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This Policy is issued by BLG, a local Arizona law firm comprising Boland Law Group, PLLC, a professional limited liability company registered in the State of Arizona in the United States of America, and its related partnerships and associations (“BLG”, “we”, “us” and “our”).

This Policy may be amended or updated from time to time to reflect changes in our practices with respect to the Processing of Personal Data, or changes in applicable law. We encourage you to read this Policy carefully, and to regularly check this page to review any changes we might make to the terms of this Policy.

Websites to which this Policy applies

This Policy applies to the following websites that are operated or controlled by BLG:

https://bolandlawgroup.com

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your computer or other device when you visit a website. They are generally used to make websites work, to keep track of your movements within the website, to remember your login details, and for similar activities.

There are different types of cookies, and they can be distinguished on the basis of their origin, function and lifespan. Important characteristics of cookies include the following:

First party cookies are cookies that are stored by the website you are visiting, while third party cookies are stored by a website other than the one you are visiting. Please note that we do not control the collection or further use of your data by third parties.
Necessary cookies are necessary to allow the technical operation of a website (e.g., they enable you to move around on a website and to use its features).
Performance cookies collect data on the performance of a website such as the number of visitors, the time spent on the website and error messages.
Functionality cookies increase the usability of a website by remembering your choices (e.g. language, region, login, and so on).
Targeting/advertising cookies enable a website to send you personalized advertising.
Session cookies are temporary cookies that are erased once you close your browser while persistent or permanent cookies stay on your device until you manually delete them or until your browser deletes them based on the duration period specified in the persistent cookie file.

More information on all aspects of cookies can be found on www.allaboutcookies.org. Please note that BLG has no affiliation with, and is not responsible for, this third party website.

Why do we use cookies?

We may use cookies to:

distinguish between users;
improve the use and the functionality of our websites;
tailor our websites and services to your needs and preferences; and
analyse how our website is used and compile anonymous and aggregate statistics.

We do not use the collected information to create user profiles.

What types of cookies do we use?

An overview of some of the potential cookies used on the external websites as listed above are set out in the following table.

