Privacy Policy
Introduction
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. (As used herein, “we” and “Firm” refer to Hawkinson Yang LLP.)
This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit this website and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This policy applies to information we collect (i) on this website and (ii) in emails and other electronic messages between you and this website.
This policy does not apply to information collected by (i) us offline or through any other means, including on any website operated by any third party (ii) any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible on the website.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our website. By accessing or using this website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of this website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
Children Under the Age of 13
Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to the website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this website or on or through any of its features, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at contact@hycounsel.com.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
We collect several types of information from and about users of our website, including information:
by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”);
that is about you but individually does not identify you, such as search queries that led you to our website; and/or
about your Internet connection, the equipment you use to access our website, and usage details.
We collect this information:
directly from you when you provide it to us, such as by using our contact forms;
automatically as you navigate through the site (information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies and/or web beacons); and/or
from third parties, for example, our vendors.
Information You Provide to Us
The information we collect on or through our website may include:
information that you provide by filling in forms on our website; and
records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies
As you navigate through and interact with our website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
details of your visits to our website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the website; and
information about your computer and Internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
We do not use these or other technologies for “behavioral tracking.” That is, we do not collect information about your online activities over time or across third-party websites or other online services.
The information we collect automatically helps us estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include cookies and web beacons:
Cookies - A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our website.
Web Beacons - Pages of the website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
How We Use Your Information
We may use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
to present our website and its contents to you;
to provide you with information or services that you request from us;
to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;
to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection;
to notify you about changes to our website or any services we offer or provide though it;
in any other way we may describe when you provide the information; or
for any other purpose with your consent.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:
to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them;
to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Firm’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by the Firm about our website users is among the assets transferred;
to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it;
for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information; or
with your consent.
We may also disclose your personal information:
to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request;
to enforce or apply any agreements, including for billing and collection purposes; or
if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Firm and its personnel, our customers, or others.
Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
Tracking Technologies - You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent.
Promotional Messages from the Firm - If you do not wish to have your contact information used by the Firm to promote our services, you can opt out by sending us an email stating your request to contact@hycounsel.com. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may click the “Unsubscribe” link included in the email or send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions.
Accessing and Correcting Your Information
You may send us an email at contact@hycounsel.com to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. However, 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.
Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the website.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by email and/or through a notice on the website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.
Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, please contact us at contact@hycounsel.com.