Overview
This Website collects some Personal Data from its Users.
Users may be subject to different protection standards and broader standards may therefore apply to some. Users can contact the Owner to learn more about such standards.
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Owner & Data Controller
Greenberg & Bederman, LLC
1111 Bonifant St, Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA
Contact: help@gblawyers.com
SMS / Text Messaging Communications
Text Messaging Consent & Data Protection
By opting in to receive text messages from Greenberg & Bederman, LLC, you consent to receive service-related SMS and MMS messages at the mobile number you provide. These messages may include, but are not limited to, appointment reminders, case status updates, document requests, account notifications, and responses to your inquiries. Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply.
Opt-In
Your consent to receive text messages is obtained on a one-to-one basis directly by Greenberg & Bederman, LLC. We do not use shared or third-party lead-generation forms to obtain text messaging consent on behalf of other organizations, and we do not obtain consent to text you on behalf of any third party. Your opt-in consent is specific to communications from Greenberg & Bederman, LLC only.
No Sharing of SMS Opt-In Data
Mobile information, including mobile phone numbers, will not be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties. Information sharing with subcontractors operating solely in support of service delivery (such as our SMS platform provider) is permitted only under written agreements that prohibit those subcontractors from using the data for any independent purpose.
Opt-Out
You may opt out of receiving text messages at any time by replying STOP to any message you receive from us. After opting out, you will receive a single confirmation message, and no further text messages will be sent unless you re-enroll. You may also contact us at help@gblawyers.com to request removal from our text messaging list.
Help
For assistance, reply HELP to any message, or contact us at help@gblawyers.com or call (301) 589-2200.
Carriers & Liability
Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. As always, message and data rates may apply for any messages sent to you from us and to us from you. If you have any questions about your text plan or data plan, it is best to contact your wireless provider.
Types of Data Collected
Among the types of Personal Data that this Website collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: first name, last name, phone number, email address, various types of Data, gender, date of birth, address, country, state, county, ZIP/Postal code, city, Cookies, Usage Data, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example), Universally unique identifier (UUID), Data communicated while using the service, number of Users, device information, session statistics, latitude (of city), longitude (of city), browser information, IP address, page views, clicks, browsing history, User ID, contact details, answers to questions, interests, search history, referral URL, geographic position, and language.
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Website.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Website is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Website to provide its services. In cases where this Website specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies — or of other tracking tools — by this Website or by the owners of third-party services used by this Website serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Website.
Mode & Place of Processing
Methods of Processing
The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain categories of persons involved with the operation of this Website (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. All such external parties operate under written Data Processing Agreements that restrict their use of Personal Data solely to the documented purposes for which it was shared, expressly prohibit independent or secondary use, and require the implementation of appropriate technical and organizational security measures. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.
Place
The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.
Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. Where such transfers occur, the Owner ensures appropriate safeguards are in place, including Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), adequacy determinations, or other legally approved transfer mechanisms, to provide an equivalent level of data protection. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.
Retention Time
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users' consent. When Personal Data is no longer required for its original purpose and no legal obligation mandates further retention, it will be securely deleted or irreversibly anonymized.
Purposes of Processing
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following:
Contacting the User · Interaction with external social networks and platforms · Advertising · Analytics · Displaying content from external platforms · Managing contacts and sending messages · Remarketing and behavioral targeting · Tag Management · Information collection · Hosting and backend infrastructure · Traffic optimization and distribution.
For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section "Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data".
Separation of Legal-Service Data and Marketing Data
Personal Data collected in connection with the provision of legal services (including information submitted through intake forms, case-related communications, and attorney-client correspondence) is strictly segregated from data used for website analytics, advertising, and marketing purposes. Personal Data collected for legal-service purposes is never disclosed to advertising platforms or used for targeted advertising, remarketing, or behavioral profiling. Phone numbers are never transmitted to, shared with, or processed by any advertising or analytics platform. Where advertising or analytics services process User Data, such processing is limited to website interaction data (such as page views, clicks, and Usage Data).
Detailed Information on the Processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
Advertising
This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Website, possibly based on User interests. This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique. Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section "How to opt-out of interest-based advertising" in this document.
