LawTegic understands that your privacy is important to you. We are committed to protecting the privacy of your personally identifiable information as you use this website. This Privacy Policy tells you how we protect and use information that we gather from you. By using this website, you consent to the terms described in the most recent version of this Privacy Policy. You should also read our Terms of Use to understand the general rules about your use of this website, and any additional terms that may apply when you access services or materials on certain areas of this website. “We,” “our” means LawTegic and its affiliates. “You,” “your,” visitor,” or “user” means the individual accessing this site.

 

PERSONAL AND NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION
 

Our Privacy Policy identifies how we treat your personal and non-personal information.

WHAT IS NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION AND HOW IS IT COLLECTED AND USED?
 

Non-personal information is information that cannot identify you. If you visit this website to read information, such as information about one of our services, we may collect certain non-personal information about you from your computer’s web browser. Because non-personal information cannot identify you or be tied to you in any way, there are no restrictions on the ways that we can use or share non-personal information.

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WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION AND HOW IS IT COLLECTED?

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Personal information is information that identifies you as an individual, such as your name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, and fax number. We may collect personal information from you in a variety of ways:

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• When you send us an application or other form

• When you conduct a transaction with us, our affiliates, or others

• When we collect information about you in support of a transaction, such as credit card information

• In some places on this website, you can send us personal information about yourself, elect to receive particular information, purchase access to one of our products or services, or participate in an activity.
   

ARE COOKIES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGIES USED TO COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION?
 

Yes, we may use cookies and related technologies, such as web beacons, to collect information on our website. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you register with us, a cookie helps LawTegic to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same LawTegic website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customized.

A web beacon is a small graphic image that allows the party that set the web beacon to monitor and collect certain information about the viewer of the web page, web-based document, or e-mail message, such as the type of browser requesting the web beacon, the IP address of the computer that the web beacon is sent to and the time the web beacon was viewed. Web beacons can be very small and invisible to the user, but, in general, any electronic image viewed as part of a web page or e-mail, including HTML-based content, can act as a web beacon. We may use web beacons to count visitors to the web pages on the website or to monitor how our users navigate the website, and we may include web beacons in e-mail messages to count how many messages sent were opened, acted upon, or forwarded.

Third-party vendors also may use cookies on our website. For instance, we may contract with third parties who will use cookies on our website to track and analyze anonymous usage and volume statistical information from our visitors and members. Such information is shared externally only on an anonymous, aggregated basis. These third parties use cookies to help us to improve the visitor experience, to manage our site content, and to track visitor behavior. We may also contract with a third party to send an e-mail to our registered users/members.

To help measure and improve the effectiveness of our e-mail communications, the third party sets cookies. All data collected by this third party on behalf of LawTegic is used solely by or on behalf of LawTegic and is shared externally only on an anonymous, aggregated basis. From time to time, we may allow third parties to post advertisements on our website, and those third-party advertisements may include a cookie or web beacon served by the third party. This Privacy Policy does not cover the use of information collected from you by third-party ad servers. We do not control cookies in such third-party ads, and you should check the privacy policies of those advertisers and/or ad services to learn about their use of cookies and other technology before linking to an ad. We will not share your personal information with these companies, but these companies may use information about your visits to this and other web sites to provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and services that may be of interest to you, and they may share your personal information that you provide to them with others.

You can accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the LawTegic websites you visit.

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LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING

We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
 

• Consent: When you have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose.

• Contract: When the processing is necessary for a contract we have with you, or because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract. 

• Legal Obligation: When the processing is necessary for us to comply with the law (not including contractual obligations). 

• Legitimate Interests: When the processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, provided your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
 

• Access: You have the right to request access to your personal data. 

• Rectification: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data. 

• Erasure: You have the right to request deletion of your personal data. 

• Restriction: You have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data. 

• Portability: You have the right to request transfer of your personal data to another organization or to you. 

• Objection: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests, direct marketing, and processing for purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics.

DATA RETENTION

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Specific retention periods for different types of personal data are as follows:
 

• Account Information: Retained as long as your account is active and for a reasonable period thereafter. 

• Transaction Data: Retained for a period of 7 years for tax and accounting purposes. 

• Marketing Data: Retained until you opt out of marketing communications.

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

Your personal data may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than the country in which you are resident. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country. However, we take appropriate safeguards to ensure that your personal data remains protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including using Standard Contractual Clauses or other legally valid mechanisms.

USER-GENERATED CONTENT AND MEDIA DISTRIBUTION

LawTegic may collect and use personal data provided by users in the creation and distribution of media content. This includes, but is not limited to, comments, reviews, and media uploads. Such content may be used for marketing and promotional purposes, subject to moderation policies to ensure compliance with our community standards.

ADVERTISING AND SPONSORSHIP

We may share your personal data with advertisers and sponsors to provide you with relevant advertisements and sponsorships tailored to your interests. All data sharing is conducted under strict confidentiality agreements and is limited to the extent necessary to provide these services.

SOCIAL MEDIA INTEGRATION

Our website includes social media features, such as the Facebook Like button and widgets. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing them.

MEDIA ANALYTICS

We use media analytics tools to track user engagement with our content, including videos, articles, and other media. This data helps us to improve our content and provide a better user experience.

EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE

LawTegic maintains strict editorial independence. User data does not influence our editorial content, and we adhere to the highest standards of journalistic ethics.

DATA RETENTION

Data related to media content consumption and user interaction with media features is retained in accordance with our data retention policies to enhance user experience and improve our services.

COMPLIANCE WITH MEDIA REGULATIONS

We comply with all relevant media regulations, including advertising standards and intellectual property rights.

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HOW IS PERSONAL INFORMATION USED FOR COMMUNICATIONS?

We may contact you periodically by e-mail, mail, or telephone to provide information regarding programs, products, services, and content that may be of interest to you. In addition, some of the features on this website allow you to communicate with us using an online form. If your communication requests a response from us, we may send you a response via e-mail. The e-mail response or confirmation may include your personal information. We cannot guarantee that our e-mails to you will be secure from unauthorized interception.

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HOW IS PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURED?
We have implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security in order to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Only authorized personnel and third-party vendors have access to your personal information, and these employees and vendors are required to treat this information as confidential. Despite these precautions, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain access to your personal information.

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This site contains links to other sites that provide information that we consider to be interesting. LawTegic is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS

This site may provide public discussions on various business valuation topics. Please note that any information you post in these discussions will become public, so please do not post sensitive information in the public discussions. Whenever you publicly disclose information online, that information could be collected and used by others. We are not responsible for any action or policies of any third parties who collect information that users disclose in any such forums on the website. LawTegic does not agree or disagree with anything posted on the discussion board. Also, remember that you must comply with our other published policies regarding postings on our public forums.

HOW CAN A USER ACCESS, CHANGE, AND/OR DELETE PERSONAL INFORMATION?

You may access, correct, update, and/or delete any personally identifiable information that you submit to the website. You may also unsubscribe from mailing lists or any registrations on the website. To do so, please either follow instructions on the page of the website on which you have provided such information or subscribed or registered or contact us at john.fenno@probonolegal.org.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

LawTegic will not intentionally collect any personal information (such as a child’s name or email address) from children under the age of 13. If you think that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, please contact us.

CHANGES

LawTegic reserves the right to modify this statement at any time. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be listed in this section, and if such changes are material, a notice will be included on the homepage of the website for a period of time. If you have any questions about privacy at any websites operated by LawTegic or about our website practices, please contact us at john.fenno@probonolegal.org.