Privacy Policy

Introduction

Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP (“We/Us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). Please read this policy carefully for information about how We collect, use, maintain, and disclose information about you collected or received through the Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP website located at www.fmsllp.com (“Website”), marketing emails, and subscription emails between you and the Website. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Us or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries).

Any Personal Information we collect about you is voluntarily provided by you. However, you may be required to provide certain Personal Information to us when you elect to use certain features of the Website or obtain services from us through the Website or engage Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP in an attorney client relationship.

BY ACCESSING OR VIEWING THE WEBSITE, MARKETING EMAILS, OR SUBSCRIPTION EMAILS YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND YOU EXPRESSLY CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, USE, MAINTENANCE, AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOU, INCLUDING PERSONAL INFORMATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY. If you do not agree with our policies and practices in this Privacy Policy, do not use the Website or view marketing emails or subscription emails.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes or updates to our technology, data practices, service methods, or other factors. If We make material changes to this Privacy Policy, We will notify you by posting the revised Privacy Policy on our Website. Changes to the Privacy Policy will become effective immediately, unless otherwise noted. Your continued use of the Website, marketing emails, or subscription emails following the effective date of these changes indicates your consent to the revised policies and practices. You are expected to check this page frequently so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you. If you object to any revisions, you should immediately cease using the Website or viewing marketing emails or subscription emails.

Responsibility For Your Personal Information

Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP is responsible for the Personal Information you provide through the Website or in the attorney client relationship.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

We collect and process information you share through the Website. We may collect Personal Information, such as your name, postal address, email address, phone number or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline only when you have voluntarily provided such Personal Information to us (e.g., through the “CONTACT US” form and through individual attorney contact forms available on attorney profile pages). We may also collect information concerning you, including, but not limited to, the type of service you are seeking from Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP in the attorney client relationship.

We may use analytics or similar technologies to collect and process certain information about your use of the Website. The information collected is statistical data and does not include Personal Information, and we do not maintain it or associate it with Personal Information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties.

Our web servers and/or the analytics technologies may collect and store the following general information about you: the originating name of the domain from which you access the Internet; the date and time you access the Website the pages of the Website you visit; your search queries; the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to us; and the type of device, device ID and web browser you use to access the Website. This information is collected automatically. It is used to help us improve the Website by tabulating the number of visitors to the Website in terms of new users, origin, popularity of pages, amount of use, types of errors, and generally to make the Website more useful to you.

We may also use “cookies” and “web beacons.” Cookies are small files stored on your computer’s hard drive that are used to store and track Personal Information. Cookies are used to deliver a better Website service. Web beacons are small electronic files (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit Us, for example, to count users who have visited certain pages and for other related Website statistics.

The information we collect automatically is statistical data and does not include Personal Information. We do not maintain it or associate it with Personal Information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties.

Do Not Track Policy

“Do Not Track” is a proposed standard that is currently under development and not yet finalized. We adhere to the standards set out in this Privacy Policy and we do not currently respond to “Do Not Track” signals on the Website or on third-party websites or online services where we may collect information.

Third-Party Content

Some content or applications on the Website are served by third parties, content providers and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use the Website. The information they collect may be associated with your Personal Information or they may collect information, including Personal Information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with targeted content.

We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about targeted content, you should contact the responsible party directly.

Use of Your Information

In addition to the uses described above, we may use the information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any Personal Information, in the following ways: (1) If you are a client, to further our attorney client relationship with you; (2) To improve Website content and functionality; (3) To provide you with information and/or services that you request from Us; (4) To conduct research and analysis and maintain the security of our Website; (5) To comply with legal obligations, including compliance audits; (6) To exercise and defend our legal rights, or to comply with court orders; and (7) For any other purpose related to and/or ancillary to any of the purposes and uses described in this Privacy Policy for which your Personal Information was provided to us.

We may process your Personal Information in connection with any of the purposes and uses set out in this Privacy Policy on one or more of the following legal grounds: (1) It is necessary for us to do so to provide the information or perform the services you have requested, in the attorney client relationship or otherwise, to comply with your instructions; (2) To comply with legal obligations and to maintain records of our compliance processes; (3) To protect your vital interests; (4) It is necessary in the public interest; or (5) And/or you have expressly given us your consent to process your Personal Information in a particular manner.

Disclosure of Your Personal Information

Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP does not rent or sell your Personal Information to outside marketers. In certain circumstances, we may share data with vendors to assist us with: (1) Services that you requested from us whether in the attorney client relationship or otherwise; (2) Maintenance and repair of the Website; (3) Statistical analysis; (4) To communicate with you electronically or by postal mail.