Important: The advertising and analytics services described below operate exclusively using website browsing data, cookies, and device identifiers. Phone numbers are never shared with, transmitted to, or used by any advertising or analytics platform. No User phone number — whether collected via contact forms, SMS opt-in, or any other means — is disclosed to any third-party advertising or analytics service listed in this policy.
An advertising service that allows the Owner to run advertising campaigns in conjunction with external advertising networks. Uses the "DoubleClick" Cookie to track use of this Website and User behavior. Users may disable all DoubleClick Cookies via Google Ad Settings.
An advertising and behavioral targeting service that uses Data collected through Facebook Custom Audience to display ads to Users with similar behavior.
An analytics service that connects data from the Google Ads advertising network with actions performed on this Website.
An analytics service that connects data from the Microsoft Advertising network with actions performed on this Website.
An analytics service that connects data from the X advertising network with actions performed on this Website.
An analytics service that connects data from the Meta Audience Network with actions performed on this Website. Tracks conversions attributable to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Meta Audience Network.
An advertising service provided by Microsoft Corporation.
An advertising service that may use mobile device identifiers and technologies similar to cookies. Users may opt out through applicable device settings.
Maximizes conversions by using various bidding strategies including optimizing bids based on User behavioral activity and browsing data.
Connects Data from Google advertising services with actions performed on this Website. May also be used for retargeting.
Connects Data from Google advertising services (Search Ads 360, Campaign Manager 360) with actions performed on this Website.
An advertising service provided by Amazon.
Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Collects additional information from the DoubleClick cookie and device advertising IDs. Allows analysis of specific behavior, interests Data, and if enabled, demographic Data. Users can opt out via Google Ads Settings.
Makes available demographic and interests Data (age and gender) inside Google Analytics for this Website.
By integrating the Meta pixel, gives the Owner insights into the traffic and interactions on this Website.
A web analysis service that tracks and examines use of this Website. Google may use collected Data to contextualize and personalize ads. IP addresses are used at collection time and then discarded before logging.
An analytics service that creates reports of data gathered in an aggregated way from different sources.
Allows for more accurate tracking by associating the User with the same ID over various sessions and devices. Does not allow Google to personally identify an individual.
Contacting the User
By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes this Website to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form's header.
SMS / Text Messaging Disclosure
Mobile information will not be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties. For complete details regarding our text messaging practices, including opt-in, opt-out, message frequency, and data protection, please see the dedicated SMS / Text Messaging Communications section of this policy.
Displaying Content from External Platforms
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Website. This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
A typeface visualization service that allows this Website to incorporate fonts on its pages.
A typeface visualization service that allows this Website to incorporate icon fonts on its pages.
A typeface visualization service that allows this Website to incorporate fonts on its pages.
A maps visualization service that allows this Website to incorporate maps on its pages.
A search engine embedding service that allows this Website to incorporate search on its pages.
A video content visualization service that allows this Website to incorporate video content on its pages.
A video content visualization service that allows this Website to incorporate video content on its pages.
A video content visualization service. Data collected may also be used to help third parties deliver interest-based advertising. Users can opt out through device settings or the Network Advertising Initiative.
Hosting & Backend Infrastructure
A cloud computing platform used for hosting Data and files that enable this Website to run.
Information Collection
Voluntary information collection from visitors.
Interaction with External Social Networks & Platforms
This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Website. The interaction and information obtained are always subject to the User's privacy settings for each social network. It is recommended to log out from the respective services to ensure processed data isn't being connected back to the User's profile.
Services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network.
Services allowing interaction with the Twitter/X social network.
Managing Contacts & Sending Messages
These services make it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information. They may also collect data concerning when messages were viewed and interacted with.
An email address management and email message sending service.
An email address management and email message sending service.
Remarketing & Behavioral Targeting
This type of service allows this Website and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of this Website. Users may opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page or through applicable device settings.
A remarketing and behavioral targeting service that connects the activity of this Website with the Facebook advertising network.
Connects the activity of this Website with the Facebook advertising network.
Tag Management
A tag management service that helps manage tags or scripts needed on this Website in a centralized fashion.
Traffic Optimization & Distribution
A traffic optimization and distribution service using servers across different countries.
