All information collected on this site is used only by the Volunteer Lawyers Project.
We do not sell, give or trade information with third parties. This policy describes
all the ways we currently use the information you give to us.
Modifications to this Policy
If we decide to change our data collection and use practices, we will first publish
a new policy on this web page before modifying our practices. YOUR ONLY NOTICE OF
CHANGES IN OUR DATA COLLECTION AND USE PRACTICES WILL BE BY READING THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
Information you provide while the current policy is in effect will be treated as promised
in the current policy. Thus any changes we make in the future will not affect you unless
you submit additional information after the modifications. For this reason, we encourage
you to read this policy again if in the future you submit additional information.
What Personal Information Do We Collect?
When you visit the public area of the Web site, you remain anonymous. To the extent you use
e-mail links via the Web site to communicate with us and provide us with personally identifiable
information, however, you will not remain anonymous. Because it is not possible to anticipate
every conceivable context in which such information might be provided to us via e-mail, we
can provide you no assurance that personally identifiable information you choose to provide
to us via e-mail will be maintained as private.
We collect personally identifiable information from users who fill out forms on this site.
We only collect information we need. All the information we collect is necessary for us to
improve the delivery of information on this web site.
As you browse this site, the Volunteer Lawyers Project and its web hosting service may collect
hit data or other web statistics in order to monitor web site traffic patterns. We do not attempt
to link web traffic patterns to personally identifiable information. We use all non-personally
identifiable data that it collects internally and together with its Web site designer and host
in order to improve the Web site. The information is used, for example, to evaluate what portions
of the Web site are more popular than others, to determine from where visitors came to the site,
and to determine how many times particular pages of the site were accessed in aggregate. Our
personnel use the data to prepare reports regarding Web site activity as part of the process
of maintaining and improving the site.
We urge everybody under the legal age of adult to avoid disclosing any information over the
Internet that would allow someone to identify them personally, including without limitation,
their name, phone number, address, or social security number.
The public Web site does not presently require registration to access any portion of the site.
The private extranet area, which is not accessible to the public but only to those with appropriate
authorizations including valid user IDs and passwords, requires completion of a registration process
that includes basic information about you, such as name, address, e-mail address and the like.
That information is accessible to our personnel involved in the transaction or matter for which
the extranet area has been created and who have been authorized to access that area and, in some
instances, to personnel of other legal services programs also involved in the transaction or matter
for which the extranet area has been created and who also have been authorized to access that area.
That information also is accessible to personnel of the third-party service provider that administers
the extranet for the purpose of such administration.
Cookies
The Web site uses "cookies." Cookies are small text files that are placed on a visitor's computer hard
drive that, among other things, allow an organization and/or the host of the organization's Web site
to record how many times a user or computers within a user's network of computers has visited the Web
site, the number of times various pages of the Web site have been accessed and other such information.
You may disable receipt of cookies using features of your Web browser that disable or turn off cookies.
The Volunteer Lawyers Project does not use cookies to retrieve information that is unrelated to your
visit to or your interaction with the site. Currently, the Web site uses cookies only to remember your
login name if you are registered for the private extranet area of the Web site.
What Steps Do We Take to Protect Your Privacy?
We do not presently provide any personal information collected via its non-public extranet area to other
companies, firms or individuals without the permission of those who provided the information. We do not
presently collect personally identifiable information via the public area of its Web site except to the
extent that such information is provided in unsolicited e-mails. The Volunteer Lawyers Project and the
host of its Web site take reasonable security precautions to maintain the privacy of the data that is
collected such as ensuring that it is accessible only to appropriate personnel and that the information
is user ID- and password-protected.
For all practical purpose, only attorneys or staff working for the Volunteer Lawyers Project will have
access to the information you submit through web forms or email. However, it is also possible that our
Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as your own ISP may access the information you submit over the
Internet to us, although it is generally not the practice of ISPs to do so. Finally, although highly
unlikely, computer hackers may be able to gain access to information you submit when its transmitted
through the Internet or sitting on your server or our server.
BECAUSE WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THE PRIVACY OF INFORMATION YOU SUBMIT OVER THE INTERNET, No attorney-client
relationship is created by sending us e-mail or using forms found on this site.
Links
This site provides links to other sites as a benefit to you. The Volunteer Lawyers Project is not in control
of the information collection and dissemination practices of the sites to which this site links, nor do we
necessarily endorse such practices merely by providing links. We urge you to use discretion in providing
personal information to the sites to which we link. Your Name urges you to review the privacy
policies posted on these third party Web sites at the time you first visit such sites. We undertake no
obligation to review or ensure enforcement or compliance with the privacy policy of any Web site to which
the Web site links.
What about Children's Privacy?
The Volunteer Lawyers Project does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from any
children under age 13.
Is Data Storage and Processing Conducted in the United States?
Regardless of where you are located, the Web site collects information and processes and stores that
information in databases located in the United States.
Can We Revise this Privacy Policy?
Due to the rapidly evolving technologies on the Internet, we may occasionally update this privacy policy.
All revisions will be posted to the Web site. We urge you to review its Privacy Policy frequently.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, this sites information collection and use
practices, or any dealings with this web site, please Contact Us.
