OVERVIEW
As part of the normal operation of our services, we collect and, in some cases, may disclose information about you. This Privacy Policy describes the information we collect about you and what may happen to that information. By accepting this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in the manner prescribed in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the terms of the Terms of Use.
This Privacy Statement applies to all related sites. All other worldwide sites operate under similar privacy practices as described in this Privacy Policy, and subject to the requirements of the applicable local law, we strive to provide a consistent set of privacy practices throughout the online personal sites.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. This allows us to provide services and features that most likely meet your needs and to customize our service to make your experience hassle-free. You agree that in order to assist our users, we may feature user profiles in our editorials and newsletters that we send out from time to time to our members. Your profile is available for other members to view.
We automatically track certain information based upon your activity on our Websites using cookies, internal functions, and other devices. We use this information for internal research on our users' demographics, interests, activities, and use to better understand and serve you and our community. This information may include, but is not limited to, the URL that you just came from (whether this URL is on our site or not), which URL you next go to (whether this URL is on our site or not), what browser you are using, and your IP address.
Personally Identifiable Information: If you choose to create your profile or answer or ask a question or use any Services provided by our website, you must register, consent, and create an Account. When you (i) register with us on the Site to become a user (ii) choose to add information to your profile webpage or (iii) create a profile, we will ask you for personally identifiable information. This refers to information about you that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Information"). Personal Information includes, but is not limited to, your name, company name (if applicable), phone number, email address, and home and office postal addresses, as applicable. We use your Personal Information mainly to provide the Services and administer your inquiries. You may register to use the Services directly via the Website or by logging into your account with certain third-party social media or social networking services ("Social Networking Site") (including, but not limited to, Facebook) via the Website, as described herein. If you decide to register through a Social Networking Site, we will extract some of the Personal Information which you have provided to the Social Networking Site (such as your name, email address, and other information you make publicly available via the Social Networking Site) from the account you have with the applicable Social Networking Site and use that information to create your Account. The specific information that we extract may depend on the privacy settings you have with the Social Networking Site. You hereby consent to our access to and collection of such personal information about you. We also collect the other information that you provide as part of registration and the administration and personalization of your profile webpage (e.g., without limitation, zip code (on its own) and individual preferences) ("Non-Identifying Information"). We use your Personal Information (in some cases, in conjunction with your Non-Identifying Information) mainly to provide the Services, complete your transactions, and administer your inquiries. Certain Non-Identifying Information would be considered a part of your Personal Information if it were combined with other identifiers (for example, combining your zip code with your street address) in a way that enables you to be identified. But the same pieces of information are considered Non-Identifying Information when they are taken alone or combined only with other non-identifying information (for example, your viewing preferences). We may combine your Personal Information with Non-Identifying Information and aggregate it with information collected from other Legistify users (defined below) to attempt to provide you with a better experience, to improve the quality and value of the Services, and to analyze and understand how our Website and Services are used. We may also use the combined information without aggregating it to serve you specifically, for instance, to deliver a product to you according to your preferences or restrictions. We also use your Personal Information to contact you with Legistify newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you. If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive such communications from us, please follow the unsubscribe instructions provided in any of the communications.
Log Data: When you visit the Website, whether you have registered via the Website as a user or as an expert or are a non-registered user just browsing (any of these, a "Legistify users"), our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit the Website ("Log Data"). This Log Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, or the webpage you were visiting before you came to our Website, pages of our Website that you visit, the time spent on those pages, information you search for on our Website, access times and dates, and other statistics. We use Google Analytics to collect, monitor, and analyze this information in order to increase our Website's functionality and user-friendliness, and to better tailor it to our visitor's needs. Accordingly, Log Data is shared with Google, which has its own privacy policy addressing how it uses such information. We encourage you to review this privacy policy to understand how Google uses such information. We also use this information to verify that visitors to the Website meet the criteria required to process their requests. We do not treat Log Data as Personal Information unless we use it in association with other Personal Information. We may aggregate, analyze, and evaluate Log Data for the same purposes as stated above regarding other Non-Identifying Information.
Change or deletion of personal identifiable information: If you wish to change or delete any of your personally identifiable information, please contact us at [email protected]. We will take the necessary steps to accommodate your request promptly, subject to any legal or contractual obligations we may have. Requests for the purging and deletion of personally identifiable information (PII) will be processed within 30 days from the date of the request. Our team will guide you through the necessary steps and ensure the secure deletion of your data in accordance with our data retention and deletion policies.
