Privacy policy.

Updated August 17, 2022

This Privacy Policy explains how Carob Law, P.C. (“Carob Law” or “we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses and discloses information about you when you use our website.

By using this website, you consent to our collection, use and disclosure practices, and other activities that we have described in this Privacy Policy.

We may change this policy from time to time, and will indicate this by changing the date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about our information practices and to review this Privacy Policy frequently.

How we collect your data

  • In connection with operating our website, we obtain information or date from you from the following sources:

  • Information from your communications with us in connection with our website or other services, events, publications or programs that we are offering, including any updates to such information provided by you;

  • Information captured on our website, including information provided by you through online forms and any information captured via cookies;

  • Information that you provide us at the start of our engagement with you, or during the course of us providing services to you;

  • Information that you provide us in conjunction with your application for employment; and Information that we collect from publicly available sources. This will generally include information collected in an online or offline context.

Automated collection of information on our website

Analytics

Our website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

We disclose this information to Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

Use of cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app.

  • These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

  • These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

How to manage cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Do Not Track

Your browser settings may allow you to automatically transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to online services you visit. Note, however, there is no industry consensus as to what site and app operators should do with regard to these signals. Accordingly, unless and until the law is interpreted to require us to do so, we do not monitor or take action with respect to “Do Not Track” signals. For more information on “Do Not Track,” visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

How we use your data

Depending on the individual circumstances, we collect and use personal information collected from you for the legitimate business purposes of Carob Law. We may use information about you for various purposes, including:

  • To operate and improve our services;

  • To respond to your questions, comments and requests;

  • To provide the information or services you request and send you related information, including confirmations and receipts;

  • To communicate with you about services and events offered by us or others we think will be of interest to you;

  • For the technical administration of our website;

  • For data analysis, monitoring, data analytics, testing, and research and development purposes;

  • To ensure that content from our website is presented in an effective manner for you and for your computer;

  • As part of our efforts to protect the security and integrity of information collected via our website;

  • To monitor and analyze usage, trends and activities related to our services;

  • To notify you about changes to our services.

We may process and store information about you in the United States and other countries, which may have less protective data protection laws than the region in which you are situated.

How we disclose your information

We do not sell or rent any of the personal data we collect about you to third parties.

Personal information may be disclosed to other non-affiliated third parties, including:

  • Service providers which perform certain services on behalf of us, pursuant to our direction, or as directed or consented to by you. The categories of service providers to whom we entrust personal information include: IT support, hosting, website development and operation, and related services; payment processors; customer service providers; and vendors to support the provision of our services;

  • Third parties engaged in the course of the services we provide to clients, such as local counsel and technology service providers;

  • Third parties involved in hosting events or seminars;

  • Auditors, accountants and professional advisors;

  • Professional indemnity insurers;

  • Regulatory authorities, courts and tribunals, government agencies and law enforcement agencies (such as the police).

In addition, we may disclose personal information to other third parties under the following circumstances:

  • Business transfers. As part of any actual or potential 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.

  • Comply with law, legal process and ethical obligations. To comply with the law and our ethical obligations, or respond to legal process or regulator investigations and inquiries, or where otherwise required by law or our ethical obligations. For example, we may disclose information in response to subpoenas, court orders and/or other lawful requests by regulators and/or law enforcement, including responding to national security or law enforcement disclosure requirements.

  • Protect and defend rights. Where we believe it necessary to respond to claims asserted against us, enforce or administer our agreements and terms, or for fraud prevention, risk assessment and investigation, and to protect and defend our rights, property or safety, our clients and customers, or others.

How long we keep your personal information

We will endeavor not to keep your personally identifiable information in a form that allows you to be identified for any longer than is reasonably necessary for achieving the permitted purposes, in accordance with our data retention policies and applicable law.

How we protect your personal information

We take reasonable measures to protect personally identifiable information that you submit over the website from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.  Unfortunately, despite such measures, no data transmission over the Internet and no database or other depository of information can be one hundred percent secure. As a result, while we endeavor to protect your personal information, we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant the security of any of your personal information. We will not be and are not liable for disclosures of your personal information due to errors in transmission, networks that we do not control, or unauthorized acts of third parties. You should take this into account when submitting personal or confidential data on any websites, including ours.

Third party websites and social media platforms

We may provide links to websites, platforms and services that we do not control on our website. We encourage our users to read the privacy policies of each website and application with which they interact. We do not endorse, screen or approve and are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other websites or applications.

Information from other sources

We may obtain information about you from other sources, including through third party services and organizations to supplement information provided by you. For example, if you access our services through a third-party application or site, such as an app store or a social networking site, we may collect information about you from that third-party site that you have made public via your privacy settings. This supplemental information allows us to verify information that you have provided to us and to enhance our ability to provide you with information about our business and services.

Children’s privacy

Our website is not directed at children under the age of 13 (or other age as required by local law). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under that age.

Contact Information

We welcome your comments or questions about this privacy policy. You may contact us by email at info@caroblaw.com or by mail at:

Carob Law, P.C.
11 Broadway, Suite 615
New York, NY 10004

You may also have the right to lodge a complaint in relation to our processing of your personal information with a local supervisory authority.