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Terms of Use

Effective Date: May 1, 2019.

By accessing our website at www.markfoster.com (the “Site”), you consent to the following Terms of Use. If you do not consent to these Terms of Use, you are not permitted to access the Site and must immediately log off and discontinue your access to the Site.

I. Disclaimer

No Attorney-Client Relationship

Information on the Site has been made available solely for informational purposes only and does not constitute advertising, a solicitation, or any legal or business advice. The information contained on the Site is provided only as general information and does not necessarily reflect current law or best practices on the subject. Your access of the information on the Site, or transmission and receipt of the materials and information contained herein, is not intended to create, and does not create or constitute an attorney-client relationship nor any other business, consulting or fiduciary relationship. An attorney-client or other business relationship will be created, if at all, only by means of a written agreement signed by the Law Offices of Mark Foster and the client. Readers of the Site should not rely upon this information for any purpose without seeking legal advice from a licensed attorney in the reader’s jurisdiction. Information on the Site is not promised or warranted to be correct or complete. The Law Offices of Mark Foster expressly disclaims all liability with respect to actions taken or not taken based on any content on the Site.

You should not send us any confidential information pertaining to potential legal services or any other business matter unless you have received written agreement from the Law Offices of Mark Foster to perform the services you requested. You may send us email communication, but unless you have received from us such written confirmation of an attorney-client or other confidential relationship, we will not consider any correspondence you send us as confidential. If you communicate with us by e-mail at any time, you acknowledge that Internet e-mail is inherently not a secure method of communication. By sending sensitive or confidential e-mail messages which are not encrypted, you accept the risk of such insecurity including possible lack of confidentiality over the Internet.

The Law Offices of Mark Foster will not represent anyone based upon viewing the Site in a jurisdiction where the Site does not comply with all laws and ethical rules of that jurisdiction.

We may provide links to other websites or third-party information. By doing so, we are not necessarily endorsing, and we are not responsible for, any third-party content that may be accessed through this website.

II. Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement describes the practices of the Law Offices of Mark Foster (“Law Offices”, “we” or “us”) with respect to personal information we collect through our website and mobile applications that display or link to the Site.

Collection of Personal Information

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you visit our Site. For example, we collect information about you when you: 

  • Access our Site;
  • Send us an inquiry by use of the contact form on our Site;
  • Sign up to receive advisories, articles, announcements or other communications;
  • Register for an event through the Site;
  • Submit a comment or question or otherwise communicate with us through the Site.

The personal information we collect may include your first and last name, street address, telephone number, email address, communication preferences, and other information you submit through the Site.

We also collect certain information automatically when you visit our Site (“Technical Information”). Technical Information includes the IP address of your device; the type of browser, device and operating system you use; other identifiers associated with the device you use to access our Site; the pages you visit and the features you use, including dates and times; and if you navigated from or navigate to another Web site, the address of that Web site. We may collect Technical Information through the use of cookies or tags, identifiers or technologies as they many become available or change over time. We may track the total number of visitors to our Site, the number of visitors to each page of our Site, whether visitors share our Site with others, and the domain names of our visitors’ Internet service providers. We may also collect information regarding the effectiveness of our email or other communications, such as whether you open an email we send to you. Please note that third party ad networks and service providers may receive Technical Information and use and disclose such Technical Information for their own purposes, subject to their own privacy policies. You can opt out of delivery of targeted advertising to you by multiple ad networks by visiting http://www.aboutads.info/choices/. Our Site also uses Google Analytics to analyze your website activity. You can opt out of Google Analytics by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. 

How We Use Personal Information Collected through the Site

We use personal information we collect through our Site to contact you, to provide you with information that you have requested, to provide additional information which we believe may be of interest to you, to perform an activity you have requested, to enhance or improve the Site, for security purposes, or otherwise to operate our business. 

Sharing of Personal Information

We may share personal information with third parties in the following circumstances:

  • When authorized by you.
  • With third party service providers retained to perform services on our behalf. These service providers are not authorized to use or disclose the information except as necessary to provide services to us.
  • If we are required to do so by law or pursuant to legal process or in response to a request from law enforcement authorities or other government officials.
  • When we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial fraud or theft, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity.
  • In connection with the sale or transfer of all or a portion of our business or assets to a third party.

Your Choices and Rights

Your browser and your device may enable you to limit the use of cookies and other technologies used to collect Technical Information. You should consult your browser or device for more information about these options. Please note that you may not be able to use all the features of our Site if you limit the Technical Information you share with us. In addition, our Site is not designed to accommodate “Do Not Track” requests from browsers.

Information Security

Through our use of third-party providers, we maintain commercially reasonable safeguards for the Site designed to protect against loss, misuse or unauthorized access or disclosure of the personal information we collect through our Site. The use of the Internet creates inherent information security risks, and we are not able to guarantee the security of our Site.

Transfers of Personal Information

Our Law Firm is located in the United States. Our use in, or transmittal to, the United States of personal information we collect through the Site may be deemed not to provide the same level of data protection as the laws in the country in which you reside. By using our Site or submitting personal information through the Site you consent to the transfer of personal information as described in this Privacy Statement.

Linked Sites

Our Site may include links to third-party sites. The inclusion of a link to a third-party site does not imply our endorsement of the site or the products and services offered at such site. Please note that this Privacy Statement does not apply to any such third-party sites. You should consult privacy policies of each site you visit.

Changes and Questions

We may revise this Privacy Statement from time-to-time. Please check this page periodically for changes. If you have questions about this Privacy Statement or our practices with respect to personal information, please send your request to information@markfoster.com.

III. Cookie Policy

The Law Offices of Mark Foster (“us”, “we”, or “our”) uses cookies on the Site. By using the Site, you consent to the use of cookies. Our Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third parties we may partner with may use cookies on the Site, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of text sent to your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Site or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Site more useful to you.

Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

How We Use Cookies

When you use and access the Site, we may place a number of cookies files in your web browser.  We use cookies for the following purposes:

  • To enable certain functions of the Site
  • To provide analytics

We use both session and persistent cookies on the Site and we use different types of cookies to run the Site:

  • Essential cookies. We may use cookies to remember information that changes the way the Site behaves or looks, such as a user’s language preference on the Site.
  • Analytics cookies. We may use analytics cookies to track information how the Site is used so that we can make improvements. We may also use analytics cookies to test new advertisements, pages, features or new functionality of the Site to see how our users react to them.

Third-party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics on the Site, deliver advertisements on and through the Site, and so on.

What Are Your Choices Regarding Cookies

If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser. Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.

For the Chrome web browser, please visit this page from Google: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050

For the Internet Explorer web browser, please visit this page from Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835

For the Firefox web browser, please visit this page from Mozilla: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored

For the Safari web browser on Macs, please visit this page from Apple: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac

For the Safari web browser on iPhones and iPads, please visit this page from Apple: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265

For any other web browser, please visit your web browser’s official web pages.

More Information About Cookies

You can learn more about cookies and the following third-party websites:

AllAboutCookies: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

Network Advertising Initiative: http://www.networkadvertising.org/