Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP (Stinson) is committed to safeguarding your privacy on its website located at www.stinson.com. This Stinson Privacy Policy does not apply to services provided, or information obtained, other than through the website. Please read this policy to understand how your information will be treated. This policy may change from time to time, so please check back periodically. If there is a material change in the collection, use, or disclosure practices to which you have previously agreed, we will attempt to send you a notice via e-mail if you have provided us with an e-mail address. Please keep in mind that some of the services mentioned specifically in this policy may not be available on the site at this time. If you have questions concerning this policy, please contact the Director of Information Security at privacy@stinson.com. This Privacy Policy is effective as of May 1, 2010.
We may ask you for information at various times, such as when you report a problem with our site or services, or contact Stinson via the firm's e-mail address, request services, or sign up for an alert or other information source. If you contact Stinson, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
If you believe that any inaccurate or inappropriate information has been obtained or disseminated through your use of this website, you should contact us at privacy@stinson.com.
As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, many websites use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. We use cookies to allow faster and easier access to your account information, monitor traffic on the site and measure traffic patterns to improve functionality. Stinson web pages may in the future contain electronic images known as web beacons (sometimes called clear giffs or web bugs) or other advanced technologies that are useful in the provision of services to you. We may use such devices to verify compliance with our terms and conditions of use or with any promotions on the site.
Like most standard website servers, we use log files. Log files track Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks. We utilize this information to analyze trends, administer the site, prevent fraud, track website navigation in the aggregate and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
Stinson's primary goal in collecting information is to improve the site and provide the user with the best possible experience on the site. We will also use your personal information to notify you of services available from Stinson and its attorneys.
When you are on a Stinson site and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with Stinson and its service providers. If personal data is to be collected and/or maintained by any company other than Stinson or its service providers, we will attempt to notify you on the website or in an updated version of this Privacy Policy. If you do not want your data to be shared, you can choose not to allow the transfer by not using that particular service.
Please be aware that other websites to which we link may collect personally identifiable information about you when you visit those sites. The information practices of other websites linked to our websites are not covered by this Privacy Policy.
We will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances described below. The following describes some of the ways that your information may be disclosed.
Data in the Aggregate: We may disclose “blinded” aggregated data and user statistics to prospective partners and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes. Blinded data is data which does not identify an individual person.
Other: We also may disclose your information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating Stinson's Terms and Conditions of Use, or may otherwise be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) Stinson's rights or property, other Stinson website users or customers, or anyone else that may be harmed by such activities. We may disclose or access account information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service and improve our products and services.
We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including packaging, delivering or mailing, answering client questions about our services, sending postal mail, providing CLE and other law related information and processing data. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are contractually prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.
As we continue to develop our firm, we may engage in mergers or acquisitions. In such transactions, confidential client information generally is one of the transferred business assets. In the event of a transaction involving the sale of some or all of Stinson’s practice, client and site visitor information may be one of the transferred assets and may be disclosed in connection with negotiations relating to a proposed transaction. In such case, the transferred information may become subject to a different privacy policy.
Because of the global nature of the Internet, when you give us information, that information may be sent electronically to servers outside of the country where you originally entered the information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. Except as otherwise designated, this site does not use security encryption measures. Therefore, information that you disclose by use of this site (as with any site that is non-secure), by posting a message or using e mail, potentially could be collected and used by others. This may result in unsolicited messages from third parties or use of such information by third parties for their own purposes, legal or illegal. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, Stinson cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our systems.
Our website provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us at the point where we request information about you. Please allow a reasonable period of time for your changes to take effect. To ensure that you will not receive recurring marketing information from us unless you choose to, we will provide you with simple instructions on each marketing email from Stinson for you to let us know that you have chosen to stop receiving such emails from us.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose information online, that information is accessible to other users. Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online.