Last updated: February 23, 2022
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection,
use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells
You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the
Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance
with this Privacy Policy.
Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined
under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the
same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
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Account means a unique account created for You to access
our Service or parts of our Service.
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Business, for the purpose of the CCPA (California
Consumer Privacy Act), refers to the Company as the legal entity that
collects Consumers’ personal information and determines the purposes and
means of the processing of Consumers’ personal information, or on behalf
of which such information is collected and that alone, or jointly with
others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers’
personal information, that does business in the State of California.
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Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us”
or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to The Wilhite Law Firm, 2911 Turtle
Creek Blvd Suite #42, Dallas, TX, 75219For the purpose of the GDPR, the
Company is the Data Controller.
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Consumer, for the purpose of the CCPA (California
Consumer Privacy Act), means a natural person who is a California
resident. A resident, as defined in the law, includes (1) every individual
who is in the USA for other than a temporary or transitory purpose, and
(2) every individual who is domiciled in the USA who is outside the USA
for a temporary or transitory purpose.
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Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer,
mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of
Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
- Country refers to: Texas, United States
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Data Controller, for the purposes of the GDPR (General
Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person
which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of
the processing of Personal Data.
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Device means any device that can access the Service such
as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
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Do Not Track (DNT) is a concept that has been promoted by
US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade Commission
(FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for
allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities
across websites.
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Personal Data is any information that relates to an
identified or identifiable individual. For the purposes for GDPR, Personal
Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an
identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more
factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental,
economic, cultural or social identity.
For the purposes of the CCPA, Personal Data means any information that
identifies, relates to, describes or is capable of being associated with, or
could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You.
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Sale, for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer
Privacy Act), means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing,
disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating
orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a Consumer’s personal
information to another business or a third party for monetary or other
valuable consideration.
- Service refers to the Website.
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Service Provider means any natural or legal person who
processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party
companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the
Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform
services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how
the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are
considered Data Processors.
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Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or
any social network website through which a User can log in or create an
account to use the Service.
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Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either
generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure
itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
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Website refers to The Wilhite Law Firm, accessible from
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You means the individual accessing or using the Service,
or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual
is accessing or using the Service, as applicable. Under GDPR (General Data
Protection Regulation), You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as
the User as you are the individual using the Service.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain
personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify
You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- First name and last name
- Phone number
- Usage Data
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol
address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our
Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on
those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect
certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type
of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of
Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile
Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic
data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit
our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on
Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are
beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve
and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:
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Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file
placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies
or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept
Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you
have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our
Service may use Cookies.
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Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Service may use
local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information
about Your preferences or Your activity on our Service. Flash Cookies are
not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser
Cookies. For more information on how You can delete Flash Cookies, please
read “Where can I change the settings for disabling, or deleting local
shared objects?” available at https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html
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Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our
emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also
referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit
the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or
opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example,
recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and
server integrity).
Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain
on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while
Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. You can
learn more about cookies here:
All About Cookies by TermsFeed.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
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Necessary / Essential Cookies
Type: Session Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services
available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its
features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of
user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for
cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with
those services. -
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies
on the Website. -
Functionality Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use
the Website, such as remembering your login details or language
preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more
personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences
every time You use the Website. -
Tracking and Performance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Third-Parties
Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the
Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these
Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor.
This is because the information collected is typically linked to a
pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the
Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new
functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.
For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding
cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our
Privacy Policy.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
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To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor
the usage of our Service.
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To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a
user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to
different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a
registered user.
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For the performance of a contract: the development,
compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products,
items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us
through the Service.
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To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls,
SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a
mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative
communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted
services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for
their implementation.
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To provide You with news, special offers and general
information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are
similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless
You have opted not to receive such information.
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To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your
requests to Us.
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To deliver targeted advertising to You: We may use Your
information to develop and display content and advertising (and work with
third-party vendors who do so) tailored to Your interests and/or location
and to measure its effectiveness.
