Barrister Professional Services, LLC Privacy Policy

Disclaimers

Website

This site and its contents are provided “as is” and Barrister Professional Services, LLC and its affiliated companies (collectively, “Barrister”) expressly disclaim all express and implied representations or warranties regarding the Barrister website, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for particular purpose, title, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

The Barrister website, including articles contained herein, is intended to provide general information on a particular subject or subjects. This website is not intended to be relied upon as legal, consulting or other professional advice, and before making any decision that may affect your business or personal affairs, you should consult a qualified professional advisor.

Your use of the Barrister website is at your own discretion and you assume full responsibility and risk of loss resulting from the use thereof. Barrister will not be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages or any other damages whatsoever relating to the use of the Barrister website.

E-mail Disclaimer

Please be advised that e-mail and other communications to or from Barrister are collected via In technology that automatically captures certain personal contact information contained in the signature blocks of the e-mail received by Barrister professionals, and stores that information in Barrister systems.

 

Comments

Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Privacy

Applicability of this policy

This policy applies to visitors to the www.Barristerprosvcs.com website (the “Site”). If you are present in the European Union or Switzerland when you access the Site, please refer to the European Union and Switzerland Privacy Addendum.

Barrister is committed to maintaining the privacy and security of your personally identifiable information. As part of our commitment to information privacy, we have adopted this Privacy Policy to inform you of our information gathering practices and the ways in which we may use the information we receive. This Privacy Policy applies to all personal information submitted to Barrister for use with or in connection with the Site. By providing your personal information to us on our Site, you consent to the collection and use of that information in accordance with this Policy.

Information We Collect and How We Use It

“Personal Information” means any information by which you can be identified, including name, postal address, e-mail address, location IP address and telephone number.
Barrister gathers Personal Information about you in order to respond to your requests and provide you with appropriate information about Barrister services. The information is collected and used in the following ways:

Requests For Information: When you enter information into the “Contact Us” online inquiry form on our Site to request general information about Barrister services, you may be required to provide some or all of the following Personal Information: name, email address, company name and location, title, telephone contact information.

Barrister may use this information to respond to your requests, including retaining information in order to better respond to further requests or inquiries we receive from you.

Texting Us or Calling Us Via Skype: When you send Barrister a text message from our Site, or use your computer or device to contact us via our Skype number, you may be required to provide some or all of the following Personal Information: name, email address, company name and address, title, telephone contact information, VOIP number. Barrister may use this information to respond to your requests, including retaining the information you provide, the content of your communication, our response, and any follow-up questions and further requests and inquiries you may have. 

Contacting Us By E-mail: When you send Barrister an e-mail from our Site, you may be required to provide some or all of the following Personal Information: name, email address, company name and address, title, telephone contact information. Barrister may use this information to respond to your requests, including retaining the information you provide, the content of your e-mail, our response, and any follow-up questions and further requests and inquiries you may have. 

Cookies & Tracking Technologies Policy

Updated 7/9/2019

Cookies: Barrister uses technology such as “cookies” and other tracking technologies on our Site (referred to together from this point forward as “cookies,” unless otherwise stated) including HTTP cookies, HTML5 and Flash local storage, web beacons/GIFs, embedded scripts and e-tags/cache browsers as defined below. “Cookies” are small files placed on your hard drive that assist us in providing our services and help us analyze the use of our website. We use cookies for different reasons, such as letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences and generally improving the user experience.

They are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a site and allow a site to recognize your device and include cookies, web beacons, embedded script and ETag or entity tag. Cookies can be created through a variety of web-related protocols and technologies, such as HTTP (sometimes referred to as “browser cookies”), and HTML. Certain features on our Site may only be available through the use of “cookies.” In this policy, you will find information on cookies, why we use cookies, what we do with cookies, what cookies may be set when you visit our website and how to reject or delete those cookies.

The controller is Barrister Professional Services, LLC (“Barrister”), with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies (collectively, “Barrister,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). We maintain our websites www.barristerprosvcs.com and BPSSecurity.international and our other related mobile websites, services and tools (collectively, the “Site”). We, along with our vendors, use a variety of technologies to learn more about how users use the Site. You can find out more about these technologies and how to control them in the information set out below. This policy forms part of the Barrister Privacy Policy.

Web Beacons: Small graphic images or other web programming code called web beacons (also known as “1×1 GIFs” or “clear GIFs”) may be included in our Site’s pages and messages. Web beacons may be invisible to you, but any electronic image or other web programming code inserted into a page or email can act as a web beacon.

Clear GIFs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies. In contrast to HTTP cookies, which are stored on a user’s computer hard drive, clear GIFs are embedded invisibly on web pages and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.

Embedded Script: An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with the Site, such as the links you click on. The code is temporarily downloaded onto your device from our web server or a third-party service provider, is active only while you are connected to the Site, and is deactivated or deleted thereafter.

