PRIVACY POLICY
for Website of The Law Offices of Melissa K. Dagodag (www.melissakdagodag.com)
Last Updated: March 24, 2023
Privacy Policy
The Law Offices of Melissa K. Dagodag recognizes the importance of your privacy. This policy is intended to inform you about the information we collect from visits to our website, blogs and social media accounts (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Site”), how we use that information, and with whom we may share it.
Scope of Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect online through our Site. It does not apply to information that we collect by other means, such as information you share with us in writings, verbally, in email messages to our lawyers or employees; or to information obtained during the course of representing a particular client. This Privacy Policy also does not cover information collected by any other company, third-party site or third-party application that may link to, or that can be accessed from, our Site.
Who We Are
The Law Offices of Melissa K. Dagodag is a law firm based in Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A. with its offices at: 468 N. Camden Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90210.
Information We Collect From Website Visits
Information we obtain from visits to our Site may be described as the personal information that visitors provide us, in addition to technical information that we collect concerning Site visits.
Consent and Withdrawal of Consent
You are under no obligation to provide us with your personal information when visiting our Site. Whether you provide any personal information is entirely voluntarily and is solely within your discretion. There will be no detrimental legal effect if you decide not to provide any of the requested personal information. We may be unable to provide you with any services or information you request, however, if you decide not to provide us with some or all of the personal information requested via our Site. You can withdraw your consent to our possession or processing of any of the personal information you provide us, at any time. To do so, you can either send an email to Melissa@melissakdagodag.com.
Personal Information
Visitors to our Site have the opportunity to sign up to receive newsletters, publications and marketing materials. From our Site, we will collect any information that you voluntarily provide us such as your name, email address, telephone number; your company or firm name; and other business contact information. We will also collect other types of information you might provide such as newsletters. We may endeavor to determine whether you are a current or former client of the firm from the information you provide.
Technical Information
We collect certain types of technical information provided by the browser of the computer, tablet or mobile device used when visiting our Site, such as: Usage Details, IP Addresses and Browser Type When you visit our Site, we collect technical information such as the identity of your internet protocol (IP) address, your computer or device’s operating system and browser type, geo-location data, and the pages of our Site that you visit. Most browsers transmit this type of information to websites automatically. We will make your IP address anonymous. We collect this information to administer and manage our Site, to review information and to ensure that the Site functions well.
Cookies
Our Site uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to the browser of a computer, tablet or smartphone used to visit a website. A cookie will identify your browser, improve the navigation of a website and assist you with logging in. We use cookies to help us improve the performance of our Site. Cookies allow us to review the number of visitors to our Site and understand a visitor’s usage patterns; track key performance indicators like pages visited, frequency of visits, downloads and other statistical information; know whether a visitor views the mobile or desktop version of our Site; recognize visitors if they return to our Site; store information about visitors’ past visits; and remember visitors’ preferences.
You may be able to disallow cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. To learn more about cookies, and how to disallow or manage them, go to: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/. If you choose not to accept cookies, you may be unable to access certain parts or pages of our Site.
How We Use or Process Your Information
We may process the information you provide and that we collect via our Site to:
- Provide invitations to firm programs; provide newsletters, publications, blogs, social media feeds and marketing information
- Deliver any requested services, or provide you with customer support
- Protect the operations of our law firm, or the safety, security and privacy of our firm, our lawyers and staff, our clients, or third parties. This may include sharing information with others for purposes of fraud protection, information security and related matters.
- Improve or modify our Site; update and maintain client, subscription or email lists; and achieve other internal purposes
- Respond to requests for information, respond to requests for proposals, or provide information about legal services you request
- Respond to lawful requests for information through court orders, subpoenas, warrants and other types of legal process or obligations
- Enforce our Site’s Terms of Use, or establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
We will not share or sell your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.
We will not use your personal data for making any automated decisions affecting you or your legal rights or for creating profiles other than as described above.
Limited Information Sharing
We may share the information you provide us on a confidential basis with contractors, vendors or service providers that support our firm’s operations and our Site, but only for those purposes.
