LEANLEGAL PRIVACY POLICY
LeanLegal is committed to maintaining privacy protections for its users. Our Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use and safeguard the information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our website and any other web-based or mobile service we offer (our “Service”). By using our Service, you consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
Registration on our website and use of our Service is not intended for children under age 13. If you’re under 13 and starting a business we applaud you; but you need someone over 13 to use our website for you.
Information We Collect
We may collect “Non-Personal Information” and “Personal Information.” Non-Personal Information includes information that can’t be used to personally identify you, such as anonymous usage data, browser type, and IP address. Personal Information includes your name, address, e-mail, telephone number, financial information such as your credit card number, or other information which personally identifies you and which you provide to us through the website.
How We Collect Information
Information collected via technology We automatically collect information from your browser when you visit our website, through the use of cookies or other standard internet technology. This information may include your IP address, your browser type and language, access times, the content of any undeleted cookies that your browser previously accepted from us and the referring website address.
Information you provide us by registering for services
In addition to the information provided automatically by your browser when you visit our website, you may provide information to us by registering for or using the services available through our website. If you transact business with us through our website, you may also provide financial information about your credit/debit card or bank account.
How We Use the Information We Collect Personal Information
In general, we may use information that we collect about you to:
- establish and maintain our business relationship with you;
- communicate with you, manage your account and provide you with customer support;
- perform research and analysis about your use of, or interest in, our products, services, or content, or products, services or content provided by others through our website;
- communicate with you by email about products or services that may be of interest to you either from us, our business partners or other third parties.
- enforce this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use;
- manage our business;
- perform functions as otherwise described to you at the time of collection;
- for the management and defense of legal claims and actions, compliance with court orders and other legal obligations and regulator requirements, and as otherwise permitted or required by law.
If you provide us with financial information or payment information for the purpose of transacting business through our Service, then we may use financial information or payment method to process payment for any transactions made on our website, to protect against or identify possible fraudulent transactions, and otherwise as needed to manage our business.
Non-Personal Information
In general, we use Non-Personal Information to help us improve the Service and customize the user experience. We also aggregate Non-Personal Information in order to track trends and analyze use patterns on the website. This Privacy Policy does not limit in any way our use or disclosure of Non-Personal Information and we reserve the right to use and disclose such Non-Personal Information to our partners, advertisers and other third parties at our discretion.
How We Share Your Information
Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy or with your consent, we do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share for marketing purposes your Personal Information with third parties. We may share personal information with:
- Authorized Employees Only authorized employees are permitted to access personal information and only for authorized business reasons.
- Authorized Service Providers We may share your personal information with our authorized service providers that perform certain services on our behalf. These services may include fulfilling orders, processing credit card payments, providing customer services, performing business and sales analysis, supporting our website functionality and data and IT infrastructure. We will only provide these agents and suppliers with the personal information they need to deliver the service we have requested, and who have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of that information in accordance with this policy. Information which you provide to third-parties through their websites is subject to the Privacy Policies of those websites. (See Links to Other Websites below.)
- Other We may disclose your information in response to a subpoena or court order, to exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims, or as otherwise or as otherwise required by law. In such cases, we may raise or waive any legal objection or right available to us. We may also share personal information when we believe disclosure is appropriate to investigate, prevent or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing; to protect and defend the rights, property or safety of our company, our users, our employees, or others; to comply with applicable law or cooperate with law enforcement; or to enforce our website terms and conditions or other agreements or policies.
We may also provide your information in connection with the sale or transfer of all or a part of our business to another company. In that case, we will require such a buyer to agree to treat your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Links to Other Websites
As part of the Service, we may provide links to other websites or applications. We aren’t responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information or content they contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through our website and the Service, and doesn’t apply to your use of a third party website accessed by selecting a link on our website. To the extent that you access another website or application through our website, then the privacy policy of that other website or application will apply to your use of that site or application. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites and to use safe-internet surfing practices when using them.
Security of Your Information
We implement security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access. For example, only authorized employees are permitted to access personal information and only for authorized business reasons. If you register for an account through our website, your account is protected by your account password and you should take appropriate steps to keep your personal information safe by not disclosing your password and by logging out of your account after each use. We further protect your information from potential security breaches by implementing certain technological security measures including encryption, firewalls and secure socket layer (SSL) technology. However, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software. By using our Service, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks. Please refer to the Federal Trade Commission’s website for information about how to protect yourself against identity theft.
Visiting Our Website From Outside the United States
This Privacy Policy is intended to cover collection of information on our website from residents of the United States. If you are visiting our website from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. Please be assured that we seek to take reasonable steps to ensure that your privacy is protected. By using our services, you understand that your information may be transferred to our facilities and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.
Your Rights Regarding the Use of Your Personal Information
You have the right at any time to prevent us from contacting you for marketing purposes. When we send a promotional communication to a user, the user can opt out of further promotional communications by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in each promotional email. Please note that notwithstanding the promotional preferences you indicate by unsubscribing, we may continue to send you administrative emails including, for example, periodic updates to our Privacy Policy.
How You Can Access Your Information
If you have an online account with us, you have the ability to review and update your personal information online by logging into your account. You can also review and update your personal information by contacting us via the How to Contact Us provisions below. It is your responsibility to keep your records with us updated by contacting us via the How to Contact Us section below. We will do our best to respond to all reasonable requests to update your data in a timely manner. Please note that the sensitive nature of our business may limit our ability to provide access to certain records if doing so may be unduly burdensome, infringes on the rights of others, or is prohibited by law.
You may choose to close any of your accounts with us at any time by submitting a request via the How to Contact Us provisions below. After you close your account, you will not be able to sign in to your account or access any of your personal information. Please note that if you close your account, we may still retain certain information associated with your account for analytical purposes and recordkeeping integrity, as well as to prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, enforce this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, take actions we deem necessary to protect the integrity of our website or our users, or take other actions otherwise permitted by law. In addition, if we have provided information to third parties as provided in this Privacy Policy, retention of that information will be subject to the provisions of this policy. If you have provided information to third parties through this website as provided in this Privacy Policy, retention of that information will be subject to the provisions of the third party’s privacy policies.
Changes to Our Policies
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. We will notify you of significant changes to this policy by placing a prominent notice on our website. You should periodically check the website and this privacy page for updates. Any transactions conducted through our website are subject to the terms of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use in effect at the time of the transaction.
Resolution of Dispute
This Agreement will be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Missouri notwithstanding applicable choice of law principles. Any action related to use of the LeanLegal website, this Privacy Policy or our Terms of Use will be brought in Missouri and by using the LeanLegal website you agree to personal jurisdiction in Missouri and waive any objection to this as an inconvenient forum.
All claims you may have under this Privacy Policy must be brought within one (1) year of the date on which the claim arose.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our information-handling practices, or if you would like to request information about our disclosure of personal information to third parties, please contact us by email or postal mail:
LeanLegal
4240 Duncan Avenue, Suite 200
St. Louis, MO 63110
(Attn: Privacy Officer)
privacyofficer@leanlegal.us
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