Privacy Policy

Last updated April 07, 2022

 

Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside LLP (“Elkins Kalt” or “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to collecting and using information about you responsibly. This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) applies to your use of www.elkinskalt.com (the “Site”) and, in the case of California residents who are consumers and not representatives of businesses, when you interact with us online and offline (please see the “Additional Disclosures for California Residents” section below). This Policy describes how your personal information will be treated when you use our Site and services. Except in the case of California residents who are consumers and not representatives of businesses, this Policy expressly does not apply to information provided to us in the course of our attorney-client relationships or protected by confidentiality, the attorney-client privilege, the attorney work product doctrine, or any other applicable protection. Nothing in this Policy shall be construed to create an attorney-client relationship with visitors to our website or, conversely, to detract from any of the protections resulting from such relationships.

By using the Site or interacting with us offline (in the case of California residents who are consumers and not representatives of businesses), you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure practices, and other activities as described in this Policy.

If you are a Nevada or California resident please see the “Additional Disclosures for Nevada Residents” and “Additional Disclosures for California Residents” sections below.

 

Notice At Collection –

Personal Information We Collect and How We Use It

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer, household or device (“personal information”). Personal information does not include: publicly available information from government records; deidentified or aggregated consumer information; or information excluded from the scope of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”).  In general, you do not have to provide personal information to use our Site.  You may choose to provide us with personal information,  including through direct interaction with us (such as by interacting with our personnel), by mail, e-mail, telephone, fax, or electronically.

When you interact with the Site, our server logs may capture information regarding your operating system, browser software, IP (Internet Protocol) address, and the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to and from our website, including date and time.  We may use this information to monitor and analyze use of the website and for the website’s technical administration, to increase our website’s functionality and user-friendliness, and to better tailor the website to our visitors’ needs.

In the course of our business, we may also collect the following categories of personal information, the collection of which depends on the services we provide and your interactions with us:

 

Category Examples
A. Identifiers.  

A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.

B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute

(Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).

 

 

A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information.

Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.

C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.  

 

Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information).

D. Commercial information.  

Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.

E. Biometric information.  

Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as, fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.

 

F. Internet or other similar network activity.

Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement.
 

G. Geolocation data.

Physical location or movements.
 

H. Sensory data.

 

Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.

 

I. Professional or employment-related information.

Current or past job history or performance evaluations.
 

J. Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)).

Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records.
 

K. Inferences drawn from other personal information.

Profile reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.

 

We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources: directly from you, indirectly from you, from our clients, and from publicly available sources.

 

We may use or disclose the personal information we collect for one or more of the following purposes:

 

  • Providing our clients with legal services;
  • Managing and administering client and vendor relationships;
  • Conducting administrative or operational processes within our firm;
  • Addressing client and potential client inquiries/feedback;
  • Promoting our services to you, including sending legal updates, publications, and information about events;
  • Improving our website;
  • Keeping our website and IT systems and processes safe;
  • Conducting recruiting;
  • Complying with legal, ethical, or regulatory inquiries, requests, or obligations;
  • Exercising or defending legal rights; and
  • As otherwise described to you when collecting your personal information.

 

We may disclose your personal information to a third party for a business purpose or as compelled by law.  We may share your personal information with the following categories of third parties: service providers, vendors, and to any other third parties with whom you direct us to share personal information, as described in this Policy.  We may also disclose information about you that we have collected via the website to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims and legal process (including but not limited to subpoenas), to protect the property and rights of Elkins Kalt or anyone else, to protect the safety of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of being, illegal, unethical or legally actionable.

 

We do not sell personal information.

 

This Site uses cookies, which are small text files that are placed on a computer when visiting a website. Cookies permit us to distinguish you from other visitors to the Site. Cookies have a variety of purposes, including enhancing performance and functionality of a website, as well as compiling statistics. The Site uses cookies for statistical purposes, and all data are anonymized so as not to identify you as an individual. Using cookies helps us to improve the functionality and performance of the Site. By using the Site you agree to our use of these cookies.

 

Web browsers typically accept cookies by default, while also providing users the means to modify their settings and reject cookies. If you wish to disable cookies from this Site, you must do so in each browser, and on every device from which you may access this Site. Note, however, that disabling cookies may affect your ability to use this or other websites.

 

We use Google Analytics for aggregated, anonymized website traffic analysis. In order to track your session usage, Google drops a cookie with a randomly-generated ClientID in your browser. This ID is anonymized and contains no identifiable information like email, phone number, name, etc. We may use Google Analytics to track aggregated website behavior, such as what pages you looked at, for how long, etc. This information may assist us in improving the user experience and determining site effectiveness. If you would like to access what browsing information we have – or ask us to delete any Google Analytics data – please delete your Google Analytics cookies, reach out to us, and/or install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On.

 

Children’s Privacy

 

This Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under age 13.

 

We do not knowingly collect personal information (as defined by the U.S. Children’s Privacy Protection Act, or “COPPA”) in a manner not permitted by COPPA. If you are a parent or guardian and you become aware that your child has provided us with information, or we have collected information from your child, in a manner not permitted by law, contact us at [email protected]. We will remove the data to the extent required by applicable laws.

