Who we are
Our website address is: https://ccgomezlaw.com.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
Additional information
How we protect your data
What data breach procedures we have in place
What third parties we receive data from
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
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Privacy Rights for California Residents
California’s “Do Not Track” Notice
“Do Not Track” (“DNT”) is a preference you can set in your web browser to let the sites you visit know that you do not want them collecting information about you. Our Site does not currently respond to “Do Not Track” settings. For further details regarding DNT, visit http://donottrack.us.
California’s “Shine the Light” Law
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as California’s “Shine the Light” law, allows individual California resident customers who have provided their personal information to us in obtaining products or services for personal, family or household use to request information about our disclosure of certain categories of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Such requests must be submitted to us by contacting us in accordance with the “Contact Us” section below. Within thirty (30) days of receiving an express written request, we will provide a list of the categories of personal information disclosed to third parties for third-party direct marketing purposes during the immediately preceding year, along with the names and addresses of those third parties. This request may be made no more than once per calendar year. We reserve the right not to respond to requests submitted in ways other than those specified above.
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Disclosures
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) requires us to provide additional privacy-related information to residents of California. The section titled “Information Collection Practices” above lists the categories of personal information we have collected about California residents in the preceding 12 months. These categories of personal information correspond with the following categories of personal information provided under the CCPA:
- Identifiers including name, address, date of birth, age, gender, state of residence, e-mail address, telephone number, driver license or other government identification card information, user account information, and IP address;
- Internet or other electronic network activity information, including click stream or telemetry data or location data about your devices, browsers, and online behavior;
- Other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies, and inferences drawn from any of the information identified above reflecting your preferences and characteristics.
Consistent with the section titled “Information Collection Practices” above, personal information is provided directly by you (or by the devices you use) when you use our Services. The section titled “Use of Your Information” above lists the business and commercial purposes for which we collect California residents’ personal information. As described above in the section titled “Information Sharing,” we also share and/or disclose your personal information as follows:
Sharing your personal information for business purposes
We may share the following categories of your personal information with subsidiaries, affiliated companies, subcontractors, service providers, third parties, creditors, and successors for our business purposes: government-issued identification card content; website preferences; and contact information such as name, phone number, and email address. As described above, examples of business purposes include sending marketing messages to you, executing payment transactions, registering your accounts, and maintaining and enhancing our Services.
Sharing your personal information for commercial or other purposes
We may share the following categories of your personal information with third parties, subsidiaries, and affiliated companies in a manner that constitutes a “sale” under California law: government-issued identification card content; website preferences; and contact information such as name, phone number, and email address. This information may be shared for the purposes of sending marketing messages and maintaining and enhancing our Services. Note that for the purposes of this paragraph, “sale” refers to any exchange of value, however, while an affiliate may gain value (in the form of knowledge) from analyzing the purchasing habits of customers (therefore constituting a “sale” under California law), the Firm does not sell your personal information to others for money.
California Residents’ Privacy Rights
Subject to certain exceptions and qualifications, as a California resident you have the right to:
- Request access to your personal information;
- Request deletion of your personal information;
- Request information about the personal information about you that we have “sold” (as such term is defined under California law) to third parties within the past 12 months; and
- Opt-out of the “sale” of your personal information, as detailed above.
Do not sell my information. To opt-out of the “sale” of your personal information as described in this section, email your request to [email protected]. Exercising other California consumer rights. Should you wish to request the exercise of your other rights as detailed above with regard to your personal information, and to the extent allowed by applicable law, please contact us as outlined in the “Contact Us” section below. Note that we may need to take certain steps before executing any rights, including verifying your identity. Please indicate in your request that you are a California resident making a “California privacy rights” inquiry.
Access Notice in Alternative Formats
Individuals who need assistance accessing this Policy in an alternative format can do so by contacting the Firm as described in the Contact Us section below.
Governing Law
You agree that all claims arising out of or relating to this Policy will be governed by California law, excluding California’s conflict of laws rules and must be resolved in accordance with the “Governing Law and Arbitration” section of our Terms of Use in the County and City of Los Angeles, California.
Severability
If any part of this Policy is found by a court to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the rest of the Policy will remain in effect.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about the Policy, our practices related to our Site, or if you would like to make a privacy-related request, please contact us at: The Law Office of Carolina C. Gomez 3580 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1420 Los Angeles, CA 90010 Email: [email protected]