We may also share your personal information with courts, law enforcement authorities, regulators, attorneys or other parties when it is reasonably necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of a legal or equitable claim, or for purposes of an alternative dispute resolution process; to comply with a subpoena or court order, legal process or other legal requirement, or when we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to comply with the law, prevent imminent physical harm or material financial loss; to investigate, or prevent or take action concerning, illegal activities, suspected fraud or threats to our firm, any of its lawyers or our property; or as necessary in connection with an investigation of fraud, piracy, intellectual property infringement, or other unlawful activity.
Links to Social Media and Third-Party Websites
Our Site may include links to blogs, social media and other third-party websites. These third-party sites have their own privacy policies and Terms of Use and are not controlled by this Privacy Policy or the terms of our Site’s disclaimer. You should carefully review any terms, conditions and policies of such third-party sites before visiting them or supplying them with any personal information. If you follow a link to any third-party website, any information you provide that site will be governed by its own Terms of Use and privacy policy and not by this Privacy Policy.The Law Offices of Melissa K. Dagodag is not responsible for the privacy or security of any information you provide to a third-party website or the information practices used by any third-party website, including links to any third-party website from The Law Offices of Melissa K. Dagodag’s Site. We make no representations, express or implied, concerning the accuracy, privacy, safety, security or the information practices of any third-party site. The inclusion of a link to a third-party website on our Site does not constitute any type of endorsement of the linked site by The Law Offices of Melissa K. Dagodag. The Law Offices of Melissa K. Dagodag is not responsible for any loss or damage you may sustain resulting from your use of any third-party website or any information you share with a third-party website.
Updating Your Personal Information, Withdrawing Your Personal Information, or Correcting Your Personal Information
It is important that the personal information we have about you is accurate. If any of the personal information you provide us should ever change—for instance if you change your email address or phone number—or should you wish to change your preferences or to stop receiving announcements from us, or if you wish to correct any inaccurate personal information about yourself or to delete any personal information that you provided through your visits to our Site, please let us know by sending an email to Melissa@melissakdagodag.com. We are not responsible for any losses that could arise from any inaccurate, deficient or incomplete personal information that you provide to the firm.
For security reasons, we may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity before we correct, update or delete any personal information you provide us.
Information Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information from inadvertent or unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration or destruction. No method of data storage or data transmission over the Internet, however, is guaranteed to be completely secure. Your use of our Site, and any personal information that you transmit over the internet to our Site, is strictly at your own risk.
California Visitors
CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act of 2023) NOTICE: Pursuant to the CCPA You have the following rights: Right to Delete: You may request that We delete personal information We collected from You by emailing melissa@melissakdagodag.com. Right to Correct: You may Us to correct inaccurate information that We have about you by emailing melissa@melissakdagodag.com. Right to Know: You may request that We disclose to You what personal information We have collected, used or shared about You, and why We collected, used, or shared that information. Specifically, You may request that We disclose the following by emailing Us at melissa@melissakdagodag.com: The categories of personal information collected; Specific pieces of personal information collected; The categories of sources from which We collected personal information; The purposes for We use the personal information; The categories of third parties with whom we share the personal information; and The categories of information that We disclose to third parties. Right to Opt-Out: As stated herein above You may opt out or unsubscribe by simply using the “UNSUBSCRIBE” link or button at the bottom of any of Our standard email messages to You. Keep in mind that unsubscribing or opting out in this manner may result in limitations on Your use of the Site. Right to Non-Discrimination: If you refuse to provide Your personal information to Us or ask Us to delete (and that personal information or sale is necessary for Us to provide You with goods or services, We may not be able to complete that transaction. We can also offer you promotions, discounts and other deals in exchange for collecting, keeping, or selling Your personal information. But We can only do this if the financial incentive offered is reasonably related to the value of Your personal information. If You ask Us to delete Your personal information, You may not be able to continue participating in the special deals We offer in exchange for personal information. If You are not sure how your request may affect Your participation in a special offer, please email us at melissa@melissakdagodag.com. Right to Limit: You can direct Us to only use your sensitive personal information for limited purposes, such as providing You with the services or products You requested.Visitors From Outside the United States
If you are visiting our Site from outside the United States (“U.S.”), any information you voluntarily provide via our Site and any technical information from the browser of your computer, tablet or mobile device will be transferred out of your country and into the U.S., where our law firm is located. The laws and protections available to the privacy of your personal information in the U.S. may significantly differ from the protections available in your country. Personal data transferred to the U.S. may be subject to lawful access requests by state and federal authorities in the U.S. If you do not want any personal information to be transferred to the U.S., please do not provide that information to our firm via our Site.
