Privacy
Policy
The Firm is committed to the protection of
your privacy, and will treat all of the information you
provide through the Firm Web site, including your registration
information, with the utmost respect. The Firm works
diligently to ensure that it has taken all appropriate
administrative and technical measures to prevent the
unauthorized or unlawful use of your personally identifiable
information, and to prevent any accidental loss or destruction
of, or damage to, such information. The Firm will not sell or
disclose personally identifiable information about you to
unaffiliated third parties except in accordance with this
"Privacy Policy".
Collection of Information.
1. The Firm Web site collects certain
information about visitors, even when they are not logged in.
The Firm may record your IP address, the URLs of the Web sites
and pages you visit (before, during and after your visit to
the Firm Web site), the times and dates of such visits,
information about the computer hardware and software you use
and other information that may be available. Also, The Firm
may place "cookies" on your computer to recognize you on
return visits to enable The Firm to enhance your browsing
experience, as well as to collect additional information about
you. You may adjust your browser settings or use other means
to prevent cookies from being placed on your computer, but
doing so may result in reduced functionality and a less
personalized browsing experience.
2. The Firm may ask you to provide certain
additional information about yourself, including your name,
contact information, the organization you come from and
certain other information that The Firm may use to identify
you. If you choose not to provide such information, you may
not be permitted to access certain Firm Web site features,
content or services.
Use of Information.
1. The Firm uses the information that it
collects about you to improve your browsing experience by
personalizing The Firm Web sites to your interest, and also to
help The Firm select content and services that you may find
interesting and useful. Information about the content you
visit and services you use may be used alone or in conjunction
with information collected from other users to help The Firm
tailor The Firm Web site and its other products and services
to better suit the needs and interests of you and other
users.
2. Information that you provide may also be
used as part of The Firm's effort to keep you informed about
events, and selected products and services that may be of
interest to you. In some cases, The Firm may contact you with
information from carefully selected third parties, but The
Firm will not provide information to third parties for such
purposes. In other cases, your information might be shared
with a third party pursuant to a process that contemplates
such sharing but which you knowingly initiate.
3. The Firm reserves the right to disclose
any information that it obtains through the Firm Web site to
appropriate governmental or regulatory authorities, if
required by law or any governmental agency.
Transfers of Information.
From time to time, The Firm may disclose
information about you to carefully selected service providers
that The Firm may engage to host Firm Web site or to provide
other services. The Firm will require all such service
providers to use the information solely to provide the
specified services, and otherwise to conform to the
requirements of this Privacy Policy. Except as provided in
this Privacy Policy, The Firm will not provide your
information to third parties for any other purpose, including
marketing.
Additional Services.
From time to time, The Firm may offer
additional services through the Firm Web site. In some cases
additional services may be subject to alternative terms of use
(as identified by The Firm), and your use of any such services
will constitute your acceptance of such alternative terms of
use. Unless otherwise stated, such alternative terms of use
shall apply to supplement this Agreement and in the context of
any conflicting terms, this Agreement shall govern with
respect to The Firm Web sites, content and services, excepting
only those services which are expressly covered, and then only
to the extent so expressly covered, by such alternative
terms.
Information Sent by Way of the Web site is
Not Secure
Any information sent to the firm by Internet
e-mail or through the Web site is not secure and is done so on
a non-confidential basis. Any information you send the Firm
over the Internet, either through the Firm's Web site or via
email is done at your own risk.
Sending Information Does Not Form an Attorney
- Client Relationship
Transmission of information from this Web
site does not create an attorney-client relationship between
you and the firm, nor is it intended to do so. The
transmission of the Web site, in part or in whole, and/or any
communication with us via Internet e-mail through this site
does not constitute or create an attorney-client relationship
between us and any recipients.