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For business transfers: We may use Your information to
evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization,
dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets,
whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or
similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service
users is among the assets transferred.
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For other purposes: We may use Your information for other
purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the
effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our
Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.
We may share Your personal information in the following situations:
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With Service Providers: We may share Your personal
information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our
Service, to advertise on third party websites to You after You visited our
Service, to contact You.
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For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your
personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any
merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a
portion of Our business to another company.
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With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our
affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this
Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other
subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or
that are under common control with Us.
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With business partners: We may share Your information
with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or
promotions.
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With other users: When You share personal information or
otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information
may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You
interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media
Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see
Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly,
other users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity,
communicate with You and view Your profile.
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With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal
information for any other purpose with Your consent.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary
for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your
Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations
(for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with
applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and
policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes.
Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when
this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality
of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer
time periods.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s
operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the
processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to
— and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province,
country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws
may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such
information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your
data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no
transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a
country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security
of Your data and other personal information.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your
Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your
Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy
Policy.
Law enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your
Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests
by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Other legal requirements
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that
such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation
- Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
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Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
- Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
- Protect against legal liability
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no
method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is
100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect
Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These
third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information
about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy
Policies.
Analytics
We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of
our Service.
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks
and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and
monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google
services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize
the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to
Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and
dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the
Google Privacy & Terms web page:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Behavioral Remarketing
The Company uses remarketing services to advertise to You after You accessed
or visited our Service. We and Our third-party vendors use cookies and
non-cookie technologies to help Us recognize Your Device and understand how
You use our Service so that We can improve our Service to reflect Your
interests and serve You advertisements that are likely to be of more
interest to You.
These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer
information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their
Privacy Policies and to enable Us to:
- Measure and analyze traffic and browsing activity on Our Service
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Show advertisements for our products and/or services to You on third-party
websites or apps
- Measure and analyze the performance of Our advertising campaigns
Some of these third-party vendors may use non-cookie technologies that may
not be impacted by browser settings that block cookies. Your browser may not
permit You to block such technologies. You can use the following third-party
tools to decline the collection and use of information for the purpose of
serving You interest-based advertising:
You may opt-out of all personalized advertising by enabling privacy features
on Your mobile device such as Limit Ad Tracking (iOS) and Opt Out of Ads
Personalization (Android). See Your mobile device Help system for more
information.
We may share information, such as hashed email addresses (if available) or
other online identifiers collected on Our Service with these third-party
vendors. This allows Our third-party vendors to recognize and deliver You
ads across devices and browsers. To read more about the technologies used by
these third-party vendors and their cross-device capabilities please refer
to the Privacy Policy of each vendor listed below.
The third-party vendors We use are:
Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing service is provided by Google Inc.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customise
the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page:
http://www.google.com/settings/ads
Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser
Add-on –
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
– for your web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides
visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and
used by Google Analytics.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the
Google Privacy & Terms web page:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Facebook remarketing service is provided by Facebook Inc.
You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by
visiting this page:
https://www.facebook.com/help/164968693837950
To opt-out from Facebook’s interest-based ads, follow these instructions
from Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217
Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioural
Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also
opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital
Advertising Alliance in the USA
https://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada
http://youradchoices.ca/
or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe
http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or opt-out using your mobile device settings.
For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit
Facebook’s Data Policy:
https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
GDPR Privacy
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR
We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:
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Consent: You have given Your consent for processing
Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
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Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is
necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for any
pre-contractual obligations thereof.
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Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary
for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.
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Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary in
order to protect Your vital interests or of another natural person.
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Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to
a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of
official authority vested in the Company.
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Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is
necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the
Company.
In any case, the Company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal
basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the
provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a
requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Your Rights under the GDPR
The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data
and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights.
You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within
the EU, to:
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Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to
access, update or delete the information We have on You. Whenever made
possible, you can access, update or request deletion of Your Personal Data
directly within Your account settings section. If you are unable to
perform these actions yourself, please contact Us to assist You. This also
enables You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You.
