PRIVACY POLICY

StormoenLaw is committed to protecting the privacy of confidential information and "Personal Information" (information that directly or indirectly identifies specific individuals, including clients, employees, agents, lawyers, law students, job candidates, or others inside or outside the company). The firm's policy has always been and will always be to uphold the rules of professional conduct, which require lawyers and other affiliated staff members to safeguard confidential client information.

Client confidentiality is an essential principle of the Law Office of Ron A. Stormoen. You have a right to privacy with your personal information, and we respect this right. We are committed to protecting the information you share with us at all times.

What information do we collect?

We may collect information from you when you fill out a form or contact us via email. Information submitted on these forms to us through our website is secure, but we make no guarantee about our ability to prevent the loss, alternation or misuse of the information submitted to us. In addition, other types of email or blogs are not necessarily secure against interception.

When requesting service or applying for a job position, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, address or phone number. You may also visit our site anonymously.

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

• To personalize your experience: Your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs.

• To improve our website: We continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.

• To improve client service: Your information helps us to more effectively respond to your requests and support needs.

• To send periodic emails: The email address you provide us may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to the services we offer, in addition to receiving occasional company news, updates, related service information.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing our clients, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe it is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. Non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. 

Third Party Links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites. 

California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

We have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. Therefore, we will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent. 

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act). We do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. 

Online Privacy Policy Only

This online Privacy Policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline. 

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our Privacy Policy. 

Your Rights to Privacy in California

Residents of California may be subject to specific data protection rights with relation to their Personal Information under California Civil Code Section 1798.100 (California Consumer Privacy Act). These rights include (i) the right to disclosure, deletion, access, and nondiscrimination; and (ii) the right to opt out of having your Personal Information shared or sold. These rights may be subject to restrictions and/or limits. Without your permission, the firm does not sell nor share your personal information with other businesses for their direct marketing reasons.

In the course of conducting business for the firm or in the process of rendering legal services to a client, we may gather, receive, or keep the following categories of personal information as defined by the Act: Identifiers, personally identifiable information as defined by California's Customer Records Act (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.80(e)), protected classification features, commercial data, biometric data, Internet or other electronic network activity, geolocation data, sensory data, professional or employment-related data, non-public education data, and recommendations made from other personal data.

“(e) ‘Personal information’ means any information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual, including, but not limited to, his or her name, signature, social security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver's license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. ‘Personal information’ does not include publicly available information that is lawfully made available to the general public from federal, state, or local government records.” (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80.)

Updates and Changes to our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right, at any time, to add to, change, update, or modify this Policy, simply by posting such change, update, or modification on the site and without any other notice to you. Any such change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the site. It is your responsibility to review this Policy from time to time to ensure that you continue to be aware of all of its terms.

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will update the Privacy Policy modification date below.

This policy was last modified on October 16, 2023.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Policy, our practices related to this site or if you would like to have us remove your information from our database, please contact us at the following: 

Law Office of Ron A. Stormoen
1011 Camino Del Rio South, Suite 531
San Diego, CA 92108

1 619 236 8655 (T)
1 619 236 8659 (F)