Blue J Legal (“Blue J Legal,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to the protection of personal information, including personal information that we process on our customer’s behalf. This Privacy Policy describes the manner in which we collect, use and disclose personal information on behalf of our customers through the Blue J Legal software and other products and services we provide (the “Blue J Legal Platform”), as well as the personal information we collect, such as through our website, www.bluej.com (the “Website”).
COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Information we Process on behalf of our Clients:
Information we Collect and Use through our Website and other interactions:
USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use the personal information we collect for purposes described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed to you. In general, we use the information we collect primarily to communicate with you, to market, provide, maintain, protect, and improve the Services, and to develop new or enhanced versions of those Services.
Here is a list of how we use your information:
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Blue J Legal does not disclose, trade, rent, sell or otherwise transfer our customers’ clients’ personal information, except as set out in this Privacy Policy.
We may transfer or disclose personal information as follows:
Personal information may be maintained and processed by third-party service providers in the US, Canada and other jurisdictions. For more information about the way in which our service providers treat personal information, contact us as set out in the “Contact Us” section below.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND USE WHEN YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITE
Visiting our Website: We collect the IP (Internet protocol) addresses of all visitors to our Website and other related information such as page requests, browser type, operating system and average time spent on our Website. We use this information to help us understand our Website activity, and to monitor and improve our Website.
Cookies: Our Website uses a technology called “cookies”. A cookie is a tiny element of data that our Website sends to a user’s browser, which may then be stored on the user’s hard drive so that we can recognize the user when they return. We use cookies to remember your preferences and to authenticate you. You may set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to not accept certain cookies. However, if you decide not to accept cookies from our Website, you may not be able to take advantage of all of the Website features.
Analytics: We may use a third party such as Google Analytics to help us gather and analyze information about the areas visited on the websites (such as the pages most read, time spent, search terms and other engagement data) in order to evaluate and improve the user experience and the convenience of the websites. For more information or to opt-out, see “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps” and “Google Analytics and Privacy”.
Third-Party Links: Our Website may contain links to other websites that Blue J Legal does not own or operate. We provide links to third party websites as a convenience to the user. These links are not intended as an endorsement of or referral to the linked websites. The linked websites may have separate and independent privacy policies, notices and terms of use. We do not have any control over such websites, and therefore we have no responsibility or liability for the manner in which the organizations that operate such linked websites may collect, use or disclose, secure and otherwise treat personal information. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
INTEREST-BASED ADVERTISING
We may work with third-parties such as ad networks and other advertising companies (including social media platforms) that use their own tracking technologies (including cookies and pixel tags) on our Website in order to provide you with tailored advertisements across the Internet. These companies may collect information about your activity on our Website and third-party websites (such as web pages you visit and your interaction with our advertising and other communications) and use this information to make predictions about your preferences, develop personalized content and deliver ads that are more relevant to you on third-party websites.
For more information about interest-based advertising on your desktop or mobile browser and to understand your options, including how you can opt-out of receiving behavioural ads from third-party advertising companies participating in the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada (“DAAC”), please visit the DAAC website at http://youradchoices.ca/choices.
Please note that even if you opt-out of interest-based advertising by a third-party, these tracking technologies may still collect data for other purposes including analytics and you will still see ads from us, but the ads will not be targeted based on behavioural information about you and may therefore be less relevant to you and your interests.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
The personal information we collect may be transferred to and stored in countries outside of the jurisdiction you are in where we and our third-party service providers have operations. If you are located in the European Union (“EU“), your personal information may be processed outside of the EU including in the United States; these international transfers of your personal information are made pursuant to appropriate safeguards, and, we will take suitable steps to ensure that your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the EU and under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Such measures shall include, but are not limited to, having Data Processing Agreements with applicable sub-processors and ensuring that such sub-processors have adequate security and data protection procedures in place aligned with the GDPR or any other applicable data protection law. If you wish to inquire further about these safeguards used, please contact us using the details set out at the end of this policy.
SECURITY AND RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We understand that data security is a critical issue for our customers and we are committed to safeguarding the personal information in our custody and under our control. We have implemented reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards in an effort to protect against unauthorized access, use, modification and disclosure of personal information in our custody and control. We cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website or the Blue J Legal Platform; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.
We have personal information retention processes designed to retain personal information for no longer than necessary for the purposes of providing Services to our customers or, with respect to the Website, for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy or to otherwise meet legal requirements.
ACCESS TO PERSONAL INFORMATION
If we receive a request from an individual to access or update personal information we process on behalf of a particular customer, we will direct that individual to the relevant customer. We will assist our customers wherever possible in responding to individual access requests.
If you submit personal information via our Website or otherwise provide us with your personal information, you may request access, update or correction of your personal information by submitting a written request to our Data Protection Officer (see “Contact Us” below). We may request certain personal information for the purposes of verifying your identity.
EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS
If the processing of personal information about you is subject to European Union data protection law, you have certain rights with respect to that information:
To make such requests, contact our Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) at info@bluejlegal.com. We process data as a processor on behalf of our customers. If you are a customer of our customer, you should put requests to them or contact them. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, but we encourage you to first contact us with any questions or concerns.
We may rely on different lawful bases for collecting and processing personal information about you, for example, with your consent and/or as necessary to provide the products you use, operate our business, meet our contractual and legal obligations, protect the security of our systems and our customers, or fulfill other legitimate interests.
VeraSafe has been appointed as our representative in the United Kingdom for data protection matters, pursuant to Article 27 of the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation. If you are located within the United Kingdom, VeraSafe can be contacted in addition to or instead of our DPO, only on matters related to the processing of personal data.
To make such an inquiry, please contact VeraSafe using this contact form: https://verasafe.com/public-resources/contact-data-protection-representative or via telephone at: +44 (20) 4532 2003.
CHANGES
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes to our personal information practices. The revised Privacy Policy will be posted on the Website. We strongly encourage you to please refer to this Privacy Policy often for the latest information about our personal information practices.
CONTACT US
Please contact us at the address set out below if you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or if you otherwise have a question or complaint about the manner in which we or our service providers treat your personal information.
Data Protection Officer
info@bluejlegal.com
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