Privacy Policy ⋆ The Collier Law Firm, LLC

Alabama Privacy Policy: PRIVACY POLICY
Collier Law, LLC AL- last updated March 9, 2024

Collier Law LLC (“we”, “us”, or “our”), the owner and operator of collierlawllc.com (and all other web domains purchased by The Collier Law Firm, LLC, and directed to this page) respects the privacy of its users and has developed this Privacy Policy to demonstrate its commitment to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy is intended to describe for you, as an individual who is a user of any of our websites or our services, the information we collect, how that information may be used, with whom it may be shared, and your choices about such uses and disclosures. We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy carefully when using any of our websites or services or transacting business with us. By using our website, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy was last edited on March 9. 2024 and includes information relating to consumer privacy acts, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For more information on the GDPR, please check out their official site. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our information-handling practices, or if you would like to request information about our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes, please contact our team by e-mail at: heather@collierlawllc.com.

WHAT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU WE COLLECT

We may collect personal information that can identify you such as your name and e-mail address and other information that does not identify you, such as your login area of location. When you provide personal information through any of our websites, the information may be sent to servers located in the United States and other countries around the world. You have no obligation to use these features on our website that require your information. If you choose to provide personal information by submitting a contact form, we may use that information to contact you and communicate with you. We may also use the information you voluntarily provided to us to keep you informed of Firm news, events or items of interest based on your inquiry. YOU CAN OPT OUT OF RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM US AT ANY TIME. WE WILL NOT USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR ANY PURPOSE NOT DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY WITHOUT YOUR AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT.

Information you provide: We may collect and store any personal information you enter on any of our websites or provide to us in some other manner. This includes identifying information, such as your name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number, etc.)

DO NOT DISCLOSE ANY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION THAT MAY EXPOSE YOU TO LIABILITY VIA THE CONTACT FORMS.

Information about others. We may also collect and store personal information about other people that you provide to us. If you use any of our websites to send other people (friends, relatives, colleagues, etc.) messages through our system (such as an invitation to an event), information that may interest them, etc. we may store your personal information, and the personal information of each such recipient.
We will not use any information for improper purposes such as spam, phishing, fraudulent activity, or outside of the manner in which the information was provided for and intended for us to use.

Use of this website is completely voluntary. We will not share this information with third parties, unless you agree (through implied agreement by accessing our separate electronic payment system, online client portal (once the Firm is retained, text messages via the online client portal), etc. or through explicit agreement in writing. If you do not wish for us to have this information, please do not give us the same or leave any identifying information on our website. The information you give us is used to contact you and evaluate or discuss the matters you disclose.

If you wish to opt out of communication with us or change the manner in which we communicate with you, please let us know by e-mailing heather@collierlawllc.com.

WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES TO COLLECT INFORMATION

We use various technologies to collect information from your computer and about your activities on our sites. Information collected automatically. We automatically collect information from your browser when you visit any of our websites. This information includes your IP address, browser type and language, access times, and the content of any undeleted cookies that your browser previously accepted from us.

Cookies: When you visit our website, we may assign your computer one or more cookies to facilitate access to our sites and to personalize your online experience. Through the use of a cookie, we also may automatically collect information about your online activity on our sites, such as the web pages you visit, the links you click, and the searches you conduct on our sites. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, please note that you may not be able to sign in or use some of the interactive features offered on our websites.

Other Technologies: We may use standard Internet technology, such as web beacons and other similar technologies, to track your use of our sites. We also may include web beacons in promotional or other e-mail messages or newsletters to determine whether you have opened the messages and the subsequent action taken by you. The information we obtain in this manner enables us to customize the services we offer our website visitors to deliver targeted advertisements and to measure the overall effectiveness of our websites, advertising, content, programming or other activities.

