The Adcox Firm PLLC (“Adcox Firm,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy of all individuals who utilize our site or legal services. Adcox Firm is the data controller of the personal data collected and is responsible for the processing of your personal data.
The privacy notice (the “Notice”) explains how we collect, use, and safeguard the information you may provide to us via this website and other domains owned and operated by Adcox Firm. The Notice also informs you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you. Certain other Adcox Firm websites (e.g., client portals) may be operated under separate agreements having additional terms and conditions.
It is important that you read this Notice together with any other notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This Notice supplements the other notices and is not intended to override them. In the event of a conflict between this Notice and another notice which applies to a specific site or engagement (i.e., a client extranet), the latter shall prevail over this Notice to the extent of the conflict.
Please note, if you reply to one of our marketing emails or otherwise send a communication to us, such communication does not create an attorney-client relationship with us. As such, please do not send any information that you consider confidential unless and until we have agreed in writing to represent you with respect to such matter. Any information provided to us prior to such agreement may not be protectable from disclosure and may not be subject to attorney-client privilege.
Please review the following to understand how we process and safeguard personal data about you. By using our website or otherwise obtaining services from us, and/or by voluntarily providing personal data to us, you acknowledge that you have read and understand the practices contained in this Notice. This Notice may be revised from time to time, so please ensure that you check this Notice periodically to remain fully informed.
We collect a variety of personal data (meaning information about an individual from which that person can be identified) from and about you, in a number of situations. What data we collect will depend on the specific circumstances:
You have choices about certain information we collect. When you are asked to provide information, you may decline to do so; but if you choose not to provide information that is necessary for us to collect by law or to perform a contract, we may not be able to enter into or perform such contract or perform other obligations with respect to you. In addition, as noted below in the section captioned “Your Choices” it is possible to change your browser settings to block the automatic collection of certain information.
We also collect data that is not identifiable to you or otherwise associated with you, such as aggregated data, and is not personal data. To the extent this data is stored or associated with personal data, it will be treated as personal data; otherwise, that data is not subject to this notice.
In the event that you provide us with information about another person, you must ensure that you have the right to provide that information and, as appropriate, that they understand how their information will be used by us.
We process personal data as follows:
Operational and Marketing Uses. We process your personal data as part of our business operations and for marketing, which include:
Legal Bases for Processing. We process personal data for, or based on, one or more of the following legal bases:
Sharing of Personal Data. Some of the above processing involves sharing collected personal data with third parties, including service providers, affiliates, and other partners. This occurs in the following circumstances:
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.
Because security is important to both Adcox Firm and you, we employ reasonable and appropriate physical, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to promote the security of our systems and protect the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and resilience of personal data. If you suspect unauthorized access to your information, you should contact Adcox Firm immediately as provided in the section captioned “Additional Information and Assistance” below.
No method of safeguarding information is completely secure. While we use measures designed to protect personal data, we cannot guarantee that our safeguards will be effective or sufficient. In addition, you should be aware that Internet data transmission is not always secure, and we cannot warrant that information you transmit to us through the Internet is or will be secure.
We retain personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected, as well as to the extent we deem necessary to carry out the processing activities described above, including compliance with applicable laws, regulations, rules and requests of relevant law enforcement and/or other governmental agencies, and to the extent we reasonably deem necessary to protect our and our partners’ rights, property, or safety, and the rights, property, and safety of our users and other third parties. For details on the retention periods applicable to specific elements of your personal data, please contact us as provided in the section captioned “Additional Information and Assistance” below.
You have a variety of legal rights regarding the collection and processing of personal data. You may exercise these rights, to the extent they apply to you, by contacting us as provided in the section captioned “Additional Information and Assistance” below, or by following the instructions provided in this Notice or in communications we send to you. Please be prepared to provide reasonable information to identify yourself and authenticate your requests.
Note, however, that we may request certain reasonable additional information (that may include personal data) to help us authenticate the request and/or to clarify or understand the scope of such requests.
These rights vary depending on the particular laws of the jurisdiction applicable to you, but may include:
For additional information, please see “Your California Privacy Rights” and “Your European Union Privacy Rights,” if applicable, for more information about certain legal rights.
Accessing, Modifying, Rectifying, and Correcting Collected Personal Data. We strive to maintain the accuracy of any personal data collected from you, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to respond promptly to update our database when you tell us the information in our database is not accurate. However, we must rely upon you to ensure that the information you provide to us is complete, accurate, and up-to-date, and to inform us of any changes. Please review all of your information carefully before submitting it to us, and please notify us as soon as possible of any updates or corrections.
In accordance with applicable law, you may obtain from us certain personal data that we process about you. If you wish to access, review, or make any changes to personal data you have provided to us through our website or related services, you may do so at any time by contacting us as provided below. Please note, however, that we reserve the right to deny access as permitted or required by applicable law.
