Privacy Policy

Effective date: July 18, 2022

To contact Lewis Brisbois with privacy related questions or concerns please call (844) 704-2272 or email privacy@lewisbrisbois.com.

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP (“Lewis Brisbois”, “us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the website lewisbrisbois.com (“Website”) and affiliated applications (“App”), and provides various legal services to our clients, including providing legal representation in more than 40 specialties and a multitude of subspecialties (collectively, the “Services”).

This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies regarding the online and offline collection, use, and disclosure of your data, including your Personal Information, and the choices available to you associated with that data. The type of information we collect and how we process it will vary depending on the relationship we have with you (e.g. whether you are a client, a supplier, applying for employment with us, or a general visitor of our website) and the context.

Our Privacy Policy is designed to advise you about how we collect, use, protect, and disclose the information that we collect and/or receive about you. It also explains your privacy rights, and how you can manage the privacy of your Personal Information. Please note that this Privacy Policy does not govern the practice of third parties, including our partners and/or advertisers, even when those services are branded as or provided on behalf of Lewis Brisbois. Information collected from you by others, such as third-party websites that you access through links on the Website, are governed by those entities’ privacy policies.

As stated in our Disclaimer, your use of our Website does not constitute legal advice, and does not create any attorney-client, advisory, fiduciary, or other relationship between Lewis Brisbois and you or any person.

Please Note:  This Privacy Policy is meant to convey our online and offline data collection and use practices, in accordance with the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”).  However, there are differing interpretations of the CCPA and the final version of its implementing Regulations as published by the California Attorney General on August 14, 2020.  Accordingly, we may update our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect updates to our data practices, your rights under the CCPA (where applicable), and revised understandings of the CCPA and its implementing Regulations’ requirements.

1. Information Collection and Use
   We collect several different types of information to provide our Services to our clients, for legal and regulatory purposes, and to manage our business and relationships. Please see the table below for the types of data collected, the sources and purposes of collection, and the types of recipients with whom we may share the information.
    
   • Personal Information.  Personal Information means data about a particular individual or household that identifies, relates to, describes, could be reasonably linked with, or could be used to identify that person or household (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come in to our possession). It also includes other information that may be associated with your Personal Information, such as your Usage Data (defined below), location, preferences, or interests, if that information can be used to identify you or your household.
     
     While using our Services, we may ask you to provide us with or otherwise obtain certain Personal Information. Such Personal Information may include, but is not limited to your:
      
     • Name
     • Physical address
     • Email address
     • Phone number
     • Other contact information
     • Demographic information (e.g. your age, gender, interests, education, employment information/history, personal background information, etc.)
     • Financial account information
     • Government-issued identification numbers
     • Medical history or health condition
     • Other information about you and your background as related to our provision of legal services
     • Other information that may identify you.
        
   • Usage Data. We may also collect information on how you access and use our Website and/or App (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (“IP address”), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. Under certain circumstances, Usage Data may qualify as Personal Information.
   • Generic Information. Generic Information is information that does not directly reveal the identity of a Lewis Brisbois client or visitor to the Website. This information may include Usage Data and other aggregate usage metrics such as total number of Website visitors, pages viewed, and usage patterns within the Website, etc. This may also include information about the device you use to access the Website. We may automatically gather some Generic Information from our clients and Website visitors. At times, the combination of various types of data, including Generic Information and Usage Data, may enable you to be identified, and may therefore qualify as Personal Information.
   • Tracking and Cookies Data. We use cookies and similar technologies to monitor the activity on our Website. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other technologies are also used such as beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Website and Services.
     
     Some of the cookies we use are “strictly necessary” for the functionality of our Website. Others improve the functionality of our Website but are not strictly necessary. Some cookies help improve the performance of our Website (such as by gathering analytic data), while others help provide targeted services to you (like ads you may be interested in).
     
