes, or to establish or exercise our legal rights, or the legal rights of others, or defend against legal claims.
- When we believe it is necessary to disclose Personal Information to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, potential threats to anyone’s physical safety, violations of Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law’s Terms of Service, or as otherwise required by law.
- We transfer Personal Information about you if Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law or its assets are acquired by or merged with another company.
We may share aggregated, non-identifiable information with others without further notice to you, such as the total number of people who used the Service in a specific month or the total number of messages sent during a particular period.
International Data TransfersYour Personal Information may be transferred to and processed in locations outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. We take steps to ensure that your data is handled securely and in line with this Policy, regardless of where it is processed.
Data RetentionWe retain your Personal Information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. We will also retain and use your Personal Information as necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Transfers of InformationFrom time to time, Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law may disclose information about you to carefully selected service providers that Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law may engage to host Firm Web site or to provide other services. Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law will require all such service providers to use the information solely to provide the specified services, and otherwise to conform to the requirements of this Privacy Policy. Except as provided in this Privacy Policy, Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law will not provide your information to third parties for any other purpose, including marketing.
Additional ServicesFrom time to time, Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law may offer additional services through Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law Web site. In some cases additional services may be subject to alternative terms of use (as identified by Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law), and your use of any such services will constitute your acceptance of such alternative terms of use. Unless otherwise stated, such alternative terms of use shall apply to supplement this Agreement and in the context of any conflicting terms, this Agreement shall govern with respect to Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law Web sites, content and services, excepting only those services which are expressly covered, and then only to the extent so expressly covered, by such alternative terms.
Information Sent by Way of the Web site is Not SecureAny information sent to Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law by Internet e-mail or through the Web site is not secure and is done so on a non-confidential basis. Any information you Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law over the Internet, either through Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law's Web site or via email is done at your own risk.
Sending Information Does Not Form an Attorney - Client RelationshipTransmission of information from this Web site does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and Bellas & Wachowski Attorneys at Law, nor is it intended to do so. The transmission of the Web site, in part or in whole, and/or any communication with us via Internet e-mail through this site does not constitute or create an attorney-client relationship between us and any recipients.
What personal information is collected through this website and how is it used?We collect information about our users in three ways: directly from the user, from our web server logs and through cookies. We use the information primarily to provide you with a personalized Internet experience that delivers the information, resources, and services that are most relevant and helpful to you. We don’t share any of the information you provide with others, unless we say so in this Privacy Policy, or when we believe in good faith that the law requires it.
User-Supplied InformationIf you fill out the “contact” form on this website, we will ask you to provide some personal information (such as e-mail address, name, phone number, and state). We only require that you provide an e-mail address on the contact form. Further, if chat is available through this site, you may be asked to provide information if you participate in an online chat. Please do not submit any confidential, proprietary or sensitive personally identifiable information (e.g. Social Security Number; date of birth; drivers license number; or credit card, bank account or other financial information) (collectively, “Sensitive Information”). If you submit any Sensitive Information, you do so at your own risk and we will not be liable to you or responsible for consequences of your submission.
Information that you provide to us through the contact form or an online chat will be used so that we may respond to your inquiry. We may also use information you provide to us to communicate with you in the future. If you do not wish to receive such communications, you may opt out (unsubscribe) as described below.
Web Server LogsWhen you visit our website, we may track information about your visit and store that information in web server logs, which are records of the activities on our sites. The servers automatically capture and save the information electronically. Examples of the information we may collect include:
- Your unique Internet protocol address;
- The name of your unique Internet service provider;
- The town/city, county/state and country from which you access our website;
- The kind of browser or computer you use;
- The number of links you click within the site;
- The date and time of your visit;
- The web page from which you arrived to our site;
- The pages you viewed on the site; and
- Certain searches/queries that you conducted via our website(s).
The information we collect in web server logs helps us administer the site, analyze its usage, protect the website and its content from inappropriate use, and improve the user’s experience.
CookiesIn order to offer and provide a customized and personal service, our websites and applications may use cookies and similar technologies to store and help track information about you. Cookies are simply small pieces of data that are sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. We use cookies to help remind us who you are and to help you navigate our sites during your visits. Cookies also can tell us where visitors go on a website and allow us to save preferences for you so you won’t have to re-enter them each time you visit. The use of cookies is relatively standard. Most Internet browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can use your browser to either notify you when you receive a cookie or to disable cookies.
If you wish to disable cookies from this site, you can do so using your browser. You should understand that some features of many sites may not function properly if you don’t accept cookies. For more information about using browsers to manage cookies, please see All About Cookies. You can also refuse to accept Flash cookies from this website using Adobe’s Flash management tools. You can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ad Settings.
By visiting this website, you consent to the use of cookies and similar technologies in accordance with this Privacy Statement.
Third-Party ServicesWe may use services hosted by third parties, including Adobe Site Catalyst, to assist in providing our services and to help us understand the use of our site by our visitors. These services may collect information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, including your IP address or cookies. If these third-party services collect information, they do so anonymously and in the aggregate to provide information helpful to us such as website trends, without identifying individual visitors.
In addition, we may use services provided by third parties to display relevant content, products, services and advertising to you. These third parties may use cookies, web beacons and similar technologies to collect or receive information from this website and elsewhere on the internet. They may then use that information to provide measurement services so we can understand your interests and retarget advertisements based on your previous visits to this website. Please keep in mind that we do not share your personal information with any third-party advertiser, ad server or ad network.
You may be able to opt-out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting by some third parties by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices. You can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ad Settings. You can visit this page to opt out of AdRoll’s and their partners’ targeted advertising. Please see “Cookies” in the section above for more information on how you can control the use of cookies on your computer.
California Do Not TrackOur web services do not alter, change, or respond upon receiving Do Not Track (DNT) requests or signals in browsers. As described in more detail above, we track user activity using web server logs, cookies and similar technologies. Information collected in web server logs helps us analyze website usage and improve the user’s experience. Cookies allow us to offer you a customized experience and present relevant advertising to you.
How is personal information protected?We take certain appropriate security measures to help protect your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will always be unable to defeat our security measures.
Who has access to the information?We will not sell, rent, or lease mailing lists or other user data to others, and we will not make your personal information available to any unaffiliated parties, except as follows:
- To agents, website vendors and/or contractors who may use it on our behalf or in connection with their relationship with us;
- If we are unable to assist with your matter, but know an unaffiliated attorney or firm that may be able to help you, we may refer you and share information you provided us with that party; and
- As required by law, in a matter of public safety or policy, as needed in connection with the transfer of our business assets (for example, if we are acquired by another firm or if we are liquidated during bankruptcy proceedings), or if we believe in good faith that sharing the data is necessary to protect our rights or property.
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. Contact us via the phone number, contact form or mailing address on our website at any time to:
- See what data we have about you, if any;
- Change/correct any data we have about you;
- Ask us to delete any data we have about you; and/or
- Opt out of future communications from us.
If you have any additional questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please contact us via the phone number, contact form or mailing address listed on this website. If our information practices change in a significant way, we will post the policy changes here.
Policy ChangesWe may update our privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be communicated to you, and your continued use of our services implies your acceptance of the updated policy. By using our services, you agree to the terms outlined in this privacy policy.
Last updated: November 18, 2024