COOKIES
We use data collection devices such as "cookies" on certain pages of our Websites. "Cookies" are small files placed on your hard drive that assist us in providing customized services. We also offer certain features that are only available through the use of a "cookie". Cookies can also help us provide information which is targeted to your interests. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits.
NOTE: EXTERNAL LINKS ON WEBSITE
The Offering may include hyperlinks to other websites or content or resources. Legistify may have no control over any websites or resources which are provided by companies or persons other than Legistify.
You acknowledge and agree that Legistify is not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and Legistify does not endorse any advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such websites or resources.
You acknowledge and agree that Legistify is not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of the availability of those external sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy, or existence of any advertising, products, or other materials on, or available from, such websites or resources.
OUR USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We store your information, and the other information we obtain from your current and past activities on the Website to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, and enforce our Terms of Service. At times, we may look across multiple users to identify problems or resolve disputes, and in particular, we may examine your information to identify members, multiple user IDs, or aliases. You agree that we may use personally identifiable information about you to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyze site usage, improve our content and product offerings, and customize our Site's content, layout, and services. These uses improve our site and better tailor it to meet your needs.
You agree that we may use your information to contact you and deliver information to you that, in some cases, is targeted to your interests, such as targeted banner advertisements, administrative notices, product offerings, and communications relevant to your use on the Websites. By accepting this Privacy Policy, you expressly agree to receive this information. You agree that your activities like 'liking questions', "liking answers", 'reviewing questions', or any other activities arising from your use of social networking features on Legistify will be published publicly to enable better discovery of products, etc. for other users.
CONFIDENTIALITY
You further acknowledge and agree that the Services may contain information which is designated confidential by Legistify and that you shall not disclose such information without Legistify's prior written consent.
Your information is regarded as confidential and therefore will not be divulged to any third party unless legally required to do so to the appropriate authorities. We will not sell, share, or rent your personal information to any third party or use your e-mail address for unsolicited mail. Any emails sent by us will only be in connection with the provision of agreed services and products.
OUR DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personally identifiable information stored with Legistify will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. We may be forced to disclose information to the government and law enforcement agencies. Under certain circumstances, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, or members may abuse or misuse your information that they collect from our Websites. Therefore, although we use industry-standard practices to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personally identifiable information or private communications will always remain private.
As a matter of policy, we do not sell or rent any personally identifiable information about you to any third party. However, the following describes some of the ways that your personally identifiable information may be disclosed.
Legal Requests and Required Information: We cooperate with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties to enforce laws, intellectual property rights, and to prevent fraud. Therefore, in response to a verified request by law enforcement or other government officials relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity, we can (and you authorize us to) disclose your name, city, state, telephone number, email address, and User ID history without a subpoena. Without limiting the above, in an effort to respect your privacy, we will not otherwise disclose your personally identifiable information to law enforcement, other government officials, or other third parties without a subpoena, court order, or substantially similar legal procedure, except when we believe in good faith that the disclosure of information is necessary to prevent imminent physical harm or financial loss or to report suspected illegal activity.
Due Diligence and Marketing: Occasionally we may use your information for our own marketing, statistical analysis, due diligence, or to detect or prevent fraud or abuse.
OTHER INFORMATION COLLECTORS
Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy, this document only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. To the extent that you disclose your information to other parties, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them. To the extent that we use third-party advertisers, they adhere to their own privacy policies. Since we do not control the privacy policies of third parties, you are subject to the privacy customs and policies of those third parties.
SECURITY
We treat data as an asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorized access. We employ many different security techniques to protect such data from unauthorized access by members inside and outside the company. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet. You, therefore, agree that any security breaches beyond the control of our standard security procedures are at your sole risk and discretion. If you have any questions about the security at our Website, you can send an email to [email protected]
USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FEATURES
Our Websites may include social media features, such as the Facebook Like button and widgets, such as the "Share This" button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Websites. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES
Our Privacy Policy is subject to change from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes to our Privacy Policy by sending you an email, or by posting a notice on our Website. We will also indicate when such changes will become effective. If you continue to use our Website or Services after those changes become effective, you will be deemed to have agreed to the changes.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of our Websites, or your dealings with our Websites, please contact us at [email protected]
Data Protection Officer Details:
Name: Ranjana Raghav
Email ID: [email protected]
