Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

 This privacy policy describes the information that  Lesowitz Gebelin , LLP (” Lesowitz Gebelin “) collects through its website (the “Website”), and how  Lesowitz Gebelin  uses that information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to  Lesowitz Gebelin’s collection of information by any other means, including without limitation from its clients in the course of representing them.

Each time you (“You,” or “Your”) use the Website, the then-current version of this Privacy Policy will apply. Accordingly, each time You visit the Website, You should check the date appearing at the end of this Privacy Policy. If that date is later than the date of Your last visit, You should review any changes to this Privacy Policy. IF AT ANY TIME YOU FIND THIS PRIVACY POLICY UNACCEPTABLE, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY LEAVE THE WEBSITE. Unless  Lesowitz Gebelin obtains Your express consent, any revised Privacy Policy will apply only to information collected by Lesowitz Gebelin after such time as the revised Privacy Policy takes effect.

INFORMATION COLLECTION

a. Personal Information.
You need not provide  Lesowitz Gebelin with personally identifying information (e.g., name, telephone number, email address, city and/or state of residence) as a condition of using the Website. However, Your failure to provide certain personally identifying information when asked will prevent certain features of the Website from functioning, or will prevent  Lesowitz Gebelin from effectively responding to certain of Your requests. The Website will collect only that personally identifying information that You affirmatively provide in response to a direct request.

b. Non-Personal Information.
Lesowitz Gebelin uses cookies to collect non-personally identifying information in connection with the Website. A cookie (“Cookie”) is a string of information that a website stores on a user’s computer, and that the user’s browser provides to the website each time the user submits a query to the website. The purpose of any Cookie placed on Your computer will be to identify You as a unique user of the Website.  Lesowitz Gebelin does not use Cookies to personally identify users of the Website. In addition,  Lesowitz Gebelin uses common tools to automatically gather information of the sort that Web browsers automatically make available, such as the user’s: (i) IP addresses; (ii) domain servers; and (iii) computer and Web browser type (collectively “Traffic Data”).

c. Children.
The Website is not directed to children under thirteen years of age. It is the policy of  Lesowitz Gebelin not to knowingly collect personally identifiable information children under the age of thirteen.

INFORMATION USE AND DISCLOSURE

a. Personal Information.
The Website and Lesowitz Gebelin will use the personally identifying information You provide to perform the function or functions in connection with which You provide it. Lesowitz Gebelin may disclose Your personally identifying information to third parties who assist Lesowitz Gebelin  in performing those functions, provided those third parties have agreed to abide by this Privacy Policy. Lesowitz Gebelin  will not without your prior consent disclose Your personally identifying information to unaffiliated third parties for direct marketing. Lesowitz Gebelin  reserves the right to disclose Your personally identifying information under the following circumstances: (1) when required to do so by law; (2) in response to a subpoena, court order, or other valid process; or (3) when Lesowitz Gebelin  believes in its sole discretion that disclosure is necessary to protect the property or rights of Lesowitz Gebelin , third parties or the public at large.

b. Cookie Policy – Tracking Over Time and Across Different Websites
“Cookies” are text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit or certain emails that you open. A Cookie acts as a string of information stored on a user’s computer or mobile device, and that the user’s browser provides to the website each time the user submits a query to the website.  The purpose of a Cookie is to identify the user as a unique user of the Service.

Lesowitz Gebelin  uses two types of Cookies – “first-party cookies” and “third-party cookies.”

First-Party Cookies
Lesowitz Gebelin uses first-party cookies on the Service, for example the Google Analytics Cookie, for the following purposes:

  • to gather visitor and access information relevant to customizing the Service to your interests; and
  • to store your password so you do not have to re-enter it each time you use the Service.

IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO HAVE FIRST-PARTY COOKIES PLACED ON YOUR COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE, YOU SHOULD SET YOUR BROWSERS TO REFUSE COOKIES BEFORE ACCESSING THE SERVICE, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE SERVICE MAY NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WITHOUT THE AID OF COOKIES. IF YOU REFUSE COOKIES, YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY RESULTING LOSS OF FUNCTIONALITY.

Third-Party Cookies
In addition to these purposes, Google, Inc. (“Google”) uses third-party cookies on our site to serve online interest-based advertisements to you on other sites. As an important example, Google uses a Cookie known as “DoubleClick” to enable both Google and Google’s third-party marketing partners to serve advertisements to You based on information gathered during Your use of the Service or Your visit to other websites and services.

