In order to protect our readers' privacy and personal data rights and to ensure compliance with domestic and international regulations, Lawyr.it has put together this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about it, do not hesitate to contact us.
How We Collect and Use Information
1. SCOPE
These Terms Govern Your Use of This Website
2. DISCLAIMER
The content on this website is provided ‘as is.’ We do not give you any warranty, expressed or implied, in respect of such content. Your use of such content is at your own risk.
3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
You acknowledge and will respect all such copyright and other intellectual property rights we own or may own in the look and feel of this website and its content. Such intellectual property rights shall include all registered and unregistered intellectual property rights of any type or nature including trademarks. You further agree that you will not infringe our copyright.
The content on the website may contain material which is owned by third parties who may or may not display a copyright notice. Failure to do so does not imply a right to copy or reproduce or supply such material.
4. SECURITY
We take reasonable security precautions in the safekeeping of your confidential information, if any, submitted to the website. However, we cannot guarantee that such data will always be protected against system failures or a third party's malicious activity. In the event that any information under our control is compromised as a result of a breach of security, Lawyr.it will take reasonable steps to investigate the situation and where appropriate, notify those individuals whose information may have been compromised and take other steps, in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations.
You must keep in confidence your website login credentials if these have been provided by us.
5. DATA PROTECTION
We may use your personal information submitted by you to us through this website for the purpose of contacting you in the context of our services. This may include sending you newsletters and promotional materials. If you do not want to receive such email messages, you will be given the option to opt out or change your preferences. We may share your personal data with our subcontractors and business partners for the same purpose.
i. Information you provide us directly:
We ask for certain information from you such as your real name, country, and e-mail address when you register to subscribe to a Lawyr.it newsletter, or if you correspond with us. We may also retain any messages you send through email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and may collect information you provide in terms of content to be published on the site. We use this information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of Lawyr.it. Your name, country, and e-email address will not be published publicly unless you have submitted content for publication in which case your name will be published. Once published your name may not be able to be removed.
ii. Analytics information:
We may directly collect analytics data, or use third-party analytics tools and services, to help us measure traffic and usage trends for the Service. These tools collect information sent by your browser or mobile device, including the pages you visit and other information that assists us in improving the Service. We collect and use this analytics information in aggregate form such that it cannot reasonably be manipulated to identify any particular individual user.
iii. Cookies information:
Lawyr.it does not use any Cookies — a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters — sent to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser and lets sites help you log in faster and enhance your navigation through the site.
iv. Clear gifs/web beacons information:
When you use Lawyr.it or subscribe to the newsletter we, or affiliated 3rd parties, may employ clear gifs (also known as web beacons) which are used to anonymously track the online usage patterns of our Users. In addition, we may also use clear gifs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which emails are opened and which links are clicked by recipients. The information is allows for more accurate reporting and improvement of the Service.
v. Use of certain service type information we collect about you:
We use or may use clear gifs information to: (a) to provide and monitor the effectiveness of our Service; (b) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, traffic, and demographic patterns; (c) diagnose or fix technology problems
vi. Sharing of Your Information:
We will not rent or sell your information into third parties outside Lawyr.it without your consent
Who we may share your information with:
We may share your information with third-party partners and Trusted Users for the purpose of providing the Service to you. Third party partners will be given limited access to your information as is reasonably necessary to deliver the Service, and we will require that such third parties comply with this Privacy Policy, or operate under a similar privacy policy.
Who can see User Content:
Any Published Content that you voluntarily disclose for posting to the Service becomes available to the public and cannot be removed, except by Lawyr.it in its sole discretion. Once posted on Lawyr.it Published Content may not be removable from public view, as copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages of the Service, on other sites that have republished us, or if other Users have copied or saved that information. If you do not wish your Published Content to be available to the public, please don’t post it on Lawyr.it. Your real name, will be published publicly if you publish content with us. Once published your real name may not be able to be removed.
Who can see your email address:
If you provide an email address, you will enable communication from Lawyr.it.
vii. What happens in the event of a change of control:
Control of Lawyr.it products, services, assets and/or businesses may change. Your information such as names and email addresses, Content and other user information related to Lawyr.it may be among the items transferred in these types of transactions.
viii. Instances where we are required to share your information:
Lawyr.it will disclose your information where required to do so by law or subpoena or if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary to (a) comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement; (b) to enforce our Terms of Use or to protect the security, quality or integrity of our Service; and/or (c) to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Lawyr.it or others.
The Lawyr.it Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of third-parties. Please consult the respective privacy policies of such third parties or contact such third parties for more information.
ix. Storage and Processing
Subscriber information (name, e-mail address, country) is held by The Rocket Science Group, LLC d/b/a MailChimp, a State of Georgia limited liability company. MailChimp complies with the U.S.–E.U. and U.S.–Swiss Safe Harbor Framework, which is overseen by the U.S. Department of Commerce and covers the collection, use, and retention of personal data from European Union member countries and Switzerland. We certify that we follow the principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access, and enforcement. In light of a recent European Court of Justice ruling users may request an updated data processing agreement which incorporates the Standard Contractual Clauses here.
6. GOVERNING LAWS
These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the European Union.
7. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Lawyr.it does not knowingly collect or solicit any information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to subscribe. The Service and its content are not directed at children under the age of 13. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
8. LINKS TO 3rd PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES
We are not responsible for the practices employed by websites or services linked to or from Lawyr.it, including the information or content contained therein. Please remember that when you use a link to go from Lawyr.it to another website, our Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites or services. Your browsing and interaction on any third-party website or service, including those that have a link or advertisement on our website, are subject to that third party’s own rules and policies. In addition, you agree that we are not responsible and we do not control over any third-parties that you authorize to access your User Content. If you are using a third-party website or service (like Facebook, Google groups, or an IRC chatroom) and you allow such a third-party access to you User Content you do so at your own risk. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information we collect by other means (including offline) or from other sources other than through the Service.
9. AMENDMENTS
We may amend these terms from time to time by publishing their updated version on this website.
