Privacy Policy
Last updated: Feb 25, 2026 2:51 PM
We value your privacy very highly. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the https://ellisfamilylaw.com/ website (the “Website”) operated by Ellis Family Law PLLC, a(n) Limited Liability Company formed in North Carolina, United States (“us, we, our”) as this Privacy Policy contains important information regarding your privacy and how we may use the information we collect about you.
Your access to or use of the Website is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to everyone, including but not limited to visitors, users and others, who wish to access or use the Website.
By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any part of this Privacy Policy, you do not have our permission to access or use the Website.
What information we collect and store
We collect and store any and all information that you enter on this Website. We collect and store the following information about you:
Identifying information – Name
Specific piece of information
Name
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
- Tracking pixels
- Social networks
Legal basis for processing this information
- The user has provided consent to the processing of their information
How we use this information
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Marketing and advertising
- Performing services
- Providing customer service
- Resolving disputes
- Responding to consumer messages
- Sending SMS messages
- Sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you
- Verifying customer information
- Counting ad impressions to unique visitors
- Targeted advertising
- Verifying position and quality of ad impressions
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for performing services will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for responding to consumer messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending sms messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying customer information will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for counting ad impressions to unique visitors will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for targeted advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying position and quality of ad impressions will not be possible.
Identifying information – Postal / Shipping address
Specific piece of information
Postal / Shipping address
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
- Tracking pixels
Legal basis for processing this information
- The user has provided consent to the processing of their information
How we use this information
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Marketing and advertising
- Performing services
- Providing customer service
- Resolving disputes
- Responding to consumer messages
- Sending SMS messages
- Sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you
- Verifying customer information
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for performing services will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for responding to consumer messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending sms messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying customer information will not be possible.
Identifying information – Phone number
Specific piece of information
Phone number
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
- Tracking pixels
- Social networks
Legal basis for processing this information
- The user has provided consent to the processing of their information
How we use this information
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Marketing and advertising
- Performing services
- Providing customer service
- Resolving disputes
- Responding to consumer messages
- Sending SMS messages
- Sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you
- Verifying customer information
- Booking and managing calendar appointments
- Counting ad impressions to unique visitors
- Targeted advertising
- Verifying position and quality of ad impressions
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for performing services will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for responding to consumer messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending sms messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying customer information will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for booking and managing calendar appointments will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for counting ad impressions to unique visitors will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for targeted advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying position and quality of ad impressions will not be possible.
Identifying information – IP address
Specific piece of information
IP address
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
- Tracking pixels
- Social networks
Legal basis for processing this information
- The user has provided consent to the processing of their information
- Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation
How we use this information
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Marketing and advertising
- Performing services
- Providing customer service
- Resolving disputes
- Responding to consumer messages
- Sending SMS messages
- Sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you
- Verifying customer information
- Analytics
- Counting ad impressions to unique visitors
- Displaying social media content and tracking interactions with such social media content
- Displaying embedded maps and tracking and analyzing interactions with such maps
- Displaying fonts
- Providing videos and tracking user interactions with such videos
- Targeted advertising
- Verifying position and quality of ad impressions
- Detecting security incidents
- Protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for such activities
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for performing services will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for responding to consumer messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending sms messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying customer information will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for analytics will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for counting ad impressions to unique visitors will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for displaying social media content and tracking interactions with such social media content will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for displaying embedded maps and tracking and analyzing interactions with such maps will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for displaying fonts will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing videos and tracking user interactions with such videos will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for targeted advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying position and quality of ad impressions will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for detecting security incidents will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for such activities will not be possible.
Identifying information – Email address
Specific piece of information
Email address
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
- Tracking pixels
- Social networks
Legal basis for processing this information
- The user has provided consent to the processing of their information
How we use this information
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Marketing and advertising
- Performing services
- Providing customer service
- Resolving disputes
- Responding to consumer messages
- Sending SMS messages
- Sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you
- Verifying customer information
- Counting ad impressions to unique visitors
- Targeted advertising
- Verifying position and quality of ad impressions
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for performing services will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for responding to consumer messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending sms messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying customer information will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for counting ad impressions to unique visitors will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for targeted advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying position and quality of ad impressions will not be possible.
