Identity:
In this notice the "Website" is owned by AMHS Lawyers and Legal Consultants and the terms "we", "us", or "our" include the Website or its affiliates, while not being limited to the same. This Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as "Policy"), is provided to tell you, as a visitor to our Website or recipient of legal services, how we handle personal information. "Personal Data" is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. "Usage Data" refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Website or from the Website infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit). For the purpose of applicable data protection laws, AMHS Lawyers and Legal Consultants will be the "data controller" of your data provided to us.
Purpose and Application:
At the outset, we wish to inform you that our short terms or abbreviations of any terms, described within brackets or e.g., apply to respect of all the words which they equal. We recommend reading this policy before using any of the above-mentioned, since the same will apply to your use of including but not limited to, accessing, browsing, referring to our posts, or any such use of the Website which may be incidental thereto. By accessing, browsing and using the Website, you accept, without limitation or qualification, this Policy.
We are committed to protecting and preserving your privacy and honouring your trust. This Privacy Policy describes our practices and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use the Website and informs you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you. We use your personal data to provide and improve your experience on the Website and to learn how to serve you better in finding what you need with ease.
Types of Data Collected:
Personal Data: While using the Website, we may receive access to certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Please refer to our Terms of Law for more details on personal and non-personal data collected from Website users. The personal information that we process includes, but is not limited to:
- Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to: Email address, First name and last name, Phone number, Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City, etc.
- Information that assists us to verify your identity, as and when we may need it. However, we naturally only receive such information by consent.
- Information regarding legal services that we may receive when assessing you with our experts in the best way and any other information relating to relative that you may provide to us.
- We may also collect data about you from third-party sources, if required, including but not limited to our clients, your employer, other parties to matters in which we are involved, platform operators for technology used in our business, social network platforms, other organizations that you have dealings with, regulators, or other government authorities, credit reporting agencies, and information service providers, or from publicly available sources.
Usage Data: Usage data is collected automatically when using the Website. Usage Data may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When you access the Website by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit the Website or access it through a mobile device.
Cookies: We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on the Website and store certain information. Tracking technologies used may include beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze.
For each visitor to this Website, the Website's server will automatically recognize and store your Internet Protocol address. However, the server does not collect any of your personal information. Most web browsers can be set to prompt or refuse cookies; however, you may set your browser to either prompt or refuse cookies. Rejecting cookies might restrict the functionality of the Website as a whole.
If we use cookies, we assume that you use them solely for the purpose of improving your experience on our Website and to assist you by understanding your areas of expertise that match your requirements. These cookies also enable us to provide you with services available through the Website and to enable you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these cookies, your access to our Website may be limited. These cookies allow us to remember choices you make when you use the Website.
Why Do We Use Your Personal Data?
We may use personal data for purposes including, but not limited to:
- Providing and maintaining the Website, including monitoring the usage of the Website.
- To manage registration, or accounts, on the Website if and when such features are offered.
- To contact you: Contact by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication when required. For instance, communicating with you when you submit a query at our Contact page.
- For other purposes: We may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and evaluating and improving the Website, products, services, marketing, and user experience.
Circumstances Which Necessitate Disclosure of Your Personal Data:
Business Transactions: If our firm is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
Law enforcement: Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
The company may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation.
- Protect and defend the rights or property of the company.
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Website.
- Protect the personal safety of users or the public.
- Protect against legal liability.
- Security of your personal data.
The security of your personal data is important to us. However, it is important to note that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Contact Us:
Our Director of Compliance & Quality oversees compliance with data protection within AMHS Lawyers and Legal Consultants. If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, or our processing of your personal data, please contact our Director of Compliance & Quality at ask@amhslaw.com.