Privacy Policy
The Terms and Conditions of the Website (“T&C”) are incorporated herein and all terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning attributed to them in said Terms and Conditions of the Website.
This privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is intended to inform you how The Firm may collect and use your personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) and other information through the Sites.
We have a philosophy about the way we interact with our users. If you hear from us, we will always aim to be respectful, relevant and appropriate. If at any time you do not feel we’ve lived up to our philosophy, please let us know by getting in touch with us at contact@farahandfarah.com.
How Can the Terms of the Privacy Policy Be Modified?
This Privacy Policy constitutes an understanding between you and The Firm. We reserve the right to change, modify, alter or otherwise update how we handle the information we collect and process via this Website, and to modify this Privacy Policy, at any time. All changes and modifications are effective upon posting. You agree to review this Privacy Policy periodically to be aware of any such modifications. We will indicate that changes to this Privacy Policy have been made by updating the date after “Last Updated” at the end of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the then-current version of this Privacy Policy, then you are not authorized to use this Website. Continued use of this Website is deemed conclusive acceptance of the changed or modified Privacy Policy. Any material changes in the way we use Personal Information will apply only to information collected thereafter, unless we provide you with notice or obtain your consent in accordance with applicable law. The current version of this Privacy Policy is accessible via the footer of the Website’s homepage. By visiting the Website, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
How Do We Collect Information?
The Website enables Website users (each a “user” and collectively “users,” “you,” “your,” “yours” or “yourself”) to browse the Website. By using this Site, you consent to the collection and use of your Personal Information and other information by The Firm as described in this Privacy Policy.
We may obtain Personal Information or Non-Personal information from third parties such as our service providers, vendors, independent contractors, business partners, sponsors, and other sources (e.g., offline records or publicly available information). We may combine Personal Information we collect with information that we obtain from these sources. We will treat any such combined information as Personal Information.
Cookies (including web beacons, pixels, gifs, tags or similar technologies) are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and tell us how and when pages in this Website are visited and by how many people. Our cookies do not collect Personal Information, and we do not combine the general information collected through cookies with other Personal Information to tell us who you are or what your screen name or email address is.
Most browsers have an option for turning off the cookie feature, which will prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, as well as (depending on the sophistication of your browser software) allowing you to decide on acceptance of each new cookie in a variety of ways. You may use this Website even if you choose to reject or delete certain cookies. We strongly recommend that you leave the cookies activated, however, because cookies enable you to take advantage of some of the Website’s most attractive features.
The Website may contain plugins for services like Facebook or Twitter and other Social Media, and we recommend that you review the privacy policies that apply to these plugins, prior to clicking on the plugins. A plugin is a software component that adds a specific feature to an existing program, allowing for customization.
What Information Do We Collect?
Personal Information
Sites Use: We may receive and store any information you enter through this Website or provided to us in any other way. The types of Personal Information collected may include email address or information you provide when you contact us, IP address, Website use information and browser information. The Personal Information you provide may be used for such purposes as improving the content of this Website, customizing the content you see and communicating with you about new features of this Website or our services.
Communications: When your use Website certain features, you may opt in to receive communications from us. You can manage some of your messaging preferences, but note that you cannot opt out of receiving transactional, administrative, legal or technical messages from us. We may collect information you provide us through customer service correspondence and general feedback. We may store Personal Information that you provide through communications to us, including information received from phone calls, letters, emails and other electronic messages, or in person.
Non-Personal Information:
We may collect and store information provided by your computer or mobile device in connection with your use of this Website, such as your browser type, type of computer or mobile device, browser language, IP address, mobile carrier, phone number, unique device identifier, advertising identifier, location (including geolocation, beacon based location, and GPS location) and requested and referring URLs. We may de-identify or aggregate Personal Information to create Non-Personal Information. We may combine certain information about your use of this Website with similar information that we obtain from other users for use in an aggregate or anonymous manner. We will treat as Personal Information any Non-Personal Information that is combined with Personal Information.
