Privacy Policy

The Law Office of E. Gregory M. Cannarozzi thanks you for visiting this web site. The Law Office of E. Gregory M. Cannarozzi is committed to protecting your privacy while providing you with a positive on-line experience. The Law Office of E. Gregory M. Cannarozzi respects your privacy, and we believe you have the right to know what information we collect, how we use it and what security measures we have taken to protect your information.

Protecting Your Personal Information is Important

1. Gregory M. Cannarozzi, Counsellor-at-Law, L.L.C., a limited liability company The Law Office of E. Gregory M. Cannarozzi (referred to herein as “The Law Office of E. Gregory M. Cannarozzi,” “we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy while providing you with a positive experience. We respect your privacy, and we believe you have the right to know what information we collect, how we use it and what security measures we have taken to protect your information.

This privacy policy notice (“Privacy Policy”) explains how The Law Office of E. Gregory M. Cannarozzi handles the “personal information” we collect when individuals engage with us for our legal services (our “Services”) including on our web site (“Site”), and the personal information we receive or share about individuals with third parties to provide our Services, including personal information subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

To affirm our continued commitment to the proper use of client information and the protection of your privacy, we have set forth the following privacy policies.

In accordance with the foregoing, by visiting our Site, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use our Site.

The current version of this Privacy Policy can be accessed on our Site at the bottom of our homepage, or at the bottom of our other Site pages. By accessing our Site after we have posted changes to this Privacy Policy, you are agreeing to the terms of the Privacy Policy as modified.

 

How We Collect Information

We collect personal information to provide our Services, for legal and regulatory purposes and to manage our business and relationships. For further details, please see the “How We use the Information We Collect” section of this Privacy Policy below.

You will voluntarily provide most of your personal information directly to us. We will also obtain personal information from other sources or persons, including:

• Information Collected Directly from You: We may collect personal information about you—such as your name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, etc.—directly from you. For example, personal information may be collected when you fill out a “Contact Us” form on our Site, sign up for our mailing lists, register for events we host or sponsor, post comments on our blogs, or otherwise provide us information through the Site.
• Public Information: Information about you or your business which is publicly available, for example on your employers’ web site, public professional social networking sites, the press, and relevant electronic data sources.
• Information from Third Parties: Information provided to us by third parties (for example by our or your clients, agents, suppliers, advisers, consultants, lawyers and other professional experts, previous, current and future employers, complainants, correspondents and enquirers, regulators and public authorities, relatives, and other persons) where such information is provided to us in connection with the relevant purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
• Information Collected through Our Site: When you visit njgeneralpracticelawyer.com and use our site links such as our contact form, certain information may be collected. Among the types of information that may be collected are:
  • Domain names of visitors to our Site;
  • Your name, address, e-mail address and additional information you provide in any form;
  • “Navigational information” regarding the traffic patterns of our Site, including the number of visits to a particular page, user-specific information on which pages a guest visits, average length of time spent on the Site and similar Site usage data; and
  • Any information that you may choose to submit in connection with any e-mail messages, on-Site surveys, registry programs, contests and the like;
  • Cookies that track your IP address and certain other information from you when you visit our Site. For further details, please see the Site Appendix attached below.

Information Collected through Our IT Systems and Network: Our IT systems and network automatically filter email and other electronic communications for viruses and compliance with our internal policies. Usage of our IT systems (and access to secure office areas) is also automatically logged. Where appropriate and local law permits us to, we will monitor such communications and logs to ensure compliance with applicable rules and law and our internal policies, and for business continuity purposes.

The Types of Information We Collect

The types 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, a service provider, a vendor, or someone else) and the context.

The specific types of personal information we collect and share depend on the Services we provide you. Generally, this information can include:

• Personally identifying information such as name, telephone, address, date of birth, social security number, government identification, and marital status;
• Digital footprint data such as e-mail, login information, and IP addresses;
• Biographical data such as age, gender, and ethnicity;
• Employment data such as national insurance number, salary information, job position, tax information, business contact information;
• Financial Information such as bank information, salary information, credit card numbers, and pension;
• Health information such as medical history.

