Delapena Law Firm's Privacy Policy

This is the Privacy Policy of Delapena Law Firm, P.A. (“Delapena Law Firm”). Delapena Law Firm is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This Policy applies to activities Delapena Law Firm engages in on its websites and offline. We are providing this notice to explain our information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.

Nothing stated in this Policy is intended to, nor will it, establish a client-attorney relationship with the persons reading it. Information provided to us in the course of any attorney-client relationship enjoys a unique status and may be protected by conﬁdentiality, the attorney-client privilege, the attorney work product doctrine and other similar protections (whether in the United States or elsewhere). Nothing in this Policy will detract from any of the protections that attach to such information.

Personal Information We Collect and Use

Personal Information You Provide

Delapena Law Firm collects personal information directly from you through your use of our website and through your interactions with us.

Visiting Our Sites. When you visit our Sites, such as when you use our online forms, register for events, sign up for our blogs, or complete our surveys, we may collect and process diﬀerent types of personal information. The type of personal information we collect from you will depend on how you interact with our Sites. The information we collect may include your name, job title or position, company, email address, phone number, physical address, other contact details, contact preferences, topics of interest, and any other information you voluntarily provide. The processing of your personal data for this purpose is based on our legitimate interest.
To Process Invoices. If you are a vendor, we collect your company name, tax ID or Social Security number, address, phone number, email address, and banking information. The processing of your personal data for this purpose is based on our legitimate interest and pursuant to any contract we may have with you.

Personal Information Collected Automatically From Your Devices

Operating our Website. When you interact with our website, such as through our blog posts, logging into your account, information that you type into online forms, or otherwise engage with our website, we collect information about the pages you visit, the length of time you spend on pages, and other log information which helps us operate, maintain and improve our websites. This information includes browser type, operating system, Internet service provider, Internet Protocol (IP) address (a number that is automatically assigned to a computer when the Internet is used), domain name, click activity, referring website, and/or a date/time stamp. The processing of your personal data for this purpose is based on our legitimate interest.
We may use cookies or other tracking technologies as follows:
To facilitate, manage, personalize, and improve your online experience, including using analytics in order to provide more personalized experiences, and to improve our websites and services;
When you receive marketing or informational emails from us, we use certain tools to capture data related to your interactions with our messages.
To provide and improve our websites
To create and manage your account with us; and
To fix any technical issues that arise in the course of providing the websites.

The processing of your personal data for this purpose is based on our legitimate interest or your consent.

Information Collected from Third Parties

Delapena Law Firm may also obtain information about you from other sources, including Service Providers and Third-Party Services, and combine that with personal information. We may use information collected from Service Providers and Third Parties for the following purposes:

When you engage with us online, or via social media, we may collect personal information, including your social media contact(s) and profile, chat logs, and email address to respond to your comments, questions and requests. The processing of your personal data for this purpose is based on our legitimate interest or your consent.
Transactions. When we transact with you, provide services, serve you content and/or advertising, we may collect your email address. The processing of your personal data for this purpose is based on our legitimate interest or your consent.
For Delapena Law Firm’s marketing and other purposes, we may collect your name, email address, social media contact, social media contact, and username. The processing of your personal data for this purpose is based on our legitimate interest or your consent.
Account / Profile Creation and Management. To manage your account, we may collect your device information, email address, and social media contact(s). The processing of your personal data for this purpose is based on our legitimate interest or your consent.
To fix any technical issues that arise in the course of providing the websites. The processing of your personal data for this purpose is based on our legitimate interest.

Analytics. Delapena Law Firm may use Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics or other Service Providers for analytics services. These analytics services may use cookies and other Tracking Technologies to help Delapena Law Firm analyze website users and how they use the websites. Information generated by these services (e.g., your IP address and other Usage Information) may be transmitted to and stored by these Service Providers on servers in the U.S. (or elsewhere) and these Service Providers may use this information for purposes such as evaluating your use of the websites, compiling statistic reports on the websites’ activity, and providing other services relating to website activity and other Internet usage. The processing of your personal data for this purpose is based on our legitimate interest.