How Will We Use Your Information?
We may use your information for the following purposes:
(a) to help provide services to you, or to analyze or improve our services;
(b) to send you our newsletter or updates or otherwise to fulfill your requests or respond to your communications and transactions;
(c) to carry out surveys and other activities and to analyze our user base to help us determine whether this Website provide the types of content that you (our audience) is looking for;
(d) to comply with any applicable law, regulation or judicial process; or
(f) otherwise as we feel is reasonably necessary to prevent illegal or dangerous activity or to protect our interests.
Will We Use Your Information for Marketing?
We may use your Personal Information to market to you, by sending you emails to promote our services, or we may display offers, promotions, services from us or from our business partners, which we think will interest you based upon the information we collect from you. If we send you emails to promote our services, unsubscribe instructions will be included. Please note that unsubscribe requests may take up to ten (10) business days to become effective. You may not opt out of receiving communications regarding your transactional, administrative, legal or technical messages about this Website or services we are currently providing you.
In addition, we may share your Personal Information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes, unless you instruct us not to do so.
Will We Share Your Personal Information with Anyone Else?
By registering and using this Website, you acknowledge that the processing of your information for the purposes described above may involve the transfer of such information from within the United States of America, to countries outside the United States of America, whose data protection regulation may or may not be as stringent as those within the United States of America.
The Firm may further disclose your information to: (1) comply with applicable laws; (2) respond to governmental inquiries; (3) comply with valid legal process; (4) protect our rights or property; or (5) facilitate your request for a free case evaluation.
We may share your Personal Information:
(a) to comply with the law, subpoenas, or with the direction of the courts or other authorities;
(b) to protect our rights and property;
(c) to investigate reports of fraud or of users sending material using a false e-mail address or users sending harassing, threatening, or abusive messages;
(d) if we feel it is reasonably necessary to prevent illegal activity or to protect our interests or the safety of others;
(e) with third-party law firms in our network to facilitate your request for a free case evaluation. Our network includes the following firms;
(f) during emergencies, such as when we believe someone’s physical safety is at risk or
(g) in connection with the sale, transfer or other sharing of some or all of our assets with any parent company, subsidiary, joint venture, or company under our common control, as well as with a potential acquirer, including without limitation in connection with a merger, reorganization, or sale of assets, or in the event of bankruptcy.
We may also share your Personal Information with our third-party service providers, to help provide and improve our service to you or to carry out surveys and user analysis to understand your needs and preferences. For instance, we will share your Personal Information with our email host and our newsletter distributor. We obligate these service providers to agree by contract to take reasonable steps to keep your Personal Information safe and secure, and to use your Personal Information only for the purposes we specify. We also may share your Personal Information in any manner in its de-identified or aggregated form, including sharing some broader statistics and user profiling information with third parties.
What Efforts Do We Make to Secure the Website?
We have in place substantial security procedures as to how your Personal Information is stored and used, and to try to prevent any unauthorized access or misuse of it. Our goal is for all of the Personal Information you submit to us to be located behind a firewall. We take security extremely seriously, but as no system is 100% secure so we cannot completely guarantee the protection of your Personal Information, any more than any other organization can. Thus, we cannot guarantee that such information will not be lost, disclosed or accessed by accidental circumstances or by the unauthorized acts of others.
What Are Our Policies Regarding Children?
The Sites are not targeted to anyone under thirteen (13) years of age. The Firm does not knowingly collect Personal Information from anyone under thirteen (13) years of age. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected Personal Information from anyone under thirteen (13) years of age, we will promptly delete such information from our records.
How You Can Access Your Personal Information?
You can request, at any time, access to the Personal Information we hold about you by emailing us at contact@farahandfarah.com to make such a request. Please note that responses to such requests may take up to ten (10) business days.
Correspond with Us
If you have any queries, comments or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy, please just get in touch with us at contact@farahandfarah.com.
Last Updated: November 2018
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