Terms & Policies

PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated June 15, 2020

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Hornig Law, LLC. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at: Jill@horniglaw.com.

When you visit our website and use our services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy policy, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Sites and our services.

This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our website and/or any related services, sales, marketing or events (we refer to them collectively in this privacy policy as the "Services").

Please read this privacy policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.    GENERAL PRIVACY DISCLOSURE

2.    WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

3.    DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

4.    HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?

5.    WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?

6.    HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

7.    HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

8.    WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

9.    DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

10.  DATA BREACH

11.  CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

12. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS POLICY?

13. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY?

14. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OPT OUT, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

15. DISCLAIMERS

Hornig Law, LLC, does not collect personally identifying information from visitors to this web site (e.g., name, address, telephone number or e-mail address) unless such information is provided by the visitor or by the visitor’s browser. Information provided through a visitor’s use of this site will only be used to respond to direct inquiries, subscription requests, or to measure traffic and traffic trends at the website. We will not be liable for disclosures of your personal information due to errors in transmission or unauthorized acts of third parties. However, once we receive your transmission, we do our best to ensure its security on our systems by making reasonable efforts to protect the information. In the course of providing our clients with requested legal services, we often receive non-public personal financial and other information from our clients or from third parties at the request of our clients. Hornig Law, LLC, does not disclose any non-public personal information outside the firm, except as agreed to or requested by our clients or required by law, and otherwise described below in greater detail. In order to maintain our clients’ non-public personal information, we maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with our professional service standards as well as federal regulations.

We collect personal information that you provide to us.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when participating in activities on the Services, or by otherwise contacting us.

The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us, the choices you make, and the services and features you use. The personal information we collect can include the following:

Personal Information Provided by You. We may collect your first name, maiden name, last name, and nickname; current and former address; phone numbers; e-mail addresses; business e-mail addresses; and other similar data. We may collect financial information (credit card number, purchase history, invoices) and other similar data, where initiated by you.

Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment for the services you have selected (such as credit card information). However, if any payment information is collected directly from our site, it is for use by a third party payment processing system, and the payment data is stored by that third party payment processor; we do not maintain that information on our site or otherwise. Please refer to the privacy policies of third party vendors.

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information automatically collected.

Some information — such as IP address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services.

We may automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the website. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information), but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies. 

Online Identifiers. We collect cookie identifiers, or others such as the ones used for analytics and marketing, and other similar data.

We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information in order to analyze site traffic so that we may identify preferred content and measure site engagement to enhance users’ experiences on the site and deliver customized content to our visitors. Most web browsers are set by default to accept cookies on your hard drive. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to do so, this could affect certain features or functions of our website.

Additionally, non-personal identification information about your hardware and software may be automatically collected by third party hosts and providers, which may include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access time, and referral website address. We may access this information to gather general statistics and analytics regarding the use of our website, but we do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may use the data. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI’s website.

We process your information for purposes based on: legitimate business interests such as providing services you have requested, fulfillment our contract with you, complying with our legal obligations, and/or with your consent.

We use personal information collected via our website for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.

We use the information we collect or receive:

·      To deliver your services. We may use your information to provide you with the requested services.

·      To request your feedback. We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our services and website in order to evaluate and improve our Services.

·      To deliver you services and information. We may use your information to provide you with the Service(s) you requested.

·      To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may use your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the use of our Services.

·      To send you updates about our policies and services. If anything changes with regard to polices and services affecting our users, we may use your information to let you know.

·      Fulfill and manage your services/payments. We may use your information to fulfill and manage your requested services, payments, and refunds made through the website.

·      To post testimonials. We post testimonials on our website that may contain personal information. Prior to posting a testimonial, we will obtain your consent to use your name and testimonial. If you wish to update, or delete your testimonial, please contact us at Jill@horniglaw.com and be sure to include your name, testimonial location, and contact information.

·      To protect our Services. We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our website safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).

·      To enforce our terms, conditions and policies.

·      To respond to legal requests and prevent harm. If we receive a subpoena or other legal request, we may need to inspect the data we hold to determine how to respond.

·      For other Business Purposes. We may use your information for other Business Purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our website, services, marketing and your overall experience with our company. We may use and store this information in aggregated and anonymized form so that it is not associated with individual end users and does not include personal information. We will not use identifiable personal information without your consent.

We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services you have requested, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

We may process or share data based on the following legal basis:

·      Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information in a specific purpose.

·      Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve legitimate business interests that you have requested.

·      Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.

·      Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).

·      Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:

• Vendors, Consultants, or Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include: payment processing, practice management, data analysis, e-mail delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing efforts. We may allow selected third parties to use tracking technology on our website, which will enable them to collect data about how you interact with our website. This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand online activity. Unless described in this Policy, we do not share, sell, rent or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes. 

• Business Partners. We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.

If you voluntarily disclose your information in chat areas or bulletin boards maintained by or connected to us (e.g., comments sections, social media posts/groups, message boards, or other similar forums), that information may be seen and used by others, and could result in unsolicited messages from others. We are not responsible for the user information you may choose to submit in these public forums. To request removal of your user information from any of our community forums, please contact us as provided below. In some cases, for legal retention purposes or technical limitations (e.g., the data may not be searchable), we may not be able to remove user information voluntarily disclosed by you in such forums, in which case, we will notify you.

We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless otherwise required by law.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements).

