Privacy Policy

Goldfarb & Lipman LLP is concerned about privacy issues and wants you to be familiar with how we collect, use and disclose information. We are pleased to provide this Privacy Policy to inform you of our practices in connection with information we collect through our website, mobile site, applications, SMS communications, social media platforms (such as LinkedIn and Facebook), and other interactive features (“Sites”). This Privacy Policy applies only to our online information-gathering and dissemination practices conducted in connection with the Sites. If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@goldfarblipman.com or 510-836-6336. Goldfarb & Lipman LLP complies with the California Consumer Protection Act of 2018. Please do not include sensitive or confidential information in your emails and other communications to us.

By accessing or using the Sites, you signify that you agree with all the terms of this Privacy Policy. Do not access or use the Sites if you disagree with any part of this Privacy Policy.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal Information We May Collect

We collect two types of information in connection with the Sites: Personal Information and Other Information. “Personal Information” is information that identifies you or relates to you as an individual. “Other Information” is any information that does not reveal your specific identity or does not directly relate to an individual. Other Information is addressed below, under the heading “OTHER INFORMATION.”

We may collect some or all of the Personal Information through use of the Sites, such as:

Name
Employer
Job Title
Postal address
Telephone number
Email address

How We May Use Personal Information

We may use Personal Information:

To respond to your inquiries and requests, such as to send you client alerts, newsletters or publications that you request, or to register you to attend our webinars or other events.
To send you legal updates and invitations relating to seminars or events that we think may be of interest to you.
To keep a record of your contact information and correspondence, if you contact us through the Sites, and to use such information and correspondence to respond to you.
To send you administrative information, including information regarding the Sites and changes to our terms, conditions and policies.
For business purposes, such as data analysis, fraud monitoring and prevention, improving or modifying our Services, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional efforts and expanding our business activities.
As we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public or government authorities; (d) to enforce our terms and conditions; (e) to protect our operations; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property or that of you or others; or (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.

How Personal Information May Be Disclosed

Your Personal Information may be disclosed:

To our third-party service providers which provide services such as website hosting, data analysis, email delivery, and other similar services.
To a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business or assets.
To your friends and contacts associated with your social media accounts (as well as to your social media account provider) if you connect your social media account to your use of the Sites. By connecting your use of the Sites to your social media account you authorize us to share information with your social media account provider and you understand that the use of the information we share will be governed by the social media site’s privacy policy. If you do not want your Personal Information shared with other users or with your social media account provider, please do not connect your social media account with your use of the Sites and do not participate in social sharing on the Sites.
As we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public or government authorities; (d) to enforce our terms and conditions; (e) to protect our operations; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, or that of you or others; or (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.

SMS COMMUNICATIONS

“Sites” as defined above includes SMS communications. Goldfarb & Lipman LLP does not communicate via SMS unless prior authorization is given by the other party. Prior authorization can be given (1) verbally, or (2) by sending an initial text to one of the phone numbers under control of Goldfarb & Lipman LLP. If the authorization is verbal, the initial text message includes the ability to opt in or out of future messages. The sections titled “Personal Information,” Other Information,” and “Special Notification About Webinars” apply to SMS communications.

OTHER INFORMATION

Other Information We May Collect

“Other Information” is any information that does not reveal your specific identity or does not directly relate to you as an individual, such as:

Browser information
Information collected through cookies, pixel tags and other technologies
Aggregated information
Zip code
Phone number

How We May Collect Other Information

We and our third-party service providers may collect Other Information in a variety of ways, including:

Through your browser: Most Internet browsers transmit certain information to websites that you visit, such as your computer’s type (Windows or Macintosh) and its Media Access Control (MAC) address and screen resolution, and the type and version of your computer’s Operating System and browser. We use this information to ensure that the Sites functions properly.
Using cookies: Cookies are text files, containing small amounts of information, which are downloaded to your browsing device (such as a computer or smartphone) when you visit a website. Cookies allow us to recognize your browsing device to assist with your use of the Sites. This can include helping us understand how our Sites are being used, facilitating your navigation between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving your browsing experience. Cookies can also help ensure that information you see online is more relevant to you and your interests. If you do not want information to be collected through the use of cookies on your computer, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to automatically decline the transfer of cookies to your computer, or to be given the choice of declining or accepting a particular cookie (or cookies) from a particular website. If cookies are disabled, however, some features of the Sites may not operate as intended. Information about procedures to disable cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider’s website.
Using applications: We may use applications, including mobile applications, that may collect information from you.
Using pixel tags and other similar technologies: Pixel tags (also known as web beacons and clear GIFs) may be used in connection with some Sites pages and HTML-formatted email messages to, among other things, track the actions of Sites users and email recipients, measure the success of marketing efforts and compile statistics about Sites usage and response rates.
IP Address: Your “IP Address” is a number that is automatically assigned to the computer that you are using by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). An IP Address is identified and logged automatically in our server log files whenever a user visits the Sites, along with the time of the visit and the page(s) that were visited. Collecting IP Addresses is standard practice on the Internet and is done automatically by many websites. We use IP Addresses for purposes such as calculating Sites usage levels, helping diagnose server problems and administering the Sites.
From you: We collect information when voluntarily provided by you, such as your employer, title, and email address.
By aggregating information: Aggregated Personal Information does not personally identify you or any other user of the Sites. For example, we may aggregate Personal Information to calculate the percentage of our users who have a particular telephone area code.

How We May Use and Disclose Other Information

As Other Information does not specifically identify an individual, please note that we may use and disclose Other Information for any purpose, except where we are required to do otherwise under applicable law. If we are required to treat Other Information as Personal Information under applicable law, then we may use it as described in “How We May Collect Other Information” section above, as well as for all the purposes for which we use and disclose Personal Information.

SPECIAL NOTIFICATION ABOUT WEBINARS

Goldfarb & Lipman LLP webinars offered as a service to users of the Sites are hosted by unaffiliated third party vendors, and not by us. Our third party vendors require users to provide limited Personal Information, such as name and email address, in order to register and attend the webinar. Users seeking continuing legal education credit also may be asked to provide their State Bar number(s). Please note that this Personal Information is collected by our vendors, and not by us. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of our vendors, which control how such vendors handle Personal Information provided by you.

Additionally, our third party vendors provide us with Personal Information about users of our Webinars. We use this Personal Information to track attendance, facilitate future communication with such users, and for other purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy.

THIRD PARTY SITES AND SERVICES

This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any site or service to which the Sites link. The inclusion of a link on the Sites does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us.

Please note that we are not responsible for the collection, usage and disclosure policies and practices (including the data security practices) of other organizations, such as any app, social media platform, or wireless service provider, including any Personal Information you disclose to other such organizations.

SECURITY

We use organizational, technical and administrative measures to protect Personal Information under our control. Unfortunately, data storage data transmission over the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Please do not send sensitive or confidential information to us by email or any other means in connection with the Sites. If you have reason to believe that your communications with us have been compromised in any way, please immediately contact us at info@goldfarblipman.com or 510-836-6336.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@goldfarblipman.com or 510-836-6336.