Identifying information – Device identifier
Specific piece of information
Device identifier
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- Social networks
- Tracking pixels
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
Legal basis for processing this information
- The user has provided consent to the processing of their information
- Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation
How we use this information
- Analytics
- Counting ad impressions to unique visitors
- Displaying embedded maps and tracking and analyzing interactions with such maps
- Marketing and advertising
- Providing videos and tracking user interactions with such videos
- Targeted advertising
- Verifying position and quality of ad impressions
- Detecting security incidents
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for such activities
- Resolving disputes
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for analytics will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for counting ad impressions to unique visitors will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for displaying embedded maps and tracking and analyzing interactions with such maps will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing videos and tracking user interactions with such videos will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for targeted advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying position and quality of ad impressions will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for detecting security incidents will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for such activities will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible.
Identifying information – Alias
Specific piece of information
Alias
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
- Tracking pixels
How we use this information
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Marketing and advertising
- Performing services
- Providing customer service
- Resolving disputes
- Responding to consumer messages
- Sending SMS messages
- Sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you
- Verifying customer information
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for performing services will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for responding to consumer messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending sms messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying customer information will not be possible.
Identifying information – Online identifier
Specific piece of information
Online identifier
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- Social networks
- Tracking pixels
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
Legal basis for processing this information
- The user has provided consent to the processing of their information
- Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation
How we use this information
- Analytics
- Counting ad impressions to unique visitors
- Displaying embedded maps and tracking and analyzing interactions with such maps
- Marketing and advertising
- Providing videos and tracking user interactions with such videos
- Targeted advertising
- Verifying position and quality of ad impressions
- Detecting security incidents
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for such activities
- Resolving disputes
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for analytics will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for counting ad impressions to unique visitors will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for displaying embedded maps and tracking and analyzing interactions with such maps will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing videos and tracking user interactions with such videos will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for targeted advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying position and quality of ad impressions will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for detecting security incidents will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for such activities will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible.
Characteristics of protected classifications – Age
Specific piece of information
Age
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
- Tracking pixels
How we use this information
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Marketing and advertising
- Performing services
- Providing customer service
- Resolving disputes
- Responding to consumer messages
- Sending SMS messages
- Sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you
- Verifying customer information
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for performing services will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for responding to consumer messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending sms messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying customer information will not be possible.
Characteristics of protected classifications – Marital status
Specific piece of information
Marital status
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
- Tracking pixels
How we use this information
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Marketing and advertising
- Performing services
- Providing customer service
- Resolving disputes
- Responding to consumer messages
- Sending SMS messages
- Sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you
- Verifying customer information
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for performing services will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for responding to consumer messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending sms messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying customer information will not be possible.
Characteristics of protected classifications – Gender identity
Specific piece of information
Gender identity
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
- Tracking pixels
How we use this information
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Marketing and advertising
- Performing services
- Providing customer service
- Resolving disputes
- Responding to consumer messages
- Sending SMS messages
- Sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you
- Verifying customer information
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for performing services will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for responding to consumer messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending sms messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying customer information will not be possible.
Internet or other electronic activity – Browsing history
Specific piece of information
Browsing history
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- Social networks
- Tracking pixels
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
Legal basis for processing this information
- The user has provided consent to the processing of their information
- Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation
How we use this information
- Counting ad impressions to unique visitors
- Displaying social media content and tracking interactions with such social media content
- Marketing and advertising
- Targeted advertising
- Verifying position and quality of ad impressions
- Detecting security incidents
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for such activities
- Resolving disputes
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for counting ad impressions to unique visitors will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for displaying social media content and tracking interactions with such social media content will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for targeted advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying position and quality of ad impressions will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for detecting security incidents will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for such activities will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible.
Internet or other electronic activity – Search history
Specific piece of information
Search history
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- Social networks
- Tracking pixels
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
Legal basis for processing this information
- The user has provided consent to the processing of their information
- Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation
How we use this information
- Counting ad impressions to unique visitors
- Displaying social media content and tracking interactions with such social media content
- Marketing and advertising
- Targeted advertising
- Verifying position and quality of ad impressions
- Detecting security incidents
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for such activities
- Resolving disputes
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for counting ad impressions to unique visitors will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for displaying social media content and tracking interactions with such social media content will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for targeted advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying position and quality of ad impressions will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for detecting security incidents will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for such activities will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible.
