Privacy Policy
FitzGerald Kreditor Bolduc Risbrough LLP Privacy Policy – August 24, 2023
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using this Website.
The Website and its Content is owned by FitzGerald Kreditor Bolduc Risbrough LLP, PLLC (“Company”, “we”, or “us”). The term “you” refers to the user or viewer of our Website.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time without notice, and by using the Website and its Content you are agreeing to the Privacy Policy as it appears, whether or not you have read this language. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use our Website or its Content.
INTRODUCTION AND DISCLAIMER
This privacy notice provides you with details of how we collect and process your data through your use of our Website located at https://businesslawyerorangecounty.com and www.fyklaw.com and www.fkbrlegal.com.
By providing us with your data, you warrant to us that you are over 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect, use, sell or share personal information from children actually known to be under the age of 13. We will not knowingly contact children under age 13 without a parent’s permission. If you are a parent or guardian of a child under the age of 13 and believe he or she has disclosed personal information to us please contact us at info@fkbrlegal.com. A verified parent or guardian of a child under the age of 13 may review and request deletion of such child’s personally identifiable information. If we are made aware that we have collected personal information from a minor in a manner that is inconsistent with applicable laws, we will delete this information as soon as possible.
We do not sell or share the Personal Information of any individuals (except as set forth below) and, therefore, necessarily do not sell or share the information of children of any age.
FitzGerald Kreditor Bolduc Risbrough LLP is the data controller, and we are responsible for your personal data (referred to as “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy notice).
Contact Us. By using our Website, Programs, Products and Services you implicitly signify your agreement to all parts of the above Disclaimer. If you have any questions about this Disclaimer, please contact us at info@fkbrlegal.com.
Contact Details
Our full details are:
Full name of legal entity: FitzGerald Kreditor Bolduc Risbrough LLP
Email address: info@fkbrlegal.com
Postal address: 2 Park Plaza, Suite 850
Irvine, CA 92614
It is very important that the information we hold about you is accurate and up to date.
Please let us know if at any time your personal information changes by emailing us at info@fkbrlegal.com.
Personal Information We Collect
When you visit our Website, we collect data from you that may constitute personal information, as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA, Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.100 to 1798.199.95), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). The CCPA provides that “’[p]ersonal information’ means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household.” (Cal Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.140(v)(i).) This may include, but is not limited to, information such as your name, address or email address, if the information “identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could be reasonably linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household.” (Id.) For general information about the CCPA and CPRA, please see https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa.
The CCPA requires that any business that collects personal information from consumers residing in California must provide notice about your right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months, including:
The categories of personal information we have collected about you.
The categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you.
Our business or commercial purpose for collecting that personal information.
The categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information.
The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you.
If we disclosed your personal information for a business purpose, identifying the personal information categories that each category of recipient obtained.
You Have the Right to Have Inaccurate Personal Information Corrected or Deleted
You have the right to request access to personal information collected about you and information regarding the source of that personal information, the purposes for which we collect it, and the third parties, service providers, and contractors with whom we share it. You also have the right to request we correct inaccurate information, and to request in certain circumstances that we delete personal information that we have collected directly from you. You have the right to be free from discrimination based on your exercise of your CCPA rights.
You must contact us and indicate what the inaccuracies are and how it can be corrected. In some cases, we will have an obligation to delete your personal data, for example, if the data is no longer correct. If you believe your data is no longer necessary for the purpose we obtained it, you may want to have it deleted. You can also contact us if you believe your personal data is being processed in violation of the law or other legal obligations. When you make a request to correct or delete your personal data, we will investigate whether your request is warranted and, in such case, make changes or deletions as soon as possible.
There are some reasons we will not be able to fully address your request, such as if we need to complete a transaction for you, to detect and protect against fraudulent and illegal activity, to exercise our rights, for our internal purposes, or to comply with a legal obligation.
Limiting Use or Processing of Sensitive Personal Information
You may have the right to request, in certain circumstances, that a business limit the use or processing of your sensitive personal information. Sensitive personal information includes information such as social security numbers, ethnic origin, precise geolocation, religious beliefs, or genetic data. (See Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.140(v)(1)(L).)
