Last Updated: March 6, 2022
Burnham Legal, PLLC (“Burnham Legal”) recognizes that you may be concerned about our use and disclosure of your personal information. Your privacy is very important to us. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes the privacy practices applicable to the website located at www.BurnhamLegal.com (the “Site”), including how we may collect and use personal information. Burnham Legal collects, discloses, transfers, and uses personal information solely for the purposes described in this Policy.
By using this Site, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information as described in this Policy, and as applicable, our Terms of Use, and as permitted or required by law. If you do not agree with the terms set out in this Policy, please do not use our Site.
Information We Collect
Burnham Legal collects two types of information about you when you use our Site: (i) personal information that you provide; and (ii) non-personal information automatically collected when you use our Site.
We do not collect any personal information about you when you use our Site, unless you voluntarily choose to submit or otherwise disclose such information to us, such as when you complete our online “Request Consultation” form. Personal information is any information that can be used to identify you personally and includes, among other things, your name, email address, mailing address, phone number or other information that identifies you.
Information You Provide
If you choose to communicate with Burnham Legal through an online form on our Site, by sending us an email, asking a question, or by otherwise contacting us, we will collect whatever information, including personal information, that you choose to provide us with, including information submitted or disclosed by mail, telephone, or email or otherwise through this Site. For example, personal information that you provide to Burnham Legal on this Site through the “Request Consultation” form will be used so that we may respond to your inquiry. We may also use the information you provide to us to communicate with you in the future. By voluntarily providing us with personal information, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Policy.
Information Automatically Collected
When you visit our Site, we may collect anonymous general information that is sent to us automatically by your web browser. This information typically includes non-personal information, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, the name of your internet service provider, the operating system you are using, the type of internet browser you are using, the date and time of your visit and the webpages you visited on our Site. We use the information we collect from your web browser to analyze Site usage and to optimize and improve our Site.
How We Use the Information We Collect
We may use information collected when you visit our Site for the following business purposes:
- To respond to your communications and requests, such as when you complete our online “Request Consultation” form with a message or inquiry, we will collect personal information such as your name, phone number and email address. We will use the information you provide to respond to your inquiry, provide information you have requested, provide customer service or other assistance.
- When you visit our Site, we automatically receive your IP address and other information about your use of our Site. We collect this information from your web browser to learn about your use of our Site and to compile statistics about visitors to our Site, traffic patterns or related data to analyze and enhance use of our Site.
- We may also use your email address to send you emails about our firm, events, services, and to send our newsletters.
- As otherwise described in this Policy.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
While using our Site, Burnham Legal or a designated third-party service provider, may collect technical data about you through the use of cookies, web server logs, web beacons or other similar data technologies. A cookie is a small data file that contains information sent by a website that is stored on your computer’s hard drive. This information is automatically collected when you interact with our Site through your computer or mobile device. Burnham Legal and our service providers use cookies or similar technologies to improve the user experience and to optimize our Site. Generally, the information collected using cookies and similar technologies does not identify you personally. Cookies cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive or pass on a computer virus. By visiting our Site, you consent to the use of cookies and similar technologies in accordance with this Policy.
There are two types of cookies that we and our service providers may use on our Site:
- Session Cookies. These cookies are temporary and remain in the cookie file of your browser only as long as your web browser is open. Once you close your browser, all session cookies are deleted. Session cookies are used for technical purposes such as to enable better navigation through the Site, or to allow you to customize your preferences for interacting with the Site.
- Persistent Cookies. These cookies are saved in the cookie file of your browser and remain there for a set period of time specified in the cookie. Persistent cookies are activated each time you return to our Site and help us recognize you as an individual user, as well as for anonymous statistical analysis of our Site that allows us to understand how users use our Site.
Google Analytics
Burnham Legal uses third-party web analytics services to help us understand and improve how our Site is used. Our Site uses third-party cookies and tools from Google Analytics to collect and analyze data about traffic on our Site. These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our Site. We use this information to compile reports and to help us improve our Site. These cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the Site, where visitors have come to the Site from, and the webpages they visited prior to coming to our Site.
Information collected by these cookies will be transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States in accordance with its privacy practices. For more information about Google’s privacy practices and how they apply to Google Analytics, please visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
If you would like to prevent your data from being collected and used by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
How to Manage and Disable Cookies
Most browsers and devices are set up to automatically accept cookies. If you prefer, you can reset your browser settings to disable cookies or to notify you when you have received a cookie. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. However, please be aware that, if you refuse or disable cookies, it may limit some functionalities of our Site.
Social Media Widgets
Our Site may include social media features, such as the Facebook Like or Share buttons, LinkedIn and YouTube widgets. These features may use cookies or employ other tracking technologies to collect information about you such as your IP address, webpage visitation history, etc. Widgets and other social media features may be hosted by a third-party. Your interactions with those features are governed by the privacy policies of the companies that provide them.
Please note that if you click on a link to a third-party website, such third-party may also transmit cookies to you. This Policy does not cover the use of cookies by any third parties.
Data Retention
Burnham Legal policy is to retain information about use of our Site only as long as it is being retained to accomplish the business purpose for which it was collected and to comply with our legal and contractual obligations.
