Privacy Policy

Policy terms/conditions last updated: January 09, 2019

Firm contact information last updated: June 26, 2024

 

The Law Office of Kyle D. Curson (“Kyle”, “the Firm”, or “this office”) operates the www.cursonlaw.com website (hereinafter referred to as “this website”).

This page informs you of the Firm’s policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data when you use this office’s website and the choices you have associated with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve this website. By using this website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in the Firm’s disclosures, accessible from www.cursonlaw.com/disclosures.

Definitions

  • This Website

“This website” is the www.cursonlaw.com website operated by the Law Office of Kyle D. Curson.

  • Personal Data

Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in the Firm’s possession or likely to come into this office’s possession).

  • Usage Data

Usage Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of this website or from this website’s infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

  • Cookies

Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).

  • Data Controller

Data Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information is or will be processed.

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, this office is a Data Controller of your Personal Data.

  • Data Processors (or Service Providers)

Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller.

The Firm may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.

  • Data Subject (or User)

Data Subject is any living individual who is using this office’s website and is the subject of Personal Data.

Information Collection and Use

This office collects several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve this website to you.

TYPES OF DATA COLLECTED

Personal Data

While using this website, the Firm may ask you to disclose certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Cookies and Usage Data

The Firm may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us.

Usage Data

The Firm may also collect information on how this website is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of this website that you visit, the time and date of your visit(s), the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking & Cookies Data

The Firm uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on this website, and the Firm holds certain information.

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 tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze this office’s website.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this website.

Examples of Cookies the Firm uses:

  • Session Cookies.The Firm uses Session Cookies to operate this website.
  • Preference Cookies.The Firm uses Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
  • Security Cookies.The Firm uses Security Cookies for security purposes.

Use of Data

The Law Office of Kyle D. Curson uses the collected data for various purposes:

  • To provide and maintain this website
  • To notify you about changes to this website
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of this website when you choose to do so
  • To provide customer/client support
  • To gather analysis or valuable information so that the Firm can improve this website
  • To monitor the usage of this website
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues
  • To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which the Firm offers that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

In case you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), the legal basis for the Law Office of Kyle D. Curson collecting and using your personal information, as described in this Privacy Policy, depends upon the Personal Data the Firm collected from you as well as the specific context in which the Firm collects it.

The Law Office of Kyle D. Curson may process your Personal Data because:

  • This office needs to perform a Louisiana-based contract with you
  • You have given this office permission to do so
  • The processing is in the Firm’s legitimate interests and it is not overridden by your rights
  • Processing said data is necessary to comply with the law

Retention of Data

The Law Office of Kyle D. Curson will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. This office will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with its legal obligations (e.g., if the Firm is required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce this office’s legal agreements and policies.

The Law Office of Kyle D. Curson 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 to improve the functionality of this website, or the Firm is legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, 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 United States and choose to provide information to this office, please note that this office transfers the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and processes it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

The Law Office of Kyle D. Curson will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are reasonably adequate controls in place protecting the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Data

BUSINESS TRANSACTION

If the Law Office of Kyle D. Curson is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. The Firm will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

DISCLOSURE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

Under certain circumstances, the Law Office of Kyle D. Curson may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

The Law Office of Kyle D. Curson may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Law Office of Kyle D. Curson
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with this website
  • Protect the personal safety of users of this website or members of the public at large
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to the Firm, but 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 Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Our Policy on “Do Not Track” Signals under the California Online Protection Act (CalOPPA)

The Firm’s website does not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). 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.

Your Data Protection Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. The Law Office of Kyle D. Curson aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed about what Personal Data the Firm holds about you, and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact this office.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to access, update or delete your personal information as it belongs to the Firm.Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.
  • The right of rectification.You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • The right to object.You have the right to object to the Firm’s processing of your Personal Data.
  • The right of restriction.You have the right to request that the Firm restricts the processing of your personal information.
  • The right to data portability.You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information the Firm has on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.
  • The right to withdraw consent.You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where the Law Office of Kyle D. Curson relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that this office may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

Service Providers

To facilitate administration of this website, the Firm may employ third party companies and individuals (“Service Providers”) to provide this website on the Firm’s behalf, perform website-related services or assist the Firm in analyzing how this website is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on this office’s behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

The Firm may use the following third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of this website:

  • Google Analytics, supported via Jetpack and MonsterInsights for WordPress

Google Analytics is a web analytics services offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of this website. This data is shared with other services, including Jetpack and MonsterInsights for WordPress. Google, Jetpack, MonsterInsights, WordPress, and other services may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising networks.

You can opt-out of having made your activity on this website available to Google Analytics and WordPress 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 the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Links to Other Sites

This office’s website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

The Firm has no control over and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

This office’s website does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).

The Firm does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian, and you are aware that your Child has provided the Firm with Personal Data, please contact Kyle D. Curson. If the Firm becomes aware that it has collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, the Firm takes reasonable steps to remove that information from this office’s servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

The Firm may update its Privacy Policy from time to time. It will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this webpage.

Prior to any changes becoming effective, the Firm will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on this website. The most recent updates will be reflected in 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.

Contact the Firm

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact this office:

  • By submitting a contact request form on our website: www.cursonlaw.com/contact
  • By phone number: (504) 494-7711
  • By mail: 1104 4th St, Ste A, Gretna, LA 70053