Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

  • Purpose of This Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy describes how Rossi Domingue LLP, organized under the laws of California with its principal place of business at 465 N. Santa Cruz, California (referred to in this Privacy Policy as “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), collects, uses, discloses, and otherwise processes information about users of our website located at rdlaw.net and any related online services that link to or display this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Site”).
  • Scope of This Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to information that we collect online through the Site. It is intended to comply with California Business and Professions Code section 22575 and related California privacy requirements, and it is also designed to align with California’s broader consumer privacy framework, including the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), to the extent applicable to our operations.
  • By Using the Site. By accessing or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of this Privacy Policy, you should not use the Site or otherwise provide your personal information to us through the Site, except to the extent required to submit a request regarding your privacy rights.
  • Applicability to California Residents. This Privacy Policy contains disclosures that are specifically required under California law, including section 22575 of the Business and Professions Code. Certain sections of this Privacy Policy apply only to residents of the State of California, as expressly indicated.
  • Updates to This Privacy Policy. We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. Any changes will be effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site, unless a later effective date is stated. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of an updated Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the changes.

2. Definitions

  • Personal Information. For purposes of this Privacy Policy, and consistent with California law, “personal information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household. Personal information does not include:
    • Publicly available information;
    • Deidentified or aggregated information that is not reasonably capable of being associated with or linked to a particular consumer or household;
    • Information that is excluded from the scope of California consumer privacy laws, such as certain medical or health information, or certain information subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act or other sector-specific privacy laws.
  • Sensitive Personal Information. “Sensitive personal information” means personal information that reveals a consumer’s social security number, driver’s license number, state identification card number, passport number, financial account information with access credentials, precise geolocation, racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, union membership, genetic data, biometric information used for identification, health information, or information concerning a consumer’s sex life or sexual orientation, as defined by applicable California law.
  • Consumer. “Consumer” means a natural person who is a resident of the State of California, as defined by California law.
  • Sell,” “Selling,” “Sale,” “Share,” or “Sharing. “Sell,” “selling,” “sale,” “share,” and “sharing” have the meanings given to those terms under California law, including the disclosure or making available of personal information to a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration, or for certain cross-context behavioral advertising purposes, subject to statutory exceptions.
  • Business Purpose. “Business purpose” means the use of personal information for the operational and other notified purposes of our business, consistent with California law.
  • Service Provider” and “Contractor. “Service provider” and “contractor” mean entities that process personal information on our behalf and pursuant to a written contract that includes specific privacy and security obligations as defined by California law.

3. Categories of Personal Information We Collect

At present, we have a “Contact Us” page where users can provide information including a description of their legal issue. This would be the main way that we could potentially collect personal information, but other ways may be added if our website is modified or expanded.  So depending on how you interact with the Site and our services, we may collect, and in the preceding twelve (12) months may have collected, the following categories of personal information about you; however, many may not apply at all because it depends upon what the user inputs, and in many cases none of the below information is or has been collected (but this disclosure is made in an abundance of caution). Therefore, not all categories are collected from all users; we collect only the categories reasonably necessary and proportionate to the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

