Privacy Policy

Please read our Privacy Policy before using our Services. This document describes how LegalAdviceWorks and its affiliated website partners (collectively referred to as the “Company,” “we,” or “our”) collect, share, use, and safeguard personal information and data obtained through our business activities, websites, and other online services and communication channels, such as email or phone (collectively referred to as the “Services”). The words “you” and “your” refer to anybody who accesses or uses the Services. By using the Services, you give us permission to collect, use, disclose, distribute, and sell your personal information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. Furthermore, you agree to abide by our Terms of usage and this Online Privacy Policy (collectively referred to as the “Terms”), which are in force at the time of usage. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not access or use the Services.

This Privacy Statement may be updated on a regular basis. We will inform you of any changes by putting the amended Privacy Policy on this page, along with a new “effective date” at the bottom. Changes to this online Privacy Policy become effective upon publishing, unless otherwise specified.

By using the Services, you affirm that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with the Company and that you fulfill all of the eligibility conditions mentioned in these Terms. The Services are designed for those over the age of 18, and we do not intentionally collect personal information from minors under the age of 16 without parental agreement.

1. INFORMATION CATEGORIES WE COLLECT

1.1. Website Activity of Customers

1.1.1. Personal information you supply voluntarily: This includes contact information (such as your name, email address, postal address, and/or phone number) and demographic information that you may be asked to supply when using our Services, such as when filling out a survey on one of our websites.

1.1.2. Interactions: We receive information you give via the Services (e.g., comments, questions, etc.) as well as interactions between you and us about the Services, such as calls, chats, emails, or texts. Please keep in mind that calls to our customer support department may be recorded or monitored for quality assurance reasons.

1.1.3. Information collected automatically through web technologies: When you use our Services, certain elements of your internet information, such as IP addresses, browser type, internet service provider, referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data, may be collected automatically through web technologies such as cookies, web beacons, Javascript, and similar technologies (collectively “Web Technologies”).

1.1.4. Service providers and contractors: Personal information about you may be obtained from our service providers and contractors, such as internet service providers.

1.1.5. Third-party information: Personal information about you may be obtained from third-party sources such as affiliates and advertising partners.

1.1.6. Mobile Activity: When you connect to our Services using a mobile device, we may collect a unique device identifier or other device information in order to deliver the Services and/or functionality. Depending on your mobile settings, we may additionally collect, utilize, and store information about your position (e.g., GPS).

1.2. Online User Activity

To monitor traffic, use, and other patterns linked to your use of our Services, we employ third-party analytics platforms. Web Technologies may also be used to collect and store information about your visit to or use of our Services, including information such as:

1.2.1. Usage Details: Interactions with our Services (such as the date, time, and duration of visits, particular pages or content visited, frequency of visits, and referring website addresses) may be included.

1.2.2. Device Information: This may include an IP address as well as other information about a device used to connect to our Services (such as device type, unique device identifier, operating system, browser type, and mobile network information).

1.2.3. Location Information: This might happen if you allow the website to access information about your device’s location.

1.2.4. Site use and session information: This may include information on how you interacted with our Services, such as resources accessed, pages viewed, time spent on a page, and how you arrived at our website. Furthermore, we may record information about your visits, such as mouse movements, clicks, page views, text input, time spent on a page, and other activities on our website.

2. HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS USED

2.1. Fundamental Objectives

The data we collect is utilized for critical objectives that we consider essential or suitable. These Fundamental Purposes consist of:

2.1.1. Legal Compliance and Enforcement: To ensure strict adherence to and enforcement of pertinent legal mandates, industry benchmarks, contractual commitments, and organizational policies.

2.1.2. Crime Prevention and Detection: To identify, avert, or scrutinize fraudulent activities, in addition to those that are dubious or unlawful in nature.

