Privacy Policy

  • Last modified: October 1, 2024

    Introduction

    Yoann E. A. Le Bihan, Esq. (Attorney-at-Law) (“Firm” or “We”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

    This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website yoann.law (our “Website“) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

    This policy applies to information we collect on this Website only.

    It does not apply to information collected by us offline, through any other means (e.g. the appointment booking page, which is hosted by our third party provider, Clio), or in the course of legal representation (i.e. when a Fee Agreement or Engagement Letter is signed).

    Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

    Children Under the Age of 16

    Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at:

    84 W Santa Clara St Ste 700
    San Jose, CA 95113

    contact@yoann.law

    (408) 641-1020

    California residents under 16 years of age may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their personal information. Please see Your California Privacy Rights for more information.

    Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

    We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:

    • By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information“);
    • That is about you but individually does not identify you; and/or
    • About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.

    We collect this information:

    • Directly from you when you provide it to us.
    • Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.

    Information You Provide to Us.

    The information we collect on or through our Website may include:

    • Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of enquiring about our services.
    • Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
    • Your search queries on the Website.

    Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies.

    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, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
    • Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

    The information we collect automatically may include personal information. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better service, including by enabling us to estimate our audience size and usage patterns.

    The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may 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. 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.
    • Web Beacons. Pages of our Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Firm, 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).

    Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

    Some content or applications, including audience statistics, on the Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content on other websites (we do not display advertisement other than for our own services on this website).

    We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

    How We Use Your Information

    We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

    • To present our Website and its contents to you.
    • To provide you with information on our services.
    • 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 our Terms of Service.
    • To notify you about changes to our Website.
    • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
    • For 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 contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.
    • 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 the Firm’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by the Firm about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
    • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
    • 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 service and other agreements.
    • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Firm, our clients, or others. This includes exchanging information with companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection.

    Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

    We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

    • Tracking Technologies and Advertising. 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 not function properly.

    We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI“) on the NAI’s website.

    Accessing and Correcting Your Information

    You may send us an email at contact@yoann.law to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

    Data Security

    We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers behind firewalls.

    Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.

    Changes to Our Privacy Policy

    It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

    Contact Information

    To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:

    84 W Santa Clara St Ste 700
    San Jose, CA 95113

    contact@yoann.law