Privacy Policy

The Privacy Policy describes the privacy practices applicable to the Law Offices of Charlotte Ito PC website located at www.citolaw.com and blog located at www.citolaw.com/blog. We are sensitive to Internet privacy issues and the protection of privacy of visitors to this website.

If you browse our website, you may generally do so anonymously.  Our web servers collect general data pertaining to each website visitor, including their IP address and domain name. We compile this information to determine the number of visits, referring web page, average time spent on the site, pages viewed, and other similar data.  We use that information to manage and administer our website, and determine the effectiveness of and guide future improvements to the website.

We may also collect information due to the placement of cookies. Cookies are small files that contain information sent by a website that is saved on your computer's hard drive. When you visit our site, we may place a cookie on your computer to help us recognize and serve you better when you return. You may delete cookies from your computer or set your browser to reject cookies. To do so, look under the "Help" menu on your browser.

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.  However, we may share your personal information with third parties that provide services to us.  For example, we may provide your personal information to a hosting agent that assists with the operation or maintenance of our website or delivers newsletters, announcements or other materials to you.

We collect personally identifiable information when you request additional information regarding our publications, activities or services, subscribe to our blog, send us a question, or apply for employment.

Although we use security measures that we believe are reasonably appropriate to protect your personal information, we do not guarantee that our security precautions will protect against the loss or misuse of you personal information.  In addition, we cannot guarantee the privacy of personal information you transmit over the Internet or that may be collected in transit by others, including contractors that provide services to us.

Our website and blog contains links to other websites.  The fact that we link to a website is not an endorsement, authorization, or representation of our affiliation with that third party and/or its site.  Other sites follow different rules regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information, and we are not responsible for the information collection or privacy practices of other websites.  You should consult the privacy policies of other sites before you visit those sites or provide any personal information to those sites.  Your use of other websites is solely at your own risk.

Our website is not directed to children under age eighteen (18).  If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with personal information, he or she should contact us in the manner set forth below.  If we become aware that any child under the age of eighteen (18) has provided us with personal information, we will use reasonable efforts to remove such information from our files. 

We reserve the right to disclose your personal information (1) if we believe that our website is being used to commit unlawful acts; (2) if disclosure of your personal information is required to comply with applicable laws or regulations or with a court or administrative order, or will help to enforce any applicable terms of use; (3) if we believe disclosure is necessary to protect your safety or security, including the safety and security of property that belongs to you; or (4) if we believe disclosure is necessary to protect the safety and security of our website or third parties. 

By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of information by us as specified above or as we otherwise see fit unless you inform us otherwise by means of the procedure set forth below.  If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will make an effort to post those changes on this web page so that you will always be able to understand what information we collect, how we use that information, and under what circumstances we may disclose that information to others.  We may use comments, information or feedback that you may submit in any manner that we may choose without notice or compensation to you.

If you have additional questions or comments of any kind, if you see anything on the website that you think is inappropriate or if you would like to have any or all of your personal information withheld from third party organizations and companies and/or from third party service providers, please let us now by sending your comments or requests to:

Law Offices of Charlotte Ito PC, 220 Montgomery Street, Suite 1047, San Francisco, CA  94104 Attn:  Website – Privacy Policy.