| TheLawShip.com Privacy Policy
Last Updated on 1/29/2009
TheLawShip.com does not send Spam or sell email addresses.
About TheLawShip.com and the Information We Collect
Profile Information submitted by Members to TheLawShip.com
TheLawShip.com is an online legal social networking community that connects people through networks of friends for communicating, sharing and business related aspect. To accomplish this, each TheLawShip.com Member creates his or her own profile, which contains the personal information that the Member chooses to include. This personal information includes such things as:
· First name or first and last names of the Member (depending on the options selected by the Member),
· Gender, age, marital status and other, similar personal information,
· Occupation,
· Schools attended or companies with whom the Member is associated,
· Location (e.g., city and state), and
· Photos, videos or other shared content uploaded by the Member to his or her profile, to the extent that it includes personal information.
Other Information submitted by Members to TheLawShip.com
TheLawShip.com also collects Member-submitted account information such as name and email address to identify Members, send notifications related to the use of the TheLawShip.com service and conducts market research and marketing for TheLawShip.com's internal use only. You should also be aware that Members may reveal other personal information while communicating on other areas of the TheLawShip.com website, e.g., while participating in discussions on TheLawShip.com Groups and/or posting information on TheLawShip.com Blogs. This information, in turn, might be viewed by other Members or visitors to the TheLawShip.com website who are not Members.
Information Not Directly Submitted by Members or Other Website Users to TheLawShip.com
Finally, we also collect some information from Members, as well as from other visitors to the TheLawShip.com website, that is not personally identifiable, such as browser type and IP address. This information is gathered from all Members and visitors to the website.
Use of Information Obtained by TheLawShip.com
Sharing by Members of Profile Information
The personal information of a Member contained in his or her profile will be shown to those people whom the Member chooses. Each Member has three options when choosing the level of sharing of his or her profile. They are:
· “Friends which consists only of that Member's friends,
· “Friends of Friends which consists of that Member's friends, as well as the extended group of people who are friends of that Member's friends, and
· “Anyone which is all visitors to the TheLawShip.com website, whether or not they are TheLawShip.com members.
PLEASE NOTE THAT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION A MEMBER CHOOSES TO INCLUDE IN HIS OR HER PROFILE, OR WHAT LEVEL OF SHARING HE OR SHE CHOOSES, CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT EACH MEMBER WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT MEMBER'S PUBLIC PROFILE, WHICH IS AN ABBREVIATED VERSION OF A THELAWSHIP.COM PROFILE. A LIST OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN EACH PUBLIC PROFILE CAN BE FOUND IN THE THELAWSHIP.COM TERMS OF SERVICE. PUBLIC PROFILES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANY USER OF THE THELAWSHIP.COM WEBSITE, WHETHER OR NOT THE USER IS A MEMBER
Display of Members' Information
Except where a Member might choose to include a full name in his or her profile, a Member's email address and full name will only be used in the following circumstances:
· When the Member invites a friend via email to become a TheLawShip.com Member,
· When the Member sends a request to another Member to add the other Member to his or her friend list,
· When we send notifications to the Member relating to his or her use of the TheLawShip.com service or TheLawShip.com website, and
· If the Member so chooses, when we send regular notifications, weekly updates, or other news regarding the TheLawShip.com service or the TheLawShip.com website.
Except when inviting or adding friends or as otherwise expressly set forth herein, a Member's email address will never be shared with or displayed to any other person. Members and their friends, and other Members within their personal networks (depending on the level of sharing a Member has chosen) communicate on TheLawShip.com with each other through the TheLawShip.com service, without disclosing email addresses.
TheLawShip.com's Use of Members' Information
We use information relating to each Member's server information, IP address, and browser-type.
Sharing of the Information this Site Gathers/Tracks
Except as explained herein, or where you are expressly informed otherwise, we do not sell, rent, share, trade or give away any of your personal information unless required by law or for the protection of your Membership. However, TheLawShip.com may share profile information and aggregate usage information in a non-personally identifiable manner with advertisers and other third parties in order to present to Members and other users of the TheLawShip.com website more targeted advertising, products and services; provided that, in such situations, we will never disclose information that would personally identify you. As set forth above, TheLawShip.com may (i) use your email address to conduct market research for TheLawShip.com's internal use only; and/or (ii) use your email address to market TheLawShip.com to you (e.g., new features and applications, announcements, opportunities of interest). TheLawShip.com may contract with a third party to conduct such research and marketing; provided that such third party will be fully bound by an obligation of confidentiality to TheLawShip.com and may not use any personally-identifiable information provided by TheLawShip.com other than as expressly instructed by TheLawShip.com and in strict compliance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Links
The TheLawShip.com Website contains links to other websites. This includes links that are placed there by TheLawShip.com (such as in advertisements), as well as by other TheLawShip.com Members. Please be aware that TheLawShip.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of any other website. We encourage all Members and other users of the TheLawShip.com website to be aware of when they leave our website, and to read the privacy policies of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by TheLawShip.com through the TheLawShip.com website.
