Website Privacy Policy

Last modified: March 17, 2023.

 

Introduction

 

Glow in the Dark Law PLLC (“Company” or “We”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website https://gitdlaw.com (our “Website“) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

 

This policy applies to information we collect:

 

·         On this Website.

·         In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.

·         When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.

·         Through third-party analytics such as Google® Analytics utilized by this Website.

 

It does not apply to information collected by:

 

·         Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Company or any third party including our affiliates and subsidiaries; or

·        Any third party including our affiliates and subsidiaries, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website.

 

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

 

Children Under the Age of 16

 

Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any personal information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use through the website. If you are under the age of 16 and require legal services, please contact us by telephone or contact the Department of Social Services (or appropriate state agency if outside of Virginia). If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at info@gitdlaw.com.

 

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

 

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:

 

·         By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, social media handle, or telephone number (“personal information“);

·         That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as IP address; and/or

·         About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.

 

We collect this information:

 

·         Directly from you when you provide it to us.

·         Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies utilized by third-party analytics companies.

·         From third parties, for example, our business partners.

 

Information You Provide to Us 

 

THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU TO US DOES NOT CREATE AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. NO ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP OR PRIVILEGE EXISTS UNLESS AND UNTIL AN EXPRESS ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN AGREED TO. UNTIL SUCH RELATIONSHIP IS ESTABLISHED, DO NOT PROVIDE DETAILED PERSONAL OR PRIVATE INFORMATION WHICH YOU WISH TO REMAIN PRIVILEGED.

 

The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

 

·         Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of posting material or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information and when you report a problem with our Website.

·         Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.

·         Details of transactions you carry out through our Website and of the fulfillment of your orders. You may be required to provide financial information to us or third-party collection agencies before placing an order through our Website.

·         Your search queries on the Website.

 

You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, “posted“) on public areas of the Website, or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, “User Contributions“). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although we limit access to certain pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Website with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

 

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies 

 

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

 

·         Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.

·         Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

 

The information we collect automatically may include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

 

·         Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.

·         Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.

·         Speed up your searches.

·         Recognize you when you return to our Website.

 

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.

Web Beacons. Pages of our Website may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

 

Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

 

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

 

How We Use Your Information

 

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

 

·         To present our Website and its contents to you.

·         To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.

·         To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.

·         To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.

·         To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it.

·         To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website.

·         In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.

·         For any other purpose with your consent.

 

We may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers’ target audiences. Even though we do not disclose your personal information for these purposes without your consent, if you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.

 

Disclosure of Your Information

 

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

 

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

 

·         To our subsidiaries and affiliates.

·         To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them]

·         To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Glow in the Dark Law PLLC’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Glow in the Dark Law PLLC about our Website users is among the assets transferred.

·         To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.

·         For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.

·         With your consent.

 

We may also disclose your personal information:

 

·         To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.

·         To enforce or apply our terms of use (https://gitdlaw.com/terms-conditions/terms-of-use/)  and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.

·         If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Glow in the Dark Law PLLC, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

 

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

 

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

 

Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

 

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI“) on the NAI’s website.

 

Residents of certain states, such as California, Nevada, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see Your State Privacy Rights for more information.

 

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

 

If you delete your User Contributions from the Website, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Website users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Website, including User Contributions, is governed by our terms of use (https://gitdlaw.com/terms-conditions/terms-of-use/).

 

Residents of certain states, such as California, Nevada, Colorado, Virginia, and Utah may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see Your State Privacy Rights for more information.

 

Your State Privacy Rights

 

State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information. To learn more about California residents’ privacy rights, visit https://www.oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa. California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our App that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to info@gitdlaw.com.

 

Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah each provide their state residents with rights to:

 

·         Confirm whether we process their personal information.

·         Access and delete certain personal information.

·         Data portability.

·         Opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales.

 

Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia also provide their state residents with rights to:

 

·         Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information’s nature processing purpose.

·         Opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

 

To exercise any of these rights please email info@gitdlaw.com.

 

Data Security

 

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Website like message boards. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Website.

 

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

 

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

 

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you through a notice and update to this Privacy Policy on this Website page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

 

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:

 

William La Salle III, J.D.

The Glow in the Dark Lawyer™

100 Spinnaker Run Ln.

Smithfield, VA 23430

(757) 542-3094

info@gitdlaw.com