ATTORNEY/CLIENT RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION, CONFIDENTIALITY, AND PRIVACY POLICY:
Privacy Policy and Terms of Use Statement
DO NOT TRANSMIT SENSITIVE OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION VIA THIS WEBSITE OR ITS EMAIL FEATURES!
The information provided on this website is not privileged and does not create an attorney-client relationship with The Roland Brown Law Firm or any of the firm’s attorneys.
This website is not an offer to represent you. You should not act or refrain from acting based upon any information on this website without seeking the appropriate legal or other professional advice on the particular facts of your situation. THIS WEBSITE IS NOT AN OFFER…YOU, BUT IT IS AN OFFER TO CONSIDER YOUR CASE FOR HANDLING BY THE FIRM. NO ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP IS CREATED BETWEEN YOU AND THE FIRM UNLESS AND UNTIL A WRITTEN ATTORNEY-CLIENT CONTRACT IS AGREED TO AND SIGNED BY YOU AND BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FIRM.
Do not send us confidential information until you speak with one of our attorneys and receive authorization to send that information to us.
The Roland Brown Law Firm respects the privacy of our people, clients, alumni, colleagues, law students, job applicants, and all other visitors to the firm’s websites (the website). This Privacy Statement is in effect only for personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable information on and/or provided through The Roland Brown Law Firm website, including but not limited to the www.rolandslaw.com website and any online features, services, and/or programs offered by The Roland Brown Law Firm, and their affiliates.
By using our website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Statement. If you do not accept this Privacy Statement, you should cease using the website.
We may collect, process, use, and store personal information related to the firm’s educational, marketing, networking, and recruiting activities. Our practices for collecting, processing, using, and storing information, as set forth in this Privacy Statement (the Statement), are designed to protect site visitors’ privacy and to comply with applicable U.S. law.
Personally Identifiable Information
We do not collect personally identifiable information about you unless you provide it to us through means such as forms on our websites, by sending e-mails, or by responding to our e-mails. Personally identifiable information may include among other things the following: name, e-mail address, mailing address, or telephone number.
In accordance with U.S. law, we enable individuals to opt out of receiving marketing, job application, alumni, and other discretionary communications as well as to update their contact information and preferences.
Marketing Communications
You may opt out of the firm’s databases which are used to send invitations, announcements, and legal alerts by mail and e-mail. To opt out, you must make a specific request to [email protected] and furnish your name, phone number, and e-mail address.
The Roland Brown Law Firm may hire or collaborate with other companies to perform marketing services on our behalf, such as sending newsletters and event invitations, as well as helping us understand how well our communications are received. Unless you op out, these companies may be supplied with or have access to your Personally Identifiable Information for the sole purpose of providing these services to us or on our behalf.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information
We may use Web analytics services to analyze and monitor activity on our website. These Web analytics services may use “cookies,” which are text files placed on your computer, to help us analyze how visitors use the site.
The information generated by such cookies is transmitted to and stored on servers in the United States. Cookies collect information on browser type, operating system type, network location (domain), IP (Internet Protocol) address, and other similar information, but do not otherwise collect Personally Identifiable Information.
Additionally, our website’s content management tool may use cookies for authenticating staff users, tracking internal sessions, and recording staff preferences. These cookies have no effect on or connection to website usage by external visitors. If encountered, you may block cookies by adjusting the browser settings on your personal computer.
Our Web analytics services may also use other technologies such as Web beacons to track the efficiency and effectiveness of our communications and how our sites are used.
Disclosure of Information
Generally, we will not disclose Personally Identifiable Information that we collect through your use of our site to unaffiliated third parties that do not otherwise provide services for this website. We reserve the right, however, to provide such information (i) to our employees, contractors, agents, and designees to the extent necessary to enable them to perform database and communication-related services, and (ii) when jointly sponsoring an educational program with such co-sponsors.
Links to Third-Party websites
Our site may have links to third-party websites. The Roland Brown Law Firm is neither obligated to review the privacy policies of these sites nor is it responsible for ensuring that their practices are consistent with The Roland Brown Law Firm’s privacy policy nor that their practices comply with relevant laws or such third parties’ own policies. The Roland Brown Law Firm is not responsible for the content on these websites, and you should view them at your own risk. We do not disclose information of any kind to these sites.
