Privacy Policy

Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice describes how Ray Quinney & Nebeker P.C. (“:RQN,” “we” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses personal data collected from visitors to this website, clients, prospective clients, suppliers, job applicants, and business contacts of the firm. Below, you will find a list of our services and processes that gather personal data, our purpose and legal basis for processing that information, who we share that information with, and how long we hold that information.  Nothing in this notice should be understood as creating an attorney-client relationship. This notice does not limit or otherwise reduce protections resulting from our attorney-client relationships, including confidentiality, attorney-client privilege, attorney work product, or other applicable protection. In the event this notice conflicts with an attorney-client relationship protection, our obligation under such relationship will prevail.  This website does not provide legal or other professional advice of any kind.  Information provided via this website will not be considered a lawyer-client communication or otherwise be treated as confidential or privileged unless there is a prior express agreement by us to the contrary.

Personal Data We Collect or Process

RQN may collect the following personal data:

Contact and Descriptive Information, including but not limited to name, address, email, phone number, title, gender, family information, identifying information, opinions, beliefs, personal preferences, physical characteristics, personal history data, social information.

Legal Information, including but not limited to: data necessary or related to our legal representation of an existing, former, or prospective client.  We may also collect information about individuals that are related, or connected to the legal services we provide our current, former, or prospective clients.

Device Data, including but not limited to: IP address, browser information, operating system, and information about your use of our website.

Event Data, including but not limited to: information about events hosted or sponsored by us

Applicant or Employment Data, including but not limited to: data provided in the course of employment or prospective employment

Financial Data, including but not limited to information relating to payment for and/or accounting information related to our services

In addition to collecting personal data directly from you, we may also collect personal data from other individuals, publicly available sources, and/or third parties.

Cookies and other similar technologies.  We gather information about our website traffic, which may be collected via cookies or similar technologies.  Some of this information may be personally identifiable.

How RQN Uses Personal Data

RQN uses this information to:

  • Provide legal services
  • Administer firm business
  • Provide support and services through RQN’s website
  • Respond to requests and inquiries for legal representation
  • Market to clients and prospective clients
  • Comply with legal requirements obligations
  • Administer our website
  • Process employment applications or inquiries
  • Otherwise enhance our legal services in the normal course of business
  • Other purposes permitted by applicable law

RQN handles personal information in the course and scope of providing legal services. RQN has a legitimate business interest in handling the information. RQN may also handle information pursuant to a legal obligation.

Disclosure of Personal Data

RQN may disclose personal data with others, including those with whom you have requested or authorized us to share your personal data, contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support RQN.  Third parties with whom RQN may share information include:

  • Individuals or Entities to whom information may disclosed in the course of our representation, such as filing documents with the court or administrative agencies, or providing such information in the course of discovery. RQN may also share information to respond to claims asserted against RQN, RQN’s clients, and others and to otherwise protect RQN’s legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of clients and others.
  • Service providers, including software and website service providers which assist RQN with hosting, providing content and functionality, or monitoring activity on our website
  • Communications or marketing services providers
  • Professional, consulting, human resources, or business development service providers
  • Law enforcement or regulators as required by law or when we believe that such disclosure is necessary to comply or assist with a judicial proceeding, subpoena, court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request, or if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the firm, our clients, or others.
  • Financial institutions or entities that process payments on our behalf
  • Insurers or prospective insurers
  • Other third parties that help RQN administer the services we provide.

We may also disclose personal data with a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the firm’s assets.

We may assemble aggregated, non-personally identifiable information, which may be disclosed to third parties at our discretion.

RQN does not sell any personal data to a third party for a third party’s direct marketing purposes.  RQN does not use personal data as part of any automated decision-making process.

Retention Period

RQN retains personal data:

  • For as long as necessary to:
    • Fulfill the purposes for which the personal data was collected
    • Fulfill our business relationship and/or
    • Satisfy legal requirements; or
  • In accordance with industry standards for records retention; or
  • until you request that we securely destroy your personal data, and we agree in our sole discretion that such information may be destroyed.

Personal data may be retained for longer periods if there are valid legal or business grounds to retain it.  For example, RQN may retain personal data if required by law or court order, or if necessary to protect RQN’s rights.

Security

RQN employs physical, technical, and administrative procedures to safeguard the personal information RQN collects online.  However, RQN cannot fully ensure or warrant the security of any personal data you transmit via this website, and you transmit such information at your own risk.

External Links

RQN’s website may contain links to third party websites, provided for your convenience.  If you use these links and leave RQN’s website, you do so at your own risk.  RQN is not responsible for any third-party websites, their content, or their privacy practices and procedures.  RQN does not endorse or make any representations about third-party websites, or any information, software, or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them.

