Privacy Policy | Enforceamark

Updated: August 30, 2020

Scope of Policy:

This privacy policy describes what we do with the information collected on this website. This privacy policy is created and followed in accordance with the applicable laws of the State of California. In some instances, we may provide additional data privacy notices specific to certain geographic regions, which should be read in conjunction with this policy.

Please keep in mind that when you provide information to us via a third-party site or platform (e.g., Email, LawPay, CosmoLex or various social media platforms), the information you provide may be stored off-site in third-party cloud-based servers and such information may be separately collected by the third-party site or platform. The information we collect is covered by this privacy policy, and the information the third-party site or platform collects is subject to the third-party site or platform’s privacy policy and practices. Privacy choices you have made on the third-party site or platform will not apply to our use of the information we collect directly through our website. Please also keep in mind that our site may contain links to other sites not owned or controlled by us and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our website and to read the privacy policies of other sites that may collect your personal information.

Who is Collecting Your Information:

Enforceamark, P.C. is a California law corporation, and will be the data controller for your information. Enforceamark, P.C. is responsible for the personal information collected from our website and will be used within the scope of this policy. The company can be contacted at:

Enforceamark, P.C.

P.O. Box 3343

Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274

Phone: (424) 277-3500

Email: info@enforceamark.com

Types of Information We Collect:

We may collect personal information when you complete certain forms on our website. For example, when you complete the Trademark/Service Mark Application Intake Form, which is also referred to on our website as a Client Intake Form, you may provide your name, address, phone number, email address and information about your trademark or service mark.

Additionally, if you make a payment through our website using LawPay by selecting Make a Payment, you may provide your name, address, phone number, email address, payment information and other information to identify the matter to which the payment pertains. You may also have access to our Client Portal, where you will provide your name, address, phone number and email address. Clients who are granted access to a Client Portal will create a username and password in order to access information made available by Enforceamark, P.C. or as a secure storage area to submit information to the company.

Further, if you activate the Chat feature on our website, you will be asked to enter your name and email address and then be connected to a live person if it is during normal business hours. Outside normal business hours, your contact information will be provided to Enforceamark for someone to contact you during normal business hours.

Finally, on the Contact page of our website, you may enter your name, email address and phone number and request that someone from Enforceamark contact you.

How We Collect Your Information:

We collect information you provide to us when you complete our Client Intake Form, make a payment through our website, request to chat with us, access the Client Portal or contact us through our website and/or social media.

We may also collect information through a variety of technologies, such as cookies and web beacons, including when you visit our website and/or social media channels using one or more devices, whether you are logged in or registered on our site.

We collect information using analytics tools, including when you visit our site or access third-party sites or platforms through our website.

We may acquire information from other trusted sources to update or supplement the information you provided or we collected automatically, such as if we validate postal address information using third party services. Applicable law may require you to authorize the third party to share your information with us before we can acquire it.

How We Use Your Information:

Consistent with applicable law and choices and controls that may be available to you, we may use information collected from you to:

Provide you with services you request, view, engage with, or purchase.

Communicate with you about your legal matters, account, or transactions with us and send you information or request feedback about features of our website or changes to our policies.

Send you offers and promotions for our services or third-party products and services;

Personalize your experience on our website.

Operate, understand, optimize, develop, or improve our website, services, and operations, including by using client survey research and analytics tools.

Detect, investigate, and prevent activities that may violate our policies or be illegal.

How Long We Keep Your Information:

We will keep your information for as long as necessary in order to manage your relationship with us, consistent with applicable law, choices and controls that may be available to you. We will endeavor to keep information collected from you for up to five years after we deem the information is no longer of service.

We may keep your information longer than indicated if we cannot delete it for legal, regulatory, or technical reasons. We may also keep it for research or statistical purposes.

Sharing Your Information with Other Entities:

We will not share your personal information with a third party outside Enforceamark, P.C., except in limited circumstances, including:

When you allow us to share your personal information with another person or entity, such as:

Electing to share your personal information with carefully selected persons or entities so that they can provide you with services or send you offers and promotions about their products and services.

Directing us to share your personal information with third-party websites or platforms, such as practice management, docketing, payment websites or other industry "software as a service" deemed intrinsically related for business use.

When we cooperate with other entities to offer co-branded products or services to you, we will do so only if permitted by applicable law and, in these cases, the third party entities are prohibited from using your personal information for purposes other than those related to the co-branded products or services.

When persons or entities perform services on our behalf, like package delivery, marketing and advertising, and customer services; however, these persons or entities are prohibited from using your personal information for purposes other than those requested by us or required by law.

When we share your personal information with third parties in connection with the sale of a business, to enforce our Terms of Use or rules, to ensure the safety and security of our clients and third parties, to protect our rights and property and the rights and property of our clients and third parties, to comply with legal process, or in other cases if we believe in good faith that disclosure is required by law.

Please note that once we share your personal information with another person or entity, the information received by that person or entity is controlled by that person or entity and becomes subject to that person’s or entity’s privacy practices.

