Privacy Policy

Last Modified: July 26, 2021 

Thanks for visiting our website.  Good Steward Legal, PLLC (“GSL,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and values transparency.  To that end, this Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, what we do with it, and what your choices are. 

Scope:  This Policy applies to information collected through our website and through any other interactions we may have with you (collectively, the “Services”) and covers the following areas:

  • What personal information is collected by GSL or by any third party through our Sites;

  • How GSL uses this information;

  • With whom GSL may share this information;

  • What choices are available to you with respect to collection, use, and distribution of the information; and

  • What types of security procedures are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under our control.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to any third-party site or service linked to or recommended by our website.

Consent:  Please read this Policy carefully addressing GSL’s policies and practices regarding your information.  By viewing and otherwise using our website, you confirm that you have agreed to this Privacy Policy.  If you disagree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Services.  This Policy may change from time to time, and your continued use of the Services after we make changes constitutes acceptance of those changes, so please check the Policy periodically for updates.

Summary:

  1. What Information Do We Collect?

From time to time, we collect and process the following types of personal data from you:

  • Contact Data:  This includes data, for example, like your name, home and business address, email address, phone number, and social media handles.

  • Client Data: This includes, for example, personal data provided to us by or on behalf of our clients and personal data collected in the process of serving our clients, including personal data provided by third parties.

  • Technical Data:  This includes, for example, personal data (e.g., IP address and device ID) that we collect from you when you interact with our website and Services, including email communications.

  • Financial Data: This includes, for example, your bank account, payment card, and other related financial data.

  • Marketing Data: This includes, for example, your preferences in receiving marketing or other promotional information from us.

  • Other Data: any other personal data that you provide to us and which can reasonably be used to identify you.

Unless stored or associated with your personal data, we do not treat as personal data any aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified data that we have collected.

2.     How Do We Collect Your Information?

We may collect personal data from you in the following manners:

  • Using automated technologies that collect personal data automatically when you visit our website through, among other things, cookies, logging and analytics tools, or click on links in our emails;

  • Through direct interactions, including, for example, when you interact with us regarding our services, give us your contact information, register for one of our events, subscribe to our updates or other promotional material, or engage in any way with GSL.

  • Using third-party sources, including, among other things, clients, regulators, governmental agencies, social media platforms, other organizations that you may have dealings with, and electronic data sources.

  • Through publicly-available sources, including personal data available on the internet, from company websites and registries, and from governmental agencies.

3.     How Do We Use Your Personal Data?

We use and process your personal data to extent allowed by applicable law.  GSL principally uses your personal data for the legitimate interest of our legal services, including client inception and identification; the performance of our services; for the administration and operations of GSL; for marketing and promoting relevant services to you; inviting you to relevant events; and providing you with GSL’s newsletters, updates, and legal and other information.  We may also process your personal data if you have given us consent to for one or more specific purpose; if necessary to perform a contract with you, for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject or believe we are subject to; and or for the purposes of our or a third party’s law legitimate interest.

4.     With Whom, How, and Why Do We Share Your Personal Data?

We have not, do not, and will not, sell or rent your personal data to third parties for monetary or other valuable consideration.

We do share your personal data within GSL and with contracted third parties and or service providers who assist us in providing our legal services and in the administration and operation of GSL.  We also share your personal data when required by law.

Third-party processors and service providers with whom we may share your personal data include the following:

  • Our information, technology, and telecommunications service providers, including data centers and cloud storage providers;

  • Professional service organizations;

  • Our litigation and other support service providers;

  • Our marketing service providers;

  • Other service providers we use to assist in the provision of legal services and the administration of GSL; and

  • Third parties when we believe it is required by law.

5.     What Are Your California-Specific Legal Rights?

With exceptions and limitations, California residents may have rights under applicable data protection laws related to their personal data (e.g., California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, or “CCPA”).  These rights may include:

  • The right to know, which includes (1) the right to request certain information about parties to whom we have disclosed or sold your personal data during the last calendar year and a description of the categories of personal data shared; (2) the right to receive from use the specific personal data about you that we collect and process in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily-useable format.

  • The right to delete, which generally requires us to delete or de-identify your personal data.

