Privacy Policy

Last Updated:  October 26, 2019

This Privacy & Cookies Policy governs the websites (including both mobile and online versions) including: laoffice.com, marketingpartnerships.com and RoadShow On-Demand (collectively, the “Site”).  The Site is made available by The L.A. Office (“LAO”, “we” “our” or “us”) (collectively, the “Site”), regardless of how you access or use the Site, whether via computer, mobile device or otherwise.  This Privacy & Cookies Policy does not apply to data we receive from third parties, unless we combine such data with Personal Information (defined below) that we have ourselves collected under this Privacy & Cookies Policy.  Subject to applicable law, this Privacy & Cookies Policy does not apply to our data collection activities offline or otherwise outside of our Site (unless otherwise stated below) and does not govern the data practices of third parties that may interact with our Site.

To the extent we provide you notice on our Site of different or additional privacy policies or practices ( e.g., at the point of our collection), those additional terms shall govern such data collection and use.

In addition, please review the Site’s Terms of Use, which governs your use of the Site. By using our Site, you consent to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use and our collection, use and sharing of your information and data, and other activities, as described below. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy & Cookies Policy, please do not provide us with any information and do not use this Site.  

1. What Information Does the Site Collect?

(a) Information You Provide to Us

On the Site, we may ask you to provide us or our Site providers with certain categories of information, such as personally identifiable information, which is information that could be used to identify you personally, such as your first and last name, phone number, mailing address and email address (“Personal Information”).  We may collect this information through various forms and in various places on the Site, including through “contact us” forms or when you otherwise interact with the Site.

(b) Information Collected and Stored As You Access and Use the Site

In addition to any Personal Information or other information that you choose to submit to us via our Site, we and our third-party service providers may use a variety of technologies that automatically (or passively) store or collect certain information whenever you visit or interact with the Site (“Usage Information”). This Usage Information may be stored or accessed using a variety of technologies that may be downloaded to your personal computer, browser, laptop, tablet, mobile phone or other device (a “Device”) whenever you visit or interact with our Site.  To the extent we associate Usage Information with your Personal Information we collect directly from you on the Site or the Usage Information can otherwise be associated with you, we will treat it as Personal Information.  Where required by applicable law (e.g., in Europe), we will treat Usage Information as Personal Information in any event.

This Usage Information may include:

• Your IP address, UDID or other unique identifier (“Device Identifier”)(a Device Identifier is a number that is automatically assigned to your Device used to access the Site, and our computers identify your Device by its Device Identifier);
• Your Device functionality (including browser, operating system, hardware, mobile network information);
• The areas within our Site that you visit and your activities there, including remembering you and your preferences;
• Your Device location;
• Your Device characteristics; and
• Certain other Device data, including the time of day, among other information. 

We will use various methods and technologies to store or collect Usage Information (“ Tracking Technologies”). Tracking Technologies may set, change, alter or modify settings or configurations on your Device.  A few of the Tracking Technologies include, without limitation, the following:

Cookies.  A cookie is a text file placed on a Device when it is used to visit the Site.  A Flash cookie (or Locally Shared Object) is a text file placed on a Device via the Adobe Flash plug-in that may be built-in to or downloaded by you to your Device.  HTML5 cookies can be programmed through HTML5 local storage.  Unlike Flash cookies, HTML5 cookies do not require a plug-in.  “Regular” cookies may generally be disabled or removed by tools that are available as part of most commercial browsers, and in some but not all instances can be blocked in the future by selecting certain settings.  Each browser you use will need to be set separately and different browsers offer different functionality and options in this regard. Please refer to the help and support area on your browser for instructions on how to block or delete cookies. Note, these tools may not be effective with regard to Flash cookies or HTML5 cookies.  For information on disabling Flash cookies, go to Adobe’s website www.adobe.com. For information on managing “regular” cookies, please go to www.allaboutcookies.org, or visit www.youronlinechoices.com (if you are resident in the E.U.), or visit www.aboutads.info (if you are resident in the U.S.), or visit http://youradchoices.ca/understanding-online-advertising#cookies (if you are resident of Canada), which has further information about behavioral advertising and online privacy. Please be aware that if you disable or remove cookies, Flash cookies, or HTML5 cookies on your Device, some parts of our Site may not function properly, and that when you visit our Site your ability to limit cookies is subject to your browser settings and limitations. 

Web Beacons .  Small graphic images or other web programming code called web beacons (also known as “1x1 GIFs”, “clear GIFs” or “pixels”) may be included in our Site’s pages and messages.  Web beacons may be invisible to you, but any electronic image or other web programming code inserted into a page or email 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 the Site, to monitor how users navigate the Site, to count how many emails that were sent were actually opened or to count how many particular links were actually viewed. 