  • Identifiers. This category may include:
    • Name, alias, and contact information such as postal address, email address, and telephone number;
    • Online identifiers such as username, unique user ID, IP address, and device identifiers;
    • Account credentials (such as username and password) if we were to add this functionality and then you created an account on the Site.
  • Customer Records Information. This category may include information described in California’s customer records law, such as:
    • Name and contact information;
    • Payment card number or other financial information, where you provide it to complete a transaction, subject to appropriate security protections;
    • Limited account or profile information you provide in connection with your use of the Site.
  • Commercial Information. This category may include:
    • Records of products or services purchased, obtained, or considered;
    • Transaction history and order details;
    • Information about your preferences in connection with our products or services, as inferred from your transactions or interactions with us.
  • Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity Information. This category may include:
    • Browsing history and clickstream data on the Site;
    • Log information, such as access dates and times, pages viewed, links clicked, and the page you visited before navigating to our Site;
    • Information regarding your interactions with our online advertisements and marketing communications, where applicable;
    • Information related to your device and browser, such as browser type, operating system, and language settings.
  • Geolocation Data. This category may include:
    • General location information based on IP address; and
    • More precise geolocation data if you choose to provide or enable such information, subject to your device settings and permissions.
  • Audio, Electronic, Visual, or Similar Information. This category may include:
    • Audio or electronic communications if you contact us by telephone, email, or other electronic means and we record or log such communications in accordance with applicable law;
    • Visual or other electronic information if you voluntarily submit photographs or similar content through the Site.
  • Professional or Employment-Related Information. If you choose to provide it (for example, in a contact form, account registration, or job inquiry), this category may include:
    • Your job title, employer, or business contact information;
    • Information about your role or responsibilities relevant to your interactions with us.
  • Inferences Drawn from Other Personal Information. This category may include:
    • Inferences drawn from the information we collect to create a profile reflecting your preferences, characteristics, or behavior in relation to the Site and our services, where permitted by law.
  • Sensitive Personal Information. Depending on your interactions with us, and typically only where strictly necessary, we may collect certain sensitive personal information such as:
    • Financial account details in combination with access credentials if you submit payment information directly to us for processing;
    • Other sensitive personal information that you voluntarily submit and that is reasonably necessary to provide you with requested services or to comply with our legal obligations.

We do not intentionally collect categories of personal information not described above, and we do not intentionally collect information from categories of individuals for whom such collection would be inconsistent with applicable law or this Privacy Policy.

4. Sources of Personal Information

We collect personal information from a variety of sources, which may include the following, depending on your interactions with the Site:

  • Directly from You. We may collect personal information that you provide directly to us when you:
    • Create an account or register for an online service;
    • Complete and submit forms or fields on the Site (such as contact forms, inquiry forms, subscription forms, or order forms);
    • Communicate with us via email, telephone, chat, or other electronic messages;
    • Participate in surveys, promotions, or other offerings that we may make available from time to time;
    • Submit content, feedback, or other information through the Site.
  • Automatically from Your Use of the Site. As of the adoption of this privacy policy, we only used necessary cookies, and so we do not have any practice of automatically collecting information using cookies and similar technologies, server logs, and other tools; however, we may do so at any time, and so we make this disclosure. The tools may include:
    • Device and browser information (such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, and device identifiers);
    • Log and usage data, such as pages viewed, links clicked, time spent on pages, and other actions taken on the Site;
    • General location information based on your IP address or device settings.
  • From Service Providers and Contractors. We may receive personal information about you from third-party service providers and contractors that perform services on our behalf, such as:
    • Payment processors, if applicable;
    • Customer support and communication service providers;
    • Hosting, analytics, and security service providers;
    • Other vendors that support our business operations and the operation of the Site.
  • From Business Partners and Affiliates. We may receive information about you from our business partners and affiliates when you interact with them in a manner that involves our services or when they lawfully share such information with us pursuant to an agreement or your consent.
  • From Publicly Available Sources. We may collect information about you from publicly available sources, such as public websites, public records, or widely accessible online directories, to the extent permitted by applicable law and relevant to our relationship with you.

5. Purposes for Which We Collect and Use Personal Information

To the extent we do collect, use, retain, and otherwise process personal information for one or more of the following business and commercial purposes, as permitted by California law. If you shared with us details of your legal issue, THIS DOES NOT CREATE AN ATTORNEY CLIENT RELATIONSHIP, and you should not share anything that is confidential.  The information shared in the description of a legal issue is mainly used to evaluate the possible entry into an attorney client relationship and so we can hopefully respond to the user appropriately. But to the extent other personal information is collected, such as if we were to expand the functionality of the site to do so, the specific purposes for which we process your personal information will depend on the nature of your relationship and interactions with us and with the Site.

