Your use of this blog site signifies your acceptance of the terms of this privacy policy and the accompanying terms of use, which are incorporated herein by this reference. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use the blog.
This privacy policy is designed to inform you about what personally identifiable information (”PII”) this blog collects, and what will be done with it. PII is understood to refer to information that would allow you to be identified or contacted, such as your name, physical address, e-mail address or telephone number.
You are not required to submit PII to use this blog. You may elect to provide PII to publisher by means of e-mail or other communication. Such PII will be used for the purpose for which submitted, and will not be disclosed to third parties without your consent or under the special circumstances described below. Publisher may elect to use your PII to provide you with law firm publications, event invitations or other mailings that may be of interest to you. You may opt-out of such mailings, submit corrections to your PII, or have your PII removed from publisher's contact database by contacting the publisher (contact information posted in Terms of Use). Content or PII that you may have provided that is not maintained in publisher's contact database, such as posts that may appear within comments, may continue to remain on the site at publisher's discretion.
This blog may be affiliated with a third-party service that invites users to create an online “profile” for you to share with fellow blog users. You are cautioned that if you do choose to put any PII into a publicly-accessible profile, you do so at your own risk. You are also cautioned against posting PII in publicly-accessible comments to the blog. Your voluntary inclusion of PII in posted comments is at your own risk. In the event you choose to use links that appear on this blog, you are advised that this Policy does not control the privacy practices of those third-party sites.
Like most web sites, the server upon which this blog site resides automatically collects basic data about your visit to this site, including your computer’s IP address, your web browser type, operating system type, and what pages linked you to this site. We refer to this server-collected information as "traffic data." Publisher may utilize such aggregated traffic data to interpret the usefulness and popularity of the blog, and to develop improvements to it. Publisher may make traffic data available to employees, contractors or other third parties to the extent necessary for them to perform certain site-related services on publisher's behalf.
This site may make use of temporary or “session” cookies in order to enable the basic functionality of the site. Third-party links, such as blog service provider Blogger.com, may appear on the site and, if so, those third-parties may set and access cookies on your computer. Those organizations will have their own privacy policies that govern their use of any PII. Most web browsers have the capability of rejecting cookies, and if you are concerned about their usage, you are encouraged to avail yourself of that technology. Please be advised, however, that this site may not function properly for you without cookies.
Your PII is not shared with third parties except under very specific circumstances. Those circumstances include (1) situations in which you have given your express consent; (2) when a service provided on the site requires that PII be shared with a service provider that has agreed not to disclose the information to third parties; (3) pursuant to a lawful request by a court of competent jurisdiction or upon presentation of a valid law enforcement warrant; (4) to protect and defend the legitimate business interests, rights or property of publisher, and (5) in urgent circumstances, to protect personal or public safety.
Children under 13 years old are not the target audience for this blog. To protect their privacy, publisher prohibits the solicitation of personal information from these children.
Publisher reserves the right to change, modify or update this policy at any time without notice. Any substantial changes in the way your personal information is used will be posted here.
Last updated: January 3, 2006