Use of Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on the TheLawShip.com website. However, we do not and will not use cookies to collect private information from any Member or other user of the TheLawShip.com website which they did not intentionally submit to us other than as stated in this Privacy Policy. We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. We use session ID cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close you browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. Note also that Members may optionally use a cookie to remember their email in order to automatically log in to our website. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browsers's help file; however, please note that, if you reject cookies or disable cookies in your web browser, you may not be able to use the TheLawShip.com website.
Correcting/Updating or Removing Information
REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN CHANGE THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO MAY VIEW YOUR PROFILE AT ANY TIME. YOU CAN CHANGE THESE PROFILE SHARING SETTINGS BY CLICKING THE SETTINGS LINK IN THE TOP, RIGHT CORNER OF THE THELAWSHIP.COM HOMEPAGE. ALSO, YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE THE PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU'VE SUBMITTED TO THE THELAWSHIP.COM WEBSITE, INCLUDING THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN YOUR THELAWSHIP.COM PROFILE, BY CLICKING THE EDIT PROFILE LINK ON YOUR THELAWSHIP.COM PROFILE PAGE.
Changes in Our Privacy Policy
If we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our web site so Members and other users of the TheLawShip.com website are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If we are going to use Members' or other users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify those Members and users via email or by placing a prominent notice on our website.
Invite a Friend
If a Member elects to use our Invite feature to invite a friend to become a Member of the TheLawShip.com service, we ask them for that friend's email address. TheLawShip.com will automatically send the friend an email inviting them to join the site. TheLawShip.com stores this email address for the purpose of: (i) automatically adding the respondent to the “friends list” of the Member sending the invitation; (ii) sending reminders of the invitation and (iii) sending emails on recent updates by the Member on TheLawShip.com to the Member's invited friend. TheLawShip.com will never sell these email addresses or use them to send any other communication besides invitations and invitation reminders. Any person who receives an invitation may contact TheLawShip.com to request the removal of this information from our database.
Security
The TheLawShip.com account of every Member is password-protected. TheLawShip.com takes every precaution to protect the information of the Members, as well as information collected from other users of the TheLawShip.com website. We use industry standard measures to protect all information that is stored on our servers and within our database. We limit the access to this information to those employees who need access to perform their job function such as our customer service personnel. If you have any questions about the security at our website, please contact us.
Email Choice/Opt-out
Members who no longer wish to receive our weekly email updates or other email notifications may opt-out of receiving these communications by following the instructions contained in the applicable email or by logging-in and changing their settings in the Account Settings section of the TheLawShip.com website. You can access this page by clicking on the Settings link on the top right of your TheLawShip.com homepage.
Third Party Advertising
The ads appearing on this Web site are delivered to Members by our Web advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners may use cookies. Doing this allows the ad network to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad networks may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. TheLawShip.com does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed on the computer of any Member or other user of the TheLawShip.com website by the third-party ad servers or ad networks.
This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by TheLawShip.com only, and does not cover the use of cookies by any other party.
Members and Users Located Outside of the United States of America
We have made an effort to protect the personal information of all Members and other users of the TheLawShip.com website, and to the extent applicable, we attempt to comply with local data protection and consumer rights laws. If you are unsure whether this privacy policy is in conflict with the applicable local rules where you are located, you should not submit your personal information to the TheLawShip.com website. IN ADDITION, IF YOU ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION, YOU SHOULD NOTE THAT YOUR INFORMATION WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE UNITED STATES, THE LAWS OF WHICH MAY BE DEEMED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION TO HAVE INADEQUATE DATA PROTECTION (see, for example, European Union Directive 95/46/EC of 24 October 1995) Members and other users of the TheLawShip.com website located in countries outside of the United States of America who submit personal information do thereby consent to the general use of such information as provided in this privacy policy and to the transfer of that information to and/or storage of the information in the United States of America.
Contacting TheLawShip.com
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, TheLawShip.com's privacy practices, or your dealings with TheLawShip.com, please contact us. |
