Disclaimer
Effective August 29, 2016
This website provides general information about Ruttle Law for the convenience of visitors to the site and does not constitute legal advice. The website, its contents, and any affiliate sites (including, but not limited to: the firm’s website and/or Ruttle Law’s blog, if any, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+, or other social media) will not establish an attorney-client relationship and should not be relied upon for any purpose without first consulting an attorney. This website may be considered attorney advertising under the rules of some states. No statements on this website are intended to provide, nor do they provide, any guarantees regarding services and their outcomes. The information provided may or may not reflect the most current legal environment, thus the information on this website and any affiliate sites (including, but not limited to: the firm’s website and/or Ruttle Law’s blog, if any, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+, or other social media) may or may not be correct or complete. Ruttle Law expressly disclaims all liability in respect to actions taken or not taken based on any or all of the contents on this website. Furthermore, messages containing confidential or time-sensitive information should not be sent via the aforementioned mediums, in addition, said messages do not constitute an attorney-client relationship and will not be treated as privileged or confidential. If you communicate with us by email regarding an issue in which represent you, you should be aware that the use of the Internet and email systems may not be secure.
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Privacy and Security
Effective August 29, 2016
Ruttle Law, PC (“Ruttle Law”) operates RuttleLaw.com and may operate other websites and social media brands, including, but not limited to: the firm’s website, Ruttle Law’s blog, if any, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+, or other social media. It is Ruttle Law’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites. Your privacy and security are very important to us when it comes to your personal information; however, we are unable to guarantee the security of the information you transmit via the Internet if it is not encrypted. We take the security of your personal information very seriously and only collect information you voluntarily provide us or that which is collected by our third party web-hosts.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Ruttle Law collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Ruttle Law’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Ruttle Law’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Ruttle Law may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Ruttle Law also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on ruttlelaw.com blogs/sites. Ruttle Law only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Ruttle Law’s websites choose to interact with Ruttle Law in ways that require Ruttle Law to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Ruttle Law gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at ruttlelaw.com to provide their name and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Ruttle Law are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Ruttle Law collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Ruttle Law. Ruttle Law does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
Ruttle Law may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Ruttle Law may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Ruttle Law does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Ruttle Law discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Ruttle Law’s behalf or to provide services available at Ruttle Law’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Ruttle Law’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Ruttle Law will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Ruttle Law discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Ruttle Law believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Ruttle Law, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a Ruttle Law website and have supplied your email address, Ruttle Law may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Ruttle Law and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Ruttle Law takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Ruttle Law uses cookies to help Ruttle Law identify and track visitors, their usage of Ruttle Law website, and their website access preferences. Ruttle Law visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Ruttle Law’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Ruttle Law’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If Ruttle Law, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Ruttle Law goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Ruttle Law may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Ruttle Law and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Privacy Policy Changes
We take pride in the fact that we offer new content and services. Accordingly, we may modify our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, and/or Disclaimer as we see fit and your continued use of this website and any of the aforementioned social media platforms constitutes acceptance and agreement with such modifications. Ruttle Law encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy.
Please contact the firm if you have questions about the Privacy Policy or use of this website at Info@RuttleLaw.com.
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