Last updated: December 2, 2019

We understand that privacy online is important to users of bsvlaw.com (our “Site”), especially when conducting business. This statement governs our privacy policies with respect to those users of the Site (“Visitors”) who visit without transacting business and Visitors who register to transact business on or through the Site and make use of the services, including legal services we may provide (collectively, “Services”) (“Authorized Customers”).

Does the Privacy Policy Apply to You?

By accessing our website, you agree to our Privacy Policy. Please note that the website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

Policy Summary

You may choose not to provide personal data to us, but if you choose not to provide personal data, you may not be able to take advantage of the functionality of the Site.

The Policy includes:

What information we collect;
How we use your information;
How your personal information is protected;
How we share your personal information; and
What choices you can make about how we collect, use, and share your personal information.

“Personal Data or Personal Information”

Refers to any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person or household to which such information pertains, including, but not limited to, name, address, phone number, fax number, email address, financial profiles, social security number, and credit card information. Personal Data does not include demographic information not connected to an identified individual or household.

What Personal Data is collected?

We may collect basic user profile information from all of our Visitors. We collect the following additional information from our Authorized Customers: the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of Authorized Customers, the nature and size of the business, and the nature and size of the advertising inventory that the Authorized Customer intends to purchase or sell.

What organizations are collecting the information?

In addition to our direct collection of information, our third-party service vendors (such as credit card companies, clearinghouses and banks) who may provide such services as credit, insurance, and escrow services may collect this information from our Visitors and Authorized Customers. We do not control how these third parties use such information, but we do ask them to disclose how they use personal information provided to them from Visitors and Authorized Customers. Some of these third parties may be intermediaries that act solely as links in the distribution chain, and do not store, retain, or use the information given to them.

How does the Site use Personal Data?

We use Personal Data to customize the Site, to make appropriate service offerings, and to fulfill buying and selling requests on the Site. We may email Visitors and Authorized Customers about research or purchase and selling opportunities on the Site or information related to the subject matter of the Site. We may also use Personal Data to contact Visitors and Authorized Customers in response to specific inquiries, or to provide requested information.

With whom may the information may be shared?

WE DO NOT SELL YOUR PERSONAL DATA. We may share aggregated information about our Visitors, including the demographics of our Visitors and Authorized Customers, with our affiliated agencies and third-party vendors. We also offer the opportunity to “opt out” of receiving information or being contacted by us or by any agency acting on our behalf.

How is Personal Data stored?

Personal Data collected on this site is securely stored and is not accessible to third parties or our employees except for use as indicated above.

What choices are available to Visitors regarding collection, use and distribution of the information?

Visitors and Authorized Customers may opt out of receiving unsolicited information from or being contacted by us and/or our vendors and affiliated agencies by responding to emails as instructed, or by contacting us.

Belcher, Smolen & Van Loo LLP Cookie Policy

Your consent to cookies

BY USING THE SITE, you consent to the use of cookies by us as described in this policy. Please remember that we are not responsible for external websites.

Cookies do not contain confidential information such as your home address, telephone number or credit card details. We do not exchange cookies with any third-party websites or external data suppliers. If you do choose to disable cookies, you may find that certain sections of the Site do not work properly.

Do we place cookies on your computer?

When you access the Site from a web browser, we place a cookie in a file accessed by your web browser. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

The cookies and related technology allow us to help identify you, to save your preferences for future visits, to advertise to you on other sites, and to compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

What types of cookies do we use?

We may use at least the following types of cookies on the Belcher, Smolen & Van Loo LLP site:

Session Cookies — these are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you close the browser. This cookie is automatically placed onto your browser by the server software, but it is not used by our website.

Persistent cookies – these are cookies that are automatically added by our site to track your online preferences. Persistent cookies remember these preferences for subsequent visits, and their timeline is dependent on a preset expiration date. Persistent, permanent, and stored cookies are terms that may be used interchangeably.

Analytical cookies — Our website uses third party cookies, such as Google Analytics cookies (third-party cookies) for the following purposes:

a cookie to record the time of your first visit to website, the time of your most recent visit to the website and the time of your current visit;
a cookie to record which page(s) you visit on the website;
a cookie to record how long you stayed on the website; and
a cookie to record how you located our website (i.e. Google search, keyword, link from other page etc.).

Disabling cookies

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser, but if you do, your ability to use or access certain parts of the functionality of the Site may be affected. Alternatively, you may adjust your browser to tell you when a website tries to put a cookie on your computer. If you need help with disabling browser cookies, please contact us at the email address, below.

The Site may contain web beacons (aka single-pixel gifs) that we use to help deliver cookies on our website, and to count users who have visited certain web pages. We may also include web beacons in our promotional email messages or newsletters, to determine whether and when you open and act on them. In addition, we may place web beacons or similar technologies from third-party analytics providers that help us compile aggregated statistics about the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns or other operations. These technologies enable the analytics providers to set or read their own cookies or other identifiers on your device, through which they can collect information about your online activities across applications, websites or other products.

How do we use your information?

