Privacy Notice

This page describes the information we may collect from you when you visit our website, how we use that information, and how we protect it.

Foty Law Group is committed to safeguarding the privacy and the security of personal information supplied by visitors to our website. This Website Privacy Notice describes the information we may collect from you when you visit our website, tells you how we use that information, and describes how we protect it. This notice also describes the choices you have regarding the collection and use of your information when visiting our website.

If you decide to give us personal information while using our website, you consent to the collection, use, transfer and other processing of that information in accordance with this notice and applicable laws. Please note that this notice and the procedures described in it may be amended or superseded from time to time. We will post any updates to this notice on our website.

1. What Information Do We Collect About You, and How Do We Use It?

When you visit this website you may voluntarily submit data using one of the forms available for a specified purpose (we call these “Subscription Pages” in this notice). On Subscription Pages, we may collect personal information about you including, for example, your name, address, email address, phone number, facsimile number, bar number, company name, company address, and/or title. We may collect this information if you sign up to receive periodic newsletters or bulletins on legal developments via email from one or more of our practice areas or offices.

If you apply for employment through this website, in addition to the information above, we may also collect your resume, curriculum vita, education and work experience.

As indicated on the Subscription Pages, we may use the information you provide us to evaluate the level of interest in particular legal topics or to contact you to ask whether you wish to receive additional information about the Firm, publications prepared by our lawyers, and related materials. The Subscription Pages concerning specific blogs, publications, events, or activities in which you are interested might provide additional information concerning how we use your data for that particular purpose and might have a box for you to click to provide your consent to the processing of your data by us, including by personnel and on servers located in the United States. Unless we are permitted or required by other legal obligations, we will use any personal information that you provide only for the purposes for which you give your consent.

In addition to the uses of your personal information indicated on the Subscription Pages and employment application pages, unless otherwise restricted, we also may use your personal information to:

• respond to requests, enquiries, or complaints received from you;
• communicate with you about our firm and our services;
• invite you to events;
• send you marketing materials you have asked to receive;
• improve our website and related services;
• conduct administrative or operational processes within our business; and
• audit and monitor this website and make improvements to it.

We also obtain some information about your IP address and web browser that you use to access our website.

When you visit our website, our servers record your IP address, together with the date, time, and duration of your visit. An IP address is an assigned number, similar to a telephone number, which allows your computer to communicate over the Internet. It identifies which organizations have visited the website. We use this information to compile statistical data on the how visitors use and navigate our website and to help us evaluate and improve our site.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users navigate our site and what resources they access. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use the information on behalf of Foty Law Group for the purpose of evaluating use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for us, and providing us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address that your browser conveys within the scope of Google Analytics will not be associated with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of these cookies via the settings in your browser. You also can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics in the future by downloading and installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your current web browser: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

You can opt-out of this selection at any time by updating your social media platform profile privacy settings. For more information, please visit the links below.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/238318146535333
Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/196883487377501
Twitter: https://x.com/en/privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 through this website. If we are made aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13 through this website, we will delete it as soon as practicable.

2. How Do We Protect Your Information?

As a law firm, we take the security of our information systems very seriously and have implemented generally accepted technical standards and operational security measures to prevent unauthorized access to data and to protect the integrity of our systems. We take reasonable steps to protect any personal information that you provide us online by employing appropriate security measures. Despite the security procedures we employ, you should be aware that it is impossible to guarantee the security of information that you transmit to us via the Internet.

3. Do We Sell or Disclose Personal Information?

We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information about our website visitors. Except as set forth in this notice, we do not disclose your personal information to third parties except:

• We retain external service providers to perform certain services on the Firm’s behalf to improve the effectiveness or efficiency of our systems and services, and these providers have agreed to use the transferred information solely in accordance with the Firm’s instructions and subject to appropriate nondisclosure limitations; and
• When we reasonably believe that such disclosure is compelled by compulsory legal process or is otherwise required by law.

Although we are committed to maintaining the confidentiality of your personal information, if demanded by compulsory process or otherwise required by law, we reserve the right to disclose such information without additional notice to you.