This website is Not Directed to Children
This website is not directed to children under thirteen (13) years of age, and The Roland Brown Law Firm does not knowingly collect Personally Identifiable Information from such children. If you are younger than 13, please do not provide any Personally Identifiable Information while using this website.
Business Transfers
The Roland Brown Law Firm reserves the right to transfer any and all information that we collect from users, or that we otherwise collect in connection with the website, including, without limitation, to third parties, affiliated or non-affiliated (e.g., other legal entities of The Roland Brown Law Firm), in the event of a sale or transfer of assets or of any portion of our business.
Copyright & Legal Information
None of our publications or audio/video replays may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the The Roland Brown Law Firm, author or publisher. You may, however, copy and utilize, in context, blog articles authored by the Roland Brown Law Firm and found on this website provided you credit the author as well as crediting any third parties whose content may be referred to in the blog articles authored by the Firm.
From time to time, The Roland Brown Law Firm may distribute written materials labeled as “legal alerts.” Legal alerts are intended to alert the recipients to new developments in the law.
They, along with articles and other information on the website, should not be construed as legal advice or legal opinion on any specific facts or circumstances. The contents are intended for general informational purposes only, and you are urged to consult your attorney on your situation and specific legal questions you have.
This website may constitute attorney advertising. Some of the content on this website is considered attorney advertising under the applicable rules of certain states. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Revisions to This Statement
We reserve the right to update and revise this Statement at any time. You can determine if this Statement has been revised since your last visit by referring to the “Effective Date of Current Statement” date at the bottom of this page.
Your use of the website constitutes your acceptance of the terms of the Statement. You should review this Statement regularly to ensure that you are aware of future amendments.
Special Notification for Our Individual California Clients
We do not disclose our clients’ Personally Identifiable Information to unaffiliated third parties for direct marketing purposes. However, we may provide our clients’ Personally Identifiable Information to other legal entities of The Roland Brown Law Firm or, when we jointly sponsor educational programs, to such co-sponsors. This information may be used to send you legal updates, invitations, and other information about the services offered by our other legal entities or co-sponsors. Because such entities or co-sponsors are considered “third parties” for purposes of California Civil Code Section 1798.83, we are providing the following information for individual California clients who have given us their Personally Identifiable Information pursuant to an established legal services relationship that is primarily for personal, family, or household purposes (Individual California Clients).
Individual California Clients may request information about our disclosures of certain categories of Personally Identifiable Information to third parties (i.e., other legal entities of The Roland Brown Law Firm or co-sponsors) for their direct marketing purposes. Such requests must be submitted to us either by e-mail at [email protected], or by mail at the following address:
Attention: Roland Brown
The Roland Brown Law Firm
P.O. Box 278
Wimberley, TX 78676-0278
Within thirty (30) days of receiving such a request, we will provide a list of the categories of Personally Identifiable Information disclosed to separate legal entities for marketing purposes during the immediately preceding calendar year, along with the names and addresses of these entities.
This request may be made no more than once per calendar year. We reserve our right not to respond to requests submitted other than to the e-mail ([email protected]), or mailing address specified in this paragraph.
Your Consent to This Privacy Statement
By using the website, you consent to the collection and use of information by us as specified above or as we otherwise see fit unless you inform us otherwise by means of the procedure identified below.
If we decide to change this Privacy Statement, we will make an effort to post those changes on this Web page so that you will always be able to understand what information we collect, how we use that information, and under what circumstances we may disclose that information to others. We may use comments, information, or feedback that you may submit in any manner that we may choose without notice or compensation to you.
Questions Regarding This Statement
If you have questions or comments regarding this Statement, or would like to opt out of receiving any communication from us, please contact the attorney responsible for the contents of the The Roland Brown Law Firm website, Roland Brown:
Attention: Roland Brown
The Roland Brown Law Firm
P.O. Box 278
Wimberley, TX 78676-0278
Effective Date of Current Statement: July 31, 2020