Special Categories of Information

• In accordance with the above, there are certain circumstances where we will need to collect more sensitive personal information, such as (unless applicable local law prevents this) diversity and health data, details of offenses, regulatory actions and related proceedings (“Sensitive Information”). Such information may be collected from you or, in those jurisdictions where it is permitted under applicable local law, from third parties.
• This will typically be more relevant: (a) where necessary to enable us to provide you with our Services or (b) as part of our due diligence on third parties (including clients and related persons, and suppliers) – please see the relationship-specific sections of this Privacy Policy for further information.
• Sensitive Information may also be inadvertently disclosed to us (for example, if you provide us with your dietary requirements for the purpose of a business meal – which may give an indication concerning your religion or health. Providing the name of your spouse or partner to us may also reveal your sexual orientation).
• We will only request Sensitive Information where necessary and we are legally allowed to, and will put in place enhanced safeguards to protect such Sensitive Information.

 

Lawful Basis for Processing

The Law Office of E. Gregory M. Cannarozzi may have one or more of the following lawful bases to process your personal information:

• Consent: your informed, and voluntary consent to process your personal information in connection with our Services.
• Contract: processing your personal information is necessary in order to fulfill a contract.
• Legal Obligation: processing is necessary to comply with applicable rules, laws, and regulations.
• Legitimate Interests: processing is necessary to the legitimate interests of our firm and/or a third party.

For more information on the lawful bases on which we may process your personal information, please see the section below, “How We Use the Information We Collect.”

 

How We Use the Information We Collect

To Provide Legal Services

Where it is necessary to perform our contract with you or to take steps at your request to enter into the contract, The Law Office of E. Gregory M. Cannarozzi may collect or generate additional details about you during the course of such engagement in order to provide you with Services.

For Business Administration and Legal Compliance

We may also use your personal information:

• To administer our relationship and maintain contractual relations;
• To comply with the firm’s regulatory obligations;
• To establish, exercise or defend legal rights;

Prevent Misconduct, Abuse and Misuse

Subject to our professional and ethical duties, we use personal information where we believe necessary to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or violations of our terms of engagement. We also use personal information to protect and secure the Site and our information systems and networks.

Communications

Where permitted by applicable law, The Law Office of E. Gregory M. Cannarozzi may record and/or monitor telephone calls made and received and electronic communications sent to or received by the firm’s networks in order to protect our business and verify compliance with our policies and relevant legal requirements. Any such recording and/or monitoring will be carried out for lawful business purposes and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. This may include the following purposes:

• recording facts (including converting voice messages into text);
• establishing compliance with the firm’s policies and procedures;
• complying with applicable laws and regulations;
• for crime prevention and detection;
• to monitor the effective use and operation of the firm’s networks and systems.

Analytics and Improvement

We may use your personal information to better understand how users access and use the Site, our other law firm services, and for other research and analytical purposes, such as to evaluate and improve our services and business operations and to develop services and features. For additional information, please see the section, “Do We use “Cookies” or Obtain Personal Information by Automated Means?” below.

Security

The Law Office of E. Gregory M. Cannarozzi makes every effort to protect the security of your personal information. We are committed to keeping personal information secure and we have implemented appropriate information security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal information that we have under our control from unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorized modification and unlawful destruction or accidental loss.

All of our employees, consultants, workers and data processors (i.e., those who process your personal information on our behalf, for the purposes listed above), who have access to, and are associated with, the processing of personal information are obligated to protect the confidentiality of such personal information.