Lesowitz Gebelin may advertise on other third-party websites to You after You access the Website. We and third-party marketing partners, including without limitation Google, Facebook, Inc., and Twitter, Inc., may use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party Cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) to inform, optimize, and serve advertisements to You based on your use of the Website.

Google allows users to customize Cookie preferences in Google Ads Settings page. You can also learn more about how to delete or control Cookies at www.aboutcookies.org.

BUSINESS TRANSFERS; BANKRUPTCY

Lesowitz Gebelinreserves the right to transfer Your personally identifying information to a successor organization in the event of a merger, acquisition, or bankruptcy or other sale of all or a portion of Lesowitz Gebelin’s assets. Other than to the extent ordered by a bankruptcy or other court, the use and disclosure of all transferred personally identifying information will be subject to this Privacy Policy, or to a new privacy policy if You are given notice of that new privacy policy and an opportunity to affirmatively opt out of it. Personally identifying information submitted or collected after a transfer may be subject to a new privacy policy adopted by Lesowitz Gebelin’s successor organization. 


THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

The Website may contain links to third-party websites, possibly including those of certain Lesowitz Gebelin clients. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any information collected by those third-party websites. Before visiting or providing personally identifying information to any third-party website, You should review its privacy policy and practices, and should take those steps necessary to, in Your discretion, protect Your privacy.

ABILITY TO ACCESS, UPDATE, AND CORRECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

To confirm the completeness and accuracy of, or make changes to, Your personally identifying information on file with Lesowitz Gebelin, or if You no longer wish to receive Lesowitz Gebelin’s newsletter or other materials requested from Lesowitz Gebelin, please contact Lesowitz Gebelin at contact@lawbylg.com.

COMMUNICATIONS MADE TO THIRD PARTIES BY MEANS OF THE WEBSITE; SHARE THIS PAGE FEATURE

You acknowledge that any communications sent by You to third parties by means of the Website (e.g. through a “tell-a-friend” form), whether by email or otherwise, are not private, and such communications may be read by third parties with or without Your knowledge. Further, You agree that the content of any communications that You send to third parties by means of the Website shall be non-confidential and non-proprietary. Lesowitz Gebelin reserves the right to use such communication for any purpose.

The “Share this Page” feature of the Website allows You to share information about Lesowitz Gebelin by sending emails containing links to certain Website pages. If You choose the “Send this Page” feature, or similar feature, Lesowitz Gebelin  will automatically send an email on Your behalf to the indicated recipient. Your name and email address will appear in the “From” line of such email, while the “Subject” line and body of the email message will explain the email’s contents. Lesowitz Gebelin  does not retain, share, or store any recipient email address provided in connection with the “Send this Page” feature, or similar feature.

SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Lesowitz Gebelin has implemented and maintains reasonable security procedures and practices to protect against the unauthorized access, use, modification, destruction, or disclosure of Your personally identifying information. 

CALIFORNIA DO-NOT-TRACK DISCLOSURES

Without changing or revoking any of Your privacy protections contained in this Privacy Policy, Lesowitz Gebelin does not alter its behavior or change its services upon receiving “do-not-track” signals, as the term appears in Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 22575(b)(5). 

CALIFORNIA SHINE THE LIGHT LAW / CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits visitors to the Sites who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personally identifiable information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us at 310-341-3072 or contact@lawbylg.com and put “Shine the Light” in the subject line of your request.

From January 1, 2020, California consumers have the following rights. To the extent that these rights apply to you, the following rights are provided:

  • Right to know
    You have the right to know and request information about the categories and specific pieces of we have collected about you, as well as the categories of sources from which such information is collected, the purpose for collecting such information, and the categories of third parties with whom we share such information. You also have the right to know if we have sold or disclosed your personally identifiable information. You may also request a copy of the personally identifiable information we have collected and, upon request, we will provide this information to you in electronic form.
  • Right to delete
    You have the right to request the deletion of your personally identifiable information, subject to certain exceptions and our record retention policy.
  • Right to opt-out of sale
    You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personally identifiable information to third parties. However, we do not sell your data at this time.
  • Right to non-discrimination
    You have the right to not be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights.

If you would like to exercise one or more of the rights above, please contact us by calling 310-341-3072 or emailing contact@lawbylg.com . You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. Such authorized agent must be registered to conduct business in California with the California Secretary of State. We will deny a request from an agent that does not submit proof that they have been authorized by you to act on your behalf.

We may need to confirm your verifiable consumer request before completing your request, and, for example, may ask for you to confirm data points we already have about you. We will only use personally identifiable information provided in a consumer request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request.

Date: April 23, 2020

 

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