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In this Privacy Statement, we explain what we do with the data we obtain about you via www.smwlaw.com. We recommend you carefully read this statement. In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:

• we clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this by means of this Privacy Statement;
• we aim to limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data required for legitimate purposes;
• we first request your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases requiring your consent;
• we take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and also require this from parties that process personal data on our behalf;
• we respect your right to access your personal data or have it corrected or deleted, at your request.

If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.

1. Categories of data

We may collect or receive personal information for a number of purposes connected with our business operations which may include the following: (click to expand)

1.1 Contact – Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms

The following categories of data are collected

• A first and last name
• An email address

1.2 Newsletters

The following categories of data are collected

• A first and last name
• An email address

1.3 Employment

The following categories of data are collected

• A first and last name
• An email address
• A telephone number
• Professional and education information
• Recruitment information

2. Use of personal information

We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

• To provide legal service to our clients, including to advise clients on legal matters, represent them in the context of legal proceedings such as court proceedings, arbitration and settlement, and dealings with regulatory authorities; and to process payments and advance payments on behalf of our clients.
• For marketing purposes, including to send client alerts, newsletters and other communications to our clients and business contacts. We will send you communications that are relevant to you, based for example on the practice areas and industries you select when you subscribe to receive our communications. We may also use your personal information to register you for, and confirm your attendance at, events; furnish biographical details to other attendees; provide you with the opportunity to participate in on-demand learning; and assess the effectiveness of our events, promotional campaigns, and publications. If you are recorded at an event, we may use such recordings in promotional materials, news releases, websites, and other published formats for the firm and the event.
• To manage our business relationships with customers, clients, vendors and suppliers, business partners, office visitors, cooperating law firms and other contractors, including processing invoices and sending service-related communications.
• For recruitment purposes, including to evaluate job applications, invite you for a job interview and arrange for travel.
• To communicate with you, and respond to your inquiries.
• For other business purposes, such as to provide, operate and improve our products and services; perform data analyses; detect, prevent, and respond to actual or potential fraud, illegal activities, or intellectual property infringement; secure our facilities; defend our legal rights; and comply with our legal obligations and internal policies.

3. Disclosure practices

We disclose personal information if we are required by law or by a court order, in response to a law enforcement agency, to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information, or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety.

We do not sell or share consumers’ personal information and have not sold or shared any personal information in the past 12 months. As of the date of the last update and review of this Privacy Policy, we have no reason to believe that we have collected, disclosed, sold or otherwise processed the personal information of more than 10 million California consumers.

4. How we respond to Do Not Track signals & Global Privacy Control

Our website responds to and supports the Do Not Track (DNT) header request field. If you turn DNT on in your browser, those preferences are communicated to us in the HTTP request header, and we will not track your browsing behavior.

5. Cookies

Our website uses cookies. For more information about cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy on our Cookie Policy webpage.

We block the inclusion of full IP addresses.

6. Security

We are committed to the security of personal data. We take appropriate security measures to limit abuse of and unauthorized access to personal data. This ensures that only the necessary persons have access to your data, that access to the data is protected, and that our security measures are regularly reviewed.

7. Third-party websites

This Privacy Statement does not apply to third-party websites connected by links on our website. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend you read the Privacy Statements of these websites prior to making use of these websites.

8. Amendments to this Privacy Statement

We reserve the right to make amendments to this Privacy Statement. It is recommended that you consult this Privacy Statement regularly in order to be aware of any changes. In addition, we will actively inform you wherever possible.

9. Accessing and modifying your data

If you have any questions or want to know which personal data we have about you, please contact us. Please make sure to always clearly state who you are, so that we can be certain that we do not modify or delete any data of the wrong person. We shall provide the requested information only upon receipt of a verifiable consumer request. You can contact us by using the information below.

10. Your rights and choices

If you are a Consumer receiving products or services for which we are a Business, as those terms and any other capitalized terms in this section are defined under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (California Civil Code §§ 1798.100 to 1798.199) and its implementing regulations, as amended or superseded from time to time (the “CCPA”), California law may permit you to request information regarding the:

• Categories of personal information (as defined by applicable California law) collected, sold or disclosed by us;
• Categories of sources from which the personal information is collected;
• Purposes for which categories of personal information collected by use are used;
• Sources of information from which we collect personal information;
• Specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.

In addition, if you are a Consumer, you may:

• Request deletion of your personal information, in some circumstances;
• Request correction of inaccurate personal information that we maintain;
• Opt-out of the sale or disclosure of your personal information, in some circumstances.

You have the right to not be retaliated against or discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights under by the CCPA. For example, we will not charge you different prices or rates, deny you our services, or provide a lower quality of service if you exercise your privacy rights.

You may request that we delete any personal information that we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions stated below. We will also direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.

We do not sell personal information to third parties or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. If that should change, we will make available to you a method to opt-out of such sale or sharing.

11. Children

Our website is not designed to attract children and it is not our intent to collect personal data from children. We therefore request that children under the age of consent do not submit any personal data to us.

We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16 years of age.

Or: Our site is not directed or advertised towards children under the age of 16. However, if we obtain actual knowledge that we have collected personal information of a consumer under the age of 16, we will delete that information and will not sell or share it.

12. Contact details

If you have questions about our privacy policy or wish to exercise any of your privacy rights described above, please contact us by email, telephone, or by writing to us at the address below.

Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP
550 California Street
Suite 1200
San Francisco, CA 94104
United States
Website: www.smwlaw.com
Email: info@smwlaw.com

Telephone: (415) 552-7272

Only you or an authorized agent may submit a personal information request. You may designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf by providing them with written authorization to do so.

Text Messaging

If you submit a phone number via this website, you are agreeing to the following statement:

“By providing a telephone number and submitting the form, I am consenting to be contacted by SMS text message and agreeing to the Privacy Policy for Text Messaging Service. Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out of further messaging. Reply HELP for more information.”