LAST UPDATED: September 17, 2023

PRIVACY POLICY

1.0 INTRODUCTION 

1.1 United Employees Law Group, P.C. (“UELG”) and its affiliates value your understanding of our information collection, use, and disclosure practices.

1.2 This Privacy Policy outlines our approach to handling information obtained online, including through:

• Websites (“Websites”); 
• Social media properties where you access this Privacy Policy;
• HTML-formatted email messages linking to this Privacy Policy (“Emails”); and
• SharePoint sites provided to clients and third parties (“SharePoint Sites”);

1.3 Section 1.2 is collectively referred to as the “Services.”

1.4 Some regions, including California, provide additional rights by law. If you are a resident of California, please see additional information below. 

1.5 Clients who have entered into a formal written and signed agreement with UELG, for UELG to act as legal counsel for the client, may be subject to additional terms and privacy provisions. If you are a client of UELG and have questions regarding how we process your information, please contact us at info@uelglaw.com.

PART A

1.0 PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED

 

We collect personal information about you in a variety of contexts, as described below:

 

1.1 Information Collected Through the Services

 

We collect personal information you provide through the Services, including contact identifiers such as your name, postal address, email address, and phone number. 

 

1.2 Information You Provide When You Request Legal Services

 

We collect personal information you provide when you request legal services or participate in a contractual or pre-contractual arrangement for legal services, including: 

• Commercial or transaction information, including records of products or services you purchased, obtained, or considered.
• Professional, employment, or education-related information, including job title, company name, and business phone number.
• Payment information, including your payment instrument number (such as a credit or debit card number), expiration date, and security code as necessary to process your payments. This information is processed by our payment processors. 
• User-generated content, including content with any messages you send to us (such as feedback, legal inquiries, questions, or survey responses) or publicly post on the Services. 

 

1.3 Information Collected Automatically

 

When you use the Services, we and the third parties we work with automatically collect information from your browser or device. The categories of information we automatically collect include: 

• Device identifiers, including your device’s IP address.

• Device information, including your device’s operating software and browser (e.g., type, version, and configuration), internet service provider, and regional and language settings.
• Internet activity, including information about your browsing history and interactions, such as the features you use, pages you visit, content you view, time of day you browse, and referring and exiting pages.
• Non-precise location data, such as location derived from an IP address or data that indicates a city or postal code level. 

 

1.4 Information From Other Sources

 

We collect information from other sources. The categories of information from which we collect information include:

• Public sources, including where information is in the public domain.
• Business partners, including partner organizations and referral sites.
• Third-party vendors and related parties we work with in connection with receiving analytics, advertising, security, and fraud prevention services.
• Social media platforms with which you interact. For example, when you “like,” “follow,” or otherwise engage with our content on social media (such as through our brand pages), we may collect information such as your contact identifiers and any comments you provide. If you publicly reference our Services on social media (such as by using a hashtag associated with us in a tweet or post), we may use your reference on or in connection with our Services. 

1.5 Information We Infer

We infer new information from other information we collect, including to generate information about your likely preferences or other characteristics.

1.6 Sensitive Information

To the extent any of the categories of information we collect are sensitive categories of information under applicable law, we process such information only for the limited purposes permitted by applicable law. We do not sell or use sensitive categories of information for purposes of targeted advertising or to make inferences. 

2.0 USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION 

We and our service providers use personal information for legitimate business purposes, including:

2.1 Providing the functionality of the Services and fulfilling your requests:  This involves:

• • Operating the Services.
  • Responding to inquiries and sending administrative information.

• Providing you with newsletters and direct marketing materials: We may send newsletters, legal updates, and information about our services, events, and firm news, subject to your consent.

2.2 Aggregating and/or anonymizing Personal Information:

We may use aggregated or anonymized data for various purposes consistent with applicable law. 

2.3 Analytics:

We use information to understand trends, usage, and activities, for example through surveys you respond to and tracking technologies that we incorporate into the Service (such as Google Analytics). We also use information for research and development purposes, including to improve our services and make business and marketing decisions. 

2.4 Security and enforcement.

We use information to prevent, detect, investigate, and address fraud, breach of policies or terms, or threats or harm. 

