Our Commitment To Privacy

Your privacy is important to us and we take this seriously. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage. By visiting Lawyerahead website you are accepting the privacy outlined by in this Privacy Policy.

The Information collection and use


Personal Information

The personal information collected by us is only relevant to the purpose of our website which is to enable users to present their cases anonymously or directly to the lawyers, share their experiences, write articles in the form of journals, stories and blogs, find and share information with one another. By anonymous we mean the user name you create will be displayed and NEVER your Last Name, First Name or your Address unless you choose to do so explicitly.

Any information provided by you on the website may be entered and stored. However you may choose not to provide us with any information. In order to take full advantage of our services and features, as part of registration form you will be required to enter personal information including your Postal Code or Zip Code, City or Hometown, State, Country and email address. If you are searching for a lawyer or attorney you will be asked to provide description of the legal matter so that attorneys can better evaluate your needs. You can also ‘opt’ to post your legal matter anonymously visible to others visiting the website so to connect and share with other members. If you are a lawyer, information such as your firm name, address, city, practice types, your experiences and other relevant information are required for the purpose of listing. Once a member you may choose to provide additional information, but not limited to, your interests, your bio, journals, stories, blogs, picture if you choose to upload one. This is entirely up to you to provide the additional information. Providing additional information allows you to better take advantage of our services. Lawyerahead does not assume any responsibilities as a result of your actions on this website.


Automatic Usage Information

As you go through our site, we may track information about your usage of the site, your IP address, the browser you are using, and which URL you had used to come to the site. This information is so to offer a personalized service to you and or optimize the usability of our site.


Cookies

We use cookie technology to collect additional website usage data and to allow us to improve our Site and Services. We do not however use cookie to collect personally identifiable information. Cookie is a small data file that resides in your computer’s hard drive. We use both session cookies and persistent cookie to better understand your interaction on the website. Most of the web browsers automatically accept cookies. You can, if you like, edit the browser options to disable the cookies option.


Information Sharing

We value your privacy and be informed that neither sell nor rent your personal information to anyone and only share it as follows:

Lawyerahead Personnel and service providers - In some cases, we employ trusted contractors and or consultants to perform functions for us and provide services to us. In such cases we have access to user information in the normal course of our business. We will do this so confidentiality and require use restrictions on the information.

Business Transfers - In some cases we may sell, transfer or share some or all of our assets in connection with acquisition by or mergers with other companies, sale of assets or reorganization. In these types of transactions user information is typically one of the business assets that are transferred. In the event of this, you may have the choice to opt out.

Comply with Law - We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that such release is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, to enforce or apply any of our Terms of Use, to protect the rights, property or safety of Lawyerahead, our users and others.

Email communication

We may send out emails with Lawyerahead related promotions, surveys, news or offers. We may also send out emails to inform you of an action such as, but not limited to, a lawyer response to your case(s), forgotten password or username related emails. Except for the communication that relate directly to the services being used, you can unsubscribe from receiving communications from us through the instructions provided in the communication you receive from us.

Keeping information secure

Your account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. Protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by logging off once you have finished.

How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information

You can access all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain by editing it yourself. We use this procedure to better safeguard your information.

By visiting your User Profile, you can edit/delete/add personal information. Personal information includes case information. You can also control certain information that is to be displayed by going to settings section under User Profile

To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.

If you would like to delete your account at any point, you can do so through privacy@laywerahead.com

Links to other website

Our website contains links to other sites. We do not exercise control over 3rd party links. We encourage you to read the Privacy Polices of the other websites you visit.

Our Commitment To Children's Privacy

Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our website from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 13. If we learn that Lawyerahead has collected this information, we will delete it as quickly as possible. We further recommend that children between the ages of 13 and 18 ask and receive their parents’ permission before using our website.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy policy from time to time at our sole discretion. The use of information and collection of information is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we change our Privacy Policy we will post those changes on this page and make this page available on our homepage so that you are always aware of the information we collect, how we use it, and under which circumstances we disclose it.

Conditions of Use

If you decide to visit Lawyerahead website, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of Ontario Province law.

Effective Date of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of January 1, 2008