Embedded Scripts .  An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with the Site, such as the links you click on.  The code is temporarily downloaded onto your Device from our web server or a third-party service provider, is active only while you are connected to the Service, and is deactivated or deleted thereafter. 

Browser/Device Fingerprinting. Collection and analysis of information from your Device, including your operating system, plug-ins, system fonts and other data, for purposes of identification. 

ETag, or entity tag. A feature of the cache in browsers. It is an opaque identifier assigned by a web server to a specific version of a resource found at a URL. If the resource content at that URL ever changes, a new and different ETag is assigned.  Used in this manner ETags are a form of Device Identifier. ETag tracking may generate unique tracking values even where the consumer blocks HTTP, Flash, and/or HTML5 cookies. 

Recognition Technologies. Technologies, including application of statistical probability to data sets, which attempt to recognize or make assumptions about users and devices (e.g., that a user of multiple devices is the same user).

We use Tracking Technologies for a variety of purposes, including:

Strictly Necessary. These cookies or other Tracking Technologies are essential in order to help you use and access our Site. The information collected by these cookies relate to the operation of our Sites, for example website scripting language and security tokens to prevent fraudulent activity, improve security or allow you to make use of Site functionality. 

Performance-Related. These cookies or other Tracking Technologies are used to assess the performance of the Site, including as part of our analytic practices by third-party providers including Google Analytics, or otherwise to improve the content offered through the Site. These cookies collect anonymous information about how you use the Site, for example which pages you visit most often, whether you receive any error messages, and how you arrived at our website.

Functionality-Related. These cookies or other Tracking Technologies offer you enhanced functionality when accessing the Site, including identifying you when you use our Site or keeping track of your specified preferences, for example the country you visit our Site from, your language and the presentation of content on our Site (such as font size). 

There may be other Tracking Technologies now and later devised and used by us in connection with the Site.  Please note that third parties may use Tracking Technologies in connection with our Site, which may include the collection of information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or online Sites.  We do not control those Tracking Technologies and subject to applicable law, we are not responsible for them.  However, you consent to potentially encountering third-party Tracking Technologies in connection with use of our Site and accept that our statements under this Privacy & Cookies Policy do not apply to the Tracking Technologies or practices of such third parties.

(d) Information Third Parties Provide About You

We may, from time to time, supplement the information we collect directly from you on our Site with outside records from third parties for various purposes, including to enhance our ability to serve you.  To the extent we combine information we receive from those sources with Personal Information we collect on the Site, it will be treated as Personal Information and we will apply this Privacy & Cookies Policy to such combined information, unless we have disclosed otherwise.

(e)Interactions with Third-Party Sites and Services

The Site may include functionality that allows certain kinds of interactions between the Site and a third-party web site or application.  The use of this functionality may involve the third-party operator providing certain information, including Personal Information, to us.  For example, if you click on social media icons on the Site (such as for Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn), those actions may be associated with, and we may have access to, your Personal Information you provided on those third-party sites or applications.  If so, we will then treat it as Personal Information under this Privacy & Cookies Policy, since we are collecting it as a result of your accessing of and interaction on our Site.  In addition, we may provide third-party sites’ interfaces or links on the Site to facilitate your sending a communication from the Site.  For example, we may use third parties to facilitate emails, tweets or Facebook postings.  These third parties may retain any information used or provided in any such communications or other activities and these third parties’ practices are not subject to our Privacy & Cookies Policy.  LAO may not control or have access to your communications through these third parties.  Further, when you use third-party sites or services, you are using their services and not our services or Site and they, not we, are responsible for their practices.  You should review the applicable third-party privacy policies before using such third-party tools on ourSite. 

(f) California Do Not Track Disclosures

Various third parties are developing or have developed signals or other mechanisms for the expression of consumer choice regarding the collection of information about an individual consumer’s online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services ( e.g. , browser do not track signals).  Currently, we do not monitor or take any action with respect to these signals or other mechanisms.

2. How Do We Use the Information Collected?

(a) Use of Information by Us.

We may use your Personal Information that is subject to this Privacy & Cookies Policy:

• To provide you with information such as to send you electronic newsletters;
• To provide you with promotional and marketing materials on behalf of us or third parties, including to let you know about upcoming events, where you have given us the appropriate permissions if required by applicable law;
• To improve the Site;
• To customize your experience on the Site where you have given us the appropriate permissions if required by applicable law;
• To contact you with regard to your use of the Site and, in our discretion, changes to the Site and/or Site’s policies;
• To improve the overall experience at the Site;
• For internal business purposes; and
• For purposes disclosed at the time you provide your information or as otherwise set forth in this Privacy & Cookies Policy.