Your Rights With Regard To The Data We Collect

You have the following rights to the extent applicable under the respective laws.  The fact that information is listed in this Privacy Notice should not be construed as an acknowledgement or admission that such laws apply to you or to RQN.

Utah Privacy Rights

Under specific circumstances, a consumer has the right to:

  • Confirm whether RQN is processing a consumer’s personal data and access the consumer’s personal data
  • Delete the consumer’s personal data that the consumer provided to the controller
  • Obtain a copy of the consumer’s personal data, that the consumer previously provided to the controller, in a format that:
    • To the extent technically feasible, is portable;
    • To the extent practicable, is readily usable; and
    • Allows the consumer to transmit the data to another controller without impediment, where the processing is carred out by automated means
  • Opt out of the processing of the consumer’s personal data for purposes of targeted advertising, or the sale of personal data

If applicable, RQN will, within 45 days after the day on which RQN receives a request to exercise a right, (i) take action on the consumer’s request; and (ii) inform the consumer of any action taken on the consumer’s request

RQN may extend the initial 45 day period by an additional 45 days if reasonably necessary due to the complexity of the request or the volume of the requests received.

The requirements of Utah law do not restrict RQN’s ability to:

  • comply with a federal, state, or local law, rule, or regulation;

(b) comply with a civil, criminal, or regulatory inquiry, investigation, subpoena, or summons by a federal, state, local, or other governmental entity;

(c) cooperate with a law enforcement agency concerning activity that the controller or processor reasonably and in good faith believes may violate federal, state, or local laws, rules, or regulations;

(d) investigate, establish, exercise, prepare for, or defend a legal claim;

(e) provide a product or service requested by a consumer or a parent or legal guardian of a child;

(f) perform a contract to which the consumer or the parent or legal guardian of a child is a party, including fulfilling the terms of a written warranty or taking steps at the request of the consumer or parent or legal guardian before entering into the contract with the consumer;

(g) take immediate steps to protect an interest that is essential for the life or physical safety of the consumer or of another individual;

(h) (i) detect, prevent, protect against, or respond to a security incident, identity theft, fraud, harassment, malicious or deceptive activity, or any illegal activity; or (ii) investigate, report, or prosecute a person responsible for an action described in Utah Code Ann. 13-301-64 (1)(h)(i);

(i) preserve the integrity or security of systems; or (ii) investigate, report, or prosecute a person responsible for harming or threatening the integrity or security of systems, as applicable;

(j) if RQN discloses the processing in a notice described in Utah Code Ann. § 13-61-302, engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws;

(k) assist another person with an obligation described in this subsection;

(l) process personal data to: (i) conduct internal analytics or other research to develop, improve, or repair a controller’s or processor’s product, service, or technology; (ii) identify and repair technical errors that impair existing or intended functionality; or (iii) effectuate a product recall;

(m) process personal data to perform an internal operation that is:(i) reasonably aligned with the consumer’s expectations based on the consumer’s existing relationship with the RQN; or (ii) otherwise compatible with processing to aid the controller or processor in providing a product or service specifically requested by a consumer or a parent or legal guardian of a child or the performance of a contract to which the consumer or a parent or legal guardian of a child is a party; or

(n) retain a consumer’s email address to comply with the consumer’s request to exercise a right.

 

Children’s Privacy

RQN’s website is not directed to children under the age of 16, and RQN does not knowingly collect personal data online from children under the age of 16.

GDPR Privacy Rights

If you are a Data Subject in the European Economic Area, you may have the right, under certain circumstances, to request, access, rectify, erase, and restrict how we process your Personal Data. These rights might include the ability to review the Personal Data we have in our Information and Communications systems concerning you, the ability to make any corrections to that Personal Data, the ability to be informed of who that data may have been shared with, the ability to request that we erase all of our Personal Data, and the ability to restrict how we Process your Personal Data. We will respond to any of your requests to exercise these above Data Subject rights within 30 days. If we cannot heed your request within 30 days, we will contact you and advise you of the circumstances. RQN is outside the European Economic Area. Regarding information received by RQN about European residents and citizens, RQN may share personal information as disclosed above.

Exercising Your Rights

If you desire to assert a right pursuant to any of the foregoing, you must contact us or our privacy point of contact at:

Privacy Point of Contact
Eric Visser
36 South State Street, Suite 1400
Salt Lake City Utah United States 84111
801-532-1500
moc.nqr@ressivE

Withdraw Consent

If our legal basis for processing your information is solely based on your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting Eric Visser in writing at the contact information above and informing him that you withdraw your consent.

Changes to Our Privacy Notice

We keep this Privacy Notice under regular review and will place any updates on our website. Paper copies of this privacy statement may also be obtained by contacting Eric Visser at the contact information above and requesting a paper copy.

This Privacy Notice was last updated on 12/29/23.