Privacy Policy

This privacy policy applies to personal information collected at www.napolilaw.ca.  Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, protect, disclose, or otherwise use your personal information in accordance with our website.

We are an organization to which the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act of Canada applies, and we conform to the Principles Set Out in The National Standard of Canada Entitled Model Code for The Protection of Personal Information, including the principles of openness and consent.  By using this website, you consent to the collection, use, or disclosure of personal information for the limited purposes described in this privacy policy.

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

When visiting or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, and details about your existing or potential legal claims in class actions that we are investigating or prosecuting.  We generally consider this limited information to be non-sensitive personal information that we may relay to judicial authorities when advancing class actions; however, you should provide only the personal information that you are comfortable in providing to us for the limited uses described in this privacy policy.  Occasionally, we may be required to obtain additional sensitive personal information from our clients or class members to advance individual claims and class actions; we will only collect and receive such information after applying additional and more rigorous methods of purpose disclosure and consent and will not disclose confidential information that is protected by solicitor-client privilege without obtaining your informed consent.

HOW DO WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We have access to and collect personal information when you voluntarily send us an email, complete an online form submissions, participate in a live chat, speak with us by phone, or otherwise enter information on our website.

WHY DO WE COLLECT, AND HOW DO WE USE, PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We will use your information in responding to you and in keeping you informed as to the progress of class actions.  We will not share your information with any third party, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, to investigate and prosecute class actions, or to comply with court orders.  We may share your personal information with other law firms with whom we collaborate in prosecuting class actions.  Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email to tell you about product recalls and advisories, class actions we filed or are investigating, and firm news.  We may also release personal information when its release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our website policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety. 

We allow third-party behavioural tracking, but do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties unless we provide you with advance notice.  This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, providing our services, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.  Non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

We may also use the personal information we collect from you in the following ways:

● to personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content in which you are most interested;

● to improve our website in order to better serve you;

● to allow us to better service you in responding to your client service requests;

● to send periodic emails regarding class actions in which you have expressed interest; and

● to follow up with you after correspondence (live chat, email or phone inquiries, etc.).

HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION?

We employ reasonable security safeguards to protect your information against loss or theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, and modification.  We implement a variety of security measures when you enter, submit, or access your information to maintain the safety of your personal information.  When you submit information on this website, your information is protected both online and offline.  Class actions can take many years to advance, and we will keep and preserve your personal information as long as is required to advance the interests of all class members.  You should contact us to provide any changes to the personal information that you submitted during the time required to advance the class action.  You can change your personal information by emailing or calling us.

Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems and who are required to keep the information confidential.  In addition, sensitive information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.  We use regular Malware Scanning.  We do not use vulnerability scanning and/or scanning to PCI standards.  We only provide articles and information.  All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.  Our collocated data storage and server certifications include SSAE18 SOC 2 Type 2 and Privacy Shield.

Should a data breach occur despite these (and other) reasonable measures we employ to protect your personal information, we will notify you via email within 7 business days.

DO WE USE ‘COOKIES’?

Yes.  Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser that enables the website’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.  They are used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services.  We use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better website experiences and tools in the future.  We also use cookies to:

● understand and save user’s preferences for future visits;

● keep track of advertisements; and

● compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better website experiences and tools in the future.  We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies.  You do this through your browser settings.  Since each browser is a little different, look at your browser’s help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.  If you turn cookies off, some of the features that make your site experience more efficient may not function properly.

Users can visit our website anonymously.  We honor Do Not Track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track browser mechanism is in place.

GOOGLE

Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s advertising principles.  They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users.

https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en.

 We have implemented the following:

● Remarketing with Google AdSense

● Google Display Network Impression Reporting

● Demographics and Interests Reporting

We, along with third-party vendors (such as Google) use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.

Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.

CONTACTING US

If there are any complaints or inquiries regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.

NAPOLI SHKOLNIK CANADA

21 King Street West, Suite 905

Hamilton, Ontario

L8P 4W7

(289) 246-9071

(639) 739-2223

Last Edited on 2022-10-02