Last updated December 10, 2020

Dion, Solomon & Shapiro, L.L.C. (the “Firm”), our lawyers, and our other professionals value the privacy of our clients, and Blog or Website visitors.  Any of the following personal information that may be made available to the Firm when someone visits, browses or navigates the Dion, Solomon & Shapiro, L.L.C. website shall be kept confidential, to the best reasonable ability of Dion, Solomon & Shapiro, L.L.C., and its agents or affiliates:

• First and last name

• Company, home, postal or other physical address

• Other contact information, for example, telephone number, fax number, email address, and other similar information

• Title or position in a company or an organization

• Occupation

• Industry

• Personal interests

• Any other information needed to provide a service you requested

Examples of when our website’s visitors provide their personal information include, but are not be limited to:

• Emailing, calling or communicating with Dion, Solomon & Shapiro, L.L.C., or one of our lawyers or other professionals

• Posting a question or comment through the Dion, Solomon & Shapiro, L.L.C. website

• Requests for literature or other information from Dion, Solomon & Shapiro, L.L.C.

• Registering to attend a seminar or any event hosted by Dion, Solomon & Shapiro, L.L.C.

• Participation in an online survey hosted by or for the benefit of Dion, Solomon & Shapiro, L.L.C.

• Requesting inclusion in an email or other mailing list

• Logging in to the Dion, Solomon & Shapiro, L.L.C. website, which requires a user name or a password

• Any other business-related reason

The Firm provides you the opportunity to agree or decline to give your personal information via the Internet.  The Firm, or one of its agents, affiliates, lawyers or other professionals, will make reasonable efforts to inform visitors of the purpose for the collection of information, and the Firm does not intend to transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent, except under the limited conditions described under the discussion entitled “Information Sharing and Disclosure” (below).  If you provide us with your personal information, we may transfer that information, within the Firm or to a third party service provider as necessary.

Domain Information Collection

The Firm may collect domain information to enable us to analyze how our visitors use the Firm website.  This data enables us to analyze how often people visit our website, facilitates familiarity with people who visit our website, and what parts of the Firm website they visit most often.  The Firm uses this information to improve our website-based content, information and experience. This information is collected automatically and requires no action on your part.

Use of Cookies and Tracking User Traffic

This website may use “Cookies” (files that the website places on your hard drive for identification purposes – as many websites typically do).  A Cookie can contain information such as: a user ID, to track the pages visited; however, generally, the personal information contained in a Cookie is information you (the visitor) supplies voluntarily.  These files are used for site registration and customization the next time you visit the Firm’s website.

The website may also use Cookies to track user traffic patterns.  The Firm uses this information in order to determine the usefulness of our website information (to our users or visitors), and to analyze effectiveness of our navigational structure in helping users navigate to webpages containing said information.  Please note that our Cookies cannot “read” data off of your hard drive without your permission. A visitor’s web browser may allow you to be notified when you are receiving a Cookie, giving you the choice to accept it or not. If you prefer not to receive Cookies while browsing the Firm’s website, you may set your browser to warn you before accepting Cookies, and you may refuse the Cookie when your browser prompts you regarding the use of Cookies.  You can also refuse to accept all Cookies by turning Cookies “off” in your web browser. If you do not accept Cookies, some webpages may not fully function and you may not be able to access certain information on the Firm website.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

Your personal information is never shared outside the Firm without your permission, except under the following conditions:

When you consent to share your information with a third party service provider, working on our behalf to better serve you

Engaging the Firm to provide you with a product or service

The Firm will also disclose your personal information if required to do so by law, or in reasonably exigent circumstances, to protect personal safety, the public or our website.

Internet Security

The Firm strives to reasonably safeguard every visitor’s personal information, however, the Firm urges you to take every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet.  The Firm recommends that visitors and internet users change their passwords often, and (in creating passwords) that visitors and internet users should use a mixture combination of letters, numbers, and special characters.

Protecting the Privacy of Children

Children under the age of thirteen (13) years old are not the target audience for the Firm’s website.  To protect the privacy of children under the age of thirteen (13), the Firm prohibits the solicitation of personal information from children under the age of thirteen (13) years old.

Links to Third Party Sites

The Firm’s website may contain links to other third party websites.  The Firm does not share visitors’ personal information with those third party websites, and the Firm is not responsible for any third party website’s privacy policies or practices.  The Firm encourages visitors and internet users to learn about the privacy policies of those third party companies.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

The Firm reserves the right to change, modify or update this Privacy Policy, at any time, without notice.  Any substantial changes in the way the Firm uses a visitor’s personal information will be posted to this Privacy Policy and on this website.

Questions or concerns about the Firm’s Privacy Policy, please contact us.