Effective: January 01, 2020

As professionals engaged in providing legal services to clients nationwide, Renzulli Law Firm, LLP, (the “Firm”) is committed to protecting the confidential and “Personal Information” that directly or indirectly identifies individuals including clients, staff, agents, lawyers, law students, job applicants and visitors to our website. It has always been and remains the policy of the Firm to comply with the rules of professional conduct, which impose a duty to preserve and protect confidential client information upon lawyers and staff.

We apply this Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) in light of our overarching obligation to comply with law, to preserve client confidentiality and to represent our clients as effectively as possible within the bounds of the law. This Policy applies to the Renzulli Law Firm website located at www.renzullilaw.com (the “Website”), and governs its data collection, usage, and services. This Policy is intended to summarize the Firm’s data protection practices generally, and to advise our clients, job applicants, Website visitors, and third parties about the Firm’s privacy policy.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

The Firm collects Personal Information from clients and visitors to the Website, to the Firm’s social media sites, from third parties and as described in the cookie policy below.

We may use your Personal Information for the following legitimate purposes:

  • to contact you and respond to your requests and inquiries
  • to carry out, monitor and analyze our business or Website operations
  • to provide you with legal services, if you are or become a client of the Firm, and otherwise administer your matters
  • to contact you (unless you tell us not to), regarding legal or law firm developments that may be of interest to you. If you do not want to receive email blasts that we consider to be of interest to you, you may unsubscribe from the blasts by clicking on the unsubscribe link
  • to enter into or carry out contracts
  • to comply with applicable laws, regulations, guidance or professional obligations

Confidentiality, Security, and Retention of Personal Information

Consistent with our professional obligation, it has always been the policy of the Firm to exercise the utmost discretion regarding the information our clients entrust to us.

We maintain reasonable and appropriate, physical, electronic and procedural safeguards intended to maintain the confidentiality of Personal Information, including information provided by visitors to our Website.  Please also be aware that despite our best intentions and the guidelines outlined in this Privacy Policy, no data transmission over the Internet or encryption method can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. The Firm cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or from our Website or social media sites.

We may retain information provided by you, including Personal Information, for as long as it is necessary to meet our legal obligations, or to achieve the purposes for which the information was originally collected and for the purposes described in this Policy. If you wish to obtain more details on our information practices, please refer to the “Contact Us” section below.

Disclosure and Transfer of Personal Information

We do not disclose Personal Information to unrelated parties except in limited circumstances. Such circumstances include disclosures to our agents or data processors or other contractors acting on our behalf and at our direction, subject to appropriate confidentiality, privacy and information security commitments provided by the receiving party, or where we believe it necessary to provide a service which you have requested, or as permitted or required by law, or as otherwise authorized or directed by you. Consistent with our professional obligations, we may provide Personal Information to regulatory authorities and law enforcement officials in accordance with applicable law or when we otherwise believe in good faith that providing such information is required or permitted by law, such as in connection with an investigation or assertion of our legal defenses or for compliance matters.

Cookie Policy

A cookie is a text file sent by a web server and placed on your computer by your web browser. Cookies can be usefully divided into two different types, session and persistent. Session cookies differ from persistent cookies primarily in that session cookies are temporary and expire and are normally deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies, in contrast, remain stored on your computer after you close your browser until they are deleted either because they expire, or you delete them.

Our Website uses “cookies” to help personalize your online experience, such as recognizing repeat visitors. A cookie is a text file that is anonymously placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies from the Website cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.  The Website does not match your personally identifiable information with the cookie assigned to you. We will not share or sell non-aggregated information contained within cookies with any third party.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of our Website or receive some of our services.

For more information about how to manage your cookies preferences, you should use the “help” menu of your web browser or explore the customer support sections of your web browser. Please note that you need to configure each browser on each device that you use if you wish to opt-out or block cookies. If you do not wish to receive advertising cookies, you may wish to visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) website by clicking here and the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) website here.

Children

In order to respect the privacy of minors, the Firm does not knowingly collect, maintain or process Personal Information submitted online via our Website by anyone under the age of 18. To the extent the Firm collects Personal Information on minors in the context of one of the purposes mentioned in this Policy, the Firm will only do so with the appropriate consent or as otherwise permitted under applicable laws.

Your California Privacy Rights

Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (California “Shine the Light” Act), California residents may request information regarding our disclosures in the prior calendar year, if any, of their Personal Information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.  RLF does not disclose Personal Information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.

To exercise your rights under the California “Shine the Light” Act, please send us your request using the “Contact Us” section below.

Please include in your request, at a minimum, your name, email, and postal address so that we can locate your file.

External Links

Our Website may provide links to external websites for your convenience. The links and information these sites contain are not monitored by us and those sites are subject to their own privacy policies and terms and conditions of use. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or practices of these sites nor do we endorse these sites or content provided thereon.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We will occasionally amend this Policy to reflect company and customer feedback. The effective date of the most recent Policy is noted at the top of this Policy. We encourage you to periodically review this Policy to stay informed of our commitment to protect your information and provide you with improved content on our Website. If we make any material changes to the way we collect, use, and/or share the personal information that you have voluntarily provided, we will notify you by posting these changes in a clear and conspicuous manner on the Website.

BY USING OR ACCESSING OUR WEBSITE OR BY PROVIDING PERSONAL INFORMATION TO US ON OR THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, YOU CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, USE, TRANSFER AND DISCLOSURE OF THAT INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND APPLICABLE LAW.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact Lisa Ann Enoch at lenoch@renzullilaw.com or at:
Lisa Ann Enoch, Esq.
Renzulli Law Firm, LLP
One North Broadway, Suite 1005
White Plains, New York 10601

Tel: +1.914.285.0700

The Firm also maintains a Data Privacy Program with a Data Privacy Officer to enhance and promote compliance privacy and data protection principles. The Data Privacy Officer serves as the point of contact for answering questions, accessing, amending, or correcting your information and resolving issues and disputes. If you have any questions relating to our use of your Personal Information please contact our Data Privacy Officer, Lisa Ann Enoch, using the contact information above.

If you wish to discontinue or ‘opt out’ of the use of your personal data by Renzulli Law Firm, LLP or to unsubscribe from any newsletter or promotional materials, please contact us.