Privacy Policy

Last modified: April 14, 2022

Thanks for visiting Radicle Law! Radicle Law LLP (“Radicle Law”, “we”, “us” and/or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy describes how we handle personal information we collect from and about you when you visit www.radiclelaw.com (the “Website”) or engage with us through our newsletters, emails and branded social media accounts. Further, this Privacy Policy also describes how we handle personal information obtained while providing legal services to our clients (collectively, the “Services”).

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means information about an identified or identifiable person, such as their name or email address, and includes “personal data” as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and “personal information” as defined by the Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how we handle your Personal Information. By accessing or using this Website, you confirm that you have agreed to our Terms of Use and have read, understood and agreed with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, do not use this Website. This policy may change from time to time as determined by the Radicle Law in its sole discretion. Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this policy periodically for updates.

If you have entered into an attorney-client relationship with Radicle Law, the terms of additional agreements between you and Radicle Law may apply and will govern in the event of a conflict with this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

Information You Provide to Us

We may collect several types of information directly from you, which may include:

Information that you provide on or through our Website, including but not limited to your name, email address, phone number and other contact information, company name, job title, any additional any information you choose to provide in your communication with us, and, if applicable, the name and affiliation of the person who referred you to us.
Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
Any type of Personal Information and other information you provide to us that are pertinent to the legal matter you have asked us to help you with, on a consulting basis or as a client of Radicle Law. Common types of information we collect include your name, email address, physical address, payment or financial information, company name, job title, business information about a client’s employees, customers and vendors, and information we obtain from third parties such as government bodies or opposing counsel.

Information We Collect Automatically

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
Information about your computer or device and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

We collect this information automatically to better serve our users and improve our Website. We may use third party analytics tools to help us measure traffic and usage patterns on our Website, collecting information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, including the web pages you visit, browser add-ons, and other information that will help us improve the Website for your use. Technologies we may use to automatically collect data include:

Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.
Web Beacons. Pages of the Website or our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

We do not collect Personal Information automatically, but we may tie this information to Personal Information about you that we collect from other sources or that you provide to us.

Information We Collect from Other Sources

We may collect your Personal Information, including your name, contact information, and payment or financial information from other sources, including from:

Our business partners and vendors in the context of the partner or vendor relationship;
Our event partners for an event or webinar which we sponsor or organize;
Another individual at your organization may provide us with your business contact information in the course of communicating with us about a legal matter;
Social media platforms, including any information to facilitate integration with our Website;
Professional services organizations while providing you with legal services and marketing our business;
Government entities and opposing counsel in relation to the legal matter we are assisting you;
Other third party sources.

We may combine the information we collect about you from these above-referenced sources. If any of the combined information we collect identifies you as an individual, we will treat the combined information as Personal Information.

How We Use Your Information

We collect information, including Personal Information, about you or that you provide to us in order to:

Operate and improve our Website and its contents.
Provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us, including sending you newsletters or other communications.
Determine whether to enter into a business relationship with you.
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide through it.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
Identify, fix, and troubleshoot technical issues, bugs and service errors.
Improve our educational, networking, and marketing strategies.
Protect against, identify, investigate, and respond to misuse of our Services or other unlawful behavior.
Effectuate any other purpose with your consent.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction. We may disclose Personal Information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:

To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business only to the extent necessary to perform their functions and provide such services, and who may be bound by contractual obligations to keep Personal Information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Radicle Law’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Information held by Radicle Law about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it, and for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.

We may also disclose your Personal Information:

To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
To enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Radicle Law, our users or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Legal Bases for Handling Your Personal Information

To the extent data protection laws apply, our legal grounds for using or disclosing your Personal Information are as follows:

Legitimate Business Interests. This includes providing legal services; processing billing and payments; marketing our services; protecting our clients, contractors, and property; analyzing and improving our Website and business offerings; and addressing legal and ethical issues.
Legal Compliance. We use and disclose Personal Information to comply with legal obligations, including tax, accounting, anti-money laundering obligations, and our contract obligations to our clients.
Consent. We use and disclose Personal Information upon your implied or express consent.

Your Rights and Choices

Depending on applicable law, you may have certain rights and choices with respect to your Personal Information. You may exercise these rights as specified below.