Other Ways We May Use the Personal Information We Collect

We may use any personal data we collect as described above for the following business purposes, and in all cases, this processing is based on our legitimate interest:

To provide services to our clients.
To administer and improve our services, including solving technical problems and monitoring overall usage statistics;
To contact you and provide you with the information or services you have requested;
To operate, evaluate, and improve our business, including improving and personalizing the experience for you and others;
To maintain and improve our services, including to audit, research, and conduct analysis to protect people who use our websites;
For safety and security, by making sure third parties protect your information, and monitoring the technical functioning and security of our network;
For legal and compliance, including complying with applicable laws, regulations, and legal obligations; and
To protect the rights or property of Delapena Law Firm, its employees, its customers, and people who use its websites.

De-Identified Information

Sometimes we will de-identify personal information by removing or modifying the personally identifiable elements or extracting non-personally identifiable elements so they can’t be associated with a person (“de-identified information”). De-identified information is non-personal information and may be used and shared without obligation to you, except as prohibited by applicable law. To the extent any non-personal information is combined by or on behalf of Delapena Law Firm with personal information Delapena Law Firm itself collects directly from you on the websites, Delapena Law Firm will treat the combined data as described in this Notice.

We have a legitimate interest in using your personal data for these purposes if you are our client, otherwise we will obtain your consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing based on consent prior to such withdrawal.

Cookie Policy

This section describes how Delapena Law Firm uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and store information when you visit our websites. Like many companies, we use certain technologies – cookies, web beacons, clear GIFs, tracking pixels, and similar technologies (collectively, “cookies”) – to collect information when you interact with our website and email communications.

How do Cookies Work

To understand how tracking technologies work, it is helpful to describe the types of technologies we use and what they are used for:

Cookies – a “cookie” is a small text file that websites send to your computer, device, or other internet-connected tool you are using that contains data used by the website for its business purposes. Cookies are set to expire, but can also be deleted by a browser through its settings.
Pixels – a “web beacon” or “pixel” is a tag used on a web browser or HTML email that records your activities when viewing the web page or email where it is placed. Pixels only last for the session and are not stored on your device.

Cookies are classified by their purpose:

Strictly Required – These cookies are required for the website to function. You cannot disable these.
Functional - Allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For example, a website may provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing data about your general location.
Analytics and Statistics - Help us understand how its website performs, how visitors interact with the site, and whether there may be technical issues.
Marketing and Retargeting - Used to deliver advertising that is more relevant to you and your interests. May also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Our websites use first-party cookies and third-party cookies. The difference between first-party cookies and third-party cookies relates to the control of the party who serves the tracking technology. First-party cookies are cookies that are specific to the website that created them. Their use enables us to operate an efficient service and to track the patterns of behavior of visitors to the website. Third-party cookies, on the other hand, are placed on your device or served by a third-party (i.e., not by Delapena Law Firm). While we may allow third-parties access to the website, we do not retain control over the information supplied by the cookies, nor do we retain access to that data. This information is controlled wholly by that third-party in accordance with their respective privacy policies.

Cookies We Use

We use cookies consistent with this Privacy Policy. For example, a cookie may be used to determine your preferred language, maintain the security of our website and your account, measure website analytics, measure the effectiveness of our advertising and promotional communications, and gain information for marketing and advertising purposes, including by identifying the website from which a person was referred to Delapena Law Firm’s site and to track other websites visited by an individual.

If you have an account with us, we will, to the extent legally permissible, combine cookie data with your account to improve your experience with our services. Where permissible, your account will be identified either from you signing in to your account or by using your IP address collected through a cookie.

Third-Party Analytics. Our websites use third-party web analytics services that uses cookies, to help the websites analyze how users use the websites. The information that is collected about your use of the website will be de-identified or pseudonymized by the third-party analytics provider (i.e., Google) for the purpose of evaluating your use of the sites, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The third-party analytics providers that Delapena Law Firm uses will not link your IP address with any other data held by them about you. Information collected by us through use of third-party analytics includes: number of visitors, referring URLs, and pages visited.

The content of a cookie is limited to an identification number. Name, IP-address or other information regarding your true identity is only collected to the extent necessary for the operation of the functionality cookies (i.e., in connection with the log-in function).

Managing Cookies and Withdrawing Consent

Please note, if you disable cookies, you may not be able to use the full functionality of our websites. In particular, you may have limited access to some areas or be transitioned to a different experience.

Cookie Banner Settings. We will obtain your opt-in consent to the use of the cookies and other tracking technologies on this website when you first access the website and if we introduce any new cookies to the website, unless they are necessary cookies, in which case your consent is not required. When you visit this website, a pop up will appear to inform you about our use of such cookies. You can then consent by clicking on “Accept”, or you may refuse cookies (except necessarily cookies) by clicking on “Deny”. You may alternatively click on the link to the cookie manager to visit our Consent Management Platform and decide the categories of cookies that you wish to accept, and the cookies you wish to reject.

