Privacy Policy

The publishing lawyer and law firm values the privacy of its clients and Web/blog site
viewers. Any of the following personal information that may be made available to the
lawyer or firm when browsing or navigating the site shall be kept confidential:

• First and last name
• Company, home, postal or other physical address
• Other contact information, for example, telephone number, fax number, email
• address, and other similar information
• Title or position in a company or an organization
• Occupation
• Industry
• Personal interests
• Any other information needed to provide a service you requested

Examples of scenarios where our visitors provide their personal information include, but may not be limited, to:

• Emailing, calling or communicating with the lawyer or law firm.
• Posting a question or comment through the site.
• Requesting literature.
• Registering to attend a seminar or any event.
• Participating in an online survey.
• Requesting inclusion in an email or other mailing list.
• Submitting an entry for a contest or other promotions.
• Logging in to the site, thus requiring a user name and/or a password.
• Any other business-related reason.

The lawyer or law firm provides you the opportunity to agree or decline to give your
personal information via the Internet. The lawyer or firm will inform you of the purpose
for the collection and does not intend to transfer your personal information to third parties
without your consent, except under the limited conditions described under the discussion
entitled “Information Sharing and Disclosure” below. If you choose to provide us with
your personal information, we may transfer that information, within the law firm or to a
third party service provider as necessary.

Domain Information Collection
The lawyer or firm may collect domain information to enable us to analyze how our
visitors use this site. This data enables us to become more familiar with which people
visit our site, how often they visit, and what parts of the site they visit most often.
The lawyer or firm uses this information to improve its Web-based offerings. This
information is collected automatically and requires no action on your part.

Use of Cookies and Tracking User Traffic
Some pages on this site may use “cookies”—small files that the site places on your hard drive for identification purposes. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID to track the pages visited, but the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. These files are used for site registration and customization the next time you visit us.

Some parts of the site may also use cookies to track user traffic patterns. The lawyer or
firm does this in order to determine the usefulness of our Web site information to our
users and to see how effective our navigational structure is in helping users reach that
information. Please note that cookies cannot read data off of your hard drive. Your Web
browser may allow you to be notified when you are receiving a cookie, giving you the
choice to accept it or not. If you prefer not to receive cookies while browsing our Web
site, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse the cookie
when your browser alerts you to its presence. You can also refuse all cookies by turning
them off in your browser, By not accepting cookies, some pages may not fully function
and you may not be able to access certain information on this site.

Information Sharing and Disclosure
Your personal information is never shared outside the lawyer or firm without your
permission, except under conditions listed below:

Consenting to share your information to a third party service provider working on our
behalf to serve you.
Requiring us to provide you with a product or service.
The lawyer or firm will also disclose your personal information, if required to do so by
law, or in urgent circumstances, to protect personal safety, the public or our sites.

Internet Security
The lawyer or firm strives to protect your personal information; however, we urge you to
take every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet. Change
your passwords often, use a combination of letters and numbers, and make sure you use a
secure browser.

Protecting the Privacy of Children
Children under 13 years old are not the target audience for our Web site. To protect their
privacy, the lawyer or firm prohibits the solicitation of personal information from these
children.

Links to Third Party Sites
This site may contain links to other sites. The lawyer or firm does not share your personal
information with those Web sites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. We
encourage you to learn about the privacy policies of those companies.

Changes to this Privacy Policy
The lawyer or firm reserves the right to change, modify or update this policy at any time without notice. Any substantial changes in the way we use your personal information will be posted on this site.

If you have questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please email us at the contact
information on the site.