  • Providing and Operating the Site and Our Services. This includes:
    • Operating, hosting, maintaining, and securing the Site and related systems;
    • Providing, personalizing, and improving the content, features, and functionality of the Site;
    • Processing and fulfilling your requests, orders, or transactions;
    • Providing customer service and support, including responding to your inquiries and requests.
  • Communicating with You. This includes:
    • Sending you administrative or transactional communications related to your use of the Site or our services;
    • Contacting you regarding changes to this Privacy Policy or other terms and conditions, or regarding security or fraud notices;
    • Responding to your communications and requests for information.
  • Analytics, Research, and Improvements. This includes:
    • Conducting data analysis and research to understand how the Site is used, improve its performance, and develop new features, products, or services;
    • Debugging and repairing errors or other issues that impair existing intended functionality of the Site;
    • Analyzing trends and usage patterns to enhance user experience and optimize our content and offerings.
  • Security, Fraud Prevention, and Legal Compliance. This includes:
    • Helping to ensure the security and integrity of the Site, our systems, and our data;
    • Detecting, preventing, and investigating potential or actual security incidents, fraud, or other malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity;
    • Complying with our legal and regulatory obligations, including those related to privacy, data protection, consumer protection, and law enforcement requests;
    • Establishing, exercising, or defending legal claims and protecting our rights, property, and safety, as well as those of our users, employees, and others.
  • Customization and User Experience. Where consistent with applicable law and your choices, this includes:
    • Remembering your settings and preferences;
    • Tailoring the content and information that we send or display to you on the Site;
    • Offering location-based or personalized features, where applicable and permitted by your device settings.
  • Business Operations, Auditing, and Reporting. This includes:
    • Conducting internal audits, accounting, and financial recordkeeping;
    • Performing internal reporting, analytics, and quality assurance activities;
    • Evaluating or conducting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, reorganizations, or other business transactions in which personal information may be transferred as part of the transferred assets, subject to applicable law and any relevant contractual commitments.
  • With Your Consent or Direction. We may use your personal information for additional purposes that we disclose to you at the time of collection and that you consent to or direct us to undertake.

We will not use personal information for purposes that are materially different, unrelated, or incompatible with the purposes described in this Privacy Policy without providing you with notice as required by applicable law.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

  • Use of Cookies. As of the adoption of this privacy policy, our Site only uses necessary cookies. But in an abunance of caution, and including the possibility of expanding Site functionality, the Site could use cookies and similar technologies (such as web beacons, pixels, and local storage) to facilitate and personalize your use of the Site, to understand usage patterns, and to help improve the Site. Cookies are small data files that are stored on your device when you visit a website.
  • Types of Cookies. Depending on your settings, we may use:
    • Strictly necessary cookies, which are required for the operation of the Site and enable you to navigate the Site and use its features;
    • Functional cookies, which help remember your preferences and settings and enhance functionality and personalization;
    • Performance and analytics cookies, which collect information about how visitors use the Site, such as which pages are visited most often, to help us improve the Site.
  • Your Choices Regarding Cookies. You may be able to configure your browser or device settings to manage cookies, including to block or delete them. If you disable or reject certain cookies, some features or functionality of the Site may be limited or not work as intended. To the extent required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent before placing cookies that are not strictly necessary on your device.

7. Disclosure of Personal Information

As mentioned above, what you put in our Contact Us section under the legal issue section is for us and we treat it carefully as discussed above. But is other personal information were collected, such as if we expanded Site features or functionality, we may disclose the categories of personal information described above to the following categories of recipients for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy. In the preceding twelve (12) months, we may have disclosed the following categories of personal information to these recipients for a business purpose.

  • Service Providers and Contractors. We may disclose personal information to service providers and contractors that perform services on our behalf or that assist us in operating the Site and our business. These entities are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and to use it only for the purposes of providing the services to us. Depending on your interactions with us, these may include:
    • Website hosting, maintenance, and security providers;
    • Payment processors and financial institutions, if applicable;
    • Customer support and communication providers;
    • Analytics and measurement providers;
    • Information technology and related infrastructure providers.
  • Affiliates and Business Partners. We may disclose personal information to our affiliates and business partners for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy, including to provide you with services, to respond to your inquiries, and to conduct internal business management and reporting.
  • Legal and Regulatory Recipients. We may disclose personal information to:
    • Law enforcement, regulators, governmental authorities, or courts when we believe such disclosure is necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable law, regulation, or legal process, or to protect our rights, property, or safety or that of our users, employees, or others;
    • Parties to legal proceedings, and their representatives, in connection with the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
  • Business Transaction Recipients. We may disclose personal information in connection with a corporate transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, sale of assets, reorganization, or insolvency event involving all or part of our business, in which case personal information may be among the transferred assets, subject to compliance with applicable law.
  • With Your Consent or Direction. We may disclose your personal information to any other third party when you authorize or direct us to do so.