4. What About Links to Third Party Sites?

For your convenience, our website might contain links to third party websites (e.g., Twitter) whose information practices might be different from ours and which are governed by their own privacy procedures, policies, and security measures. For instance, we may provide links to seminars, articles, and events offered or hosted by third parties. If you choose to visit any linked websites, we encourage you to review the applicable privacy policies, data protection standards, and security procedures before you submit any information via those sites, as we have no control over data submitted to, or collected by, those third parties.

5. How Can You Change or Remove Your Information?

We want to be sure that the contact details and other information you provide to us are as up to date as possible, and we hope you will help us in that effort. You may review, correct, and update the personal information you have submitted to us, and you may withdraw your consent to our future use of your personal information at any time (allowing ten business days for processing of your request). If you wish to review or revise the information about you that has been submitted to us, you may do so at any time by sending an email to intake intake@hftrialfirm.com.

If you wish to unsubscribe to any of our newsletters, bulletins, or other online services, wish to remove your contact details from our lists, or request that we delete your personal information, you can do so by sending an email to intake@hftrialfirm.com. Please help us by being as specific as possible about the types of communications, publications, or other information that you no longer wish to receive. If you choose to unsubscribe, we may retain sufficient information in our files so that we are able to honor your request in accordance with your instructions. It might take up to ten business days for us to process any change, unsubscribe or delete requests. It is possible that you will receive another email communication during the change period.

6. What are Your California Privacy Rights?

If you are a California resident, then you also have the following rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) regarding your personal information.

Right to Know

• You have the right to know and see what personal information we have collected about you over the past 12 months, including:
• The categories of personal information we have collected about you;
• The categories of sources from which the personal information is collected;
• The business or commercial purpose for collecting your personal information;
• The categories of third parties with whom we have shared your personal information; and
• The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.

Right to Delete

You have the right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you. There are a number of exceptions, however, that include, but are not limited, to when the information is necessary for us or a third party to do any of the following:

• Provide you with services;
• Perform a contract between us and you;
• Protect your security and prosecute those responsible for breaching it;
• Protect the free speech rights of you or other users;
• Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et seq.);
• Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interests that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws;
• Comply with a legal obligation; or
• Make other internal and lawful uses of the information that are compatible with the context in which you provided it.

Sale of Your Personal Information

We do not sell your personal information, or the personal information of minors under the age of 16, for money or other valuable consideration.

More information about your rights as a California consumer may be found on California’s Department of Justice website.

We Do Not Discriminate

We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the CCPA, including by denying service, or suggesting that you will receive different rates for services, level or quality of service.

How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise any of your access or deletion request rights, please submit a verifiable consumer request to intake@hftrialfirm.com or by calling our toll-free line, 1-877-342-2020.

We will contact you to confirm receipt of your request under the CCPA and request any additional information necessary to verify your request. We verify requests by matching information provided in connection with your request to information contained in our records. Depending on the sensitivity of the request and the varying levels of risk in responding to such requests (for example, the risk of responding to fraudulent or malicious requests), we may request that you use your access credentials in order to verify your request. You may also designate an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf, provided that you provide a signed agreement verifying such authorized agent’s authority to make requests on your behalf, and we may verify such authorized person’s identity using the procedures above.

The verifiable consumer request must:

• Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative.
• Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.
• We will not be able to respond to your request or provide you with specific pieces of personal information if we cannot verify your identity and authority to make the request.

Our goal is to respond to any verifiable consumer request within 45 days of our receipt of such request. We will inform you in writing if we cannot meet that timeline. Please contact us at intake@hftrialfirm.com with any questions about this Privacy Notice.

7. How Can You Contact Us?

If you have questions about this Website Privacy Notice or wish to make any changes to the personal information you have provided to us, including removing it from a particular subscription list or removing it from our databases, please contact us at 877-342-2020 or intake@hftrialfirm.com.

Welcome to Home, a website run by Foty Law Group provides this website’s information and products subject to the following terms. By using this website, you (the “User”) agree to these conditions. These Terms should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy, which constitute a single agreement. Please read them carefully.

1. Cookies

A cookie is a small digital file that asks your computer’s permission to remain on your hard drive. It can save information about you to make our site more user-friendly. By using this website, you consent to the capture of information about you, including but not limited to your IP address and preferences on our site.

However, you can also disable the operation of cookies on your web browser. Most browsers will accept the use of cookies automatically, but this can typically be adjusted in your settings. Please understand that disallowing our use of cookies may make your experience less user-friendly.

