Privacy Policy
Avellar PLLC takes Your privacy seriously. Please read this Policy carefully. It contains important details about Avellar PLLC, what Personal Information Avellar PLLC collects from You, how Avellar PLLC collects Your Personal Information, why Avellar PLLC collects Your Personal Information and how Avellar PLLC stores, uses and shares Your Personal Information.
Defined Terms
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“CCPA” refers to the California Consumer Privacy Act.
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“Personal Information” refers to any information that identifies You, relates to You, describes You, is reasonably capable of being associated with You, or could reasonably be linked with You.
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“Policy” refers to this User Privacy Policy.
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“Services” refers to Avellar PLLC’s software and websites related to the provision of legal services.
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“Users” refers to all end users of the Services, including You.
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“Avellar PLLC” refers to Avellar PLLC and any person that controls it or is under its common control.
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“You” refers to you, in your capacity as an end user of the Services.
Personal Information Avellar PLLC Collects
Avellar PLLC may collect the following categories of Personal Information through Your use of the Services and through other sources.
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Identifiers: Information Avellar PLLC may collect in this category includes (by way of example and without limitation) the following: Your name, Your email address, Your IP address, and Your Personal Information contained in uploaded identification documents (e.g., driver’s license, passport).
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Information Capable of Being Associated with You: This category is information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with a particular individual. Information Avellar PLLC may collect in this category includes (by way of example and without limitation) the following: Your phone number, Your billing address, Your shipping address, Your payment information, information You include in Your communications with Avellar PLLC, and information You include in Your communications through the Services with other Users.
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Characteristics of Protected Classifications under California or Federal Law: Information Avellar PLLC may collect in this category includes (by way of example and without limitation) the following: race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and age.
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Internet and Electronic Network Activity Information: Information Avellar PLLC may collect in this category includes (by way of example and without limitation) the following: Your browsing, Your clicking, Your scrolling, heatmapping, Your internet service provider, and non-identifying Personal Information regarding Your device, operating system, internet browser, screen resolution, language settings, keyboard settings, internet service provider, referring pages, and date/time stamps.
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Geolocation Data: Information Avellar PLLC may collect in this category includes (by way of example and without limitation) includes the following: your address, the location of your IP address, and internet service provider.
How Your Personal Information is Collected
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Information You Provide Avellar PLLC: Avellar PLLC collects most of Your Personal Information directly from You. This may occur when you use Avellar PLLC’s Services, use Avellar PLLC’s website, or contact Avellar PLLC through any communication channel (e.g., chats and email forms).
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Cookies and Systems Monitoring: Avellar PLLC may also collect Your Personal Information through cookies and IT systems monitoring on the Services.
Why Your Personal Information is Used
Avellar PLLC shall only use Your Personal Information for legally allowed reasons, which include the following:
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Complying with Avellar PLLC’s legal and regulatory obligations;
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Performing any contracts Avellar PLLC has with You;
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Avellar PLLC’s legitimate interests;
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A third-party’s legitimate interests; or
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You have consented.
How Your Personal Information is Used
Avellar PLLC uses Your Personal Information for the following purposes:
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Provide and operate the Services;
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Further develop, customize, expand, and improve the Services based on Users’ preferences, experiences, and difficulties;
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Ensure the Services remain secure and prevent unauthorized access;
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Provide Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;
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Contact Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages;
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Help Avellar PLLC update, expand, and analyze Avellar PLLC’s records to identify new customers;
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Facilitate, sponsor, and offer certain contests, events, and promotions, determine participants’ eligibility, monitor performance, contact winners, and grant prizes and benefits;
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Analyze Avellar PLLC’s performance and marketing activities;
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Create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated information to improve the Services; and
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Comply with applicable laws and regulations.
Promotional Communications
Avellar PLLC may use Your Personal Information to send You promotional content and messages by email, text message, notifications within Avellar PLLC’s platform, marketing calls, and similar forms of communication.
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Contacting Avellar PLLC through one of the methods provided in the Contact Avellar PLLC Section; or
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Using the "unsubscribe" link in a promotional email or replying "STOP" to a promotional text.
Who Your Personal Information is Shared With
Avellar PLLC routinely shares Your Personal Information with the following:
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Payment service providers;
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Software providers (e.g., Calendly, Wix, Zoom)
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Marketing agencies;
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Website Hosts; and
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Third parties You have approved.