Internet or other electronic activity – Information regarding your interaction with our website or application
Specific piece of information
Information regarding your interaction with our website or application
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- Social networks
- Tracking pixels
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
Legal basis for processing this information
- The user has provided consent to the processing of their information
- Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation
How we use this information
- Analytics
- Counting ad impressions to unique visitors
- Displaying social media content and tracking interactions with such social media content
- Marketing and advertising
- Providing videos and tracking user interactions with such videos
- Targeted advertising
- Verifying position and quality of ad impressions
- Detecting security incidents
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for such activities
- Resolving disputes
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for analytics will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for counting ad impressions to unique visitors will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for displaying social media content and tracking interactions with such social media content will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing videos and tracking user interactions with such videos will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for targeted advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying position and quality of ad impressions will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for detecting security incidents will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for such activities will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible.
Internet or other electronic activity – Information regarding your interactions with advertisements
Specific piece of information
Information regarding your interactions with advertisements
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- Social networks
- Tracking pixels
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
Legal basis for processing this information
- The user has provided consent to the processing of their information
How we use this information
- Analytics
- Counting ad impressions to unique visitors
- Marketing and advertising
- Targeted advertising
- Verifying position and quality of ad impressions
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for analytics will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for counting ad impressions to unique visitors will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for targeted advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying position and quality of ad impressions will not be possible.
Sensitive personal information – Geolocation information
Specific piece of information
Geolocation information
Where we get this information
- Tracking pixels
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
Legal basis for processing this information
- The user has provided consent to the processing of their information
How we use this information
- Analytics
- Counting ad impressions to unique visitors
- Marketing and advertising
- Targeted advertising
- Verifying position and quality of ad impressions
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for analytics will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for counting ad impressions to unique visitors will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for targeted advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying position and quality of ad impressions will not be possible.
Identifying information – Social media user ID
Specific piece of information
Social media user ID
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- Social networks
- Tracking pixels
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
Legal basis for processing this information
- The user has provided consent to the processing of their information
How we use this information
- Counting ad impressions to unique visitors
- Displaying social media content and tracking interactions with such social media content
- Marketing and advertising
- Targeted advertising
- Verifying position and quality of ad impressions
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for counting ad impressions to unique visitors will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for displaying social media content and tracking interactions with such social media content will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for targeted advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying position and quality of ad impressions will not be possible.
Internet or other electronic activity – Information regarding your interaction with the social embedding features
Specific piece of information
Information regarding your interaction with the social embedding features
Where we get this information
- Social networks
- Tracking pixels
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
Legal basis for processing this information
- The user has provided consent to the processing of their information
How we use this information
- Displaying social media content and tracking interactions with such social media content
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for displaying social media content and tracking interactions with such social media content will not be possible.
Internet or other electronic activity – Information regarding your interaction with embedded videos
Specific piece of information
Information regarding your interaction with embedded videos
Where we get this information
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
Legal basis for processing this information
- The user has provided consent to the processing of their information
How we use this information
- Providing videos and tracking user interactions with such videos
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for providing videos and tracking user interactions with such videos will not be possible.
Identifying information – First Name
Specific piece of information
First Name
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
- Tracking pixels
How we use this information
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Marketing and advertising
- Performing services
- Providing customer service
- Resolving disputes
- Responding to consumer messages
- Sending SMS messages
- Sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you
- Verifying customer information
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for performing services will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for responding to consumer messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending sms messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying customer information will not be possible.
Identifying information – Last Name
Specific piece of information
Last Name
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
- Tracking pixels
How we use this information
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Marketing and advertising
- Performing services
- Providing customer service
- Resolving disputes
- Responding to consumer messages
- Sending SMS messages
- Sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you
- Verifying customer information
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for performing services will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for responding to consumer messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending sms messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying customer information will not be possible.
Identifying information – Phone
Specific piece of information
Phone
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
- Tracking pixels
How we use this information
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Marketing and advertising
- Performing services
- Providing customer service
- Resolving disputes
- Responding to consumer messages
- Sending SMS messages
- Sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you
- Verifying customer information
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for performing services will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for responding to consumer messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending sms messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying customer information will not be possible.
