Updated March 11, 2023

DeepFocus Entertainment Law PC (“DeepFocus”, "we", or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this privacy policy. This policy describes our information collection, storage, and disclosure practices in regard to information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website and blog at DeepFocusLaw.com or DeepFocus.Law (collectively, our “Website”) and to the legal services we provide to our clients (“Services”).

If you are a resident of the State of California or have or control personal information of California residents, you should consult the Your California Privacy Rights section for information pertaining to California privacy rights you may have, including rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which became effective on January 1, 2020.

Because this privacy policy contains legal obligations, we encourage you to review this it carefully and to check this page frequently for any revisions. If you have any questions about this policy or our information collection, storage, and disclosure practices, please email us or write us at DeepFocus, 3929 SW Council Crest Drive, Portland, OR 97239.

Children Under the Age of 16

DeepFocus does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16. If you are under 16, do not use the Website or any of its features or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, phone number, email address, or any screen name or user name. The Website is not intended for children under 16, and no one under age 16 may provide any information to us through the Website. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please email us. California residents under 16 may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their personal information. Please see the Your California Privacy Rights section of this policy for more information.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We may collect several types of information from and about users of the Website, including information by which you may be personally identified, such as name, e-mail address, and phone number (collectively, “personal information”). We may also collect information that is about you but individually does not identify you, such as information about your Internet connection, the equipment you use to access the Website, and usage details.

We collect this information directly from you when you provide it to us, automatically as you navigate through the Website, and through third parties such as the provider of our Client Connect portal. Information we collect on or through the Website directly may include information that you provide by filling in forms on the Website and information provided when contacting us. We may also ask you for information if you report a problem with the Website. It may also include records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses) if you contact us, and your search queries on the Website. Information we collect automatically is statistical data and does not include personal information. It helps to improve the Website and to deliver a better and service, including by enabling us to estimate our audience size and usage patterns. The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by selecting the appropriate setting on your browser. If you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, the Website may issue cookies when you direct your browser to the Website.

How We Use Your Information

DeepFocus may use information collected about you or that you provide, including any personal information, to present the Website and its contents to you, to provide you with information or Services that you request, to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it, to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection, to notify you about changes to the Website or any Services we offer or provide, to allow you to participate in interactive features on the Website, in any other way we may describe when you provide the information, and for any other purpose with your consent.

Disclosure of Your Information

Subject to applicable attorney Rules of Professional Conduct, DeepFocus may disclose aggregated information about users and information that does not identify any individual without restriction. We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy to contractors, service providers, and other third parties used to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which it is disclosed to them, to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us about the Website’s users is among the assets transferred. to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it, for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information, or with your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to government or regulatory requests, to enforce or apply the Website’s terms of use and other agreements, for billing and collection purposes, and if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of our officers, directors, employees, clients, or others.

Choices About Use and Disclosure of Your Information

DeepFocus strives to provide you with choices regarding your personal information. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of the Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly. If we have sent you an informational or promotional email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

If you are a DeepFocus client, you can review and change your personal information by logging into the Client Connect portal and visiting your account profile page. You may also email your DeepFocus attorney to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. DeepFocus may decline to accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

Data Security

We have implemented measures intended to secure your personal information from accidental loss and unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of the Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. Do not share your password with anyone. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to or through the Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Your California Privacy Rights

The following section pertains to the rights of individuals or households in California (“California consumers”):

Civil Code Section 1798.83. Under certain circumstances, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 states that, upon receipt of a request by a California consumer, a business may be required to provide detailed information regarding how that business has shared that consumer’s personal information with third parties for direct marking purposes. We do not disclose personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes without prior approval Hence, we do not provide a free mechanism to opt out of having personal information disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

Rights under CCPA. Civil Code Section 1798.100 (the “California Consumer Protection Act” or “CCPA”) provides California consumers with additional rights regarding personal information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California consumers. The categories of personal information are generally described above but may differ for individual consumers depending on the Services used by such consumers. Under the CCPA, qualifying California consumers may have the following rights:

Right to Know and Right to Delete. A California consumer has the right to request that we disclose what personal information we collect, use, disclose and sell. A California consumer also has the right to submit requests to delete personal information. When we receive a request to know or delete from a California consumer, we will confirm receipt of the request within 10 business days and provide information about how we will process the request, including our verification process. We will respond to such requests within 45 days. Our obligation to delete Personal Information is not required regarding information necessary to, among other things: (1) provide Services to our clients; (2) detect and resolve issues related to security or functionality; (3) comply with legal obligations, including our responsibilities under applicable attorney Rules of Professional Conduct and other obligations and privileges related to the legal profession; (4) exercise free speech or to ensure another’s exercise of free speech; or (5) for internal purposes that a consumer might expect.

Right to Disclosure of Information. A California consumer may also submit requests that we disclose specific types or categories of personal information that we collect. Under certain circumstances, we will not provide such information, including where the disclosure creates a substantial, articulable, and unreasonable risk to the security of that personal information, clients’ accounts of information, or the security of our systems or networks. We also will not disclose California consumers’ social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, or other government-issued identification numbers, financial account numbers, any health insurance or medical identification numbers, or account passwords and security questions and answers. Our obligations to disclose information are also subject to legal and ethical restrictions placed on us, including our duty to protect client information from disclosure, the attorney-client privilege, or restrictions placed by governmental or judicial authority. If we receive requests from a California consumer who has a relationship with a client (for example, from an employee or customer of a client), we will inform the client.

Submitting Requests. If you are a California consumer and would like to make any requests under the CCPA, please email us or write us at DeepFocus, 3929 SW Council Crest Drive, Portland, OR 97239.

Verifying Requests. If we receive any such request, we will use a two-step process for online requests where the California consumer must: First, clearly submit the request; and, Second, separately confirm the request. We will use other appropriate measures to verify requests received by mail. In submitting a request, a California consumer must provide sufficient information to identify the consumer, such as name, e-mail address, home or work address, or other such information that is on record with us so that we can match such information to the personal information that we maintain. Do not provide social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, account numbers, credit or debit card numbers, or medical or other health information with requests. If requests are unclear or submitted through means other than specified above, we will provide the California consumer with specific directions on how to submit or resubmit the request. If we cannot verify the identity of the consumer making the request, we may deny the request.

California Do Not Track Disclosures. Your browser may offer a “do not track” (“DNT”) setting. There is not currently any common industry standard for DNT signals. Consequently, we cannot commit to respond to such signals.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We may revise this privacy policy at any time. If we do, we will post such revisions on this page. All revisions are effective on the date listed and will apply to all information that we have about you. Your continued use of the Website or Services after any revision is posted indicates your acceptance of the change and your continued consent to our processing of personal information provided to us. If at any point you do not agree to any portion of our privacy policy, you should immediately inform us. You may also unsubscribe from certain communications by following the procedures set forth in this privacy policy under the Choices About Use and Disclosure of Your Information section above.