Geurts Law Firm Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy sets out the commitment by Geurts Law Firm (referred to as we, us and our) to protect the privacy of your personal information when you access our website www.geurtslawfirm.com (the Website).
We are committed to protecting your personal information because we understand the importance of keeping it confidential and secure. We use your personal information collected through our website only for the purpose of responding to your inquiry. This Privacy Policy covers our website only because once you become our client, you become subject to the laws for attorney-client privilege.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. You accept our collection of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy by ticking the online acceptance box. This indicates that you have had sufficient opportunity to access this Privacy Policy and that you have read and consented to it.
All information that we collect, including your personal information, is stored on our secure firm computers, in secure cloud servers, and offline storage facilities that we use. Please feel free to contact us should you require any further information on how we manage your personal information.
Why do we require your personal information?
From our website, the personal information collected and maintained by us is necessary for us to respond to your inquiries to us. We will collect this information only for purposes of responding to any inquiry that you send to us using the form on the Website.
The type of information we will collect about you
Information we request:
When you send us an inquiry, you are required to provide at least the following information to us:
- your company/business name and/or your personal name.
- your email address, address, and/or telephone number.
a comment describing the NATURE of your request.
Specifically, we ask that you do NOT state factual information in your inquiry because such information should be reserved for the time when attorney-client privilege applies to it.
We do not collect any other information through our website.
Information you choose to share:
Again, other than the NATURE of your matter, we request that you do NOT share additional information. However, if you choose to share additional information, we will collect whatever you share. You are entirely responsible for what you store on our computers, servers, and other storage facilities.
Other information we receive about you:
Through our website, we do not receive other types of information about you. We do not collect “metadata” or nonpersonal information (such as IP address, operating system, domain name of website that directed you to our Website, number of visits, time spent on Website pages, etc. etc. Again, we do NOT collect such information.
Methods of collection
Personal information will generally be collected from you through the use of the standard form provided on the Website. We do not use “cookies” or similar technologies that would be placed on your computer’s drive, such as for monitoring your use of our website. Nothing will be implanted on your computer.
Communicating with you
We may contact you only for purposes of answering your inquiry to us. We will not contact you through the website, but directly or through a third-party provider by email,
text (SMS) messages, telephone calls, or other means of communication. We will only contact you regarding the inquiry you make and regarding information that is significant to that inquiry. We will always ask your consent to use of text and email.
Disclosure of your personal information to third parties
We do not share your personal information with any other companies or any persons other than members of our firm who are specifically assigned to answer your inquiry and set up your appointment. The only exception to this policy is when we are required by law to disclose personal information, such as to prevent threat to life or health.
Security
We store your personal information in different ways, including in paper and in electronic form. The security and protection of your personal information is important to us. We take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is stored safely to protect it from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorized access, modification or disclosure, including electronic and physical security measures.
The time we store your personal information varies with the services we provide to you or someone you know. If we no longer need your personal information for the purpose of which it was obtained, we will take all reasonable steps to destroy the information and ensure the information is de-identified.
No information transmitted over the Internet can be guaranteed to be secure. We cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to us, or receive from us. The transmission and exchange of information is carried out at your own risk. Although we take measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.
Your Rights and Access
Providing us with your personal information is optional to you. You can choose not to provide personal information. When you tick the online acceptance box and provide us with your personal information, you consent to the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy.
If, at any time, you wish to withdraw your consent to the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy, you can do so by contacting us. Within [10] business days, we will destroy any of your personal information we have collected from you from the date of your initial inquiry, except when prohibited by law. We will do everything possible to erase your Personal Information if you withdraw your consent. However, we will not be able to erase all your Personal Information if it is technically impossible due to limitations to existing technology, or for legal reasons.
You have the right to correct personal information that we hold about you, including information that is inaccurate, incomplete, or out of date. We rely in part upon clients advising us when their personal information changes. We will respond to any request within a reasonable time. We will endeavor to correct promptly your information.
Right to be forgotten: We are committed to taking reasonable steps to ensure that any request for Personal Information to be forgotten can be carried out with our existing technology and that it will be done within a reasonable time after receiving the request. However, this does not apply to information that you have made public by posting on our forums, blogs, or have made available to third parties yourself, this is beyond the reach of what we can erase.
Links to other websites
If the Website contains links to other websites, we do not guarantee protection and privacy on those other websites. Once you have used these links to leave our Website, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such websites. Other websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the other website in question.
Failure to provide information
If the personal information you provide to us is not accurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading, we will not be able to respond to your inquiry. We will not be responsible for failure to respond for any reason whatsoever.
Privacy Inquiry/Complaints
If you have an inquiry or complaint, please contact us by email to [email protected] This inbox is actively monitored and managed so that we can respond to you promptly.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
From time to time, we will review and revise Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time. All revisions will be posted on our Website.
Last updated: 26 July 2021