We may also share data with vendors for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information or with your consent. All such third parties are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information and are prohibited from using your Personal Information except to provide services to Us or as required by law.

We may provide information to regulatory authorities and law enforcement officials in accordance with applicable law or when we otherwise believe in good faith that the law requires it. There may be instances when we may access or disclose your information in order to protect or defend the legal rights or property of Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP, to protect the safety and security of users, and to protect against fraud.

Retention and Storage of Personal Information

Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP will retain your Personal Information for the length of time necessary to complete the purpose(s) for which it was collected. We will securely destroy your Personal Information in accordance with applicable law and our policies at the point that it is no longer necessary to maintain same.

Security of Personal Information

Your privacy is important to Us. We take reasonable administrative and technical precautions to protect Personal Information. However, no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is completely secure. We cannot completely eliminate the risks associated with handling information over the internet. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU PROVIDE PERSONAL INFORMATION AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR THIRD PARTY CIRCUMVENTION OF ANY PRIVACY SETTING OR ANY OF OUR SECURITY MEASURES.

In the event of a security breach causing unauthorized intrusion into our Website that compromises your Personal Information, we will notify you and any applicable regulator when we are required to do so by applicable law.

We are not responsible for any losses arising from any inaccurate, inauthentic, deficient or incomplete Personal Information that you provide to us.

Data Subject Rights

Under certain data protection and privacy laws (e.g. GDPR), individuals may have certain data protection and privacy rights which may be subject to limitations and/or restrictions and which include: (i) the right to request access to, and rectification or erasure of, your Personal Information; (ii) the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your Personal Information; and (iii) the right to withdraw consent to the collection, processing, and transfer of your Personal Information and to opt-out of receiving certain communications. You may also have a right to object to processing of your Personal Information where carried out for our legitimate interest or direct marketing unless there are compelling legitimate grounds for further processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise, prosecution or defense of legal claims.

Cross Border Exchange of Personal Information

Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP is located and established in the United States and therefore, your Personal Information will be transferred to, stored, or processed in the United States. We take necessary and appropriate steps to protect the security and privacy of your Personal Information. By using our Website or requesting services from us, you understand and consent to the collection, storage, processing, and transfer of your Personal Information to our facilities in the United States and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.

EU / EEA Residents – We rely on recognized legal bases to lawfully conduct cross-border transfers of Personal Information outside of the EU and EEA, such as your express informed consent (as noted above), when transfer is necessary for us to deliver services pursuant to an agreement or contract for services between Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP and you, or when the transfer is subject to safeguards that assure the protection of your Personal Information, such as the European Commission’s approved standard contractual clauses.

Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP relies on derogations for specific situations as set forth in Article 49 of the GDPR. In particular, Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP collects and transfers to the U.S. personal data only: with your consent; to perform a contract with you; or to fulfill a compelling legitimate interest of Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP when your rights and freedoms are not overriding.

Third-Party Websites

This Privacy Policy is applicable only to the Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP Website (ww.FMSLLP.com) and does not apply to any third-party websites or to other companies or persons that may access the Website, with or without our permission. The Website may contain links to, and media and other content from, other websites. In addition, such third-party media and content may also contain external links. We do not control, operate, or endorse any information, products, or services of any third-party websites that may be reached through links from the Website.

The use of any Personal Information provided by you to, or automatically collected from, a third party will be governed by that party’s privacy policy.

Protection of Minors

Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP does not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Website and services, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Website and services. If We learn that Personal Information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, We will take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data We have collected from children under age 18, please contact Us at Info@fmsllp.com.

California Privacy Rights

California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits users of the Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us at Info@fmsllp.com. Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP does not disclose Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

Governing Law

This Privacy Policy, and any disputes related thereto, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee, exclusive of its choice of law rules. All lawsuits, actions, claims or disputes arising under or relating to this Agreement shall be brought in the federal or state courts within Knox County, Tennessee. The parties irrevocably submit and consent to the exercise of subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction over each of the parties by the federal and/or state courts within Knox County, Tennessee. The parties hereby irrevocably waive any and all objections which any party may now or hereafter have to the exercise of personal and subject matter jurisdiction by the federal or state courts within Knox County, Tennessee and to the appropriateness of the venue of any such lawsuit, action or proceeding brought in any such federal or state court within Knox County, Tennessee.

Questions and Contact Information

If you have questions related to this Privacy Policy, please contact Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP at:

Frantz, McConnell & Seymour, LLP
550 W. Main Street, Suite 500
Knoxville, Tennessee 37902
Telephone: 865-546-9321
Email: info@fmsllp.com