Xpunge Chicago® and The Law Offices of Matthew M. Fakhoury are committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Xpunge Chicago web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Xpunge Chicago web site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Xpunge Chicago collect personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Xpunge Chicago also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your zip code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Xpunge Chicago. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring web site addresses. This information is used by Xpunge Chicago for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Xpunge Chicago website.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Xpunge Chicago public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.

Xpunge Chicago is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. Xpunge Chicago only has access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

Xpunge Chicago will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted the firm. Xpunge Chicago will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request.

Xpunge Chicago are not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on web sites outside of the Xpunge Chicago and the Xpunge Chicago/Law Offices of Matthew M. Fakhoury family of web sites.

Unless you ask the firm not to, Xpunge Chicago may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new services, or changes to this privacy policy.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Xpunge Chicago collect and use your personal information to operate the Xpunge Chicago web site and deliver the services you have requested. Xpunge Chicago also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Xpunge Chicago and its partner firms and affiliates. Xpunge Chicago may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Xpunge Chicago do not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Xpunge Chicago may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Xpunge Chicago may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Xpunge Chicago, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Xpunge Chicago does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Xpunge Chicago keeps track of the web sites and pages our customers visit within Xpunge Chicago in order to determine what Xpunge Chicago services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Xpunge Chicago to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Xpunge Chicago web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the law or comply with legal process served on Xpunge Chicago or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Xpunge Chicago; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Xpunge Chicago, or the public.

Any included in the contact form on this site, including information, feedback, suggestions, ideas, etc., become the property of Xpunge Chicago.

CHILDREN

Children’s privacy is of primary concern to us; therefore our policy and practices reflect applicable laws and regulations on children’s privacy. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age. Any communication we get that is identified as being from a child under 13 will not be kept by Xpunge Chicago.

USE OF COOKIES

The Xpunge Chicago website uses “cookies” to help personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Xpunge Chicago pages, or register with Xpunge Chicago site or services, a cookie helps Xpunge Chicago to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses and so on. When you return to the same Xpunge Chicago website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Xpunge Chicago features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Xpunge Chicago services or web sites you visit.

THIRD PARTY DISCLOSURE

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety.

However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third party links

We do not include or offer third party products or services on our website.

Google

Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. (https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en)

We use Google Ads on our website.

Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

We have implemented the following:

  • Remarketing with Google Ads
  • Google Display Network Impression Reporting
  • Demographics and Interests Reporting

We along with third-party vendors, such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions, and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.

Opting Out

Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising initiative opt out page or permanently using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.

 

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Xpunge Chicago secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Xpunge Chicago secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT

Xpunge Chicago will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Xpunge Chicago encourage you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Xpunge Chicago is protecting your information.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Xpunge Chicago® and The Law Offices of Matthew M. Fakhoury welcome your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Xpunge Chicago have not adhered to this statement, please contact info@ildefense.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.