Privacy Policy

INTRODUCTION
The Law Office of Caryn Ragin, Esq. appreciates your business and trust. Please read this Privacy Policy which provides us with your consent to review your case matter and related documents. Use of the raginlaw.com website and form links originating from this website acknowledges your consent to this Privacy Policy. The term “you,” used in the following policy, refers to “you” as an individual, and/ or your business’s end-users.

As a professional engaged in providing legal services, the Law Office of Caryn Ragin, Esq. PLLC, (collectively “we”) is committed to protecting the privacy and “personally identifiable information” of website users while complying with the rules of professional conduct.

CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY AND YOUR CONTINUED CONSENT
We reserve the right, in our discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time, without providing you with prior notice. Revisions will be posted on this page. We urge you to review the Privacy Policy for changes. Your continued use of any portion of this website or links originating from this website means that you accept any changes.

DATA COLLECTED (FORMS)
When contacting us through our website, you may be asked to enter your name, e-mail address, job title, phone number, and even social security number. We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service. We may periodically send promotional emails about new services, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided. We have established industry acceptable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure information we collect via this website. We cannot enforce or control the security of devices and networks that you may use to submit information to us. We are not responsible for the disclosure or interception of your information before we receive it.

SECURITY MEASURES
We use the SSL/HTTPS protocol throughout our site. This encrypts our user communications with the servers so that personal identifiable information is not captured/hijacked by third parties without authorization. In case of a data breach, system administrators will immediately take all necessary steps to ensure system integrity, will contact affected users and will attempt to reset passwords if needed.

COOKIES ON THE WEBSITE
This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.

Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.

THIRD PARTY ACCESS TO YOUR DATA
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety.

We collect personal information about you when you voluntarily submit information directly to us by filling in forms on our website or by corresponding with us by phone, email or other means. We also use practice management software to store and organize information and documents related to you and your case. This includes information you provide when you register to use our services, subscribe to our newsletter, participate in any discussion boards, forums or other social media functions on our site or enter a competition, promotion or survey and when you report a problem with our Website, or use some other feature of the website as available from time to time. Your data is subject to the software vendor’s privacy policy which can be reviewed here.

HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA
We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of our legitimate business interests and satisfying any legal or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information and the applicable legal requirements.

YOUR GENERAL DATA RIGHTS
If you have a registered account on this website (https://raginlaw.com) or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we retain, including any additional data you have provided to us. At this time, only staff members of our law firm have accounts on this site.

You can also request that we erase any of the personal data we have stored. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. In short, we cannot erase data that is vital to you being an active client (i.e. basic account information like an email address). If you wish that all of your data is erased, we will no longer be able to offer any support or other product-related services to you.

GDPR RIGHTS
Your privacy is critically important to us, and even though most of our business is within the United States, it is our intent to comply with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For more details please see here: EU GDPR Information Portal.

THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
We may post links to third party websites on this website. These third party websites are not screened for privacy or security compliance by us, and you release us from any liability for the conduct of these third party websites. All social media sharing links, either displayed as text links or social media icons do not connect you to any of the associated third parties, unless you explicitly click on them. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy, and any other policies in place, in addition to any amendments, does not create rights enforceable by third parties or require disclosure of any personal information relating to members of the Service or Site. The Law Offices of Caryn Ragin, Esq., bear no responsibility for the information collected or used by any advertiser or third party website. Please review the privacy policy and terms of service for each site you visit through third party links.

RELEASE OF YOUR DATA FOR LEGAL PURPOSES
At times it may become necessary or desirable to our office, for legal purposes, to release your information in response to a request from a government agency or a private litigant. You agree that we may disclose your information to a third party where we believe, in good faith, that it is desirable to do so for the purposes of a civil action, criminal investigation, or other legal matter. In the event that we receive a subpoena affecting your privacy, we may elect to notify you to give you an opportunity to file a motion to quash the subpoena, or we may attempt to quash it ourselves, but we are not obligated to do either. We may also proactively report you, and release your information to, third parties where we believe that it is prudent to do so for legal reasons, such as our belief that you have engaged in fraudulent activities. You release us from any damages that may arise from or relate to the release of your information to a request from law enforcement agencies or private litigants. Any passing on of personal data for legal purposes will only be done in compliance with laws of the country you reside in.

AMENDMENTS
We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we amend this Privacy Policy, we will update this page accordingly and require you to accept the amendments in order to be permitted to continue using our services.