Privacy Statement
Updated May 1, 2025
Introduction
The Law Office of Timothy P. O’Shea PLC dba Tim O’Shea Law (the “Firm”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this privacy statement.
This privacy statement describes the types of information the Firm collects from you or that you provide to the Firm when you visit the Firm’s website and communicate with the Firm, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This privacy statement applies to information the Firm collects:
o on this website; and
o in email, text, and other electronic messages between you and the Firm.
The Firm is a law firm with its attorneys engaged in the practice of law. It has always been and remains the policy of the Firm to comply with the law and applicable rules of professional conduct where they require our attorneys and other Firm personnel to not disclose client and third-party confidential information. This privacy statement is based on recognized privacy principles. The Firm applies those principles while keeping in mind our obligation to keep confidential the information provided to the Firm by our clients and others or which the Firm obtains about our clients and others in the course of possible or actual legal representation.
Please read this privacy statement carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your personal information and how the Firm will treat it. If you do not agree with the Firm’s policies and practices, your choice is not to use the Firm’s website and to not engage the Firm as your legal counsel. By accessing or using the Firm’s website or engaging the Firm as your legal counsel, you agree to this privacy statement. This privacy statement may change from time to time (see below, Changes to The Firm’s Privacy Statement). Your continued use of the Firm’s website or continued engagement of the Firm as your legal counsel after the Firm makes any change to its website is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the privacy statement periodically for updates.
Persons Under the Age of 18
The Firm’s website is not intended for use by persons under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from persons under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on the Firm’s website and do not seek to engage the Firm as your legal counsel. If the Firm learns it has collected or received personal information about a person under 18 from someone using the Firm’s website, we will delete that information. If you believe the Firm might have any personal information about a person under 18, please contact the Firm at info@timoshealaw.com.
Sensitive Personal Information
The Firm will not ask you to provide sensitive information about you or any other person when you use the Website. Please do not provide the Firm with sensitive information about you or a third person. Please contact the Firm at info@timoshealaw.com if you believe that you or another person disclosed sensitive information when using the Firm’s website or otherwise communicating with the Firm. The Firm will delete that information.
Information The Firm Collects About You and How the Firm Collects It
The Firm collects several types of information from and about users of the Firm’s website, including:
o personal information (that is, information which by itself or with other information can be used to identify an individual person);
o information that is about you but individually does not identify you, such as IP address or browsing history; and
o information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access the Firm’s website, and usage details.
The Firm collects this information:
o directly from you when you provide it to the Firm; and
o automatically as you navigate through the Firm’s website. Information collected automatically is done through the use of cookies (see below, Information the Firm Collects Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies).
Information You Provide to the Firm
The information the Firm collects on or through the Firm’s website may include:
o personal information that you provide by filling in forms on the Firm’s website. This includes information provided when contacting the Firm through the Firm’s website or sending the Firm a job application or resume through the Firm’s website. The Firm may also ask you for information when you report a problem with the Firm’s website; and
o records and copies of your correspondence, including email addresses and phone numbers, if you contact or communicate with the Firm.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies
As you navigate through and interact with the Firm’s website, the Firm may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns, including:
o details of your visits to the Firm’s website, including traffic data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Firm’s website; and
o information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type.
Some information is collected from you automatically, such as your IP address. The Firm does not link this automatically collected information to other identifying information.
The technologies the Firm uses for this automatic data collection may include cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer when you visit the Firm’s website. A cookie allows the Firm to remember information about you. The cookies the Firm sets are called first-party cookies. There are different types of first-party cookies. They include:
o Performance Cookies. These cookies allow the Firm to count visits and traffic sources so the Firm can measure and improve the performance of the Firm's website. They help the Firm know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the Firm's website. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and is, therefore, anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, the Firm will not know when you visited the Firm's website and will not be able to monitor its performance;
o Strictly Necessary Cookies. These cookies are necessary for the Firm's website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions you take, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms on the Firm's website. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the Firm's website will not then work. These cookies do not store personal information;
o Functional Cookies. Functional cookies enable the Firm's website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They are set by the Firm. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
You may refuse to accept first-party cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your device’s browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Firm’s website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, the Firm’s system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to the Firm’s website.
Use of Third-Party Advertising Cookies and Tracking
The Firm’s website does not use cookies set by third parties, known as third-party cookies or advertising cookies. Please note, the Firm does not respond to requests about tracking.
How the Firm Uses Your Information
The Firm uses information that the Firm collects about you or that you provide to the Firm including any personal information as follows:
o to present the Firm’s Website and its contents to you;
o to provide you with information or services that you request from the Firm;
o to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide information to the Firm;
o to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and the Firm, including for billing and collection;
o to notify you about changes to the Firm’s website or any services the Firm offers or provides though it;
o in any other way the Firm may describe when you provide the information; and
o for any other purpose with your consent.
Disclosure of Your Information
The Firm may disclose aggregated information about users of the Firm’s website, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
The Firm may disclose personal information that the Firm collects or you provide to the Firm:
o to a buyer or other successor in the event of an acquisition, merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Firm's assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by the Firm about the Firm’s website users and/or clients is among the assets transferred;
o to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it;
o for any other purpose disclosed by the Firm when you provide the information; and
o with your consent.
The Firm may also disclose your personal information:
o to comply with any court order, law or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request; and
o if the Firm believes disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property or safety of the Firm, our clients, or others.
The Firm will not sell or otherwise transfer your personal information for value, for any other reason or for no reason, to any third party for their direct marketing purposes or for any other purpose.
Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information
The Firm seeks to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to the Firm. 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 Firm’s website may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
Accessing and Correcting Your Information
You may send the Firm an email at info@timoshealaw.com to: (i) ask the Firm to confirm that the Firm stores personal information about you, (ii) request access to the personal information the Firm stores about you, and/or (iii) correct, amend or delete any personal information the Firm stores about you. The Firm may not accommodate a request if the Firm believes that honoring the request would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect. You have the right to an explanation of why the Firm did not honor your request and to challenge that explanation. Please note, these rights are to only the personal information the Firm collects on the Firm’s website and in emails, texts and other electronic messages between you and the Firm, subject the Firm’s data retention policy.
Data Security
The Firm has implemented reasonable measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration and disclosure. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although the Firm maintains reasonable physical, technical and administrative safeguards to protect your personal information, the Firm cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to the Firm’s website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. The Firm and its attorneys are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Firm’s website or in connection with its communication channels.
Storage in the United States
The Firm’s website is hosted in the United States. It is intended for use by and directed to users in the United States. The personal information you provide to the Firm may be processed and stored on servers located in the United States. The United Kingdom, members of the European Union and the European Economic Area, and certain other countries may take the position that the laws of the United States do not provide adequate privacy protection for personal information (i.e., personal data). If you do not consent to having your personal information / personal data processed and stored in the United States, do not send that information to the Firm.
Changes to the Firm’s Privacy Statement
It is the Firm’s policy to post any changes we make to the Firm’s privacy statement on this page. If the Firm makes any material change to how the Firm treats users’ or clients’ personal information, the Firm will notify you through a notice on the Firm’s website home page. The date the privacy statement was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting the Firm’s website and this privacy statement to check for any changes.
Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this privacy statement and our privacy practices, contact us at info@timoshealaw.com.