ETag, or entity tag: A feature of the cache in browsers, an ETag is an opaque identifier assigned by a web server to a specific version of a resource found at a URL. If the resource content at that URL ever changes, a new and different ETag is assigned. Used in this manner ETags are a form of device identifier. ETag tracking may generate unique tracking values even where the consumer blocks HTTP, Flash, and/or HTML5 cookies.

We also use other tracking technologies on our sites such as social plugins. The social plugins used on the Site are hosted by a social media network such as Facebook or Google+ and your browser therefore sends this cookie data to that social media network when loading the social plugin inside your browser. These data contain information on your use of the Site. In case you are registered with the social media network, the data will be associated with your data already stored in the social media network.

WHY AND HOW WE USE COOKIES

Barrister uses cookies and other tracking technologies on our Site (referred to together from this point forward as “cookies”, unless otherwise stated) including HTTP cookies, HTML5 and Flash local storage, web beacons/GIFs, embedded scripts and e-tags/cache browsers as defined above.
We use cookies for different reasons, such as letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences and generally improving the user experience.
We use both session and persistent tracking technologies. Tracking technologies (e.g., cookies) can either be persistent (i.e., they remain on your computer until you delete them) or temporary (i.e., they last only until you close your browser). We also use first and third-party cookies. First party cookies are used and controlled by us to provide services on the Site.
In particular, our Site uses the following categories of cookies:

• (a) Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are cookies which are needed to provide the Site and the services and features you have specifically requested. We use cookies and tracking technologies required to prevent fraudulent activity, improve security, for system administration and/or allow you to use Site functionality. We use these cookies to provide you with basic use on our Site and based upon our legitimate interest. Your consent is not required for our use of these cookies.  
• (b) Performance and Functionality Related Cookies: We use performance cookies to assess the performance of our Site, for example which pages you go to most often, how long it takes for certain pages to load and similar information in order to improve how the Site works. These cookies may also be used to prevent fraudulent activity and improve security. We use functional cookies to tell us, for example, whether you have visited the Site before or if you are a new visitor and to help us identify the features in which you may have the greatest interest. We use these performance and functionality related cookies only if you have consented.
  We are not responsible for third-party sites and their privacy practices as it relates to optouts from tracking activities.  

Other Web Technologies

Barrister uses additional technologies, including through the use of third party analytics providers that lets us know what type of browser you are using, the website from which you enter our Site, the type of device you are using, the pages you view as you visit the Site, and other information related to your technology or use of the Site. This technology does not identify you personally – it simply helps us compile aggregate statistics about our guests and their use of our Site. We use these statistics and analytics services to improve our Site design and content, to evaluate how the Site is used, analyze traffic patterns, and to prepare and deliver our marketing programs and materials.

To Whom We Disclose Information

Barrister will not share your Personal Information with third parties, except as follows:

• Barrister will share your Personal Information with some of its affiliates, and business partners and service providers who perform services for us.
• Barrister will disclose Personal Information without your permission when we believe in good faith that such disclosure is required by law or is necessary to investigate and protect against harmful activity to Barrister, its clients, its employees and others, or its property, including this Site.
• If Barrister or a substantial part of its assets are transferred to another entity (by merger, consolidation, sale or bankruptcy process), Personal Information may be one of the assets transferred.
• Barrister may share aggregate data developed from Personal Information with third parties for research, education or marketing purposes. Such aggregate data will not include any information that can be used to identify any particular individual.

The extent and type of Personal Information Barrister collects depends on the information you provide to us through our e-mail and/or through other online communication channels via the Site. You may choose not to provide us with any Personal Information.

YOUR COOKIE CHOICES & HOW TO OPT-OUT

By clicking “I accept” in the cookie bar on our Site, you consent to the use of cookies and tracking technologies and the corresponding processing of information. You may withdraw your consent at any time either using the toggle buttons provided that say “Opt-In/Opt-Out” or by deleting placed cookies and disabling cookies in your browser. If you withdraw your consent, you may still browse the website; however, you may not be able to use the full functionalities of the Site. Please note that deleting or blocking may not be effective for all types of tracking technologies, such as Local Storage Objects (LSOs) like Flash Objects or HTML5.
Controlling the HTML5 local storage on your browser depends on which browser you use. For more information regarding your specific browser please consult the browser’s website (often in the Help section.
Most browsers are initially set up to accept HTTP Cookies. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies and how to disable existing cookies. For more information about HTTP cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at
http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and http://www.allaboutcookies.org/managecookies/.
We are not responsible for the effectiveness of any opt-out options referenced in the links provided above.
The effect of an opt-out, if successful, will be to stop tracking for certain purposes (e.g., marketing), but it will still allow the collection of usage data for certain purposes (e.g., research, analytics and internal Site operation purposes).
If you wish to view more details on (type of) cookies used on Barrister’s Site, see below.