We use the data to provide you with the functionality of the Site, to communicate with you, provide security updates, send you marketing and account-related information, and respond to your inquiries. We use data in the following ways:

Providing functionality. We use data to carry out your transactions on our website, and generally, to make the functionality of the website available to you.

Technical support. We use data to diagnose problems, and to provide customer care and other support services.

Improving the Site. We use data to continually improve our website and the functionality we provide on the website.

Business Operations. We use data to develop aggregate analyses and business intelligence that enable us to operate, protect, make informed decisions, and report on the performance of our business.

Improving Advertising. We may use your data to improve our advertising, primarily in an effort to prevent targeting you with advertisement that are not relevant to you.

Sending Periodic Emails. We may use your data to send you periodic marketing emails.

Generally. We use data to respond to enquiries and requests relating to the Site and our Business, to create and administer your account, and to provide us with information and access to resources that you have requested from us. We also use data for general business purposes, including, among other things, to improve customer service, to help us improve the content and functionality of the Site, to better understand our users, to protect against wrongdoing, and to generally manage our business.

Communications. We use data we collect to communicate with you, to personalize our communications with you, and to allow you to communicate with others through our website.

How do we share your information?

By using Belcher, Smolen & Van Loo LLP and/or the Site, you are giving us consent to share your personal data as outlined below.

In general, to the extent necessary to provide the our services, we share your data with vendors working on our behalf; when required by law or to respond to legal process; to protect our customers; to protect lives; to maintain the security and integrity of the Site; and to protect our rights or our property.
We also share personal data with vendors or agents working on our behalf for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. For example, companies we have hired to provide cloud hosting services, off-site backups, and customer support may need access to personal data to provide those functions. In such cases, these companies are required to abide by our data privacy and security requirements and are not allowed to use personal data they receive from us for any other purpose.

Finally, we will access, transfer, disclose, and/or preserve personal data, when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to:

(1) comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, judicial orders, or subpoenas;

(2) respond to requests from public or governmental authorities, including for national security or law enforcement purposes;

(3) protect the vital interests of our users, customers, or other third parties (including, for example, to prevent spam or attempts to defraud users of our products, or to help prevent the loss of life or serious injury of anyone);

(4) to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks;

(5) protect our rights, interests, or property, and the rights, interests, or property of third parties; or

(6) prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Site or services

We may use and share aggregated non-personal information with third parties for marketing, advertising, and analytics purposes. We do not sell or trade your personal information to third parties.

Purposes for which we will use your personal data

Our law bases for collecting and using your personal data are summarized as follows:

For our legitimate interests:
- for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganization or group restructuring exercise; to keep our records updated and to study how clients use our products/services, to grow our business, to provide legal Services, to inform our marketing strategy; and
Necessary to comply with a legal obligation;

Note that we may process your personal data for more than one legal basis depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to collect and process your personal data.

Where do we keep personal data?

We store personal data in the United States. The storage location(s) are chosen to provide both security and efficiency in operation.

How long do we keep your personal information?

We may retain your personal information as long as necessary to provide you with the Services, as long as you have an account with us, or for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Policy. You can ask to close your account by contacting us as described above, and we will delete your personal data on request. We may, however, retain personal information for an additional period as is permitted or required under applicable laws, for legal, tax, or regulatory reasons, or for legitimate and lawful business purposes.

Can you access, correct, or delete your personal information?

Yes. Your personal data is yours, and you can view, access, edit, delete, or request a copy of the personal data we collect. You can also make choices about our collection and use of your data, including choosing whether to receive marketing communications from us. You can opt out from receiving marketing communications from us by using the opt-out link on the communication.

Data Access. You can request to your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.

Data Erasure. You can delete your personal data by sending us an email to [email protected] and requesting that we do so. Please be aware that we require certain information about you in order to provide you with the Services. Thus, if you send us a request to delete any personal data we need to provide you with our Services, we may not be able to provide such Services. We will use reasonable efforts to respond to your request within 14 days, but in all events within 30 days of our receipt of the request.

Data Correction. You can modify your personal data on your account page. Alternatively, you may request that we modify your personal data by sending us an email to [email protected].

Communications Preferences. You can choose whether you wish to receive marketing communications from us. If you receive marketing communications from us and would like to opt out, you can do so by following the directions in that communication. Please note that opting out of marketing communications does not apply to communications that are necessarily a part of Belcher, Smolen & Van Loo.

Object to processing. You may object to our processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information that override your rights and freedoms.

Request restriction of processing. You may request restrictions on our processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the data’s accuracy; (b) where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.

Request the transfer of your personal data. You may request that we transfer your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.

Withdraw consent. You may withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at the email address, below.

Do we change our Privacy Policy?

We will update this privacy statement when necessary to reflect customer feedback, and changes in the law. When we post changes to this statement, we will revise the “last updated” date at the top of the statement. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to learn how we protect your information.

How can you contact us?

If you have a question or concern, please send us an email at [email protected], or via the telephone number listed on the Sites contact page.

This site contains links to other web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are moving to another web site. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policies may differ from ours.