     Examples of Cookies and other technologies we may use include:
      
     • Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Website. Session Cookies are temporary and are automatically deleted once you close your Internet browser.
     • Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings. Preference Cookies remain on your computer hard drive until you delete them or until they are otherwise removed upon expiration.
     • Third-Party Cookies. Lewis Brisbois permits third-party business facilitation partners, advertisers, and other companies to use cookies or other similar technologies on our Website, such as Google Analytics and Facebook Insights. These companies may collect your information, track your behavior on our Website, and gather information about your use of our Website and other online services over time and across different services. Additionally, some companies may use information collected to deliver targeted ads on behalf of us or other companies, including on other websites or online services. We are not responsible for the functioning of cookies and other technologies used and placed by third parties on your device.
     • Other Technologies. We collect many different types of information from other technologies to improve the quality of our Website and Services. For example, we may collect Usage Data and other information about the device you use to access our Website, your operating system, mobile device type, browser type, domain, and other system settings, as well as the language your system uses and the country and time zone where your device is located. We may record the IP Address of the device you use to connect to the Internet.
     
     Your Cookie Choices
     You may set your browser to block or otherwise control what cookies your browser or mobile device accepts via your browser or mobile device settings. Additionally, you can choose to modify your settings and delete those cookies that are otherwise stored on your device at any time. Please consult the instructions provided by your browser or your mobile device’s manufacturer to determine how you can limit the placement of and/or remove cookies or other technologies. Please note, however, that limiting or disabling the use of cookies and other technologies may impact or adversely affect your ability to perform certain transactions on, use certain functionalities of, and access certain content on our Website.
      

Over the last 12 months, Lewis Brisbois has collected the following types of Personal Information:

Categories of Data	Examples of Collected PI	Sources of Collection (e.g. website/device; individuals; etc.)	Purpose for Collecting/Using Data	Categories of Recipients
Individual Identifiers	Name/Alias; Contact Information (e.g. postal address, email address, phone number); Government-ID Number	The Consumer; Our Client(s); Governmental Entities; Our Service Providers; and Other Third Parties	To provide our legal services to our clients, verify your identity, maintain our security, and comply with and fulfill our legal obligations	Our Clients; Opposing or Other Parties in relation to our legal services provided to our Clients; Governmental Entities; Courts/other tribunals; Our Service Providers
Demographic Data/Personal Traits	Age, gender, marital/familial  status, race, ethnicity, national origin, interest, activities, disabilities; religion; etc.	The Consumer; Our Client(s); Governmental Entities; Our Service Providers; and Other Third Parties	To provide our legal services to our clients, verify your identity, maintain our security, and comply with and fulfill our legal obligations	Our Clients; Opposing or Other Parties in relation to our legal services provided to our Clients; Governmental Entities; Courts/other tribunals; Our Service Providers
Financial Information	Financial account information	The Consumer; Our Client(s); Governmental Entities; Our Service Providers; and Other Third Parties	To provide our legal services to our clients, verify your identity, maintain our security, and comply with and fulfill our legal obligations	Our Clients; Opposing or Other Parties in relation to our legal services provided to our Clients; Governmental Entities; Courts/other tribunals; Our Service Providers
Medical/Health Information	Diagnosis; treatment information; health insurance information; prescriptions; other medical information	The Consumer; Our Client(s); Governmental Entities; Our Service Providers; and Other Third Parties	To provide our legal services to our clients, verify your identity, maintain our security, and comply with and fulfill our legal obligations	Our Clients; Opposing or Other Parties in relation to our legal services provided to our Clients; Governmental Entities; Courts/other tribunals; Our Service Providers
Internet/Online Activity	Information about your interaction with our Website and App (e.g. IP address; browsing history; search history; device information);	The Consumer; Our Client(s); Our Service Providers; and Other Third Parties	To operate, maintain, provide and improve the quality of our online services; provide; requested and relevant content; to detect security incidents; to detect, prevent, and address technical issues; secure our network and other devices; and protect our network, property, and personnel	Our Service Providers
Education, Employment, or Professional Information	Education history; job title; employment qualifications / history; professional information / certifications; practice area / focus; industry / trade	The Consumer; Our Client(s); Governmental Entities; and Other Third Parties	To provide our legal services to our clients, verify your identity, maintain our security, and comply with and fulfill our legal obligations	Our clients; opposing or other parties in relation to our legal services provided to our clients; governmental entities; Courts/other tribunals; our Service Providers

 

2. How We Collect Your Information
   Lewis Brisbois collects and obtains your information in a few ways: there is information that you choose to give to us, information we obtain through your use of the Services, our Website, and our App, and information we obtain from third parties and/or publicly available sources.  Please see the table above for more information on the sources of information we receive.
    