2.1.3 For the purpose of enforcing our Terms of Service and additional legally binding provisions.

2.1.4. Business Transactions: For the purpose of assessing, bargaining, or carrying out business transactions, including but not limited to divestitures, dissolutions, restructurings, reorganizations, mergers, sales, or other transfers of our company’s assets, equity, or components.

2.1.5. Management of Business Relationships: To oversee all business dealings between you and us, including the fulfillment of contractual obligations and the enforcement of rights.

2.1.6. Rights and Property Protection: In order to safeguard our own and our affiliates’, business partners’, yours, or others’ rights, privacy, safety, property, operations, or security.

2.1.7. Pursuit of Remedies and Damage Limitation: In order to enforce available remedies or restrict potential damages.

2.2. Customer Website Activity Monitored to Enhance the Customer Experience:

Customer Website Activity may also be utilized for the subsequent business objectives:

2.2.1 Service or Product Provision: The act of delivering goods or services in accordance with your demands.

2.2.2. Personalized Content Distribution: To disseminate tailored information and content via diverse communication channels, encompassing our official website, external websites, telephonic conversations, text messages, electronic mail, and direct mail.

2.2.3. Change Notification: To provide you with updates regarding modifications to our products or services.

2.2.4. Customer Service Support: To offer assistance and support to customers.

2.2.5. Operational Improvement: Undertake activities such as internal administration, auditing, and troubleshooting for our services in order to operate and enhance the functionality of our websites, business, and operations.

2.2.6. Research, Analysis, and Product Development: In order to enhance our offerings and services, we shall undertake testing, research, analysis, and product development.

2.2.7. Indicators Monitoring: In order to track and analyze various performance indicators such as traffic volume, demographic trends, and the overall number of visitors.

2.2.8. Service Effectiveness Monitoring: Analyze and resolve technological issues while providing, enhancing, testing, and monitoring the effectiveness of the services.

2.3. Utilization of Online User Activity for Online User Purposes

The utilization of Web technologies to gather online user activity may serve to advance the diverse business objectives outlined in this section.

2.3.1. Business Enhancement: To gain insight into our clientele, promote our services, oversee service performance, enhance the user experience, and bolster service security.

3. HOW WE DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

3.1. Entities To Which We May Disclose Your Information

We reserve the right to disclose personal information to the following categories of entities for the purposes of customer experience, essential operations, and online user engagement:

3.1.1. Legal Affiliates: Legal affiliates that are either subject to our control or are subject to common control with us.

3.1.2. Service Providers and Contractors: Service providers and contractors who furnish us with their expertise in technology, business, research, law, or other relevant domains.

3.1.3. Collaborations with Marketing and Advertising Partners: Advertising and other stakeholders, including marketing partners, contribute to the promotion of events, services, products, and research through promotional activities.

3.1.4. Collaboration with Website Partners: Website partners provide support in the development of multiple brands that deliver content to consumers in diverse verticals of interest.

3.1.5. Data Analytics Providers: Providers of data analytics who assist in the analysis and monitoring of traffic entering, exiting, and traversing our websites.

3.1.6. External Parties for Security and Legal Objectives: In order to ensure adherence to legal obligations and for purposes of security, external parties may be involved, such as government agencies.

3.1.7. Business Transaction Parties: External parties involved in any business transaction, including its evaluation, negotiation, and/or completion.

4. HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS STORED

You grant consent for the transfer and utilization of your personal information in any location where our Services or our service providers maintain facilities, in accordance with this Privacy Statement, by utilizing our Services. Personal information is retained for the minimum duration required by law, our retention policy, and business objectives. While we employ administrative, physical, and technical security measures that are reasonable in nature and intended to safeguard your personal information against unauthorized access or use, we cannot provide an absolute guarantee against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction of the information.

It should be noted that the security of the information you transmit to us electronically may be compromised during transmission. We strongly advise you to refrain from transmitting sensitive or confidential information to us through unsecured channels.

5. OPTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION

5.1 Rights to Privacy

Residents of specific states may be entitled to some or all of the subsequent protections concerning their personal information, subject to the regulations of the applicable state. In cases where such regulations are applicable to you, we shall make every effort to satisfy your requests within the timeframe specified by the applicable state legislation. There could be a legal justification for our decision not to comply with your request or for our potential limited compliance with it, which you may not have foreseen. If so, we shall provide an explanation in our reply.

Residents of California are advised to consult Section 7 for details pertaining to their rights as protected under California law.

5.1.1. Right to Access: Individuals may possess the Right to Access personal information that we have gathered concerning them, as well as details pertaining to the origins of said information, the intended uses for which it is gathered, and the types of third parties and service providers with whom it is disclosed.

5.1.2. The Right to Correct: Considering the nature of the personal information and the intended uses of the processing of the personal information, you might be entitled to the correction of any inaccurate personal information that is in the account of others.

5.1.3 The Right to Delete: You might be entitled to the deletion of any personal information that we have gathered about you.

5.1.4. Exercising Your Rights: You may submit a request for such protections by completing the Privacy Rights Request form, contacting us at 866-625-0332, or emailing [email protected] if you reside in a state that offers such provisions. In order to safeguard your personal information, identity verification is required prior to carrying out your request. Therefore, we will request that you furnish personal identifiers that we can cross-reference with previously obtained information and that you verify your request through the contact details included in the request. We will communicate with you if further information is required.

5.1.5. Appeal Rights: There are potential reasons why we are unable to fulfill your request regarding your privacy rights. If you reside in a state that offers such protections, you may submit an appeal by completing the Privacy Rights Request form, calling us at 866-625-0332, or emailing us at [email protected]. In such cases, we will provide an explanation for our denial of your request.

5.1.6 The Non-Discrimination Right: An individual who exercises privacy rights as protected by state law is entitled to protection against discrimination.

5.2. Opt-Out Right

Personal information that we have obtained from you may be sold or disclosed to third parties. Regarding your visit to or use of our Services, third parties, including data analytics providers, may also collect or share Online User Activity. Such information may be utilized for their own purposes, and some of these parties may be able to associate such data with you on the basis of other data they have independently collected (not from us). By submitting a “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” request through the Privacy Rights Request form or by selecting the “Do Not Sell or Share My Info” link on our website and submitting a request, you may decline the “sales” or “sharing” of your personal information with specific third parties. We provide the link in the footer sections of our websites.

5.3. Prerogative to impose restrictions on the disclosure and utilization of confidential individual data

Information that is deemed “sensitive” according to state law may be sold or shared with third parties if such disclosures are required to provide the requested products or services. By following the steps outlined above, you can request that we restrict our use and disclosure of your sensitive personal information via the opt-out form.

5.4. Cookie information

We analyze website traffic using cookies, including Google Analytics, and participate in interest-based advertising, which is also referred to as online behavioral advertising. Cookies are also utilized to improve the user’s browsing experience. To prevent Google Analytics from using your data, please download and install this opt-out browser. These opt-out websites also provide the ability to modify browser preferences: www.aboutads.info and www.networkadvertising.org/choices. A response to Do Not Track signals is not provided.

Do not forget that by restricting cookies, your experience with our services may be negatively impacted.

5.5 Electronic communication

To discontinue receiving promotional emails from us, please access any email and select the “unsubscribe” or analogous link. Note that in the event that you have provided us with multiple email addresses, you will be required to submit an opt-out request for each individual address.

5.6. Phone inquiries

You have the option to discontinue receiving marketing calls from us through the following channels: [email protected] or 866-625-0332. Should you have provided us with multiple phone numbers, you will be required to submit an opt-out request for each individual number.

5.7. Text communications

By responding with “STOP” to any text message you receive, you may decline to receive further text messages from us. Requests to opt-out of receiving text messages from us through multiple phone numbers must be submitted individually for each phone number for which you have provided consent.