Identifying information – Email
Specific piece of information
Email
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
- Tracking pixels
How we use this information
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Marketing and advertising
- Performing services
- Providing customer service
- Resolving disputes
- Responding to consumer messages
- Sending SMS messages
- Sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you
- Verifying customer information
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for performing services will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for responding to consumer messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending sms messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying customer information will not be possible.
Identifying information – County
Specific piece of information
County
Where we get this information
- Information submitted by the consumer
- The observation and recording of activities by the business, such as through the use of cookies
- Tracking pixels
How we use this information
- Enforcing our Terms of Service
- Marketing and advertising
- Performing services
- Providing customer service
- Resolving disputes
- Responding to consumer messages
- Sending SMS messages
- Sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you
- Verifying customer information
What happens if we don’t have the information
- Our use of your data for enforcing our Terms of Service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for marketing and advertising will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for performing services will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for providing customer service will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for resolving disputes will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for responding to consumer messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending sms messages will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for sending your information to other third parties we use to manage our interactions with you will not be possible;
- Our use of your data for verifying customer information will not be possible.
With whom we share your personal information
We share the personal information below with the following categories of third parties for the following reasons:
Identifying information – Name
Specific piece of personal information shared
Name
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Content management systems
- Customer management systems
- Data linking platforms
- Email marketing vendors
- Email service providers
- Hosting providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
- SMS Campaign Service Providers
- Advertising networks
- Social networks
Reason(s) for sharing
- To analyze your interactions with us or our website
- To build new website features
- To detect and resolve security incidents
- To fix bugs or identify and repair errors
- To host our website
- To market to you via email
- To provide you with advertisements
- To provide you with our website
- To send you emails
- To transfer your information onto different platforms that we use to manage our interactions with you
- To display embedded maps and track and analyze your interaction with such maps
- To display fonts on our website
- To prevent, detect, and remove spam
- To provide you with videos on our website and to track your interaction with such videos
- To manage our interactions with you
Identifying information – Postal / Shipping address
Specific piece of personal information shared
Postal / Shipping address
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Content management systems
- Customer management systems
- Data linking platforms
- Email marketing vendors
- Email service providers
- Hosting providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
- SMS Campaign Service Providers
Reason(s) for sharing
- To analyze your interactions with us or our website
- To build new website features
- To detect and resolve security incidents
- To fix bugs or identify and repair errors
- To host our website
- To market to you via email
- To provide you with our website
- To send you emails
- To transfer your information onto different platforms that we use to manage our interactions with you
Identifying information – Phone number
Specific piece of personal information shared
Phone number
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Content management systems
- Customer management systems
- Data linking platforms
- Email marketing vendors
- Email service providers
- Hosting providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
- SMS Campaign Service Providers
- Advertising networks
- Social networks
Reason(s) for sharing
- To analyze your interactions with us or our website
- To build new website features
- To detect and resolve security incidents
- To fix bugs or identify and repair errors
- To host our website
- To market to you via email
- To provide you with advertisements
- To provide you with our website
- To send you emails
- To send you SMS messages
- To transfer your information onto different platforms that we use to manage our interactions with you
Identifying information – IP address
Specific piece of personal information shared
IP address
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Content management systems
- Customer management systems
- Data linking platforms
- Email marketing vendors
- Email service providers
- Hosting providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
- SMS Campaign Service Providers
- Advertising networks
- Data analytics providers
- Font vendors
- Map vendors
- Social networks
- Video embedding vendors
- Security services vendors
- Spam prevention vendors
Reason(s) for sharing
- To analyze your interactions with us or our website
- To build new website features
- To detect and resolve security incidents
- To display embedded maps and track and analyze your interaction with such maps
- To display fonts on our website
- To display social media content and to track your interaction with such content
- To fix bugs or identify and repair errors
- To host our website
- To market to you via email
- To provide you with advertisements
- To provide you with our website
- To provide you with videos on our website and to track your interaction with such videos
- To send you emails
- To transfer your information onto different platforms that we use to manage our interactions with you
- To prevent, detect, and remove spam