 

We do not knowingly “sell,” as that term is defined under the CCPA, the personal information of minors under 16 years old who are California residents.

 

How We Protect Personal Information

 

We take reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from misuse, interference, and unauthorized loss, access, modification, or disclosure. We cannot guarantee the security of information you transmit over the internet, and we expressly disclaim any liability for any loss, misuse, or modification of such personal or confidential information.

 

Revisions to this Policy

 

We reserve the right to revise this policy or any part of it from time to time. Please review the policy periodically for changes.

 

Contacting Us

 

If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact us by emailing us at [email protected], calling us at (866)407-2756, or by sending a signed letter addressed to:

 

Privacy Officer
Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside, LLP
10345 W. Olympic Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90064

 

Additional Disclosures for California Residents

 

Shine the Light

 

Elkins Kalt does not disclose personal information to third parties for those third parties’ own direct marketing purposes.

 

California Do Not Track Disclosures

 

California Business & Professions Code Section 22575(b) (as amended effective January 1, 2014) provides that California Consumers are entitled to know how a website operator responds to “Do Not Track” (DNT) browser settings. DNT is a feature offered by some browsers which, when enabled, sends a signal to websites to request that your browsing is not tracked, such as by third party ad networks, social networks and analytic companies. We do not currently take actions to respond to DNT signals because a uniform technological standard has not yet been developed. We continue to review new technologies and may adopt a DNT standard once one is created.  For information about DNT, please visit: https://allaboutdnt.com/.

 

Disclosures of Personal Information for a Business Purpose

 

In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have disclosed the following categories of personal information for a business purpose to the following categories of third parties:

 

Category Third Parties
A. Identifiers.  

Service Providers

Vendors

Other third parties as directed by you and/or our clients

B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).  

Service Providers

Vendors

Other third parties as directed by you and/or our clients

C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.  

Service Providers

Vendors

Other third parties as directed by you and/or our clients

D. Commercial information.  

Service Providers

Vendors

Other third parties as directed by you and/or our clients

E. Biometric information.  

Service Providers

Vendors

Other third parties as directed by you and/or our clients

F. Internet or other similar network activity.  

Service Providers

Vendors

G. Geolocation data.  

Service Providers

Vendors

Other third parties as directed by you and/or our clients

H. Sensory data.  

Service Providers

Vendors

Other third parties as directed by you and/or our clients

I. Professional or employment-related information.  

Service Providers

Vendors

Other third parties as directed by you and/or our clients

J. Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)).  

Service Providers

Vendors

Other third parties as directed by you and/or our clients

K. Inferences drawn from other personal information.  

Service Providers

Vendors

Other third parties as directed by you and/or our clients

 

We have not sold any personal information in the past twelve (12) months.

 

For more details on the information we collect, including the sources from which we receive information, and the purposes for which we use it, review the “Notice At Collection –

Personal Information We Collect and How We Use It” section above.

 

Right to Know

 

You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (see “Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights”), we will disclose to you:

 

  • The categories of personal information we collected about you.
  • The categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you.
  • Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information.
  • The categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information.
  • The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you.
  • If we disclosed your personal information for a business purpose, a list of those disclosures, identifying the personal information categories that each category of recipient obtained.

 

We do not provide these access rights for representatives of businesses.

 

Deletion Request Rights

 

You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (see “Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights”), we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies.

 

We may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service provider(s) to:

 

  1. Complete the transaction for which we collected the personal information, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, or otherwise perform our contract with you.
  2. Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
  3. Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
  4. Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.
  5. Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.).
  6. Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if you previously provided informed consent.
  7. Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us.
  8. Comply with a legal obligation.
  9. Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which you provided it.

 

We do not provide these deletion rights for representatives of businesses.

 

Exercising Rights to Know and Deletion Request Rights

 

To exercise the access, data portability, and deletion rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by either:

 

  • Calling us at (866)407-2756.
  • Emailing us at [email protected].
  • Sending us a signed letter addressed to:

Privacy Officer
Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside, LLP
10345 W. Olympic Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90064

 

Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child. To designate an authorized agent, please submit a written, signed, and dated designation by mail or email as provided above. The designation must include your full name, date of birth, current California address, telephone number, name of authorized agent, and specific authorization for the agent to make requests to know and/or request to delete personal information. Authorized agents that have been provided a power of attorney from a requestor may submit requests directly.

 

You may only make a verifiable consumer request to know twice within a 12-month period. The verifiable consumer request must:

 

  • Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative, which will include at minimum:
    • First, Middle (if available), and Last Name
    • Physical California address
    • Birthdate
    • Valid telephone number
    • Valid email address
  • Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond.

 

We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you.

 

We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request.

 

Response Timing and Format

 

We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of receipt. If we require more time, we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.

 

We will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option.

 

Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable consumer request’s receipt. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable.

 

We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.

 

Non-Discrimination

 

We may not discriminate against you because you exercise any of your rights under the CCPA, including, but not limited to:

 

  • Denying goods or services to you.
  • Charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including through the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties.
  • Providing a different level or quality of goods or services to you.
  • Suggesting that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or services of a different level or quality of goods or services.

 

Additional Disclosures for Nevada Residents

 

Elkins Kalt does not sell personal information as the term “sell” is defined under Nevada law (NRS 603A.340).