PRIVACY POLICY

Privacy Policy

MJA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY and our affiliated businesses (collectively, “MJA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY”, “we” or “us”) are committed to being responsible custodians of the information you provide us and the information we collect in the course of operating our business.

This Privacy Policy describes how MJA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, may collect, use, and share information from its websites and any mobile applications, emails, blogs, alerts, newsletters, social media sites, or programs, through services we provide to our clients, or through any other online or offline interactions that you may have with us (collectively, our “Services”).

The Types of Information We Collect:

Personal Information

We may collect personal information about you—such as your name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, etc.—directly from you. For example, personal information may be collected when you fill out a ‘Contact Me’ form, sign up for our mailing lists, register for events we host or sponsor, submit information as part of certain online services (eg, our Privacy Scorebox), post comments on our blogs, or otherwise provide us information through the Sites. Generally, the information we collect includes your:

– Name, company name and title/position.

– Email address, phone number, mailing address and contact details.

– Contact preferences and interests.

– Business affiliations.

– Other information related to your request or inquiry.

How We Collect Information:

Information You Provide To Us:

Information you voluntarily agree to provide when using our Services. Such collection may occur when you communicate with us via email or other channels; when you sign up for or request that we send you newsletters, alerts, or other materials; when you submit an application for a position with us; when you sign up for a webinar or event; and when you respond to our communications or requests for information.

The information you provide may include your name, contact information, title, and information about the organization with which you are affiliated. Some of our Services may require that you enter a password or other information in order to access certain features and we collect such credentials when you enter them. In some cases, we will need to collect information in order to offer our Services.

Information We May Collect Automatically:

Browser cookies and similar technologies (collectively, “Cookies”) collect, store and provide us certain information when you use, access, or interact with our Services. We may, for example, collect information about the type of device you use to access the Services, the operating system and version, your IP address, your general geographic location as indicated by your IP address, your browser type, the content you view and features you access on the Services, the web pages you view immediately before and after you access the Services, whether and how you interact with content available on the Services, and the search terms you enter on the Services.

Information We Collect From Other Sources:

We may receive information about you from other sources, including third parties that help us: update, expand, and analyze our records; identify new customers; or prevent or detect fraud. We may also receive information about you from social media platforms including but not limited to when you interact with us on those platforms or access our social media content. The information we may receive is governed by the privacy settings, policies, and/or procedures of the applicable social media platform, and we encourage you to review them. In some cases, we may collect information from third parties as directed by you.

Precise Location Information:

When you access the Services via a mobile device, we may collect precise location information if you permit the Services to access such information. We might use this information to provide you with content based on your location and your proximity to our offices.

How We Use Cookies:

We Use the Following Types of Cookies:

Persistent Cookies. We use persistent Cookies to improve your experience of using the site. This includes recording your “Accept Cookies” consent which first appears when you use the site.

Session Cookies. Session Cookies are temporary and deleted from your machine when your web browser closes. We use session Cookies to help us track internet usage as described above.

Third Party Cookies. Third party cookies from ShareThis, AddToAny, Bitly, YouTube and Google may be in use on the site, depending on whether videos are currently embedded in content, etc.

You may refuse to accept browser Cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our system will issue Cookies when you direct your browser to our site.

For information on how to manage cookie settings click on the links below:

The data collected by the site and/or through cookies that may be placed on your computer will not be kept for longer than is necessary to fulfil the purposes mentioned above.

We may give you the option to share content from the Services on social networks or other communications channels. To support this, we link to Bitly, AddToAny and ShareThis, companies that provide content sharing services. Bitly, AddToAny and ShareThis may set cookies or other tracking technologies on your computer or device. Please see the Bitly privacy policy, AddToAny privacy policy or ShareThis privacy policy for more information.

Analytics on Our Services:

Our websites may use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google, in order to better understand your use of our websites and how we can improve them. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit a website, what pages you visit when you do so, and what other websites you used prior to coming to such website. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit a website, rather than your name or other identifying information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit a website, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to our websites is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. Google utilizes the data collected to track and examine the use of our websites, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.

Please note: We do not currently respond to web browser “do not track” signals or other mechanisms that may allow you to opt out of the collection of information across networks of websites and online services.