- To prevent, detect, and resolve security issues
Identifying information – Email address
Specific piece of personal information shared
Email address
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Content management systems
- Customer management systems
- Data linking platforms
- Email marketing vendors
- Email service providers
- Hosting providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
- SMS Campaign Service Providers
- Advertising networks
- Social networks
Reason(s) for sharing
- To analyze your interactions with us or our website
- To build new website features
- To detect and resolve security incidents
- To fix bugs or identify and repair errors
- To host our website
- To market to you via email
- To provide you with advertisements
- To provide you with our website
- To send you emails
- To transfer your information onto different platforms that we use to manage our interactions with you
Identifying information – Device identifier
Specific piece of personal information shared
Device identifier
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Advertising networks
- Content management systems
- Data analytics providers
- Hosting providers
- Map vendors
- Social networks
- Video embedding vendors
- Website or application development and design vendors
- Security services vendors
- Spam prevention vendors
Reason(s) for sharing
- To analyze your interactions with us or our website
- To build new website features
- To detect and resolve security incidents
- To display embedded maps and track and analyze your interaction with such maps
- To fix bugs or identify and repair errors
- To host our website
- To provide you with advertisements
- To provide you with our website
- To provide you with videos on our website and to track your interaction with such videos
- To prevent, detect, and remove spam
- To prevent, detect, and resolve security issues
Identifying information – Alias
Specific piece of personal information shared
Alias
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Content management systems
- Customer management systems
- Data linking platforms
- Email marketing vendors
- Email service providers
- Hosting providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
- SMS Campaign Service Providers
Identifying information – Online identifier
Specific piece of personal information shared
Online identifier
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Advertising networks
- Content management systems
- Data analytics providers
- Hosting providers
- Map vendors
- Social networks
- Video embedding vendors
- Website or application development and design vendors
- Security services vendors
- Spam prevention vendors
Reason(s) for sharing
- To analyze your interactions with us or our website
- To build new website features
- To detect and resolve security incidents
- To display embedded maps and track and analyze your interaction with such maps
- To fix bugs or identify and repair errors
- To host our website
- To provide you with advertisements
- To provide you with our website
- To provide you with videos on our website and to track your interaction with such videos
- To prevent, detect, and remove spam
- To prevent, detect, and resolve security issues
Characteristics of protected classifications – Age
Specific piece of personal information shared
Age
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Content management systems
- Customer management systems
- Data linking platforms
- Email marketing vendors
- Email service providers
- Hosting providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
- SMS Campaign Service Providers
Characteristics of protected classifications – Marital status
Specific piece of personal information shared
Marital status
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Content management systems
- Customer management systems
- Data linking platforms
- Email marketing vendors
- Email service providers
- Hosting providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
- SMS Campaign Service Providers
Characteristics of protected classifications – Gender identity
Specific piece of personal information shared
Gender identity
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Content management systems
- Customer management systems
- Data linking platforms
- Email marketing vendors
- Email service providers
- Hosting providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
- SMS Campaign Service Providers
Internet or other electronic activity – Browsing history
Specific piece of personal information shared
Browsing history
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Advertising networks
- Content management systems
- Hosting providers
- Social networks
- Website or application development and design vendors
- Security services vendors
- Spam prevention vendors
Reason(s) for sharing
- To build new website features
- To detect and resolve security incidents
- To display social media content and to track your interaction with such content
- To fix bugs or identify and repair errors
- To host our website
- To provide you with advertisements
- To provide you with our website
- To prevent, detect, and remove spam
- To prevent, detect, and resolve security issues
Internet or other electronic activity – Search history
Specific piece of personal information shared
Search history
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Advertising networks
- Content management systems
- Hosting providers
- Social networks
- Website or application development and design vendors
- Security services vendors
- Spam prevention vendors
Reason(s) for sharing
- To build new website features
- To detect and resolve security incidents
- To display social media content and to track your interaction with such content
- To fix bugs or identify and repair errors
- To host our website
- To provide you with advertisements
- To provide you with our website
- To prevent, detect, and remove spam
- To prevent, detect, and resolve security issues
Internet or other electronic activity – Information regarding your interaction with our website or application
Specific piece of personal information shared
Information regarding your interaction with our website or application
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Advertising networks
- Content management systems
- Data analytics providers
- Hosting providers
- Social networks
- Video embedding vendors
- Website or application development and design vendors
- Security services vendors
- Spam prevention vendors