You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by following the process outlined above, or by contacting the firm at admin@delapenalawfirm.com

If you deny cookies, we will not set those cookies on your device, except necessary cookies and a cookie to remember that you don’t want any cookies set when you visit this website.

If you have accepted cookies but want to deny them (withdraw your consent) for the future, you can delete the cookies in your website browser and the cookies window including the link to the cookie manager appears again.

Cookies and Browser Settings. You can disable cookies by changing your website browser settings to reject cookies. How to do this will depend on the browser you use. Rejecting cookies will prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, as well as (depending on the sophistication of your browser software) allow you to decide on acceptance of each new cookie in a variety of ways. You can also delete all cookies that are already on your device. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit this website. All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings, typically by going to the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your browser. Use the ‘Help’ option in your browser for more details.

Opt-Out Preference Signal. You may use an Opt-Out Preference Signal, such as the Global Privacy Control (GPC), to opt-out of the sale/sharing of your personal information or the use of cookies for targeted marketing. You may send a GPC signal to our website by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser or device. Your signal will be processed in our system as though you de-selected the “Share or Sale of Personal Information” in our cookie preference center. If you do not have an account or if you are not logged into your account, your request to opt-out of sale/sharing will be linked to your browser identifier only and not linked to any account information because the connection between your browser and the account is not known to us.

Blocking all cookies (including necessary cookies) will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including ours. If you block necessary cookies, you may not be able to use all the features on this website. You can also delete cookies already stored on your computer. However, deleting cookies might have a negative impact on the usability of many websites, including ours.

To find out more about cookies, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Marketing Communications Options

Email Marketing Communications

You can opt out of receiving certain promotional communications from Delapena Law Firm at any time by following the instructions provided in e-mails to click on the unsubscribe link, or if available by changing your communication preferences by logging onto your account. Please note that your opt-out is limited to the e-mail address used and will not affect subsequent subscriptions. If you opt-out of only certain communications, other subscription communications may continue. Even if you opt out of receiving promotional communications, Delapena Law Firm may, subject to applicable law, continue to send you non-promotional communications, such as those about your account, transactions, servicing, or Delapena Law Firm’s ongoing business relations.

How We Share Your Personal Information

We disclose personal information with certain third parties (as described below), provided the purpose for disclosure and use is consistent with those purposes the personal information was originally collected, as described in this privacy policy. We may share your information within Delapena Law Firm or with:

Service Providers, Agents, Suppliers, Business Partners: We use others to help us provide some of our products and services (such as maintenance, IT support, analysis, audit, marketing, and security). Unless we tell you diﬀerently or as described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, our agents are not allowed to use your information beyond what is needed to assist
Delapena Law Firm Locations: We may share your personal information with our different locations. If we share your information, we will share only the information that is necessary and we will take reasonable steps to make sure that prudent steps are taken to protect your information.
Your Disclosure or Agreement: Your activities on the website may, by their nature, result in the sharing of your personal information (as well as your non-personal information) with third parties and by engaging in these activities you agree to that and further sharing and disclosure to third parties. Such third-party data receipt and collection is subject to the privacy and business practices of that third-party, not Delapena Law Firm.
Changes in Business Structure/Ownership: We may disclose or transfer your personal information to a third party in the event of a business transition, merger, sale or change of control involving Delapena Law Firm or one of our third-party service providers
Compliance with Legal Obligations and Legal Requests: We may be required to respond to legal requests for your information, including from law enforcement or other government or regulatory agencies in accordance with applicable laws or regulations. We also may have to disclose certain information to auditors, government authorities, or other authorized individuals in order to comply with laws that apply to us or other legal obligations such as contractual requirements.

We do not sell any individual’s personal information, including information belonging to children under the age of 16, nor do we share that personal information with third parties for those parties’ commercial use.

How We Protect Your Personal Information

We strive to take appropriate security measures to help safeguard your personal information from unauthorized access and disclosure. For example, only authorized employees are allowed to access personal information, and they may only access it for approved reasons. We also use technology to protect your information, including encrypting sensitive personal information and using ﬁrewalls to help stop unauthorized persons from accessing information. If you have an online account with us, your account also is protected by a password for your privacy and security, and you must prevent unauthorized