5.8. Mobile devices

are similar to cookies, specific information requests, such as location data, may be blocked by the user on a mobile device; however, doing so could negatively impact the user experience of our services. Typically, purveyors of mobile devices and mobile operating systems include configuration guidelines for these privacy functions.

6. Linking to websites and services of third parties

6.1. Third-Party Websites

Our services may contain hyperlinks to social media platforms, applications, websites, or services that are owned or operated by entities other than ourselves (referred to collectively as “Third-Party Websites”). We disclaim responsibility for the practices of these third-party websites, which function in an independent manner from our privacy statement. The practices utilized by Third-Party Websites that are linked to or from our Services, as well as the information or content contained therein, are beyond our control. You are not subject to our policies and regulations when you interact with or navigate any Third-Party Websites linked to our Services. Instead, you are governed by those policies and regulations. Through your use of Third-Party Websites, you declare that we have no responsibility for and authority over any third parties to whom you authorize access to your personal information, including data aggregators and social media platforms that may link to your activity.

7. Additional information for residents of California

7.1. Classification of Data We Gather:

7.1.1. Job Applicant Information: We gather information about you when you submit an application for employment with our organization. The aforementioned components comprise the candidate’s contact information, employment background, educational attainment, proficiencies, credentials, work authorization status, references, and, if available, personal particulars such as race, ethnicity, gender, veteran status, or disability.

7.1.2. Business Contact Information: We amhold your business contact information, including but not limited to your complete name, professional title, email address, office location, phone number, and other pertinent work contact details, whenever you engage in interactions with the Company in an employee, representative, or agent capacity for a vendor, service provider, or contractor.

7.1.3. Customer Website Activity and Online User Activity: Please consult Sections 1, 2, and 3 of this Privacy Statement for further details regarding these categories.

7.2. How Your Information Is Employed:

7.2.1. Job Applicant Information: This information is utilized for the purpose of processing job applications and recruiting qualified candidates.

7.2.2. Business Contact Information: This information is utilized to facilitate business relationships, operate and enhance our company, and provide services to our clients.

7.3. Methods of Information Disclosure:

7.3.1. Entities to Which We Disclose Personal Information: For legal and security purposes, we may disclose personal information to external parties, service providers, advertising partners, website partners, data analytics providers, service providers, service providers, or external parties to facilitate business transactions.

7.3.2. Disclosure of Job Applicant Information: It is possible that references and service providers engaged in recruiting activities may be granted access to the Job Applicant Information.

7.3.3 Disclosure of Business Contact Information: Disclosure of Business Contact Information may occur with the participation of service providers engaged in pertinent business operations and your employer.

7.4. Notice of Collection: The rights of California residents with respect to the personal information we gather are outlined in the following notice in accordance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):

7.4.1. Activity of Online Users and Customer Websites: For further details regarding these categories, please consult Sections 1, 2, and 3 of this Privacy Statement.

Category: Identifiers

    • Collected Information: Real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, or other similar identifiers.
    • Source: You, your devices (e.g., mobile, computer, etc.), and Web Technologies.
    • Purposes of collection and use: Includes Essential Purposes and Customer Experience Purposes.
    • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is “Sold” or “Shared”: We may sell or share your PI with our advertising and marketing partners.

Category: Personal Information Categories listed in the California Customer Records Statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))

    • Collected Information: Name, electronic signature, address, or telephone number.
    • Source: You and through Web Technologies.
    • Purposes of collection and use: Includes Essential Purposes and Customer Experience Purposes.
    • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is “Sold” or “Shared”: We may sell or share your PI with our advertising and marketing partners.

Category: Protected Classification Characteristics under California or Federal Law

    • Collected Information: Gender, marital status, national origin, age (40 years or older), veteran or military status.
    • Source: You.
    • Purposes of collection and use: Includes Essential Purposes and Customer Experience Purposes.
    • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is “Sold” or “Shared”: We may sell or share your PI with our advertising and marketing partners.

