Privacy Policy | Lawfty Law LLP

Last Updated: February 7, 2022

GENERAL

This website, www.lawfty.com (this “Website”) is maintained by Lawfty Law LLP, Lawfty, LLC, and their respective licensees (“Partner Firms”), all of whom are listed on the Disclaimers page. (referred to herein as “Lawfty”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). Lawfty respects your privacy and is committed to complying with this privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”), which describes what information we collect about you, how we use it, with whom we may share it, and what choices you have regarding our use of your information.

This Privacy Policy applies to the information we collect:

On this Website;
On any webpage that Lawfty maintains and/or operates that links to this Privacy Policy;
In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website;
Through any current or future mobile applications associated with Lawfty or this Website;
Through other online or wireless offerings that post a link to the Privacy Policy;
When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this Privacy Policy; and
In connection with the services we provide through or in connection with this Website (the “Services”).

This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by:

Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Lawfty or any third party, including our affiliates and subsidiaries; or
Any third party, including our affiliates and subsidiaries, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, do not use this Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Privacy Policy periodically for updates.

TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND HOW WE COLLECT IT

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including:

Information by which you may be personally identified, such as name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“Personal Information”);
Information that is about you but individually does not identify you, such as IP address, location information, the type of the web browser and operating system you use, browsing activities, usage information, and any other information that your web browsing software or Internet Service Provider automatically provides to us.

We collect this information:

Directly from you when you provide it to us.
Automatically through cookies and other technologies such as log files, tracking pixels, and analytic tools and services.
From third parties, for example, our business affiliates and partners.

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

Information that you provide by using our Services, filling in forms on this Website, initiating a chat conversation through this Website, contacting us via phone numbers and email addresses provided on this Website, creating an account through this Website, applying for a position, and retaining us, or other attorneys in which your legal matters are referred (“Partner Firms”) to represent you in legal matters, including the distribution of settlement or other payments to you, if applicable.
Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses) and information provided by you, if you contact us.
Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.
Details of transactions or other requests you initiate and/or carry out through our Website and of the fulfillment of your requests, including search queries on this Website.
Your search queries on the Website.
If applicable, information you decide to publish (hereinafter, “post”) on public areas of the Website, or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, “User Contributions”). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Website with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

You may choose whether or not to provide such information; however, the information may be required to respond to your request.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking). See Do Not Track Requests for information on how you can opt out of behavioral tracking on this Website and how we respond to web browser signals and other mechanisms that enable consumers to exercise choice about behavioral tracking.

The information we collect automatically may include Personal Information or we may maintain it or associate it with Personal Information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
Speed up your searches.
Recognize you when you return to our Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small piece of data stored by your web browser on your computer or mobile device. We use cookies to collect information from you regarding your usage of the Website and Services in order to remember user preferences and settings, personalize your experience with the Website, and for security purposes. You may opt-out of the automatic collection of some information by referring to your web browser’s or mobile device’s options or settings menu. However, doing so may disable certain portions, features, or functionality of the Website and Services.
Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for Flash cookies, see Choices About How We Use And Disclose Your Information.
Web Beacons. Pages of the Website may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit Lawfty, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or and for other related website statistics.

Third-Party Use of Cookies and Online Analytics

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies, alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies, to collect information about you when you use our Website. The information they collect may be associated with your Personal Information or they may collect information, including Personal Information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

We may use third party analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, in order to better understand your use of our Services and how we can improve them. These tools collect information sent by your browser or mobile device, including the pages you visit and other usage information. For more information regarding how Google collects, uses, and shares your information please visit http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

HOW WE MAY USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We and our Partner Firms may use the Personal Information we collect:

To present our Website and its contents to you.
To facilitate your requests for a free case evaluation and determine your legal needs.
To contact you for a case assessment and/or review of services we or our Partner Firms may provide.
To provide you with legal and other services you request.
To create and manage your account.
To respond to your inquiries and communicate with you, including placing calls or sending texts using any automated technology, including prerecorded messages.
To send you newsletters, legal updates, event information, marketing communications, and other information that may interest you.
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it.
To operate, troubleshoot, and improve the Website.
To understand how people are using the Services, including by generating and analyzing statistics.
To improve and customize communications and advertisements.
To evaluate, recruit, and hire personnel.
To enforce our Terms of Use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.
To protect our rights or property, and the security and integrity of our business, the Services, users, and our third party business partners and service providers.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose with your consent.

HOW WE MAY SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose Personal Information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:

To third-party service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as web-hosting companies, mailing vendors, analytics providers, event hosting services, and information technology providers.
To Partner Firms when we refer cases or potential cases to such Partner Firms, at your direction or with your permission or as otherwise required in connection with our legal representation of you.
To comply with laws, regulations or other legal obligations, to assist in an investigation, to protect and defend our rights and property, or the rights or safety of third parties, to enforce our Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy or agreements with third parties, or for crime-prevention purposes.
To service providers, advisors, potential transactional partners, or other third parties in connection with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a transaction in which Lawfty is acquired by or merged with another business, or we sell, liquidate, or transfer all or a portion of our assets.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.

Personal Information provided pursuant to an attorney/client relationship may not be shared with third parties except as is done with such precautions to preserve the confidentiality of such information and any attorney/client privilege as may attach to such information.

CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the Personal Information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
Disclosure of Your Information for Third-Party Advertising. If you do not want us to share your Personal Information with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties for promotional purposes, you can opt-out by emailing optout@lawfty.com.
Targeted Advertising. If you do not want us to use information that we collect or that you provide to us to deliver advertisements according to our advertisers’ target-audience preferences, you can opt-out by emailing optout@lawfty.com.
Promotional Offers from Lawfty. If you no longer wish to receive marketing communications from us, you can let us know by sending an email to optout@lawfty.com or by mail at the address provided below in “Contact Us”. The electronic marketing communications we send may also contain an opt-out mechanism. Please note that it may take up to 10 calendar days to remove your contact information from our marketing communications lists, so you may receive correspondence from us for a short time after you make your request. Please also contact us to update or correct your information if it changes or if you believe that any information that we have collected about you is inaccurate.

INFORMATION SECURITY

We have implemented measures designed to secure your Personal Information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.

Nevertheless, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and no security system is impenetrable. Although we do our best to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your Personal Information. Any transmission of Personal Information is at your own risk and we are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website. Moreover, we are not responsible for the security of information you transmit to us over networks that we do not control, including the Internet and wireless networks.

CONSUMER COMMUNICATION

To ensure that consumers’ inquiries are handled accurately, courteously, and promptly, phone calls between you and Lawfty or any of our affiliates, agents, case managers, paralegals, and/or attorneys may be recorded. We may from time to time make calls and/or send text messages to you at any telephone number associated with your account. The manner in which these calls or text (SMS) messages are made to you may include, but is not limited to, the use of prerecorded/artificial voice messages and/or an automatic telephone dialing system. You certify, warrant, and represent that the telephone numbers you have provided to us are your contact numbers. You represent that you are permitted to receive calls at each of the telephone numbers you have provided to us. You agree that we may send emails to you at any email address you provide us, or use other electronic means of communication to the extent permitted by law.

LINKED WEBSITES

This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites or social media features that may be accessed through links that we provide for your convenience and information. Accessing those links will cause you to leave this Website and may result in the collection of information about you by a third party. We do not control, endorse or make any representations about those third party websites or their privacy practices, which may differ from ours. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any site you interact with before allowing the collection and use of your information.

DO NOT TRACK REQUESTS

We adhere to the standards set out in this Privacy Policy and do not monitor or follow any Do Not Track browser requests.

USING THE SERVICES FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

If you are using the Services from outside of the United States of America, please be aware that your Personal Information may be transferred to, stored or processed in the United States, where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. By using any portion of the Services, you understand and consent to the transfer of your Personal Information to our facilities in the United States and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any Personal Information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly solicit or collect Personal Information from children under the age of 16. If you are under age 16, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features.

If we learn we have collected or received Personal Information from a child under age 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. Please contact us as provided below in the Contact Us section if you believe we may have any information from or about a child under age 16.

California residents under 16 years of age may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their Personal Information. See Your California Privacy Rights for more information.

YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your Personal Information. California’s “Shine the Light” law, California Civil Code Section § 1798.83, permits users of our Services who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosures of their “Personal Information” (as defined by California law) to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to info@lawfty.com.

In addition, the state of California provides California residents with certain other rights concerning their Personal Information. This section describes (1) the categories of Personal Information, collected and disclosed by Lawfty, subject to California law, (2) your privacy rights under California law, and (3) how to exercise your rights.

Collection and Disclosure of Categories of Personal Information under California Privacy Law

In accordance with California law, we may have collected the following categories of Personal Information within the preceding 12 months:

Identifiers (for example, name, postal address, date of birth, email address, IP address, and online identifiers);
Signature, Taxpayer Identification Number, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license number, insurance policy number, account numbers, and other categories of Personal Information as defined by Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80;
Protected classifications under California or federal law (for example, age, citizenship status, national origin or ancestry);
Internet or other electronic network activity information, including information on your usage of our Website;
Geolocation data;
Sensory data (for example, video and audio recordings);
Professional or employment-related information;
Education information; and
Inferences drawn from any information identified above.

On an as needed basis, and in accordance with our confidentiality obligations, we may disclose each of these categories of Personal Information with our co-counsel, referral counsel, or service providers for business purposes (for example, to facilitate our representation of you or to enable the service providers to provide their services) and as otherwise described in the How We May Share Your Information section above.

Lawfty has not sold Personal Information about consumers within the 12 month period preceding the date of this Privacy Policy.

Your Privacy Rights Under California Law

Under California law, subject to certain exceptions, California residents have the following rights with respect to their Personal Information:

Privacy Right	Description
Notice	You have the right to be notified of what categories of Personal Information will be collected at or before the point of collection and the purposes for which they will be used and shared.
Access	You have the right to request information on the categories of Personal Information that we collected in the previous twelve (12) months, the categories of sources from which the Personal Information was collected, the specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you, and the business purposes for which such Personal Information is collected and shared. You also have the right to request information on the categories of Personal Information which were disclosed for business purposes, and the categories of third parties in the twelve (12) months preceding your request for your Personal Information.
Deletion	You have the right to request to have your Personal Information deleted from our servers and we will direct our service providers to do the same. However, please be aware that we may not fulfill your request for deletion if we (or our service provider(s)) are required to retain your Personal Information for one or more of the following categories of purposes: (1) to complete a transaction for which the Personal Information was collected, provide a good or service requested by you, or complete a contract between us and you; (2) to ensure our website integrity, security, and functionality; (3) to comply with applicable law or a legal obligation, or exercise rights under the law; (4) to otherwise use your Personal Information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Non-Discrimination	You have a right not to receive discriminatory treatment by any business when you exercise of your California privacy rights.

How to Enforce Your California Privacy Rights

If you would like to exercise your rights listed above, please send (or have your authorized agent send) an email to info@lawfty.com.

While we take measures to ensure that those responsible for receiving and responding to your request are informed of your rights and how to help you exercise those rights, when contacting us to exercise your rights, we ask you to please adhere to the following guidelines:

Tell us which right you want to exercise and the Personal Information to which your request relates (if not to you). If you are acting on behalf of another consumer as an authorized agent, please clearly indicate this fact and your authority to act on such consumer’s behalf. You will need to provide us with signed and written permission that showcases you are acting as an authorized agent.
Provide us with information to verify your identity. Please note that if we cannot initially verify your identity, we may request additional information to complete the verification process. Any Personal Information you disclose to us for purposes of verifying your identity will solely be used for the purpose of verification.
Provide us with an e-mail or mailing address through which we can provide our response. If you make the request by email, unless otherwise requested, we will assume that we can respond to the email address from which you made the request.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Lawfty may change this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or in applicable law. Such changes will be effective upon posting the revised Privacy Policy on our Services. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes. You will be able to tell when this Privacy Policy was last updated by the Last Updated date located at the top of this Privacy Policy. By continuing to use our Services, or communicating electronically with us thereafter, you agree to accept such changes to this Privacy Policy.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or Lawfty’s privacy practices, please contact us at:
E-mail: info@lawfty.com
Telephone: 202-866-0758
Mail: PO Box 479, Greenlawn, NY 11740