Privacy
Statement
Kohnen & Patton LLP (“K&P”, “we” or “us”)
is committed to protecting your privacy. Our Privacy
Statement is designed to assist you in understanding how
we collect, use and safeguard the information related to
our web site located at www.kplaw.com, and
associated web pages (along with the information and materials
located thereon, collectively the “Site”) and
to assist you in making informed decisions when using our
Site. By using the Site and submitting information,
you consent to the collection and use of your personal information
by us as described below. We may modify the Privacy
Statement from time to time without notice to you by posting
a revised Privacy Statement on this page. Your continued
use of this Site shall constitute your acceptance of any
revised Privacy Statement.
What Information Do We Collect?
When you visit certain parts
of the Site, we may ask you for certain information such
as contact information, telephone numbers, your email address,
your location and the name of your organization.
Similar to other Web sites, our Site may also use web server
logs, cookies, pixel tags and other automated means to collect
non-personally identifiable information about how our Site
is accessed or used. Information gathered through Web server
logs and other means may include at least the date and time
of visits, IP addresses, browser type, referring and exit
pages, platform type, date and time stamps, and number and
nature of clicks through our Site, the pages viewed and the
time spent at our Site. In some instances we may include
certain links in our emails that will allow us to monitor
whether you access specific content in that email. When
you click on one of these links, we will record that click
and certain activities on the Site associated with that link.
How We Use The Information We Collect.
In general, you do
not have to provide us with your personally identifiable
information to use this Site. If you do provide us with personally
identifiable information, we will use your information for
the purposes you request. We use personally identifiable
information to respond to your inquiries and to send you publications
or other information that you request. You may also receive
other mailings relating to K&P seminars or events that
we think may be of interest to you. If you contact us by
email through the Site, we may keep a record of your contact
information and correspondence, and we reserve the right
to use your email address, and any information that you provide
to us in your message, to respond to you. If you decide
at any time that you no longer wish to receive mailings from
us, please refer to the paragraph below headed Changing
or Deleting Personal Information.
Non-personally identifiable information that is automatically
collected by our system is used to conduct internal research
on our users' demographics, interests and use of our Site
so that we may improve our Site to better serve your needs.
We do not use such data in any way to create or maintain
a personal profile of you or collect personally identifiable
information from you.
Do We Share The Information We Collect?
Except as described
below, we do not disclose information about your individual
visits to our Site or information which personally identifies
you to any unaffiliated third parties unless we have your
prior consent.
We reserve the right to provide such information to our
employees, contractors, agents, and designees to the extent
necessary to enable them to perform certain Site-related
services (e.g., web hosting, improve Site-related services
and features, or maintenance services) on our behalf.
We reserve the right to disclose such information to any
third party if we, in good faith, believe that we are required
to do so for any or all of the following reasons: (i) by
law; (ii) to comply with legal processes or governmental
requests; (iii) to prevent, investigate, detect, or prosecute
criminal offenses or attacks on the technical integrity of
the Site or our network; and/or (iv) to protect the rights,
property, or safety of K&P and its affiliates, their
partners and employees, the users of the Site, or the public.
We reserve the right to disclose information to sponsors
or co-sponsors’ of programs or other events that are
sponsored by or co-sponsored by other firms or organizations
for the purpose of informing you of such programs or events
or your registration for such programs or events.
We reserve the right to share or transfer information about
you to one or more third party entities pursuant to a sale,
merger, assignment, joint venture or other transfer or disposition
of a portion, or all of, the assets of K&P.
Security
K&P seeks to adopt commercially reasonable security
measures consistent with legal industry practice to assist
in protecting against the loss, misuse, and alteration of
personally identifiable information which is under our control.
Unfortunately, no security system, or system of transmitting
data over the Internet, can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
As a result of the foregoing, while we undertake commercially
reasonable efforts to protect your personally identifiable
information, we cannot guarantee the security of our servers,
the means by which information is transmitted between your
computer and our servers, or any information provided to
us or to any third party through or in connection with this
Site. You provide all such information entirely at your own
risk.
What About "Cookies"?
When
you
use our Site, we might store some information on your computer.
This information will be in the form of a text file known
as a “cookie.” Cookies are transferred
to your computer's hard drive. The cookie assigns a unique,
random number to your computer to enable our log files to
record data about the sections or pages you visit on our
site. The information is used to compile anonymous, aggregated
statistics that allow us to understand how users use our
Site and to help us improve the structure of our Site to
make navigation on the Site easier for the user. Such cookies
do not contain information that would personally identify
you nor do they obtain any information from your computer. By
modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to
accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set,
or to reject all cookies. Rejecting cookies may limit
or impair your use of the Site.
Third Party Sites
This Site may contain links to and from
other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices
or the content of other websites. The information practices
of those other websites are not covered by this Privacy Statement.
We encourage you to learn about the privacy policies of those
websites.
We may occasionally post information about programs and
events that are sponsored by or co-sponsored by other firms
or organizations. Should you choose to register electronically
for any of these events, we will have no control over the
third-party sponsors' use of your registration information.
Notice to Minors
This Site is intended for
use only by adults. K&P does
not knowingly collect personally identifiable information
from children under 13 years of age. If you are under
13 years of age, please do not send us any personal information,
including your email details. If you would like to contact
us please do so through a parent or legal guardian (ask them
to email us on your behalf).
Changing or Deleting Personal Information
If you would like
to change your personal information, or if you no longer
wish to receive materials from us or want your personal information
removed from K&P’s system,
please contact us at webmaster@kplaw.com.
Further Information
Questions regarding this Privacy Statement
should be directed to our Privacy Officer:
Anthony J. Caruso, Esq.
Kohnen & Patton LLP
PNC Center, Suite 800
201 East Fifth Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202-4190
Email: tcaruso@kplaw.com
Terms of Use
In addition to the terms of this Privacy Statement,
your use of this Web Site is subject to our Terms
of Use. Use
of this Web Site does not create an attorney client relationship. You
should therefore not provide us with any confidential information
until after we have had an opportunity to determine whether
we are willing and able to represent you. If you are
not currently a client of K&P, any email that you send
to us will not be privileged and may be disclosed as necessary.
Effective Date
This policy was last updated on June 1, 2008.