Name	First Party or Third Party?	Duration	Purpose	Types of data collected
ARRAffinity	Third party (Siteimprove)	End of Session	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users
ASP.NET_SessionId	Third party (Microsoft)	End of session	Security (visitor recognition)	User Login data used to distinguish users.
CountryCode	Third party (Siteimprove)	1 year	Preferences (Country location en-us)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
Drupal.tableDrag.showWeight	Third party (Drupal)	1 year	Processes (content admin)	User Login data used to distinguish users.
IDE	Third party (DoubleClick)	2 years	Functionality (advertising)	User ID data used in connection with advertising.
__hssrc	Third party (HubSpot)	End of Session	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
__hstc	Third party (HubSpot)	2 years	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
_bizo_bzid	Third party (LinkedIn)	6 months	Functionality (advertising)	User ID data used in connection with advertising.
_bizo_cksm	Third party (LinkedIn)	6 months	Functionality (advertising)	User ID data used in connection with advertising.
_bizo_np_stats	Third party (LinkedIn)	6 months	Functionality (advertising)	User ID data used in connection with advertising.
_biz_ABTestA	Third party (LinkedIn)	1 year	Functionality (advertising)	User ID data used in connection with advertising.
_biz_flagsA	Third party (LinkedIn)	1 year	Functionality (advertising)	User ID data used in connection with advertising.
_biz_nA	Third party (LinkedIn)	1 year	Functionality (advertising)	User ID data used in connection with advertising.
_biz_pendingA	Third party (LinkedIn)	1 year	Functionality (advertising)	User ID data used in connection with advertising.
_biz_uid	Third party (LinkedIn)	1 year	Functionality (advertising)	User ID data used in connection with advertising.
UserMatchHistory	Third party (LinkedIn)	179 days	Functionality (advertising)	User ID data used in connection with advertising.
lang	Third party (LinkedIn)	End of Session	Preferences (Country location en-us)	User ID data used in connection with advertising.
lidc	Third party (LinkedIn)	1 day	Functionality (social share)	User ID data used in connection with advertising.
__atssc	Third party (Google)	2 years	Functionality (social share)	User ID data used in connection with advertising.
__atuvc	N/A	2 years	Functionality (social share)	User ID data used in connection with advertising.
collect	Third party (Google Analytics)	2 years	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
_ga	Third party (Google Analytics)	2 years	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
ga-audiences	Third party (Google Adwords)	End of session	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
_gid	Third party (Google Analytics)	24 hours	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
_gat	Third party (Google Analytics)	1 minute	Functionality (limiting request rate)	User ID data used to limit request rate, to minimise bandwidth impact.
__utma	Third party (Google Analytics)	2 years	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
__utmz	Third party (Google Analytics)	6 months	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
_hjIncludedInSample	Third party (Hotjar)	1 year	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
has_js	Third party (Google Analytics)	Session	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
hubspotutk	Third party (Hubspot)	10 years	Functionality (visitor recognition)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
id	Third party (DoubleClick)	2 years	Functionality (advertising)	User ID data used in connection with advertising.
nmstat	Third party (Google and Siteimprove)	33 months	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
szcookiechoice	Third party (Siteimprove)	End of session	Preferences (accepted or declined cookies)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
siteimproveses	First party (Siteimprove Internal)	End of session	Functionality (content admin)	User login used to distinguish users.
ak_bmsc	Third party (Hotjar)	1 year	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
bm_mi	Third party (Hotjar)	1 year	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
intercom-id-c5ke8zbr	Third party (Intercom)	20 years	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
intercom-session-c5ke8zbr	Third party (Intercom)	1 year	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
mp_hj_mixpanel	Third party (Hotjar)	13 months	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
bf_lead	Third party (Optimizely)	1 year	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
cdn	Third party (Optimizely)	Session	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
optimizelyBuckets	Third party (Optimizely)	10 years	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
optimizelyEndUserId	Third party (Optimizely)	10 years	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
optimizelySegments	Third party (Optimizely)	10 years	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
APISID	Third party (Google Preferences- Security)	2 years	Security (map generation)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
DV	Third party (Google Security)	1 year	Security (map generation)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
HSID	Third party (Google Security)	2 years	Security (map generation)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
NID	Third party (Google Security)	2 years	Security (map generation)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
SAPISID	Third party (Google Security)	2 years	Security (map generation)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
SID	Third party (Google Security)	1 year	Security (map generation)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
SIDCC	Third party (Google Security)	14 months	Security (map generation)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
SSID	Third party (Google Security)	1 year	Preferences (map generation)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
OSID	Third party (Google Analytics)	1 year	N/A	N/A
OTZ	Third party (Google Analytics)	2 year	Functionality (G+ social share)	N/A
