Who we are
Our website address is: https://abotami.org.
The general purposes of this Association shall be to foster improvement in the ethical and technical standards of practice in the field of advocacy to the end that individual litigants may receive more effective representation and the general public be benefited by more efficient administration of justice consistent with time-tested and traditional principles of litigation.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
We collect and store any information input to the contact us form on our website. This information is then forwarded to the contact email address, read, and stored for our internal records. Examples of data collected from the contact form includes but is not limited to: Email address, full name, IP address, and any information input into the “Message” box.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.).
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We also use these cookies to track website usage, what pages you click on, how often you visit our site, and what profile data you change. This helps us track what pages and content are most utilized so we can provide a better experience to our users.
Who we share your data with
Any data saved by our website is never sold or shared with third party entities.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service (Google Recaptcha).
Your contact information
Any contact information you provide on our website is checked through our database to ensure we have your updated contact information. If you are not in our database you may be added if you fit the criteria of becoming a member of our organization. If this is you, we may send you our marketing campaigns to see if you would be interested in joining the organization.
Additional information
How we protect your data
The website is protected by an integrated firewall that keeps attackers from accessing your information on the cloud and our servers. We cannot ensure the safety of your data, however we are always taking measured to keep your information safe.
What data breach procedures we have in place
In the case of a data breach our webmaster is oncall to determine what information was leaked. If they are unable to find the person responsible we may seek the services of a company specializing in cybersecurity. We will do everything in our power to ensure the safety of your data at all times.
Approved at the 3/18/2021 Executive Officers Meeting. Updated 3/9/2021.