2.5 Providing legal services and responding to inquiries:

We use information to validate authorized signatories, contact individuals in connection with providing client services, respond to client inquiries, provide legal services, and manage relationships. We engage in these activities to manage our contractual relationship with you, to comply with legal obligations, and/or because we have a legitimate interest.

3.0 DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION 

3.1 We disclose Personal Information:

• To third-party service providers: To facilitate the services they provide to us. These include web site hosting, consulting and monitoring services, IT providers, customer service, email delivery, text (SMS) delivery, advertising and marketing, and other services related to client needs.
• By you through the Services: For example, when you post publicly.
• As required by law or regulations: To cooperate with public and government authorities, law enforcement, and for other legal reasons.
• In connection with a sale or business transaction: If we undergo reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, or similar proceedings, we may disclose Personal Information to relevant third parties.

3.2 Sometimes we aggregate or de-identify information so it is no longer considered personal information. We may disclose non-personal information for any purpose to the extent permitted by applicable law. For details on your choices around the disclosure of your information, see the Choices and Access section below.

4.0 THIRD PARTIES

We may link to or offer parts of our Services through websites and services controlled by third parties. In addition, we may integrate technologies, including those disclosed in the Personal Information Collected section above, controlled by third parties. Except where third parties act as our service providers, they, and not us, control the purposes and means of processing any information they collect from you, and you should contact them directly to address any concerns you have about their processing. Third-party data practices are subject to their own policies and disclosures, including what information they collect, your choices, and whether they store information in the U.S. or elsewhere. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with and consult their privacy policies and terms of use.

5.0 CHOICES AND ACCESS

5.1 You have choices regarding marketing-related communications. If you wish to opt out of marketing emails, you may do so by following the unsubscribe instructions or contacting us as set out in the Contacting Us section below. For texts, you may opt out by texting “STOP” in response to any text message you receive from us or by contacting us at  info@uelglaw.com and specifying you want to opt out of text messages. Please note your opt-out is limited to the email address or phone number used and will not affect subsequent subscriptions. 

5.2 You may be able to manage cookies through your browser settings. When you manage cookies, pixels associated with such cookies may also be impacted. Please note that cookie management only applies to our website. If you use multiple browsers, you will need to instruct each browser separately. If you delete or reset your cookies, you will need to reconfigure your settings. Your ability to limit cookies is subject to your browser settings and limitations.

5.3 Some third parties we work with offer their own opt-out tools related to information collected through cookies and pixels. To opt out of your information being used by Google Analytics, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. We are not responsible for the effectiveness of any third-party opt-out tools.

5.4 Your browser or extension may allow you to automatically transmit Do Not Track and other preference signals. Except as required by law, we do not respond to preference signals.

PART B

1.0 SECURITY

1.1 We employ and maintain reasonable measures to protect Personal Information within our organization. However, no data transmission or storage system is completely secure and we cannot guarantee complete security of information about you. 

2.0 RETENTION PERIOD

We retain Personal Information for as long as necessary or permitted by applicable law for the purpose for which it was collected, and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, or enforce our agreements.

3.0 USE OF THE SERVICES BY MINORS

The Services are not directed toward children under 13 years old, and we do not knowingly collect personal information (as that term is defined by the U.S. Children’s Privacy Protection Act, or “COPPA”) from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe we have collected personal information from children, please contact us as set out in the Contacting Us section below. We will delete the personal information in accordance with COPPA. 

4.0 CROSS-BORDER TRANSFER

Your personal information may be processed in any country where we operate or engage service providers. By using the Services, you understand and consent to the transfer of your information to countries with different data protection rules, including the United States, where authorities may access your Personal Information.

5.0 UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

5.1 This Privacy Policy’s “LAST UPDATED” date indicates the revision date. Any changes become effective when we post the updated Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Services indicates your consent to the Privacy Policy then posted. If the changes are material, we may provide additional notice to you, such as through email or prominent notice on the Services. 

