Privacy Policy
This notice describes who we are, how we collect your information, how we use that information, and how we disclose it. This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect when you use https://www.gqlawoffice.com/ (“our website”, “the website”, “the site”) and any other websites or services that post a link to this Privacy Policy. This notice also discusses the rights you have and the control you can exercise in relation to it.
This Privacy Policy is intended for users in the United States. Non-U.S. users may be governed by privacy policies applicable to countries in which they reside. By providing us with information identified in this Policy, non-U.S. users acknowledge and explicitly consent to (1) the transfer of information to servers located in the United States, and (2) our use and disclosure by us of your information consistent with this Policy.
Who We Are
The Law Office of Jennifer Guimond-Quigley (“GQ Law”, “we”, or “us”), 20 N. Clark Street, Suite 1110 Chicago, Illinois 60602, provides legal services.
The Law Office of Jennifer Guimond-Quigley is committed to protecting your privacy.
Information We Collect
Information We Collect When You Provide It to Us
We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you create a GQ Law website account to receive email updates, when you request information, or communicate with us via third party social media sites. The types of information we collect may include:
- Name
- Email address
- Telephone phone number
- Other contact or identifying information you choose to provide
Information We Collect Automatically When You Use Our Website
When you access our website, we automatically collect information about you, including information collected by cookies. We use various technologies to collect information, and this may include sending third-party cookies to your computer or mobile device. Cookies are small data files stored on your computer that help us to improve our website and your experience, see which areas and features are popular and count visitors. Some third-party services that we use to provide this website, such as Google Analytics, may place their own cookies in your browser. This Privacy Policy covers use of cookies by gqlawoffice.com only and not the use of cookies by third parties.
If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our website. Removing or rejecting browser cookies does not necessarily affect flash cookies that may be used by third parties. For more information on how to to disable flash cookies, please visit www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/security.
Contact forms
This website uses a contact form for business-related and general inquiries. We keep contact form submissions for a certain period for customer service purposes, but we do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes.
Comments
Visitors may leave comments on the site. When this happens, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
We do not knowingly, directly or passively, collect information from children under the age of 13. To respect the privacy of children and to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, children under the age of 13 should not provide any personal information on this website. We ask that parents supervise their children while online.
Use of Information
We may use information about you for various purposes, including to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve our website and send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
- Respond to your emails, comments, questions and requests, provide customer service, request feedback, and otherwise contact you about your use of the website;
- Send you newsletters and otherwise provide you with information or services you request or that we think will be of interest to you, such as sending you information to keep you informed about our latest services, promotions, and events;
- Personalize and improve the website and provide advertisements, content, or features that match user profiles or interests or that are based on the information you provide or the actions you take; and
- Fight spam and other forms of abuse
Contacting You
We will primarily be contacting you by email. By providing us with your email address through our website, you agree to receive emails from us. You may receive between 1 or more emails from us per month, but email frequency will vary based on user needs. To withdraw your consent, please unsubscribe to our emails, located at the bottom of each email sent.
Who we share your data with
Gqlawoffice.com won’t transfer information about you to third parties for the purpose of providing or facilitating third-party advertising to you. We won’t sell information about you.
We may share your account information with third parties in some circumstances, including: (1) with your consent; (2) to a service provider or partner who meets our data protection standards.
Gqlawoffice.com doesn’t make money from ads, so we don’t sell your data to 3rd parties who want to advertise to you. The tracking we do at gqlawoffice.com is to make our site work as well as possible.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Social Media Sharing Features
The website offers links to their social media accounts. The use of such features may enable the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the entity that provides the social sharing feature. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social media features, please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features.
Security
GQ Law takes reasonable measures to help protect information about you from misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. All personal information you provide us is stored on secured and encrypted servers behind firewalls.
Changes to this Policy
We may need to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post a notice on our website. Your continued use of this website, after the effective date of the change notice, will mean you accept any such changes. To ensure you are reviewing the most current version of the Policy, we will post the effective date at the top of the page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, if you wish to provide feedback, or if you wish to exercise your rights related to your personal data, please contact us at: [email protected].