Privacy Policy for Thorn Law PLLC

Last updated: February 28, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you use the Service, and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you. We use your personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using this website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Thorn Law PLLC (referred to as either the Firm, We, Us or Our in this Agreement) refers to Thorn Law PLLC, 90 Canal Street, Fourth Floor, Boston, MA 02114.

While using this website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to: your Name, your Email, your Phone Number, your Address or Geographic Location.

Use of Your Personal Data

Where you voluntarily and intentionally submit data to us through our contact forms, Thorn Law PLLC may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To contact you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication in response to your enquiry.
To provide you with news and general information about legal matters which are similar to those that you have already enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
To attend and manage your requests to Us.

Usage Data

Usage Data is also collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When you access the Service by or through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service or when you access the Service by or through a mobile device.
Where information is recorded from usage of our website, Thorn Law PLLC may use such date data for other purposes. We may use such information for purposes such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service. The technologies we use may include:

Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your Device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept Cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Firm, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
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. We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes of running and administering the website safely and efficiently in a manner that Users find convenient.

Sharing of Data

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

With Service Providers: We may share your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, or to contact You.
With your consent: We may disclose your personal information with your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

Thorn Law PLLC will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Firm will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Thorn Law PLLC’s offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Thorn Law PLLC will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Deletion of Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that we assist in deleting the Personal Data that we have collected about You. You may also contact us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to Us.
Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Legal Obligations

Under certain circumstances, the Firm may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Other legal requirements: Thorn Law PLLC may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: Comply with a legal obligation; Protect and defend the rights or property of the Thorn Law PLLC; Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service; Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public; Protect against legal liability.
Security of Your Personal Data: The security of your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our Firm does not address any individual under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 18 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Links to Other Websites

Thorn Law PLLC may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the Last updated date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.