Tonkon Torp Website Privacy Policy

Last Updated: July 28, 2024

Tonkon Torp LLP (“Tonkon Torp, “we,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Notice (this “Notice”).

This Notice describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website www.tonkon.com (our “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This Notice applies to information we collect:

  • On this Website.
  • In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and Tonkon Torp.
  • In connection with newsletters, invitations, or other announcements we send you.

Our Website, together with the content and services we provide, are collectively referred to herein as our “Services.”

It does not apply to information collected by:

  • Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website or any third party; or
  • Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website.
  • Us in the course of our representation of clients in legal matters and information collected about or from third parties who are involved in legal matters with our clients. These materials are retained in client files consistent with our contractual and ethical obligations and applicable court orders.

Please read this Notice carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using our Website, you agree to this Notice. This Notice may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of our Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this Notice periodically for updates.

Children Under the Age of 18

Our Services are not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any information to or on our Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or username you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at privacy@tonkon.com.

Information We Collect & How We Collect It

We collect information from and about users of our Website:

  • Directly from you when you provide it to us, such as, for example, when you fill a newsletter sign-up form.
  • Automatically from you when you use our Services, such as, for example, your device’s operating system and other usage details (see Automatic Information Collection).
  • From third parties, for example, our business partners and service providers.

This information includes:

  • Information that you provide by filling in forms on or through our Website.  This includes information provided when you request further information or Services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website.
  • Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses and phone numbers) if you contact us.
  • Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.
  • Your search queries on our Website.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

  • Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on our Website.
  • Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking). However, information collected in this way is always anonymized and aggregated to reflect totals, not individual users.

The information we collect automatically may include personal information, or we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways. The information we collect helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

  • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
  • Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
  • Speed up your searches.
  • Recognize you when you return to our Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

  • Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
  • Click Tracking. Click tracking is an analytical feature that measures and reports where users click or tap on our Website. Every time you click on our Website, we record the event and log your user session for future analysis. We use this information only to improve our Services. Click tracking only collects the IP address assigned to you on the date when you visit our Services, rather than your name or other identifying information. Please note, however, that when you fill out a contact or subscription form on our Website the information may be matched with your IP address.
  • Analytics. We collect analytics information from our web services provider and various third-party service providers. We only use the information we get from analytics to improve our Website. For example, we use Google Analytics to collect information about use of our Website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit our Website, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our Website. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our Website. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit our Website, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit our Website, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by Google Analytics’ Terms of Use and Google’s Privacy Policy. For more information on how to opt-out of Google Analytics, see Changes to Our Privacy Policy.

Third-Party Use of Cookies & Other Tracking Technologies

Our Website may provide third-party links. When you click a third-party link, the result may take you outside of our Website in which case these third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see Choices About How We Use & Disclose Your Information.

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

  • To present our Website and its contents to you.
  • To provide you with information or services that you request from us.
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
  • To notify you about changes to our Website or services we offer or provide through it.
  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
  • For any other purpose with your consent.

We may also use your information to contact you about our services and events that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please see Choices About How We Use & Disclose Your Information.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide as described in this Notice:

  • To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business, including but not limited to:
    • Our hosting provider.
    • Our Website creator.
    • Data analytics providers and internet cookie data recipients, like Google Analytics.
    • Operation systems and platforms.
  • To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Tonkon Torp’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Tonkon Torp about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
  • For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
  • With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

  • To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responding to government or regulatory requests.
  • To enforce or apply our Terms of Use, and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Tonkon Torp, our customers, or others.

Choices About How We Use & Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

  • Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly. Other ways to opt-out of specific data collection technologies that we utilize include:
  • Promotional Offers from Tonkon Torp. If you do not wish to have your email address/contact information used by us to promote our own Services or events, you can opt-out here and follow the instructions to unsubscribe or, if we have sent you a promotional email, by clicking unsubscribe in the email. This opt-out applies to such promotional offers only does not apply to information provided to us as a result of a transaction or in connection with our work on any on-going legal matter.

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI website at https://thenai.org/opt-out/.

Accessing & Correcting Your Information

You can review and change your personal information. Please email privacy@tonkon.com to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us pursuant to this Notice. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

Residents of certain states, such as California, Nevada, Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, and Utah may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see Your State Privacy Rights for more information.

Your State Privacy Rights

State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information.

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia provide (now or in the future) their state residents with rights to:

  • Confirm whether we process their personal information.
  • Access and delete certain personal information.
  • Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information’s nature and processing purpose (excluding Iowa and Utah).
  • Data portability.
  • Opt-out of personal information processing for:
    • Targeted advertising (excluding Iowa);
    • Sales; or
    • Profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects (excluding Iowa and Utah).
  • Either limit (opt out of) or require consent to process sensitive personal information.

The exact scope of these rights may vary by state.

Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt out of certain personal information sales. However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering that statute’s opt-out requirements.

If you are a resident of California, Oregon, or Texas, please see the corresponding section below for more information on your state-specific rights.

To exercise any of your state-specific privacy rights, or to appeal a decision regarding a consumer rights request, please send us an email at privacy@tonkon.com or fill out our electronic contact form at www.tonkon.com/about/contact/.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Personal information that you provide to us is encrypted and stored behind firewalls.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on our Website.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our Notice to post any changes we make to this Notice on this page. The date this Notice was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this Notice to check for any changes, as they are binding on you.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Notice or need to access this Notice in an alternative format due to having a disability, please email us at privacy@tonkon.com.

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Last Updated on: July 28, 2024