Revised: July 1, 2024
This Privacy Policy explains how Kelly Hart & Hallman, LLP (hereinafter the “Firm”) collects, uses, and discloses information about you collected through any means, including, but not limited to, the Firm’s website www.kellyhart.com, social media platforms, your email exchanges with the Firm, collaboration sites made available to the Firm’s clients and third-parties, services the Firm provides to corporate and individual clients, employment inquiries you make to the Firm, and your offline business interactions with the Firm, such as when you visit any of the Firm’s offices or attend any Firm events.
Revisions and Updates to this Privacy Policy. The Firm may change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting revisions on the Firm’s website. This Privacy Policy is not intended to, and does not create, any contractual or other legal rights.
Collection of Personal Information. In this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means information that identifies you as an individual or relates to an identifiable individual. The types of Personal Information the Firm collects about you will depend on your interactions with the Firm.
Personal Information the Firm Collects About You. The Firm and its service providers may collect the following types of Personal Information about you:
- Contact information, such as name, email address, postal address, and phone number;
- Identifying information, such as social security number, driver’s license number, bank account number, insurance policy number, or other similar identifiers;
- Education information, such as educational degrees, languages, professional memberships, qualifications, and certifications;
- Financial information;
- Employment information, such as employer, job status, job title, and office location;
- Health and health-related information, such as accessibility requirements, dietary restrictions, and, where necessary and appropriate to protect the health and safety of our personnel and others, information related to symptoms of, or risk of exposure to, certain illnesses;
- Demographic information, which may include sensitive personal information or information about protected classifications, such as age, gender, race/ethnic origin, and nationality; and
- Any other information relating to you that you may choose to provide to the Firm.
The Firm’s Potential Utilization of Cookies. A cookie is a small file that is placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once the file is added, the cookie will help us analyze traffic on the website. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can then tailor its operations to your requirements and questions by gathering and storing information about your activity on the website.
The Firm utilizes cookies to track how users navigate through its website. This enables the Firm to evaluate, modify, and improve the website on an ongoing basis. The Firm uses this information to compile statistical data with respect to the use of our website, but the information obtained is maintained on an anonymous basis and cannot be used to identify you.
When users visit the Firm’s website, their IP addresses, along with the dates, times, and durations of their visits, are recorded. An IP address is an assigned number that allows your computer to communicate over the Internet. The Firm analyzes the data that it collects for analytical and statistical purposes, and then it deletes it from its records. A cookie in no way gives the Firm access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with the Firm.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. However, that may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Use of Personal Information. The Firm may use your Personal Information for the following purposes:
- To operate and improve the services the Firm provides, including for data analysis to improve the efficiency of the services the Firm provides;
- To respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests;
- To provide the information or services you request and send you related information, including confirmations and receipts;
- To send you newsletters, publications, legal updates, and information about Firm seminars or events;
- To communicate with you about Firm services and other news about the Firm;
- To assess job applicants and make hiring decisions;
- To monitor and analyze usage, trends, and activities related to the services the Firm provides;
- To conduct audits to verify that the Firm’s internal processes function as intended and comply with legal, regulatory, or contractual requirements;
- To monitor for fraud and security; for example, to detect and prevent cyberattacks or prevent identity theft;
- To meet the Firm’s legal and regulatory obligations;
- To protect the health, safety, and vital interests of the Firm’s personnel and others;
- To validate authorized client signatories when concluding agreements and transactions;
- To contact individuals (including employees of institutional clients) in connection with providing services to Firm clients;
- To respond to and fulfill client requests, provide legal services, and manage client relationships; and
- Notify you about any changes to Firm services.
The Firm may process and store your Personal Information in the United States and other countries, which may have less-protective data protection laws than your country of residence.
Disclosure of Personal Information. The Firm does not sell any of your Personal Information to any outside party. The Firm may share your Personal Information as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:
- With vendors, consultants, professional advisors, and other service providers working with the Firm to facilitate services they provide to the Firm;
- To comply with applicable laws and regulations, which can include laws outside your country of residence;
- To cooperate with public and government authorities, which can include those outside your country of residence, by responding to a request or providing information;
- To cooperate with law enforcement, including by responding to law enforcement requests and orders;
- For other legal reasons, such as to enforce the terms and conditions of agreements and to protect the Firm’s rights; and
- With your consent or at your direction.
Advertising and Analytics Services Provided by Others. On occasion, the Firm works with analytics providers to better understand your use of, or interests in, the Firm’s services. These providers use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your use of the Firm’s services and other websites and applications. The Firm uses this information to monitor and analyze your browsing behavior and to determine the popularity of certain content offered by the Firm.
Data Security. Although the Firm employs reasonable security measures, the transmission of information over the Internet is not completely secure or private, and no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with the Firm is no longer secure, please notify the Firm in accordance with the Contacting the Firm section below.
Use by Minors. The Firm’s services are not intended for individuals younger than 18 years of age, and the Firm does not target its services to, or knowingly collect information from, individuals under 18 years of age (absent appropriate parent or guardian approval).
Links to Other Websites and Third-Party Content. The Firm may provide links to, or embed videos hosted by, third-party websites, services, and applications that the Firm does not operate or control. This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-parties, and the Firm cannot and does not take responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of third-parties. You are encouraged to review the privacy policies of any third-party before providing any information to or through them.
Your Choices. You have certain rights regarding your Personal Information, as described in this section of the Privacy Policy.
If you no longer wish to receive marketing-related emails from the Firm going forward, you may opt out by contacting the Firm as set forth in accordance with the Contacting the Firm section below. The Firm will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable. If you opt out of receiving marketing communications from us, the Firm may still send you non-marketing communications, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.
If you would like to request to review, correct, update, suppress, delete, or object to or restrict processing of Personal Information that you have previously provided to the Firm, or if you would like to request an electronic copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another company, please contact the Firm in accordance with the Contacting the Firm section below. The Firm will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
In your request, please make clear what Personal Information you would like to have changed, whether you would like to have your Personal Information suppressed from the Firm’s database, or otherwise let us know what limitations you would like to put on our use of your Personal Information. For your protection, the Firm may need to verify your identity before implementing your request. The Firm will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable.
Contacting the Firm. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact the Firm as follows.
Mail: 201 Main Street
Ste. 2500
Fort Worth, TX
76102
Derek W. Anderson (Appointed Person)
Email: privacy@kellyhart.com