Who we are
Our website address is: https://directlegalmarketing.com.
Effective Date: March 5, 2024
Introduction
Direct Legal Marketing (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is dedicated to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and sharing of your information when you visit our website at www.directlegalmarketing.com (the “Site”).
Information We Collect
We collect various types of information to provide and improve our services. This includes:
Information You Provide: We may collect personal information such as your name, address, email address, phone number, social security number, and other identifiers necessary for communication and service delivery. Additionally, if you engage with our services, we may collect billing and payment card information, as well as specific information related to legal claims or injuries.
Automatically Collected Information: When you visit our website or use our online services, we automatically collect certain information provided by your browser or device. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, browsing behavior, and other usage details. We may utilize technologies such as cookies, clear GIFs, or web beacons to gather this information.
Information from Other Sources: We may obtain information about you from affiliates, partners, and other third parties to enhance our understanding of your preferences, interests, and interactions with our services.
How We Use Your Information
We utilize the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- Providing information and services to you and our professional clients in the legal industry.
- Managing our business operations and improving our website and services.
- Complying with legal obligations and responding to law enforcement requests.
- Protecting against fraudulent activities and unauthorized access to our services.
- Delivering personalized content and advertising based on your interests and behavior.
Sharing of Personal Information
We may share your personal information with:
- Our professional clients in the legal industry and their partners, affiliates, and co-counsel.
- Service providers and data processors who assist us in operating our business and delivering services to you.
- Other third parties for legitimate business purposes or as required by law, including legal or regulatory compliance, fraud prevention, and corporate transactions.
We may also share information with third parties with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable laws.
Your Choices
You have options to control how your information is collected and used:
- You can manage cookie preferences at the individual browser level. However, disabling cookies may limit certain features of our website.
- We offer an opt-out mechanism for marketing communications. You can unsubscribe from marketing emails by following the instructions provided or contacting us directly.
- You have the right to request deletion of your personal data from our database. Please contact us at [insert email address] for assistance.
Security of Your Personal Information
We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.
California Privacy Practices and Your Rights
If you are a resident of California, you may have additional rights regarding your personal information. Please refer to our separate California Privacy Notice for more information on your rights under California law.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy periodically. Any changes will be reflected on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this policy regularly to stay informed about how we handle your information.