Reason(s) for sharing
- To analyze your interactions with us or our website
- To build new website features
- To detect and resolve security incidents
- To display social media content and to track your interaction with such content
- To fix bugs or identify and repair errors
- To host our website
- To provide you with advertisements
- To provide you with our website
- To provide you with videos on our website and to track your interaction with such videos
- To prevent, detect, and remove spam
- To prevent, detect, and resolve security issues
Internet or other electronic activity – Information regarding your interactions with advertisements
Specific piece of personal information shared
Information regarding your interactions with advertisements
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Advertising networks
- Content management systems
- Data analytics providers
- Hosting providers
- Social networks
- Website or application development and design vendors
Reason(s) for sharing
- To analyze your interactions with us or our website
- To build new website features
- To detect and resolve security incidents
- To fix bugs or identify and repair errors
- To host our website
- To provide you with advertisements
- To provide you with our website
Sensitive personal information – Geolocation information
Specific piece of personal information shared
Geolocation information
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Advertising networks
- Content management systems
- Data analytics providers
- Hosting providers
- Social networks
- Website or application development and design vendors
Reason(s) for sharing
- To analyze your interactions with us or our website
- To build new website features
- To detect and resolve security incidents
- To fix bugs or identify and repair errors
- To host our website
- To provide you with advertisements
- To provide you with our website
Identifying information – Social media user ID
Specific piece of personal information shared
Social media user ID
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Advertising networks
- Content management systems
- Hosting providers
- Social networks
- Website or application development and design vendors
Reason(s) for sharing
- To build new website features
- To detect and resolve security incidents
- To display social media content and to track your interaction with such content
- To fix bugs or identify and repair errors
- To host our website
- To provide you with advertisements
- To provide you with our website
Internet or other electronic activity – Information regarding your interaction with the social embedding features
Specific piece of personal information shared
Information regarding your interaction with the social embedding features
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Content management systems
- Hosting providers
- Social networks
- Website or application development and design vendors
Reason(s) for sharing
- To build new website features
- To detect and resolve security incidents
- To display social media content and to track your interaction with such content
- To fix bugs or identify and repair errors
- To provide you with our website
Internet or other electronic activity – Information regarding your interaction with embedded videos
Specific piece of personal information shared
Information regarding your interaction with embedded videos
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Content management systems
- Hosting providers
- Video embedding vendors
- Website or application development and design vendors
Reason(s) for sharing
- To build new website features
- To detect and resolve security incidents
- To fix bugs or identify and repair errors
- To host our website
- To provide you with our website
- To provide you with videos on our website and to track your interaction with such videos
Identifying information – First Name
Specific piece of personal information shared
First Name
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Content management systems
- Customer management systems
- Data linking platforms
- Email marketing vendors
- Email service providers
- Hosting providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
- SMS Campaign Service Providers
Identifying information – Last Name
Specific piece of personal information shared
Last Name
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Content management systems
- Customer management systems
- Data linking platforms
- Email marketing vendors
- Email service providers
- Hosting providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
- SMS Campaign Service Providers
Identifying information – Phone
Specific piece of personal information shared
Phone
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Content management systems
- Customer management systems
- Data linking platforms
- Email marketing vendors
- Email service providers
- Hosting providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
- SMS Campaign Service Providers
Identifying information – Email
Specific piece of personal information shared
Email
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Content management systems
- Customer management systems
- Data linking platforms
- Email marketing vendors
- Email service providers
- Hosting providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
- SMS Campaign Service Providers
Identifying information – County
Specific piece of personal information shared
County
Categories of third parties with whom personal information is/was shared
- Content management systems
- Customer management systems
- Data linking platforms
- Email marketing vendors
- Email service providers
- Hosting providers
- Website or application development and design vendors
- SMS Campaign Service Providers
Information Sharing & Disclosure
We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information. We may share information with:
Service Providers:
• Third-party vendors who assist in our operations (e.g., payment processing, appointment scheduling)
• All service providers are contractually obligated to maintain confidentiality and security
Legal Compliance:
• If required by law, legal process, or to protect our rights
• In response to valid law enforcement requests or court orders
Business Transfers:
• In case of mergers, acquisitions, or sale of assets
• In such cases, your data remains protected under the terms of this policy
All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties, excluding aggregators and providers of the Text Message services.
