Introduction: Our Privacy Approach
ABN & Associates is firmly committed to ensuring your privacy is respected. In our role as a legal information nexus for consumers, professionals and enterprises throughout the U.S., we recognize the sensitivity of user-submitted material. Our detailed Privacy Policy addresses the collection, use, disclosure and protection of personal data when you visit our site, subscribe to our newsletter or otherwise leverage our resources. Transparency, protection and respect are our promises to you in delivering unfettered access to online legal information.
Who We Are and What We Do: ABN & Associates Overview
ABN & Associates is a leading legal information website established in 2023 for those who believe legal information should be freely available to everyone. Our team of experienced attorneys, writers, and researchers provide quality articles, guides, and tools covering an extensive range of topics including family law, criminal law, business law, personal injury, and more. We are a free service with neither paid memberships nor consultations and invite both individuals with legal questions and professionals in need of access to fresh legal content, as well as businesses looking to stay informed about legal issues affecting their area of focus.
ABN & Associates aims to encourage you to take the action required of you by giving you practical and actionable legal information that you can depend on while maintaining the utmost data privacy standards. Reach out to us by post at 1200 5th Ave Ste 21, Seattle WA 98101, by phone at (253) 925-1999, or via email at [email protected].
This Privacy Policy Applies To:
This Privacy Policy governs the use of the ABN & Associates website (https://abnandassociates.com/) for all users of the site. This includes visitors, newsletter subscribers, and site users who access guides, articles, and/or resources. This Privacy Policy relates to the collection, usage, storage, security, and privacy of any and all personal information collected through these online resources and platforms.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to third party sites, services, or content affiliated with or in connection with the ABN & Associates website that may be linked, cited, or accessible online. Users, visitors, and sponsors are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the privacy policies of these companies and services as well, before submitting your personal information.
What Information We Collect: Types, Means and Sources
ABN & Associates gathers information to deliver quality legal resources, improve user experience, and maintain the security of our portal. The types of information we collect include:
- Personal Details: This includes your name, email address, and (optionally) your job title or legal specialty-this is particularly relevant if you subscribe to our newsletter, contact us, or use interactive features.
- Technical Information: We automatically gather certain technical information via cookies, analytics tools, and server log data. This can include, but is not limited to, IP address, browser type, device identifiers, operating system, times of access, and viewed pages. This data helps us analyze web usage patterns and enhance our services.
- Correspondence: If you email us, call us, or message us via online forms, we may keep your correspondence and the related contact details so we can respond appropriately and better assist you.
- Voluntary Information: Information that you voluntarily give us via surveys, response forms, or comment sections may be collected and used to enhance our services.
We do not ask for nor collect sensitive data like social security information, financial data, or legal case details.
How We Process Your Information
The information ABN & Associates collects will be used for any or all of the following purposes necessary to administer and provide services to you:
- Delivery of Content: To allow you to receive and obtain access to editorial content such as legal articles, guides, and resources relevant to your interests.
- Communications: To send you newsletters, respond to requests, and communicate changes or important information concerning our services and other information developments.
- Website Optimization: To analyze how users interact with the Site, optimize functionality, and protect the integrity and security of our website.
- Member Experience: To customize content and recommendations in order to help users locate legal information relevant to them in a timely manner.
- Legal Obligations: To meet legal requirements, enforce applicable Terms, or protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of ABN & Associates, our users, and others.
Cookies and Other Tracking Devices
Our website employs the use of cookies and related tracking tools. Cookies are data files which are stored on your device to remember your browsing preferences, recognize repeat visits, and analyze the traffic around our websites. Session cookies expire once you close your browser whereas persistent cookies stay on your device for a designated timeframe. We use session cookies, persistent cookies, and other tracking tools in the following categories:
- Authentication and security: To enable users to browse the site using secure authenticated sessions and to detect and protect against fraudulent or otherwise harmful activity.
- Analytics: We use trusted partners to collect anonymized data about usage of our website from individual users to help us target relevant advertising and understand how individuals use our sites (e.g. page views, navigation patterns).
- Preferences: To remember preferences and settings such as user-specific feeds.
Browser settings can control or disable the use of cookies. Please note that disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website. By continuing to browse this website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies as described above. For more details, see our Cookie Policy.
Newsletters and Other Email Communications
ABN & Associates provides a free newsletter service to keep users up to date on relevant current issues, expert opinion, and new resources. In order to subscribe to our newsletter we take your email address, and possibly your name or preferred areas of interest. This information is used for the sole purpose of:
- Delivering regular newsletters and alerts.
- Alerting you of any significant changes in our services or policies.
- Replying to any feedback or inquiry you may have that relates to a newsletter or email communication.
You will have the option to unsubscribe from our e-newsletter at any time by following the “unsubscribe” instructions included in each e-mail or by contacting us directly at [email protected]. We do not sell subscription information to unrelated third parties.
Your Rights: Access, Rectification and Deletion
We have a great deal of respect for your rights to obtain access to, correct, or delete the personal information we maintain about you. As a user of ABN & Associates, you may:
- Request access to the personal information we maintain about you.
- Update or correct inaccurate, incomplete, or blurred personal information that we maintain about you.
- Request deletion of your personal information. We will honor such deletion requests as long as they comply with the requirements of applicable law, and to the extent that we also do not have operational needs to keep certain personal data in our records.
- Withdraw consent to certain uses, such as use for email delivery.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected] or by telephone at (253) 925-1999. We will review and reply to all requests in a timely manner, consistent with applicable privacy laws.
