Privacy Policy

At The Alvarez Law Firm, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains the types of information that is collected and recorded by The Alvarez Law Firm and how we use it. If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collected on this website. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Information We Collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide. When you register for an account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website
• Improve, personalize, and expand our website
• Understand and analyze how you use our website
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
• Send you emails and text messages
• Serve ads through various third-party advertising networks
• Find and prevent fraud

How We Protect Your Information

Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible. We use regular malware scanning.

Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. We implement a variety of security measures when a user enters, submits, or accesses their information.

Log Files

The Alvarez Law Firm follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, The Alvarez Law Firm uses cookies. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and other information. You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

• The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
• The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate, and to request that we complete information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

The service providers we use may have access to your personal data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about your activity on our service in accordance with their privacy policies.

Analytics

We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our service. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our service, and this data is shared with other Google services. You can opt out of having your activity on the service made available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit policies.google.com/privacy.

Advertising

Google Ads is an online advertising, pay-per-click platform developed by Google. We may use Google Ads cookies and conversions to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and to track the performance of our website. When you click on one of our ads, a conversion cookie may be placed on your computer that allows us to track whether you have taken a desired action on our website, such as filling out a contact form or calling us.

The Alvarez Law Firm may also use other paid advertising platforms, such as social media advertising and Microsoft Ads, to reach new clients and promote our services. These platforms use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activity and interests. The information we collect through these platforms is anonymous and is used only to improve our advertising campaigns and track the performance of our website. You can opt out of these cookies at any time through the privacy settings pages of the relevant platforms, or by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page. For more information, visit policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Consent to Receive Text Messages

By selecting “I Accept” on any of our contact forms, you expressly authorize The Alvarez Law Firm (and any party acting on behalf of The Alvarez Law Firm) to contact you via text message at the mobile number(s) provided. You agree that The Alvarez Law Firm may use automatic telephone dialing systems to send text messages to any mobile number listed, and that you own or are authorized to provide any numbers you enroll.

No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Information sharing to subcontractors in support services, such as customer service, is permitted. All other use case categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties. Carrier message and data rates may apply. To opt out, text STOP from the mobile number you want to unenroll.

Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and monitor and guide their online activity. The Alvarez Law Firm does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Fair Information Practices

The Fair Information Practice Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States. In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices, should a data breach occur we will notify you via email within 7 business days and notify users via in-site notification within 7 business days.

We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle, which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law, and that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

CAN-SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out penalties for violations. We collect your email address in order to send information, respond to inquiries and other requests or questions, and to continue sending emails to our clients after the original correspondence has occurred.

To be in accordance with CAN-SPAM, we agree to the following:

• Do not use false or misleading header information.
• Do not use deceptive subject lines.
• Identify the message as an advertisement where required.
• Tell recipients where we are located.
• Tell recipients how to opt out of receiving future marketing email from us.
• Honor opt-out requests promptly.
• Monitor what others are doing on our behalf.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately after they are posted.