1. Policy Introduction
This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes the privacy practices of Schlemlein Fick & Franklin, PLLC (“SFF” or the “Company”), the websites that link to this Privacy Policy, including: https://www.soslaw.com (collectively, the “Sites”) and services offered by SFF (“Services”). SFF is committed to protecting the privacy of those who visit the Company’s Sites (“Visitors”), and those who register to use the Services (“Customers”). The Sites may contain links to other websites. The information practices or the content of such other websites is governed by the privacy policies of such other websites. The Company encourages you to review the privacy policies of other websites to understand their information practices.
2. Information Collected
When expressing an interest in obtaining additional information about the Services or registering to use the Services, SFF requires you to provide the Company with personal contact information, such as name, company name, phone number, and email address ("Required Contact Information"). As you navigate the Company’s Sites, SFF may also collect information through the use of commonly-used information-gathering tools, such as cookies and web beacons (“Web Site Navigational Information”). Web Site Navigational Information includes standard information from your web browser (such as browser type and browser language), your internet protocol (“IP”) address, and the actions you take on the Company’s websites (such as the web pages viewed and the links clicked).
3. Use of Information Collected
The Company may use Customer Data to perform the Services requested. For example, if you fill out a “Contact Me” web form, the Company will use the information provided to contact you about your interest in the Services. The Company may use Customer Data to enforce or apply our Terms of Use, available at: www.soslaw.com/terms-and-conditions, and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes. The Company may also use Customer Data for marketing purposes. For example, the Company may use information you provide to contact you to further discuss your interest in the Services and to send you information regarding the Company, its affiliates, and its partners, such as information about promotions or events.SFF uses Web Site Navigational Information to operate and improve the Company’s Sites. The Company may also use Web Site Navigational Information alone or in combination with Customer Data to provide personalized information about the Company.
4. Web Site Navigational Information
Cookies, Web Beacons, and IP Addresses. SFF may use Web Site Navigational Information as you browse the Sites. This section describes certain types of Web Site Navigational Information and how this information may be used by the Company.
Cookies: SFF may use cookies to make interactions with the Company’s Sites easy and meaningful. When you visit one of the Company’s Sites, SFF’s servers may send a cookie to your computer. Standing alone, cookies do not personally identify you; they merely recognize your web browser. Unless you choose to identify yourself to SFF, either by responding to a promotional offer, opening an account, or filling out a web form (such as a “Contact Me” or a “Free Offer” web form), you remain anonymous to the Company.SFF may use cookies that are session-based or persistent-based. Session cookies exist only during one session. They disappear from your computer when you close your browser software or turn off your computer. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your browser or turn off your computer. Please note that if you disable your web browser’s ability to accept cookies, you will be able to navigate the Company’s Sites, but you may not be able to successfully use the Services. The following sets out how SFF uses different categories of cookies. Please consult the user documentation and help information provided by the maker of your browser for your options for managing cookies’ settings:
Required Cookies: Required cookies enable you to navigate the Company’s Sites and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the Sites and using the Company’s Services. If you have chosen to identify yourself to SFF, the Company uses cookies containing encrypted information to allow the Company to uniquely identify you. Each time you log into the Sites, a cookie containing an encrypted, unique identifier that is tied to your account is placed on your browser. These cookies allow the Company to uniquely identify you when you are logged into the Sites and to process your online transactions and requests.
Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how Visitors use our Sites, including which pages visitors go to most often and if they receive error messages from certain pages. These cookies do not collect information that individually identifies a Visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and anonymous. It is only used to improve how the Company’s Sites function and perform. From time-to-time, SFF may engage third parties to track and analyze usage and volume statistical information from individuals who visit the Company’s Sites. SFF may also utilize Flash cookies for these purposes.
Functionality Cookies: Functionality cookies allow the Company’s Sites to remember information you have entered or choices you make (such as your username, language, or your region) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies also enable you to optimize your use of the Company’s Services after logging in. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customize.SFF may use local shared objects, also known as Flash cookies, to store your preferences or display content based upon what you view on our Sites to personalize your visit.
Targeting or Advertising Cookies: From time-to-time, SFF may engage third parties to track and analyze usage and volume statistical information from individuals who visit the Company’s Sites. SFF sometimes uses cookies delivered by third parties to track the performance of Company advertisements. For example, these cookies remember which browsers have visited the Company’s Sites. The information provided to third parties does not include personal information, but this information may be re-associated with personal information after the Company receives it.SFF also contracts with third-party advertising networks that collect IP addresses and other information from web beacons (see below) on the Company’s Sites, from emails, and on third-party web sites. Ad networks follow your online activities over time by collecting Web Site Navigational Information through automated means, including through the use of cookies. They use this information to provide advertisements about products and services tailored to your interests. You may see these advertisements on other web sites. This process also helps us manage and track the effectiveness of our marketing efforts. Third parties, with whom the Company partners to provide certain features on our Sites or to display advertising based upon your web browsing activity, use Flash cookies to collect and store information. Flash cookies are different from browser cookies because of the amount of, type of, and how data is stored.
