Our Privacy Pledge: Introduction to Our Cookie Policy
Privacy is at the heart of what we do when we protect those looking for a trusted advocate at Ryan Griffith Law P.C. This Cookie Policy tells you how and why cookies and similar technologies are used on our website, what information they collect, and how you can control setting changes. Whether you are an individual, property developer, athlete, resident, or even an elected local public official, if you are looking for trusted legal advice, we invite you to contact us. We value your trust in us and this page illustrates the types of cookies we use, why we use them, your consent options, and how we maintain compliance with civil privacy laws in California and elsewhere.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are files saved on your device (computer, smartphone, tablet) when you access a website. We use cookies for a number of purposes: For example, they enable you to use core functions of our sites, such as site administration and security. They help us to improve the sites’ usability. Cookies also help us to remember your preferences and to store these preferences in your user profile. Cookies are used for analysing the use of our sites. Thus, they allow us to optimise our offerings worldwide and to measure the effectiveness of our advertising activities on other websites. Cookies can also be so-called ‘session’ cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser, or ‘persistent’ cookies, which remain until you or your browser delete them or after a period of time defined within the cookie’s settings.
Why We Use Cookies on the Ryan Griffith Law P.C. Website
We use cookies to help us make our websites more secure, efficient, and friendly to our clients and visitors. Our key purposes for using cookies are:
- Robust functionality to run our website and ensure its own security;
- Memorizing your settings and preferences to ensure a personalized experience;
- Analytics data is collected to enhance the way our website functions and to improve our content to make it relevant for you;
- Enabling communications features such as online enquiry forms and live chat;
- Fulfilment of legal and regulatory obligations in relation to your privacy and the security of your data.
However, we do not use cookies for the purpose of tracking your internet movements on third party websites or in order to sell your information to third parties.
Types of Cookies Utilized by Our Website
Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are required to run our website. They allow you to move around the website and use its core features. For example, these cookies let you access secure areas of the site and request certain services.
Performance and Analytics Cookies: We use these cookies to collect information about how visitors use our site, such as which pages most users visit, the frequency and duration of each visit, and if “error” messages are experienced by users on web pages. This data is aggregated and anonymized so it does not identify individual users. This information is used to improve website performance and measure usage of the website.
Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to remember choices made by our website users (such as language choice or geographical area) and to provide enhanced and more personal features. These can either be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our website pages.
Security Cookies: These types of cookies enable security-related functions and help us detect and prevent malicious activities.
Third-Party Cookies from other companies: If a section of our website contains content from other companies, such as LinkedIn embedded content, or we use analytic tools from another company, it is possible that those companies will set cookies in your browser and these are subject to the other company’s cookie policy.
The Cookies We Use in More Detail
To comply with transparency requirements, here are some examples of cookies we use on our site:
- _session_id – keeps track of your session on our site; expires when you close your browser
- cookie_consent – remembers whether you’ve given consent to the latest cookies we’ve set; expires after 12 months
- _ga, _gid – standard Google Analytics cookies for tracking web activity and statistics; expire after 2 years and 24 hours, respectively
- csrftoken – for security by helping to avoid cross-site request forgeries; expires after 1 year
- LinkedIn Insight Tag – helps us track how visitors on LinkedIn interact with our content on LinkedIn; expires after 6 months
Note that the specific cookies we use may vary with later changes to website features or analytics packages. We periodically audit our cookie use to ensure compliance with privacy best practice standards.
How We Obtain and Manage End User Consent
If you arrive at the Ryan Griffith Law P.C. website for the first time, you’ll see a cookie banner that explains that Ryan Griffith Law P.C. uses cookies and that we allow you to accept, decline, or customize how we use cookies. We never place non-essential cookies (analytics cookies and functionality cookies) before you’ve given us your explicit consent. You can change or revoke your preferences at any time by clicking our Cookie Settings link, which is included at the bottom of every page on our website.
We store your consent status for a period of 12 months, after which we’ll ask that you re-confirm your preferences when you come back to our website. We keep a detailed record of each and every consent received, as required under data privacy legislation.
What You Can Do: Disabling and Managing Cookies
You have the right to decide how cookies are used on your device. Here are your primary choices:
- Modify your settings through our on-site Cookie Settings tool.
- Choose to reject all or some cookies for our site by selecting this option in your browser settings.
- Delete cookies on your device at any time via your browser settings.
Bear in mind that blocking or deleting certain technical cookies, which are necessary for managing the features of our website, may appear to not allow you to view some content or services (e.g. requesting information and/or consulting a specific area).
Third Party Cookies and Services
To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the site, we use third party services such as Google Analytics and LinkedIn. These third parties may set cookies on your web browser to collect information about your interaction with our site and their services. These cookies are intended to assist us and others learn how visitors use our site and engage with our firm’s profile or articles that are shared on our website.
We select third party providers that we believe have privacy practices in place that are consistent with industry standards. We do not control information obtained through third party cookies. For more information, check these third-party privacy and cookie policies:
Information We Collect Through Cookies and How We Use that Data
The information we collect via cookies placed on our site is utilized for the following purposes only:
- The safe and functional operation of our site.
- Site performance and usability analysis based on users’ aggregate activity.
- To preserve your preferences in order to customize the content you see.
- In response to your request (e.g., submission of a free internet consultation form).
We do not use cookies to cross-reference or use sensitive personal information (like Social Security numbers or financial data), and we do not use cookies for profiling purposes or advertising targeting.
How We Protect Your Information
Ryan Griffith Law P.C. utilizes common industry-wide security standards to ensure the security of all information received through cookies. This includes encryption of data sent and received, secure storage of analytics data, regular due diligence reviews of third party service providers, and a vigilant approach to monitoring potential abusive activity. Our staff are trained on the development and responsible use of information, and policies and systems are reviewed routinely to ensure they reflect current industry or regulatory best practices.
Compliance with Privacy Laws and Regulations
We take your privacy seriously and will do all we can to stay compliant with applicable privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), and other state or federal laws regarding use of cookies and other means for tracking and collection of personally identifiable information.
We review and update our Cookie Policy periodically.
If you have further questions regarding our use of information as per the law, please email at the address below:
Children’s Privacy and Cookies
Our blog is not directed toward children who are 13 years of age or younger and we do not knowingly set cookies from, or collect personal information from, such children. If you are concerned that a child may have provided us personal information, please contact us immediately so that we may take appropriate action.
Updates to this Cookie Policy
We may from time to time amend or update this Cookie Policy, due to changes in technology, law, or the way we do business. If we change a portion of our Cookie Policy that has not already received your consent, we will notify you by updating the date at the top of this page and/or by providing additional notification as appropriate. We recommend that you check our changes from time to time to understand how we use cookies and other tracking technologies and what your rights are.
Contact Us with Questions or Concerns
If you have any questions in relation to our Cookie Policy or your privacy rights, or how we use Cookies, please contact us. We’re here to help 24/7:
Ryan Griffith Law P.C.
1566 35th Ave,
San Francisco, CA 94122
USA
Phone: (510) 564-8552
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-griffith-4914149/
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