Madison Park Injury Law and attorney Kyle Jones respect your privacy and are committed to complying with this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”), which describes what personal information we collect about you, how we use it, to whom we may disclose it, and what choices you have regarding our use of your personal information. This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected in connection with our website located at mpi.law and any other webpage we maintain.
Types of Personal Information We Collect
The types of personal information we collect will depend on the services you request and, if you are a client, the nature of our representation or your case. The table below describes the categories (with non-exhaustive examples) of personal information we may collect about you. We may also collect other personal information that is not specifically listed here, which we will use as described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.
| Categories | Examples |
| Individual Identifiers and Demographic Information | Contact information, such as name, email address, phone number, mailing address, job title, and organization. Identifiers, such as client ID, username, IP address, device ID, and other online identifiers. Demographic information, such as date of birth, gender, age, marital status, and race pulled from your claim. |
| Sensitive Personal Information | Government ID numbers, such as Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number, and other identification information. Medical information, such as doctor’s notes, treatment plans, medical conditions, prescription medicines, insurance documentation, doctor visit information, daily symptom reporting, and other records and information. |
| Sensory Data | Voicemail recordings and other sensory data, such as any audio recordings, photographs, videos, or similar data that may be provided as part of a case file. |
| Commercial Information | Representation information, such as details about your claim, case, or other legal matter, the distribution of settlement of other payments to you (if applicable). Account information, such as the username and password you provide when you register for an account and any information stored or transmitted in your account or profile. Communications, such as when you call or email us, confidential and privileged communications that you may make with your attorney |
| Inferences Drawn from Personal Information | Profiles reflecting preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, or aptitudes. |
We may collect the categories of personal information described above from the following sources:
- Personal Information You Provide Us. We collect the personal information that you provide to us.
- Personal Information Collected Automatically. Third party provider Google Analytics may use cookies and other technologies to collect personal information about you automatically when you use our Platform. Such information includes the online identifiers, device information, and online activity information described above.
To facilitate the automatic collection described above, we may use the following technologies:- Cookies. A cookie is a small piece of data stored by your web browser on your computer or mobile device. We use cookies to collect information from you regarding your usage of the Platform in order to remember user preferences and settings, personalize your experience with the Platform, facilitate online advertising, and for security purposes. You may opt-out of the automatic collection of some information by referring to your web browser or mobile device options or settings menu. However, doing so may disable portions, features, or functionality of our website. Each browser is different, so check the “Help” menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences or visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org for more information.
- Cookies. A cookie is a small piece of data stored by your web browser on your computer or mobile device. We use cookies to collect information from you regarding your usage of the Platform in order to remember user preferences and settings, personalize your experience with the Platform, facilitate online advertising, and for security purposes. You may opt-out of the automatic collection of some information by referring to your web browser or mobile device options or settings menu. However, doing so may disable portions, features, or functionality of our website. Each browser is different, so check the “Help” menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences or visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org for more information.
- Personal Information Collected from Third Parties. We may also collect or receive personal information from third parties, which may include:
- Our business partners, such as third-party data providers, advertising partners, and service providers.Public sources, such as social media platforms and publicly available records.Individuals or entities involved in our clients’ legal matters, such as doctors, other parties, and other individuals that you mayReferral sources, such as members of our referral network, website submissions, and other referral sources.
We may merge or combine such personal information with the personal information we collect from you directly or automatically.
Online Analytics
We may use third party analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, in order to better understand your use of our Platform and how we can improve. These tools collect information sent by your browser or mobile device, including the pages you visit and other usage information. For more information regarding how Google collects, uses, and shares your information please visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. To prevent data from being used by Google Analytics, you can download the opt-out browser add-on at: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Use of Personal Information
We may use the personal information we collect for the following purposes and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection:
- To Provide Our Platform. We use personal information to provide our services, including the Platform. For example, we use personal information:
- to facilitate your requests for a free case evaluation and determine your legal needs;
- to provide you with legal and other services, content, and features you request;
- to respond to your inquiries and communicate with you, including placing calls or sending texts using any automated technology, including prerecorded messages;
- to operate, troubleshoot, and improve the Platform;
- respond to your inquiries and requests for customer support, including to investigate and address your concerns and monitor and improve our responses; and
- For Research and Development. We use personal information for research and development purposes and to understand how people are using the website, including by generating and analyzing statistics, preferences, and usage trends, to make our website and other offerings better, diagnose technical issues, and develop new features and functionality. As part of these activities, we may create aggregated, de-identified or other anonymous data from personal information we collect. We make personal information into anonymous data by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to you.
- For Compliance, Fraud Prevention and Safety.
- to enforce our Terms of Use and other agreements we may have;
- to comply with applicable laws, regulations, lawful requests, and legal processes;
- to protect our, your, or others’ rights, privacy, safety, or property (including by making and defending legal claims);
- to maintain the security and integrity of our business, the Platform, users, our third party business partners and service providers, our databases and other technology assets;
- to audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements and internal policies; and
- to prevent, identify, investigate and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft.
Disclosure of Personal Information
In addition to the specific situations discussed elsewhere in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise described at the time of collection, we may disclose personal information with the following categories of recipients:
Consent. We may otherwise disclose your Personal Information in accordance with your prior direction or, in some cases, we may specifically ask you for your consent, such as when required by law.
Service Providers. We may share your personal information with third-party service providers that perform services for us or on our behalf, such as web-hosting companies, analytics providers, and information technology providers. These third-party service providers have limited access to personal information as needed to perform their functions on our behalf and for no other purpose.
Other Law Firms or Lawyers. We may share, at your direction or with your permission, your personal information with other law firms and/or other lawyers where we jointly represent a client and when we refer cases or potential cases to other counsel, or as otherwise required in connection with our legal representation of you. Personal information provided pursuant to an attorney/client relationship may not be shared with third parties except as is done with such precautions to preserve the confidentiality of such information and any attorney/client privilege as may attach to such information.
Professional Advisors. We may disclose your personal information to our professional advisors, such as lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.
Your Choices
- Cookies. Most browsers let you remove or stop accepting cookies from the websites you visit. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser’s settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may not be able to use all functionality of the website and it may not work properly. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your browser and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
- “Do-Not-Track”. Some web browsers and devices permit you to broadcast a “Do Not Track” signal to the online services that you visit. At this time, the Site does not respond to a “Do Not Track” signal. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.
- Declining to Provide Information. We need to collect personal information to provide certain services. If you do not provide the information requested, we may not be able to provide those services.
Information Security
We take commercially reasonable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to secure and protect the personal information we collect. Nevertheless, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your personal information. Moreover, we are not responsible for the security of information you transmit to us over networks that we do not control, including the Internet and wireless networks.
Using the Platform From Outside the United States
Madison Park Injury Law is headquartered in the United States of America, and we may have affiliates and service providers in the United States and other countries. Please be aware that your personal information may be transferred to, stored or processed in the United States, where our servers are located and our central database is operated, and other locations outside of your home country. The data protection and other laws of these countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. By using any portion of the Platform, you understand and, where applicable law permits, consent to the transfer of your personal information to our facilities in the United States and those third parties to whom we disclose it as described in this Privacy Policy.
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly solicit or collect personal information online from children under the age of 18. Please contact us as provided below in the “Contact Us” section if you believe we may have collected such information.
Additional Notice to Residents of Applicable U.S. States
The following disclosures supplement the information provided elsewhere in this Privacy Policy and apply to residents of certain U.S. states where local law requires us to provide additional information about our processing activities. For purposes of this section, “personal information” means “personal data” or “personal information” as such term is defined under applicable U.S. state privacy law but does not include information exempted from the scope of such law.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
We describe:
- the categories of personal information we may collect, or have collected about you in the preceding 12 months, and the categories of sources from which we collect personal information in the section above called “Types of Personal Information We Collect”
- the business and commercial purposes for which we process this information in the section above called “Use of Personal Information”; and
- the categories of third parties to whom we disclose this information in the section above called “Disclosure of Personal Information”.
Personal Information We Disclose, “Sell,” “Share” or Use for “Targeted Advertising”
Each of the categories of personal information described in the section above called “Types of Personal Information We Collect” may be disclosed, or has been disclosed in the 12 months preceding the “Last Updated” date of this Privacy Policy, to the parties identified in the section above called “Disclosure of Personal Information” to operate our business or for another business purpose as described in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection. To exercise your right to opt-out your personal information from such processing activities, please submit your request through the methods described under the “Exercising Your Privacy Rights” subsection below. We do not knowingly “sell”, “share”, or use for “targeted advertising” the personal information of consumers we know to be less than 18 years of age.
Deidentified Information
We may at times receive, or process personal information to create, deidentified data that can no longer reasonably be used to infer information about, or otherwise be linked to, a particular individual or household. Where we maintain deidentified data, we will maintain and use the data in deidentified form and not attempt to reidentify the data except as required or permitted by law.
Retention of Personal Information
We will only keep your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and processed, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for your personal information, we will consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, the purposes for which we process it (and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means), and the applicable legal requirements. In some circumstances we may anonymize your personal information so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which case it is no longer personal information.
Depending on your residency and subject to certain legal limitations and exceptions, you may have certain rights relating to your personal information, such as the rights listed below. Please note, these rights may not apply in your jurisdiction or may otherwise be limited by applicable law.