Visitors From the European Union
On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) went into effect in the European Union (“EU”). The GDPR extends to natural persons certain rights involving the privacy of their personal information.
Our firm is the data controller for any personal information provided via our Site. Our firm does not have a data protection officer in the EU. Any information that you provide us will be stored in the United States. We do not intend to transfer your personal data to another country or international organization.
We will retain any personal information that you provide via our Site for at most seven (7) years from the date you provided or last updated that information, unless you request that information be deleted at an earlier date. If that information is subject to a litigation hold, or is required to assert or defend a legal claim, we will hold that information until the claim or action is finally resolved.
Under the GDPR, individuals are granted the following rights:
Right of Access
You have the right to ask what personal information we have about you in our possession. You have the right to obtain a copy of your personal data free of charge so long as it does not adversely affect the rights of others. We may charge a reasonable fee based on administrative costs for additional copies. The right of access includes the right to request that we update, correct or complete your personal information in our possession.
Right to Restrict Processing
You have a right to restrict the processing of your personal data when you contest the accuracy of the personal data in our possession, until we are able to verify its accuracy, if the processing is unlawful and you oppose its erasure and request restriction instead.
Right of Erasure
You have a right to request that data be deleted or erased when it is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was collected or processed, when you withdraw your consent, when data is unlawfully processed, to comply with a legal obligation of the EU or a Member State, or when you object to the processing and we are unable to demonstrate compelling, legitimate grounds for the processing that overrides your rights, freedoms or interests. Personal data does not have to be erased when and to the extent it is necessary “for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.”
Right to Data Portability
The right to data portability is triggered when processing activity was based on your consent or was necessary for the performance of a contract, and the processing was carried out by automated means. This right, however, shall not adversely affect the rights of others.
Automated Decision-Making
You have the right to not be subjected to decision-making based solely on automated processing or profiling that either significantly affects you or results in some sort of legal impact. This right does not apply to decisions that are necessary for entering into or performing a contract with you or are based on your explicit consent.
Right to Object to Processing
You have the right to object to processing when it is based on a “legitimate interest” of the controller or a third party, or to processing that occurs for direct marketing purposes.
Withdrawing Your Consent
You can adjust your cookie settings at any time by examining them on the settings of the computer you use.
Right to Complain
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority about our data privacy practices where you reside.
How to Exercise These Rights
You can exercise these rights by contacting Melissa at Melissa@melissakdagodag.com. We will review any requests we receive and will endeavor to respond in a timely manner. For security reasons, we may request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity before taking action on any request, and to ensure your right of access and that the exercise of any GDPR right of yours does not adversely affect the rights of others.
We reserve the right to refuse to act on a request, or to charge a reasonable administrative fee when a request is either clearly unfounded or excessive.
Notice to Minors
Our firm’s Site is not directed at and is not intended to be visited by minors. No visitor to our Site who is a minor or under the age of 18 should provide any personal information to our firm. If you are a minor, do not visit our Site (including our blogs and social media sites) and do not send any type of personal information about yourself to our firm or Site.
Privacy Policy Updates
This Privacy Policy was last updated in December of 2021. We occasionally will update our Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use of our Site. Please periodically check our Privacy Policy and our Site’s Terms of Use to learn of any changes to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. This Privacy Policy supersedes all prior versions governing our Site.
No Legal Advice or Attorney-Client Relationship Intended
Nothing contained in this Privacy Policy, or in our Site or its Terms of Use, is intended to provide legal advice, or to create a contractual or attorney-client relationship. You agree that visiting our Site or providing information to our Site does not create a contractual or attorney-client relationship.
How to Contact Us
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