Privacy Policy
We at Burrwood Law Group, PLLC, value your privacy. This policy applies to our website at www.burrwoodlaw.com. It’s essential that you carefully review this privacy notice as it outlines crucial details about who we are, how and why we gather, store, utilize, and disclose personal information. Additionally, it covers your rights concerning your personal data and how to reach us or supervisory authorities in case of a concern.
By accessing our website at www.burrwoodlaw.com, you are indicating your agreement with the terms of our Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any aspect of this Privacy Policy, we kindly ask that you refrain from using our site or providing any personal information to us.
- Who We Are
Burrwood Law Group, PLLC collects, uses and is responsible for certain personal information about you.
- Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
This website and the products and services provided here are not designed for individuals under the age of 13. Burrwood Law Group does not knowingly gather information from anyone under the age of 13. We prohibit children under 13 from engaging in any interactive sections of this website, including leaving comments, completing forms, or providing information. Burrwood Law Group will promptly delete any personally identifiable information obtained from individuals under the age of 13 upon discovery.
III.The Personal Information We Collect and Use
Burrwood Law Group may collect and utilize certain personal information when you choose to sign up for emails, register for presentations, engage with us on social media, make purchases, fill out forms, access private membership pages or groups (whether on www.burrwoodlaw.com or a third-party platform like Facebook), or contact us via online forms, phone calls, or emails. This information may include your name, email, mailing address, phone number, and/or billing details. Additionally, clients and affiliates may provide further personal or business information. It’s important to note that you’re not obliged to provide personally identifiable information simply by visiting our website.
We may also gather domain information and utilize cookies to analyze website and advertisement performance, track user behavior, store information from previous visits, and tailor your browsing experience. Please be aware that if your browser sends a “Do Not Track” signal, our website platform may not respond to these signals in any specific manner, and it may not affect our data collection and usage practices.
We will seek your consent before using cookies. Burrwood Law Group or its third-party vendors may collect non-personal information through these technologies, such as your browser type, computer type, and technical details about your connection to our website. Our systems may also automatically collect information about the areas you visit on our website, the search terms you use, and the links you click on within our website.
If you’re located in the European Economic Area (EEA), we comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and are responsible for controlling your personal information in accordance with these laws. Similarly, if you’re in the United Kingdom (UK), we adhere to UK data regulations, known as “UK GDPR.”
Information Collected from Other Source:
We also acquire information from various sources, including intake forms integrated with our client relationship management and e-signing tool MyCase, calendar scheduling tool, videoconferencing and webinar tool, Microsoft Teams, payment processor, cloud document storage services, e-commerce platforms, and Microsoft Office Suite apps (email, Onedrive, calendars). This information may encompass your name, email, address, phone number, and/or billing details. Additionally, clients engaging with our firm may provide further personal or business information through these channels.
How we use your personal information:
Burrwood Law Group collects such information in order to deliver services and products, complete customer transactions, send information and marketing e-mails, and improve website performance and customer service.
Who We Share Your Personal Information With:
Burrwood Law Group holds your privacy in high regard and will never sell, trade, or transfer your personally identifiable information to third parties unless it is necessary for completing a customer transaction or service, or for the fundamental operation of an online service, and only with your explicit consent.
However, we do share your name, delivery address details, and billing information with our third-party suppliers, credit card processors, and shipping companies. Additionally, we may share further personal or business information of clients who engage our firm for legal services. Our current third-party suppliers include:
U.S. Postal Service, FedEx, UPS shipping services
Clio
Lawpay
Quickbooks
Calendly
OneDrive
Microsoft Office Suite, Teams
MyCase
Zoom
WordPress
GoDaddy
This sharing of data enables our third-party suppliers to directly deliver the goods you’ve ordered to you and allows us to provide services to our clients and efficiently manage our firm. Please note that these third-party recipients are located outside the European Economic Area. For further details on how we protect your personal data in such cases, please refer to the section titled “Transfer of your information out of the EEA, UK” below.
Burrwood Law Group may disclose personal information in order to enforce its Website Terms and Conditions, other terms and conditions, manage its business operations, safeguard users or the general public, or to comply with legal obligations.
With your permission, Burrwood Law Group may use personal identification information for internal or external marketing and promotional activities.
Occasionally, Burrwood Law Group may collect personal identification information from you in connection with optional contests, special offers, or promotions. In such instances, Burrwood Law Group will share this information with necessary third parties solely for the purpose of executing the contest, special offer, or promotion. We will seek your consent before disclosing or using such information for these purposes.
We reserve the right to transfer personal information in the event of a merger or acquisition by a third party. Additionally, we may disclose your personal information for any other lawful purpose or with your consent.
Whether Information Has to Be Provided by You and Why:
Providing personal data such as your name, address, delivery address, billing information, and business or personal details is necessary for us to offer legal services and products to our clients. However, you are not obligated to provide any personal data to simply browse this website. We will always inform you when we collect personal data and whether it is required for us to proceed with our services.