- Right to Know. The right to confirm whether we are processing personal information about you and to obtain certain details about the personal information we have collected about you, including, where applicable:
– the categories of personal information collected;
– the categories of sources from which we collected the personal information;
– the purposes for which the personal information were collected;
– the categories of personal information disclosed to third parties (if any), and the recipients to whom this personal information were disclosed;
– the categories of personal information “sold” (if any), and the third parties to whom the personal information were sold; and
– the categories of personal information shared for cross-context behavioral advertising or targeted advertising purposes (if any), and the categories of recipients to whom the personal information were disclosed for these purposes. - Right to Access & Portability. The right to obtain access to the personal information we have collected about you and, where required by law, the right to obtain a copy of the personal information in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance.
- Right to Correction. The right to correct inaccuracies in your personal information, taking into account the nature of the personal information and the purposes of the processing of the personal information.
- Right to Deletion. The right to request the deletion of personal information that we maintain about you, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Opt-Out of “Sales.” If we “sell” your personal information within the meaning of applicable U.S. state privacy law, you can request to opt-out of such sales. In most cases, a “sale” is defined as the disclosure of personal information to a third party for monetary consideration or, in some cases, for other valuable consideration.
- Right to Opt-Out of “Sharing” or “Targeted Advertising.” If we share or use your personal information for purposes of cross-context behavioral or targeted advertising within the meaning of applicable U.S. state privacy law, you can request to opt-out.
- Right to Revoke Consent or Limit the Use of Sensitive Data. Where provided under applicable U.S. state privacy law, you have the right to revoke your consent or to request we limit the use or disclosure of your sensitive personal information to only certain business purposes set forth in applicable U.S. state privacy law.
- Right to Non-Discrimination. The right not to receive retaliatory or discriminatory treatment for exercising any of the rights described above. However, please note that if the exercise of the rights described above limits our ability to process personal information (such as in the case of a deletion request), we may no longer be able to provide you our services or engage with you in the same manner.
Exercising Your Privacy Rights
To request to exercise the privacy rights listed above where available under applicable law, please contact us (or have your authorized agent contact us) the phone number contained on our website.
While we take measures to ensure that those responsible for receiving and responding to your request are informed of your rights and how to help you exercise those rights, when contacting us to exercise your rights, we ask you to please adhere to the following guidelines:
- Tell Us Which Right You Are Exercising: Specify which right you want to exercise and the personal information to which your request relates (if not to you).
- Authorized Agents: If you are an authorized agent acting on behalf of another consumer, please clearly indicate this fact and your authority to act on such consumer’s behalf. We may require the consumer’s proof of identification, the authorized agent’s proof of identification, and any other information that we may request in order to verify your request, including evidence of valid permission to act on the consumer’s behalf.
- Help Us Verify Your Identity: Provide us with information to verify your identity. Please note that if we cannot initially verify your identity and confirm you are a resident of a state that offers the relevant right(s), we may request additional information to complete the verification process. Any personal information you disclose to us for purposes of verifying your identity will solely be used for the purpose of verification.
- Direct Our Response Delivery: Please provide us with an e-mail or mailing address through which we can provide our response. If you make the request by email, unless otherwise requested, we will assume that we can respond to the email address from which you made the request.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal information (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee or decline to comply with your request if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive, or excessive.
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within 45 days of your request, or as otherwise required by applicable law. Occasionally it may take us longer than 45 days to respond, for instance if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this situation, we will notify you of the delay, and may continue to update you regarding the progress of our response.
Appealing Privacy Rights Decisions
Depending on your state of residency, you may be able to appeal a decision we have made in connection with a request you submit to us to exercise one of your privacy rights under applicable state privacy law. All appeal requests should be submitted by emailing us at reception@mpi.law with the subject line, “Privacy Request Appeal.” If you have concerns about the results of your appeal, depending on your state of residency, you have the ability to contact the Attorney General in your state.
Additional Notice to Washington Residents (Washington My Health My Data Act)
If you are a Washington resident, we require consent by a clear affirmative act that signifies your freely given, specific, informed, opt-in, voluntary, and unambiguous agreement before providing us personal and/or sensitive data. Additional descriptions of your legal rights under the Washington my health my data act can be found in Chapter 19.373 RCW.
Additional Notice to California Residents (Shine the Light)
If you are a California resident, we consider any request to opt-out of “sales” or “sharing” as a request pursuant to California’s “Shine the Light” law to stop sharing your personal information covered by that law with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
Additional Notice to Nevada Residents
Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A allows Nevada residents to opt-out of the “sale” of certain types of personal information. Subject to several exceptions, Nevada law defines “sale” to mean the exchange of certain types of personal information for monetary consideration to another person. If you are a Nevada resident who wishes to exercise your “sale” opt-out rights, you may submit a request to us using the contact information listed at the end of this Privacy Policy.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or in applicable law. Such changes will be effective upon posting the revised Privacy Policy on our website. By continuing to use our website, or communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge such changes to this Privacy Policy.
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