Our Commitment to Privacy
We are deeply committed to your right to privacy and take your privacy seriously. We have very strict privacy policies and we strive to keep your personal and financial information secure. Please note that this Privacy Policy only applies to the MarylandExpungement.com website and not to any other websites that you may access from the Site, each of which may have privacy policies that are materially distinct from this Privacy Policy.
- This Privacy Policy covers the Company’s treatment of personally identifiable information that the Company collects when you are on the Company site, and when you use the Company’s services.
- We pledge to hold all information you provide to us in absolute privacy.
- We will NEVER share your name, e-mail address or personal information with any third party, unless specifically authorized by you.
- We NEVER sell or rent our mailing list.
- Only authorized employees may access your information.
- All employees are required to adhere to our strict privacy policies and any employee who violates the privacy policy is subject to termination and other disciplinary measures, up to being criminally prosecuted for their violation.
Traffic Data and Information. Through the combination of both internal and third party tracking code as well as cookies, the following categories of information may be tracked when a visitor enters the site: (1) IP address, (2) domain servers, (3) type of computer used to access the Site, (4) types of web browsers (collectively ‘Traffic Data’). The Company uses such data for general marketing purposes and in order to help enhance customer experience on the website.
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on our behalf. These companies may employ cookies and action tags also known as single pixel gifs or web beacons to measure advertising effectiveness. Any information that these third parties collect via cookies and action tags is completely anonymous.
Personal Information. In order for each customer to utilize the Company’s legal services, the Company requires each customer to provide us with personal information (collectively ‘Personally Identifiable Information’).
Personally Identifiable Information includes: (i) ‘Contact Data’ (such as your first and last name, physical street address, city, state, zip code, phone number and email address), (ii) ‘Financial Data’ (such as your credit card number, expiration date, and verification code), (iii) ‘Demographic Data’ (such as your zip code and gender), and (iv) other ‘Legal Data’ (such as your social security number, arrest or conviction information, criminal record information, and other sensitive information necessary to generate proper legal documents). This Personally Identifiable Information is necessary to complete the record cleaning service.
Please be advised that certain personal information becomes public record upon the filing of documents with the state or the court. The Company’s privacy policy does not cover actions by these third parties.
Please note that Contact Data and Traffic Data is used to gather general statistics regarding our customers and visitors respectively, in order to enhance the consumer experience on the website. We may also use demographic data in a manner that does not identify you specifically or allow you to be contacted but does identify certain criteria about our users in general.
We may use Contact Data such as name, physical address and email address to provide special information and promotions regarding our products or in order to contact the customer regarding an order. Any Financial Data gather is used strictly for the purposes of processing or completing the financial transaction for your order.
Confidentiality and Security of Personal Information. As stated above, we will keep your Personally Identifiable Data private, and will not share it with third parties unless you specifically approve of the disclosure, or if the Company is required by law to comply with a valid legal requirement such as law, federal regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order.
Website Areas Beyond the Company’s Control. The Site may include interactive forums such as message boards and chat rooms. Please note that any Personally Identifiable Information disclosed in such areas is public and becomes public information. You should use caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
Third Party Websites. The Company may maintain links to other websites. If you choose to visit other websites, we are not responsible for the Privacy Practices or content of those other websites, and it is your responsibility to review the Privacy Policies at those websites to confirm that you understand and agree with their policies.
Retention of Records. The Company may retain Personally Identifiable Information for an indefinite period.
Our Commitment To Data Security. We strive to make certain that our servers and connections incorporate the latest encryption and security devices. To prevent unauthorized access, we have implemented physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect. Credit card and personal information are transmitted to us by secure servers.
Compliance with Maryland Rules. Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.6 Confidentiality of Information (a) We shall not reveal information relating to representation of a client unless the client gives informed consent, the disclosure is impliedly authorized in order to carry out the representation, or the disclosure is permitted by paragraph (b).
(b) We may reveal information relating to the representation of a client to the extent the lawyer reasonably believes necessary:
(1) to prevent reasonably certain death or substantial bodily harm;
(2) to prevent the client from committing a crime or fraud that is reasonably certain to result in substantial injury to the financial interests or property of another and in furtherance of which the client has used or is using the lawyer’s services;
(3) to prevent, mitigate, or rectify substantial injury to the financial interests or property of another that is reasonably certain to result or has resulted from the client’s commission of a crime or fraud in furtherance of which the client has used the lawyer’s services;
(4) to secure legal advice about the lawyer’s compliance with these Rules, a court order or other law;
(5) to establish a claim or defense on behalf of the lawyer in a controversy between the lawyer and the client, to establish a defense to a criminal charge, civil claim, or disciplinary complaint against the lawyer based upon conduct in which the client was involved or to respond to allegations in any proceeding concerning the lawyer’s representation of the client; or
(6) to comply with these Rules, a court order or other law.