At Direct Legal, we are committed to protecting your privacy and have implemented strict privacy policies to keep your personal and financial information secure. By using our website and purchasing services from us, you agree to be bound by this policy. Should we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page to keep you informed of what information we collect and how we use it.
Information We Collect and How We Use It
When you visit our website, Direct Legal may collect your IP address which is used to administer our website and improve the quality of our services. Your IP address is used to gather broad demographic information that does not personally identify you.
To order services from us you must provide billing information such as your name, billing address, e-mail address, telephone number, credit card number or checking account number. This information is necessary for us to process your order with our merchant services provider, to notify you of your order status, and occasionally notify you about changes to our website, new services, or special offers you may find useful.
We collect only the information necessary to complete the copyright or trademark services that you may order and limit the information to the requirements of the U.S. Copyright office and USPTO.
When Direct Legal submits your copyright application to the U.S. Copyright Office or trademark application to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), we submit the information that you have provided and are not responsible for any of the actions of the U.S. Copyright Office or the USPTO. Some of the information forwarded to these government agencies may become public record.
How We Protect Your Information
We will not share your information with third parties unless you have consented to the disclosure or the disclosure is necessary to comply with the law or legal process, protect or defend our rights or property, protect our customers from misuse or unauthorized use of our website, protect the personal safety or property of our customers or the public, or to fulfill customer orders. Only authorized employees or agents will have access to your personal information through password-protected databases.
Direct Legal may from time to time provide aggregate statistics about our traffic patterns, sales, and related website information to third parties, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.
Data Security
The Direct Legal website has encryption and security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. We use secure servers when you place an order on our website. The secure server layer (SSL) encrypts all personal and credit card information you send to us. All customer data is similarly protected against unauthorized access.
Cookies
The Direct Legal website uses “cookies”, which are small pieces of information that are stored on your computers hard drive. These cookies do not contain any personally identifying information, and allow us to store your information between visits. Direct Legal encourages anyone who uses cookies to follow appropriate privacy standards and policies, but is not responsible for cookies placed by third parties.
Your Feedback
Direct Legal welcomes your questions and comments regarding our privacy policy. Please contact us.
This Privacy Policy last updated September 1st, 2006.