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

We have implemented industry standard appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information and data stored on our site. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our website is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.

You may request to delete or modify your personal account and/or any user information you may have voluntarily submitted to us if you wish to do so. You may also ask to opt-out of marketing communications by clicking on the "unsubscribe" or "opt-out" link in the marketing emails we send you; to opt out of other forms of marketing, please contact us using the details below. In addition, you may request to have user information deleted subject to the “HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?” section above. 

More particularly, you have the right to do the following:

• Withdraw your consent at any time. You have the right to withdraw consent where you have previously given it to the processing of your Personal Information.

• Object to processing of your data. You may have the right to object to the processing of your data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.

• Access your data. You have the right to learn if data is being processed, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing, and obtain a copy of the data undergoing processing.

• Verify and seek rectification. You have the right to verify the accuracy of their data and ask for it to be updated or corrected, and it is required for you to do so in order to use the site.

• Restrict the processing of your information. You have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of your data. In this case, we will not process your personal information for any purpose other than storing it.

• Have your Personal Information deleted or otherwise removed. You have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.

• Receive your data and have it transferred to another controller. You have the right to receive your data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on your consent, on a contract which you are part of, or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.

• Lodge a complaint. You have the right to bring a claim before the competent data protection authority.

We are located and operating in the United States of America, and our website is not intended for users in the European Economic Area. If you choose to access the site and/or provide your personal information, please note that your information will be transferred to the U.S.A. You accept full responsibility for compliance with the laws of the jurisdiction where the access occurs. We make no representation that the website or our services are appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United States. Accessing the Site and/or using any of the services or materials from any jurisdiction where such access and/or use is illegal is prohibited.

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes, and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.

We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.

Our website is not intended for use by minors. We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the website, you represent that you are at least 18, or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the website. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at: Jill@HornigLaw.com.

A privacy breach occurs when there is unauthorized access to or collection, use, disclosure, or disposal of personal information. In the event that we become aware of a security breach which has resulted or may result in unauthorized access, use or disclosure of personal information, we will promptly investigate the matter and notify the applicable supervisory agency not later than 72 hours after having become aware of it, unless the personal data breach is unlikely to result in a risk to the wellbeing, rights, or freedoms of natural persons.

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy policy.

Yes, we will update this policy as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO), Jill D. Hornig, by email at Jill@HornigLaw.com, or by post to:

Hornig Law, LLC 

37 Danbury Road

Suite 201, Office 5

Ridgefield, CT 06877

United States

We respect your privacy! If you wish to opt out of receiving any or all communications from us, you may contact us at Jill@HornigLaw.com.

Based on applicable laws, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please e-mail Jill@HornigLaw.com. We will respond to your request within 30 days. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

Last updated June 15 , 2020.

The information provided by Hornig Law, LLC (“we,” “us” or “our”) on horniglaw.com (the “website”) is for general informational purposes only, and is intended to inform you about Hornig Law, LLC. We have taken considerable care in preparing information and materials displayed on our website; however, we make no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability or completeness of any information displayed, uploaded, downloaded or distributed through the website or our forums. It is your responsibility to evaluate text, content, opinions, statements, suggestions, strategies, tactics, or other information available.

The website cannot and does not contain legal advice, and it is not intended as a substitute for advice from a qualified professional. You should not consider this information to be an invitation to represent you, nor is it intended to create an attorney-client relationship. You should seek to retain an attorney for representation on all legal matters, as these issues are complex in nature. Again, we do not provide any kind of legal advice via the website, blog posts, or other linked materials. The content of any Internet e-mail sent to Hornig Law, LLC, via this website will not create an attorney-client relationship and will not be treated as confidential.

Jill Hornig is licensed to practice in Connecticut and New York; nothing on this website should be construed to mean that she does, intends to, or purports to practice in any other jurisdictions.

By using this website, you warrant and represent that you have the legal capacity to do so. We make no representations or warranties that the content published complies with the local laws of your jurisdiction. You are solely responsible for knowing and understanding your local laws concerning content legality. If you are unable to make the representations and warranties contained herein, do not use the website.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL WE HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF THE SITE OR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SITE. YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION ON THE SITE IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

The Site may contain (or you may be sent through the Site) links to other websites or content belonging to or originating from third parties or links to websites and features in banners or other advertising. Though we exercise care in selecting partners, advertisers, and vendors, this does not imply any endorsement of the products or services offered by any third party. Such external links are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability, or completeness by us.

WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OFFERED BY THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES LINKED THROUGH THE SITE OR ANY WEBSITE OR FEATURE LINKED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING. WE WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES.

TESTIMONIALS DISCLAIMER

The Site may contain testimonials by users of our services. These testimonials reflect the real-life experiences and opinions of such users. However, the experiences are personal to those particular users, and may not necessarily be representative of all users of our products and/or services. We do not claim, and you should not assume, that all users will have the same experiences. YOUR INDIVIDUAL RESULTS MAY VARY. 

The testimonials on the Site are submitted in various forms such as text, audio and/or video, and are reviewed by us before being posted. They appear on the Site verbatim as given by the users, except for the correction of grammar or typing errors. Some testimonials may have been shortened for the sake of brevity where the full testimonial contained extraneous information not relevant to the general public.

The views and opinions contained in the testimonials belong solely to the individual user and do not reflect our views and opinions. We are not affiliated with users who provide testimonials, and users are not paid or otherwise compensated for their testimonials.