This
Privacy Policy discloses the privacy
practices for the MyLawyerSearch.com site.
MyLawyerSearch.com,
the provider of the site (referred
to as "us" or "we"),
takes matters of protecting your
privacy online seriously. Please
read the information
below to learn the following regarding
your use of this site.
You
acknowledge that this Privacy Policy
is part of our Agreement/Terms
and Conditions with you, and by accessing
or using our site, you agree to be
bound by all of its terms and conditions.
We reserve the right to change this
Privacy Policy at any time. Such changes,
modifications, additions or deletions
shall be effective immediately upon
notice thereof, which may be given
by means including, but not limited
to, issuing an e-mail to the e-mail
address listed by registered users
and posting the revised Policy on this
page. You acknowledge and agree that
it is your responsibility to maintain
a valid e-mail address as a registered
user, review this site and this Policy
periodically and to be aware of any
modifications. Your continued use of
the site after such modifications will
constitute your: (a) acknowledgment
of the modified Policy; and (b) agreement
to abide and be bound by the modified
Policy.
1. Types of Information Collected
In order to better provide you with
our numerous services, we collect two
types of information about our users:
Personally Identifiable Information
and Non-Personally Identifiable Information.
Our primary goal in collecting information
from you is to provide you with a smooth,
efficient, and customized experience
while using our site.
Personally
Identifiable Information: This
refers to information that lets
us know the specifics of who you
are.
When you engage in certain activities
on this site, including, but not
limited to, registering as a Client,
ordering
a product or service, submitting
content for products and services
and/or posting
content in discussion forums or other
public areas, entering a contest
or sweepstakes, filling out a survey,
or sending us feedback, we may ask
you to provide certain information
about yourself by filling out and
submitting
an online form. It is completely
optional for you to engage in these
activities.
If you elect to engage in these activities,
however, we may ask that you provide
us personal information, such as
your first and last name, mailing
address
(including zip code), e-mail address,
employer, job title and department,
telephone and facsimile numbers,
and other personal identifying
information.
Non-Personally
Identifiable Information: This
refers to information that does
not by itself identify a specific
individual. We gather certain information
about
you based upon where you visit on
our site in several ways. This information
is compiled and analyzed on both
a
personal and an aggregated basis.
This information may include the
Web site's
Uniform Resource Locator ("URL")
that you just came from, which URL
you next go to, what browser you are
using, and your Internet Protocol ("IP")
address. A URL is the global address
of documents and other resources on
the World Wide Web. An IP address is
an identifier for a computer or device
on a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol ("TCP/IP") network,
such as the World Wide Web. Networks
like the Web use the TCP/IP protocol
to route information based on the
IP address of the destination. In
other
words, an IP address is a number
that is automatically assigned to
your computer
whenever you are surfing the Web,
allowing Web servers to locate and
identify
your computer. Computers require
IP addresses in order for users to
communicate
on the Internet.
2. Collection Methods and Use of Information
We
do not collect any Personally Identifiable
Information about you unless you
voluntarily provide it to us. You
provide certain
Personally Identifiable Information
to us when you (a) register for or
order any of our products or services
and register your e-mail address
with us; (b) enter sweepstakes
or contests
sponsored by us or one of our partners;
(c) sign up for special offers from
selected third parties; (d) send
e-mail messages, submit forms or
transmit
other information by telephone or
lette.
All
credit card purchases on this site
are processed by Pay Pal. MyLawyerSearch.com
does not maintain any information
regarding your
credit card or
other
payment information which may be
when ordering and purchasing products
and services
on
our site.
We
may also collect information from
you at other points on our
site that state that such information
is being collected.
In
addition, we may also collect certain
Non-Personally Identifiable Information.
This information is ultimately stored
in the form of store categories,
and, in some cases, specific URLs.
We primarily
use your IP address to diagnose problems
with our servers, software, to administer
our site and to gather demographic
information. Our third party ad servers
will also provide us with summary,
but not individual, reports that
will tell us how many ads were
presented
and clicked upon at our site. We
reserve the right to use Non-Personally
Identifiable
Information for our use in our business
or provide it to third parties.