Information collected by third-parties: We may allow third-parties, including our authorized service providers, advertising agencies, and ad networks, to display advertisements, or provide applications and services on our website and social media pages. These companies may use tracking technologies, such as cookies or web beacons, to collect information about users who view or interact with their advertisements or use their applications and services. Our website does not provide any personal information to these third parties, but they may collect information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw and/or clicked on the advertisements they deliver, and possibly associate this information with your subsequent visits to the advertised websites. They also may combine this information with personal information they collect from you. The collection and use of that information is subject to the third-party’s privacy policy. Some of these third-party advertising companies may be advertising networks that are members of the Network Advertising Initiative, which offers a single location to opt out of ad targeting from member companies (www.networkadvertising.org).

WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION COLLECTED

We may use information that we collect about you to: communicate with you by e-mail, postal mail, telephone and/or mobile devices about services that may be of interest to you either from us; develop and display content and advertising tailored to your interests on our sites and other sites; enforce our terms and conditions; manage our business and perform functions as otherwise described to you at the time of collection.

WITH WHOM WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

We do not share your personal information with others except as indicated below or when we inform you and give you an opportunity to opt out of having your personal information shared. We may share personal information with: Authorized service providers. We may share your personal information with our authorized service providers that perform certain services on our behalf. These processing credit card payments through our payment provider or providing service to you via our online client portal. These service providers (for payment of consultations or attorney’s fees) or for utilizing business for or on your behalf through the use of electronic communications via an online client portal and related apps or attributes, may have access to personal information needed to perform their functions but are not permitted to share or use such information for any other purposes.

Business partners: When you elect to engage in a particular means of electronic communication, you authorize us to provide your email address and other information to that merchant who is responsible for that service (Twilio for text messages, online client portal, etc.).

Suspected fraud: When we believe disclosure is appropriate in connection with efforts to investigate, prevent, or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing; to protect and defend the rights, property or safety of our company, our users, our employees, or others; to comply with applicable law or cooperate with law enforcement; or to enforce our websites’ terms and conditions or other agreements or policies.

Corporate transaction: In connection with a substantial corporate transaction, such as the sale of our business, a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy. Any third parties to whom we may disclose personal information may have their own privacy policies which describe how they use and disclose personal information. Those policies will govern use, handling and disclosure of your personal information once we have shared it with those third parties as described in this Privacy Policy. If you want to learn more about their privacy practices, we encourage you to visit the websites of those third parties. These entities or their servers may be located either inside or outside the United States. We may share aggregated and non-personal information we collect under any of the above circumstances. We may also share it with third parties to develop and deliver targeted advertising on our websites and on websites of third parties. We may combine non-personal information we collect with additional non-personal information collected from other sources. We also may share aggregated information with third parties, including advisors, advertisers and investors, for the purpose of conducting general business analysis. For example, we may tell our advertisers the number of visitors to our websites and the most popular features or services accessed. This information does not contain any personal information and may be used to develop website content and services that we hope you and other users will find of interest and to target content and advertising.

HOW TO ACCESS YOUR INFORMATION

If you are a current client with access to the online client portal, you have an account with us, and you have the ability to review and update your personal information online by logging into your portal. You can also review and update your personal information by contacting us via the portal and sending a message. Once said update is received and acknowledged, your information will be updated. After your matters closes and representation terminates, you will not be able to sign in or access any of your personal information. Once your online portal is closed, we may still retain certain information associated with your account for analytical purposes and record keeping integrity, as well as to prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, enforce our terms and conditions, take actions we deem necessary to protect the integrity of our websites or our users, or take other actions otherwise permitted by law. In addition, if certain information has already been provided to third parties as described in this Privacy Policy, retention of that information will be subject to those third parties’ policies.

