Effective March 2021
At Block & McNeill, LLP (“Firm” or “us” or “we”), we respect the privacy rights of our online visitors and recognize the importance of protecting the information we collect about you. Our Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect and use the personal information you decide to share. This Privacy Policy applies to our website and its related subdomains (collectively, the “Site”).By using or accessing the Site, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
The Information We Collect and How We Use It
You can use the publicly available portions of the Site without providing us with any personal information. However, there are instances where you must provide us with certain personal information in order to receive full access to our services. In such instances, we may collect the following types of information:
Cookies – We store certain information from your browser using “cookies”. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. These cookies terminate once the user closes the browser. You can remove or block persistent cookies using the settings in your browser if you want to disable this feature, however, our Site may cease to function properly if you do so, and if you are a member you may not be able to log in. We use cookies to improve our Service including by storing user preferences and tracking user trends. We also use cookies in our advertising services to help advertisers and publishers serve and manage ads across the web. We or our third party advertisers may set a cookie in your browser when you visit a website or click on an ad supported by our advertising services.
User Communications – When you send email or other communications to us, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve the Service.
By using the Service, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.
Children Under Age 18
The Firm does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are under 18, please do not send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible unless prohibited by applicable law.
Sharing Your Information with Third Parties
The Firm does not sell, trade or transfer your personal information to third parties except in the following limited circumstances:We have your consent.We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (c) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of the Firm, its clientele or the public as required or permitted by law.
We become involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of our assets.
Links
This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by the Firm. The Site may contain links to other third party websites. Even if the third party is affiliated with the Firm through a business partnership or otherwise, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave the Site to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.
Accessing and Updating Personal Information
When you use the Firm’s services, we make good faith efforts to provide you with access to your personal information and either provide you means to correct this data if it is inaccurate or to delete such data at your request if it is not otherwise required to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes. We ask individual users to identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed before processing such requests, and we may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes), or for which access is not otherwise required. In any case where we provide information access and correction, we perform this service free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort. Please note that if you cease using the our services, you may no longer have the ability to access or update your personal information.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to us. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is one hundred percent secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Notices and Revisions
We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time. Non-material changes and clarifications will take effect immediately, and material changes will take effect within 30 days of their posting on the Site. If we make changes, we will post them and will indicate on this page the policy’s new effective date. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or through notice on our home page. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy policy. Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you.