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Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We
hold about You corrected.
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Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right
exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis
for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation,
which makes You want to object to our processing of Your Personal Data on
this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing
Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
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Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right
to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason
for Us to continue processing it.
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Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will
provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in
a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that
this right only applies to automated information which You initially
provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform
a contract with You.
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Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw
Your consent on using your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We
may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific
functionalities of the Service.
Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights
You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and
opposition by contacting Us. Please note that we may ask You to verify Your
identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will
try our best to respond to You as soon as possible.
You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our
collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are
in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data
protection authority in the EEA.
CCPA Privacy
This privacy notice section for California residents supplements the
information contained in Our Privacy Policy and it applies solely to all
visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California.
Categories of Personal Information Collected
We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references,
is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly
or indirectly, with a particular Consumer or Device. The following is a list
of categories of personal information which we may collect or may have been
collected from California residents within the last twelve (12) months.
Please note that the categories and examples provided in the list below are
those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that
category of personal information were in fact collected by Us, but reflects
our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that
information from the applicable category may be and may have been collected.
For example, certain categories of personal information would only be
collected if You provided such personal information directly to Us.
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Category A: Identifiers.
Examples: A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier,
online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name,
driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.
Collected: Yes. -
Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California
Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).
Examples: A name, signature, Social Security number, physical
characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport
number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance
policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account
number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial
information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some
personal information included in this category may overlap with other
categories.
Collected: Yes. -
Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California
or federal law.
Examples: Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin,
citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition,
physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity,
gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical
conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic
information (including familial genetic information).
Collected: No. -
Category D: Commercial information.
Examples: Records and history of products or services purchased or
considered.
Collected: No. -
Category E: Biometric information.
Examples: Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological
characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other
identifier or identifying information, such as, fingerprints, faceprints,
and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical
patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.
Collected: No. -
Category F: Internet or other similar network activity.
Examples: Interaction with our Service or advertisement.
Collected: Yes. -
Category G: Geolocation data.
Examples: Approximate physical location.
Collected: No. -
Category H: Sensory data.
Examples: Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar
information.
Collected: No. -
Category I: Professional or employment-related information.
Examples: Current or past job history or performance evaluations.
Collected: No. -
Category J: Non-public education information (per the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R.
Part 99)).
Examples: Education records directly related to a student maintained by an
educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades,
transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes,
student financial information, or student disciplinary records.
Collected: No. -
Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information.
Examples: Profile reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics,
psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence,
abilities, and aptitudes.
Collected: No.
Under CCPA, personal information does not include:
- Publicly available information from government records
- Deidentified or aggregated consumer information
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Information excluded from the CCPA’s scope, such as:
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Health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California
Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial
data
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Personal Information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws,
including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley
Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and
the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994
Sources of Personal Information
We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the
following categories of sources:
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Directly from You. For example, from the forms You
complete on our Service, preferences You express or provide through our
Service.
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Indirectly from You. For example, from observing Your
activity on our Service.
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Automatically from You. For example, through cookies We
or our Service Providers set on Your Device as You navigate through our
Service.
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From Service Providers. For example, third-party vendors
to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, third-party vendors to
deliver targeted advertising to You, or other third-party vendors that We
use to provide the Service to You.
Use of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes
We may use or disclose personal information We collect for “business
purposes” or “commercial purposes” (as defined under the CCPA), which may
include the following examples:
- To operate our Service and provide You with our Service.
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To provide You with support and to respond to Your inquiries, including to
investigate and address Your concerns and monitor and improve our Service.
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To fulfill or meet the reason You provided the information. For example,
if You share Your contact information to ask a question about our Service,
We will use that personal information to respond to Your inquiry.
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To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law,
court order, or governmental regulations.
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As described to You when collecting Your personal information or as
otherwise set forth in the CCPA.
- For internal administrative and auditing purposes.