CHOOSE HOW WE COLLECT AND USE OF YOUR INFO

You can choose not to provide us with certain information, or share any personal information via this website. To opt out of receiving such messages or electronic communications once you have provided information to us, contact us at heather@collierlawllc.com, or, if you have access to the online client portal, you must make that request via your portal account. It may take up to 10 days for us to process an opt-out request. You may tell us not to share your personal information with third parties for direct marketing purposes by letting us know at: heather@collierlawllc.com

HOW WE SECURE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We take appropriate security measures (including physical, electronic and procedural measures) to help safeguard your personal information from unauthorized access and disclosure. For example, only authorized employees are permitted to access personal information, and they may do so only for permitted business functions. In addition, we use encryption in the transmission of your sensitive personal information between your system and ours, and we use firewalls to help prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to your personal information. We want you to feel confident using our websites to transact business. However, no system can be completely secure. Therefore, although we take steps to secure your information, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information, searches, or other communications will always remain secure. Users should also take care with how they handle and disclose their personal information and should avoid sending personal information through insecure email. Please refer to the Federal Trade Commission’s website athttp://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menus/consumer/data.shtm for information about how to protect yourself against identity theft.

VISITING OUR WEBSITES FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

This Privacy Policy is intended to cover collection of information on our websites from residents of the United States. If you are visiting any of our websites from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. Please be assured that we seek to take reasonable steps to ensure that your privacy is protected. By using our services, you understand that your information may be transferred to our facilities and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this privacy policy.

INDEMNIFICATION

YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND, AND HOLD HARMLESS COLLIER LAW LLC,, OUR SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND OUR AND THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM AND AGAINST ALL CLAIMS, ALLEGED OR OTHERWISE, LOSSES, EXPENSES, DAMAGES AND COSTS, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES, COSTS, AND EXPENSES RESULTING FROM ANY VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS OR ANY ACTIVITY RELATED TO YOUR ACCOUNT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENT OR WRONGFUL CONDUCT) BY YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON ACCESSING THIS SITE USING YOUR ACCOUNT. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT, AT OUR OWN EXPENSE, TO ASSUME THE EXCLUSIVE DEFENSE AND CONTROL OF ANY MATTER OTHERWISE SUBJECT TO INDEMNIFICATION BY YOU, AND YOU SHALL NOT IN ANY EVENT SETTLE OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF ANY MATTER WITHOUT OUR PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT.

DECISION TO NO LONGER USE OUR WEBSITES

If you share your data, we will retain your data in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Even if your account is disabled and you cease using this Site, these Terms will survive any expiration or termination.

COMMUNICATIONS NOTICE

When you visit this Site or send communications to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this Site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our websites are general audience sites, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

NO RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES

This Privacy Policy does not create rights enforceable by third parties or require disclosure of any personal information relating to users of any of our websites. Financial information: We may use financial information or payment method to process payment for any payment of fees (consultation, attorney’s fees, etc.) made on any of our websites, to protect against or identify possible fraudulent transactions, and otherwise as needed to manage our business.

JOB APPLICANTS

If your personal information is submitted through any of our websites when applying for a position with our company, the information will be used solely in connection with considering and acting upon your application. We may retain your personal information for a period of time, but only for the purpose of considering your application for current or future available positions. This information may be shared with third-party service providers retained by us to collect, maintain and analyze candidate submissions for job postings.

THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

There are a number of places on our websites where you may click on a link to access other websites that do not operate under this Privacy Policy. For example, if you click on an advertisement or a search result on any of our websites, you may be taken to a website that we do not control. These third-party websites may independently solicit and collect information, including personal information, from you and, in some instances, provide us with information about your activities on those websites. We recommend that you consult the privacy statements of all third-party websites you visit by clicking on the “privacy” link typically located at the bottom of the webpage you are visiting.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We will occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices and services. When we post changes to this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. If we make any material changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share your personal information, we will notify you by sending an e-mail to the e-mail address you most recently provided us in your account, profile or registration (unless we do not have such an email address), and/or by prominently posting notice of the changes on our websites. We recommend that you check our websites from time to time to inform yourself of any changes in this Privacy Policy or any of our other policies.

