Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 22, 2008
Spindle Research LLC is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to spindlelaw.com and spindleresearch.com (collectively, the “Websites,” and individually, a “Website’).
Information We Collect
We collect information in three ways: when our users knowingly provide the information to us, through log files, and through cookies.
Information Provided by Users
We collect your name and e-mail address when you register or edit your profile, and we collect information that you provide in the form of contributions or edits to the information on the Websites, such as when you post comments or contribute or edit legal topics, rules, or authorities. If you request technical assistance from us, we may ask you for additional information that may help us address the problem, such as information about your hardware or software
Information Collected in Log Files
We may collect information though our log files related to the use of our Websites. This information is anonymous and generic, and we do not use it to identify you personally. This information allows us to improve the functionality and content of our site. These log files may record, for example, internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" or "yourschool.edu"); Internet Protocol (IP) address; operating system; the browser used to access our Web site; the date and time you access our site; and the pages that you visited.
Information in Cookies
In order to offer and provide you with personalized services, we may use "cookies" to store and help track your information. A cookie is a piece of data that identifies you as a unique user.
How We Use the Information We Gather and Track
When you provide information for public use on our Websites, such as by posting a comment or contributing or editing legal content to be published to the Website, we may, of course, post that information on the site and attribute it to you by your user name. If you designate other information about yourself and as information that you wish us to publish about you on our site, we may publish it and may link your username, when it appears, to a page that provides that information about you. We do not publish personally identifiable information about you that you have not designated as public.
We may use personal information about you to provide you with information and to assist us in creating content that is relevant to you.
Except as described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, we will not use your personal information without your consent.We do not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies.We may use such information to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or establish and exercise our legal rights and defend against legal claims. We may use such information if we believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal or improper activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
Security: Secured Data Transmissions
In those instances where we secure your information in transit to us and upon receipt in order to safeguard your personal information, we use the industry standard encryption software, Secured Socket Layer (SSL). The URL in your browser will change from HTTP to HTTPS when this security feature is invoked. Your browser may also display a lock symbol on its bottom task bar line to indicate invoked secure transmission.
Changing your Information
We make a sincere effort to respond to your requests to update or correct the personal information you may have provided us. If you believe that we do not have your current personal information or wish to delete or correct such information, please contact us. Our contact information can be found at http://spindlelaw.com/contact.
Access by Third Parties
Other than described above under the caption “Information Sharing and Disclosure,” we do not provide access to information about you that we obtained from your use of this web site to third parties.
Other Web Sites
This Privacy Policy applies only to the Websites. We do not exercise control over the sites maintained by third parties even if related to our service. These other sites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information from you. We encourage you to read their privacy statements, as they may differ from ours.
Privacy Policy Changes
Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will post any Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Policy changes).
Contact Us
We know that your privacy is very important to you. We welcome questions and comments regarding this policy, so feel free to contact us about it. Our contact information is available at http://spindlelaw.com/contact. We will investigate and respond to your inquiry. Your inquiry will be treated confidentially, and will not be shared with external parties.