How Long Your Personal Information Will Be Kept:
We will retain all non-client personal data until you request its deletion or opt out of our marketing communications, which you can do at any time. Please note, we may keep certain personal data on an internal “do not contact” list to comply with legal requirements even after you unsubscribe. Client and customer personal data will be kept in our records for at least one (1) year following the expiration of any relevant statute of limitations on professional liability.
Reasons We Can Collect and Use Your Personal Information:
Burrwood Law Group gathers and utilizes your personal information for the following lawful purposes: delivering services and products, finalizing customer transactions, sending informational and marketing emails, and enhancing website performance and customer service.
- Use and Transfer of Your Information Out of the EEA, UK
This website is operated from the United States, and any third parties with whom we may share your personal information, as explained earlier, are also based in the United States or other countries outside the EU. If you are located in the EEA, the UK, or any other location outside the United States, please note that your information will be transferred to the United States when you use this website, participate in its services, or provide your information. By doing so, you consent to this transfer. It’s important to understand that these countries may not have the same data protection laws as those in the United Kingdom and EEA. While the European Commission has not formally determined that such countries offer an equivalent level of data protection, any transfer of your personal information will adhere to the derogation outlined in Article 49 of the General Data Protection Regulation. This provision allows for non-repetitive transfers involving a limited number of data subjects, designed to safeguard your privacy rights and provide remedies in the event of potential misuse of your personal information. For further details, please refer to the “How to Contact Us” section below. Rest assured, we will not transfer your personal data outside of the EEA or UK or to any organization governed by public international law or established under agreements between multiple countries.
- Your Rights
If you want to unsubscribe from receiving e-mails from Burrwood Law Group, you may do so at any time. Each e-mail from Burrwood Law Group includes instructions for unsubscribing from these e-mail communications.
If you are covered by the General Data Protection Regulation, or other relevant privacy regulations, you have a number of important rights free of charge. In summary, those include rights to:
- Fair processing of information and transparency over how we use your use personal information
- Access to your personal information and to certain other supplementary information that this Privacy Notice is already designed to address
- Require us to correct any mistakes in your information which we hold
- Require the erasure of personal information concerning you in certain situations
- Receive the personal information concerning you which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to a third party in certain situations
- Object at any time to processing of personal information concerning you for direct marketing
- Object to decisions being taken by automated means which produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you
- Object in certain other situations to our continued processing of your personal information
- Otherwise restrict our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances
You may also have the right to claim compensation for damages caused by our breach of any data protection laws.
For further information on each of those rights, including the circumstances in which they apply, see the Guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on individuals’ rights under the General Data Protection Regulation, available at: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/; www.gdpr.eu; or https://www.priv.gc.ca/en
If you would like to exercise any of those rights, please:
- Email, call, or write to us
- Provide us enough information to identify you (e.g., name, e-mail address, mailing address, user name, billing details)
- Provide us proof of your identity and address (a copy of your driver’s license or passport and a recent utility or credit card bill)
- Provide us with the information to which your request relates, including any account or reference numbers, if you have them
Keeping Your Personal Information Secure
We employ robust security measures to prevent the accidental loss, misuse, or unauthorized access of personal information. Access to your personal data is restricted to individuals with a genuine business need, and they are required to handle it confidentially and only in authorized ways. In the event of a suspected data security breach, we have established procedures to address the situation. If legally mandated, we will notify you and relevant authorities promptly. However, it’s essential to recognize that no security measures are foolproof, and we cannot guarantee the absolute safety of the information you provide. Please be aware that any comments or information you share on the website or social media pages may become public, and third parties may use this information. Burrwood Law Group bears no responsibility for any unauthorized use by third parties in such instances. You disclose such information at your own risk.
Links to Other Sites
This website may contain links to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors, or other third parties. Please note that any products or services accessed through these third-party links are governed by separate privacy policies. Burrwood Law Group bears no responsibility or liability for the content or actions of such third-party websites.
- How to Complain
We strive to address any questions or concerns you may have regarding the use of your information. If you fall under the jurisdiction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or UK GDPR and wish to file a complaint, you may do so with the appropriate supervisory authority. This authority is typically located in the UK or a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) state where you work, reside, or where any suspected breach of data protection laws occurred.
VII. Changes to This Privacy Notice
This policy is effective as of May 1, 2024. We may change, modify or update this Privacy Policy at any time and will notify you of any such changes by email or postal mail if you have provided your email or postal address to us. Otherwise, we will reflect any such modifications to this Privacy Policy on our website. We suggest that you periodically consult this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of our website after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy, as revised.
VIII. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, the information we hold about you, or you wish to change your personal information in our records, please contact Zach Burr or Kristi Wood of Burrwood Law Group, 6716 East Side Drive NE, STE 1-436, Browns Point, WA 98422. Tel: (253) 374-9555.
- Do You Need Extra Help?
If you would like this notice in another format (for example: audio, large print, braille) please contact us.
We partner with Thomson Reuters, who might also collect data as part of our marketing efforts. To learn more about the Thomson Reuters privacy policy and the data that might be collected, please visit: Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement.