Privacy Policy

Wade-Markle Law, PLLC (“Company”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) respects and values your privacy. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes our policies and practices regarding the collection, use, and sharing of Personal Information through our websites and services that link to this Policy (our “Services”).

This policy applies only to information we collect:

• Through the Services.

• In communications, including email, text, chat, and other electronic messages, between you and the Services.

• Via our blogs, vlogs, newsletters, client alerts, and other like publications, audiovisual materials, and disseminated information (our “Content”).

It does not apply to information collected by:

• Us offline, not through the Services, or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Company or any third party that does not link to this Policy.

• Our clients that is provided to us in the course an attorney client relationship, in which case it is our clients’ responsibility to comply with applicable law as to the data they share with us.

• Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the Services.
  

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we treat it. By interacting with our Services or providing us with your information, you agree to the terms of this Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, do not access, view, use any of the Services. This policy may change from time to time (see How We Retain Your Personal Information). Your continued use of the Services after we make changes as described here is acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Children's and Minors' Data
Our Services are not intended for, and we do not knowingly collect any Personal Information from, children under the age of 18. If we learn we have collected or received Personal Information from a child under 18 years old without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.

What Information Do We Collect? 

We collect and process a range of Personal Information. “Personal Information” is information that identifies, relates to, or describes, directly or indirectly, you as an individual, such as your name, email address, telephone number, home address, or payment information (for example, account information such as name, postal address, and email address).

The types and categories of personal identifiable information we collect or process include:

• Identifiers. 

• Contact information, including a real name, alias, address (such as home address, work address, or other address), email address, phone number, and other similar information you provide us with.

• Device information. IP addresses, device identifiers, operating system and version, browser type and settings, unique personal identifier, online identifier, and other device information or information arising from your interactions with the Services, which may include geolocation information.

We also collect non-Personal Information through the Services, such as:

• Statistics or aggregated information. Statistical or aggregated data does not directly identify a specific person, but we may derive non-personal statistical or aggregated data from Personal Information. For example, we may aggregate Personal Information to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific Services feature.

• Technical information. Technical information includes information about your internet connection and usage details about your interactions with the Services, such as clickstream information to, through, and from our Services (including date and time), products that you view or search for; page response times, download errors, length of your visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), or methods used to browse away from a page.

If we combine or connect non-personal statistical or technical data with Personal Information so that it directly or indirectly identifies an individual, we treat the combined information as Personal Information.

What Information Do We Not Collect?

There are many types of Personal Information that we do not collect through the Services, including:

• Protected class characteristics.

• Commercial information.

• Biometric information.

• Sensory data.

• Professional or employment-related information.

• Non-public education information.

• Inferences drawn from other Personal Information.

Some Personal Information may be considered sensitive Personal Information, such as social security numbers, racial or ethnic origin, union membership, genetic information, health information, or sexual orientation. We do not collect sensitive Personal Information through the Services. 

How Do We Use Your Information? 

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any Personal Information, to:

• Provide you with the Services and any contents, features, information, products, or services that we make available through the Services.

• Communicate with you.

• Fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.

• Improve our Services, including by analyzing your information and creating aggregated data derived from your information) to develop, maintain, analyze, improve, optimize, measure, and report on our Services and their features and how users interact with them.

• Carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.

• Notify you when Services updates are available and about changes to any products or services we offer or provide through them.

• Provide you with news, alerts, and publications that we create, for example, as part of our Content.

• Market our legal services, the Services, or employment opportunities. 

• Notify you when new posts are made to our blogs or other Content.

• Fulfill requests or address communications made to us via the contact us portion of the website or other website features.

• In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.

• For any other purpose with your consent.

Who Do We Disclose Information To?

We do not sell, rent, trade, or otherwise disclose Personal Information other than as described in this Policy. 

We may disclose aggregated information about our users and information that does not identify any individual without restriction.

We may also disclose Personal Information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

• To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our organization. These service providers are not authorized by us to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements.

• To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.

• For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.

• With your consent.

We may also use or disclose your Personal Information:

• To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responding to any government or regulatory request.

• To enforce or apply our agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.

• If we believe disclosure or use is necessary or appropriate to prevent fraud, claims, and other liabilities or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our organization, our clients, or others.

How We Protect Your Personal Information

We use commercially reasonable administrative, physical, and technical measures designed to protect your Personal Information from accidental loss or destruction and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, no website, mobile application, system, electronic storage, or online service is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information transmitted to, through, using, or in connection with the Services. In particular, email, texts, and chats sent to or from the Services may not be secure, and you should carefully decide what information you send to us via such communications channels. Any transmission of Personal Information is at your own risk.

The safety and security of your information also depend on you. You are responsible for taking steps to protect your Personal Information against unauthorized use, disclosure, and access.

How We Retain Your Personal Information

We keep the categories of Personal Information described in this policy for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described or for as otherwise legally permitted or required, such as maintaining the Services, operating our organization, complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and for safety, security, and fraud prevention. This means that we consider our legal and business obligations, potential risks of harm, and nature of the information when deciding how long to retain Personal Information. At the end of the retention period, Personal Information will be deleted, destroyed, or deidentified.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may update this policy from time to time, and we will provide notice of any such changes to the policy as required by law. We will notify you of changes to this policy by updating the "last updated" date and posting the updated policy on the Services. We may email or otherwise communicate reminders about this policy, but you should check our Services periodically to see the current policy and any changes we have made to it.

Contact Information

To exercise your rights or ask questions or comment about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, contact us at:

Wade-Markle Law, PLLC
Attn: Privacy
P.O. Box 35
Ocean Springs, MS 39566
cherie@wademarklelaw.com