Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
Jonathan Bhend, Attorney at Law
d/b/a BHEND LAW OFFICE
2230 East 32nd Street
Joplin MO 64804
Phone: 417-623-3529
Email: [email protected]
Compliance with Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
TEXT MESSAGING TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Clients and/or potential clients can provide text messaging authorization through our website “Contact Us” page or by signing a consent form when our office is retained for services.
By “Opting In” to receive text messages from our firm, you agree to receive communication from our office via text message at the number you provide.
If you no longer want to receive text messages from our firm you agree to reply STOP to any mobile message from us to “Opt Out.” Reply HELP for help; Message and data rates apply; Messaging frequency may vary.
Online Privacy Notice
As professionals engaged in the provision of legal services to clients, our firm is committed to protecting the privacy of confidential and “Personal Information” (information that directly or indirectly identifies individuals who may be clients.) It has always been and remains the policy of the firm to comply with the rules of professional conduct, which impose a duty to preserve and protect confidential client information, upon lawyers and their associated personnel.
Our privacy notice tells you what Personal Information we collect from you, how we collect it, how we protect it, how we disclose it, how you can access and change it, and how you can limit our disclosing of it. This policy applies to information we collect:
• On this Website.
• In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
DEFINITIONS
‘PERSONAL INFORMATION’ (PI) means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person can be identified directly or indirectly by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
Your Rights
Contact us using the information at the top of this privacy notice to exercise any of your legal rights contained within this privacy notice. We will respond to your request within 30 days of receiving it. Occasionally it may take longer for multiple requests or complex circumstances.
When using our Website and submitting PI to us, you have certain rights under privacy laws in the United States.
Your rights include but are not limited to the following:
1. The right to one or more means you can submit requests under this privacy notice, including (at minimum) a telephone number and an email address.
2. The right to know whether your PI is sold or disclosed and to whom.
3. The right to request that we do not sell any of your PI.
4. The right to be informed about the PI we collect from you and how we process it.
5. The right to get confirmation that your PI is being processed and how you can access your PI.
6. The right to correct your PI if inaccurate or incomplete.
7. The right to request the removal or deletion of your PI if there is no compelling reason for us to continue processing it. However, the right to deletion is not absolute. It can be overridden to continue data processing in some cases where we still have a legal ground or overriding legitimate interest to process your data.
8. The right to ‘block’ or restrict the processing of your PI. When your PI is restricted, we are permitted to store your PI but not to process it further.
9. The right to file a complaint with supervisory authorities if your information has not been processed in compliance with your rights under privacy laws.
Information We Collect and How We Collect It
Generally, you control the amount and type of information that you provide to us when using our Website. We collect information from and about users of our Website, including information:
• By which you may be personally identified, such as name, e-mail address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline.
• That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as comments you may provide.
Contact Forms
Our website may contain a contact form that enables visitors to communicate with us online or offline by email. When you use our contact form, we may collect some or all the following information: your email address, first name, last name, and any other information you willingly choose to give us.
How Your PI is Used
We use the information we receive from you to:
• To provide you with information or services that you request from us.
• To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered between you and us, including for billing and collection.
• To notify you about changes to our Website.
Disclosing Your Data to Third Parties
We do NOT share, sell, or rent your PI to any third parties. PI will not be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes.
Information access, changes, limitations of disclosure
You may access, change, or limit how we disclose your information by contacting us via phone, email, fax, or written correspondence using the contact information below:
Jonathan Bhend, Attorney at Law
d/b/a BHEND LAW OFFICE
2230 East 32nd Street
Joplin MO 64804
Phone: 417-623-3529
Email: [email protected]
Our Security Policy
We use commercially reasonable measures to secure information collected through the Website. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the website.
Call the Bhend Law office to set up a free consultation to examine your particular situation.