We do not use any sensitive personal information relating to consumers for “the purposes of inferring characteristics” of an individual. (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.121(d).) Accordingly, sensitive personal information may be treated as personal information under the CCPA, and we do not offer an option to limit further processing of sensitive personal information.
You Have the Right to Limit the Sale or Sharing of Personal Information
Under the CCPA you have the right to direct us to not sell or share your personal information. We do not, however, sell or share your personal information with nonaffiliated third party companies or individuals, except with your permission, or under the following circumstances:
We may provide the information to service providers who we engage to work on our behalf under confidentiality agreements that restrict them from using your personal information for any purposes not related to our engagement. These companies may use your personal information for our business purposes. These companies do not have any independent right to share this information and are required to provide the same levels of security and privacy for your personal information as us, and to comply with applicable regulations;
In order to comply with federal, state or local laws, including compliance with a court order, subpoena, regulatory inquiry or summons;
In order to cooperate with law enforcement agency investigations, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or the interests of our clients or to defend against legal claims, including in response to civil litigation discovery requests;
When we believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, emergency situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of our employees or clients, or others, or as otherwise required by law. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction;
With respect to deidentified or aggregate consumer information;
In the event of a sale, merger, consolidation, change in control, transfer of substantial assets, reorganization, or liquidation;
With respect to conduct that takes place wholly outside of California; or
Where compliance with the CCPA would violate a state evidentiary privilege.
Our Response to Your Request to Have Personal Data Corrected or Deleted
We will first acknowledge receipt of your request within 10 business days and then provide a substantive response within 45 calendar days after its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days, or the permitted time frame), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.
Only you or your authorized agent may make a consumer request related to your personal information. You may designate an authorized agent to submit your request on your behalf, but only if the authorized agent has your written permission to do so and you have taken steps to verify your identity directly with us.
How We Verify Your Request: We will only use the personal information provided in the context of your request to verify your identity or the authority of your authorized agent to make the request. Depending on how you interact with us, we may require that you provide at least two pieces of personal information, such as your name, email address, or other information that we already have in our possession. We will verify your request by comparing the information you provide to information already in our possession to minimize the risk of fraud.
We are not obligated under the CCPA to provide or delete deidentified information in response to a verifiable consumer request, or to re-identify individual data to verify a consumer request.
Information You Provide to Us
You generally can use our Website without providing us with personal information, and you should not provide personal information (including sensitive personal information) that we do not request or need (i.e., do not send personal information in Website forms or email to us unless we request such information or it is necessary for our business purposes).
We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including when you communicate with us via email or other channels; when you sign up for or request that we send you newsletters, alerts, or other materials; when you submit an application for a position with us; when you sign up for a webinar or event; and when you respond to our communications or requests for information. The information you provide may include your name, contact information, title, and information about the organization with which you are affiliated. Some pages of our Website and other digital services may require that you enter a password or other information in order to access certain features, and we collect such credentials when you enter them.
Information We May Collect Automatically
We may automatically collect certain information when you use, access, or interact with our Website or the Company. And we may collect information from other sources, such as social media platforms that may share information about how you interact with our social media content.
We may use a third-party service, Google Analytics, and similar technologies (collectively, ‘Cookies’) to collect and store certain information when you use, access, or interact with our website. We may, for example, collect information about the type of device you use to access the Website, the operating system and version, your IP address, your general geographic location as indicated by your IP address, your browser type, the content you view and features you access on the website, the web pages you view immediately before and after you access the Website, whether and how you interact with content available on the Website, and the search terms you enter on the Website. If this data is collected by Google Analytics we can access Google Analytics reports, which provides aggregated data. But we do not receive or collect individualized personal data (including IP addresses) from Google Analytics reporting. See https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/provision/#/provision for information about Google Analytics.
Categories of Personal Information That The Company Collects
We may collect the following categories of personal information from consumers accessing our Website:
Identifiers, including name or an alias, home address, telephone number, email address;
Personal information categories described in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e));
Internet or other similar network activity, including browsing or search history;
Geolocation data; and
Professional or employment-related information, such as unsolicited resumes.
