Last revised May 2016
Weiner Brodsky Kider PC (“Weiner Brodsky Kider”) provides this Privacy Policy to explain how we use and disclose personally identifiable information collected through our website, www.thewbkfirm.com (the “Website”). This Policy does not apply to information provided to us in the course of our attorney-client relationships or protected by confidentiality, the attorney-client privilege, the attorney work product doctrine or any other applicable protection. Nothing in this Privacy Policy should be construed to create an attorney-client relationship with visitors to our Website or, conversely, to detract from any of the protections resulting from such relationships.
Information We Collect
The Website does not collect personally identifiable information about you unless you expressly provide such information, such as your name, physical address, and email address, to us on a voluntary basis, for example, when subscribing to our electronic newsletter or requesting more information to be sent to you about Weiner Brodsky Kider. We may also add the personally identifiable information you expressly provide to our databases, subscriber lists, or contact lists. We may use this information to send you the subscriptions you request, to respond to your inquiries, and, from time to time, to send you information regarding events and developments that we think may be of interest to you.
If you contact us by email or otherwise through the Website, we may keep a record of your contact information and correspondence, and we may use your email address or other information you provide in your message to respond to you. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT SUBMISSION OF AN EMAIL TO WEINER BRODSKY KIDER OR TO ANY WEINER BRODSKY KIDER ATTORNEY OR ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE WEBSITE DOES NOT CREATE AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT OR OTHER PRIVILEGED OR CONFIDENTIAL RELATIONSHIP. THEREFORE, IF YOU DISCLOSE INFORMATION IN THIS MANNER, THERE IS NO ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE, CONFIDENTIALITY OR ANY OTHER PROTECTION THAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH INFORMATION, AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE OR DISCLOSE ANY INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO WEINER BRODSKY KIDER OR ITS ATTORNEYS. ACCORDINGLY, DO NOT DISCLOSE ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU WISH TO REMAIN PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL.
If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive materials from us, you may opt out by following the instructions below under “Contact Us; Opt-Out.” On rare occasions, we may send important administrative information regarding the Website or services to users using their email addresses; because such information may be important to your use of the Website, it may not be possible to “opt out” of receiving such emails.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information & Use of Internet Cookies
We also automatically collect non-personally identifiable information through cookies and log files when you access the Website. Such information includes, without limitation, the following: your internet service provider, the IP address of the computer you are using, the type of browser software and operating system that you use, the date and time you access the Website, your length of stay on the Website, the pages that you visit on the Website, the website address, if any, from which you linked directly to the Website, the website address, if any, to which you travel from the Website, and other similar traffic information. We may aggregate your information with similar data collected from other users to help us improve our Website and the services we provide through our Website. We do not use such data in any way to create or maintain a personal profile of you or to collect personally identifiable information from you.
Our Use of Information We Collect
Generally, we do not disclose personally identifiable information that we collect through your use of the Website to unaffiliated third parties without your consent. However, we reserve the right to provide such information to our employees, contractors, agents, and designees to the extent necessary to enable them to perform certain Website-related services on our behalf. We also reserve the right to disclose such information to any third party if we believe that we are required to do so for any of the following reasons: (a) by law; (b) to comply with legal processes or governmental requests; (c) to prevent, investigate, detect, or prosecute criminal offenses or attacks on the technical integrity of the Website or our network; or (d) to protect the rights, property, or safety of Weiner Brodsky Kider and its partners, members, and employees, users of the Website, or the public.
Weiner Brodsky Kider reserves the right to transfer any and all information we collect from users, or that we otherwise collect in connection with the Website, including, without limitation, to unaffiliated third parties, in the event of a sale or transfer of assets or portion of our business.
Security
Weiner Brodsky Kider employs industry standard security measures designed to protect against loss, misuse or alteration of personally identifiable information under our control. Unfortunately, no security system, or system of transmitting data over the Internet, can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, while we employ industry standard security measures to protect your personally identifiable information, we cannot guarantee the security of our servers, the means by which information is transmitted between your computer and our servers, or any information provided to us or to any third party through or in connection with the Website.
Links to Other Websites
The Website may contain links to websites owned by third parties. If you link to any such website, any information you disclose on that website is not subject to this Privacy Policy. You should consult the privacy policies of each website you visit. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of others. Any Website link to a website owned by a third party does not constitute an endorsement, approval, association, sponsorship or affiliation with the linked website unless specifically stated.
Changes to Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. These changes become effective upon posting on the website. For your convenience, we will endeavor to identify the date this Policy was last revised at the top of the Policy. Your use of our Website constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy as amended or revised by us, and you should review this Policy periodically to make sure you are aware of its terms and how it affects your use of the Website.
Contact Us; Opt-Out
If you would like to update or otherwise change the personally identifiable information you have provided to us, or if you no longer wish to receive materials from us or want your personally identifiable information removed from our databases, please contact us at info@thewbkfirm.com. Alternatively, when you receive materials from us by email, you may make use of the “opt out” provision in the email to let us know that you no longer wish to receive such materials from us.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our collection and use of your personally identifiable information, please contact us at info@thewbkfirm.com.