The Smiland & Chester law firm is committed to the privacy rights of Internet users. We want to assure our users that their information is protected according to the context of our Terms of Use Agreement. What Information Do We Collect? When you visit our website you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and Website use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse the site. Personal Information You Choose to Provide You may voluntarily provide us personally identifiable information. If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. Similar to commercial websites, our website utilizes a standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation below, "What Are Cookies?") and Web server logs to collect information about how our website is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our website, and the websites visited just before and just after our website. How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us? We reserve the right to use personal information for purposes of enhancing or modifying our site, administering and expanding our business activities or responding to inquiries. Any personal information you provide to us will be treated in confidence; it will not be given or sold to anyone without your permission. What Are Cookies? A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, that site's computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies? As you use our website, the site uses its cookies to differentiate you from other users. Cookies, in conjunction with our Web server's log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our website and which parts of the site are most popular. This helps us gather feedback in order to constantly improve the navigation and usability of our website. Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal information about you and we do not generally store any personal information that you provided to us in your cookies. Sharing Information with Third Parties We generally do not share information collected with third parties but reserve the right to do so once we have obtained your permission. How Do We Protect Your Information? How Do We Secure Information Transmissions? Sending confidential information via email is not advised as it is not secure means of communication. Information sent vial email may not be treated as confidential or priviledged. Certain Disclosures We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the law or comply with legal process served on us or parties affiliated with us; (b) protect and defend our rights and property, our Site, the users of our site, and/or our affiliated parties; and/or (c) act under circumstances to protect the safety of users of the site, us, or third parties. Questions and Updates If you have any questions or suggestions about our privacy practices, or you wish to update or correct any personally identifiable information that you have chosen to provide us, please feel free to contact us. Consent The use of this website constitutes your giving consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on our website to keep you aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it.