Category: Commercial Information

    • Collected Information: Records of personal property, products or services obtained or considered, answers to optional survey questions on our websites, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.
    • Source: You.
    • Purposes of collection and use: Includes Essential Purposes and Customer Experience Purposes.
    • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is “Sold” or “Shared”: We may sell or share your PI with our advertising and marketing partners.

Category: Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity

    • Collected Information: Browsing history, device ID, search history, and information regarding your interaction with an internet website application, or advertisement.
    • Source: You, your devices, and through Web Technologies.
    • Purposes of collection and use: Includes Essential Purposes, Customer Experience Purposes, and Online User Purposes.
    • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is “Sold” or “Shared”: We may sell or share your PI with our advertising and marketing partners.

Category: Geolocation Data

    • Collected Information: Non-precise physical location of you or your device, including zip code and IP address.
    • Source: You, your devices (e.g., mobile, computer, etc.), and through Web Technologies.
    • Purposes of collection and use: Include Essential Purposes, Customer Experience Purposes, and Online User Purposes.
    • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is “Sold” or “Shared”: We may sell or share your PI with our advertising and marketing partners.

7.4.2. Job Applicant Information

Category: Identifiers

  • Collected Information: Real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, or other similar identifiers.
  • Source: You, or third-party sources, such as job-posting services and recruiters.
  • Purposes of collection and use: Includes Essential Purposes and Customer Experience Purposes.
  • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is “Sold” or “Shared”: None.
  • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is Disclosed: Includes your references; our service providers and contractors we believe need the information to perform recruiting and related business functions for us; and external parties, such as government agencies.

Category: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))

  • Collected Information: Name, signature, social security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information.
  • Source: You, or third-party sources, such as job-posting services and recruiters.
  • Purposes of collection and use: Includes Essential Purposes, to recruit qualified applicants, and to process applications submitted to us.
  • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is “Sold” or “Shared”: None.
  • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is Disclosed: Includes your references; our service providers and contractors we believe need the information to perform recruiting and related business functions for us; and external parties, such as government agencies.

Category: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law

  • Collected Information: Race or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age (40 years or older), gender and sexual orientation, disabilities, national origin, marital status, veteran or military status.
  • Source: You, or third-party sources, such as job-posting services and recruiters.
  • Purposes of collection and use: Includes Essential Purposes, to recruit qualified applicants, and to process applications submitted to us.
  • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is “Sold” or “Shared”: None.
  • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is Disclosed: Includes your references; our service providers and contractors we believe need the information to perform recruiting and related business functions for us; and external parties, such as government agencies.

Category: Professional or Employment-Related Information

  • Collected Information: Current and prior job history, references, salary range, performance evaluations, resume, and other related data.
  • Source: You, or third-party sources, such as job-posting services and recruiters.
  • Purposes of collection and use: Includes Essential Purposes, to recruit qualified applicants, and to process applications submitted to us.
  • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is “Sold” or “Shared”: None.
  • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is Disclosed: Includes your references; our service providers and contractors we believe need the information to perform recruiting and related business functions for us; and external parties, such as government agencies.

Category: Education Information

  • Collected Information: Education records including grades, transcripts, institutions attended, degrees obtained, and courses taken.
  • Source: You, or third-party sources, such as job-posting services and recruiters.
  • Purposes of collection and use: Includes Essential Purposes, to recruit qualified applicants, and to process applications submitted to us.
  • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is “Sold” or “Shared”: None.
  • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is Disclosed: Includes your references; our service providers and contractors we believe need the information to perform recruiting and related business functions for us; and external parties, such as government agencies.

Category: Sensitive Personal Information

  • Collected Information: Social security number, driver’s license, state identification card, passport number, financial account information, racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, citizenship or immigration status, health information (such as pregnancy or disabilities), and sexual orientation.
  • Source: You, or third-party sources, such as job-posting services and recruiters.
  • Purposes of collection and use: Includes Essential Purposes, to recruit qualified applicants, and to process applications submitted to us.
  • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is “Sold” or “Shared”: None.
  • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is Disclosed: Includes our service providers and contractors we believe need the information to perform recruiting and related business functions for us, and external parties, such as government agencies.