How We Disclosure and Share Your Information
Burnham Legal collects and uses personal information primarily for our own internal purposes, such as providing information that you have requested and to inform you, via email, of news relating to or available from Burnham Legal. We do not sell, rent or otherwise provide your personal information to third-parties for their own promotional purposes, without your consent. Burnham Legal will not share any information collected through this Site with third-parties, except for the limited circumstances set forth in this Policy, including:
- Compliance with Laws. In certain situations, Burnham Legal may be required to disclose your personal information as required by law, for example to comply with a subpoena, court order or other legal process, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary or required to protect or defend our legal rights, and/or to protect the personal safety of others.
- Service Providers. We contract with third-party service providers to provide certain services including, for example, to send e-mails and to help us manage and operate our Site. We may share or provide your information (including personal information) with our third-party service providers, as necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us. While these companies may not be affiliated with Burnham Legal, they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information and are not authorized to disclose or make any use of your personal information except as necessary to provide such services.
- Corporate Transactions. Burnham Legal may transfer, share or disclose your personal information, where permitted by applicable law, in connection with a corporate transaction such the transfer of our business assets (e.g., if our firm is acquired by another firm) or other changes of control or financial status (including in connection with any bankruptcy proceedings).
- Other Legitimate Business Purposes. We may share your personal information when it is necessary for other legitimate business purposes where necessary to support, respond to, and to provide our services to you.
- Consent. Other than the examples above, we will not disclose your personal information for any purpose unless you consent to it. For example, we may disclose your personal information for any purpose for which you have provided consent, such as when you submit an inquiry through the online Request Consultation form, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason. Additionally, as discussed above, Burnham Legal does not sell, rent, or otherwise provide your personal information to any unaffiliated parties, except as provided in this Policy. You may withdraw your consent for Burnham Legal to contact you or for the use or disclosure of your personal information at any time by contacting us at Info@burnhamlegal.com.
Security
Burnham Legal takes reasonable steps to protect your personal information from accidental loss and from misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized parties will always be unable to defeat our security measures. Please be advised that the security of information sent over the internet through this Site, by email, or otherwise electronically transmitted, is not guaranteed. Accordingly, Burnham Legal does not guaranty or warrant the security of information disclosed to you or from you through this Site, by email, or otherwise electronically transmitted, and any such disclosures are done so at your own risk.
Links to Other Websites
Our Site may contain links to external websites not owned by, or officially affiliated with Burnham Legal in any way (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc.). This Policy does not apply to third-party websites or services. Please be aware that Burnham Legal is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such third-party websites. The fact that we include a link to a third-party website is not an endorsement, authorization, or representation that we are affiliated with that third-party, nor is it an endorsement of their privacy policies or practices. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our Site and to read about third parties’ privacy and security policies before providing them with your personal information.
Mailing Lists
Burnham Legal maintains mailing lists to keep interested parties informed about our firm, events, services, and to send our newsletters. We use a third-party called Constant Contact to maintain your email subscription to us and to send you emails of a promotional nature. If you choose to join our mailing list, we will only use the email address you provide us to send you promotional emails. You may unsubscribe from receiving promotional emails from us at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email you receive from us or by contacting us at: Info@burnhamlegal.com.
Our emails may use web beacons to allow us to determine if you have opened an email message. If you do not wish to receive web beacons, you may block them.
For more information on Constant Contact’s privacy practices, please visit: https://www.endurance.com/privacy/privacy
Opting Out
If you would like to opt out or unsubscribe from future marketing-related emails from Burnham Legal you may unsubscribe at any time by contacting us at Info@burnhamlegal.com. You may also contact us at any time to:
- Opt out or unsubscribe from future communications from Burnham Legal;
- Change/correct any data we have about you;
- Request us to delete any data we have about you; and/or
- Request what data we have about you, if any.
Children’s Privacy
Protecting the privacy of children is important to Burnham Legal. This Site, and the services we provide to our clients, are not directed to or intended for individuals under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from or about children under the age of 18, or the relevant minimum age under applicable local legal requirements, except as permitted under applicable law. If you become aware that a child under the age of 18 has provided us with personal information, please contact us at Info@burnhamlegal.com
California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, under California Civil Code Section 1798.83 we are required to disclose, upon request, the identity of any third-parties to whom we have disclosed your personal information within the previous calendar year, along with the type of personal information disclosed, for the third-parties’ direct marketing purposes. Please note that under California law, we are only required to respond to such request once during any calendar year. To make such a request, contact us at Info@burnhamlegal.com
Changes to this Policy
Please note that we review our privacy practices from time to time and reserve the right to update or modify this Policy at any time. Any change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on our Site. You can confirm whether the Policy has changed since the last time you reviewed it by checking the “Last Updated” date posted at the top of the webpage. Please review this webpage periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version of our Policy. If we make a material change to this Policy, we will take appropriate measures to inform you in a manner that is consistent with the significance of the changes we make and in accordance with applicable legal requirements. By continuing to use our Site, you indicate your understanding and acceptance of the terms of this Policy posted at the time of your use.
How to Contact Us
To notify us about any questions or concerns about this Policy, or to change your privacy preferences, please contact us at:
Burnham Legal, PLLC
91 Middle Street
Manchester, NH 03101
(603) 628-1900
info@burnhamlegal.com