How We May Use the Information:

We may use the information we collect for the following purposes:

To respond to your inquiries;
To provide you with legal and other services that you request;
To operate, troubleshoot, and improve the Services;
To send you newsletters, legal updates, event information, marketing communications, and other information that may interest you;
To maintain our list of contacts;
To understand how people use our Services, including by generating and analyzing statistics;
For MJA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY’s business purposes, including data analysis; detecting, preventing, and responding to actual or potential fraud, illegal activities, or intellectual property infringement;
To assess the effectiveness of our events, promotional campaigns, and publications;
To evaluate, recruit, and hire personnel; and
As we believe reasonably necessary or appropriate to: comply with our legal obligations; respond to legal process or requests for information issued by government authorities or other third parties; or protect your, our, or others’ rights.

How We May Share the Information We Collect:

MJA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY is a global provider of legal and other services. Our offices and business entities share information with each other for business purposes such as internal administration, billing, promoting our events and services, and providing you or your organization with services.

We do not sell, rent, or otherwise share information that reasonably identifies you or your organization with unaffiliated entities for their independent use except as expressly described in this Privacy Policy or with your prior permission.

We may also share information that does not reasonably identify you or your organization as permitted by applicable law.

We May Also Disclose Information We Collect:

To our third-party service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as web-hosting companies, mailing vendors, analytics providers, event hosting services, and information technology providers.
To law enforcement, other government authorities, or third parties (within or outside the jurisdiction in which you reside) as may be permitted or required by the laws of any jurisdiction that may apply to us; as provided for under contract; or as we deem reasonably necessary to provide legal services. In these circumstances, we take reasonable efforts to notify you before we disclose information that may reasonably identify you or your organization, unless prior notice is prohibited by applicable law or is not possible or reasonable in the circumstances.
To service providers, advisors, potential transactional partners, or other third parties in connection with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a transaction in which we are acquired by or merged with another company or we sell, liquidate, or transfer all or a portion of our assets.

Grounds for Using Your Personal Information:

To the extent required by applicable law, we rely on the following legal grounds to process your personal information, namely:

Performance of a contract: We may need to collect and use your personal information to enter into a contract you or to perform a contract that you have with us. for example, when you use our services we will use your personal information to respond to your requests and provide you with such services.
Consent: We may use precise location information as described in this privacy policy if we obtain your consent prior to tracking such information. to withdraw your consent to such use, you can contact us via our contact uspage, or you may be able to disable the sharing of location information in your browser or mobile application settings. where permitted by applicable laws, we will rely either on your consent or legitimate interests for direct marketing. when we seek to rely on consent to collect information from your device or computer, we will ask for such consent before collecting such information.
Legitimate interests: We may use your personal information for our legitimate interests to improve our products and services and the content on our services. consistent with our legitimate interests and any choices that we offer or consents that may be required under applicable laws, we may use technical information as described in this privacy policy and use personal information for our marketing purposes.

Third-Party Services and Content:

Our Services may include integrated content or links to content provided by third parties (such as video materials). This Privacy Policy does not address the privacy, security, or other practices of the third parties that provide such content.

We engage third parties that support the operation of our Services, such as analytics providers. These third parties may use technologies to track your online activities over time and across different websites and online platforms.

Protection and Storage of the Information We Collect:

Although no information system is totally secure, we deploy administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to comply with applicable legal requirements and safeguard the information that we collect. This includes, when required, obtaining written assurances from third parties that may access your data that they will protect the data with safeguards designed to provide a level of protection greater or equal to that adopted by MJA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

We are not responsible for the security of information you transmit to us over networks that we do not control, including the internet and wireless networks.

The Services are controlled and operated by MJA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY from United States. We may store the information we collect in United States or in other countries where we or our service providers have facilities. We may transfer information to countries outside of your country of residence, which may have data protection laws and regulations that differ from those in your country.

We retain the information we collect no longer than as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collect the information and to comply with our legal obligations.

Your Choices and Rights:

If you no longer wish to receive marketing communications from us, you can let us know by sending us an email via our Contact page. And the electronic marketing communications we send you may contain opt-out mechanisms that allow you to register your marketing preferences.

Subject to local law, you may have certain rights regarding information that we have collected and that is related to you. We encourage you to contact us to update or correct your information if it changes or if you believe that any information that we have collected about you is inaccurate. Depending on your jurisdiction, you may also be able to erase your personal information and tell us if you object to our use of your personal information. To help protect your privacy, we take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access to your information. In some jurisdictions, you may have a right to complain to your local data protection authority. If you would like to discuss or exercise the rights you may have, send us an email via our Contact page.