Individual Rights

To the extent permitted by the applicable law of your jurisdiction, in relation to your personal information, you may request:

• to have your personal information corrected, for example, if it is incomplete or incorrect;

In addition to the foregoing, if you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), to the extent permitted by applicable law, in relation to your personal information, you may request:

• to access the personal information held by us about you;
• the right to restrict or object to the processing of your personal information, or request that your personal information is erased;
• the right to receive a copy of the personal information which you have provided to the firm, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format (known as “data portability”);
• where you have provided personal information voluntarily, or otherwise consented to its use, the right to withdraw your consent.

To help protect your privacy and maintain security, we may take steps to verify your identity before granting you access to your information.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, a charge may apply before we provide you with a copy of any of your personal information that we maintain.

Updates and Removing Your Name

We will endeavor to ensure your personal information is kept accurate, complete, up to date and relevant. Please let us know if any of your details change. If you feel your personal information is not accurate, complete or up to date, please notify us and we will take reasonable steps to ensure it is corrected. You can contact us using the details listed below.

Retention of Personal Information

To the extent permitted by applicable law, we retain your personal information for the period necessary to serve the purposes for which we obtained it. We may also retain your personal information beyond such period in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, or another lawful basis, including but not limited to, compliance with our contractual obligations, legal obligations, regulatory obligations, legal claims, or another legitimate interest.

Additional Information about Our Site

For additional information about our Site policies, please refer to the Site Appendix below.

Who can you contact at The Law Office of E. Gregory M. Cannarozzi?

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or would like to exercise your rights, you may contact us using the information below:

1. Gregory M. Cannarozzi

Owner, Counsellor at Law
470 Grant Avenue
Oradell, NJ 07649
Telephone: 201-261-6444
E-mail: [email protected]

 

Site Appendix

Security

As our Site is linked to the internet, and the internet is inherently insecure, we cannot provide any assurance regarding the security of transmission of information you communicate to us online. We also cannot guarantee that the information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted over the internet. Accordingly, any personal information or other information which you transmit to us online is transmitted at your own risk.

Please note that no transmission over the internet is completely secure or error-free, and that the information security policies, rules and technical measures utilized and maintained by us may be subject to compromise.

Links to Third-Party Websites

As a convenience to you, The Law Office of E. Gregory M. Cannarozzi may provide hyperlinks to websites operated by third parties. When you select these hyperlinks, you will be leaving our Site.

The Law Office of E. Gregory M. Cannarozzi has no control over third party websites, their content, or security. Accordingly, when you access these third party websites it is at your own risk. We encourage you to read the associated privacy policies by such third party websites to learn more about their data privacy management practices. The Law Office of E. Gregory M. Cannarozzi may, in its sole discretion, block links to our Site without prior notice.

Do we Track Cookies?

We may use “cookies” to help us tailor our Site to better suit your needs (for example, we may use cookies to enable us to save any personal preferences indicated by you) and to provide a more effective route to various components of our Site.

For more information on how our firm utilizes cookies and how you may disable them, please refer to our Cookie Privacy Policy.

Do we respond to Do Not Track Signals?

Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that users can set in certain web browsers and is a way for users to inform websites and services that they do not want certain information about their webpage visits collected over time and across websites or online services.

We do not track users across time or over multiple websites, we do not receive, or respond to, browser do-not-track signals or other similar mechanisms. However, some third party sites do keep track of your browsing activities when they serve you content, which enables them to tailor what they present to you.

To learn more about setting up a Do Not Track signal, please visit https://allaboutdnt.com/

Information Collected on our Site about Children

Our Site is not directed to children under the age of 18 years. By using our Site, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old.

To the extent we have unintentionally collected any of your Personal Information on our Site from a person under the age of 18 years old, you may request and obtain removal of such Personal Information. To make such a request, please send an email with a detailed description of the specific content or information to [email protected].

Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the JJcontent or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.

We partner with Thomson Reuters, who might also collect data as part of our marketing efforts. To learn more about the Thomson Reuters privacy policy and the data that might be collected, please visit: Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement.