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At DirectLaw, Inc., we understand your concerns about the privacy of personal information. Because of this, we have established the following guidelines concerning the collection, use and security of information we collect from you.
This
Privacy Statement applies to the Site
www.directlawconnect.com .
This Privacy Statement discloses our information practices, pertaining to
how we collect, use and store your personal information on our Site.
“Personal Information”, refers to information which, can be used to identify
an individual such as name, or email.
If you have questions
or complaints regarding our privacy policy or practices, please contact us
at:
DirectLaw, Inc.
112 S. Calvert St., Suite 2700
Baltimore, Maryland 21202.
Information Collection and Use
DirectLaw,
Inc. is the sole owner of the information collected on the Sites. We shall
not sell, share, or rent this information to third parties for their
promotional purpose, nor will we use your information in ways different from
what is disclosed in this Statement. We collect information from our users
at several different points as described below.
We
will not disclose any of your personal information, expect when we believe
in good faith that the law requires it, or to protect the rights, or
property of DirectLawConnect.com or
DirectLaw, Inc., reserves
the right to release personal information to its service providers, law
enforcement, or other government officials, or in response to a formal
request in a civil action, court order or judicial proceeding, as we in our
sole and absolute discretion, deems necessary or appropriate.
We
may also provide Aggregated Information to third parties. Such information
will not include personal information of any customer or visitor.
Cookies
A
cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive by a web browser.
It is used to determine if a user has visited the Site previously. Usage of
a cookie is in no way linked to any personal information while on our Sites.
Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates. For
instance, by setting a cookie on our Sites, the user would not have to log
in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our Sites. If a
user rejects the cookie, they may still use our Service. The only drawback
to this is that the user will be limited in some areas of our Site. Cookies
can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance
the experience on our Site.
We
use another company to place cookies on your computer to collect
non-personally identifiable information to compile aggregated statistics for
us about visitors to our site.
Log Files
We
use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s
movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP
addresses are not linked to personal information. The statistics program on
our web server collects aggregate information on what pages consumers
access, or visit which we use for internal review and to improve our
content.
Security
This
site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and
alteration of the information under our control. We employ industry accepted
standards in protecting your personal information, and use SSL [Secure
Socket Layer] technology in transmitting your sensitive information.
All
of our users’ information, not just the sensitive information mentioned
above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information
to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer
service representative) are granted access to personal Information. Our
employees must use password-protected screen-savers when they leave their
desk. When they return, they must re-enter their password to re-gain access
to your information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our
security, and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new
policies are added, our employees are notified, and/or reminded about the
importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our
customers’ information is protected. Finally, the servers that we store
personal Information on are kept in a secure environment, behind a locked
cage.
Data Retention: We
will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as
needed to provide you services. If you wish to cancel your account or
request that we no longer use your information to provide you services
contact us at [email address]. We will retain and use your information
as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and
enforce our agreements.
Links
We
provide links to other web sites we think may be of interest to you. Please
be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other
sites. We encourage our users’ to be aware when they leave the Sites, and to
familiarize themselves with the privacy practices of these other web sites
prior to disclosing personal information to them. This Privacy Statement
applies solely to www.directlawconnect.com and www.clientspace.com.
Site and Service Updates
We
also send the user site and service announcement updates. Members are not
able to unsubscribe from service announcements, which contain important
information about the service as, these messages are not promotional in
nature. We communicate with the user to provide requested services, and in
regards to issues relating to their account via email or phone.
Notification of Changes
If
we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our
Homepage so our users’ are always aware of what information we collect, how
we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any
point, we decide to use personal information in a manner materially
different from that stated at the time it was collected, we shall notify
users’ by way of an email. Users’ will have a choice as to whether, or not,
we use their information in this different manner. We will use information
in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was
collected.
Choice/Opt-Out
Our
site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications
from us at the point where we request information about the visitor.
This
site gives users the following options for removing their email addresses
from our database to not receive future EMAIL Newsletters. You can opt- out
of receiving newsletters by selecting the “unsubscribe” button present in
each email we send out.
Contacting the Web Site
If
you have any questions pertaining to any of our practices, your use of the
Sites, or this Privacy Statement contact:
Privacy Officer
DirectLaw, Inc.
112 S. Calvert St.
Suite 2700
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Effective Date: May 26, 2013.
