Philadelphia Bar Association's Lawyer Referral and Information Service Privacy Statement This Privacy Statement sets forth the information gathering, use, and dissemination practices of the Lawyer Referral and Information Service of the Philadelphia Bar Association ("LRIS") in connection with the World Wide Web site located at www.philadelphiabarlawyers.org. (the "Site"). This Privacy Statement addresses LRIS's practices regarding information collected only directly through or from the Site Ð it does not address or govern any information gathering, use, or dissemination practices related to information collected other than directly through or from the Site, including, without limitation, from or via telephone, facsimile, postal mail, personal delivery, or other or additional offline means or media. LRIS can be contacted by mail at 1101 Market Street, 11th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, by phone at 215-238-6333, or by e-mail at lris@philabar.org. 1. Collection of Personal Information from Site Visitors LRIS may collect or track (1) the home server domain names, e-mail addresses, type of client computer, files downloaded, search engine used, operating system, and type of Web browser of visitors to the Site, (2) the e-mail addresses of visitors that communicate with LRIS via e-mail, (3) information knowingly provided by the visitor in online forms, registration forms, surveys, e-mail, and other online avenues (including, without limitation, demographic and personal profile data), and (4) aggregate and user-specific information regarding which pages Site visitors access. When a visitor performs a search within the Site, LRIS may record information identifying the visitor or linking the visitor to the search performed. LRIS may also record limited information for every search request and use that information to solve technical problems with the services available directly or indirectly in connection with the Site and to calculate overall usage statistics. 2. Use of Personal Data Collected Personal data collected by LRIS may be used by LRIS for many reasons, for example, for editorial and feedback purposes, for a statistical analysis of users' behavior, for product development, for content improvement, for fulfillment of a requested transaction or recordkeeping, or to customize the content and layout of the Site. Aggregate data on visitors' home servers may be used for internal purposes, and individually identifying information, such as names, postal and e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and other personal information which visitors voluntarily provide to LRIS will be added to LRIS's databases and used for follow-up on case referrals. LRIS also may use Site visitor data to contact the Site visitors regarding account status and changes to the subscriber agreement, privacy statement, and any other policies or agreements relevant to Site visitors. LRIS reserves the right to use personal data collected from Site visitors to seek permission from visitors for subsequent releases of personal data. 3. Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties Identifiable or non-identifiable data may be disclosed or distributed to another party for the purposes of software maintenance, or to a third party pursuant to a subpoena, court order, or other form of legal process, in response to a request by or on behalf of any local, state, federal, or other government agency, department, or body, whether or not pursuant to a subpoena, court order, or other form of legal process, or if determined by LRIS in its sole judgment that such disclosure or distribution is appropriate to protect the life, health, or property of LRIS or any other person or entity. While LRIS may undertake efforts to see that any third party to which LRIS shares or otherwise discloses personal data is under a general ethical or contractual obligation to use the personal data solely for the purposes for which the data was disclosed, such third parties are independent third parties over which LRIS exercises no control, and LRIS is not responsible for their conduct, actions, omissions, or information handling or dissemination practices and LRIS will not be liable therefor. If visitors have questions about the use or dissemination of the information by third parties, they must contact the third parties directly. This Site may contain links to other World Wide Web sites or advertisements for or placed by third parties. LRIS is not responsible for the privacy practices of such Web sites, advertisers, or third parties, or for the content of such sites or advertisements. It is possible that these links or advertisements, themselves, may be used by third parties or others to collect personal or other information about Site visitors. It is solely the visitors' obligation to review and understand the privacy practices and policies of these other Web sites and of these advertisers and third parties. 4. Security Measures LRIS has implemented numerous security features to prevent the unauthorized release of or access to personal information. For example, this site is protected by firewall security to deter "hackers" from gaining access to such information, and all credit card transactions over this site are completed using secure transmission lines. Please be advised, however, that the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to or from LRIS via this Site or e-mail cannot be guaranteed. Accordingly, LRIS is not responsible for the security of information transmitted via the Internet. Instead of communicating with LRIS via e-mail or the Internet, visitors can contact LRIS by mail at 1101 Market Street, 11th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, or by phone at 215-238-6333. 5. Opt-Out Right Once a Site visitor submits his or her personally identifiable information, the visitor does not have the opportunity to opt-out of subsequent permitted use of his or her personally identifiable information by LRIS as set forth herein. 6. Access to and Ability to Correct Personal Data Upon a visitor's request via postal mail, e-mail, or phone, LRIS will provide to the visitor a summary of any personally identifiable information retained by LRIS regarding the visitor, which information has been voluntarily provided to LRIS through a request for information or referral through the site. A visitor may modify, correct, change or update their personally identifiable information by contacting LRIS via postal mail, e-mail, or telephone at the addresses or numbers above. 7. Right to Change Privacy Statement LRIS may change this Privacy Statement at any time. Notice of any new or revised Privacy Statement, as well as the location of the new or revised statement, will be posted on the Site for at least 60 days after the change. It is the obligation of users visiting the Site before the change to learn of changes to the Privacy Statement since their last visit. Any change to this Privacy Statement shall be effective as to any visitor who has visited the Site before the change was made.

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