   • Information You Give Us. We collect information that you decide to share with us. At times, we may require you to provide certain information, including Personal Information, in order to use certain parts of our Website, fulfill your requests with us, or provide you with certain Services. For instance, we may require you to provide your name, email address, or other contact information when you contact us with a question or comment. Additionally, we may need you to provide certain Personal Information to use our Services.
   • Information We Obtain When You Use Our Services. As noted above, we collect certain information from you through your use of our Website and App, such as Usage Data. For instance, in using our Website, we may collect information about the device you use to access and use the Website. We may collect other Generic Information in relation to how you use our Website or other Services (for example, aggregate metrics on how often certain pages on our Website are accessed and viewed).
     
     We also may collect information through the use of cookies or other technologies as described above.
   • Information We Obtain from Third Parties/Publicly-Available Sources. We may obtain information about you from third parties, including our third-party business facilitation partners who help us provide our Services to our clients.  For example, if you use our Services, we may obtain information about your payment from our payment processor in order to record your invoice as paid.  Additionally, we may obtain information about you from a governmental entity, a current or future client, or from another party, in relation to the legal services that we provide to one or more of our clients.  Finally, we may obtain information about you from publicly-available sources, such public records, news articles, or other general public-facing online information.
3. Purposes for Collecting, Processing, and Using Your Information
   1. Business and Commercial Purposes for Collection
      
      Lewis Brisbois collects, processes (or asks our business facilitation partners to process on our behalf), and uses your information to provide the Website, App, and Services. We therefore will collect and use your information for a variety of reasons, including:
       
      • To perform a contract with you or provide those Services you have requested of us (for instance, we need to collect and process your information when you engage our Services in order to provide those Services to you).
      • You have otherwise given us your consent and permission to do so (for example, you have consented to receive our newsletters, blog alerts, and other messages from us, and provided your email address for that purpose).
      • To facilitate providing our Services, Website, and App that we offer to you. These operational purposes may include but are not limited to:
        • Operating, maintaining, and improving our Website;
        • Detecting security incidents and improving the security of our network;
        • Detecting, preventing, and addressing technical issues; and
        • Protecting against and helping law enforcement to prosecute individuals responsible for malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity.
      • The collection and processing is related to another Lewis Brisbois business or commercial purpose. For instance, we may use your information to assist with fraud prevention, improve the security of our network, assist with enhancing the physical security of our clients, and report suspected criminal activity to law enforcement. We may also use your information in relation to certain marketing events and promotions we think may be of interest to you.
      • To comply with applicable laws, in response to a lawful and enforceable request by a law enforcement, judicial, or other public authority, or in connection with an applicable legal obligation.
4. How We Use Your Information
   As noted elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, Lewis Brisbois uses your information to provide our Services, Website, and App to you. For instance, we will use your information to assist in providing our Services to you, and by fulfilling other requests made by you.
   
   Such other general uses include:
    
   • To provide and maintain our Services.
   • To notify you about changes to our Services.
   • To gather analysis or other information so that we can improve our Services.
   • To monitor the usage of our Services.
   • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.
   • To provide you with news via our newsletter, blogs, marketing or promotional materials, and general information about other services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already engaged us for, enquired about, or which we believe may be of interest to you, unless you have opted not to receive such information. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by contacting us at the contact information listed below.
   • Various aspects of the Website, such as the content on the Website, and email messages we send you in connection with your use of the Website, may include advertisements that may be selected for you based on your demographics information, interests, preferences, and usage patterns within the Website.
   • Our other legitimate interests, including the provision of client support.
5. How We Disclose or Share Your Information
   Lewis Brisbois does not sell your information to any third party. However, we may disclose your information to third-party service providers in order to provide our Services to you. For instance, if you provide information to us, we may securely store it in our document management system that is hosted by a  third-party service provider.  Similarly, if we have engaged third-party providers on your behalf, we may provide your information to them in order to provide the services for which they were engaged.
   