2. Copyright Notice

All copyrights to this website and its content are owned by Foty Law Group. Any copying of this website or use of images or other content found hereon is strictly prohibited without prior written consent of Foty Law Group. Utilization of “framing” or “pass-through” techniques to enclose or re-use any branding of Foty Law Group, or of any information on this website is prohibited. This prohibition applies also to meta tags, alt-tags and any other hidden text, tags or attributes which utilize Foty Law Group’s name or material without the express written consent of Foty Law Group.

3. Services Offered are Not Binding Contractual Offer

Any advertisements of services on this website are an “invitation to treat.” This means that services described on this site may change, cost for services may fluctuate, and the provision of legal services is subject to ethical and practical considerations such that our services cannot be offered to everyone who inquires. Nothing on this website gives the User a binding right to hire Foty Law Group or to secure a specific service. Nothing on this website requires Foty Law Group to provide services to any User. Nothing on this website establishes an attorney-client relationship between any User and Foty Law Group.

4. Content License

In using this website, you may view its content. However, you may not “strip,” copy or otherwise reproduce the content on this site without prior written permission of Foty Law Group.

5. Warranties on Information Disclaimed

Foty Law Group offers no warranties for information displayed on this website. No warranties, express or implied, are offered on this website or the content offered hereon. Foty Law Group reserves the right to discontinue or relocate the publication of this website and any content hereon. Foty Law Group offers no representation on this website regarding the outcome of any legal matter of any User. Foty Law Group offers no representation on this website regarding the outcome of any legal matter for any current or potential client of Foty Law Group.

In addition, Foty Law Group, its officers, directors, agents, contractors and employees are not liable, and you agree to indemnify and not to hold any of the same responsible for any damages or losses of any kind, including loss of money, goodwill or reputation, profits, intangible losses, or any special, indirect, or consequential damages resulting directly or indirectly from:

1. the content you provide (directly or indirectly) using this website;
2. the negligence or gross negligence of Foty Law Group;
3. your use of or your inability to use our website;
4. any delay or failure in our delivery of products/services requested;
5. viruses or other malicious software obtained by accessing or linking to our website, or any glitches, bugs, errors, or inaccuracies of any kind in our website or delivery of our products;
6. loss of data submitted to or captured by this website, or unintentional loss of such data to a third party;
7. the content, actions, or inactions of third parties; or
8. a suspension or other action taken with respect to your account as discussed in these Terms.

6. Third Party Websites and Plugins

Links to third party websites are not recommendations or endorsements, nor do they warranty the trustworthiness or safety of any third party site. Foty Law Group maintains no control and accepts no liability regarding content on any third party site, including but not limited to the social media sites linked to on this website.

7. These Terms are Subject to Change

This Agreement is subject to change at any time. You may request notice of this change by emailing intake@hftrialfirm.com with the subject line, “Subscribe to Website Policy Changes.” We will notify you in email of any subsequent changes to this Agreement.

By accessing this website you agree to receive communications from Foty Law Group by email and text message. You can remove that consent to receive communications from Foty Law Group by email and text message by emailing intake@hftrialfirm.com.

8. Entire Agreement

This Agreement, including these Terms, along with our Privacy Policy are a “fully integrated agreement”—that is, they contain the entire agreement between you, the User, and Foty Law Group. This agreement may not be modified by oral statements of Foty Law Group or the User, and any written statement on the website that contradicts these Agreements is non-binding, and shall not alter this agreement.

9. Choice of Law, Venue

Foty Law Group is based in Houston, Texas. Accordingly, any dispute arising out of your interaction with Foty Law Group on this website will be adjudicated under the laws of Texas and Texas law will be applied to the interpretation of this contract. By using this website, you and Foty Law Group agree to submit any and all disputes against each other to binding arbitration before the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration hearing shall take place in Houston, Texas before a Houston arbitrator. By using this website, you and Foty Law Group agree to waive any and all rights to file a collective action or class action lawsuit against each other and any such dispute shall be limited to the User and Foty Law Group only.

10. All Other Rights Reserved by Foty Law Group

All rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms are reserved and retained by Foty Law Group.

11. Our Address

Any questions about these Terms should be directed to intake@hftrialfirm.com. Our physical address is:

Foty Law Group
2 Greenway Plaza, Suite 250
Houston, TX 77046