Opting Out of Interest-Based Advertising
In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section of the Cookie Policy.
Cookie Policy
This Website uses Trackers. "Trackers" refers to any technology (e.g. Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting) that enables the tracking of Users by accessing or storing information on a User's device.
This Website uses Trackers managed directly by the Owner ("first-party" Trackers) and Trackers that enable services provided by a third-party ("third-party" Trackers). The validity and expiration periods may vary depending on the lifetime set by the Owner or the relevant provider.
Experience
Trackers that improve the quality of the user experience and enable interactions with external content, networks and platforms.
Measurement
Trackers used to measure traffic and analyze User behavior to improve the Service.
Marketing
Trackers used to deliver ads or marketing content and to measure their performance.
Managing Preferences
Whenever the use of Trackers is based on consent, users can provide or withdraw such consent by setting or updating their preferences via the relevant privacy choices panel available on this Website. With regard to third-party Trackers, Users can manage their preferences via the related opt-out link, by using the means indicated in the third party's privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.
Users may use their own browser settings to see, block, or clear Cookies and similar technologies. Users can find information about how to manage Cookies in the most commonly used browsers: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge, Brave, and Opera.
How to Opt Out of Interest-Based Advertising
Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU & UK), the Network Advertising Initiative (US), the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar services. The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.
Users are free to decide whether or not to allow the use of Trackers. However, blocking Trackers may affect the Owner's ability to provide related features.
Further Information for Users in the European Union
This section applies to all Users in the European Union, according to the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR"), and, for such Users, supersedes any other possibly divergent or conflicting information.
Legal Basis of Processing
The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies: Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes; provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof; processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation; processing is related to a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority; processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.
The Owner will gladly help clarify the specific legal basis that applies, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Retention Time
Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed. Data collected for legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. The Owner may retain Personal Data longer whenever the User has given consent or when required by legal obligation. Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted.
The Rights of Users (GDPR)
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner. In particular, Users have the right to do the following, to the extent permitted by law:
Withdraw consent where previously given.
Object if processing is on a basis other than consent.
Learn if Data is being processed and obtain a copy.
Verify accuracy and ask for updates or corrections.
Restrict the processing of Data to storage only.
Obtain the erasure of Data from the Owner.
Receive Data in a structured, machine-readable format.
Bring a claim before a competent data protection authority.
Right to Object to Processing
Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, official authority, or legitimate interests, Users may object by providing a ground related to their particular situation. Should Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, Users can object at any time, free of charge and without providing any justification.
How to Exercise These Rights
Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. Such requests are free of charge and will be answered as early as possible, always within one month. Any rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing will be communicated to each recipient of the Personal Data unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort.
Additional Information
Legal Action
The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Website or the related Services. The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to disclose Personal Data upon a legally valid and enforceable request of public authorities, limited to the minimum scope necessary, and subject to internal review to protect attorney-client confidentiality and legal privilege to the fullest extent permitted by law.
System Logs & Maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, this Website and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Website (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
Information Not Contained in This Policy
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within this Website and/or by sending a notice to Users via any contact information available. It is strongly recommended to check this page often. Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User's consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.
Regulatory Compliance
This Privacy Policy is intended to comply with applicable privacy and data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), and applicable CTIA messaging guidelines, as applicable to the Owner's operations and the User's jurisdiction.
Definitions & Legal References
Personal Data (or Data)
Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.
Usage Data
Information collected automatically through this Website (or third-party services employed in this Website), which can include: IP addresses or domain names, URI addresses, time of request, method used to submit requests, file sizes, server response codes, country of origin, browser and OS features, time details per visit, path followed within the Application, and other device/environment parameters.
User
The individual using this Website who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.
Data Subject
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Processor (or Processor)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.
Data Controller (or Owner)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Website.
This Website (or this Application)
The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.
Service
The service provided by this Website as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.
European Union (or EU)
Unless otherwise specified, all references to the European Union include all current member states and the European Economic Area.
Cookie
Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User's browser.
Tracker
Tracker indicates any technology — e.g. Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting — that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User's device.
Legal Information
This policy relates solely to this Website, if not stated otherwise within this document.