LINKED INFORMATION

Cookies: A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record keeping purposes. Cookies can be either session cookies or persistent cookies. A session cookie expires when you close your browser and is used to make it easier for you to navigate our website. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. Through the use of a cookie, we also may automatically collect information about your online activity on our site, such as the web pages you visit, the links you click, and the searches you conduct on our site. When you sign in to your account on our website, we will record your user or member ID and the name on your user or member account in the cookie file on your computer. We also may record your password in this cookie file, if you indicated that you would like your password saved for automatic sign-in. For security purposes, we will encrypt any usernames, passwords, and other user or member account-related data that we store in such cookies. In the case of sites and services that do not use a user or member ID, the cookie will contain a unique identifier. We may allow our authorized service providers to serve cookies from our website to allow them to assist us in various activities, such as doing analysis and research on the effectiveness of our site, content and advertising. You may delete or decline cookies by changing your browser settings. (Click “Help” in the toolbar of most browsers for instructions.) If you do so, some of the features and services of our website may not function properly. We may allow third-parties, including advertising companies, and ad networks, to display advertisements on our site. These companies may use tracking technologies, such as cookies, to collect information about users who view or interact with their advertisements. Our website does not provide any personal information to these third parties, but they may collect information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw and/or clicked on the advertisements they deliver, and possibly associate this information with your subsequent visits to the advertised websites. They also may combine this information with personal information they collect from you. The collection and use of that information is subject to the third-party’s privacy policy. This information allows them to deliver targeted advertisements and gauge their effectiveness. Some of these third-party advertising companies may be advertising networks that are members of the Network Advertising Initiative, which offers a single location to opt out of ad targeting from member companies (www.networkadvertising.org). Web Beacons Web beacons (also known as clear gifs, pixel tags or web bugs) are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of web users or to access cookies. Unlike cookies which are stored on the user’s computer hard drive, web beacons are embedded invisibly on the web pages (or in email) and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. Web beacons may be used to deliver or communicate with cookies, to count users who have visited certain pages and to understand usage patterns. We also may include web beacons in promotional or other e-mail messages or newsletters to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon. We also may receive an anonymous identification number if you come to our site from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website.

ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES

You acknowledge and agree that by agreeing to this Terms electronically that you are expressly agreeing to the terms and conditions set forth herein. You acknowledge and agree that by affixing your electronic signature that you are submitting a legally binding electronic signature and entering into a legally binding contract. You acknowledge that your electronic submission constitutes your agreement and intent to be bound by the terms and conditions of these Terms. Pursuant to any applicable statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances or other laws, including without limitation the United States Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, P.L. 106-229 (the “E-Sign Act”) or other similar statutes, YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS AND OTHER RECORDS AND TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF NOTICES, POLICIES AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR COMPLETED THROUGH THIS SITE OR SERVICES OFFERED BY COLLIER LAW LLC. Further, you hereby waive any rights or requirements under any statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances or other laws in any jurisdiction which require an original signature or delivery or retention of non-electronic records, or to payments or the granting of credits by other than electronic means.

MISCELLANEOUS

Submitting content to our website: We may provide areas on our website and social media pages where you can post information about yourself and others and communicate with others, as well as upload content (e.g. pictures, videos, audio files, etc.). Such postings are governed by our Policies. In addition, such postings may appear on other websites or when searches are executed on the subject of your posting. Also, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly viewable web pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others. For example, if you post your email address, you may receive unsolicited messages. We cannot control who reads your posts or what other users may do with the information you voluntarily post, so we encourage you to exercise discretion and caution with respect to your personal information. Once you have posted information, you may not be able to edit or delete such information.

This Site and its original content, features, and functionality are owned by Collier Law LLC. By using this website, you indicate that you agree to our terms and policies as stated herein.

NO ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP
The submission of information via our website does not constitute attorney-client communication, is not confidential, and does not create an attorney-client relationship subject to the attorney-client privilege. Exercise caution any time you are providing information on the web.

QUESTIONS

If you have any questions or comments regarding these Terms, our Privacy Notice, or this Site, please feel free to contact us by e-mail at heather@collierlawllc.com