This website, AustinFamilyLawyers.org, is wholly owned and made available by TextAnon Directories, LLC
TextAnon Directories LLC and its affiliates (collectively, "we", "our" or "us") operate websites, provide products and services through internet browsers, email, mobile and other applications, and develop software. We refer to these as "site(s)," "service(s)," or "our sites and services."
This privacy policy applies to our sites and services on which we display or post a direct link to this privacy policy. This privacy policy does not apply to those sites and services that do not display or link to this privacy policy, or that have their own privacy policies.
This privacy policy applies to all users of our sites and services and covers what information we collect and why we collect it, how we use the information we collect, and the choices you have to access and update that information. Please familiarize yourself with our practices and let us know if you have any questions. By using our sites and services, you expressly consent to our collection, use, disclosure, and retention of your personal information as described in this privacy policy. Each time you use our sites and services, the current version of this privacy policy will apply. If you do not agree to this privacy policy, please do not use our sites or services.
For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (the "GDPR"), the Data Controller is TextAnon Directories, LLC registered in the State of Wyoming, United States of America with a registered address at 1309 Coffeen Avenue STE 1200, Sheridan, Wyoming 82801
You can contact our Data Protection Officer by sending an email to contact@textanon.com or by writing to:
TextAnon Directories LLC, Attn: Legal Department, 1309 Coffeen Avenue STE 1200, Sheridan, Wyoming 82801 U.S.A.
Personal information is information that can be used to identify, locate, or contact an individual, and includes other information that may be associated with personal information. Generally, we do not collect personal information from site visitors to our websites, preferring to use interactive text messaging services (see Text Messaging Policy for the full policy details concerning privacy using our text messaging services.) However, when you interact with our sites and services, depending on the website site or service, we may collect the following personal information directly from you, but only if you voluntarily and directly provide it to us:
In each of the above instances, you will know what personal information we collect through our sites and services because you voluntarily and directly provide it to us.
We, or our third-party service providers, may collect and store certain technical information when you use our sites and services. For example, our servers receive and automatically collect information about your computer and browser, including, for instance, your IP address, browser type, domain name from which you accessed the site or service, device size and other software or hardware information. If you access our sites and services from a mobile or other device, we may collect a unique device identifier assigned to that device (UDID), type of device, general GPS location, or other transactional information for that device in order to serve content to it and to improve your experience in using the sites or services.
In addition, we or our third-party service providers may collect information about how you use of our sites, including but not limited to, the date and time you visit the sites, the areas or pages of the sites that you visit, the amount of time you spend viewing the sites, the number of times you return to the sites, visits to sites outside our network, preferred language, and other click-stream data.
2.1 Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
We or our third-party service providers may use cookies and other tracking technologies (including browser cookies, pixels, beacons, mobile application identifiers, and Adobe Flash technology) to help us recognize you across different sites and services, improve your experience, increase security, measure use and effectiveness of our services, and serve advertising. You can control cookies through your browser settings and other tools. For more information about our use of cookies, please read our Cookie Policy.
By visiting our sites and services, you consent to the placement of cookies and beacons in your browser and HTML-based emails in accordance with this privacy policy and our Cookie Policy
2.2 Do Not Track
We currently do not allow any third-party advertising companices to use our websites or be associated with our services. However, you can opt-out of being targeted by certain third-party advertising companies online by visiting the following third-party websites: Network Advertising Initiative, Omniture, PrivacyChoice, and/or Digital Advertising Alliance
We currently do not respond to "Do Not Track" browser signals. Accordingly, your navigation on our sites and services may be tracked as part of our efforts to gather user information described above. If you arrive at our sites and services by way of a link from a third-party site that does respond to "Do Not Track" browser signals, such "Do Not Track" browser signal recognition will end as soon as you reach our sites and services.