3. How and When Do We Share Information with Third Parties?

We may share non-Personal Information, such as aggregated user statistics, with third parties.  We may share your Device Identifiers with third parties along with data related to you and your activities for the purposes identified in Section 2 above.  If you are a California resident, you have the right to request additional information about this sharing, so please see Section (3)(e) below.  In addition, we may share the information we have collected about you, including Personal Information, as disclosed at the time you provide your information and as described below or otherwise in this Privacy & Cookies Policy.  We may also disclose your information as follows:

(a) When You Request Information From or Provide Information to Third Parties .  You may be presented with an option on our Site to receive certain information directly from third parties or to have us send certain information to third parties or give them access to it.  If you choose to do so, certain portions of your Personal Information and other information may be disclosed to such third parties and all information disclosed will be subject to the third-party privacy policies and practices of such third parties.  In addition, third parties may store, collect or otherwise have access to your information when you interact with their Tracking Technologies, content, tools or apps on our Site or link to them from our Site.  This may include using third-party tools such as those of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or other third-party posting or content sharing tools and by so interacting you consent to such third-party practices.  We are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of such third parties and, therefore, you should review such third-party privacy policies and practices of such third parties prior to requesting information from or otherwise interacting with them. Your profile, may contain Personal Information that by including your profile you will make such Personal Information visible to others who are on or off of our Site.  The Site allows for viewing and sharing information including through profile creation, posts, comments, and/or messages.  Any information you share on your profile, posts, comments, and/or messages may be visible to others.  Members, visitors, and others may be able to find, see, and use your publicly-shared content, including but not limited to your name, contact information and photo if you have provided one.

  (b) Third Parties Providing Services on our Behalf .  We may use third-party vendors to perform certain services on behalf of us or the Site, such as: (i) to assist us in Site operations; (ii) hosting the Site; (iii) designing and/or operating the Site’s features; (iv) tracking the Site’s activities and analytics; and (v) other services designed to assist us in maximizing our business potential.  We may provide these vendors with access to user information, including Device Identifiers and Personal Information, they need in order to carry out the services they are performing for you or for us.   We do not authorize our service providers to use Personal Information for any purpose other than providing the services on our Site for your behalf.  We may also use third-party analytics and other service providers to help us gather and analyze information about the areas that you visit on our Site in order to evaluate and improve the user experience and the convenience of our Sites, and to help us evaluate some of the specific information related to your Site visits. Such third parties may set and access Tracking Technologies on your Device and they may otherwise collect or have access to information about you, potentially including Personal Information about you.  Subject to applicable law, we are not responsible for those third party technologies or activities arising out of them.  However, some of these third parties may offer you certain choices regarding their practices.  We are not responsible for the effectiveness of or compliance with any third parties’ opt-out options.

(c) To Protect the Rights of LAO and Others .  We may access, use, preserve, transfer and disclose your information (including Device Identifiers and Personal Information) to third parties: (i) to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, subpoenas, governmental requests or legal process if in our good faith opinion such is required or permitted by law; (ii) to protect and/or defend the Site’s Terms of Use  or other policies applicable to the Site, including investigation of potential violations thereof; (iii) to protect the safety, rights, property or security of the Site or any third party; and/or (iv) to detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues.  Further, we may use IP address or other Device Identifiers to identify users, and may do so in cooperation with third parties such as copyright owners, internet service providers, wireless service providers and/or law enforcement agencies, including disclosing such information to third parties, all in our discretion, subject to applicable law.  Such disclosures may be carried out without notice to you.

(d) Affiliates and Business Transfer .  We may share your information, including your Device Identifiers and Personal Information and Usage Information with any LOA parent companies, subsidiaries and affiliates.  Subject to applicable law, we may disclose and transfer all such information: (i) to a subsequent owner, co-owner or operator of the Site or applicable database; or (ii) in connection with a prospective or completed merger, consolidation, restructuring, the sale of substantially all or part of our interests and/or assets or other corporate change, including, during the course of any due diligence process. 

(e) Your California Privacy Rights .  We may elect to share information about you with third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes.  California Civil Code § 1798.83 permits California residents who have supplied personal information (as defined in the law) to us to, under certain circumstances, request and obtain certain information regarding our disclosure, if any, of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.  If this law applies to you, you may obtain the categories of personal information shared by us and the names and addresses of all third parties that received personal information for their direct marketing purposes from us during the immediately prior calendar year ( e.g. , requests made in 2015 will receive information about 2014 sharing activities).  To make such a request, please provide sufficient information for us to determine if this applies to you, attest to the fact that you are a California resident and provide a current California address for our response.  To make such a request (limit one request per year), please send an email to info@laoffice.com  with “California Privacy Rights” as the subject line or mail us a letter to: The L.A. Office; 8981 Sunset Blvd. #501, Los Angeles, CA 90069.   Please include your full name, email address, and postal address in your request.

