d’Oliveira & Associates, P.C. (“d’Oliveira,” “we”) and its affiliates are committed to protecting and preserving your privacy. This policy, together with our Terms and Conditions, and any other underlying agreements or terms, sets out the basis on which any data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. By using our website (“Website”), you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Statement. This Privacy Statement also describes the manner in which we process, use and disclose information that you provide to us when you use our Website.
By using this Website, you consent to the use of the information that you provide to us in accordance with this Privacy Statement. We do update this Privacy Statement from time to time so please review this Privacy Statement regularly. If we materially alter our Privacy Statement, we will notify you of such changes by posting a notice on our Website Your continued use of the Website will be deemed your agreement that your information may be used in accordance with the new policy. If you do not agree with the changes, then you should stop using the Website, and you should notify us that you do not want your information used in accordance with the changes.
Website Privacy Notice
Please read this Policy carefully to fully understand how we collect, share and protect information about you. This Policy is incorporated into and is a part of the Terms and Conditions for this Website. To access the Terms and Conditions.
By accessing and using the Website, you agree that you have read and understand this Privacy Statement and that you accept and consent to the privacy practices and uses and disclosures of your information as described herein.
In order to deliver personalized and relevant information to you through our Website, we collect certain information from users.
Information We Collect
In operating our Website, we may collect and process the following data about you:
- Details of your visits to our Website and the resources that you access, including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, including your IP address, the date and time you accessed or left the Website and which pages you viewed. Some parts of our Website use cookies and other technologies to collect this information about your general internet usage. See section below ‘How We Use Cookies” to learn more.
- Information that you provide directly to us by filling in forms on our Website, such as name, e-mail address, city, state, telephone number, and the type of injury you have and/or how it occurred.
- Information provided to us when you communicate with us for any reason.
By submitting a telephone number to d’Oliveira you agree that a representative of d’Oliveira can contact you at the number you provide, potentially using automated technology (including texts/SMS messaging) or a pre-recorded message. Your consent is not an obligation to receive any of our services.
How We Use Cookies
A “cookie” is a piece of text which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, this cookie file is stored on the hard drive of your computer. They help us and our affiliates to improve our Website. They present the content from our Website in the most effective manner for you and your computer.
All browsers have the ability to decline cookies. This can be done by activating the setting on your browser which enables you to decline the cookies. Please note that should you choose to decline cookies, you may be unable to access particular parts of our Website.
We do not track our users across time or across websites.
We do not use flash cookies on our Website.
Online Advertising
We use Google AdWords Remarketing to advertise our law firm d’Oliveira & Associates across the Internet. AdWords remarketing will display ads to you based on your visit to our website by placing a cookie on your machine. This cookie does not in any way identify you or give access to your computer. The cookie is used to determine: “This user visited the d’Oliveira & Associates website, so we should show them ads to encourage them to revisit the website.” Google AdWords Remarketing also allows us to advertise on third party websites.
If you do not wish to participate in our Google AdWords Remarketing, you can opt out by visiting Google’s Ads Setting Manager.
You can also opt out of any third-party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting optout.networkadvertising.org/.
Use of Your Information
The information that we collect and store relating to you is primarily used to enable us to provide our services to you in the best possible manner. In addition, we may use the information for the following purposes:
- To provide you with information relating to our services;
- To provide third parties with statistical information about the users of our Website;
- To monitor and conduct an analysis of our Website traffic and usage patterns;
- To analyze trends.
Security
We cannot give you a 100% guarantee that any information you send us will be confidential or privileged, although we do make every effort to protect personal information.
To secure your information, we have put in place commercially suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect on our Website.
Nonetheless, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and therefore we cannot guarantee the security of data sent to us electronically on our Website, and transmission of such data is therefore entirely at your own risk.
Disclosing Your Information
Where applicable, we may disclose your personal information to any affiliated business entities or third parties necessary to provide services to you. This includes, where applicable, our subsidiaries, our holding company and its other subsidiaries (if any), as well as third parties involved in the administration and operation of our services. However, any information that you provide to us will not be sold to third parties for marketing purposes. But, in regard to cases that we do not handle in-house, we may share your information with another attorney we intend to refer your case to.
We may also disclose your personal information to other third parties, such as:
- Where we sell any or all of our business and/or our assets to a third party, whether through bankruptcy proceedings or other sale or merger.
- Where we are legally required to disclose your information.
- When we are contractually obligated to disclose it.
Third Party Websites
By accessing third party websites through our Website, you are consenting to the terms and privacy policies of those websites. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies whatsoever as we have no control over them.
Users Only of Legal Age of Majority
Our Website is designed and intended for those who have reached the age of majority (18 years of age). By using our Website, you affirm that you are at least 18 years of age or older. We are not liable for any damages that may result from a user’s misrepresentation of age.
No one under age 13 is authorized to submit or post any information, including personally identifying information, on our Website. Under no circumstances may anyone under age 13 use our Website. Parents or legal guardians of children under 13 cannot agree to these Terms on their behalf.
Opting Out of Future Communications
You may opt-out from any future communications from us at any time by emailing us at tdoliveira@dmlaw.com or by calling the phone number(s) listed below or on our Website.
Contacting Us
We welcome any queries, comments, complaints or requests you may have regarding this Privacy Statement. Please do not hesitate to contact us at:
d’Oliveira & Associates, P.C.
2540 Pawtucket Avenue
East Providence, RI 02914
1-800-992-6878
tdoliveira@dmlaw.com
Effective Date: August 16, 2017