PRIVACY STATEMENT AND COOKIE POLICY
Sissac Legal Group, P.C. (“The Firm”) is a company incorporated in Texas. As professionals engaged in providing legal services, it is committed to protecting the privacy of confidential and “Personal Information” (information that directly or indirectly identifies individuals who may be clients, staff, agents, lawyers, law students, job applicants or others inside or outside The Firm). The policy of The Firm has always and will continue to be to comply with all rules of professional conduct which impose a duty to preserve and protect confidential information.
If you send correspondence to The Firm, such as emails or letters, we may collect such information into a file specific to you. We may use that information and other information we obtain to assess problems or complaints concerning the website.
This Privacy Statement and Cookie Policy (the “Statement”) is based on the privacy and data protection principles prevalent in the United States. This policy is applied to comply with law, protect client confidentiality and to zealously represent our clients within all bounds of the law. This Statement is intended to summarize The Firm’s data protection practices generally, and to advise our clients, and others about The Firm’s privacy policies that may be applicable to them.
This Statement is also specifically addressed to parties outside The Firm who provide Personal Information to The Firm or who visit or use The Firm’s websites, our apps, our social media sites, our extranets, as well as email messages that we send to you that contain a link to this Statement (collectively, the “Internet Services”). This Statement also describes how The Firm collects, processes and discloses Personal Information in connection with the provision of legal services and the Internet Services.
By using this website, you agree to this privacy policy. When the term “you” is used below, we refer to “you” as an individual, and you along with your end-users if you are a business entity.
Your Consent and Changes to the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right, in our discretion, to change this Statement at any time without advance notice. All revisions will be posted on this page. We urge you to review the Privacy Policy for changes. Your continued use of this website means that you accept any changes.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
When contacting us through our site, you may be asked to provide any of the following: your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, job title, or area of interest. We may also collect Personal Information about you when you interact with us on social media sites and from other third parties and may also automatically collect information that may contain Personal Information as described below in the cookie policy.
The information we collect is used to better understand your needs and provide you with better service. We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
Some purposes for collecting information via our website include but are not limited to:
Confidentiality, Security, and Retention of Personal Information
Consistent with our professional obligations, it has always been the policy of The Firm to exercise the utmost discretion regarding the information our clients entrust to us.
We have established appropriate procedures to safeguard and secure information we collect via this website. We cannot enforce or control the security of devices and networks that you may use to submit information to us. We are not responsible for the disclosure or interception of your information before we receive it.
We maintain reasonable and appropriate safeguards intended to maintain the confidentiality of Personal Information, including that provided by a visitor to this website and provided while using other Internet Services. We do not guarantee that our safeguards will always work.
We require consultants, suppliers and vendors to maintain data protections consistent with reasonable and appropriate obligations of data processors where applicable.
We may retain information provided by you, including Personal Information, for as long as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, or to achieve the purposes for which the information was originally collected and for the purposes described in the Statement and in our applicable policies.
Disclosure and Transfer of Personal Information
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Consistent with our professional obligations, we may provide Personal Information to regulatory authorities and law enforcement officials in accordance with applicable law or when we otherwise believe in good faith that the provision of such information is required or permitted by law, such as in connection with the investigation or assertion of our legal defenses or for our compliance matters.
Cookie Policy
A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.
The Firm’s Internet Services use cookies to customize your visit to our website. Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal information about you and we do not generally store any personal information that you provided to us in your cookies.
Children
In order to respect the privacy of minors, The Firm does not knowingly collect, maintain or process Personal Information submitted online via our Internet Services by anyone under the age of 18. To the extent The Firm collects Personal Information on minors in the context of one of the purposes mentioned in the Statement, The Firm will only do so with the appropriate consent or as otherwise permitted under applicable laws.
Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to enable you to easily visit other websites. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. This Firm is not liable or responsible for the content or privacy policy of other sites.
It is The Firm’s policy to respect the privacy of its clients. YOU ARE NOT A CLIENT AND AN ATTORNEY CLIENT RELATIONSHIP DOES NOT EXIST JUST BY SUBMITTING AN INQUIRY UNTIL YOU ARE ENGAGED AND PAY A RETAINER TO THE FIRM. Except as described above, under no circumstances will The Firm disclose information provided by you to any individual, advertiser, vendor, or any other entity without your written consent.