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To detect security incidents and protect against malicious, deceptive,
fraudulent or illegal activity, including, when necessary, to prosecute
those responsible for such activities.
Please note that the examples provided above are illustrative and not
intended to be exhaustive. For more details on how we use this information,
please refer to the “Use of Your Personal Data” section.
If We decide to collect additional categories of personal information or use
the personal information We collected for materially different, unrelated,
or incompatible purposes We will update this Privacy Policy.
Disclosure of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial
Purposes
We may use or disclose and may have used or disclosed in the last twelve
(12) months the following categories of personal information for business or
commercial purposes:
- Category A: Identifiers
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Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California
Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))
- Category F: Internet or other similar network activity
Please note that the categories listed above are those defined in the CCPA.
This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal
information were in fact disclosed, but reflects our good faith belief to
the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable
category may be and may have been disclosed.
When We disclose personal information for a business purpose or a commercial
purpose, We enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the
recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it
for any purpose except performing the contract.
Sale of Personal Information
As defined in the CCPA, “sell” and “sale” mean selling, renting, releasing,
disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise
communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a
consumer’s personal information by the business to a third party for
valuable consideration. This means that We may have received some kind of
benefit in return for sharing personal Iinformation, but not necessarily a
monetary benefit.
Please note that the categories listed below are those defined in the CCPA.
This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal
information were in fact sold, but reflects our good faith belief to the
best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable
category may be and may have been shared for value in return.
We may sell and may have sold in the last twelve (12) months the following
categories of personal information:
- Category A: Identifiers
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Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California
Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))
- Category F: Internet or other similar network activity
Share of Personal Information
We may share Your personal information identified in the above categories
with the following categories of third parties:
- Service Providers
- Our affiliates
- Our business partners
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Third party vendors to whom You or Your agents authorize Us to disclose
Your personal information in connection with products or services We
provide to You
Sale of Personal Information of Minors Under 16 Years of Age
We do not sell the personal information of Consumers We actually know are
less than 16 years of age, unless We receive affirmative authorization (the
“right to opt-in”) from either the Consumer who is between 13 and 16 years
of age, or the parent or guardian of a Consumer less than 13 years of age.
Consumers who opt-in to the sale of personal information may opt-out of
future sales at any time. To exercise the right to opt-out, You (or Your
authorized representative) may submit a request to Us by contacting Us.
If You have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 (or 16) has
provided Us with personal information, please contact Us with sufficient
detail to enable Us to delete that information.
Your Rights under the CCPA
The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their
personal information. If You are a resident of California, You have the
following rights:
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The right to notice. You have the right to be notified
which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for
which the Personal Data is being used.
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The right to request. Under CCPA, You have the right to
request that We disclose information to You about Our collection, use,
sale, disclosure for business purposes and share of personal information.
Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will disclose to You:
- The categories of personal information We collected about You
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The categories of sources for the personal information We collected
about You
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Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that
personal information
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The categories of third parties with whom We share that personal
information
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The specific pieces of personal information We collected about You
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If we sold Your personal information or disclosed Your personal
information for a business purpose, We will disclose to You:
- The categories of personal information categories sold
- The categories of personal information categories disclosed
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The right to say no to the sale of Personal Data (opt-out). You have the right to direct Us to not sell Your personal information. To
submit an opt-out request please contact Us.
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The right to delete Personal Data. You have the right to
request the deletion of Your Personal Data, subject to certain exceptions.
Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will delete (and direct Our
Service Providers to delete) Your personal information from our records,
unless an exception applies. We may deny Your deletion request if
retaining the information is necessary for Us or Our Service Providers to:
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Complete the transaction for which We collected the personal
information, provide a good or service that You requested, take
actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing
business relationship with You, or otherwise perform our contract with
You.
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Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive,
fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for
such activities.
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Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing
intended functionality.
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Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise
their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by
law.
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Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal.
Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.).
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Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or
statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other
applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion
may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s
achievement, if You previously provided informed consent.
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Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer
expectations based on Your relationship with Us.
