Updated: September 1, 2022
- OVERVIEW
We strive to deliver outstanding services, and we recognize privacy is an important issue. This privacy policy (“Policy”) describes how Brammer Ranck, LLP (“BR,” “the firm,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your personal information. By accessing or using our websites, submitting information to us, or otherwise agreeing to this Policy, you understand and consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described herein.
- SOURCES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
In most cases, we collect personal information directly from you. We may also collect information from service providers, government entities, data analytics providers, and other relevant third parties, when appropriate.
- THE PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
In most cases, you will know when we collect personal information from you as you will actively provide it to us for a stated purpose. However, below is a description of additional types of personal information we collect in certain circumstances:
Clients
If you are our client, we collect your name, contact details, payment information, and any other information you provide us. We may also obtain information from relevant third parties (e.g., from government entities, an opposing party, an employer or employee, etc.). The type of information we collect varies from matter to matter, and it may include information about your employees, customers, and vendors (e.g., name, contact details, etc.), as well as communications with you, information provided by you, and any other information that may be relevant for the matter.
Contact forms
If you submit information to us through forms made available to you on our website or otherwise by our firm, we may collect personal information from you, including your name, country, region, address, postal code, phone, fax, email, company, and any other messages or other information you may choose to provide.
Communications
If you choose to contact us for any purpose, we will collect your name, contact details, and the date and time of your contact, along with the content of your message and any other information you may provide.
Updates and Notifications
You may choose to receive updates or notifications from us. When you sign up, we may collect your name, company, email address, phone number, areas of interest, and other information needed to provide the update or notification you request.
Automatically Collected Personal Information
By its nature, our website automatically collects some personal information about you. In order for you to view or interact with our website, we receive individual identifiers, like your IP address and some network information like date and time of pages visited. We collect some personal information automatically using cookies or other tracking technologies, described in more detail in the cookies section below. The personal information automatically collected may be collected by or on behalf of third parties who provide us inferences or reporting based on analysis of such personal information.
Other sources:
We may receive personal information about you from other sources, including third parties that help us update, expand, and analyze our records, identify new customers, or prevent or detect fraud. We may also receive information about you from social media platforms, for example when you interact with us on those platforms or access our social media content. Information we receive through such platforms is governed by the privacy settings, policies, and/or procedures of the applicable platform, and we encourage you to review them.
Please be aware that some links on our website may direct you to websites operated by third parties. Information submitted on those websites is provided to the owner(s) of those websites, not BR, and subject to the privacy policies of those sites, and not this Policy.
- PURPOSES FOR WHICH WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
We collect your personal information for the following business purposes:
- providing you legal representation (if you are a client of the firm);
- providing other services that you may request and that we may agree to provide;
- performing services on our behalf, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling transactions, verifying client information, processing payments, providing financing, providing advertising or marketing services, providing analytic services, collecting outstanding or overdue balances, and other services on our behalf;
- detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity;
- debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
- undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality, security, integrity, or safety of services that are owned or controlled by us, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance those services; and
- short-term, transient use, where the personal information is not disclosed to another third party, is not used to build a consumer profile, and does not otherwise alter your experience outside the current interaction.
Please note that we may process your personal information without your knowledge or consent, as required or permitted by law.
- COOKIES
Through the use of cookies and similar technologies, we may collect your device IP address, unique device ID, hardware and software type, Internet service provider, serving domain, geographical area, location data, browser type and settings data (such as language, screen resolution, color depth, time zone settings, browser extension and plugins) operating system, referring URLs, search history, information on actions taken or interaction with our digital assets (e.g., page views, x/y coordinates of mouse events) and dates and times of actions.
Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through the browser settings. Be aware that, if you opt-out from and do not agree to certain cookies, your experience on our website may be diminished and some features may not work as intended depending on the cookie. To find out more about cookies, you can visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Please note that when you opt-out of cookies, tags, and pixels, that opt-out only pertains to the device and the browser that you are using when you opt-out. If you wish to opt-out for other devices or browsers, you must opt-out again when you are using those devices or browsers.
- HOW WE SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION
Generally, we disclose personal information as necessary to provide legal services to our clients, including to opposing counsel. We also share personal information among our service providers and other third parties as described below:
Service Providers
From time to time, we may use business partners, suppliers, and sub-contractors to assist us with the provision of services to you (for example, without limitation, website hosting, web analytics, maintenance services, database management, billing, payment processing, fraud protection, credit risk reduction, marketing, product research, or improvement of services). These entities have access to your personal information only to perform the respective tasks assigned to them on our behalf, and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Third Parties
We may share personal information with third parties for the purposes set forth in this Policy, including advertising networks, data analytics providers, government entities, internet service providers, operating systems and platforms, and social networks.
Other Reasons for Which We Will Share Personal Information
We may cooperate with government and law enforcement officials as required by applicable law and/or in the course of legal proceedings. If you give us permission, or if we believe doing so is required or appropriate, we may disclose personal information to government or law enforcement officials or private parties in response to lawful requests, comply with a legal obligation, enforce or apply our terms and conditions, protect our services, our rights, and/or the safety of the public or any person, or prevent or stop any illegal, unethical or legally actionable activity (including fraud protection).
We may share some or all your personal information in connection with or during negotiation of any merger, financing, acquisition or dissolution transaction, or proceeding involving sale, transfer, divestiture, or disclosure of all or a portion of our business or assets. In the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, personal information may also be transferred as a business asset. If another company or individual acquires our business, or assets, that company or individual will possess the personal information collected by us and will assume the rights and obligations regarding your personal information as described in this Policy.
- CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Policy from time to time, in our sole discretion. When we do so, we will post the new Policy on our website. You should consult this Policy regularly for any changes. Continued use of services following posting of such changes constitutes your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the changes. If you do not agree, you should immediately discontinue your use of our website and services.
- CONTACT US
If you have questions regarding this Policy or our treatment of your personal information, you may contact us at the following:
Brammer Ranck, LLP
1955 West Grove Parkway, Suite 200
Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062
(385) 746-1201
info@brfirm.com