Your California Privacy Rights. California Civil Code Section 1798.83, known as the “Shine the Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us a list of what personal data (if any) we disclosed to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year and the names and addresses of those third parties. Requests may be made only once per year per person, must be sent to the email address below, and are free of charge.
We do not disclose personal data protected under the “Shine the Light” law to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.
Additionally, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), provides California residents with certain rights with respect to their personal information, as described below. These rights are not absolute and are subject to certain exceptions more fully set forth in the CCPA.
Right to know about personal information collected, disclosed, or sold.
Each California resident has the right to request, subject to certain exceptions described in the CCPA, that we disclose to that resident:
Right to request deletion of personal information
Each California resident has the right to request the deletion of their personal information that we collect or maintain (a “Request to Delete”), subject to certain exceptions set forth in the CCPA.
Right to correct inaccurate personal information.
Each California resident has the right to request the correction of any inaccurate personal information that we maintain (a “Request to Correct”), subject to certain exceptions set forth in the CCPA.
Process for verifying requests of California residents
In order to protect your privacy and security, prior to completing any Request to Know, Request to Delete or Request to Correct that you may submit, we must verify your identity. We will verify your identity by asking you to provide certain data that we have already collected from you to confirm that they match our records. In certain instances, additional verification steps may be required.
Right to Opt-Out / Do Not Sell My Personal Information
We do not sell your personal information within the meaning of the CCPA.
Do Not Share My Sensitive Personal Information
We do not share your personal information within the meaning of the CCPA.
Non-Discrimination
You are entitled to exercise the rights described above free from discriminatory treatment prohibited by the CCPA.
If you have any questions about our information practices, please contact us at:
Adcox Firm PLLC
Privacy Officer
500 West 2nd Street
Suite 1900
Austin, Texas 78701
Your European Union Privacy Rights. In addition to the above-listed rights, European Union privacy law provides individuals with enhanced rights in respect of their personal data. These rights may include, depending on the circumstances surrounding the processing of personal data:
Note that we may need to request additional information from you to validate a request relating to the exercise of any of the rights above.
In addition to your choices with respect to the collection of personal data (see “What Information Do We Collect?” above), you have the ability to make certain choices about how we communicate with you, and how we process certain personal data.
Communications Opt-Out. You may opt out of receiving marketing or other communications from us at any time through a given communications channel (such as email or telephone) by following the opt-out link or other unsubscribe instructions provided in any email message received and/or by contacting us as provided in section captioned “Additional Information and Assistance” below.
Collection of Personal Data from Children. Children under 16 years of age are not permitted to use the website, and we do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 16.
Third-Party Websites and Services. As a convenience, we may reference or provide links to third-party websites and services, including those of unaffiliated third parties, our affiliates, service providers, and third parties with which we do business. When you access these third-party services, you leave our website, and we are not responsible for, and do not control, the content, security, or privacy practices employed by any third-party websites and services. You access these third-party services at your own risk and this Notice does not apply to any third-party services; please refer to the privacy notices or policies for such third-party services for information about how they collect, use, and process personal data.
Business Transfer. We may, in the future, sell or otherwise transfer some or all of our business, operations or assets to a third party, whether by merger, acquisition or otherwise. Personal data we obtain from or about you via the website or through services we provide to you may be disclosed to any potential or actual third-party acquirers and may be among those assets transferred.
Do Not Track. We use analytics systems and providers that may process personal data about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services. We do not currently process or comply with any web browser’s “do not track” signal or similar mechanisms.
International Transfers. We share your personal data among our affiliates, and this may involve the transfer of your personal data to and from the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. If you are using the website or our services from outside the United States, by your use you acknowledge that we will transfer your data to, and store your personal data in, the United States. For transfers from the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom to our United States affiliate, pursuant to Article 46 of the General Data Protection Regulation, we use the European Commission approved Standard Contractual Clauses and International Data Transfer Agreement (as applicable).”
This Notice replaces all previous disclosures we may have provided to you about our information practices with respect to the website and any services which are otherwise available through our website. We reserve the right, at any time, to modify, alter, and/or update this Notice, and any such modifications, alterations, or updates will be effective upon our posting of the revised Notice. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you in the event material changes are made to our processing activities and/or this Notice, such as by sending you an email or posting a notice for a period of time on the website. Your continued use of the services we provide to you or which are otherwise available through our website following our posting of any revised Notice will constitute your acknowledgment of the amended Notice.
This Notice is subject to the Adcox Firm PLLC Disclaimer. By using this website and voluntarily providing your personal data to us, you acknowledge the processing of your personal data in accordance with this Notice and accept the Adcox Firm PLLC Disclaimer.
If you have any questions or concerns about this Notice and/or how we process personal data, or would like to exercise any of the legal rights set forth above, please contact us at:
The Adcox Firm PLLC
500 West 2nd Street
Suite 1900
Austin, TX 78701
[email protected]
