Notice of Privacy Practices
THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
YesLawyerTM and its affiliated professional entities are committed to protecting the confidentiality of your information. This Notice of Privacy Practices and Information Use ("Notice") describes how we may use and disclose your information and your rights concerning your information.
OUR COMMITMENT
We reserve the right to change the terms of this Notice and to make the provisions of the new Notice effective for all information that we maintain. If we change the terms of this Notice, the revised Notice will be made available upon request and posted at our office. Copies of the current Notice may be obtained by contacting our Privacy Officer
USES AND DISCLOSURES WITHOUT YOUR AUTHORIZATION
The following categories describe different ways that we use and disclose personal information. For each category of uses or disclosures, we will explain what we mean and try to give an example. Not every use or disclosure in a category is listed. The list of categories below is not exhaustive, and is subject to change.
Legal Information: We may use and disclose your legal information to provide, coordinate, and/or manage legal information related to your requested services.
Payment: We may use and disclose your personal information as needed to bill or obtain payment for the professional services provided. For example, we may contact your financial institution to determine whether it will authorize payment for our services or to determine the amount of your payment.
Business Operations: We may use or disclose your legal information in order to carry out our general business activities or certain business activities. For example, we may use your legal information to evaluate the quality of services we are providing.
Third Parties: We may disclose your information to third parties with whom we contract to perform services on our behalf. If we disclose your information to these entities, we will have an agreement with them to safeguard your information. Examples of these third parties include, but are not limited to, accreditation agencies, management consultants, quality assurance reviewers, collection agencies, transcription services, etc.
Required by Law: We may use or disclose your personal information to the extent the use or disclosure is required by law. Any such use or disclosure will be made in compliance with the law and will be limited to what is required by the law.
Law Enforcement: We may disclose your personal information to law enforcement in very limited circumstances, such as to identify or locate suspects, fugitives, witnesses or victims of a crime, to report deaths from a crime, and to report crimes that occur on our premises.
Judicial and Administrative Proceedings: We may disclose information about you in response to an order of a court or administrative tribunal as expressly authorized by such order.
To Avert a Serious Threat to Health or Safety: We may use or disclose your personal information when necessary to prevent a serious and imminent threat to your health or safety or the health and safety of the public or another person. Any disclosure would only be to someone able to help prevent the threat of harm.
Research: Under certain circumstances, we may also use and disclose information about you for research purposes. All research projects are subject to a special approval process through an appropriate committee.
STATE LAW
We will not use or share your information if state law prohibits it. Some states have laws that are stricter than the federal privacy regulations. If a state law applies to us and is stricter or places limits on the ways we can use or share your personal information, we will follow the state law. If you would like to know more about any applicable state laws, please ask our Privacy Officer.
QUESTIONS, CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS
If you have any questions or want more information about this Notice or how to exercise your information rights, you may contact our Privacy Officer at: privacy@yeslawyer.com.
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our Privacy Officer. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Effective: 7/1/2024