Hilgers Graben Privacy Notice

Effective April 1, 2023

Although the internet is a helpful tool, it comes with security risks. Modern consumers use the internet for many different facets of their daily lives, many of which require them to provide personal identifying information. It’s important to us at Hilgers Graben PLLC (the “Firm”) to take reasonable steps to explain how we collect and use your data and then to keep it secure.

To protect your privacy, the Firm takes reasonable steps to help ensure customer privacy and data protection.

We won’t sell or give away your name, mail address, phone number, email address or other personal information to third parties except in the event of a sale of the Firm, for analytics as described below, or as otherwise needed to provide you with the services you have requested from us.
We use reasonable security measures to protect your information from unauthorized users. We use vendors to maintain and update our systems regularly to help ensure the most reasonable possible privacy protection.

NOTICE

When we need information to personally identify you or contact you, we will tell you unless it is obvious from the circumstances why the information is requested. For example, if you inquire about employment opportunities or request/download materials. We use and store any personal information for three primary purposes:

To provide legal services to you (and any related issues or services thereto).
To provide you with requested materials or information, including about our services.
To work with you regarding inquiries about employment opportunities with the Firm.

TYPES OF DATA COLLECTED

Personal Data

While using our website or services, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal Code, City
Cookies and Usage Data
Payment information

Usage Data

We may also collect information on how our website is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. Examples of Cookies we may use:

Session Cookies. We may use session cookies to operate our website.
Preference Cookies. We use preference cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies. We use security cookies for security purposes.

Analytics

We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our website.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt-out of having made your activity on the website available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

Our website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

CONSENT

If you choose not to provide personal information, you can still use most of our website. However, you will not be able to access information or services that require that you input at least some personal information, like a name and email address. However, if you do provide us with basic contact information, you will be able to obtain things like electronic newsletters and other communications from us. This allows the Firm to communicate with you about our programs, events, and services via email, telephone, or postal mail. If you do not wish to receive this type of communication, you may opt-out at any time by simply emailing us at [email protected].

ACCESS

If you want to request to review and update any information you have provided to us, just contact us at [email protected].

SECURITY

The Firm takes reasonable steps to protect the security of your personal information and uses it in the manner you would expect based on the context in which you provided the information or, if such options are provided by us to you, your choices for its intended use. Your personal information is not shared outside the Firm except under the conditions explained above, i.e., to provide the services you request from us. Inside the Firm, we take reasonable steps to protect data via password-protected systems with other security measures in place, for example two-factor authentication. Your information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country where our subsidiaries, affiliates or agents are located.

You also have a significant role in protecting your information. Do not share your usernames and passwords with others, as this can compromise your personal security online.

NOTICE TO PARENTS

The Firm does not target or provide services to children (except when a parent or legal guardian is involved in the latter).

QUESTIONS

If for some reason you believe the Firm has not adhered to the principles outlined in this privacy policy, please notify us by email at [email protected]. We will look to promptly determine and correct the problem. Add the words “Privacy Policy” to the subject line.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

If you provide us with contact or other personal information, we may use it to provide legal services to you or your business, to provide you with information about the Firm or other materials, or to engage with you over employment opportunities.

The Firm may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on the Firm; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the Firm, and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Firm, its websites, or the public, including requests from law enforcement or to prevent fraud.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this privacy notice from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy notice on this page and updating the “effective date” at the top of this privacy notice. You are advised to review this privacy notice periodically for any changes. Changes to this notice are effective when they are posted on this page.