EastWest Legal is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals who visit our Website (“Visitors”) or individuals who register to use the Service (“Users” or “You”). This Privacy Statement describes EastWest Legal’s privacy practices in relation to the use of our Website and Service.
Unless specifically defined, terms used throughout this statement have the same definitions as those given in the EastWest Legal Terms of Use, available at https://eastwestlegal.com/termsofuse
For your convenience, EastWest Legal offers an outline of our full Privacy Statement in a non-binding summary format as well as the full legalese, below. Please understand that this is not a complete outline of the EastWest Legal Privacy Statement; it is a preview of significant user rights and responsibilities. Please read the entire Privacy Statement document carefully.
How can I contact EastWest Legal?
Questions regarding EastWest Legal’s Privacy Statement or information practices should be directed to [email protected]
EastWest Legal Privacy Statement Outline
1. Information we collect
Information collected about Visitors: Like other website operators, EastWest Legal collects information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available through the use of commonly-used information-gathering tools such as cookies (please see Section 4, “Our use of cookies,” for details). This non-personally identifying information (“User Non-Personal Information”) includes the visitor’s browser type, language preference, referring site, additional websites requested and the date and time of each Visitor request. We also collect potentially personally identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses (please see Section 1, “Information we collect – Information collected about Users” for details about this collection procedure). EastWest Legal’s purpose in collecting User Non-Personal Information is to better understand how our Visitors’ use our website to improve their user experience and to serve more relevant ads or promotional offers on our site or third parties’ sites based upon that information.
Becoming a User: You may visit our Website without creating an account, but you might not have full access to our Service. Visitors who wish to use the Service may be asked to create an account, thus becoming a User. To create an account, Users must either provide EastWest Legal with personal contact information, such as name and email address.
Information collected about Users: The account creation may create any information about a User which could, alone or together with other personally-identifying information, personally identify him or her (“User Personal Information”). EastWest Legal collects User Personal Information only with your consent which you express by using our Service after reviewing this Privacy Statement and EastWest Legal’s Terms of Use. User Personal Information may include information you provide us directly, such as your email address, or information we collect through your use of our Services, such as your preferences or your search terms. User Personal Information may include, without limitation, your name, your email address, your billing address, your credit card or banking information, your State Bar number (for attorney Consultant Users), your profession, your business or industry, your photograph, and other personal information you provide to us through your use of the Service.
We only gather the information you give us access to, and we only use it as described below. We only collect the minimum amount of personal information necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of your interaction with us or to serve you more relevant ads or promotional offers.
User Personal Information does not include aggregated, non-personally identifying information. You may refuse to supply personally-identifying information; however, that refusal may prevent you from using EastWest Legal’s Service.
No information about children: EastWest Legal does not knowingly collect information from, or direct any of our content specifically to, children or teenagers under the age of 18. If we learn or have reason to suspect that a User of our Service is under the age of 18, we will promptly delete any personal information in that User’s account.
Location-based data: EastWest Legal also makes use of location-based data for our Website. If you allow these Services, we will ask you to enter your general location. We use this information to provide Services to you or to serve you more relevant ads or promotional offers, not to personally identify you. If you choose not to allow EastWest Legal to access your location, some or all functionality may not be available to you.
2. How we use the information we collect
To provide the Services you request: EastWest Legal uses User Personal Information to perform and provide the Services you request. For instance, we use User Personal Information to populate online profiles.
To communicate with Users: EastWest Legal may also use User Personal Information to communicate with Users. For instance, EastWest Legal may use information you provide to send you information regarding our Services, such as promotions or events; to provide you with technical support; to solicit feedback about our Service; or to notify you if our policies change.
To improve our Service: EastWest Legal may use aggregated, non-personally identifying information gathered from our web server to operate, improve, and optimize our Website and Service.
Serving more relevant ads: We may use Personal or Non-Personal Information to serve you more relevant ads or promotional offers.
3. How we share the information we collect
In general: We do not disclose User Personal Information outside EastWest Legal, except as described below or in Section 6, “Compelled Disclosure.”
With your consent which you express by using our Service after reviewing this Privacy Statement and EastWest Legal’s Terms of Use: EastWest Legal may share User Personal Information with your consent to perform services you have requested, including displaying the information you have chosen to share in order to post a comment or an opinion or an article.
If you upload a document: If you choose to upload a document to our website, EastWest Legal employees may review such documents.
To our employees, other affiliates and third-party service providers: EastWest Legal discloses User Personal Information to those of our employees, third-party contractors (e.g., our email service providers and payment processors), and affiliated organizations that need to know this information in order to process it on our behalf or to provide or improve our Service. In addition, our employees and other affiliates have agreed not to disclose this information to others, in accordance with terms and conditions at least as restrictive as this Privacy Statement. Some of our employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using EastWest Legal’s Service, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Please see Section 5, “Gathering and protecting the information we collect,” for more details.