We will only collect and process personal information, including sharing it with third parties, where we have a legal basis for such collection and processing. We rely on a number of legal bases, including:
4.1 Personal Information that You Provide to Us
We may use the personal information that you provide in one or more of the following ways:
In addition to the uses described above, we may use personal information that we collect for other purposes that are disclosed to you at the time we collect the information, or with your consent.
4.2 Other Information We Automatically Collect Through Cookies and Other Technologies
We may use information collected from you through cookies and other tracking technologies in one or more of the following ways:
We may share your personal information with third parties in the following circumstances:
We may share personal information about you for any other purpose(s) disclosed to you at the time we collect your information or with your consent.
Non-personal information may be shared with our partners who referred you to our site(s) and who may use the data for their market research and measurement purpose. User information may also be shared with our partners who help us deliver ads to you on websites not controlled by us; for instance, when we put a pixel on a conversion page on our site and a marketing partner uses that pixel to optimize the traffic that they send to us.
We do not currently use or publish online communities, forums, or ask you for profile information on our websites.
However, in the course of participating in surveys, reviews, or ratings on our websites or in connection with our services, you may choose to publicly disclose personal information about yourself and others in the course of (i) contributing user generated content (for instance articles, blogs, surveys, reviews, ratings, or podcasts), (ii) communicating with others in our online forums, communities, or chat rooms, (iii) creating user profiles for public view, or (iv) posting images, photos, or videos. Be aware, information that you voluntarily disclose in any of these areas of our sites or services is unencrypted, public information and, therefore, there can be no expectation of privacy or confidentiality, except if the terms of use of the site or service specifically limit use of the content (for example, we may let you know how such survey and rating responses will be used and if anonymity is an option). Any personal information you submit in the course of interacting in these public activities can be read, collected, or used by other users. Prior to posting in these areas, we encourage you to read the specific site's or service's terms of use, as we are not responsible for the personal information you choose to make public in any of these areas and strongly recommend against sharing any personal health or other sensitive information that could directly or indirectly be traced to any individual, including yourself.
Currently, we do not collect personal information, however in the cases where we might ask you for information input online, we encourage you to keep your personal information up-to-date and accurate. The methods for accessing, viewing, correcting, and deleting your personal information will depend on which sites or services you use and their features. You have several choices; for instance:
You can also manage certain aspects of information collection and use, including disabling geo-location, by going to the settings of your mobile device and reviewing the permissions of each application.
If you have questions about your options, please email contact@textanon.com. Protecting your privacy and security is important and we also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access to your data.
Currently, we do not collect personal information, however in the cases where we might ask you for information, please be aware that certain records and information will be retained for specific purposes such as legal, payment, accounting, technical, dispute resolution, enforcement of our sites' and services' Terms of Use, or customer service. If you have posted comments or user generated content on our site, we may not be able to delete it. Further, we take no responsibility for removing or editing any of your public activities or any submissions or content that is a result of your public activities. We may reject requests that are unreasonably repetitive or impractical, require disproportionate technical effort, or risk the privacy of others.
Currently, we do not collect personal information, however in the cases where we might ask you for information, we retain your personal information while your account is active or as needed to provide you services. Additionally, we may retain personal information even after your account has been closed if retention is reasonably necessary to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, prevent fraud and abuse, enforce our Terms of Use or any other contract entered into between you and us, or if it is not technically feasible to delete your personal information.
Our sites and services may allow us or other users to communicate with you or other users through our in-product instant messaging services, emails, SMS, and other electronic communication channels.
9.1 Text Messaging
We may make available text messaging services in which you can receive messages from us and send messages to us on your mobile phone, which will be governed by our Text Messaging Services Policy.
9.2 Opting Out of Requested Communications
Requested communications include, for instance, email newsletters that may be expressly requested by you or which you consented to receive. After you request such communications, you may "opt-out" of receiving them by using one of the following methods:
9.3 Opting Out of Transactional or Relationship Communications
Communications that are sent by or on behalf of a user are indicated as being from that user. Communications that are sent by us are indicated as being from us or one of our account or support specialists. Either type of communication may be "real time" communications or communications triggered automatically upon the occurrence of certain events or dates, such as appointment reminders. Email communications received from users and our administrative announcements are often transactional or relationship messages, such as appointment requests, reminders, and cancellations. You may not be able to opt-out of receiving certain email messages, although our services may provide a means to modify the frequency of receiving them.
