Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 20, 2020

This Privacy Policy describes the policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of information regarding Southern Legal Clinics and its website. When existing clients or new prospective clients contact our law firm online, correspondence is free and confidential. This Privacy Policy discloses your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

We use personal data such as prospective new client information (most commonly in the form of submitted contact information) in order to schedule free first consultations or in order to respond to questions, concerns or requests. By submitting information through our website, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. By submitting a message online, Our staff members or attorneys may contact You in response by phone, email or text.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

  • Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Southern Legal Clinics, 3848 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Metairie, LA, 70002.

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

  • Website refers to Southern Legal Clinics, accessible from https://www.southernlegalclinics.com/

  • Service refers to the Website.

  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.

  • 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 Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact You, identify You, or respond to Your legal questions or requests. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address

  • First name and last name

  • Phone number

  • A message describing your legal matter or general inquiry

Usage Data

Much like any website, Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. Usage Data may include information in relation to Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser, the pages of our Service 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 Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to the IP address of Your mobile device, 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 our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.

  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone, or other equivalent forms of communication.

  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners (such as, attorneys and/or staff within our company) in order to offer You products, services or promotions.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. We have 7 office locations, and these addresses are listed on our Contact page. This information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers within one of our 7 office locations.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. No transfer of Your Personal Data will take place unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Security of Your Personal Data

We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, and utilize the best available means of online security to keep it safe (such as SSL certificates and HTTPS domain).

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company 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).

Other legal requirements

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 Service

  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public

  • Protect against legal liability

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information.

We also may limit how We collect, use, and store some of the information of Users between 13 and 18 years old. In some cases, this means We will be unable to provide certain functionality of the Service to these users.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site (such as Our Facebook page). We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time, or as it is required, or preferred, by internet partners (such as domain name providers or registrants; companies that provide hosting, content management, digital marketing services; social media companies and/or search engines). We will notify You of any changes by updating the new Privacy Policy on this page.

For urgent matters, We will update our Service via a prominent notice prior to the change becoming effective and updates will be reflected via the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

  • By phone number: (504) 455-4185