Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting www.joinpaladin.com (the “Site” and, along with all derivative domains, the "Services"), owned and operated by Paladin PBC, Inc. (“Paladin,” “we,” or “our”). We are committed to treating the personal and corporate information of our users (“user,” “users,” “you,” or “your”) with respect and sensitivity. This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) is part of our General Terms of Service & User Agreement (the “Terms”). Please click here to see the Terms.
Application of this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how we treat information that we collect through our Services.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
As our services evolve this Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time. We encourage you to check the current Privacy Policy and Terms in effect and any changes that may have been made to them. If any material changes to this Privacy Policy are made, we will promptly post the revised Privacy Policy and the revised effective date on this Site.
Information You Provide Us
You may visit the Site without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. However, if you choose to contact us through the Contact Us link in our site footer, or by emailing us at , we may collect certain personal information including your name, company name, email address, telephone number, as well as other information you may choose to submit as part of the inquiry process. By choosing to contact us through the Contact Us link you consent to the collection of this information. We will not collect any personal information without your consent.
When you register for a Paladin account (as defined in the Terms), we may collect information from you that may include your name, company name, email address, telephone number, as well as other information that you submit as part of your profile or opportunity posting. We may also collect information about you from other publicly-available sources, which we may combine with the other information collected pursuant to this Privacy Policy and these Terms. If you choose to engage in pro bono representation, we may request non-privileged information regarding participation and outcomes.
You may be asked to choose a username, such as your email address, and a password that will be used to access your account.
By providing your information to us, you explicitly agree to our collection and use of such information as described in this Privacy Policy. The information you provide us must be accurate and up to date. We may verify or validate the information that you provide us through third parties.
Information Automatically Collected
We (or service providers acting on our behalf) may collect information about how you use our Site or our services. This information includes information that may identify you, as well as statistical information (“Analytics”) that does not identify you. Some Analytics may be correlated with your account information. Usage information may include:
- Device-specific information (such as your hardware model, operating system version, and unique Internet Protocol (“IP”) address)
- Log information recorded when you use our Site including your Device, its software,
and other Device identifiers and mobile network information, including phone number).
We may associate your Device identifiers or phone number with your Paladin account.
For purposes of this Privacy Policy, a “Device” is any computer or portable electronic
device used to access the Site, including without limitation a desktop, laptop,
mobile phone, tablet, or other consumer electronic Device. We may also collect
information on your activity while using the Site. This may include:
- Device event information such as crashes, system activity and hardware settings;
- Locale preferences;
- Date and time stamps associated with transactions;
- System configuration information;
- Other interactions with our Site.
Protecting Children’s Privacy
This Site is not designed nor intended to be attractive for use by children under the age of 18 (“Minors”). We do not knowingly collect information from Minors. If you are under the age of 18, please do not submit any information to us.
Cookies
We use cookies to personalize our Site for you and to collect aggregate information about Site usage by all of our users. A cookie is a text file that our Site transfers to your Device for record-keeping purposes and to enhance the quality of your visit to our Site or to enable our system to recognize your Device and allow us to see how you use our site. The cookie assigns a random, unique number to your Device. Further general information about cookies and how they work is available at www.allaboutcookies.org.
The cookies we use on our Site include:
- Session cookies: These temporary cookies expire and are automatically erased whenever you close your browser window. We use session cookies to grant our users access to content and to enable actions they must be logged in to do.
- Persistent cookies: These usually have an expiration date in the distant future and remain in your browser until they expire or you manually delete them. We use persistent cookies to better understand usage patterns so we can improve the Site for our users. For example, we may use a persistent cookie to associate you with your user account or to remember your choices on the Site, but this only works when cookies on our site are enabled.
- Third party cookies: We may permit limited third parties to place cookies through the Site to provide us with better insights into the use of the Site or user demographics or to provide relevant advertising to you. These third parties may collect information about a user’s online activities over time and across different websites when he or she uses our Site. For example, we may use analytics service providers like Google Analytics to analyze usage patterns of the Site. These providers generate a cookie to capture information about your use of the Site which is then used to compile reports on Site activity for us and to provide other related services. These providers may use a portion of your IP address to identify their cookie, but this will not be associated with any other data held by these providers.
We may also permit third party service providers to place cookies through our Site, as indicated above, to perform analytic or marketing functions where you are notified of them and you have consented to the usage. We do not control the use of such third party cookies or the resulting information and we are not responsible for any actions or policies of such third-party service providers.
Your use of our Site will be deemed to be your consent to the placement of cookies on your computer or other Device. If you prefer not to receive cookies through our Site, you can set your browser to either reject all cookies, to allow only “trusted” websites to set them, or to accept only those cookies from those sites you are currently on. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our Site and use it.
If you refuse cookies, this will limit system performance and may cause certain features of the Site to malfunction or not to work at all.
Use of Information
The use of your information is subject to this Privacy Policy and the Terms. The provisions contained herein supersede all previous notices or statements regarding our privacy practices with respect to this Site.
We may use aggregated data (independent of any personal identifiers) for research and commercial purposes. This information includes what areas of our Site our users visit most frequently and what services they access most often. This information helps us develop a better Site that is more useful and accessible to you.
We may use your information to enable you to access and use the Platform and to enable you to connect with and communicate with other Members.
We may use your information to send you service, support and administrative messages, reminders, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and information requested by you;
We may use your information to send you marketing, advertising, and promotional messages and other information that may be of interest to you, including information about Paladin, our services, or general promotions for partner campaigns and services. You can unsubscribe or opt-out from receiving these communications;
We may also use your information to comply with our legal obligations, resolve any disputes that we may have with any of our users, and enforce our agreements with Third Parties.
Disclosing Your Information
We may reveal information about you to affiliated third parties:
- If you request or authorize it;
- To help facilitate a pro bono opportunity connection for you. This includes but is not limited to: sharing information between an organization that provides a pro bono opportunity and any lawyer or law student that has expressed interest in the opportunity.
- We may disclose your aggregated, or otherwise non-personal information, including but not limited to hours, outcomes, areas of advocacy, and other information you choose to share with us. We will use this information to further our mission of closing the justice gap and create reports of the good work done by a group you may be affiliated with, including your law firm, organization, school, city, jurisdiction and/or state.
Your Choices
If you do not wish to receive promotional offers from us in the future, you can “opt out” by contacting us at the address indicated at the end of this Privacy Policy or by following the “unsubscribe” instructions in any promotional email you receive from us. Please be aware that you are not able to opt out of receiving communications about your account or your transactions with us.
Accessing Your Information
You are required to provide us with accurate and up to date information. Any changes to your profile will affect only future uses of your information. Subject to any legislation that might, from time to time, oblige us to store the information for a certain period of time, we will respect your wishes to correct inaccurate information. Otherwise, we will hold your information for as long as we believe it will help us to achieve our aims as detailed in this Privacy Policy. You can ask us whether we are keeping personal information about you and you can ask to receive a copy of that personal information. Before sending you any personal data, we will ask you to provide proof of your identity. If you are not able to provide proof of your identity, we reserve the right to refuse to send you any personal data. We will respond as quickly as we can to your requests for details of personal information we hold about you.
Security
We utilize reasonable administrative, physical and technical safeguards to protect information against unauthorized access, misuse or disclosure. All password recovery procedures conform to email recovery best practices; however, information sent by email is not secure. We do not guarantee absolute security of your information.
You also play a role in protecting your information. Please safeguard your username and password and do not share them with others. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security. We reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, or remove or edit content in our sole discretion.
Links to Third-Party Sites
When you use the Site, you may be directed to other websites that are beyond our control. We may also allow third-party sites or applications to link to the Site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third parties or the content of linked sites, but we do encourage you to read the applicable privacy policies and terms and conditions of such parties or web sites. This Privacy Policy only applies to this Site.
Contacting Us
This Site is owned and operated by Paladin PBC Inc.. If you have any questions or suggestions with respect to this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to ask us to delete, correct, or show you your information as provided above, you can click on Contact Us in our site footer or to send us an email at .