Tracking Technologies. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
Opting Out of Marketing Emails or Newsletters. You can opt-out of receiving our promotional or newsletter emails at any time by following the instructions included in those emails. It may take us up to ten (10) business days to process such a request and you may continue to receive promotional emails from us during that period. We may continue to send you non-promotional emails, such as emails related to our business relationship.
Limiting Information on Social Media Platforms. If you want to limit or stop receiving information from third-party social media platforms, you can change your privacy settings on those third-party websites.
Access, Update, or Delete Your Information. To access, update, or delete information we maintain about you, please contact us at info@radiclelaw.com with “Privacy” in the subject line. We may keep certain information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations or for legitimate business purposes, such as to resolve disputes or enforce our agreements. We may also keep cached archived copies of Personal Information for a certain period.

California Privacy Rights

Under the CCPA, additional required disclosures are as follows:

Although the information we collect is described above (see “Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It”), per the CCPA, the categories of Personal Information that we collect, including in the past twelve (12) months, are:

Identifiers, such as names, email addresses, mailing addresses, IP addresses;
Other individual records, such as phone number, employment information, financial information;
Commercial information, such as invoicing information and engagement with our Services;
Demographic information, such as age and gender typically in the context of providing legal services;
Biometric information, such as voice recordings in connection with provision of legal services;
Geolocation data, such as your precise physical location;
Financial information, such as payment information;
Employment information, such as company name and job title;
Sensory information, such as photos or voice recordings;
Inferences, such as information about your interests and preferences.

We collect each category of Personal Information for business and commercial purposes as described above in the “How We Use Your Information” section. We collect each category of Personal Information listed above directly from you, through automatic data collection means, or through third-party sources as described above in the “Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It” section. Further, in the preceding twelve (12) months, we may have disclosed Personal Information listed above with third parties described above in the “Disclosure of Your Information” section.

Your California Privacy Rights

California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices, including:

Right to Know. California residents may request disclosure of the specific pieces and/or categories of Personal Information that we have collected about them, the categories of sources for that Personal Information, the business or commercial purposes for collecting the information, the categories of Personal Information that we have disclosed, and the categories of third parties with which the information was shared. To request this information please contact us at info@radiclelaw.com with “Privacy” in the subject line.
Right to Opt-Out. Radicle Law does not sell Personal Information to third parties for monetary consideration. However, the term “sale” is defined broadly in the CCPA. To the extent that “sale” under the CCPA is interpreted to include any of the data uses described above in the “How We Use Your Information” section, California residents are entitled to opt-out of the “sale” of data at any time.
Deletion. Subject to certain exceptions, you may ask that we delete your Personal Information. We may keep certain information as required or permitted by applicable law. To exercise this right, please contact us at info@radiclelaw.com with “Privacy” in the subject line.
Non-discrimination. Limiting use of, or deleting, your Personal Information may affect features and uses that rely on that information. However, we will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights, including denying you goods or services, providing you with a different level or quality of services, or charging you different prices or rates for services.
Authorized Agent. You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. To do so, you must provide a valid power of attorney, the requester’s valid government-issued identification, and the authorized agent’s valid government-issued identification. We may contact you directly to verify the request.
Shine the Light. California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code § 1798.83) permits California residents who use our Website to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to info@radiclelaw.com with “Privacy” in the subject line.

Nevada residents have the right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information under the Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A. However, please note that we do not currently sell data for monetary consideration that would trigger the statute’s opt-out requirements.

Data Security

Radicle Law uses generally accepted administrative and technical measures we believe are appropriate to reasonably protect the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of your Personal Information. Although we make reasonable efforts to protect Personal Information from loss, misuse, or alteration by third parties, you should be aware that there is always some risk in any system for transmitting and storing information electronically. We cannot and do not guarantee absolute security. Any transmission of Personal Information is at your own risk. If you believe your Personal Information has been compromised through your use of our Services, please contact us immediately at info@radiclelaw.com

Children Under the Age of 16

Our Website and Services are intended for adults and are not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or legal guardian and think your child under the age of thirteen (13) years of age (or a higher threshold where applicable) has given us Personal Information without your consent, please contact us at info@radiclelaw.com.

Links to Other Websites and Third-Party Content

We may provide links to third-party websites, services, and applications that are not operated or controlled by Radicle Law. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the privacy practices of those third parties. The fact that we link to a website, service, or application is not an endorsement, authorization, or representation of our affiliation with that third party. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party service before providing any information to or through them.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practice or in the law. If we make changes to this policy, we will post the updated Privacy Policy on our Website and indicate when it was last revised. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed of our practices.

If we make material changes regarding our practices in handling Personal Information, we will provide additional notice, such as posting a notice on the homepage or sending an email notification (if we have your email address). Your continued use of the Website after the revised Privacy Policy has become effective indicates that you have read, understood, and agreed to the current version of this Privacy Policy, to the extent permitted by law.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, contact us at: info@radiclelaw.com.