   We may also disclose or share you information for the following purposes:
    
   • To comply with a legal obligation.
   • To protect and defend our rights or property.
   • To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Services or the Website.
   • To protect the personal safety of clients, other individuals, or the public.
   • To protect against legal liability.
   • When there is a good faith belief that such action is necessary to investigate or protect against harmful activities to our clients, employees, or property (including the Website), or to others (including Lewis Brisbois itself). This may include disclosures to law enforcement to investigate potential criminal activity or other civil violations.
   1. Categories of Third Parties that Receive Personal Information from Us
      We share or otherwise disclose individuals’ Personal Information to the following categories of third parties:
      • Service Providers. We employ third-party service providers, companies, individuals, and agents to facilitate and help us provide our Services to you. Such service providers perform tasks or functions on our behalf, provide Services-related functions, or assist us in analyzing how our Services are used or delivered. These third parties are granted access to your information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. For more information on the analytic partners we use to better understand how you and other visitors use our Website, please see the “Analytics” section below.
      • Our Clients, Opposing Parties, or Other Parties in Relation to Our Legal Services.  The personal information we may receive may be related to an ongoing matter in which we provide legal services to our client(s).  In those instances, we may need to share your information with our clients, with opposing parties, or other parties to the extent that it relates to our legal services.  
      • Governmental Entities.  In some instances we may be required by law to share certain information with governmental regulatory bodies or law enforcement agencies, or we may do so with your consent.
      • Courts/Other Tribunals.  In litigation or other instances, we may be required to share your information with a court, judicial body, mediator, arbitrator, or other tribunal in relation to the legal services that we provide to our clients.
   2. Categories of Personal Information Disclosed
      Please see the table above for the categories of Personal Information Lewis Brisbois has disclosed to third parties for a business or commercial purpose over the last 12 months.
   3. Categories of Personal Information Sold
      Lewis Brisbois does not sell individuals’ information, nor have we sold Personal Information to third parties in the past 12 months.
      
      Please note that a “sale” of Personal Information does not include those instances when such information is part of a merger, acquisition, or other transaction involving all or part of our business. If we sell all or part of our business or make a sale or transfer of assets or are otherwise involved in a merger or other business transaction, we may transfer your Personal Information to a third party as part of that transaction. If such transaction materially affects the manner in which your Personal Information is processed, we will notify you of such change prior to its implementation.
6. Retention of Data
   Lewis Brisbois will retain and use your Personal Information to the extent necessary to provide our Services and Website to you and our clients, comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your information in accordance with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
   
   We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or improve the functionality of our Services or Website, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.
7. Transfer of Data
   Your information, including Personal Information, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.
   
   If you are located outside of the United States, please note that your information, including Personal Information, will be transferred to the United States and processed there. If you are located in the European Union (“EU”), you should be aware the U.S. data protection laws are not deemed to be as adequate as those in the EU.
8. Security of Data
   The security of your data is important to Lewis Brisbois. Please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, and destruction, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. By using our Services and Website, you acknowledge that there are data security and privacy limitations inherent to the use of the Internet, and that the security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information exchanged between you and Lewis Brisbois, or between you and other related entities, cannot be guaranteed. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or that we store, and you do so at your own risk.
9. Our Policy on “Do Not Track” Signals under the California Online Protection Act (CalOPPA)
   We do not support Do Not Track. Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.
   
