Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

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Posted July 4th, 2007 by LEXpertise

LEXPERTISE INC.

Privacy Policy

LEXpertise Inc. (the “Company") is committed and recognizes your need for protection and privacy issues on the Internet.

In general, you can visit us at http://lexpertise.com or http://lexpertise.net (collectively, the “Site”) without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. We do collect the IP addresses and domain names of visitors for site administration purposes, such as to analyze this data for trends and statistics. If you just browse the Site without registering, no personal information is obtained; rather just the patterns of usage of our various users may be tracked and monitored. We may share statistical or aggregated non-personal information about our users with advertisers, business partners, sponsors and other third parties. This data is used to customize our website content and advertising to deliver a better experience to our users.

Collecting Personal Identifiable Information
There are times when we may collect personal information from you. For example, registering for an event or signing up for membership. In addition, we request personal information when you register to receive additional information regarding our products and services or send us a question. If you choose not to give information we request, you can still visit most of the Company web site, but you may be unable to access certain options, offers, and services. Unless otherwise stated, personal information provided by users will be used for marketing and promotional purposes only by the Company.

We may collect the following information from you voluntarily, which may include:

Your name;
Address, either work or home;
Your birth date;
Your law school name and graduation date;
Jurisdictions in which you are licensed to practice law;
Your ethnicity and gender;
The areas of practice of you or your employer;
The industry of your employer;
other information provided by you in the registration process or your online profile

Mail list
Personal information of registrants of the Company's educational programs, events and meetings may be shared with sponsors of these meetings for meeting promotional purposes. This information provided will contain the name, title, company, and mailing address of all annual meeting attendees. This list will be available in hard copy to all attendees at the annual meeting.

The Company may sell member-mailing information through a third party vendor. Only the name, title, company and mailing address are included on these lists. Any members may remove themselves from this mail list by contacting us at lexpert@lexpertise.com.

Removing or Updating Personal
In case you change your mind or wish to update personal information (such as your zip code), we will endeavor to correct, update or remove the personal data you give us. You can verify and/or revise the information on record by looking up yourself in your member account online at http://lexpertise.net. You may at any time revise your personal information or question it by contacting us at lexpert@lexpertise.com.

The Company reserves the right to disclose user information in special cases, when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or property, other web site users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. We may disclose personal information in response to a subpoena or when we believe in good faith that the law requires it or to respond to an emergency situation.

Links to Other Websites
The Company's web site may contain links to various legal or other third party websites. These sites are not controlled by the Company and the Company is not responsible for any content contained on any such website. While we try to link only to sites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible the privacy practices employed by other sites. As with our site, you should become familiar with any external party's privacy policy when visiting that site.

Disclaimers
THIS WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE COMPANY EXCLUDES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE FUNCTIONS EMBODIED ON, OR IN THE MATERIALS OF, THIS WEBSITE ARE NOT WARRANTED TO BE UNINTERRUPTED OR WITHOUT ERROR. YOU, NOT THE COMPANY, ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION DUE TO YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE.

Except as specifically stated in this Policy, or elsewhere on this website, or as otherwise required by applicable law, neither the Company nor its directors, employees, content providers, affiliates or other representatives will be liable for damages of any kind (including, without limitation, lost profits, direct, indirect, compensatory, consequential, exemplary, special, incidental, or punitive damages) arising out of your use of, your inability to use, or the performance of this website or the Content whether or not we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

The Company uses reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy, correctness and reliability of the Content, but we make no representations or warranties as to the Content's accuracy, correctness or reliability.

Some US states and foreign countries do not permit the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or liability for certain categories of damages. Therefore, some or all of the limitations above may not apply to you to the extent they are prohibited or superseded by state or national provisions.

Posting Information on the Company Online
You are responsible for the content of any Information you put on the Company Online. The Information posted to the Company Online does not necessarily reflect the views of the Company and in no event shall the Company assume or have any responsibility or liability for any information posted to the Company Online or for any claims, damages or losses resulting from the use and/or appearance of such information on the Company Online. the Company has no obligation to, and does not in the normal course, monitor or control any Information that is or becomes available on the Company Online. the Company reserves the right to review any Information that is or becomes available on the Company Online. the Company reserves the right to refuse to post or to edit or remove, in whole or in part, any Information that is, in the Company's sole discretion, unacceptable, undesirable or in violation of these rules. The Company has no obligation to exercise such reservation of rights by the Company; however, the Company has adopted and implemented a policy respecting the copyright law that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of users of the Company Online system or network who are repeat infringers. the Company may terminate access for content providers or forum participants who are found repeatedly to provide or post protected material without necessary rights and permissions. By submitting information to the Company, you grant the Company a perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, transmit, copy and display such information in any and all media now know or hereinafter devised and represent that you have all necessary rights in such posting.
Any material changes to the privacy policy will be posted on this page, the membership page and on the Company's homepage, www.lexpertise.com.

This policy is effective as of May 24, 2007