Your Controls and Choices:

We provide you the ability to exercise certain controls and choices regarding our collection, use and sharing of your personal information. In accordance with applicable law, your controls and choices may include:

Correcting, updating, and deleting the information in the Client Portal or in LawPay.

Choosing or changing your choices for subscriptions, newsletters, and alerts.

Choosing whether to receive from us offers and promotions for our services, or products and services that we think may be of interest to you.

Choosing whether we share your personal information with other companies so they can send you offers and promotions about their products and services.

Controlling data exchanges, marketing analytics and digital advertising and marketing service providers.

Requesting access to the personal information we hold about you and that we amend or delete it.

You may exercise these controls and choices in various ways, including by contacting Enforceamark, P.C. and following instructions provided in communications sent to you.

Please be aware that if you do not allow us to collect personal information from you, we may be unable to deliver services to you. If collection of personal information is mandatory, we will make that clear at the point of collection so that you can make an informed decision whether to participate. If you have questions about the specific personal information about you that we process or retain, and your rights regarding that personal information, please contact Enforceamark, P.C.

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"):

In compliance with COPPA, this website is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect information from, or market to children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information through this website without their consent, he or she should contact us at info@enforceamark.com. We will delete such information from our files upon request.

Data Security, Integrity and Retention:

The security, integrity and confidentiality of your information are extremely important to us. We have implemented technical, administrative, and physical security measures that are designed to protect client information from unauthorized access, disclosure, use and modification. We regularly review our security procedures to consider appropriate new technology and methods. Please be aware that, despite our best efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We will retain your personal information for the length of time needed to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Data Transfers, Storage and Processing:

We are based in the U.S. but may transfer your personal information to third parties in locations around the world for the purposes described in this privacy policy. Wherever your personal information is transferred, stored, or processed by us, we will take reasonable steps to safeguard the privacy of your personal information as required by applicable law.

Changes to this Privacy Policy:

From time to time, we may change this privacy policy to accommodate new technologies, industry practices, regulatory requirements or for other purposes. We will provide notice to you if these changes are material and, where required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent. We may notify you of such changes by email at the last email address you provided to us, by posting a notice of such changes on our website, or by other means consistent with applicable law.

Comments and Questions:

If you have a comment or question about this privacy policy, please contact Enforceamark, P.C.

Privacy Rights of California Residents:

Notice to California Residents: If you are a California resident, you may have certain additional rights of privacy. California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you to request information regarding the disclosure of your personal information by Enforceamark to third parties for these third parties to engage in direct marketing to you. The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), California Civil Code Sections 1798.100, et seq., requires transparency regarding data practices and permits you to request, among other things, access to and deletion of your personal information, and requires that we provide you with control over certain data transfers deemed under the law to be a “sale”.

Right to Access:

If you are a resident of California, you have the right to request, up to two times per year, access to categories of and specific pieces of personal information about you that we collect, use, disclose and sell.

Right to Delete:

If you are a resident of California, you have the right to request that we delete personal information that we collect from you, subject to applicable legal exceptions.

How to Make a CCPA Request:

To make a request to access or delete your personal information, please send an e-mail to info@enforceamark.com. Before completing your request, we may need to verify your identity or the identity of your authorized representative. We may send you a link to verify your email address and/or other personally identifying information.

Right to Opt Out of Sale of Personal Information:

If you are a resident of California, you have the right to “opt out” of the “sale” of your “personal information” to “third parties” (as those terms are defined in the CCPA). Our privacy policy describes the limited circumstances in which we may share your information with third parties outside Enforceamark, P.C. Our privacy policy also provides you with certain controls and choices regarding our collection, use and sharing of your personal information.

We Do Not Share Your Personal Information to Third Parties for Direct Marketing Purposes

Enforceamark, P.C. does not share personal information with third parties for use in direct marketing.

We Do Not Sell Your Personal Information to Third Parties

Enforceamark, P.C. does not sell personal information to third parties for any use.

Mandatory Disclosures:

In addition to the information provided elsewhere in our Privacy Policy, we make the following disclosures for purposes of compliance with the CCPA:

We collected the following categories of personal information in the last 12 months: contact information, payment card and bank account information, commercial information, Internet or other electronic network activity information and information related to the above.

The sources of personal information that we collected are: our clients, third parties, third party sites or platforms that you link with your client account, analytics tools, social networks and trusted sources who update or supplement information we hold about you.

The business or commercial purposes of collecting your personal information are described above in the section entitled “How We Use Your Information”.

We disclosed the following categories of personal information for a business purpose in the last 12 months: contact information, payment card and bank account information, commercial information, Internet or other electronic network activity information and information related to the above. We disclose these categories outside Enforceamark, P.C. only as described in the “Sharing Your Personal Information with Other Entities” section of this privacy policy.

As the term is defined by the CCPA, we have not “sold” any of your personal information in the last 12 months.

Contact Information:

If you have a question about our privacy policy, please send an email to info@enforceamark.com or write us at:

Enforceamark, P.C.

P.O. Box 3343

Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274