This Privacy Policy applies to our website petroslawgroup.com (referred to hereinafter as the “Site”). This Privacy Policy is intended to disclose how Petros Law Group (“We” or “Us” or “Our”) collects, uses and discloses personal information about users of our Site. This Privacy Policy shall also the rights and choices of users (individuals and corporations) of the Site as it pertains to a user(s) and their respective personal information.
1. The EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union privacy regulation platform scheduled to go into effect on May, 25 2018. The EU’s GDPR initiative was designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower all European citizens’ data privacy, and to reshape the way organizations across the region approach data privacy.
Petros Law Group understands that, despite being a European Union regulation, the GDPR has far-reaching implications for any business that has a global presence; thus impacting any business, whether or not said business operates within, or outside of, any nation belonging to the European Union. So long as any EU user or customer resides or conducts business within the EU, Bitcoin Private fully intends to be in compliance with these newly implemented GDPR standards.
If Petros Law Group’s Website engages in any activity whatsoever which may constitute those of a “data controller” or a “data processor,” in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including, but not limited to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Petros Law Group hereby agrees that it shall:
(i) only deal with and process personal data controlled by customer in compliance with, and subject to, the instructions received from Website Users and in compliance with this Agreement and will not use or process the personal data for purposes other than those permitted by the Website’s users; and
(ii) adopt and maintain appropriate (including organizational and technical) security measures in processing Website Users’ personal data in order to protect against unauthorized or accidental access, loss, alteration, disclosure or destruction of such data, in particular where the processing involves the transmission of data over a network, and against all other unlawful forms of processing.
2. The information we collect.
We may collect information directly from individuals online, as well as automatically through the use of our Site.
We may collect personal information about you such as your name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, etc. directly from you upon request. For example, personal information may be collected when you fill out the Site’s “Email Us” form or otherwise provide Us information through the Site. Generally, the information we collect includes your:
• Name, company name and title/position.
• Email address, phone number, mailing address and contact details.
• Contact preferences and interests.
• Business affiliations.
• Other information related to your request or inquiry.
• Automatically-collected information.
We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to automatically collect information when users access or use the services or visit our Site, such as an IP address, general location information, domain name, page views, a date/time stamp, browser type, device type, device ID, Internet service provider (“ISP”), referring/exit URLs, operating system, language, clickstream data, and other information about the links clicked, features used, size of files uploaded, streamed or deleted, and similar device and usage information. For more information, see the Our Cookie Policy.
3. Our use of personal information
We may use the personal information you provide to respond to your request or inquiry, and in the ordinary course of Our business practices. Unless stated otherwise, we may use the information we collect in general capacity, such as:
• Providing support and services;
• To provide and operate our Site, communicate with you about your use of the Site, provide troubleshooting and technical support, respond to your inquiries, fulfill your orders and requests, process your payments, communicate with you, and for similar service and support purposes;
• Responding to your requests;
• To respond to your inquiries and requests;
• Personalization. To tailor content we may send or display on the Site, including to offer location customization and personalized help and instructions, and to otherwise personalize your experiences;
• Analytics and improvement;
• To better understand how Our users access and utilize the Site and its content, and for research and analytical purposes, such as to evaluate and improve Our services and business operations and to develop services and features;
• Protect Our legal rights and prevent misuse;
• To protect the Site and Our business operations; to prevent and detect fraud, unauthorized activities and access, and other intended misuse; where we believe necessary to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety or legal rights of any person or third party, or violations of Our Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy;
• Comply with legal obligations;
• To comply with the law or legal proceedings in relevant jurisdictions. For example, We may be compelled by court order to disclose information in response to subpoenas, or other lawful requests by regulators and/or law enforcement agencies, including, but not limited to, responding to matters of national security;
• General business operations;
• Where necessary, for the administration of Our general business, accounting, recordkeeping and legal functions;
• Anonymous and de-identified information;
• We create and use anonymous and de-identified information to assess, improve and develop Our business, products and services, and for similar research and analytics purposes.
4. Disclosure of personal information
Petros Law Group is a global law firm and any information that We collect or that you provide to Us may be shared and processed by any associate or affiliate entity of Petros Law Group engaging in similar business activities. We will not rent, sell, or otherwise distribute any personal information of Our Site’s User(s), nor will we share it with any unrelated third parties, for any purpose.
Additionally, We may disclose personal information to other third parties under the following circumstances:
• Business transfers;
• As part of any merger, sale and transfer of our assets, acquisition or restructuring of all or part of Our business, bankruptcy, or similar event, including related to due diligence conducted prior to such event where permitted by law;
• If We are required to do so by law (i.e. to law enforcement agencies or courts of relevant jurisdiction);
• Protect Our rights;
• Where We reasonably believe it is necessary to respond to claims asserted against Us, to comply with legal processes and procedures, enforce or administer Our agreements, terms and conditions, to protect against fraudulent or malicious activity, risk assessment, investigation, and to protect the rights, property and safety of Petros Law Group and Our clients;
• We may also share aggregate or de-identified information with third parties for research, marketing, analytics and other purposes, provided such information does not identify a particular individual.
5. Cookies and similar devices
We and Our service providers may use cookies, pixels, log files and other technologies to gather information about the use of our Site.
Our Cookie Policy contains all necessary information about our Use of cookies.
6. International transfers
Petros Law Group is a global law firm; when You personal information is provided to Us, whether directly or indirectly, it is received and processed in the United States or where we have service providers. In order to provide services, We also may need to transfer Your personal information to locations in other jurisdictions.
7. Third party website and links
Our Site contains links to other Site whose information practices may be different than Our own. Users of Our Site should consult the other site’s privacy notices- as We have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
8. Co-sponsored events
Petros Law Group posts information about programs and events that are sponsored by or co-sponsored by other firms or organizations. Should you choose to register electronically for any of these events or submit Your information to these third parties, Petros Law Group will have no control over the third party sponsors’ use of this information, and this Privacy Policy will not apply.
9. Our commitment to security
We employ security measures to prevent unauthorized access to information that We collect online. However, We cannot guarantee the security of your personal information from reasonably unforeseeable harm.
10. How to contact us
If you have any questions or concerns about the Privacy Policy for Petros Law Group or its implementation, you may contact us at info@petroslawgroup.com. If at any time You decide that We should no longer hold any of Your personal information, or You wish to change the use to which any such information can be put, please let Us know by emailing us at info@petroslawgroup.com.
11. Revisions to our Privacy 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. If We make material changes, we will endeavor to provide notice ahead of such changes, such as by email or through a notice on petroslawgroup.com.
Last updated October 31, 2018