  • The right to opt out, which allows you to opt out of the disclosure of personal data when that disclosure (“sale”) is made by us in exchange for valuable consideration.  GSL does not sell or rent your personal data to third parties for valuable consideration.

  • The right to request a record of third-party direct marketing disclosures, which allows for the request and obtaining of what personal data we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year and the names and addresses of those third parties.

If you exercise your applicable California rights, GSL will not discriminate against you.  All requests made under applicable California rights will be honored in the time period required by law. To the extent more time may be needed, we will notify you.

6.     How Do We Protect Your Personal Data?

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information in an effort to prevent loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.  These measures include storing data using third-party services that employ security measures of their own.  Like other companies, GSL cannot guarantee with certainty the security or confidentiality of the information you provide to us.  Additionally, please be aware that internet data transmission is not always secure, and we cannot warrant that information you transmit to us is or will be secure.  If you have reason to believe your interaction with us is no longer secure, please notify us by emailing privacy@goodstewardlegal.com, include the subject line of “Security Concern,” and provide a description of the concern.

7.     How Long Do We Retina Your Personal Data?

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which we collected it and to the extent we reasonably deem necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety, and the rights, property, and safety of our users and other third parties.  If you are interested in the retention periods applicable to specific elements of your personal data, please contact GSL.

Third-Party Websites and Links:  Our website and Services may contain links to other websites or otherwise direct you to a third party over which we have no control and whose privacy policies may differ from ours.  Accordingly, you should review their privacy policies or statements, and we do not accept any responsibility for their use of your personal data that you may provide.

Your Choices:  Supplementing the rights discussed above, you may choose how we communicate with you and how we process certain data about you.  This includes:

  • Communications Opt-Outs:  You may opt out of receiving marketing, promotional, or other communications from us at any time by using the link in a marketing communication email or by emailing us at unsubscribe@goodstewardlegal.com.

  • Cookies and Web Tracking.  Please consult the information on Cookies below for more information about how to control and/or opt out of certain cookies and web tracking technologies.

Do Not Track:  GSL uses analytics systems and providers that may collect information, including personal data, regarding your online activities which these services may transmit to us.  Presently, GSL does not process or comply with any web browser’s “do not track” signal or similar mechanism.  You may, however, find more information about opting out of these analytics and or blocking or rejecting certain tracking and cooking technologies below in our Cookies Policy.

Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: We and our service providers may use various technologies to collect information, including cookies and web beacons.  Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us to, among other things, improve our Services and your experience, see which areas and features of our Services are popular, and count visits.  Web beacons are clear, electronic images that may be used on our Services or in our emails and help deliver cookies, count visits, understand usage and campaign effectiveness, and determine if an email has been opened and acted upon.  If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you targeted content you can delete the cookie files from your hard drive, or avoid them altogether, by configuring your browser to reject them or to notify you when a cookie is being placed on your hard drive.  Not all features of the Services will function as intended if you reject cookies.  

We use the following cookies on our site:

  • Session Cookies: these are temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser. Session cookies allow the Services to recognize your computer as you navigate between pages during a single browser session, allowing you to use the Services most efficiently.

  • Persistent Cookies: these are stored on your computer between browsing sessions until they expire or are deleted.  They allow the Services to remember your preferences and tailor services to you.

Internet browsers allow you to change your cookie settings, which are usually found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your internet browser.  If you are struggling to understand these settings, you should use the “Help” option in your internet browser for more details.

If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, please disable them by finding and following the instructions for your browser.  Please note that we may change the cookies we use.  This Privacy Policy will be updated from time to time, so please check back here.  Also, please note that if cookies are disabled, not all features of the website or Services may operate as intended.

With all of this said, by using our website http://www.goodstewardlegal.com you consent to the use of cookies as described above.  You may withdraw your consent at any time.

Minors:  We do not promote, market, or direct our services to minors.  As a result, we do not knowingly collect or solicit personal data from anyone under the age of 18.  By using our site or by providing us your personal information, you represent that you are not under 18 years of age.

Submitting a Request: Contact us at privacy@goodstewardlegal.com.  Please note that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, we may either charge a reasonable fee or refuse to comply if your request is unfounded, repetitive, or excessive.

How to Contact Us:

Email: privacy@goodstewardlegal.com

Postal: 2065 Jupiter Hills Ln, Henderson, NV 89012