PRIVACY POLICY
Updated: January 4, 2023
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This privacy policy (“Policy”) outlines the practices and policies of the Schaper Law Group, LLC (“we”, “us” or “our”) relating to information we may receive from you in connection with your use of www.christinaschaperlaw.com or www.schaperlawgroup.com (“Site”). By using our Site, you acknowledge that you have read and acknowledge this Policy.
We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time and without prior notice. If we modify the Policy, we will provide you with notice of the change by posting an update version on our Site.
What PII Do We Collect?
The information we collect depends on the context of your interactions with our Site.
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Information you provide to us
When you use our Site, you may directly provide us with the following types of personally identifiable information (“PII”):
- Identifiers such as name, email address, telephone number, company, position, zip code and address.
- If you send us a message or submit a comment, the content of your message or comment.
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Information we collect automatically
Cookies
“Cookies” are identifiers that are transferred to your browser or device that allow your browser or device to be recognized and inform how and when pages and features on a website are visited and by how many people. You can find more information about different types of cookies here.
Why do we use cookies?
Our Site uses cookies, in combination with pixels and similar devices (collectively, "cookies") to make this Site work properly, provide you with relevant content and distinguish you from other users of the Site. By using our Site, you also consent to the use of cookies. You do not need to allow cookies to visit most of our Site. However, enabling cookies may allow for a more tailored browsing experience.
Through the cookies in our website, we may collect the following PII:
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IP address
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Location data
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Device identification and information
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Type of browser and/or device you are using to access our Site
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Behavioral data (e.g., content viewed/clicked)
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Demographic data (gender, age, interests)
We use an analytics platform provided[1] [2] by Google LLC (Google Analytics) on our Site. These analytics platforms may place third-party cookies and utilize other technologies to collect data on your behavior and devices to help us analyze your use of our Site and diagnose technical issues.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of the analytics platform[3] [4] we use, to learn more about how they process personally identifiable information for each of these purposes, how your information is used in the context of advertising, how long they store this information and how you can opt out.
How to delete and block our cookies
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our Site.
If cookies are deleted, the information collected prior to the preference change may still be used; however, we will stop using the disabled cookie to collect any further information from your user experience.
Changing your cookie settings
Your internet browser allows you to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your internet browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. Otherwise you should use the “Help” option in your internet browser for more details.
Cookie settings in Microsoft Edge
Cookie settings in Firefox
Cookie settings in Chrome
Cookie settings in Safari
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Information received from third parties
We may collect or receive information about individuals from service providers, and other third parties, such as our clients, representatives and professional advisers, content providers, government authorities and public sources and records.
How Do We Use PII?
We use the PII you provide to respond to your request or inquiry and in the ordinary course of conducting our business. Generally, we use the information that we collect online through our Site as follows:
Responding to your inquiries. To respond to your inquiries or application and hold your business contact information and other communications you have with us for maintaining our business relations with you.
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Newsletters, mailing lists and direct marketing. For direct marketing purposes, including to send you newsletters, client alerts and information we think may interest you.
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Analytics and improvement. To better understand our existing or prospective clients’ needs, we collect insights on how you access and use our Site, and for other research and analytical purposes, such as to evaluate and improve our services and business operations and to develop services and features.
Protect our legal rights and prevent misuse. To protect our website and our operations; to prevent and detect fraud, unauthorized activities and access, and other misuse; where we believe necessary to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety or legal rights of any person or third party.
Comply with legal obligations. To comply with the law or legal proceedings to the extent such use is permitted by our professional duty of confidentiality. For example, we may disclose information in response to subpoenas, court orders, and/or other lawful requests by regulators and/or law enforcement, including responding to national security or law enforcement disclosure requirements.
General business operations. Where necessary, for the administration of our general business, accounting, recordkeeping and legal functions.
How Do We Share PII?
In general, we only share PII with your consent (which consent shall be deemed to have been given by you providing such PII to us), to comply with applicable laws, to provide you with services or to fulfill business obligations.
Third-party service providers. We may employ a limited number of third-party service providers to perform tasks on our behalf in connection with the delivery of our services to you and the operation of our legal practice, to the extent permitted by law. For example, we may engage service providers for document retrieval, filing corporate documents with government agencies or professional service providers such as accountants, and indemnity insurers.
Restructuring and business transfers. We may transfer client information as a part of restructuring of our legal practice, such as law firm mergers or reorganization under a new entity, in line with our ethical and professional responsibilities.
Legal compliance. We reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information that we believe is necessary to comply with law or court order; enforce your contract with us or protect the rights, property, or safety.
How Do We Store and Protect PII?
We retain your PII as long as we provide services to you or send communications to you. We may retain information beyond this term to the extent necessary to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations. Where we retain data, we do so in accordance with any limitation periods and records retention obligations that are imposed by applicable law.
We maintain a variety of physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your PII. For example, we store PII in secure cloud-managed platforms, use commercially reasonable tools and techniques to protect against unauthorized access to our systems. Also, we restrict access to PII to those employees, independent contractors and service providers who need such access in the course of their duties for us.
We endeavor to protect the privacy of your PII we hold in our records, but unfortunately, we cannot guarantee complete security. Unauthorized use, hardware or software failure, and other factors beyond our control, may compromise the security of user information.
I am a California Resident, what are My Rights?
Individuals who are California residents and identified in any manner (hereinafter referred to as the “individuals”) may have the right to request that we disclose certain information about our collection and use of their personally identifiable information over the past twelve (12) months in accordance with the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”).
This information includes the categories and sources of PII we collect and share about them and our business or commercial purpose for collecting such information. They may also request access to, correction, restriction, deletion of their PII. Individuals may further seek to restrict or object to portability of their information to third parties, such as service providers. Individuals who would like to learn more about or exercise such rights may contact us as set forth in the “Contact Us” section below.
We cannot respond to any requests if we cannot verify the individual’s identity or authority to make the request and confirm the PII relates to such individual. In accordance with the CCPA, we endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you or the individual of the reason and extension period in writing. The individuals may choose to receive a response through mail or electronic delivery by providing your postal or email address.
How Can Individuals Request Us to Remove PII?
Individuals may request that we remove any PII that relates to such individuals and which has been provided to us. We will consider any such request seriously and promptly, although we may choose not to delete information if it is necessary for our compliance with legal obligations, or we otherwise have the legal grounds or substantial need to retain the PII. In certain cases, it may be impossible or impracticable to delete this information completely, due to backups and records of deletions. Neither you nor an individual may request the removal of deidentified, anonymous, or aggregate data from our databases.
Non-Discrimination
We will not discriminate against you or any individual for exercising any of its rights under this Policy and applicable law.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Site or services or would like to review exercise any rights outlined under this Policy or learn more about our privacy practices, please do not hesitate to contact us at:
Schaper Law Group, LLC
Email: contact@christinaschaperlaw.com
Phone: 617-306-3698
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