In a merger: EastWest Legal may share User Personal Information if we are involved in a merger, sale, or acquisition. If any such change of ownership happens, we will seek to continue to ensure the confidentiality of User Personal Information, and we will notify you on our Website before any transfer of User Personal Information. The purchaser will have to honor any promises we have made in this Privacy Statement or in our Terms of Use.
Advertising; Third-party tracking, re-targeting or analysis: EastWest Legal may from time to time share, sell, rent, or trade User Personal and/or Non-Personal Information with third parties or permit third-party tracking, re-targeting or data analysis across our Website or Service for their or our promotional purposes (e.g., to serve you more relevant advertisements or promotional offers). These third parties may collect more information than EastWest Legal collects.
General information about Users: EastWest Legal may disclose aggregated User Non-Personally Identifiable Information about how our Users, collectively, use our Service, so that we may share general information about our Service, such as statistics about the average cost of legal services.
4. Our use of cookies
To see the policy regarding our use of cookies, you must review our Cookies Policy which can be found here.
5. Gathering and protecting the information we collect
Industry standards in data security: EastWest Legal takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect User Personal Information from unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction; maintain data accuracy; and help ensure the appropriate use of User Personal Information. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the User Personal Information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
No responsibility for third-party service providers’ security: In addition, while we take measures reasonably necessary to ensure that our third-party service providers, such as our payment processing and data tracking, re-targeting or data analysis services, keep your information secure, these organizations’ practices are ultimately beyond our control. By using our Service, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks.
OAuth, in general: EastWest Legal may make use of the industry standard OAuth authentication protocol. OAuth is a simple, secure process that allows you to grant EastWest Legal access to your accounts on third-party networks without sharing the passwords to those accounts. Using OAuth, the data you choose to share is securely transferred without revealing your login information. OAuth also allows you to verify that an application acting on your behalf is doing so only with the permissions you have granted it. Most social networks, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Google, allow applications to access user accounts via the OAuth process. OAuth functions using authentication tokens, which will expire after a period of time and may be revoked.
Documents, in general: EastWest Legal uses third-party service providers to transmit, store, encrypt, process and display uploaded documents on our behalf. EastWest Legal has taken measures reasonably necessary to ensure that these services keep uploaded documents private and secure, but these organizations’ practices are ultimately beyond our control. By uploading documents to EastWest Legal, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume the risks.
International data transfer: Information that we collect may be stored and processed and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this privacy policy. By using the Service, you agree that we can store, process and transfer your information in this manner.
6. Compelled Disclosure
EastWest Legal discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental requests, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of EastWest Legal, third parties, or the public at large.
In complying with court orders and similar legal processes, EastWest Legal strives for transparency. When permitted, we will make a reasonable effort to notify Users of such disclosure.
However, if you have engaged an attorney through EastWest Legal (for example, by accepting a proposal and promising to pay or paying any required fees or costs), EastWest Legal considers communications and documents shared with such attorney to be privileged attorney-client communications and, to the extent legally permissible, may notify the engaged attorney Consultant User of the subpoena, court order, or governmental request so that they may respond to the request. Furthermore, if an attorney has been engaged, EastWest Legal may no longer disclose information on a “good faith” belief.
7. Your access to and control of the information we collect
Access to User Information: As a EastWest Legal User, you may access, update, alter, or delete your basic User profile information by editing your user profile or contacting [email protected].
Data retention: Subject to the conditions set forth in the next paragraph entitled ‘Deletion of User Information’, EastWest Legal will retain User Personal Information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you Services.
Deletion of User Information: If you wish to cancel your account, delete your User Personal Information, or request that we no longer use your User Personal Information to provide you Services, please contact [email protected]. We will retain and use your User Personal information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements, but barring legal requirements, we will seek to delete your full profile within 30 days.
Control of communications from us: EastWest Legal may occasionally send Users an email to tell you about new features, solicit feedback, notify you of important changes, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with EastWest Legal and our products. You may manage your receipt of these communications by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link located at the bottom of EastWest Legal’s emails or manage your notifications options in the “Settings” panel of your User Profile. Additionally, you may send a request specifying your communications preferences to
[email protected]. Please note that if you do opt out of promotional mailings, we may still send you important administrative emails, such as notices that affect your rights.
8. Changes to this Privacy Statement
EastWest Legal may change its Privacy Statement from time to time, and at EastWest Legal’s sole discretion. We will provide notification to Users of material changes to this Privacy Statement (i) by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, which will take effect immediately upon our sending of this email, and/or (ii) through our Website by posting a notice on this page, which will take effect no sooner than 30 days from the date of the posting. Non-material changes to this Privacy Statement will take effect immediately. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to our Privacy Statement. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of a revised version of this Privacy Statement constitutes your acceptance of its terms.
9. Contacting EastWest Legal
Questions regarding EastWest Legal’s Privacy Statement or information practices should be directed to [email protected] .