Privacy Policy
Thank you for accessing the website (the “Site”) of Hakimi Law, PC (the “Firm”). The Firm takes your privacy seriously and is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information.
This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes the Firm’s policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of information on or through the Site. By visiting this Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy as they may be amended from time to time. This Privacy Policy only applies to information you provide to the Firm or which the Firm may obtain through your use of this Site. This Privacy Policy also details the steps the Firm takes to secure your personal information and describes how your personal information is used and shared on the Site. This Privacy Policy does not govern the practices of third parties that the Firm does not own or control.
INFORMATION COLLECTION
Personal Information is defined as information about you that enables the Firm to identify or contact you, including but not limited to your name, mailing or postal address, telephone number and email address. Examples of ways in which the Firm may collect such information from you include the following:
Information provided by you: The Firm collects information when voluntarily provided by you through use of the Site such as your name, company name, email address, mailing or postal address, and telephone number. The Firm requests that you do not send or disclose any sensitive information (such as Social Security number, credit card or other payment card information, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, criminal background or trade union membership) through the Site or otherwise to the Firm.
Automatic Information: Automatic information is also provided to the Firm when you visit the Site. This information includes “user Site interactions” that comprise of “traffic data” recorded on server logs from your browser comprising of your IP address, time of the visit, and cookie information. An IP address is identified and logged automatically in the Firm’s server logs whenever a user visits the Site. Collecting IP address is standard practice on the Internet and is done automatically by many websites. The Firm may use this automatically recorded information to help diagnose problems with its servers, analyze trends, administer the Site, and formulate recommendations and browsing experiences for you.
Cookies & Other Technologies: Like most other websites, the Firm uses cookie technology throughout this Site. Cookies are small pieces of data that are sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your system for record keeping purposes. In general, cookies can make the Internet more useful by storing information about your preferences on a particular system. Unfortunately, viewers who turn off cookies in their browser settings will not be able to use or view content on this Site. THIS SITE’S COOKIES DO NOT AND CANNOT INFILTRATE A USER’S HARD DRIVE TO GATHER A USER’S CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. The Firm’s cookies are not “spyware.”
Some of the Firm’s business partners use cookies on the Site. Please be advised that the Firm has no access or control over these cookies.
INFORMATION USE
The Firm does not sell or rent information about the Site viewers. All information provided to the Firm remains absolutely confidential, except:
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The Firm may share information with companies that provide support services to the Firm (such as web hosting, data analysis, IT services and infrastructure, customer service and other similar services) or that help the Firm market the Site. These companies may need information about you in order to perform their functions. These companies are not authorized to use the information the Firm shares with them for any other purpose.
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The Firm may keep a record of your contact information and correspondence, if you contact the Firm through sending an email using the Site. The Firm will use such information to communicate with you.
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In addition, the Firm reserves the right to use the information it collects about your computer, mobile or other device (including its geographic location), which may at times be able to identify you, for any lawful business purpose, including without limitation to help diagnose problems with the Firm’s servers, to gather broad demographic information, analyze trends, track users’ movements around the Site, improving or modifying the Site, and operating and expanding the Firm’s business.
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The Firm reserves the right to release personal information when it believes in good faith that the release is necessary to comply with law, to respond to requests from public or government authorities, to enforce the Firm’s Terms, to protect the operation, rights, property, or safety of the Firm, its users, employees, and others. The Firm may also use this information to pursue available remedies or limit the damage it may sustain.
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CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
The Site is a general audience site, and not intended for use by children under the age of 13. While individuals under the age of 13 may utilize the Site, they may do so only with the involvement, supervision, and approval of a parent or legal guardian, and subject to the Firm’s Terms of Use. No one under age 13 is allowed to provide any personally identifiable information. The Firm is committed to protecting children’s privacy on the Internet and the Firm complies fully with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The Firm does not intentionally collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If the Firm becomes aware that it may have collected personally identifiable information from a user of the Site who is under the age of thirteen, the Firm will remove that child’s personal information from its files.
THIRD PARTY LINKS
This privacy policy applies only to information collected by the Firm. However, the Site contains links to other websites owned and operated by third parties who may treat the collection, use and disclosure of personal information differently than the Firm does. While the Firm strives to associate with reputable websites, it shall not be not responsible for data collection, use and disclosure practices of other third parties which the Site may provide links to. The Firm recommends that you be aware when you leave the Site and make sure to read the privacy statements of such third parties.
POLICY CHANGES
The Firm reserves the right to change or update this Privacy Policy, or any other policies or practices, at any time, and will notify users of this Site only by posting such changed or updated Privacy Policy on this Site. Any changes or updates will be effective immediately upon posting to this Site and shall supersede any prior policy. Under certain circumstances, the Firm may also elect to notify you of changes or updates to this Privacy Policy by other means, such as posting a notice on the front page of the Site or by sending you an e-mail.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This Privacy Policy is incorporated into, and part of, the Terms of Use of Use which governs your use of this Site. Please also visit the Site’s Terms of Use section that explains other terms and conditions governing the Site. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact the Firm by email at info@hakimilaw.com.
EFFECTIVE DATE: FEBRUARY 1, 2013