How We Use the Information
We may use the information we collect:
To respond to your inquiries;
To provide you with legal and other services that you request;
To operate, troubleshoot, and improve the Website;
To send you newsletters, legal news, marketing communications, and other information or materials that may interest you;
To maintain our database;
To understand how people use our Website, including by generating and analyzing statistics;
For the Company’s business purposes, including data analysis; submitting invoices; detecting, preventing, and responding to actual or potential fraud, illegal activities, or intellectual property infringement;
To assess the effectiveness of our events, promotional campaigns, and publications;
To evaluate, recruit, and hire personnel; and
As we believe reasonably necessary or appropriate to comply with our legal obligations, respond to legal process or requests for information issued by government authorities or other third parties, or to protect your, our, or others’ rights.
How We Share the Information
The firm is a provider of legal services. We share information internally for business purposes such as internal administration, billing, promoting our events and services, and providing you with services.
The CCPA requires us to list the categories of third parties to whom we “sell” personal information. Under the CCPA, a business “sells” personal information when it discloses personal information to a company for monetary or other benefit. We do not sell, rent, or otherwise share personal information with unaffiliated entities for their independent use except as expressly described in this Privacy Policy or with your prior permission. We may share information that does not reasonably identify you as permitted by applicable law.
We May Also Disclose Information We Collect:
To our third-party service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as web-hosting companies, mailing vendors, analytics providers, event hosting services, and information technology providers. We may use email marketing platforms from time to time to send marketing communications and manage preferences on our behalf.
To law enforcement, other government authorities or third parties (within or outside the jurisdiction in which you reside) as may be permitted or required by the laws of any jurisdiction that may apply to us; as provided for under contract; or as we deem reasonably necessary to provide legal services. In these circumstances, we take reasonable efforts to notify you before we disclose information that may reasonably identify you, unless prior notice is prohibited by applicable law or is not possible or reasonable in the circumstances.
To service providers, advisors, potential transactional partners, or other third parties in connection with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a transaction in which we are acquired by or merged with another company, or we sell, liquidate, or transfer all or a portion of our assets.
Grounds for Using Your Personal Information
We rely on the following legal grounds to process your personal information, namely:
Performance of a contract – We may need to collect and use your personal information to enter into a contract with you or to perform a contract that you have with us. For example, when you use our Website, we may use your personal information to respond to your requests and provide you with such services.
Consent – Where required by applicable laws, we will rely on your consent for direct marketing and to collect information from your device or computer. We may use location information as described in this Privacy Policy. You may be able to disable the sharing of location information in your browser or mobile application settings.
Legitimate interests – We may use your personal information for our legitimate interests to improve our products and services and the Content on our Website. Consistent with our legitimate interests and any choices that we offer or consents that may be required under applicable laws, we may use technical information as described in this Privacy Policy and use personal information for our marketing purposes.
Third-Party Services and Content
Our Website may include integrated content or links to content provided by third parties (such as video materials). This Privacy Policy does not address the privacy, security, or other practices of the third parties that provide such content, and we are not responsible for such third party content, or the privacy or security of such independent third party websites. You are encouraged to make yourself aware of any applicable privacy or security policies before you submit personal information to third party websites.
We engage third parties that support the operation of our Website, such as our web-hosting, public relations, and analytics providers. These third parties may use technologies to track your online activities over time and across different websites and online platforms.
Protection and Storage of Personal Information
We deploy administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to comply with applicable legal requirements and safeguard the information that we collect. This includes, when required or appropriate and feasible, obtaining written assurances from third parties that may access your data that they will protect the data with safeguards designed to provide a level of protection equivalent to that adopted by us.
However, no information system can be 100% secure and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. Moreover, we are not responsible for the security of information you transmit to us over networks that we do not control, including the Internet and wireless networks. THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS OR USE, OR COMPROMISE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED THROUGH THE WEBSITE. USERS ARE HEREBY ADVISED THAT THEY SUBMIT SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION AT THEIR OWN RISK.
The Website is controlled and operated by the Company within the United States.
