The Law Offices of Kenneth J. Freed, APC recognizes the importance of your privacy. This policy is intended to inform you about the information we collect from visits to our website, how we use that information, and with whom the information may be shared.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, you can choose not to use our website. By accessing or using our website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of our website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Policy periodically for updates.
Who We Are
The Law Offices of Kenneth J. Freed, APC is a law firm that was formed in 1991. We are a professional association organized under the laws of the state of California for the practice of law. Our Firm’s headquarters is at 4340 Fulton Ave., Third Floor, Sherman Oaks, California 91423
Scope of our Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to information that we collect online through our website. It does not apply to information that we collect by other means, such as information you share with us verbally, in writing, in email messages to our lawyers or employees, or to information obtained during the course of representing a client. This Privacy Policy also does not cover information collected by any other company, third-party site or third-party application that may link to our website, or that can be accessed from our website.
Information We Collect from Website Visits
Information we obtain from visits to our website can be broadly described as the personal and business information that visitors provide us with and technical information that we collect through the use of technology concerning those visits.
Personal Information
Visitors to our website can register for seminars or webinars, sign up to receive newsletters, publications, marketing materials or respond to surveys. From our website, we will collect any information that you voluntarily provide us such as your name, email address, telephone number or fax number, your company or firm name, and other business contact information. We will also collect other types of information you might provide such as preferences as to the types of information, invitations or publications that you would like to receive, as well as responses to surveys or questionnaires. We may endeavor to determine if you are a current or a former client of the Firm from the information you provide.
Consent and Withdrawing Your Consent
You are under no obligation to provide us with your personal or business information when visiting our website. Whether you provide any personal or business information is entirely voluntary and solely within your discretion. You will suffer no legal detriment if you decide not to provide any of the requested personal information. We may be unable to provide you with any services or information you request, however, if you decide not to provide us with some or all of the personal information via our website.
You can withdraw your consent at any time to our possession or processing of any of the personal information you provide us. To do so, you can send an email to info@kjfesq.com as explained at the end of this Policy.
Technical Information
We collect certain types of technical information provided by the browser of the computer, tablet or mobile device used when visiting our website, such as:
- Usage Details, IP Addresses and Browser Details. When you visit our website, we collect technical information such as the identity of your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your computers or device’s operating system and browser type, geolocation data, and the pages of our website that you visit. Most browsers automatically transmit this type of information to websites. We will anonymize your IP address. We collect this information to administer and manage our website, to ensure that it functions properly and to obtain and review website-related statistics and information (for example, verifying system and server integrity).
- Cookies. Like many other websites, our website uses Cookies. Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to the browser of a computer, tablet or smartphone used to visit a website. A Cookie will identify your browser; help you log in and improve the navigation of a website. We use Cookies to help improve the performance of our website. Cookies allow us to review the number of visitors to our website and a visitor’s usage patterns; to track key performance indicators such as pages visited, frequency of visits, downloads and other statistical information; to identify whether a visitor views the mobile or desktop version of our website; to recognize if a visitor returns to our website; to store information about visitor’s visits; and to remember visitor’s preferences.
You may be able to disallow Cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. To learn more about Cookies and how to disallow or manage them, go to: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/. If you choose not to accept Cookies, you may be unable to access certain parts or pages of our website, or certain parts or pages of our website may not function properly.
How We Use or Process Your Information
We may process the information you provide, and that we collect via our website, to:
- Provide invitations to seminars, conferences and other Firm programs; to register you for events or to sponsor events; or to provide CLE information, newsletters, publications, blog updates, social media feeds and marketing information.
- Deliver any requested information, products or services, or to provide you with customer support.
- Operate, present to you, improve or modify our website; update and maintain client, subscription or email lists; and for other internal purposes.
- Respond to requests for information, to respond to requests for proposals (RFPs), or to provide information about legal services that you request.
- Respond to lawful requests for information through court orders, subpoenas, warrants and other legal process or obligations.
- Enforce our website’s terms of use or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
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Protect the operations of our law firm, or the safety, security and privacy of our Firm, our lawyers and staff, and our clients or third parties. This potentially includes sharing information with others for purposes of fraud protection, information security and related matters.
- Notify you about changes to our website, changes to the information, products or services we provide on or through our website, or changes to this Privacy Policy.
- Perform any other processing that we describe when you provide the information and for any other purpose with your consent.
With Whom We Will Share Your Information
We may share the information you provide us on a confidential basis with contractors, vendors, or service providers that support our Firm’s operations and our website, but only for those purposes. We may also share your information for purposes of tracking registrations, confirming attendance, and providing your biographic information to attendees of our programs. If you are seeking continuing legal education credit (CLE) after attending one of our educational offerings, we will provide certain personal information you provide us to the appropriate authorities in the state(s) in which you seek CLE credit.
We may also share your personal information with courts, law enforcement authorities, regulators, attorneys or other parties when it is reasonably necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of a legal or equitable claim, for purposes of an alternative dispute resolution process, or to meet national security and law enforcement requirements; to comply with a subpoena or court order, legal process, or other legal requirement or when we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to comply with the law, prevent imminent physical harm or material financial loss; to investigate, prevent or take action concerning illegal activities, suspected fraud, threats to our Firm, any of its lawyers, its staff or our property; or as necessary in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringement, piracy or other unlawful activity.
Tracking
We do not currently collect personal information about your online activities over time and across third-party sites for tracking purposes. We do not currently allow third parties to collect personal information on our website that could be used by them to analyze and store information about your online activities over time and across third-party sites for tracking purposes. As such, our website does not currently respond to any “DO NOT TRACK” signals that may be sent from your browser or device.
Links to Social Media and Third-Party Websites
Our website may include links to blogs, social media and third-party websites. These third-party sites have their own privacy policies and terms of use and are not controlled by this Privacy Policy or the terms of our website’s disclaimer. You should carefully review any terms, conditions and policies of such third-party sites before visiting them or supplying them with any personal information. If you follow a link to any third-party site, any information you provide that site will be governed by its own terms of use and privacy policy and not this Privacy Policy.
The Law Offices of Kenneth J. Freed, APC is not responsible for the privacy or security of any information you provide to a third-party website or the information practices used by any third-party site, including links to any third-party site from The Law Offices of Kenneth J. Freed, APC’s website. We make no representations, expressed or implied, concerning the accuracy, privacy, safety, security, or the information practices of any third-party site. The inclusion of a link to a third-party site on our website does not constitute any type of endorsement of the linked site by The Law Offices of Kenneth J. Freed, APC. The Law Offices of Kenneth J. Freed, APC is not responsible for any loss or damage you may sustain resulting from your use of any third-party website or any information you share with a third-party website.
Updating, Correcting or Withdrawing Your Personal Information
It is important that the personal information we have about you is accurate. If any of the personal information you provide us should ever change, for instance if you change your email address or phone number, or should you wish to change your preferences, to stop receiving announcements from us, to correct any inaccurate personal information about you, or to delete any personal information that you provided through your visits to our website, please let us know by sending an email to info@kjfesq.com. We are not responsible for any losses that could arise from any inaccurate, deficient or incomplete personal information that you provide to the Firm.
For security reasons, we may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity before we correct, update or delete any personal information you provide us.
Information Security
California Visitors
The California Civil Code permits California Residents with whom we have an established business relationship to request that we provide you with a list of certain categories of personal information that we have disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. To make such a request, please send an email addressed to Kenneth J. Freed at info@kjfesq.com.