Privacy Policy

Douglass & Associates (“D&A”) recognizes the importance of privacy to website visitors. D&A collects the minimum amount of information necessary to serve our visitors and to provide the best website experience. D&A does not collect personally identifiable information about you when you visit our website unless you voluntarily provide information. [See Section I]. This privacy notice applies only to public sites and services provided by D&A.

I. What We Collect:

When you access douglasslaw.com, D&A may gather information in the following ways:

• Information collected automatically. When you view pages on our website some of your technical information is automatically This information may include:
  • Internet protocol (IP) address of the individual computer (or proxy server) making the request;
  • Type of internet browser or computer operating system you are using;
  • Date and time you accessed the website;
  • Webpages visited on the site;
  • Internet address of the website from which you may have linked to this

This information is aggregated and is used to analyze users’ trends and statistics to help us improve our website. It may also be used to identify and respond to threats to our network.

• Information voluntarily submitted. D&A may collect additional information if you voluntarily provide it by filling out any online forms or submissions, requesting information, submitting questions or comments via email, or registering for a subscription The type of information varies by transaction. Unless the online form specifically asks for it, users should exercise caution when submitting sensitive information such as:
  • Social security numbers;
  • Driver’s license numbers;
  • Medical information;
  • Financial account numbers (ex: bank account numbers);
  • Credit or debit card number;
  • Personal Identification Numbers and Passwords.

II. Sharing information

We will only share personal information for the following reasons, which may include sharing data with other parties as necessary to fulfill your request or remain in compliance with the law:

• To respond to your request and answer questions or process your request as efficiently as possible;
• To provide the product or service you have requested, including sharing information with other entities if they are in a better position to respond or if disclosure to the other entity is necessary to provide the product or service;
• To respond to a valid legal process, such as a warrant, subpoena, or court order;
• For any other reason with your written consent.

III. Cookies

D&A uses “log files” and “web cookies” to capture generic, internet user information each time a request is made to view a page within this site. A cookie is a small text file, not a program, which is saved on your computer when you visit a website. Cookies do not disclose your name or e-mail address to a website. They can only tell a website if you have visited before and can pass short bits of information from the website back to itself the next time you visit.

D&A uses cookies in the following ways:

• To help you to conduct online transactions;
• To help process data submitted to us;
• To maintain your connection to our services; and/or
• To perform statistical analyses on website usage to understand how people are using the website and how we can improve

If you disable cookies, you can still use our website but your ability to use some areas or functions of the website may be limited.

IV. Outside links

We provide links to other organizations through our website. These links are for informational purposes only. In providing these links, we do not endorse the content, products, services, or viewpoints of any external websites. When you link to another site, you are no longer on our website and this privacy notice does not apply. When you link to another website, you are subject to the privacy policy of that website.

Contact:

If you have any questions concerning the privacy policy for the sites and services provided by Douglass &Associates, please contact us at:

Douglass & Associates Co., LPA
4725 Grayton Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44135
216-362-7777