GDPR Visitor Rights

Under the GDPR, if you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain rights and information. We will retain any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of:

You ask us to delete the information by sending a request to maria@mjaintellectualproperty.com. Such requests may result in you no longer being able to access paid or free content previously provided to you.
Our decision to cease using our existing data providers
The Company decides to no longer be in business or continue to offer the services.
The data is no longer needed to provide you service, is too costly to maintain further retention, or the Company finds it outdated.

You have the right to:

Request access to your data that we store and have the ability to access your personal data.
Either rectify or erase your personal data.
Verify the accuracy of your personal data and have it corrected or removed completely.
Seek restrictions on the processing of your data. When you restrict the processing of your data, we can store your data but cannot process it further.
Object to the processing of your data in certain circumstances including but not limited to direct marketing, profiling, scientific or historical research purposes, statistical purposes, automated decision making and profiling and tasks based on legitimate interests or in the public interest/exercise of official authority.
The portability of your data. You have the right to request your personal data from us, receive it and transfer it to another controller.
Withdraw consent at any time. If you have provided consent to the Company’s processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent.
Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.

We require only the information that is reasonably necessary to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.

Your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA Compliance):

If you reside in California, you are entitled to additional rights under California law and we ensure compliance with the CCPA. You have the right to:

Know whether your personal information is sold or disclosed to third parties.
Say no to the sale of your personal information.
Access your personal information, which we will provide within 30 days of such request.
Know what personal information is collected from you and how it is used as explained in the sections above.
Have your personal information deleted.
Equal service, price and no discrimination.

You have the right to data portability and right to request your personal information and use it for your own purposes

Pursuant to California’s “Shine the Light Act,” you are permitted to request information about the manner in which we share certain categories of information with third parties for their marketing use. We may disclose your personal information to our affiliates or other related third parties such as service providers, vendors for their use in marketing to you, so we can provide the products and/or services offered on this website to you. When we disclose such information, your personal information is still kept confidential and between us and that third party. It is not used for any other purpose that’s not permitted under the laws.

Please be advised we DO NOT SELL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION to third parties and have never sold your personal information. We do not intend to sell your personal information in the future either.

Under the CCPA, you still have the right to opt-out of such sales and send us a “do not sell my information” request. If you would like to exercise any of your rights under California law, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by sending us an email at maria@mjaintellectualproperty.com. Only you as the person registered with the California Secretary of State can make such verifiable consumer requested related to your personal information or someone you authorize to act on your behalf.

Your verifiable consumer request must provide sufficient information that allows us to verify that you are the person you are claiming to be or that you are the authorized representative of such person about whom we had collected personal information. You must describe your request with enough details such as your first and last name, your address and country that allow us to properly understand the request and respond to it. Please note we cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information unless we first verify your identity or authority to make such a request and confirm that the personal information relates to you. We will make all attempts to respond to your request within 30 days of receipt.

This privacy notice for California residents supplements the information included in the previous sections of this privacy policy. California and Delaware law also requires us to state whether we honor “Do Not Track” settings in your browser regarding targeted advertising and we do not monitor or respond to Do Not Track browser requests.

Opt-Out:

We comply with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and do not spam or send misleading information. Should you wish to no longer receive communication from us, you have the option of unsubscribing by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of the email we send to you or by contacting us.

As for third party websites, please contact them directly to unsubscribe and/or opt-out from their communications.

We are in compliance with the GDPR along with the email marketing service we use to collect your data.

How to Contact Us:

We welcome your inquiries and comments. If you would like to contact us with questions about our privacy or data protection practices, please send us an email via our Contact page. Please note that email communications will not necessarily be secure; accordingly, you should not include any confidential or sensitive information in your email correspondence with us. Furthermore, note that such communications are not intended to establish an attorney-client relationship and our Services are not intended to be a solicitation or to render legal advice. If you wish to contact us regarding legal or other services, please contact our office.

Changes to This Privacy Policy:

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The effective date of the current Privacy Policy is noted at the top of this page. We encourage you to periodically review this page. If we make any material changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share the personal information that you have provided, we will notify you by posting notice of the changes in a clear and conspicuous manner on the MJA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY website.

Last Update: March 2023