CASSIDY LAW TERMS OF USE AND PRIVACY POLICY
EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Cassidy Law PLLC’s Policy describes how Cassidy Law collects, uses, discloses and otherwise processes personal information, including in connection with use of this website, our social media pages, our interactions with client and others both online and offline.
By accessing this Website or using Cassidy Law Services, you expressly consent to Cassidy Law collecting, using or disclosing your personal information as defined in the Cassidy Law Privacy Policy.
Collecting Information
Cassidy Law’s Privacy Policy applies only to collecting and using personal information and is not for defining Cassidy Law’s procedures for complying with applicable rules of professional conduct. Personal information is any information that identifies or relates to an identifiable natural person such as names, addresses, and phone number. It does not include aggregated or anonymized data. If you provide Cassidy Law with Personal Information of other persons such as employees or family members, you are responsible for ensuring any such persons are made aware of Cassidy Law’s Privacy Policy and that you are legally entitled to provide Cassidy Law this information.
When accessing parts of the Cassidy Law Website, emailing with Cassidy Law or engaging Cassidy Law to provide services, you may directly provide personal information to Cassidy Law.
When you access the Cassidy Law Website or email with Cassidy Law, Cassidy Law may use analytics tools and cookies to automatically collect information such as IP address, web browser information, mobile device unique number, mobile software and hardware information, pages or areas visited within the Website, the time spent visiting, or the links opened when visiting. Cassidy Law’s Cookies Notice provides information on use of cookies.
If you are a potential client or client you will likely provide Cassidy Law personal information during our initial meeting or during the client intake process. In addition, Cassidy Law may have direct or indirect access to certain client tax or financial information that is required for regulatory, compliance or financial reporting purposes including for example information that is required by the IRS such as names, addresses, EINs, or social security numbers that is or must be reported to government regulators. You may also provide Cassidy Law payment information such as credit card or bank account information as part of paying for Cassidy Law services.
If you apply for a job with Cassidy Law, including through the Cassidy Law Website or otherwise, Cassidy Law may collect personal information such as name, phone number, email address, educational and professional background. This information may be collected in a variety of ways, including directly from you or by a third party such as a recruiting agency, educational institution, professional reference or credentialing and licensing organization.
When you engage with one of our social media pages, requested our newsletter, or attended a Cassidy Law event, Cassidy Law may collect information about you, including from tracking pixels. These pixels provide non-identifiable and anonymous data (e.g., demographic information) regarding how users interact with our social media pages. You may opt out of this tracking in some cases by changing the privacy settings on your social media account.
Cassidy Law may collect your personal information from publicly available sources such as public governmental databases or company registries. If you post personal information to a publicly available portion of the Cassidy Law Website or on Cassidy Law social media pages, you understand and acknowledge that such information may be made available to other users or the general public. We may combine personal information collected from public sources with other personal information we receive or collect.
Cassidy Law may collect your personal information from various private sources, including for example, parties involved in a transaction with the Cassidy Law such as those who supply Cassidy Law with goods or services; financial institutions; governmental entities or regulators and other law firms. We may combine personal information collected from private sources with other personal information we receive or collect.
Using Information
Cassidy Law and our service providers may use your personal information for purposes as permitted under applicable law, including for example the following business purposes:
Cassidy will only use personal information to the extent: (i) you have consented to use such information; (ii) it is required to provide you services; (iii) it is required to comply with the law; and/or (iv) it is required to execute Cassidy Law or a third party’s legitimate business interests.
Disclosing Information
Cassidy Law does not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for monetary or other valuable consideration and has not done so in the past. Cassidy Law discloses personal information internally and to third parties with whom we work to provide services pursuant to an engagement letter or if required by law to do so. Third parties we work with include, for example:
Cassidy Law may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so.
Cassidy Law’s Website may use Google’s web analytic services or other analytic services that uses cookies to track how users navigate the Cassidy Law Website. Cassidy Law’s Cookies Notice provides more information on our use of cookies. This service may also collect information regarding your use of other websites and applications. You may refuse the use of these cookies via the settings in your browser. You also can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics by downloading and installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your current web browser: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Your browser may offer “Do Not Track” options, which allows for selections that prevent tracking of online activities. Cassidy Law’s Website does not currently support Do Not Track requests.
Storing and Retaining Information
We retain personal information for as long as necessary for the purposes that such information was obtained. We use the following criteria to determine the length of the retention period: the duration of our relationship with you (including if you are a client), whether there are legal requirements to retain the information (or requirements related to ethics rules or attorney-client privilege) and whether we deem retention necessary in connection with potential legal claims.
Protecting Information
Cassidy Law uses commercially reasonable practices to protect personal information through appropriate physical, technical and administrative security measures. Even with these practices, Cassidy Law cannot guarantee the security of personal information. Providing personal information through the Cassidy Law Website is done at your own risk.
Third-Party Websites
Cassidy Law’s Website and social media may contain links to other websites that Cassidy Law does not maintain or control. Therefore, Cassidy Law is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. Visitors should review the privacy policies of these other sites. The fact that Cassidy Law may link to other sites does not mean that these sites operate under privacy practices as explained in Cassidy Law’s Privacy Policy. Cassidy Law’s Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites. Accessing a third-party website using a link, is done at your own risk. You acknowledge that accessing other sites through Cassidy Law’s Website or social media is controlled by the privacy policies of those sites.
International Transfers and European Economic Area (EEA) Rights
Cassidy Law is located solely within the United States and does not operate any offices outside of the United States. Visitors to the Cassidy Law website who access our website from outside of the United States including in the EEA, should note that the United States’ laws with which we comply may not provide the same security requirements of other countries. Do not provide Cassidy Law information through our website or social media if you do not want us to have your information.
Minors
Cassidy Law does not provide services to minors so does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from minors. You represent that you are not a minor when you use our Website or Social Media.
Changes to Cassidy Law’s Privacy Policy
Cassidy Law reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time.
Opting Out
You may stop or opt out of email messages and other promotional mailing by emailing operations@cassidylawpllc.com or by regular mail to Cassidy Law, 1100 H Street NW Suite 1220, Washington DC 20005.
COOKIES INFORMATION
EFFECTIVE: FEBRUARY 11, 2024
By using Cassidy Law PLLC’s Website, you consent to our use of cookies as defined in this Cookies Notice. Cassidy Law uses cookies and other similar technologies and tools on the Website to track user preferences. First time visitors to the Cassidy Law Website will receive a pop-up asking for consent for Cassidy Law to use your cookies. This notice may not reappear on future visits to the Cassidy Law website, however, visitors may withdraw consent as described below.
Cookies, which are a standard part of websites, is a text-only string of information that Cassidy Law website transfers to your browser so that our Website will recognize visitor computers when they revisit our Website. Cookies also store information about visits such as: pages visited, time spent, dates of visits, IP addresses, browser and hardware information. Session cookies track visitor activity on our website during a single visit and expire when the visitor closes the browser. Persistent cookies allow our Website to remember returning visitors and are stored on visitor’s computers until they expire or are deleted.
Using Cookies
Cassidy Law uses cookies to:
Cassidy Law does not store personal information in cookies or use cookies to gain access to visitors’ computer or devices.
Disabling Cookies
Cookies may be controlled or disabled cookies by deleting them on devices; changing browser settings to stop receiving cookies; or by stopping receipt or storage of cookies. Visitors must follow the instructions for their particular browser for information on how to change their cookie settings.