If you send correspondence to The Firm, such as emails or letters, we may collect such information into a file specific to you. We may use that information and other information we obtain to assess problems or complaints concerning the website.
This Privacy Statement and Cookie Policy (the “Statement”) is based on the privacy and data protection principles prevalent in the United States. This policy is applied to comply with law, protect client confidentiality and to zealously represent our clients within all bounds of the law. This Statement is intended to summarize The Firm’s data protection practices generally, and to advise our clients, and others about The Firm’s privacy policies that may be applicable to them.
This Statement is also specifically addressed to parties outside The Firm who provide Personal Information to The Firm or who visit or use The Firm’s websites, our apps, our social media sites, our extranets, as well as email messages that we send to you that contain a link to this Statement (collectively, the “Internet Services”). This Statement also describes how The Firm collects, processes and discloses Personal Information in connection with the provision of legal services and the Internet Services.
By using this website, you agree to this privacy policy. When the term “you” is used below, we refer to “you” as an individual, and you along with your end-users if you are a business entity.
Your Consent and Changes to the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right, in our discretion, to change this Statement at any time without advance notice. All revisions will be posted on this page. We urge you to review the Privacy Policy for changes. Your continued use of this website means that you accept any changes.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
When contacting us through our site, you may be asked to provide any of the following: your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, job title, or area of interest. We may also collect Personal Information about you when you interact with us on social media sites and from other third parties and may also automatically collect information that may contain Personal Information as described below in the cookie policy.
The information we collect is used to better understand your needs and provide you with better service. We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
Some purposes for collecting information via our website include but are not limited to:
- to contact you and respond to your requests and enquiries
- to carry out, monitor and analyze our business or website operations
- to provide you with legal services, if you are or become a client of The Firm, and otherwise deal with you, and administer the matters you instruct us on
- to contact you (unless you tell us that you prefer us not to) regarding legal or law Firm developments that may be of interest to you. If you do not want to receive publications or details of events or seminars that we consider may be of interest to you, you may do so by clicking on the unsubscribe link in electronic marketing communications
- to enter into or carry out contracts of various kinds
- to comply with applicable laws, regulations, guidance or professional obligations that we may be subject to,
Confidentiality, Security, and Retention of Personal Information
Consistent with our professional obligations, it has always been the policy of The Firm to exercise the utmost discretion regarding the information our clients entrust to us.
We have established appropriate procedures to safeguard and secure information we collect via this website. We cannot enforce or control the security of devices and networks that you may use to submit information to us. We are not responsible for the disclosure or interception of your information before we receive it.
We maintain reasonable and appropriate safeguards intended to maintain the confidentiality of Personal Information, including that provided by a visitor to this website and provided while using other Internet Services. We do not guarantee that our safeguards will always work.
We require consultants, suppliers and vendors to maintain data protections consistent with reasonable and appropriate obligations of data processors where applicable.
We may retain information provided by you, including Personal Information, for as long as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, or to achieve the purposes for which the information was originally collected and for the purposes described in the Statement and in our applicable policies.
Disclosure and Transfer of Personal Information
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Consistent with our professional obligations, we may provide Personal Information to regulatory authorities and law enforcement officials in accordance with applicable law or when we otherwise believe in good faith that the provision of such information is required or permitted by law, such as in connection with the investigation or assertion of our legal defenses or for our compliance matters.
Cookie Policy
A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.
The Firm’s Internet Services use cookies to customize your visit to our website. Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal information about you and we do not generally store any personal information that you provided to us in your cookies.
Children
In order to respect the privacy of minors, The Firm does not knowingly collect, maintain or process Personal Information submitted online via our Internet Services by anyone under the age of 18. To the extent The Firm collects Personal Information on minors in the context of one of the purposes mentioned in the Statement, The Firm will only do so with the appropriate consent or as otherwise permitted under applicable laws.
Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to enable you to easily visit other websites. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. This Firm is not liable or responsible for the content or privacy policy of other sites.
It is The Firm’s policy to respect the privacy of its clients. YOU ARE NOT A CLIENT AND AN ATTORNEY CLIENT RELATIONSHIP DOES NOT EXIST JUST BY SUBMITTING AN INQUIRY UNTIL YOU ARE ENGAGED AND PAY A RETAINER TO THE FIRM. Except as described above, under no circumstances will The Firm disclose information provided by you to any individual, advertiser, vendor, or any other entity without your written consent.