- Comply with a legal obligation.
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Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are
compatible with the context in which You provided it.
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The right not to be discriminated against. You have the
right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your
consumer’s rights, including by:
- Denying goods or services to You
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Charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including
the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties
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Providing a different level or quality of goods or services to You
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Suggesting that You will receive a different price or rate for goods
or services or a different level or quality of goods or services
Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights
In order to exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA, and if You are a
California resident, You can contact Us:
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By visiting this page on our website:
/contact-us/
- By phone number: (214) 296-9149
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By mail: The Wilhite Law Firm, 2911 Turtle Creek Blvd Suite #42, Dallas,
TX, 75219
Only You, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that
You authorize to act on Your behalf, may make a verifiable request related
to Your personal information.
Your request to Us must:
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Provide sufficient information that allows Us to reasonably verify You are
the person about whom We collected personal information or an authorized
representative
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Describe Your request with sufficient detail that allows Us to properly
understand, evaluate, and respond to it
We cannot respond to Your request or provide You with the required
information if We cannot:
- Verify Your identity or authority to make the request
- And confirm that the personal information relates to You
We will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within
45 days of receiving Your verifiable request. The time period to provide the
required information may be extended once by an additional 45 days when
reasonable necessary and with prior notice.
Any disclosures We provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the
verifiable request’s receipt.
For data portability requests, We will select a format to provide Your
personal information that is readily useable and should allow You to
transmit the information from one entity to another entity without
hindrance.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
You have the right to opt-out of the sale of Your personal information. Once
We receive and confirm a verifiable consumer request from You, we will stop
selling Your personal information. To exercise Your right to opt-out, please
contact Us.
The Service Providers we partner with (for example, our analytics or
advertising partners) may use technology on the Service that sells personal
information as defined by the CCPA law. If you wish to opt out of the use of
Your personal information for interest-based advertising purposes and these
potential sales as defined under CCPA law, you may do so by following the
instructions below.
Please note that any opt out is specific to the browser You use. You may
need to opt out on every browser that You use.
Website
You can opt out of receiving ads that are personalized as served by our
Service Providers by following our instructions presented on the Service:
The opt out will place a cookie on Your computer that is unique to the
browser You use to opt out. If you change browsers or delete the cookies
saved by your browser, You will need to opt out again.
Mobile Devices
Your mobile device may give You the ability to opt out of the use of
information about the apps You use in order to serve You ads that are
targeted to Your interests:
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“Opt out of Interest-Based Ads” or “Opt out of Ads Personalization” on
Android devices
- “Limit Ad Tracking” on iOS devices
You can also stop the collection of location information from Your mobile
device by changing the preferences on Your mobile device.
“Do Not Track” Policy as Required by California Online Privacy Protection
Act (CalOPPA)
Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals.
However, some third party websites do keep track of Your browsing
activities. If You are visiting such websites, You can set Your preferences
in Your web browser to inform websites that You do not want to be tracked.
You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page
of Your web browser.
Your California Privacy Rights (California’s Shine the Light law)
Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California’s Shine the Light law),
California residents with an established business relationship with us can
request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third
parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes.
If you’d like to request more information under the California Shine the
Light law, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using
the contact information provided below.
California Privacy Rights for Minor Users (California Business and
Professions Code Section 22581)
California Business and Professions Code section 22581 allow California
residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites,
services or applications to request and obtain removal of content or
information they have publicly posted.
To request removal of such data, and if You are a California resident, You
can contact Us using the contact information provided below, and include the
email address associated with Your account.
Be aware that Your request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive
removal of content or information posted online and that the law may not
permit or require removal in certain circumstances.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us.
If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third
party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every
site You visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content,
privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of
any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service,
prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at
the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this
page.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
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By visiting this page on our website:
/contact-us/
- By phone number: (214) 778-3891
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By mail: The Wilhite Law Firm, 2911 Turtle Creek Blvd Suite #42, Dallas,
TX, 75219