   Lewis Brisbois does not track users across time and over different websites or platforms.
10. Your Data Protection & Privacy Rights
    California residents and data subjects in the EU / European Economic Area (“EEA”). Lewis Brisbois aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Information and exercise other rights available under applicable law. We therefore inform you that, where applicable under relevant law, you are entitled to the following:
     
    • Right to Access / Disclosure: to have access to your Personal Information upon simple request, that is, you may receive a copy of such data upon receipt of a verifiable request along with other information related to the processing that we may request from you.
    • Disclosure of Direct Marketers: Lewis Brisbois does not provide any Personal Information to third parties for their own individual direct marketing purposes. 
    • Right to Information About Collecting, Selling, Sharing, or Disclosing Personal Information: upon receipt of a verifiable request, California residents may obtain a list of:
      • The specific pieces of your Personal Information we hold;
      • The categories of Personal Information collected about you, sold to third parties, or disclosed to third parties for business purposes;
      • The categories of Personal Information sold within the last 12 months;
      • The categories of sources from which Personal Information is collected;
      • The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling Personal Information; and
      • The categories of third parties with whom Personal Information is shared, sold, or disclosed for a business purpose.
      • Right to Opt-Out of the Sale of Personal Information: California residents have the right to opt-out of the sale of their Personal Information under certain circumstances. As noted elsewhere, however, we do not sell individuals’ Personal Information.
    • Right to Correction: to correct your Personal Information if you find it is inaccurate, incomplete, or obsolete.
    • Right to Deletion / “Right to be Forgotten”: to obtain the deletion of your Personal Information in the situations set forth by applicable data protection law and upon verifiable request.
    • Withdraw of Consent to Processing: EEA data subjects may withdraw your consent to the data processing without affecting the lawfulness of processing, where your Personal Information has been collected and processed based on your consent and not any other basis.
    • Right to Object: EEA data subjects may object to the processing of your Personal Information under certain circumstances, in which case we may ask you to justify your request by explaining to us your particular situation.
    • Right to Restrict Processing: EEA data subjects may request limits to the processing of your data, when allowed by and in circumstances set forth under applicable law.
    • Right to Data Portability: EEA data subjects may request to have your Personal Information directly transferred by us to a third-party processor of your choice (where technically feasible; may be limited to situations when processing is based on your consent).
    • Right to Non-Discrimination: as defined under relevant law, California residents have a right to non-discrimination in the Services or quality of Services you receive from us for exercising your rights.
    
    
    Please contact us at the information in “Contact Us” Section below in relation to exercising these rights. Note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
    
    Additional Rights for EEA Data Subjects
    
    EEA data subjects also have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) about our collection and use of your Personal Information. For more information, please contact your DPA. EEA data subjects also have the right to object to automated decision-making that produces a legal effect on the data subject.
11. Analytics
    Lewis Brisbois may use third-party business facilitation partners to monitor and analyze the use of our Website. For example:
    
    Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google Analytics may collect your IP address and other internet network information as part of its services, which may qualify as Personal Information under certain circumstances.
    
    Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
    
    For more information on Google’s privacy practices, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
    
    Facebook Insights. Facebook Insights is a web analytics service offered by Facebook that tracks users’ interactions with our Facebook pages and Facebook posts. The data is shared with other Facebook companies. Facebook Insights may collect information you provide, like when you set up your account with Facebook, create or share content, communicate with others on the platform, and give Facebook access to contact information stored on your device. It may also collect information about how you use Facebook, like the time, frequency, and duration of your activities on Facebook, and information about the device from which you access Facebook. Facebook Insights may collect your IP address, GPS location, and other information about you as part of its services, which may qualify as Personal Information under certain circumstances.
    