We do not disclose personal information in a manner that we consider to be a “sale” or “sharing” for cross-context behavioral advertising, as those terms are defined under California law, unless we have provided you with the opportunity to opt out or have otherwise obtained any consent required by law. If our practices change in a way that would constitute a sale or sharing of personal information, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide any required notices and choices.

8. Retention of Personal Information

  • Retention Criteria. We retain personal information for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was collected or as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law. In determining appropriate retention periods, we consider:
    • The nature and sensitivity of the personal information;
    • The potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure;
    • The purposes for which we process the personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means;
    • Our legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, and reporting obligations;
    • The applicable statutes of limitations and our legitimate business needs.
  • Deletion or Deidentification. When it is no longer necessary to retain your personal information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or to meet legal or regulatory requirements, we will delete, destroy, or deidentify the information in accordance with applicable law and our internal policies.

9. Protection of Personal Information

  • Security Measures. We maintain commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized access, destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure, or use.
  • Limitations of Security. While we seek to protect personal information, no system or transmission of data over the internet or other public network can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You are responsible for taking reasonable steps to protect your personal information, such as keeping your account credentials confidential and promptly notifying us of any suspected unauthorized use of your account.

10. California-Specific Disclosures and Rights

The following disclosures and rights apply to California residents to the extent required by California law, including Business and Professions Code section 22575 and, where applicable, the CCPA/CPRA.

  • Disclosures Pursuant to Section 22575. To the extent section 22575 applies to the Site:
    • This Privacy Policy identifies the categories of personal information that we collect about individual users who visit the Site, the categories of third-party persons or entities with whom that personal information may be shared, and the process (if any) by which users are notified of material changes to this Privacy Policy;
    • This Privacy Policy is posted conspicuously on the Site and is accessible from the Site’s home page via a link containing the word “Privacy” or similar language;
    • This Privacy Policy describes our online tracking practices, including our use of cookies and other tracking technologies, and any choices you may have regarding such practices.
  • Right to Know/Access. Subject to certain limitations, California residents may have the right to request that we disclose:
    • The categories of personal information we have collected about them;
    • The categories of sources from which the personal information is collected;
    • The business or commercial purposes for collecting, using, or disclosing personal information;
    • The categories of third parties to whom we disclose personal information;
    • The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about them.
  • Right to Delete. Subject to certain exceptions, California residents may have the right to request that we delete personal information that we have collected from them and retained. We may deny a deletion request if retaining the information is reasonably necessary for us or our service providers or contractors for certain purposes permitted by California law.
  • Right to Correct. California residents may have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about them, taking into account the nature of the personal information and the purposes of the processing.
  • Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing. To the extent we engage in activities that would constitute a sale or sharing of personal information under California law, California residents may have the right to direct us not to sell or share their personal information. At the present time, we do not engage in practices that we consider to be a sale or sharing of personal information as defined under California law. If this changes, we will update this Privacy Policy and implement mechanisms to enable you to exercise your right to opt out.
  • Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information. To the extent we collect sensitive personal information subject to this right, California residents may have the right to direct us to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information to certain permitted purposes. To the extent applicable, we will use sensitive personal information only as reasonably necessary and proportionate to provide requested services, maintain security and integrity, or as otherwise permitted by law.
  • Right to Non-Discrimination. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your California privacy rights. This means that, unless otherwise permitted by law, we will not:
    • Deny you goods or services;
      • Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits.