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MCBRAYER PLLC PRIVACY POLICY
McBrayer, PLLC, (collectively, "McBrayer," the "Firm," "we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting its website visitors’ privacy. The following statement provides the Firm’s use of personal information that we may obtain about clients and prospective clients (each, “you”), to understand how the Firm collects, uses, and otherwise processes your personal information as well as the rights that you have in relation to our processing of that information (the “Privacy Statement”). In this Privacy Statement, “personal information” means information that (either in isolation or in combination with other information held by the Firm) enables you to be identified or recognized. With respect to California residents, references to "personal information" in this Privacy Statement means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the California Consumer Privacy Act (the "CCPA"). This Privacy Statement applies to information collected online from users of this website. In this Privacy Statement, you can learn what kind of information we collect, when and how we might use that information, and the choices you have with respect to your personal information.
WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION IS COLLECTED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE AND HOW IS IT USED?
We collect information about our users in three ways: directly from the user, from our Web server logs, and through cookies. We use the information primarily to provide you with a personalized website experience that delivers the information, resources, and services that are most relevant and helpful to you. If you have directly provided information to us through the website, we may use the information to provide you with the services you have requested or to provide other information to you that you may find useful. We don't share any of the information you provide with others, unless we say so in this Privacy Statement, or when we believe in good faith that the law requires it.
User-supplied information: If you fill out the contact form on this website, we will ask you to provide some personal information (such as e-mail address, name, phone number and state). We only require that you provide an e-mail address on the contact form. Please do not submit any confidential, proprietary, or sensitive personally identifiable information (e.g. Social Security Number; date of birth; driver’s license number; or credit card, bank account or other financial information (collectively, “Sensitive Information”)). If you submit any Sensitive Information, you do so at your own risk, and we will not be liable to you or responsible for consequences of your submission.
Information that you provide to us through the contact form will be used so that we may respond to your inquiry. We may also use information you provide to us to communicate with you in the future. If you do not wish to receive such communications, you may opt out (unsubscribe) as described below.
Web server logs: When you visit our website, we may track information about your visit and store that information in web server logs, which are records of the activities on our sites. The servers automatically capture and save the information electronically. Examples of the information we may collect include:
- your unique Internet protocol address;
- the name of your unique Internet service provider;
- the town/city, county/state and country from which you access our website;
- the kind of browser or computer you use;
- the number of links you click within the site;
- the date and time of your visit;
- the web page from which you arrived to our site;
- the pages you viewed on the site; and
- certain searches/queries that you conducted via our website(s).
The information we collect in web server logs helps us administer the site, analyze its usage, protect the website and its content from inappropriate use and improve the user's experience.
Cookies: To offer and provide a customized and personal service, our website may use cookies to store and help track information about you. Cookies are simply small pieces of data that are sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. The use of cookies is a standard practice on the internet. Below is a list and description of the cookies that currently exist on the McBrayer website, as of the date of this Privacy Statement.
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This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. The cookie expires after 2 years. |
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This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected includes the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. The cookie expires after 24 hours. |
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PHPSESSID |
This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a user’s unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed. |
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This cookie is associated with the Piwik open source web analytics platform. The cookie is used to keep track of how visitors navigate the website and measure site performance. The cookie stores information about a user’s clicks anonomously. The cookie expires after one year and one month. |
Analytics |
Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. However, if you prefer, you can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, refuse to accept cookies, and remove cookies by deleting them from your browser history cache when you leave our website. To find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers visit the sites found at these links:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website. Please note that, regardless of which browser you use, if you delete, block, or refuse to accept cookies, you may not be able to use or access all parts of our website.
For more information about Google Analytics’ currently available opt-outs, visit the following website: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
HOW IS PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTED?
We take certain appropriate security measures to help protect your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will always be unable to defeat our security measures.
WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION?
We do not sell, rent, or lease mailing lists or other user data to others, and we will not make your personal information available to any unaffiliated parties, except as follows:
- to agents, website vendors and/or contractors who may use it on our behalf or in connection with their relationship with us;
- if we are unable to assist with your matter, but know an unaffiliated attorney or firm that may be able to help you, we may refer you and share information you provided us with that party; and
- as required by law, in a matter of public safety or policy, as needed in connection with the transfer of our business assets (for example, if we are acquired by another firm or if we are liquidated during bankruptcy proceedings), or if we believe in good faith that sharing the data is necessary to protect our rights or property.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our Website may include links to third-party websites. This Privacy Statement does not apply to information collected by such linked websites. We do not control those third-party websites or their privacy practices. We are not responsible for those third-party websites’ content or the services they offer or provide. If you visit the linked websites or have questions or concerns about their privacy practices, you should review those websites’ privacy notices or terms of use.
DATA TRANSFER TO THE UNITED STATES
Our offices are located in the United States. If you live outside of the United States and provide your personal information to us, you understand that your personal information may be transferred outside of your country of residence, including to the United States, which may have data protection rules that are different from those of your country. In certain circumstances, courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies or security authorities in the United States may be entitled to access your personal information.
HOW CAN I CORRECT, AMEND OR DELETE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR OPT OUT OF FUTURE COMMUNICATIONS?
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. Contact us via the phone number, contact form or mailing address on our website at any time to:
- see what data we have about you, if any;
- change/correct any data we have about you;
- ask us to delete any data we have about you; and/or
- opt out of future communications from us.
If our information practices change in a significant way, we will post the Privacy Statement changes here.
If you have any questions about McBrayer’s use of cookies or this Privacy Statement, please direct those questions to:
McBrayer, PLLC
201 East Main Street, Suite 900
Lexington, KY 40507
Email address: bpowers@mcbrayerfirm.com
Effective Date: 4/6/2021