We will primarily use your Personally
Identifiable Information to provide
our products or services to you, as
required or otherwise permitted by
our Agreement/Terms and Conditions
with you. We will also use Personally
Identifiable Information to enhance
the operation of our site, fill orders,
improve our marketing and promotional
efforts, statistically analyze site
use, improve our product and service
offerings, and customize our site's
content, layout, and services. We may
use Personally Identifiable Information
to deliver information to you and to
contact you regarding administrative
notices. We may also use Personally
Identifiable Information to resolve
disputes, troubleshoot problems and
enforce our agreements with you, including
our Agreement/Terms and Conditions,
and this Privacy Policy. We also may
supply your Personally Identifiable
Information to prospective purchasers
of myICON and reserve the right to
transfer such information on any sale
or transfer of myICON or its assets.
Our third party contractors may reserve
access to your Personally Identifiable
Information in the course of our provisions
of products or services to you.
3. Release of Information
We do not sell, trade, or rent your
Personally Identifiable Information
to others. We do provide some of our
services through contractual arrangements
with affiliates, services providers,
partners, and other third parties.
We and our service partners use your
Personally Identifiable Information
to operate our sites and to deliver
products and services. For example,
we must release your credit card information
to the card-issuing bank to confirm
payment for products and services purchased
on this site; release your address
information to the delivery service
to deliver products that you ordered;
and provide order information to third
parties that help us provide customer
service.
We will encourage our service partners
to adopt and post privacy policies.
However, the use of your Personally
Identifiable Information by our service
partners is governed by the privacy
policies of those service partners,
and is not subject to our control.
Occasionally we may be required by
law enforcement or judicial authorities
to provide Personally Identifiable
Information to the appropriate governmental
authorities. We will disclose Personally
Identifiable Information upon receipt
of a court order, subpoena, or to cooperate
with a law enforcement investigation.
We fully cooperate with law enforcement
agencies in identifying those who use
our services for illegal activities.
We reserve the right to report to law
enforcement agencies any activities
that we in good faith believe to be
unlawful.
We may also provide Non-Personally
Identifiable Information about our
customers' sales, traffic patterns,
and related site information to third
party advertisers, but these statistics
do not include any Personally Identifiable
Information.
4. Updating and Correcting Information
We
believe you should have the ability
to access and edit the Personally
Identifiable Information that you
have provided
to us. You may change any of your
Personally Identifiable Information
in your account
online at any time by linking to
your account through tightweb's
client login application and accessing
your profile eding tool - and in
accordance with instructions posted
elsewhere
on
this site. You
may also access and correct your
personal information and privacy
preferences
by writing us at:
MyLawyerSearch.com
Records Section
2421 'O' Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68107
Please include your name, address,
and/or e-mail address when you contact
us.
We encourage you to promptly update
your Personally Identifiable Information
if it changes. You may ask to have
the information on your account deleted
or removed; however, because we keep
track of past transactions, you cannot
delete information associated with
past transactions on this site. In
addition, it may be impossible to completely
delete your information without retaining
some residual information because of
backups.
5. User Choices on Collection and
Use of Information
We
may, from time to time, send you
e-mail regarding our products and
services. In addition, if you indicated
upon
registration that you are interested
in receiving offers or information
from us and our partners, we may
occasionally send you direct mail
about products
and services that we feel may be
of interest to you. Only MyLawyerSearch.com
(or agents
working on behalf of MyLawyerSearch.com and
under confidentiality agreements)
will
send you these direct mailings
and only
if you indicated that you do not
object to these offers. If you
do not want
to receive such mailings, simply
tell us when you give us your personal
information.
Or, at any time you can easily edit
your account information to no longer
receive such offers and mailings.
You also have choices with respect
to cookies, as described below. By
modifying your browser preferences,
you have the choice to accept all cookies,
to be notified when a cookie is set,
or to reject all cookies. If you choose
to reject all cookies, some parts of
our site may not work properly in your
case.
