Introduction
This Privacy Policy describes the type of information we may collect from you or that you provide when you visit this website (our "Website"), as well as our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This policy applies to information we collect:
- On our Website
- In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website
- When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services if those applications or advertising include links to this Privacy Policy
- When you interact on other platforms utilized by us
This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by:
- Us offline or through any other means
- Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be associated with our Website
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we treat it. If you do not agree with our Privacy Policy and practices, your choice is not to use the Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may be changed from time to time (see "Changes to Our Privacy Policy"). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Privacy Policy periodically for updates.
Information We Collect and How We Collect It
We collect several types of information from you and about users of our Website, including, information:
- By which you may be personally identified, such as name, address, email, telephone, or any other identifiable information ("Personal Information")
- That is about you but does not personally identify you, such as whether or not you have an existing estate plan
We collect this information directly from you when you provide it to us.
Information You Provide to Us
The information we collect on or through this Website and other platforms may include:
- Information you provide to us by filling out forms on this Website or any other platform, including information provided at the time of requesting further services from us
- Records and copies of your correspondence (including emails) if you contact us
- Registering information relating to you when you schedule an appointment with us
- Information related to whether or not you have a financial advisor or accountant, and who such financial advisor or account is
- Information related to whether or not you have an existing estate plan
- Information related to your assets, including estimated values of each asset reported by you
Information We Collect through Automatic Data Collection Technologies
As you navigate 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 visit to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on this Website
- Information about your computer, mobile device, and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type
The information we collect automatically is only statistical data and does not include personal information. It 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
- Speed up your searches and the load times of our webpages
- 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.
- Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Website. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for Flash Cookies, see "Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information."
- Web Beacons. Pages of our Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit The Taormina Firm, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
How We Use Your Information
We use your information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
- To contact you and respond to your requests and inquiries
- To provide you with legal services, if are or become a client of The Taormina Firm, and otherwise deal with you and administer the matters you instruct us on
- To present our Website and its contents to you
- To provide us with information, products, or services that you request from us
- To deliver the services you have requested
- To provide you with information, products, or services that we provide
- To include you in our newsletter and marketing promotional materials
- To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services that we offer
- In any other way we may describe when you provide the information
- For any other purpose with your consent
- To enter into or carry out contracts of various kinds
- To comply with applicable laws, regulations, or professional obligations that we may be subject to
Disclosure of Your Information
Consistent with our professional and ethical obligations, it has always been our policy to exercise the utmost discretion regarding the information our potential clients and clients entrust us with.
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. If you wish to obtain more details on our information practices, please refer to the "Contact Us" section below.
We do not disclose any personal information to unrelated parties outside of The Taormina Firm, except in limited circumstances. Such circumstances may include disclosures to our agents or data processors or other contractors acting on our behalf and at our discretion, subject to appropriate confidentiality, privacy, and information security standards provided by the receiving party, or where we believe it necessary to provide a service which you have requested, or as permitted or required by law, or as otherwise authorized or directed by you. We may also share data, including personal information, with our trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send emails or mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries.
The Taormina 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 Taormina Firm or the Website; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The Taormina Firm; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances or protect the personal safety of members of The Taormina Firm or the public.
Third-Party Websites
This Website may contain links to other websites owned by third-parties. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our Website and to read the privacy statements of any other website that collects personally identifiable information.
Children Under 18
Our Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one under 18 may provide any personal 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 information on this Website or through any of its features, register on the Website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email, or any screen name or username you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us.
Email Communications
From time to time, we may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. To improve our services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from The Taormina Firm or click on a link therein.
External Data Storage
We may store your data, including Personal Information, on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is our policy to post any changes we make to this Privacy Policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' Personal Information, you will be notified by checking this Privacy Policy periodically. The date this Privacy Policy was last revised is at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, please contact us at:
The Taormina Firm, LLC
12813 Flushing Meadows Drive
Suite 150
St. Louis, Missouri 63131
Phone: (314) 866-0775
Email: vince@thetaorminafirm.com