personalization_id	Third party (Google Analytics)	2 year	Functionality (Tracking and targeting)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
UULE	Third party (Twitter Preferences)	1 year	Functionality (content admin)	User login used to distinguish users.
_mkto_trk	Third party (Marketo)	1 year	Preferences (email marketing)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
_hp2_id.411455962	Third party (Optimizely)	2 years	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
_hp2_ses_props.411455962	Third party (Optimizely)	1 year	Functionality (site analytics)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
laravel_session	Third party (Merger Market)	1 year	Authentication	User ID data used to distinguish users.
me_drawer_first_entry	Third party (Merger Market)	1 year	Authentication	User ID data used to distinguish users.
datr	Third party (Facebook)	2 years	Security (browsers identification)	Browser identifier and time stamp
fr	Third party (Facebook)	90 days	Functionality (advertising)	User ID data used in connection with advertising.
lu	Third party (Facebook)	2 years	Authentication	User ID data used to distinguish users.
pl	Third party (Facebook)	90 days	Authentication	Used to record that a device or browser logged in via Facebook platform
sb	Third party (Facebook)	2 years	Security (browsers identification)	Identifies browser for login authentication purposes
xs	Third party (Facebook)	90 days	Authentication	User ID data used to distinguish users.
c_user	Third party (Facebook)	90 days	Authentication	User ID data used to distinguish users.
csrftoken	Third Party (Readz)	1 year	Authentication	User ID data used to distinguish users.
dt	Third Party (Readz)	1 year	Authentication	User ID data used to distinguish users.
uuid	Third Party (Readz)	1 year	Authentication	User ID data used to distinguish users.
_cfduid	Third Party (Cloudflare)	End of Session	Security (browsers identification)	User ID data used to distinguish users.
p.gif	Third Party (typekit.net)	End of Session	Pixel Tracker	Used to track the use of the specialist fonts we use on our website.
PHPSESSID	First Party (Intraworlds)	End of Session	Strictly necessary	User ID data used to distinguish users.
Load balancer cookie	First Party (Intraworlds)	10 years	Strictly necessary	This is identification of the webserver used for the latest requests.
remember_me_username	First Party (Intraworlds)	1 month	Functionality	Encrypted username. Used for the login-form remember-me functionality.
hash	First Party (Intraworlds)	1 year	Functionality	Security measure needed for the remember-me functionality.
iwCookieAccepted	First Party (Intraworlds)	1 year	Functionality	Indicates that you agree with the usage of cookies on our webpages. It is set automatically upon closure of the 'Use of cookies' information layer. If this cookie exists the information layer will not be shown again for the next 12 months.
iwLoggedInfo	First Party (Intraworlds)	End of Session	Functionality	Encrypted information containing internal IntraWorlds user id, timestamp of last activity in browser, user's iddle time, actual language.
iw_guest	First Party (Intraworlds)	20 year	Functionality	Identifier used for tracking of activity within the Portal. Activity that is tracked does not include any identification of the source of the activity like IP address, geo location, name of the PC etc.
iwLoginRedirect	First Party (Intraworlds)	End of Session	Functionality	Original target within the IntraWorlds Portal user wanted to navigate to. After successful login this target is loaded.
iwSpaGuestGranted	Third Party (Intraworlds)	End of Session	Functionality	Information whether current IntraWorlds page is publicly accessible.
Vimeo	Third party (Vimeo)	End of Session	Functionality	Are set by Vimeo if a video is embedded on a page and/or the video is being played. For information about the types of cookies, their usage and purpose please read more: https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy.

Google Analytics

Our websites use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). The information generated by the Google cookies about your use of our websites (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our websites, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, but please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of our websites. By using our websites, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

For more information please visit http://www.google.com/analytics/

Other technologies

In addition, we may also use web beacons (or clear GIFs) and other similar technologies in addition to, or in combination with, cookies. A web beacon is typically a transparent graphic image (usually 1 pixel x 1 pixel) that is placed on a site or in an email and it helps us to understand the behaviour of visitors of our websites. More information on web beacons can be found on http://www.allaboutcookies.org/web-beacons/. Please note that BLG has no affiliation with, and is not responsible for, this third party website.

How can you control cookies and web beacons?

Most internet browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. Depending on your browser, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, or you can set it to refuse them. Please refer to the 'help' button (or similar) on your browser to learn more about how you can do this.

Disabling cookies may impact your experience on our websites.

If you use different devices to access our websites, you will need to ensure that each browser of each device is set to your cookie preference.

More information on how to manage cookies is available from: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/. Please note that BLG has no affiliation with, and is not responsible for, this third party website.

In addition, you may opt-out from cookies by visiting the following sites and selecting which cookies you would like to opt-out from: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/#completed and http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. Please note that BLG has no affiliation with, and is not responsible for, these third party websites.