How The Company Retains Your Personal Information
The CCPA requires us to provide information regarding the criteria we use to determine the length of time for which we retain personal information. We utilize the following criteria to determine the length of time for which we retain consumer information:
a) The business purposes for which the information is used, and the length of time for which the information is required to achieve those purposes;
b) Whether we are required to retain the information type in order to comply with legal obligations or contractual commitments, to defend against potential legal claims, or if otherwise necessary to investigate activities potentially in violation of our policies and procedures applicable to you or against the law, to ensure a secure online environment, or to protect health and safety; and
c) The manner in which information is maintained and flows through our systems, and how best to manage the lifecycle of information in light of the volume and complexity of the systems in our infrastructure.
Individual pieces of personal information such as those listed above may exist in different systems that are used for different business or legal purposes. A different maximum retention period may apply to each use case of the personal information. Certain individual pieces of information may also be stored in combination with other individual pieces of information, and the maximum retention period may be determined by the longer period or purpose for which the information is used.
Specific categories of personal information are retained as follows:
Personal information that you submit on our Website “Contact Us” page, or emails to us, may be maintained indefinitely, or until you request us to delete, so that we can respond to your communications;
Internet or other network activity information is typically deleted at regular intervals when the information is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it is collected. The retention period may be extended, however, if the information is needed to investigate issues related to security, compliance with company policies, or employee conduct;
Geolocation information is typically deleted at regular intervals when the information is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it is collected;
Call recordings and visual images are typically deleted at regular intervals when the information is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it is collected;
Recruitment data and professional qualifications and performance information are maintained through the life of your employment in order to administer the employment relationship;
Information submitted in connection with your application for employment at the Company may be maintained for the length of your employment, in order to evaluate your qualifications for job-related tasks or advancement; and
Sensitive Personal Information or details about you is maintained through the life of your employment in order to administer the employment relationship.
We retain the information we collect no longer than as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collect the information and to comply with our legal obligations.
Your Choices and Rights Regarding Marketing Communications
If you no longer wish to receive marketing communications from us, you can let us know by sending us an email at info@fkbrlegal.com. Any electronic marketing communications we send you will contain opt-out mechanisms that allow you to register your marketing preferences.
Personal Information Disclosed Within the Last Twelve (12) Months
We have disclosed the following categories of Personal Information for a business purposes from consumers within the last twelve (12) months to the following categories of third parties:
To service providers:
User & Traffic acquisition.
Demographics (location & language).
Engagement (Page view, Session, 1st visit, scroll, clicks, user engagement).
Browsers.
Devices.
IP addresses.
Information that you provide by filling in forms on the Website or sending emails to us.
“Do Not Track” Signals
California Business & Professions Code Section 22575(b) (as amended effective January 1, 2014) provides that California residents are entitled to know how a website operator responds to “Do Not Track” (DNT) browser settings. DNT is a feature offered by some browsers which, when enabled, sends a signal to websites to request that your browsing is not tracked, such as by third party ad networks, social networks and analytic companies. We do not currently take actions to respond to DNT signals because a uniform technological standard has not yet been developed. We continue to review new technologies and may adopt a DNT standard once one is created. For information about DNT, please visit: www.allaboutdnt.org."
Confidentiality
We aim to keep the Confidential Information that you share with us confidential. Please note that we may disclose such Confidential Information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that: (1) such action is necessary to protect and defend our rights or property or those of our users or licensees, (2) to act as immediately necessary in order to protect the personal safety or rights of our users or the public, or (3) to investigate or respond to any real or perceived violation of this Privacy Policy or of our Disclaimer, Terms and Conditions, or any other terms of use or agreement with us.
Additional Information for California Employees and Job Applicants
If you are a California resident and are a current or former Company employee, please refer to the documents we provide to you and other Company policies for information about our privacy practices related to employees or contractors.
If you submit unsolicited applications or a resumes directly to us via mail, email or personal delivery, we may advise you to apply for any open positions through indeed.com, and we may delete your submissions. We reserve the right to maintain applications and resumes submitted in such manner for a period of up to 180 days.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The effective date of the current Privacy Policy is stated above. We encourage you to periodically review this page.