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This privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) explains what information Smith Beggs, LLC (“the Firm” “we” or “us”) collects from you when you use our website (the “Website”) or interact with our third-party partners (“Partners”), as applicable. By using our Website, you agree to all the terms and conditions stated in this Privacy Policy. Please take a moment to review this information.
1. HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
We take reasonable measures to protect your personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) to prevent against unauthorized use, access, disclosure, and destruction. Your name and email address, along with other information that can be used to identify you, constitute your Personal Information. Please be aware that, despite our best efforts, security measures are not impenetrable, and we can’t guarantee against misuse.
2. WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Contact and Other Information You Provide to Us
If you choose to contact us through the Website or by email through an email address provided on our Website, we’ll collect your contact information, such as your name, email address, phone number of other contact information that you provide to us so we can communicate with you. If you write a message to us, we will store the message so we can reference it to tailor our responses to you. If you inquire about a career opportunity, we will collect and store the information you share related to that opportunity.
If you provide us with payment information through the Website, or create or open an account to process payments through the website, we will collect and store your credit card or bank account information; name and other contact details; and user name and password associated with the account or the payment, as applicable. If you have access to an extranet account through the Website, we will store your user name and password associated with the extranet account.
Website Visitor Data
Directly or through the use of third-party data analytics services (including Google Analytics), we collect visitor information, including your IP address and server log data (the address of the web page you visited before using the Website, your browser type and settings, the date and time of your use of the Website, language preferences). We may gather your information about the device you are using to access our Website, including what type of device it is, what operating system you are using, device settings, application IDs, location, unique device identifiers, and crash data. Other data is collected, including data generated by your use of the Website and links you interact with.
3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
If you communicate with us, we may send you newsletters and marketing information, until you decide to opt out. We may also send you notifications, updates, and changes about our Website, and contact you to provide customer service and support.
We use your information to operate, manage, and improve our Website, and for marketing and administrative purposes.
If you provide us with payment information, we will use that information to process payments.
We may use your Personal Information to improve our programs and services.
We may use your Personal Information to comply with legal or regulatory requirements, to respond to lawful requests, court orders and legal process, to enforce our rights, to prevent fraud, and to protect the security of the Website and for safety.
We may use your IP address and location data to analyze usage, administer our Website, and gather demographic information for aggregate use.
We may use your Personal Information for employment-related purposes if you make a career-related inquiry.
With your consent, we may use your Personal Information in other ways.
4. HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
We do not knowingly sell, trade or otherwise share your Personal Information with any third parties without your consent except as disclosed in this Privacy Policy, as required by law, and when we reasonably believe it is necessary to prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, or to protect the safety of any person.
We may share Personal Information in collaboration with our Partners, including companies that assist with business analytics, data processing, customer and user management, and other services. We instruct these parties to use your Personal Information only to the extent necessary to provide the services we have requested. Although we take reasonable steps to ensure that Partners receiving your information are bound by privacy restrictions as restrictive as those set forth in this Privacy Policy, we are not responsible for any issues that may arise regarding the privacy policies or practices of any of Partners. By using the Website, you agree that we are not responsible or liable for any claims and/or damages that may arise from the actions of any of our Partners.
5. SOCIAL MEDIA
If you click on our social media links (such as Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn), you will be directed to a third-party platform, and any information you share on those websites will be covered by their privacy policies, not this Privacy Policy.
6. COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small file that can be placed on your computer’s hard disk or on a website server. Cookies do not retrieve information stored on your hard drive and do not corrupt or damage your computer or computer files. For those using our Website, we may link cookie information to your email address to maintain and recall your preferences within the Website.
Why we use cookies
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve or administer the Website, analyze trends, track users’ movements around the Website, support security features on the Website, and to gather demographic information about our user base.
How to manage cookie preferences
Depending on their purpose, some cookies will only operate for the length of a single browsing session, while others have a longer life span to ensure that they fulfill their longer-term purposes. Your web browser can be set to allow you to control whether you will accept cookies or reject cookies, to notify you each time a cookie is sent to your browser, or to delete cookies that have already been set. If your browser is set to reject cookies, certain aspects of the Website that are cookie-enabled will not recognize you when you return to the Website, and some Website functionality may be lost.
7. OPT-IN /OPT-OUT OF COMMUNICATIONS
By using our Website, you expressly allow us to contact you and use your information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. You may opt-out of receiving marketing emails anytime by clicking the “unsubscribe” button in the email that contains the marketing communication.
8. LINKS
This Website may contain links to other third-party websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties and their other websites. This Privacy Policy applies only to the information we collect on this Website. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of other websites you link to from our Website or otherwise visit.
9. MINORS
Our Website is not directed at nor intended for use by minors. If you learn that a child under 13 has provided us with Personal Information without consent, please contact us. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with his or her Personal Information, we will promptly delete such data.
10. BUSINESS TRANSITIONS
In the event we go through a business transition, including without limitation any merger, acquisition, partnership, business reorganization, debt finance, or sale of association assets, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership (together a “Business Transition”), we may use information collected in accordance with this Privacy Policy and subject to its restrictions, as part of any such Business Transition. In such instances, your information can be part of the assets transferred.
11. DO-NOT-TRACK
You may have implemented a “do-not-track” signal through your browser. As there currently is no fixed standard for do-not-track signals, we currently do not respond to do-not-track signals from your web browser.
12. DATA RETENTION AND DESTRUCTION
We will retain Personal Information for as long as necessary to accomplish our purposes for such data as set forth in this Privacy Policy. You can request that your information be deleted by contacting us at the address provided at the bottom of this Privacy Policy. At the time your information is deleted, we will destroy your Personal Information using reasonable data destruction practices. We may, however, retain certain information to comply with legal or contract obligations or to facilitate law enforcement requests.
13. CHANGES
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post the revised policy here. If changes are significant and materially affect your rights under this Privacy Policy, we may provide a more prominent notice on the Website. In certain cases, we may also provide email notification of the revised Privacy Policy and either seek your consent or give you the right to opt out from our use of your Personal Information in accordance with the revised Privacy Policy. However, because we may make changes at any time, we suggest that you periodically consult this Privacy Policy. Please note that our rights to use any information collected will be based on the privacy policy in effect at the time the information is used.
14. CONTACT US
If you have any questions about the Privacy Policy, please contact us at charles_smith@smithbeggs.com and/or (203) 303-5504, or at the mailing address below:
Smith Beggs, LLC
526 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 101
Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
Attn: Charles Smith
This Privacy Policy was last updated: April 3, 2024
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