IP Addresses. When you visit the Company’s Sites, the Company may collect your IP address to track and aggregate non-personal information. For example, SFF uses IP addresses to monitor the regions from which Customers and Visitors navigate the Company’s Sites. SFF also collects IP addresses from Customers whey they log into the Sites as part of the Company’s “Identity Confirmation” and “IP Range Restrictions” security features.
Social Media Features. The Company’s Sites may use social media features, such as the Facebook "like" button ("Social Media Features"). These features may collect your IP address and which page you are visiting on the Company's Sites, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. You may be given the option by such Social Media Features to post information about your activities on the Company's Sites to a profile page of yours that is provided by a third party Social Media network in order to share with others within your network. Social Media Features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on the Company’s Sites. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing the relevant Social Media Features.
Do Not Track. Currently, various browsers – including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari – offer a “do not track” or “DNT” option that relies on a technology known as a DNT header, which sends a signal to web sites visited by the user about the user's browser DNT preference setting. SFF does not currently commit to responding to browsers' DNT signals with respect to the Company's Sites, in part, because no common industry standard for DNT has been adopted by industry groups, technology companies or regulators, including no consistent standard of interpreting user intent. SFF takes privacy and meaningful choice seriously and will make efforts to continue to monitor developments around DNT browser technology and the implementation of a standard.
5. Public Forums, Refer a Friend, and Customer Testimonials
SFF may provide bulletin boards, blogs, or chat rooms on or accessible through the Company’s Sites. Any personal information you choose to submit in such a forum may be read, collected, or used by others who visit these forums, and may be used to send you unsolicited messages. SFF is not responsible for the personal information you choose to submit in these forums. Proper access and use of information provided on the Sites, including user contributions, is governed by our Terms of Use, available at: www.soslaw.com/terms-and-conditions. Customers and Visitors may elect to use the Company’s referral program to inform friends about the Company’s Sites. When using the referral program, the Company requests the friend’s name and email address. SFF will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the Company’s Sites. SFF does not store this information. SFF posts a list of Customers and testimonials on the Company’s Sites that contain information such as Customer names and titles. SFF obtains the consent of each Customer prior to posting any information on such a list or posting testimonials.
6. Sharing of Information Collected
Service Providers. SFF may share Customer Data with the Company's contracted service providers so that these service providers can provide services on our behalf. Without limiting the foregoing, SFF may also share Customer Data with the Company's service providers to ensure the quality of information provided, and with third-party social networking and media web sites, such as Facebook, for marketing and advertising on those websites. Unless described in this Privacy Policy, SFF does not share, sell, rent, or trade any information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
SFF Affiliates. The Company may share Customer Data with other companies in order to work with them, including affiliates of the SFF corporate group. For example, the Company may need to share Customer Data for customer relationship management purposes.
Business Partners. From time to time, SFF may partner with other companies to jointly offer products or services. If you purchase or specifically express interest in a jointly-offered product or service from SFF, the Company may share Customer Data collected in connection with your purchase or expression of interest with our joint promotion partner(s). SFF does not control our business partners’ use of the Customer Data we collect, and their use of the information will be in accordance with their own privacy policies. If you do not wish for your information to be shared in this manner, you may opt not to purchase or specifically express interest in a jointly offered product or service.
Third Parties. This Privacy Policy sets forth the information SFF collects on the Company’s Sites and the information we share with third parties. SFF does not authorize the collection of personal information by third parties through advertising technologies deployed on the Company's Sites, nor do we share personal information with any third parties collected from the Company's Sites, except as provided in this Privacy Policy. Section 4 of this Privacy Policy, Web Site Navigational Information, specifically addresses the information we may collect through cookies and web beacons, and how you can control cookies through your web browsers.
Compelled Disclosure. SFF reserves the right to use or disclose information provided if required by law or if the Company reasonably believes that use or disclosure is necessary to protect the Company’s rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
7. Communications Preferences
SFF offers Visitors and Customers who provide contact information a means to choose how the Company uses the information provided. You may manage your receipt of marketing and non-transactional communications by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link located on the bottom of the Company’s marketing emails. Additionally, you may send a request to info@soslaw.com.
8. Correcting and Updating Your Information
To update any information please email info@soslaw.com. Requests to any change, or delete your information will be handled within 30 days.
9. Customer Data
SFF Customers may electronically submit Customer Data to the Services for hosting and processing purposes. SFF will not review, share, distribute, or reference any such Customer Data except as may be required by law. SFF may access Customer Data only for the purpose of providing Services or preventing or addressing service or technical problems or as may be required by law. SFF uses robust security measures to protect Customer Data.
11. Changes to this Privacy Policy
SFF reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy. SFF will provide notification of the material changes to this Privacy Policy through the Company’s Sites at least thirty (30) business days prior to the change taking effect. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Sites and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
12. Contacting Us
Questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the information practices of the Company’s Sites should be directed to SFF Privacy by emailing privacy@soslaw.com. 2289 words, 14683 characters Approve Reject or Revise.