6. Security of Information
MyLawyerSearch.com has
instituted reasonable measures
to keep your Personally Identifiable
Information secure. Your Personally
Identifiable Information is protected
in several ways. Access by you to
your
Personally Identifiable Information
is available through a password and
unique customer ID selected by you.
This password is encrypted. We recommend
that you do not divulge your password
to anyone. In addition, your Personally
Identifiable Information resides
on a secure server that only selected
MyLawyerSearch.com personnel and contractors
have
access to via password. We encrypt
your Personally Identifiable Information
and thereby prevent unauthorized
parties from viewing such information
when
it is transmitted to us.
In
order to most efficiently serve
you, credit card transactions and
order fulfillment are handled by
established
third-party banking, processing agents
and distribution institutions (such
as PayPal - as noted above). They
receive the information needed
to
verify and authorize your credit
card or other
payment information and to process
and ship your order.
Unfortunately, no data transmission
over the Internet or any wireless network
can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
As a result, you acknowledge and agree
that: (a) there are security and privacy
limitations of the Internet that are
beyond our control; (b) the security,
integrity and privacy of any and all
information and data exchanged between
you and us through this site cannot
be guaranteed; (c) any such information
and data may be viewed or tampered
with in transit by a third party and
(d) you provide information to use
at your sole risk.
7. Cookies
When
you use our site we mayl store
cookies on your computer in order
to
facilitate and customize your use
of our site. A cookie is a small
data
text file, which a Web site stores
on your computer's hard drive (if
your Web browser permits) that
can later
be retrieved to identify you to us.
The cookies make your use of the
site easier, make the site run
more smoothly
and help us to maintain a secure
site. You are always free to decline
our
cookies if your browser permits,
but some parts of our site may
not work
properly in that case.
We may use an outside ad serving company
to display banner advertisements on
our site. As part of their service,
they will place a separate cookie on
your computer. We will not provide
any third-party ad server with any
of your Personally Identifiable Information
or information about your purchases.
We and our third party ad server will
collect and use Non-Personally Identifiable
Information about you, such as your
IP address, browser type, the server
your computer is logged onto, the area
code and zip code associated with your
server and whether you responded to
a particular ad. Other advertisers
may also place banner ads on our site
in the same manner as above, but we
will not disclose any Personally Identifiable
Information to them.
8. Privacy Policies of Third Party
Sites
Except as otherwise discussed in this
Privacy Policy, this document only
addresses the use and disclosure of
information we collect from you. Other
sites accessible through our site have
their own privacy policies and data
collection, use and disclosure practices.
Please consult each site's privacy
policy. We are not responsible for
the policies or practices of third
parties.
Additionally, other companies that
place advertising on our site may
collect information about you when
you view or click on their advertising
through the use of cookies. We cannot
control this collection of information.
You should contact these advertisers
directly if you have any questions
about their use of the information
that they collect.
9. Miscellaneous Privacy Issues
You must be at least 18 years old
to have our permission to use this
site. Our policy is that we do not
knowingly collect, use or disclose
Personally Identifiable Information
about visitors that are under 18 years
of age.
You should also be aware that when
Personally Identifiable Information
is voluntarily disclosed (i.e., your
name, e-mail address, etc.) in the
discussion forums or other public areas
on this site, that information, along
with any information disclosed in your
communication, can be collected and
used by third parties and may result
in unsolicited messages from third
parties. Such activities are beyond
our control and this Policy does not
apply to such information. Any submissions
to chat rooms or other public areas
on this site are accepted with the
understanding that they are accessible
to all third parties. If you do not
want your comments to be viewed by
third parties, you are advised not
to make any submissions. Ultimately,
you are solely responsible for maintaining
the secrecy of your password and/or
account information. Please be careful
and responsible whenever you're online.
If you have any questions about this
Privacy Policy, the practices of this
site, or your dealings with this site,
please contact us by sending a letter
to:
MyLawyerSearch.com
Attn: Privacy Compliance Officer
Suite 8
2421 'O' Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68107