Thank you for using LawTrades. The LawTrades.com website, as well as its
associated web and mobile applications (collectively, “LawTrades”) is owned and
operated by LawTrades, Inc. (“we”, “us”, or “our). We are committed to your
privacy and security and provide this Privacy Policy to describe how we collect, use,
and share your personal information.
Privacy Policy
Updated Nov. 2021
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Privacy Policy
Updated Nov. 2021
Terms of Service
Cookie Policy
Access flexible lawyers and paralegals that complement your
internal team and fit your ever-changing
business demands.
internal team and fit your ever-changing
business demands.
What is Personal Information?
As used herein, the term "personal information" generally means information that
specifically identifies an individual (such as user's name, address, telephone
number, email address, credit card or other account number) or that is associated
with an identifiable person (such as demographic information or information about a
person's activities when such information is linked to personally identifying
information). However, personal information does not include, and this policy does
not cover, any publicly available information and public records about professionals,
including without limitation information obtained from licensing authorities,
associations, accrediting bodies, courts, law enforcement agencies, and websites
that are available to the public. Personal information also does not include
"aggregate" information, which is data we collect about the use of Lawtrades or
categories of Site users, from which any personal information has been removed.
We collect aggregate data for a number of purposes, including to help us
understand trends and user needs so that we can better consider new publications,
products and services, and tailor existing publications, products and services to
user desires. This policy in no way limits or restricts our collection of aggregate
information.
What Personal Information do we collect?
Personal information may be collected from you in a number of ways when you visit
LawTrades or use the various services and activities available on Lawtrades. At
several places throughout Lawtrades, we may collect certain information you
voluntarily provide to us which may contain personal information. For example, if
you register for Lawtrades, send us an email, contact or recommend a professional,
or submit client ratings, we may collect your name, address, phone number, email
address, and other personal, professional, demographic and business information
that you provide. If you access LawTrades through our mobile applications, we will
also collect information about your mobile device. If you are a legal professional and
create or update your profile ("Profile"), we may also collect your credit card
information, photographs and professional and business information about you,
your practice or specialty areas and your educational background. In addition, from
time to time we may collect demographic, contact or other personal or demographic
information you provide in connection with your participation in surveys, promotional offers, forums and other interactive areas of Lawtrades. When you visit
Lawtrades, some information is also automatically collected through the use of log
files, such as your computer's or mobile device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, your
operating system, the browser type, the address of a referring web site and your
activity on Lawtrades. We use this information for purposes such as analyzing
trends, administering Lawtrades, improving customer service, diagnosing problems
with our servers, tracking user movement, and gathering broad demographic
information for aggregate use. LawTrades may use "cookies" to help you
personalize your online experience. 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 LawTrades, a cookie helps
LawTrades to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies
the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, login
information, and so on. When you return to the same LawTrades page, the
information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the
LawTrades features that you customized. You have the ability to 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
LawTrades.
Use of your Personal Information
In general, we use personal information we collect from you through Lawtrades to
facilitate your use of Lawtrades, to process your requests or transactions, to provide
you with information, products and services you request, to administer and assist us
with the operation of Lawtrades and of our business, and for the purpose for which
the information was provided. For example, we may use the information we collect:
to send a welcome email following registration to all registered patrons to contact
you about our use of Lawtrades, such as for administrative purposes or to provide
you with customer service; if you are a legal professional, to verify your identity
when attempting to create your Profile; to communicate any promotions to you by
email, calls, texts; to request feedback and to enable us to analyze, develop,
customize and improve Lawtrades and our information and services; and for the
specific purpose for which the information was provided. We do not sell, share, or
rent any personal information we collect from you through Lawtrades in ways
different from what is disclosed in this Policy, although we may provide aggregate
information or other nonpersonal information to third parties without your
authorization. We may share your personal information with third parties if you
have indicated to us that you wish to receive information from such parties or if you
otherwise give us your consent to do so, including if we notify you on Lawtrades
that the information you provide will be shared in a particular manner and you
provide such information. In the event that we engage or partner with third party vendors, consultants or other service providers in connection with the operation of
Lawtrades and our business ("Service Providers"), we may share personal
information with such Service Providers who need access to such information to
carry out their work for us. For example, we may use credit card processing or
verification service companies to verify credit card information. In addition, we may
offer various features through a third party service provider. For example, mapping
services are provided by Google Maps. When you use these services, you are
providing information directly to the provider of these services, and the provision of
such information is subject to such party's own privacy policy. We are not
responsible for the actions of Service Providers or other third parties or for any
information you provide to these parties directly, and we encourage you to become
familiar with their practices before disclosing information directly to such third
parties with which you come into contact. You should also note that personal
information that you post to public areas of Lawtrades, may become publicly
available. For example, information you post in your Profile or in client ratings, peer
endorsements, forums, blogs or any other interactive areas, or other information
that is provided for the purpose of being shared may be made publicly available and
can potentially be viewed by anyone. Your posting to such public areas of Lawtrades
constitutes your consent to share such information publicly. LawTrades will disclose
your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the
good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the
law or comply with legal process served on us or our Service Providers; (b) protect
and defend the rights or property of LawTrades; and, (c) act under exigent
circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of LawTrades, or the public.
Security of your Personal Information
You are responsible for safeguarding and preventing unauthorized access to the
user information and password that you use to access the LawTrades website. You
agree not to disclose your password to any third party and you are responsible for
any activity using your account, whether or not you authorized that activity. You
must immediately notify LawTrades of any unauthorized use of your account.
LawTrades endeavors to secure your personal information from unauthorized
access, use or disclosure by putting into place physical, electronic and managerial
procedures to safeguard the information we collect through this Site. For example,
when we collect credit card information, we use a secure server with Secure Socket
Layer (SSL) encryption software and store such credit card information using
encryption methods designed to prevent unauthorized access. Additionally, your
account information is accessible online only through the use of a password.
Children Under Thirteen
LawTrades does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from
children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must
ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website. If you believe we
have collected Personal Information from someone under the age of thirteen, please
contact us.
Security
You are responsible for safeguarding and preventing unauthorized access to the
user information and password that you use to access the LawTrades website. You
agree not to disclose your password to any third party and you are responsible for
any activity using your account, whether or not you authorized that activity. You
must immediately notify LawTrades of any unauthorized use of your account.
LawTrades endeavors to secure your personal information from unauthorized
access, use or disclosure by putting into place physical, electronic and managerial
procedures to safeguard the information we collect through this Site. For example,
when we collect credit card information, we use a secure server with Secure Socket
Layer (SSL) encryption software and store such credit card information using
encryption methods designed to prevent unauthorized access. Additionally, your
account information is accessible online only through the use of a password.
Changes to this Statement
LawTrades will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company
and customer feedback. LawTrades encourages you to periodically review this
Statement to be informed of how LawTrades is protecting your information.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments about this Policy or the practices relating to
this Site, or you wish to verify, correct or delete any personal information we have
collected, please contact us at support@www.lawtrades.com, and we will endeavor
to respond to your inquiry or to correct, update or remove the personal information
you have provided us as you indicate to the extent possible. You can correct certain
information by logging into your account and changing the information, and you
may also delete certain information by closing your account. In addition, lawyers
may change certain information contained in their Profile by editing the information
contained therein. However, please note that in certain circumstances, we may not,
or may not be able to, remove or change certain information, even in the event an
account is closed. For example, we may retain certain information, such as credit
card information, for a certain period of time, and we also may retain and continue
to display any information you provided in connection with a lawyer Profile or a
blog.