Data Security
The protection of your personal information is a top priority for ABN & Associates. We employ safeguards that meet industry standards to protect against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction of your personal information. Such safeguards include:
- Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption on all website traffic and data transmissions.
- Regular security audits, vulnerability testing, and software updates.
- Restricted access controls.
- Use of reputable US-based hosting companies to safely store all data.
- Extensive staff training and education on privacy policies and procedures for handling personal information.
Although no system can offer guarantees, we will take reasonable steps to quickly identify and mitigate any threats to your information.
Data Retention and Storage
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. By way of illustration:
- Available newsletter subscriber information is retained until you remove yourself from that specific mailing list, at which point we securely delete any available personal information we have related to delivery of that newsletter.
- Correspondence and related contact form entry data may be retained for up to two (2) years from date of submission, for support and quality assurance purposes.
- Technical and similar access and site analytics data may be retained in transient, aggregated, non-identifiable form to assist in website optimization.
All data is securely stored on servers located within the United States. When data is no longer needed, standard IT best practices for secure deletion and data destruction are followed.
Disclosure of Information
ABN & Associates doesn’t sell or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we may share or disclose your information in limited circumstances:
- Service Providers: Trusted vendors who provide services such as website hosting, web analytics, or e-mail delivery may collect information only to help us perform these services and may not use it for their own purposes.
- Legal Reasons: We will share information if legal requirements compel us or the request is consistent with applicable law and regulation, or if necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of ABN & Associates, our users, or others.
- Business Transfers: If we’re acquired by or merged with another company, or sell some or all of our assets, then your information may be transferred. We’ll notify you before transfers are made and we’ll give you choices regarding your information.
We don’t allow third parties who provide advertising or similar services to collect information using tracking technology on our websites.
Links to Third Parties and External Resources
Our website may provide links to other websites or refer you to resources not hosted or maintained by us. Such third-party websites will have separate privacy policies and terms of use which are not related to those of us. ABN & Associates is not responsible for the content of external sites. The Privacy Policy set forth herein applies solely to the information which we may collect on our website or within our services. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party site you visit before providing any personal information.
Children’s Data and Limitation in the Use of the Services
ABN & Associates has a strong commitment to youth privacy. Our services are not designed for use by children and individuals under 18 years old. We do not knowingly collect or request personal information from children under 13 years. If you believe that we have inadvertently collected personal information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at [email protected], and we will take steps to delete such information from our records.
Your Preferences: Keeping Controls Over Your Privacy
You make the decisions about how your information is used and shared. The most important decisions you can make are:
- Opting Out: Click to “unsubscribe” in any of our newsletter mailings or contact us directly.
- Cookies Settings: Set your browser to block or delete cookies. Note that disabling cookies may affect the features of some websites.
- Submission of Information: Decide whether to submit personally identifiable information when requesting information from us or signing up for resources.
- Correction to Your Data: To request that we correct, update, or delete your data, reach out to us at [email protected].
We respect your privacy choices and will clearly present opportunities to choose how your information is used.
International Clients and Transfers of Personal Data
ABN & Associates primarily relies on users in the United States and places all customer data on U.S. servers. Please note that if you use any of our services from outside of the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where data protection laws may be different than those in your country. Your use of this website constitutes consent to such transfers and the use of U.S. privacy laws.
California Privacy Rights
You may have certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) or other applicable laws if you are a resident of California, which include:
- The right to know the categories of personal information we collect/use or disclose.
- The right to make a request to access or delete personal information.
- The right to opt out of any sales (however, ABN & Associates does not sell personal information).
- The right of non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights.
To make a request you may contact us directly at [email protected]. In order to verify your identity prior to processing, additional information may be required.
General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)
While ABN & Associates may direct its services to users in the US, we do value the rights of individuals in the European Economic Area (the “EEA”) under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). If you are a resident of the EEA, you have rights of access, rectification, restriction, and erasure of your Personal Data, and the right to object to certain Processing activities. We will Process your Personal Data on the basis of our legitimate interests, to perform a contract with you, based on a legal obligation or pursuant to your consent (as the case may be). If you wish to exercise your GDPR rights, please do so by emailing [email protected].
Contact Us Regarding Privacy
Your privacy inquiries, questions, concerns, and requests are of the utmost importance to us. If you have any question as to matters relating to this Privacy Policy or your personal data please contact us via the address below.
ABN & Associates
1200 5th Ave Ste 21, Seattle WA 98101
(253) 925-1999
[email protected]
We will respond to you quickly, and do our best to meet your needs and execute those needs while maintaining a high standard of care in the treatment of your data. For more information, please visit our Contact Us page.
Privacy Policy Updates and Amendments
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time by updating our website to reflect changes in our practices, requirements of the law, or changes in our services. If we make substantial changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify users by posting a prominent and clearly worded notice on our website or we may contact you directly where appropriate. The date of the current version of this Policy will be at the beginning of this policy document. We encourage you to review it from time to time to learn about how we protect your information. For the latest version, please visit our Privacy Policy page.
Your Reliable Legal Partner: Final Thoughts on Privacy
At ABN & Associates we recognize that trust is the basis of every significant relationship-particularly regarding the privacy of your information and data. Our team upholds your privacy as a priority, provides total transparency, and gets better each day at enhancing how we help you secure it. Your use of our website and services is a direct vote of confidence in us, and we value that with the utmost integrity and commitment. Should you have any questions or like to further discuss privacy with us, we welcome you to contact us. On behalf of ABN & Associates, thank you for choosing to engage with us as your legal resource.