    Facebook may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can manage or delete the data Facebook has collected about you through the “Settings” menu of your account(s) with Facebook.
12. Links to Other Sites
    Lewis Brisbois’ Privacy Policy is designed to advise you about how we collect, use, protect, and disclose the information that we collect and/or receive about you. However, our Website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. Please note that this Privacy Policy does not govern the practices of third parties, including our partners, third-party business facilitation partners, and/or advertisers, even when those services are branded as, or provided on behalf of, us. Information collected from you by others, such as third-party websites that you access through links on the Website, are governed by those entities’ privacy policies. If you click a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s website. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
    
    We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
13. Children’s Privacy
    Lewis Brisbois’ Website is intended for general audiences, and is not directed to anyone under the age of 13.  If you are under 13, do not attempt to register for or use our Website and do not provide us any Personal Information about you.  Lewis Brisbois does not intend to collect the Personal Information as defined under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) of anyone under 13 via this Website or any of our other online services in any way not allowed by COPPA.
    
    If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that we are in possession of your child’s  Personal Information that was provided to us via our Website, App, or other online services, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from children via our Website, App, or other online services without verification of parental consent, we will remove that information from our servers as soon as reasonably practicable.
    
    Please note that, as part of the legal services we provide to our clients, we may collect information related to children under 18 via other means.  Any such information will be collected in relation to our representation of our Clients and as permitted under relevant laws.
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
    Lewis Brisbois may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. While we reserve the right to make changes to our Privacy Policy at any time and at our sole discretion, we will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Website prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
15. Submitting a Verifiable Request to Lewis Brisbois
    As mentioned above, California residents and EEA data subjects have certain rights to access, correct, delete, or otherwise control the use, collection, and/or disclosure of their information. Lewis Brisbois will respond to an individual’s “verifiable request” to exercise his or her rights under such laws, that is, where we have received a request claiming to be from a particular person, and we have been able to verify that person is who they say they are. The need to verify a person’s identity is critical to protecting your information, and ensuring that your information is not shared with anyone pretending to be you or someone who is not authorized to act on your behalf.
    
    You may submit a verifiable request via our email address, mailing address, or toll-free number listed in the “Contact Us” section below, or as otherwise provided on our Website. We will ask you to provide information about yourself so that we can verify your identity as part of this process. This information may include your name, address, and any other information deemed necessary by us to reasonably verify your identity, to ensure that your information is not shared with anyone impersonating you.
    
    We may ask for additional information if we have difficulty confirming your identity. We will not share your information or honor other requests in those situations in which we are unable to confirm a request for your information is a “verifiable request.”  We will not be able process your request if we cannot verify your identity.
    
    Under California law a California resident can appoint an “authorized agent” to make certain verifiable requests upon their behalf, such as the right to know what information we collect about the consumer or to request deletion of the consumer’s information.  An authorized agent may submit a request by following the steps outlined above.  An authorized agent must identify the consumer he or she is submitting a request on behalf of, and provide the information requested by Lewis Brisbois to verify the consumer’s identity.  Lewis Brisbois will also require the purported authorized agent to submit proof that he or she has been authorized by the consumer to act on the consumer’s behalf.
    
    Because the security and privacy of your information is paramount, we will ask that you identify and provide permission in writing for such persons to act as your authorized agent and exercise your applicable rights under California law in such situations.  This may require us to contact you directly and alert you that an individual has claimed to be your agent and is attempting to access or delete your information.  We will also independently verify your identity to ensure that an unauthorized person is not attempting to impersonate you and exercise your rights without authorization.  We will not share your information or honor any other requests in those situations where you cannot or do not grant permission in writing for an identified authorized agent to act on your behalf, or where we cannot independently verify your identity.
    
    Please note that we will only process valid rights requests as they apply to California residents and EEA data subjects. Additionally, we are only required to respond to one request per consumer each year, and we are not required to respond to requests made by means other than through the contact information provided for this purpose. Responsive information may be provided in a standardized format that is not specific to you.
    
    To submit a request to exercise your rights as a California resident or EEA data subject, please contact us via the email address or mailing addressed contained in our “Contact Us” section below, or the following:
     

    By phone: 1-800-704-2272

16. Contact Us
    If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our practices, your Personal Information, or your rights and choices under applicable laws, please contact us:
     

    Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
    Lety Garcia
    550 West C Street
    Suite 1700
    San Diego, CA 92101
    United States of America
    By email: privacy@lewisbrisbois.com

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