Rutherford Law PC Privacy Policy
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Last Updated: October 10, 2024
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Rutherford Law PC, along with its attorneys, staff, employees, and affiliates (Rutherford Law, we, our, or us) are committed to respecting your privacy. This Privacy Notice sets out how we collect and process your personal information in the course of operating our business.
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We collect data about users of our websites, blogs, mobile sites, or applications; about individuals that attend events organized or hosted by us; and about our clients (where these are natural persons) or their employees, agents and representatives (collectively referred to as you in this Privacy Notice).
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We may collect data that identifies or is associated with you (personal information) when you access our websites, blogs, mobile sites, applications, client portals, and other interactive features, when you register or attend an event organized or hosted by us, or when you otherwise contact us (Public Services).
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We may also collect personal information about you when we provide legal services or market our legal services (Legal Services) to you, your employer, or any other person that has authorized you to communicate with us regarding the provision of Legal Services.
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PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND HOW WE USE IT
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Information you provide to us
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We collect personal information about you when you voluntarily submit information directly to us when you access, use or receive the Public Services or the Legal Services. This can include information you provide to us when you submit an enquiry through our website, register for and/or attend an event, correspond with us by phone, email or otherwise, subscribe to our mailing lists, client alerts, newsletters or other forms of marketing communications, provide information requested by us to comply with our professional and legal obligations, or in connection with our provision of the Legal Services.
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If you choose not to provide personal information, we may not be able to provide some or all of the Public Services or Legal Services to you or respond to your other requests.
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When you use the Public Services, the categories of information we collect may include:
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contact information
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business information
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employment information
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location information
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information provided by third parties
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your comments and opinions that you express when you comment on a blog post, contact us by email, mail or phone.
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We use this information to operate, maintain and provide to you the features and functionality of the Public Services, to address your questions and concerns, to personalize your content so that it is relevant to the city or country you are using your device in, to contact you, including sending you news alerts and marketing communications, and to help us develop new products and services.
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When you use our Public Services, content and information that you post on message boards, blogs or other services on our website, or that you allow us to make public, may be available to other visitors to our websites and to the general public. When you use our Public Services, content that you share through social media may be shared with your social media account provider and your friends, followers or contacts on the connected social network.
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When you use Legal Services, the categories of information we collect may also include:
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identification information
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instructions and information about
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payment and transaction information
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We use this information to provide you with the Legal Services in accordance with our agreements, to communicate with you, to comply with our professional or legal obligations and to facilitate our internal business operations.
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When you use our Legal Services, to the extent you have given us consent to do so, we may also share your name and the company you work for together with comments and feedback on our Legal Services.
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Information we collect about you automatically
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We may also automatically collect personal information concerning your access and use of our websites, blogs, mobile sites, applications, client portals and other interactive features (the Online Services) and information about the device you use to access the Online Services. For example, we may collect:
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information about how you view the Online Services (e.g., the pages you view, the links you click);
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information about your browser and usage patterns (e.g., your IP address, browser type and language); and
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information about the device you use to access the Online Services (e.g., device identifier, device type, model and manufacturer)
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We use this information to present our Online Service to you on your device, determine news, alerts, and other products and services that may be of interest to you, and monitor and improve our Online Services and business.
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MARKETING AND ADVERTISING
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From time to time we may send you legal updates, alerts, news and mailings relating to seminars or events that we think may be of interest to you.
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Most messages we send will be by email. For some messages, we may use personal information we collect about you to help us determine the most relevant marketing information to share with you.
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We will only send you marketing messages if you have given us your consent to do so. If you do not want to receive messages from us, you will be able to inform us of your wishes when we first collect your contact details or by refusing or withdrawing your consent. You can also change your preferences at a later date by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our messages or by emailing us at unsubscribe@rfordlaw.com.
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Please note that if you do opt-out of or do not grant consent to receiving marketing related messages from us, we may still send you non-marketing messages, such as communications relating to the provision of Legal Services.
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STORING AND TRANSFERRING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Retention periods. We will store your personal information for no longer than necessary, and in accordance with our legal obligations and legitimate business interests.
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Security. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, change or damage.
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LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
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The Public Services may, from time to time, contain links to and from third-party websites, including those of other users and news publications. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies. Please check the individual policies before you submit any information to those websites.
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OUR POLICY TOWARDS CHILDREN
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Our Public Services and Legal Services are not directed at persons under 16 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you become aware that your child has provided us with personal information, without your consent, then please contact us using the details below so that we can take steps to remove such information and terminate any account your child has created with us.
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CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE
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We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time and so you should review this page periodically. When we change this Privacy Notice in a material way, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Notice. Changes to this Privacy Notice are effective when they are posted on this page.
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NOTICE TO YOU
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If we need to provide you with information about something, whether for legal, marketing or other business-related purposes, we will select what we believe is the best way to get in contact with you. We will usually do this through email or by placing a notice on the Online Services. The fact that we may send notices to you will not stop you from being able to opt out of certain types of contact as described in this Privacy Notice.
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CONTACTING US
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Questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy Notice are welcome and should be addressed to privacy@rfordlaw.com.