7.4.3. Business Contact Information

Category: Identifiers

  • Collected Information: Name, email address, phone number, business contact address, social security number, driver’s license number, state identification number, passport number, financial account information.
  • Source: You or your employer.
  • Purposes of collection and use: Includes Essential Purposes, as well as using this information to operate and improve our business and operations, and to provide services to our customers.
  • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is “Sold” or “Shared”: None.
  • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is Disclosed: Includes your employer; our service providers and contractors we believe need the information to perform a technology, business, professional, or other similar function for us; as well as, external parties such as government agencies.

7.4.4. Online User Activity

Category: Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity

  • Collected Information: Browsing history, device ID, search history, and information regarding your interaction with an internet website application or advertisement.
  • Source: You, your devices, and Web Technologies.
  • Purposes of collection and use: Includes Essential Purposes, Customer Experience Purposes, and Online User Purposes.
  • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is “Sold” or “Shared”: We may sell or share your PI with our advertising and marketing partners.
  • Categories of Parties to Whom PI is Disclosed: We may disclose your PI with our service providers and contractors, legal affiliates, website partners, data analytics providers, and external parties, such as government agencies.

7.5. Retention

The duration for which personal information is retained will be contingent upon several factors. These include: (i) the minimum retention period necessary to ensure compliance with relevant legal and regulatory obligations; (ii) the duration necessary to achieve the business or commercial objectives specified in this Privacy Policy for which the personal information is collected, utilized, or disclosed; and (iii) the length of time necessary to fulfill such purposes.

7.6 Notification of Financial Incentive

Customers are not offered any form of monetary compensation, price differential, or service distinction in return for the preservation or commercialization of their personal information. Customers and other individuals who chose to receive marketing communications may receive promotions or offers from us, unless the customer has explicitly declined receiving such communications. There are no monetary incentives available to dissuade consumers from submitting such requests.

7.7 Rights under the CCPA

In accordance with the CCPA, California residents may have the following privileges regarding their personal information:

7.1.1 Privacy Rights: Right to Access, Right to Correct, Right to Limit, Right to Delete, Right to Opt-Out, and Right to Non-Discrimination are all included in this section. To obtain further details regarding these rights, kindly consult Section 5 of the present Privacy Policy.

7.1.2. Exercising Your Rights. In order to exercise your right to access, correct, opt-out of the sale or sharing of personal information, restrict the use or disclosure of, or delete such data, please fulfill the following requirements: fill out the Privacy Rights Request form; contact us via telephone at 866-625-0332; or send an email to [email protected]. In order to safeguard your personal information and facilitate the processing of your request, we will request that you furnish personal identifiers that we can cross-reference with previously collected data and use the contact information included in the request to verify your inquiry. We will communicate with you if further information is required.

7.1.3 Agents Authorized. An authorized agent, which is another person or organization, may be designated by you to submit requests on your behalf via the aforementioned channels.

7.8 Shine the Light: Your Privacy Rights in California.

Residents of California may request information from us concerning the potential disclosure of specific categories of information to other organizations for the purpose of direct marketing. To exercise this right, California residents may submit a Right to Access request for their personal information, as detailed in the preceding section. Furthermore, in the event that you do not want us to share your personal information with other organizations for their direct marketing endeavors, you have the option to do so by clicking the “Do Not Sell or Share My Info” link at the bottom of our websites or submitting a “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” request through the Privacy Rights Request form.

8. Methods of Contacts

8.1. For inquiries or apprehensions regarding this Privacy Statement or our services, kindly reach out to us via email at [email protected] or by telephone at 866-625-0332.

9. Effective Date

9.1. The most recent revision of this Privacy Statement took effect on December 14, 2023.