(f) Your European Privacy Rights.  If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or Switzerland, you may have the rights under data protection in relation to Personal Information we hold about you:

• You may have the right to prevent or restrict the processing of certain of your personal data (or provide it to third parties to process) for marketing purposes. 
• You may have the right to request access to any personal information we hold about you as well as related information, including the purposes for processing the personal information, the recipients or categories of recipients with whom the personal information has been shared, where possible, the period for which the personal information will be stored, the source of the personal information, and the existence of any automated decision making.
• You may have the right to obtain without undue delay the correction of any inaccurate personal information we hold about you.
• You may have the right to request that personal information held about you is deleted.
• You may have the right to request transfer of your personal information directly to a third party where this is technically feasible.
• Where you believe that we have not complied with our obligation under this Privacy Policy or applicable European data protection law, you have the right to make a complaint to a European Supervisory Authority.  If you have questions about your rights or if you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at info@laoffice.com , indicating your jurisdiction or residence. 

4. Does Third-Party Content, Links to Third-Party Sites, and/or Third-Party Apps appear on the Service?

The Site may contain content, links or apps that are supplied by a third party, and those third parties may collect Usage Information and your Device Identifier when pages from the Site are served to you for their own commercial purposes.  In addition, when you are on the Site you may be directed to other sites and apps that are operated and controlled by third parties that we do not control.  We are not responsible for the data collection and privacy practices employed by any of these third parties or their sites or apps and they may be tracking you across multiple online services and may be sharing the results of that tracking with us and/or others.  These third parties may have their own terms of service, privacy policies or other policies and ask you to agree to the same.  For example, if you “click” on a link, the “click” may take you off the Site onto a different location.  These other online services may associate their Tracking Technologies with you, independently collect information about you, including Personal Information, and may or may not have their own published privacy policies.  We are not responsible for these third-party privacy policies or the practices of Third-Party Owners.  Be sure to review any available policies before submitting any personally identifiable information to a third-party application or otherwise interacting with it and exercise caution in connection with these applications.  We also encourage you to note when you leave our Site and to review the third-party privacy policies of all third-party locations and exercise caution in connection with them. 

5. How Do I Access, Update or Correct My Information, Communications Preferences and Questions?

You are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of the information you submit to us, such as your contact information provided as part of registration.  The Site may allow you to access, review, correct, update or delete Personal Information you have provided through the Site’s registration forms or otherwise by updating your Site account, and you may provide registration updates and changes by contacting us by email at: info@laoffice.com.  In addition, depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to access all of your Personal Information in our custody and control, subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law, and you may do so by contacting us as set forth below.  If so, we will make good faith efforts to make requested changes in our then active databases as soon as reasonably practicable (but we may retain prior information as business records).  Please note that it is not always possible to completely remove or delete all of your information from our databases and that residual data may remain on backup media or for other reasons.  When you edit your Personal Information or change your preferences on the Site, information that you remove may persist internally for LAO’s administrative purposes.  You may cancel or modify our email marketing communications you receive from us by following the instructions contained within our promotional emails.  This will not affect subsequent subscriptions and if your opt-out is limited to certain types of emails the opt-out will be so limited.  Please note that we reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to your account or use of our Site, such as administrative and service announcements and these transactional account messages may be unaffected if you choose to opt-out from receiving our marketing communications. 

If you have any questions or complaints about the Privacy & Cookies Policy or practices described in it (including the manner in which we or our service providers treat your information), you should contact us by email at info@laoffice.com ; please indicate either Terms of Use or Privacy Policy in the subject line. 

6.  What About Security?

We endeavor to incorporate commercially reasonable, technical, physical and administrative safeguards to help protect and secure your Personal Information in our custody and control.  However, no data transmission over the Internet, mobile networks, wireless transmission or electronic storage of information can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  Please note that we cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit to us, and you use our Site and provide us with your information at your own risk. 

8.  What About Changes to the Privacy & Cookies Policy?

We reserve the right to change this Privacy & Cookies Policy at any time.  Any changes will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Privacy & Cookies Policy and your use of our Site indicates your consent to the privacy policy posted at the time of use.  However, we will not use your previously collected Personal Information in a manner materially different than represented at the time it was collected without your consent.  To the extent any provision of this Privacy & Cookies Policy is found by a competent tribunal to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be severed to the extent necessary for the remainder to be valid and enforceable.  

Data Policy for Signing Up and Signing In for Marketingpartnerships.com and LAO:  

To join some of our specific programs, such as marketingpartnerships.com or RoadShow On-Demand,  for a specific position you may provide personal data including name, contact details (telephone number, e-mail address), professional history, training and professional experience, social media connections, your photo or other image of you, and possibly video submissions.   This information will be treated in accord with the above policy.

You have the right to request access to and copies of the personal data that we hold about you, to require the Company to rectify an inaccurate information, and subject to statutory exceptions, to request erasure of your personal data.