Personal Information Avellar PLLC Disclosed for a Business Purpose
In the past twelve (12) months, Avellar PLLC has disclosed Personal Information in the following categories to Avellar PLLC’s business partners for a business purpose: identifiers, information capable of being associated with you, internet and electronic network activity information, and geolocation data.
Where Your Personal Information is Stored
Your information is stored on servers provided by Wix and Calendly according to their data policies
How Long Avellar PLLC Keeps Your Personal Information
Avellar PLLC keep Personal Information while You are using the Services. Thereafter, Avellar PLLC shall keep Your Personal Information as long as necessary to do the following:
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Respond to any questions, complaints, or claims You may make or someone may make on Your behalf;
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Show Avellar PLLC treated You fairly; or
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As required by law.
Avellar PLLC shall delete or anonymize Your Personal Information once retaining it is no longer necessary.
Your Rights Under the CCPA
If You are a California resident using the Services, the CCPA grants You the right to request access to and deletion of Your Personal Information Avellar PLLC collects about You, as well as to request that Avellar PLLC disclose how Avellar PLLC collects, uses, and shares Your Personal Information.
California residents also have a right to opt-out of the sale of their Personal Information by a business and a right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of their rights under the CCPA.
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No Sale of Personal Information: Avellar PLLC shall NOT sell (as such term is defined in the CCPA) Your Personal Information to third parties, and Avellar PLLC has not sold Personal Information in the twelve (12) months prior to the effective date of this Privacy Policy.
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No Discrimination: Avellar PLLC does not discriminate against any User for exercising their rights under the CCPA.
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Right to Know:
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If You want to exercise Your right to know or receive a copy or access Your Personal Information that You have stored with Avellar PLLC, please submit a request to access Your Personal Information by following the procedures set forth in the Contact Avellar PLLC Section.
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Once Avellar PLLC receives and verifies Your consumer request, Avellar PLLC shall delete Your Personal Information from Avellar PLLC’s records unless an exception applies. Avellar PLLC shall make reasonable efforts to honor Your request promptly and consistent with requirements under applicable law.
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Please note that permanently deleting Your account erases all Your Personal Information from Avellar PLLC’s databases. After completing this process, any accounts You have in connection with the Services shall no longer exist because Avellar PLLC will have permanently deleted all the data.
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Security
Avellar PLLC has implemented security measures design to protect Your Personal Information. Among other things, Avellar PLLC offers (a) HTTPS secure access to most areas on the Services; (b) the transmission of sensitive payment information (such as a credit card number) through our designated purchase forms is protected by an industry standard SSL/TLS encrypted connection; and (c) Avellar PLLC regularly maintains a PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards) certification.
Regardless of Avellar PLLC’s measures and efforts, Avellar PLLC cannot and do not guarantee the absolute protection and security of Your Personal Information or any other information You upload, publish, or otherwise share with Us or anyone else. Avellar PLLC encourages You to avoid providing Avellar PLLCe or anyone with any sensitive Personal Information which Avellar PLLC does not require.
Updates to this Policy
Avellar PLLC may update this Policy as required by applicable law and to reflect changes to Avellar PLLC’s collection of Your Personal Information, usage and storage practices.
Contact Avellar PLLC
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If You wish to exercise any of Your rights under this Policy, have any questions about this Policy, or need this Policy in another format (e.g., audio, braille, or large print), please contact us through one of the following methods:
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Submit an email request through the contact Us page of avellarlaw.com; or
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Mail Your request to Avellar PLLC, 4616 25th Ave NE #568, Seattle, WA 98115.
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When You contact Avellar PLLC, please provide enough information for Avellar PLLC to identify You and Your ac
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Exercising Your Rights: If Your request is related to exercising Your rights, please provide Avellar PLLC with the following in Your request:
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Proof of Your identity and address (e.g., a copy of Your driving license or passport and a recent utility or credit card bill);
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A description of what right You wish to exercise; and
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The information related to Your request.
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Verifying Your Information: Avellar PLLC may ask for verifying information to ensure Your Personal Information is not erroneously or maliciously accessed, compromised, or deleted. If Avellar PLLC collects Your Personal Information to verify Your identity in connection with a request under this Section, Avellar PLLC shall only use such Personal Information for verification purposes.