9.4 Opting Out of General or Promotional Communications
General communications provide information about products, services, and/or support and may include special offers, new product information, or invitations to participate in market research. You may opt-out of receiving these general communications by using one of the following methods:
Our sites and services may link to other sites or services operated by our affiliates or third parties, and may carry advertisements or offer content, functionality, newsletters, contests or sweepstakes, or applications developed and maintained by third parties. We do not exercise control over third party sites or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any such third parties. Once you leave our sites or services via a link, enable a third-party service, or click an advertisement, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third-party's site or service. The fact that we link to a website or present a banner ad or other type of advertisement is not an endorsement, authorization, or representation of our affiliation with that third party nor is it an endorsement of their privacy or information security policies or practices.
We may also provide social media features on our sites and services that enable you to share personal information with your social network(s) and to interact with our sites and services. Depending on the features, your use of these features may result in the collection or sharing of personal information about you. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and settings on the social media site(s) with which you interact.
Children under the age of 13 are not permitted to use our sites and services. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 or utilize plug-ins or ad networks that collect personal information through child-directed third-party websites or online services. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to promptly delete such information.
Our sites and services generally require users to be at least 18 years of age. Unless our sites and services contain the "Privacy Rights for California Minors in the Digital World" supplemental terms, our sites and services do not collect age from users under 18. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, our services may allow users above the age of 18 (such as healthcare providers, parents, and guardians) to submit personal information of minors. Such users assume full responsibility over their submission, use, and transmission of such information.
We are headquartered in the United States. Our sites and services are intended for users in the United States and hosted and administrated in the United States or hosted with cloud service providers who are headquartered in the United States and in other countries. If you are located outside the United States, be aware that information you provide to us or that we obtain as a result of your use of our sites and services may be processed in, transferred to, and stored in the United States and in any other countries from where our cloud service providers operate. Please be aware that the privacy laws and standards in certain countries may differ from those that apply in the country in which you reside. By using our sites and services or providing us with your information, you consent to the transfer of your information for processing and storage to the United States and any other country from where our cloud service providers operate.
This section is provided pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the "CCPA") and other applicable California privacy laws. This section applies solely to our users who are California residents as defined under applicable California privacy laws.
13.1 Information We Collect
Within the last twelve (12) months, we have or may have collected the following categories of information from our users and/or consumers:
13.2 Categories of Sources from Which Information is Collected
We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:
13.3 Using and Sharing of Personal Information
The personal information described in the categories above may be used for the business purposes listed above under "How We Use Personal Information."
We disclose your personal information for a business purpose to the following categories of third parties: (a) service providers and (b) third parties to whom you authorize or direct us to disclose your personal information in connection with our sites and services. In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have disclosed the personal information described in the categories above for the business purposes listed above under "Sharing Personal and Non-Personal Information." We also may share personal information about you for any other purpose(s) disclosed to you at the time we collect your information or with your consent.
13.4 Personal Information "Sold" to Third Parties
We may share information that we have about you, such as a cookie ID or IP address, with third-party marketing partners who may use this information, on our behalf, to help us deliver advertising on our sites as well as on third-party websites.
Currently we do not share your information with third parties. In preceding 12 months we have not shared any personal information with third parties.
We do not share or sell the personal information of consumers that we know are minors under 16 years of age without affirmative authorization as required under the CCPA.
13.5 Your Access and Deletion Rights under the CCPA
As of January 1, 2020, California residents, as defined under applicable California privacy laws, may take advantage of the following rights:
13.6 Exercising Your Access and Deletion Rights under the CCPA
To exercise the access and deletion rights described above, please submit a request to us by either:
You will be asked to provide certain identifying information, such as your name, email, and residency. You will also be asked to validate your request by clicking a validation link in an email that will be sent to the email address you provided. While processing your request, we may ask you to provide further verifying documentation, such as proof of residency and identity. We will only use personal information provided in a request to verify the requestor's identity or authority to make the request.
Your request must: (i) provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or that you have authority to make the request; and (ii) describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.
Only you or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child. If you are making a request through an authorized agent acting on your behalf, such authorized agent must provide proof of written authorization to do so, and you must verify your identity directly with us, unless such authorized agent provides proof of a power of attorney pursuant to Probate Code sections 4000 to 4465.
We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you. We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor's identity or authority to make the request.
13.7 Opting-out of the Sales of your Personal Information
Subject to certain exclusions under the CCPA, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. Once we receive your request, we will not sell your personal information, unless an exclusion applies.
To opt-out of the sale of your personal information that we collect through cookies and other technologies, please read our Cookie Policy.
To opt-out of the sale of your personal information that we collected directly from you or other third-parties, please submit a request to us by either:
We may deny your request to opt-out if we have a good-faith, reasonable, and documented belief that the request is fraudulent.
13.8 Non-Discrimination
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights under the CCPA. Accordingly, and unless permitted by the CCPA, we will not:
We may charge a different price or rate or provide a different level of service if the difference is reasonably related to the value provided by your personal information.
13.9 Other Applicable California Privacy Laws
Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code requires select businesses to disclose policies relating to the sharing of certain categories of your personal information with third parties. If you reside in California and you have provided us with your personal information, you may request information about our disclosures of certain categories of your personal information to third parties for direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to contact@textanon.com with "California Privacy Rights" in the subject line and allow 30 days for a response. We will not accept requests via the telephone, mail, or by facsimile, and we are not responsible for notices that are not labeled or sent properly, or that do not have complete information.
In accordance with Section 22581 of the California Business and Professions Code if you are a California resident under the age of 18, you may request and obtain the removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please send an email to contact@textanon.com with "California Privacy Rights" in the subject line and allow 30 days for a response. Please specify the site(s) or service(s) to which your removal request relates, including any URLs where the content or information is posted, and the specific content or information you posted for which you are requesting removal. Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.
FOR RESIDENTS OF NEVADA ONLY. In accordance with SB 220, Nevada consumers may opt-out of the sale of their personal information to third parties. If you reside in Nevada and you have provided us with your personal information, you may choose to opt-out of the sale of such personal information by emailing us at contact@textanon.com with "Nevada Privacy Right" in the subject line. We may request for additional information from you in order to verify your identity and/or the authenticity of your request.
FOR RESIDENTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ONLY. Under European data protection law, in certain circumstances, you have the right to:
In addition, you have the right to ask us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your personal information) if we intend to use your personal information for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes.
You can exercise any of these rights by sending an email to contact@textanon.com with "EU Privacy Rights" in the subject line. If you believe that we have not complied with its obligations under this Privacy Policy or European law, you have the right to make a complaint to an EU Data Protection Authority.
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy or our practices you can send an email to contact@textanon.com or write to us at TextAnon Directories LLC, 1309 Coffeen Avenue STE 1200, Sheridan, Wyoming 82801 U.S.A. Please be sure to identify the specific website, software, or service about which you have a question or concern and how we can contact you.
We may revise this privacy policy from time to time and, if we do, we will update it on this page and modify the "Last Updated" date. If our information practices change in a significant way, you will be provided notice by means of notice on our sites or otherwise in writing. Because our privacy policy can change at any time, we encourage you to reread it periodically to see if there have been any changes that affect you. If you disagree with any changes to this privacy policy and do not wish your information to be subject to the revised privacy policy, you will need to deactivate your account or terminate your services. Your use of our sites and services following any such change constitutes your agreement that all information collected from or about you through our sites and services after the revised privacy policy is posted will be subject to the terms of the revised privacy policy.
Last Updated: September, 2022