MYDEFENSELAWYER.COM PRIVACY POLICY
MyDefenseLawyer.com, a division of The Cornel Group, LLC (“Company”) is committed to protecting our customer's privacy. This statement applies with respect to the information that we collect from the Company Web site, located at www.MyDefenseLawyer.com. This website is not directed at children.
I. SECURITY MEASURES
Our site has industry standard security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. These measures include the use of:
- Secure Socket Layer technology that uses advanced encryption tools to convert your input (including logon identification and passwords) into encrypted code before it is sent to us;
- Advanced firewall technologies to protect our database from unauthorized users; and
- Password protection for your personal information within our website.
While there is no such thing as “perfect security” on the Internet, we will take all reasonable steps to insure the safety of your personal information. You play a role in protecting the privacy of your personal information and avoiding the unauthorized use of your account by others. You should maintain the confidentiality of your password and not provide it to anyone else. We will not ask you for your password when we contact you.
II. INFORMATION COLLECTED
We collect non-personally identifiable information about your visit to this website but not about you personally. For example, as you browse this website we are collecting information by tracking your activities through your IP address, computer settings, your browser used to connect to this website, or most-recently visited URL. We may also ask you to provide certain non-personally identifiable information about yourself, such as your age, household income, buying preferences, etc. We do not collect any personally identifiable information about you unless you voluntarily submit such information to us, by, for example, filling out a survey or registration form. The types of information that may be requested include your name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number, but may also include additional information. For example, if you are an attorney or other professional service provider, you may be asked to describe your areas of practice, experience and education.
III. USE OF INFORMATION
In general, we will only use the information you provide to us for the purpose for which such information was provided. We may also use this information to deliver to you information about our Company and promotional material from some of our partners, trend analysis, pattern detection, and site administration. Non-personal demographic and profile data is used to tailor your experience at our site, showing you content we think you might be interested in. This information may also be shared with advertisers on an aggregate non-personal basis.
Your information may be disclosed to third parties as part of the services provided by MyDefenseLawyer.com as follows:
- MyDefenseLawyer.com may disclose certain limited information to facilitate any user requested services performed by our partners.
- MyDefenseLawyer.com encourages users to refrain from sending any personal identifying information (PII) through our Web site and specifically, the attorney contact form as it is un-encrypted like most email and may be viewed by others. Our service is designed specifically to keep initial exchanges of information between clients and attorneys anonymous. The limited information we may disclose is described below.
- If information regarding whether an attorney-client relationship was formed is disclosed to MyDefenseLawyer.com, it will be used only for our internal records and statistics. We will not disclose this information to other parties, unless we are required to do so by law.
- Except for the information referred to herein, user's contact information (i.e. address, telephone, fax, or e-mail) is never revealed to attorneys or other users.
- If you are on a site that is an authorized partner, meaning that MyDefenseLawyer.com has a partnership with the partner or its Web site, MyDefenseLawyer.com may share some of your registration information with that partner - i.e., your name, e-mail address and zip code. For attorneys, MyDefenseLawyer.com may share your information that is publically available, such as name, firm name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, state of licensure, bar number and areas of practice.
Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings from Company and other entities by following the instructions set forth in the opt-out section below.
We may release account information when we believe, in good faith, that such release is reasonably necessary to:
IV. USE OF IP ADDRESSES
We use your IP Address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site.
V. USE OF COOKIES
When you view our Web site we might store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a “cookie” or similar file. Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your hard drive, not on our site. Our cookies do not spy on you or otherwise invade your privacy, and they cannot invade your hard drive and steal information. Rather, they help you navigate a website as easily as possible. The cookies may be linked to a unique identifier that our system can read, in order that you do not have to make the same selections repeatedly. We also use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests.
We may use an outside advertisement server company to display ads on our site. These ads may contain cookies. The advertisement server company may collect cookies received with outside banner ads. We do not have access to information that would confirm the use of cookies by the advertisement server company.
VI. OTHER WEB SITES; LINKS
Our Web site contains links to other Web sites, including those Web sites identified as our partners. The Company is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites, but if we share information with a partner, we do so confidentially and will require restrictions in its use.
VII. CORRECT; UPDATE
The Company allows its attorney users the option to change or modify information previously provided. This may be done through the following methods:
(1) log into your membership account area via the Login button on the professional Web site homepage.
(2) e-mail the information to MemberServices@MyDefenseLawyer.com
Unfortunately, to the extent that such information is also stored in other databases, we cannot always ensure that such corrections or deletions will reach the other databases. We will use all reasonable efforts to ensure that your information is removed from or corrected in our records.
VIII. CHOICE; OPT OUT
You may opt-out of receiving communications from our partners, and from us, by the following means:
(1) send an e-mail to MemberServices@MyDefenseLawyer.com
(2) click on the unsubscribe link in any communication you receive from us.
IX. PUBLIC FORUMS
This site makes public communications such as forums available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas either becomes or is public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. In certain circumstances this information may be crawled and indexed by Internet search engines such as Bing, Google, etc.
X. CONSENT AND CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
By using our Web site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by MyDefenseLawyer.com. If we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. If we make any retroactive changes to how we disclose personally identifiable information to others, we will notify you by e-mail and provide you at least ten (10) days to object to such disclosure and to delete your registration.
Contacting us:
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact us at MemberServices@MyDefenseLawyer.com.
- comply with law
- enforce or apply the terms of any of our user agreements, or
- protect the rights, property or safety of MyDefenseLawyer.com, our users, or others.