6.0 CONTACTING US

6.1 United Employees Law Group, P.C. is responsible for collecting, using, and disclosing your Personal Information under this Privacy Policy. If you have questions about or trouble accessing this Policy, contact us at:

By email: info@uelglaw.com 

By mail: United Employees Law Group, P.C. Mailing Address: 8605 Santa Monica Blvd., #63354, West Hollywood, CA  90069.

PART C

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING CALIFORNIA

1.0 YOUR RIGHTS AS A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT

1.1 If you are a California resident, you have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act as replaced by the California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA). 

2.0 NOTICE OF COLLECTION

At or before the time of collection of your personal information, you have a right to receive notice of our data practices. Our data practices are as follows:

• For the categories of personal information we have collected in the past 12 months, see the Personal Information Collected section above.
• For the categories of sources from which personal information is collected, see the Personal Information Collected section above.
• For the specific business and commercial purposes for collecting and using personal information, see the Use of Personal Information section above.
• For the categories of third parties to whom information is disclosed, see the Disclosure of Personal Information section above. 
• For the criteria used to determine the period of time information will be retained, see the Retention Period section above. 

Some of the personal information we collect may be considered sensitive information under the CCPA. The collection, use, and disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information serve permissible business purposes under CCPA, such as performing services for our business, providing goods or services as requested, ensuring safety and security, countering unlawful actions, and other related activities. We do not sell or share Sensitive Personal Information. 

 

3.0 PRIVACY RIGHTS UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW FOR RESIDENTS

3.1 Under the laws of California, California residents enjoy certain rights concerning their personal information, subject to specific exceptions. These rights include:

• Right to Access: You have the right to request details about the categories of personal information we collected from you. This includes information about the categories of personal information we collect, the categories of sources from which we collected your personal data, the specific pieces of information we hold about you, the business and commercial purposes for which we collect, sell, or share your personal information, and the categories of third parties to whom we disclose it.
• Right to Erasure: You can request the deletion of your personal information.
• Right to Correction: You can request the correction of inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
• Right to Opt-Out of Sales or Shares: We do not “sell” or “share” your personal information as those terms are defined by the CCPA. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of minors under 16 years old.
• Non-Discrimination: You have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment by us when you exercise your privacy rights.

3.2 Please be aware that these rights are not absolute, and there may be situations where we are unable to fulfill your request due to legal exceptions or difficulties in verifying your identity.

4.0 HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

If you wish to exercise the rights mentioned in Part C section 3 above, please follow these directions:

4.1 For Access, Correction and Erasure Rights:

• Submit a request to info@uelglaw.com or have your authorized agent do so.

• Alternatively, you can call us toll-free at (888) 455-7434

4.2 When reaching out to exercise your rights, we kindly ask you to adhere to the following guidelines:

• Specify the Right: Clearly indicate the privacy right you wish to exercise and provide relevant details about the personal information and your request concerns (if it is not about yourself). 
• Help Us Verify Your Identity: We may request information to verify your identity. If you are an authorized agent acting on behalf of another individual, please clearly state this fact and your authority to act on their behalf. If initial verification is not possible, we may request additional information to complete the verification process. Any personal information disclosed for verification purposes will solely be used for that purpose.
• Provide Contact Information: Share an email or mailing address to which we can deliver our response. If you make the request via email and do not specify otherwise, we will assume that we can respond to the email address used for the request.

4.3 Please note that you will not be charged a fee to access your personal information or exercise your privacy rights. However, we may decline or charge a reasonable fee if your request is unfounded, repetitive, or excessive.

4.4 We will confirm receipt of your request within 10 business days and respond to all legitimate requests within 45 days. If exceptional circumstances require more time due to complexity or multiple requests, we will notify you of the delay and keep you updated on the progress of our response.

5.0 SHINE THE LIGHT DISCLOSURES

5.1 Under California’s Shine the Light law, customers who are residents of California may request (i) a list of the categories of personal information disclosed by us to third parties during the immediately preceding calendar year for those third parties’ own direct marketing purposes; and (ii) a list of the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed such information. To make a request, please write us at the email or postal address set out in the Contacting Us section above and specify that you are making a “California Shine the Light Request.” You may make this request once per calendar year, and we will respond in compliance with applicable law.