SMS Messaging Privacy & Mobile Information
Mobile Information Collected
If you voluntarily provide your mobile phone number, we collect that number along with your SMS opt-in consent and related communication preferences.
Purpose of SMS Communications
Mobile information is used solely to deliver service-related text messages you have explicitly opted in to receive, including appointment confirmations, appointment reminders, case-related updates, and customer support communications.
Opt-In & Consent
You will only receive SMS messages if you have explicitly opted in through our website forms or other consent-based methods. Consent to receive SMS messages is not a condition of purchase or legal representation.
Opt-Out
You may withdraw your SMS consent at any time by replying STOP to any message. You will receive a confirmation message and will not receive further SMS messages unless you re-opt in.
Help & Support
For assistance, reply HELP to any message or contact us at [email protected] or call 919-391-3880.
Message Frequency & Rates
Message frequency varies based on your interaction with our office. Message and data rates may apply.
Carrier Disclaimer
Wireless carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
Mobile Information Sharing
No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Information sharing to subcontractors in support services, such as customer service and SMS delivery providers, is permitted. All other use cases exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent.
Data Protection
We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect SMS opt-in data, mobile phone numbers, and consent records from unauthorized access or disclosure.
Message Frequency & Content:
• Message frequency varies based on your interactions with our business
• Messages will be directly related to the services you have requested
• We do not send promotional content without specific consent
Help & Support:
• Customer support is available during regular business hours
Carrier Information:
• Standard message and data rates may apply
• Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages
• Supported carriers include AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and most regional carriers
SMS Data Protection Statement
No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. Information sharing to subcontractors in support services, such as customer service is permitted. All other use case categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
We implement strict data protection measures to safeguard your SMS opt-in information and consent records.
Information Sharing & Disclosure
We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information. We may share information with:
Service Providers:
• Third-party vendors who assist in our operations (e.g., payment processing, appointment scheduling)
• SMS aggregators and providers solely for the purpose of delivering messages you’ve consented to receive
• All service providers are contractually obligated to maintain confidentiality and security
Legal Compliance:
• If required by law, legal process, or to protect our rights
• In response to valid law enforcement requests or court orders
Business Transfers:
• In case of mergers, acquisitions, or sale of assets
• In such cases, your data remains protected under the terms of this policy
All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties, excluding aggregators and providers of the Text Message services.
For additional information regarding SMS messaging, please read our Terms of Service: https://ellisfamilylaw.com/terms-of-service/
Your Rights & Choices
You have the right to:
• Access, update, or delete your personal information
• Opt-out of marketing emails by clicking “unsubscribe” in our emails
• Opt-out of SMS messages by replying “STOP”
• Request information on how we process your data
• Withdraw consent at any time for future communications
• Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe your rights have been violated
We use Twilio to send SMS messages. To learn more about their privacy practices and terms please read their Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
How we protect your personal information
We have implemented the following measures to protect and safeguard your personal information:
- Limiting the amount of personal information that we collect to strictly necessary only
- Using SSL encryption or other secure technologies when receiving or sending personal information beyond internal networks
- Screening (e.g. performing background checks) all employees with access to personal information
- Training our employees on best security practices
- Requiring our employees to sign confidentiality agreements
- Encrypting laptops, USBs and other portable media
- Maintaining up-to-date software and safeguards
- Physically and/or logically separating systems containing personal information from public networks such as the Internet
Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on your device by your browser. This Website sets cookies and may use cookies for reasons including, but not limited to:
- Analyzing our Website traffic;
- Analyzing your interactions with advertisements;
- Identifying whether you are signed in to the Website;
- Testing content on the Website;
- Storing information about your preferences;
- Recognizing when you return to the Website.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies, if you prefer. This setting may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Website.
Children’s privacy
This Website is intended for use by a general audience and does not offer services to children. Should a child whom we know to be under 18 send personal information to us, we will use that information only to respond to that child to inform them that they cannot use this Website.
