Privacy Policy

This privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy") explains the information that Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP (“Wildman Harrold,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) collects on www.wildman.com and other web sites which are owned or operated by Wildman Harrold, including without limitation, www.brownfieldlaw.com and www.sbiclaw.com (the “Web Site”). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. Please also read our Terms of Use, which governs your use of the Web Site. Your use of the Web Site indicates to us that you have read and accept our privacy practices, as outlined in this Privacy Policy. Please note that this Privacy Policy only covers information collection practices on the Web Site and does not cover any information collected by us offline or elsewhere.

INFORMATION COLLECTED
Certain features on this Web Site may ask you to provide us with personally identifiable information, which is information that could reasonably be used to identify you personally (such as your name, address, or e-mail address) You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of or participate in some or all of the Web Site’s features. This Web Site is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of age. If we discover that a child younger than the age of 13 has provided this Web Site with personally identifiable information, we will delete that child's personally identifiable information from our database.

In addition, when you visit or download information from this Web Site, our web servers may automatically collect web site usage information. Web site usage information is non-personally identifiable information that describes how our visitors use and navigate this Web Site. It can include the number and frequency of visitors to each web page and the length of their stays, browser type, referrer data that identifies the web page visited prior and subsequent to visiting the Web Site, and IP address (see below for more information on IP addresses). We also may determine the applicable technology available in order to serve you the most appropriate version of a web page, e-mail or similar service.

USE OF INTERNET PROTOCOL ("IP") ADDRESSES
An IP address is a number that’s automatically assigned to your computer or network when you are on the Internet. When you request pages from this Web Site, our servers log your IP address. We may use IP addresses for a number of purposes, such as system administration, to report aggregate information to our business partners or to audit the use of the Web Site. We may also use IP addresses in cooperation with internet service providers or law enforcement agencies to identify users if we deem it necessary to comply with law, to enforce compliance with this Privacy Policy or this Web Site’s Terms of Use, or to protect the Web Site or its users.

PASSIVE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
In addition to any personally identifiable information you provide to us and other information about you that we actively collect, we and our third-party service providers and advertisers may use a variety of technologies that automatically collect information when you use this Web Site. This information may include browser type, operating system and IP address, among other information. The methods that may be used to collect this information include the following:

Web Beacons. Small graphic images or other web programming code called web beacons, (also known as “1x1 GIFs” or “clear GIFs,)” may be included in our web pages and e-mail messages. Web beacons may be invisible to you, but any electronic image or other web programming code inserted into a web page or e-mail can act as a web beacon. Web beacons or similar technologies may be used for a number of purposes, including, without limitation, to count visitors to this Web Site, to monitor how users navigate this Web Site, to count how many e-mails that were sent were actually opened or to count how many particular articles or links were actually viewed.
Cookies. A cookie is a data file placed on a computer when it is used to visit this Web Site. Cookies may be used for many purposes, including, without limitation, tracking user preferences and web pages visited while using this Web Site. You may disable cookies using your browser's preferences, but some features of this Web Site may not function properly or may operate slowly if you disable the cookies.
Mobile Device Identifiers. Certain mobile service providers uniquely identify mobile devices and we or our third-party service providers may receive such device information if you access the Web Site through mobile devices. Certain features of our Web Site may require collection of mobile phone numbers and we may associate that phone number to mobile device identification information. Additionally, some mobile phone service providers operate systems that pinpoint the physical location of devices that use their service. Depending on the provider, we or our third-party service providers may receive this information.
Embedded Scripts. An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with this Web Site, such as which links you click on. The code is temporarily downloaded onto your computer from our web server or a third party service provider, is active only while you are connected to the Web Site, and is deactivated or deleted thereafter.

Information collected through passive means may be non-identifying or may be associated with you. In the latter case it will be treated as personally identifiable information.

USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED AT THE WEB SITE
We may use your personally identifiable information to answer a question or provide you with requested information, for internal business purposes, to contact you in our discretion regarding your use of the Web Site or changes to our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy, or for other purposes disclosed at the time you submit your information. We may also add the information you provide to our databases, subscriber lists, and/or contact lists.

Wildman Harrold does not share the personally identifiable information collected through the Web Site with third parties except as set forth below or elsewhere in this Privacy Policy:

In response to judicial, administrative or similar proceeding or order, such as subpoena, or a request from local, state or federal law enforcement officials or other governmental authorities conducting an investigation;
When Wildman Harrold employs third parties to perform functions on its behalf, which may include, without limitation, third party hosting companies, communication services (including e-mail), and data analysts. These third parties may have access to personally identifiable information in order to perform such services on Wildman Harrold’s behalf; or
In the event Wildman Harrold merges with another business entity or has a similar corporate change.
We may also disclose non-personally identifying information, such as aggregated user statistics, to third parties.

SECURITY
We use safeguards to help protect personally identifiable information we collect on this Web Site from unauthorized access, use, modification or disclosure. However, due to the design of the Internet and other factors outside of our control, we cannot guarantee that your information or communications between you and our servers will be free from unauthorized access by third parties.

CONSENT TO TRANSFER
This Site is operated in the State of Illinois, in the United States. If you are located in Canada, the European Union or elsewhere outside of the United States, please be aware that any information you provide to Wildman Harrold will be transferred to the United States. By using this Site or providing Wildman Harrold with your information you consent to this transfer.

LINKS
While on the Web Site or viewing an e-mail or other content provided by Wildman Harrold or the Web Site, you may encounter links to other web sites or online materials operated by third parties. If you "click" on a link to such a third party, the "click" takes you off the Web Site and to a third party’s web site, which is beyond Wildman Harrold’s control. These other web sites may set their own cookies, collect data or have their own privacy policies and practices. As noted above, this Privacy Policy only covers information collected by Wildman Harrold on this Web Site, and we encourage you to review the privacy policy of any other web site you visit. Links to any third party web site or content do not constitute or imply an endorsement or recommendation by Wildman Harrold of the linked web site or content.

ACCEPTANCE & PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES
By using this Site, you accept our privacy practices, as outlined in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to modify, alter or otherwise update this Privacy Policy at any time. We will post any new or revised policies on the Web Site, but we will only use your personally identifiable information in accordance with the privacy policy that was in effect at the time it was collected, unless you consent to any new terms regarding its use.

This Wildman Harrold Privacy Policy has an effective date of August 1, 2008.