JAAR Law (the “Firm” “we” or “us”) is providing this privacy policy to explain our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, disclosure, and security of certain information received via www.jaarlaw.com (“the Site”) and through other means, with a focus on personal information that would be considered as information that directly or indirectly identifies an individual subject to more particular interpretations under applicable law. 

Collection and Use of Personal Information

We collect information that you voluntarily submit to us, such as your name, email address, and other contact information, when you sign up to receive our newsletter, submit a comment in response to a blog posting, email us to ask questions, submit an employment or other application, fill out a form, or contact us to explore a potential attorney-client relationship. We also receive information from or on behalf of our clients. Because of the nature of our services, this could include any type of personal data.

We use this information to respond to your requests, determine whether to enter into a relationship with you, provide you with legal services if you are or become a client of the Firm, monitor and analyze our business operations and Site usage, and for the firm’s educational, networking, social, recruiting, and other business purposes.

To assist with these uses, we may supplement the information you provide to us with information we obtain from other sources, such as clients and referral sources, as well publicly available sources such as social networking sites.

We never sell or share the personal data with third parties other than: (1) our service providers who assist us in providing our services, transmitting our materials, and maintaining our Sites, (2) with your consent, (3) in connection with the provision of services, (4) to protect our rights, or (5) as otherwise required or permitted by law or our ethical obligations. 

We may use that Personal Information where in our legitimate interest to do so for the following purposes:

• to contact you and respond to your requests and enquiries
• to personalize your visit and use of our Internet Services and to assist you while you use those services
• to carry out, monitor and analyze our business or website operations
• to conduct our recruiting and selection process
• to provide you with legal services, if you are or become a client of the firm, and otherwise deal with you, and administer the matters you instruct us on
• to contact you (unless you tell us that you prefer us not to) regarding legal or law firm developments that may be of interest to you. If you do not want to receive publications or details of events or seminars that we consider may be of interest to you, you may do so by clicking on the unsubscribe link in electronic communications
• to enter into or carry out contracts of various kinds
• to comply with applicable laws, regulations, guidance or professional obligations

Automatically Collected Information

We, or our third-party providers, also collect device information, IP Addresses, http referrer fields, and other information about your computer or device and your usage of our Sites. We use that information for a variety of purposes, including educational, analytics, networking, social, recruiting, and other business purposes.

We also use third-party web analytics services on the Sites, such as those provided by, Google Analytics and others. These service providers use electronic tools to help us analyze how our users use the Site and may collect information from you (including your IP Address) that can be used to track users over time, for geo-location purposes, and across third party websites. To learn about opting out of Google Analytics, please click here.

This Privacy Policy places no restriction on the use of information we automatically collect from your visit, or de-identified or aggregated information that we may create from information that you submit.

Cookies

We use cookies, web beacons, and other electronic tools to manage and track your interaction with the Site and our newsletters. A cookie is a piece of data that a website you visit can set on your browser or elsewhere on your device. These technologies collect information that helps us better serve our users and enhance this Site, such as by tracking return visits, collecting Site usage information, and performing research, analysis, and Site analytics. Third parties whose products or services are accessible via links from the Site may also use cookies or similar tools, and we advise you to check their privacy policies for information about their cookies and other privacy practices. If you prefer not to accept cookies through our Site, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies or disable them altogether.

Confidentiality, Security, and Retention of Personal Information

Consistent with our professional obligations, it is the policy of the firm to exercise the utmost discretion regarding the information our clients entrust to us.

We maintain reasonable and appropriate, albeit not infallible, physical, electronic and procedural safeguards intended to maintain the confidentiality of Personal Information, including that provided by a visitor to this website and provided while using other Internet Services. We do not guarantee that our safeguards will always work.

We may retain information provided by you, including Personal Information, for as long as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, or to achieve the purposes for which the information was originally collected and for the purposes described in this privacy policy and in our applicable policies. 

Links to Third-Party Websites

Please note that the Sites may contain links to third-party websites, including social networking websites. Since we do not control third-party sites and are not responsible for any information you may provide while on such sites, we encourage you to read the privacy policies on those websites before providing any of your information on such sites.

Changes

We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for updates. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post the changes here and notify you by notice on this Site.

Contact Us

Should you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please send us an email at services@jaarlaw.com.