Analytics programs
This Website uses Google Analytics to collect information about you and your behaviors. If you would like to opt-out of Google Analytics, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
Advertising and remarketing
This Website uses the Google remarketing service. We use this service to display advertisements to people who have interacted with our Website in specific ways. This remarketing service places a cookie or a device identifier or other technology that tracks your behavior online and displays advertisements for our products or services to you on third-party websites across the Internet through the Google Content Network. You can opt out of the use of cookies or device identifiers by Google by visiting Google’s Ad Settings. You can opt out of third party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Page or control the use of device identifiers by changing your device’s settings.
This Website uses the Meta remarketing service. This means that third parties, including Meta, may use web cookies, beacons, and other storage technologies to collect or receive information from this Website and elsewhere on the Internet and use that information to provide measurement services and targeted ads to you on Facebook and elsewhere. This Website also uses the Meta Pixel, which is an analytics tool that allows us to measure the effectiveness of our advertising by understanding your interactions with this Website and our advertisements. The personal information collected by the Meta Pixel is anonymized to us but is processed and stored by Meta Platforms, Inc. You can opt out of this practice by visiting Meta̛s Ad Practices Page.
Security and spam prevention
This Website uses reCAPTCHA. ReCAPTCHA is a service from Google that helps distinguish between humans and bots, thereby helping prevent spam. reCAPTCHA works by collecting hardware and software information, such as device and application data and the results of integrity checks, sending that data to Google.
Information retention
We retain all of the information that we collect until we no longer need the information to contact you..
Direct marketing
We use the information that we collect about you for direct marketing purposes. Direct marketing is the act of selling products or services directly to consumers rather than through retailers. Please see the “Your rights” section below for more information regarding exercising your privacy rights related to direct marketing.
Your rights
All visitors or users of this Website have the following rights with regard to their personal information:
- The right to access the personal information that we hold about you.
- The right to receive the personal information that we hold about you in a portable and, to the extent feasible, a readily usable format that allows you to transmit this information to another entity.
- The right to ask us to transmit your personal information that we have collected on you to another provider, where technically feasible.
- The right to request that we amend any of the information that we have collected about you.
- The right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal information.
- The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
- The right to request that we delete some or all of the personal information that we have collected about you.
- The right to lodge a complaint regarding our collection, sharing, and processing of your personal information with competent authorities in the proper jurisdiction.
- The right to opt out of the use of your personal information for purposes of direct marketing.
- The right to opt out of tracking of your location.
- The right to opt out of the use of your personal information for the purposes of profiling in furtherance of decisions that could produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.
- The right to opt out of the use of your personal information for automated decision making purposes.
- Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe your rights have been violated
Exercising your rights
You may exercise the rights specified above by submitting a consumer request to:
Thomas Burns
Operations Manager
[email protected]
9193913880
3511 Shannon Road, Suite 150, Durham, NC, 27707
United States
You can opt out of us tracking your location by adjusting the settings on your browser or device.
We will need to verify your identity prior to effectuating your request. To verify your identity, you will need to provide us with the following information with your request:
- Name
- Email address
Please note that we may be unable to process your request if you do not provide us with the above information.
We will respond to most consumer requests within 30 days of receipt. However, some requests may take longer. We will notify you in writing if we need more time to respond. We have the ability to deny your request(s) if certain exceptions in the law apply. If we do deny your request, we will provide you with the reasons for such denial.
Accountability
The following person is accountable and responsible for our privacy practices and procedures:
Thomas Burns
Operations Manager
9193913880
[email protected]
You may lodge a complaint with us by contacting the person accountable and responsible for our privacy practices and procedures at the contact information above. Residents of Canada may also lodge a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada by visiting this File a Privacy Complaint (Canada) page or calling 1-800-282-1376. Residents of Quebec may also lodge a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Quebec by filling out this Quebec Privacy Commission page or calling 1-888-528-7741.
Location of data processing
All data processing activities undertaken by us take place in United States.
Data Protection Officer
Thomas Burns is our Data Protection Officer and may be reached via email at [email protected].
Do Not Track
Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a preference you can set on your browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. We do not support DNT. You can either enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your browser.
Questions
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].
Changes to Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time. We will notify you of any changes to this Privacy Policy by posting the updated Privacy Policy to this website.