Your privacy is important to us. It is Scott Fikes’ policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, https://fikeslaw.com.
I don’t ask for your personal information unless I truly need it. When I do, I’ll only collect what I need by fair and lawful means and, where appropriate, with your knowledge or consent. I’ll also let you know why I’m collecting it and how it will be used.
I don’t share your personal information with third-parties, except where required by law. I will only retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide you with a service.
I don’t store your personal information on our servers unless it’s required for providing a service to you. What we store, we’ll protect within commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information from loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
Scott Fikes, also DBA The Law Office of Scott Fikes, (“Fikeslaw,”) recognizes that you may be concerned about our use and disclosure of your personal information. Your privacy is very important, and the following will inform you of the information that Fikeslaw, may collect from you, and how it is used. By using Fikelaw.com, (“Site,”) you are accepting the practices described in this policy.
INFORMATION COLLECTION
We may collect non-personal information, such as a domain name and IP Address. The domain name and IP address reveal nothing personal about you other than the IP address from which you have accessed our Site. We may also collect information about the type of Internet browser you are using, operating system, what brought you to the Site, as well as which of our Web pages you have accessed.
Additionally, if you communicate with us regarding the Site or our services, we will collect any information that you provide to us in any such communication.
We may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.
INFORMATION USE
We use the collected information primarily for our own internal purposes, such as providing, maintaining, evaluating, and improving our services and the Site, fulfilling requests for information, and providing customer support.
SECURITY
We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it.
Fikeslaw does not collect and by using the Site you agree not to provide any sensitive financial information (such as credit card data,) via the Site. Regarding other sensitive information you may provide through the Site, such as personally identifiable information, that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way.
While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information.
The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
COOKIES
We use “cookies” on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor’s hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.
SHARING
We will not sell or otherwise provide the information we collect to outside third parties for the purpose of direct or indirect mass email marketing.
We will disclose personal information and/or an IP address when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to:
Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities and conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on our company,
Protect and defend the rights or property of our Website and related properties
Identify persons who may be violating the law, the rights of third parties, or otherwise misusing the Site or its related properties
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online – for example through e-mail, discussion boards, or elsewhere – that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your personal information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online.
LINKS
This website may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
SURVEYS
From time-to-time, our site may request information via surveys. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate and therefore disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age, location). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
CONSENT
By using the Site, you consent to the collection and use of information as specified above. If we make changes to our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page. Please review this page frequently to remain up-to-date with the information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. You must review the new Privacy Policy carefully to make sure you understand our practices and procedures.
If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at (619) 568-3189 or via mail Attn: The Law Office of Scott Fikes, 8880 Rio San Diego Dr., Ste. 800, San Diego, CA 92108.