Privacy Policy & Disclaimer

Levin Law, PLLC (“Levin”)  respects your privacy and will never sell your information to third parties for their marketing purposes.  

Introduction

The content on Levin's websites, social media pages, newsletters, marketing communications, including postal mail, electronic mail, SMS messages, phone calls and any other marketing services and platforms (“Sites & Services”) is subject to this Privacy Policy and Disclaimer ("Terms").  Time-sensitive information should not be sent via Levin's Sites & Services.  Levin is a registered assumed name of Levin Law, PLLC.  

No Attorney - Client Relationship Formed 

Use of Levin's Sites & Services does not create an attorney - client relationship and you should not rely on advice contained therein. Only a written agreement signed by all parties creates an attorney - client relationship.  The content on Levin's Sites & Services is intended for general informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice.  Levin represents clients nationwide; however Levin does not represent clients in certain states and its representation may be limited to federal practice in others.  You may retain counsel of your own choosing to represent you. Levin may assume joint responsibility for cases with other counsel and associate with local counsel when required and/or clients' best interests favor such an arrangement.  These Terms do not apply to information provided to Levin  in the course of attorney-client relationships or which is protected by confidentiality, attorney-client privilege, attorney work product doctrine and/or any other applicable protection.  

Fees

On contingency fee cases, Levin's clients pay neither legal fees nor case expenses unless Levin recovers on their behalf. Levin may deduct its fees, court costs and case expenses from the client's share of the recovery. 

SMS Text Messages & Calls

By providing your cell phone number you agree to receive automated and/or live promotional calls and SMS messages, including a newsletter. You can reply STOP to unsubscribe and HELP for help. You will receive no more than five calls or messages per month. No purchase is necessary. Message and Data Rates may apply.

Information We Collect From You When You Visit Levin’s Sites & Services

You are not required to provide any information via Levin’s Sites & Services. However, you may choose to do so by completing forms available therein.  Levin’s server logs may capture information regarding your operating system, browser software, IP (Internet Protocol) address, and the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) clickstream to, through and from our websites, including date and time. Levin may use this information to improve the services we provide through Levin’s Sites & Services, to monitor and to improve the performance of its servers, to administer Levin’s Sites & Services, and to protect and defend its rights, property or safety or that of its clients and other users of Levin’s Sites & Services. If you view a program on Levin’s Sites & Services, the fact that you watched the program and when you watched the program will be logged. Levin logs this information to determine which content its clients consider useful.

Information You Submit To Us Through Levin’s Sites & Services

If you join one or more of our mailing lists or otherwise choose to provide personal information through Levin’s Sites & Services, we will use such information for the purpose for which it was collected and in accordance with these Terms. In addition, we may use your personal information to: communicate with you about our firm; provide publications and newsletters you request; invite you to, and register you for, events; add you to mailing lists and send you marketing materials we believe will be of interest to you; process and respond to requests, inquiries and complaints; and for other purposes and operations which are reasonably related, such as administering, monitoring and improving Levin’s Sites & Services.

Your information may be accessed by third party service providers who will process that information solely for Levin's benefit and in accordance with Levin's  instructions (see below for more information). However, Levin will not provide your personal information to, or share it with, any third party for their own marketing purposes except in connection with requests you make that clearly involve third parties.

Your Rights to Access and Update Your Personal Information

Levin takes appropriate steps to avoid unauthorized changes to personal information you submit to Levin’s Sites & Services. For so long as Levin elects to continue to provide Levin’s Sites & Services, and provided that you comply with all agreements concerning use of these Sites & Services, we will make all reasonable efforts to provide you with online access to your registration data and other personal information so that you may view, update or correct it. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take appropriate steps to verify your identity before granting you access or enabling you to make corrections.

We retain information that is collected through Levin’s Sites & Services only for as long as needed for the purpose for which it was provided, or as otherwise required for our legitimate business purposes. Your information may be retained for longer periods if there are valid legal grounds, for example if required by law or court order or to defend or pursue legal claims.

Legal Basis for Processing Your Personal Information

The majority of the personal information collected by Levin is provided by you voluntarily on Levin’s Sites & Services, for example when you sign up to join a mailing list, request a newsletter or submit a question via one of our contact forms, and is therefore collected with your permission.

Links

Links to websites that are not operated by or for Levin (“Third Party websites and services”) are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave Levin ’s Site & Services. The Terms do not apply to Third Party websites and services. We have not reviewed Third Party websites and services, do not control and are not responsible for any of their content or their privacy policies. We do not endorse or make any representations about them, or any information, software or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the Third Party sites or services listed on or linked to from Levin's Sites & Services, you should understand that you do so at your own risk.

Sharing of Information

The entity responsible for the management and use of Levin’s Sites & Services and personal information collected from them is Levin Law, PLLC. If you access or use Levin’s Sites & Services from outside the United States, personal information about you may be transferred to the U.S.

Whenever Levin shares personal information about users of Levin's Sites & Services with its trusted third party service providers, it will employ appropriate contracts containing standard data protection clauses approved by relevant authorities to protect that information and the rights of individuals.

Children’s Privacy

We are committed to complying with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Levin’s Sites & Services and services are not directed to children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18. If we receive personal information that we discover was provided by a child under the age of 18, we will promptly destroy such information. Schools and parents should supervise their children's online activities and consider the use of other means to provide a child-friendly online environment.

Security

Levin’s Sites & Services use measures that are appropriate to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorized or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, and our employees and any third parties that process your personal information on our behalf are obliged to respect the confidentiality of your information. However, we cannot and do not provide any assurance that these measures will be sufficient to protect the information you choose to transmit to our Sites & Services.

If you have registered to use online services on one of Levin’s Sites & Services which require a password, it is your responsibility to keep your password confidential and secure, and to sign out once you have finished your session. Levin’s Sites & Services are not designed to store sensitive personal information such as financial, health, criminal, racial or ethnic origin or political affiliation and you should not use Levin’s Sites & Services for that purpose.

Agreement, Changes

By submitting your personal information on Levin’s Sites & Services you agree to the collection and use of your personal information on the basis described above. If you do not agree, please do not provide any personal information via Levin’s Sites & Services. We may  update these Terms occasionally. Any information collected under previous versions of our Terms will then become subject to our revised Terms.

Data Controller

The data controller for Levin’s Sites & Services is located at 2000 West Loop South, Suite 2200, Houston, Texas 77027, United States.