Welcome to the Wells IP Law website (the “website”), which is owned and operated by Wells IP Law, LLC (“Wells IP Law”, “we,” “our,” or “us”). The protection of your personal information is important to us. Please review our policies below for collecting and handling your information. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time, and such changes will be effective upon posting the updated terms to the Wells IP Law website.
Applicability. This Privacy Policy applies to information that Wells IP Law collects or manages from users of the Wells IP Law website. It does not apply to information received from you by Wells IP Law in the course of an attorney-client relationship, or received or collected by Wells IP Law offline or through any other means.
Scope of Protection. If you are a client of Wells IP Law, we protect the confidentiality of your information in accordance with applicable professional standards of conduct. However, if you choose to submit personal or confidential information to Wells IP Law through the Wells IP Law Site, we will store and use that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy unless you notify us otherwise as described below.
The Information That We Collect and How We Use It. You may choose to contact us by e-mail through the Wells IP Law website. In such case, you may be asked to provide us with information that can be used to personally identify you (“Personal Information”), which may include your name, address, telephone number, email address, employer’s name and your title. We may use this information in order to provide you with our publications and information you requested and to respond to your comments and questions about our services and this website. Whenever it is reasonable to do so, we will provide a method by which you can opt-out of receiving email newsletters or other publications. We may also use your Personal Information to send you additional information that we believe may be of interest to you. We may also collect information about your visit to our website that cannot be readily used to personally identify you. Such information may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your Internet or email hosting company, your browser software, your software or operating system platform, the duration of your visit to our website, and the domain name of the website from which you arrived at our Site. This information may be used to research the manner in which our website is used, to improve the performance or accessibility of our site, to determine appropriate future content, and for other related reasons. We may use cookies to tell us whether you have visited our website previously or what types of information on our website are of greatest interest to you. Cookies are not used to identify you personally and will not collect personally identifiable information. You can access parts of our website without the use of cookies, but some features of our website may not be fully accessible unless you permit cookies through your web browsers configuration.
With Whom Do We Share Your Personal Information. We will not share your Personal Information with any third party except (1) with your consent, (2) when we believe in good faith that disclosure is required by law, search warrant, subpoena, court order, or other legal process, (3) when requested by law enforcement or other governmental authorities, in our discretion, or (4) to third parties who are providing services directly to Wells IP Law, provided that such third parties agree not to further disclose such personal information to others. We may disclose information about you, including Personal Information and data about which web pages you have visited, to third parties if we feel it is necessary to protect the security of our computer systems or business, or to maintain our website properly. Information that is anonymized (that cannot be used to identify you personally) may be provided to third parties at our discretion.
Consent for Transborder Data Transfer. This website is hosted in the United States. By providing to us any Personal Information, you consent to the collection, processing, transfer, and storage of such information in the United States, even if the United States has a different level of privacy protection compared to the protection available under your local law. If you are accessing this Site from any region with regulations or laws governing personal data collection, use and disclosure, that differ from United States laws/regulations, please note that through your continued use of this Site, which is governed by U.S. Law, this Privacy Policy, and our Terms of Use, you are transferring Personal Information to the United States and you consent to that transfer.
Security of Your Personal Information. We will use, and will require our service providers to use, commercially reasonable security measures designed to protect against unauthorized access to your Personal Information. However, we do not represent or warrant that we or our service providers will achieve or maintain a particular level of security at all times, and you acknowledge and agree that transmission of data over the internet is never completely secure or free of errors. You also agree that any information you send us via email or through a form on a web page is not secure, and is not confidential or privileged information.
Changes in Business Structure or Ownership. We may provide your Personal Information to third parties in connection with the transfer of all or a portion of Wells IP Law’s legal practice, whether by merger, acquisition, liquidation or otherwise.
How to Contact Us. If you have any questions about these Terms, including the Privacy Policy, the practices of the Site, or your dealings with the Site, please contact us via e-mail at info@wellsiplaw.com.
Last updated: 27 September 2013