California Residents

California residents are be entitled to specify they do not wish to be tracked, under the “California Online Privacy Protection Act,” California Business & Professions Code Section 22575(b)(7). Barrister does not track your activities online over time and across third party websites to provide targeted advertising and therefore does not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals.

Individuals who reside in California and have provided their Personal Information to Barrister may request information about our disclosures of certain categories of Personal Information to third parties. Such request must be submitted to us at the following address: 515 South Flower Street, Suite 1800, Los Angeles, CA 90071-2228, Attn: Chief Privacy Officer or
Privacy@barristerprosvcs.com. Within 30 days of receiving such a request, we will provide a list of the categories of Personal Information disclosed to third during the immediately preceding calendar year, along with the names and addresses of these third parties. This request may be made no more than once per calendar year. We reserve our right not to respond to requests submitted other than to the address specified in this paragraph.

Just in Time Notice for Mobile Users

Barrister and/or third parties collect the following types of information about you when you use our Site from a mobile device. You either enter this information into the Application or agree to its collection automatically by the Application. We may share the information collected with third parties. If you do not consent to our collection and sharing of the data as indicated below, please do not use this Application.

• Location (GPS, WiFi, or user-entered) – Your precise past or current location and the history of where you have gone. We need and use this information to respond to your requests to locate Barrister office locations.
• Dialer – functionality on this device used to make phone calls.
• Calendar Information – any information in this device’s calendar that is shared with us when scheduling a meeting with Barrister.
• Unique Device ID (UDID) – The unique series of numbers and letters assigned to your device.
• Social Network Credentials – The username, password and any other log in information required to log into Facebook.

By using this Site, you are agreeing to Barrister collecting the information above and sharing with third parties pursuant to Barrister’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

Our Commitment to Children’s Privacy

Barrister understands the importance of protecting children’s privacy. For that reason, we do not collect and maintain information from those we actually know are under 13 years of age, and no part of the Site is structured to attract anyone under 13 years of age.

Data Security

Barrister will take reasonable precautions to protect Personal Information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, these measures, standing alone, are not sufficient to ensure the security of your Personal Information. It is also important for you to guard against unauthorized access to your passwords and the unauthorized use of your computer.

Updates to this Policy

Barrister may periodically update our Privacy Policy. Changes to this Policy will be noted by the effective date.

CONTACT US

For any queries in relation to this Cookies and Tracking Technologies Policy please contact us at privacy@Barristerprosvcs.com or Chief Privacy Officer, 515 South Flower Street, Suite 1800, Los Angeles, CA 90071-2228, United States.

Compliance with the European Union General Data Protection
Regulation

Addendum to Privacy Policy
This Addendum to our Privacy Policy applies to you only if accessing the Site from within the confines of the European Union. THIS ADDENDUM TO THE PRIVACY POLICY DOES NOT APPLY TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR ANY OF ITS TERRITORIES.
Additional Information requirements pursuant to Art. 13 GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)

This privacy policy addendum applies solely to our processing of the personal data of data subjects who are in the European Union, where they use, browse or interact with our Site. It is important that you read this privacy policy together with any other privacy policy or fair processing policy we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy policy supplements other notices and privacy policies and is not intended to override them. 

Controller

This privacy policy addendum is issued on behalf of Barrister Professional Services, LLC (“Barrister”) and its affiliate, BPS Security, LLC, (collectively, the “Barrister Group”), so when we mention “Barrister,” “we,” “us” or “our” in this privacy policy, we are referring to the relevant company in the Barrister Group responsible for processing your data. Barrister is the controller and responsible for this Site.

We have appointed a Chief Data Privacy Officer (“CDPO”) who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this privacy policy. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the CDPO using the details set forth below.

Contact details:
Full name of legal entity: Barrister Professional Services, LLC
Name of Chief Data Privacy Officer:
Email address: Privacy@barristerprosvcs.com
Postal address: 515 South Flower Street, Suite 1800, Los Angeles, CA 90071-2228
Telephone: (213) 507-3045

Changes to the privacy policy and your duty to inform us of changes

We keep our privacy policy under regular review. It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

The data we collect about you on or through the Site

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

• Identity Data includes first and last name and company name.
• Contact Data includes email address.
• Technical Data may include internet protocol (IP) address, geolocation data, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this Site.
• Usage Data may include information about how you use our website and
  services.

We may also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy policy.

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.

If you fail to provide personal data

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with services). In this case, we may have to cancel a service you have with us but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

How is your personal data collected?

As noted above, we use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:
Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity and Contact Data by corresponding with us by email using one of the email addresses posted to our Site, or contact us via VOIP, such as Skype. This includes personal data you provide when you:

• Submit a question or comment through the “contact us” feature on our Site; or
•  When you send an email to any email address posted to our Site.
• Call us on Skype using your computer or mobile device

Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our Site, we will automatically collect Technical Data about you, your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies, if any. A list of cookies we use on our Site is available upon request.

We use the following analytics providers to help us understand traffic and manage our Site: