National Association of Consumer Credit Attorneys Web Privacy Policy
Effective: 5/1/2023
This site is owned and controlled by National Association of Consumer Credit Attorneys. (“National Association of Consumer Credit Attorneys” or “we,” “our,” or “us”). This Web Privacy Policy describes the types of personal information we collect on www.consumercreditattorney.com (“the Website”), how we may use the information and the purposes for which we may use it, with whom we may share it, and the measures we take to safeguard your information.
Unless indicated otherwise, this Web Privacy Policy applies only to information collected through the Website. Please read this entire Web Privacy Policy before using the Website. If you are a California consumer, for more information about your privacy rights, please see the section of this Web Privacy Policy called “California Consumer Privacy Statement.”
Information We Obtain
We may obtain personal information through the Website, including contact information (such as your name, email address, and phone number) and other information you submit to us.
In addition, as you navigate through the Website, we may obtain certain information using various automated technologies, such as cookies. A “cookie” is a small piece of data (a text file) that a website—when visited by a user—asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you.
The Website may use cookies or similar automated technologies to collect information about your equipment, browsing actions, and usage patterns. The information we obtain in this manner may include your IP address, identifiers associated with your device, web browser characteristics, device characteristics, language preferences, referring/exit pages, dates and times of visits to the Website, and clickstream data. The Website is not designed to respond to “do not track” signals received from browsers. Your browser may tell you how to be notified when you receive certain types of cookies or how to restrict or disable certain types of cookies. Please note, however, that certain features of the Website may not work without use of automated information collection technologies.
Use and Disclosure of Information
We may use the information we obtain about you to:
- Provide the Website and other services to you.
- Communicate with you.
- Operate, evaluate, develop, manage, and improve the Website and our business (including operating, administering, analyzing, and improving our services; developing new services; managing and evaluating the effectiveness of our communications; managing our professional relationships with vendors and other business partners; and performing accounting and other internal functions).
- Perform analytics (including market research and trend analysis).
- Increase and maintain the safety and security of our services and prevent misuse.
- Protect against, identify, and prevent fraud and other criminal activity, claims, and other liabilities.
- Comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards, and policies, including this Web Privacy Policy and our Terms & Conditions.
We may share the information we obtain about you with third-party vendors to perform certain services on our behalf, such as to assist us with Website hosting and operations, data analytics, and other services designed to assist us with our business. We also may share your information with our affiliates and subsidiaries for the purposes described in this Web Privacy Policy.
In addition, we may disclose information about you: (i) if we are required to do so by law or legal process (such as a court order or subpoena); (ii) in response to requests by government agencies, such as law enforcement authorities; (iii) to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights; (iv) to protect, defend, or enforce our policies, terms, or agreements; (v) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to address security or to prevent physical or other harm or financial loss; (vi) in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity; or (vii) otherwise with your consent.
In addition, we also reserve the right to transfer information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets (such as in the event of a merger, acquisition, joint venture, consolidation, restructuring, divestiture, dissolution liquidation, or other corporate change), including during the course of any due diligence process.
Third-Party Analytics
We may use third-party analytics services on the Website, such as Google Analytics. The analytics providers that administer these services use automated technologies such as cookies to help us analyze your use of the Website. The information collected through these means (including IP address) may be disclosed to these analytics providers who use the information, for example, to evaluate use of the Website. To learn more about Google Analytics and how to opt-out, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Security
We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information you provide against accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use.
Children’s Privacy
We recognize the importance of protecting children’s online privacy. The Website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under the age of 13.
Other Online Services
For your convenience and information, the Website may contain content, links, or references to other third-party websites, apps, or services. Please be aware that this Web Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites. These companies may have their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to review. In addition, when you are on the Website you may be directed to other sites and apps that are operated and controlled by third parties that we do not control. We are not responsible for the data collection and privacy practices employed by any non-National Association of Consumer Credit Attorneys websites, apps, or services.
Changes to this Web Privacy Policy
This Web Privacy Policy may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal information practices. We will post a notice on our Website to notify you of significant changes to our Web Privacy Policy and indicate at the top of the notice when it was most recently updated.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this Web Privacy Policy, please contact us at cs@consumercreditattorney.com.