PRIVACY POLICY

National Academy of Continuing Legal Education (“we,” “us” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).

This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect when you access or use the Nacle.com website, or any other media form or mobile application related, linked, or otherwise connected to the Site (collectively, the “Site”), or any content, products or services offered or purchased on or through the Site or by telephone (“Products”). This Privacy Policy also describes our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. It also applies to emails, texts and phone calls between you and employees or agents of the Site.

You agree that all such information you provide through the Site or your use of the Products is governed by our Privacy Policy and you consent to actions taken by us with respect to such information in compliance with the Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference into, and is part of, the terms and conditions, for the Site.

The Site and the Products are offered and available to users who are 18 years of age or older and who reside in the United States or its territories or possessions. If you do not meet these requirements or do not agree to this Privacy Policy then you must not use or access the Site.

By using the Site, or by purchasing Products through the Site or by telephone order, or by clicking to accept our term and conditions, or by accessing any Products through the Site, you accept and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may change from time to time (see Changes to our Privacy Policy, below). Your continued use of this Site after we make changes to this Privacy Policy indicates your acceptance of those changes, so please check this Privacy Policy for updates each time you access the Site or use the Products.

Information we collect about you and how we collect it

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Site and Products, including information:

by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, telephone number, attorney license status and information associated with your license including active state(s) and license number(s), continuing legal education (“CLE”) compliance information, birthdate and your identified gender (“personal information”);
for your payment card, and other payment information that you provide to purchase Products from us; and
about your internet connection, your IP address, the equipment you use to access the Site and Products, and usage details.

We collect this information:

directly from you when you provide it to us;
automatically as you navigate or use the Site; and
from other sources, for example, from public databases or our business partners and affiliates.

Information you provide to us

The information we collect directly from you on or through our Site may include information that you provide:

by entering information into forms on our Site;
in records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us;
through completing purchases of the Products you carry out through our Site and of the fulfillment of your orders;
information you provide through the use of the Products, including ratings and reviews of the Products and affidavits of completion of the Product courses; and
your search queries on the Site.

Information we collect through automatic data collection technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Site, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, referring website links, and patterns such as location data and Site access logs, referring URLs, and information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, language preferences, and browser type, and related technical data.

When you use the Products through a browser or our mobile application, we may collect information about your download and usage information, and other information about how and when you use the Products, including the last time you accessed a course or the application and course completion status. The information we collect automatically does not include personal information but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Site and to deliver the Product, including by enabling us to estimate our audience size and usage patterns, store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Site according to your individual interests, speed up your searches, recognize you when you return to our Site and comply with applicable rules for CLE course provider compliance.

Like many businesses we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies. A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. We use cookies and similar technologies from third-party partners such as Google for measurement services, to improve functionality of our site, better advertisement targeting and for related marketing purposes. These cookies and similar technologies allow us to display our promotional material to you when you visit other sites across the internet. Our third-party advertising partners may also use these technologies to identify your browsing interests over time and across different websites to deliver targeted advertisement and other content that has been customized for you. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser.

We use Google Analytics to gather insights on how users interact with our website. This service collects non-personally identifiable information, including browser type, device information, pages visited, and time of access. We do not send any personally identifiable information to Google. Our site uses cookies and similar technologies to support Google Analytics. For details on how Google uses data from our site, please visit How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services. Additionally, you may opt-out of Google Analytics’ by visiting this link.

Information collected from other sources

In order to enhance our ability to provide relevant marketing, offers, and Products to you and update our records, we may obtain information about you from other sources, such as publicly available databases, marketing partners, data providers, and social media platforms. This information includes mailing addresses, job titles, bar licensure information, email addresses, and phone numbers.

How we use your information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information to:

facilitate account creation and authentication and present our Site and its contents to you;
provide you with Products or other services that you purchase or request from us;
provide you with notices about your account and Product subscription;
carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection;
fulfill our legal obligations;
notify you about changes to our Site or any Products we offer or provide though it; and
fulfill any other purpose for which you provide the information;

We may also use your information to contact you by email, telephone or physical mailing address with marketing or promotions about our other products and services, including those offered by businesses owned and operated by us and our affiliated companies, that may be of interest to you.

Disclosure of Your Information

We do not sell, share or otherwise disclose or share your personal information to third parties for their marketing or promotional purposes.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy for the following purposes and for the following categories of recipients:

Service providers and contractors: To third parties that support our business, including payment processors, IT service providers and other vendors who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
Corporate transactions: To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets.
With your consent: In any other situation where you provide explicit consent for disclosure.
Legal compliance and enforcement: To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request; to enforce or apply our terms of use, including for billing and collection purposes.
CLE compliance: To government or bar associations or similar bodies administering CLE compliance programs to effect compliance with applicable requirements.
Affiliate entities: To our affiliates, meaning entities and businesses that we control or are under common control with us, provided those entities comply with this Privacy Policy.
Corporate or firm accounts: To your employer or firm if you accessed a Product through a corporate or firm account.

The categories of personal information disclosed may include contact information (e.g., name, email address), payment information, CLE compliance information and completion status, and usage data relevant to the services or products provided.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

If you do not wish to have your email or phone or other contact information used by the Company to promote our products or services you can opt-out by sending an email to remove@nacle.com.

You have the ability to update certain account information at any time. To do so, simply click “login” located at the top of each page, and then select “account info.” Your account information will be displayed, and you will have the ability to change certain information.

You may also send us an email at info@nacle.com with your full name to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. Under certain circumstances we may request you to authenticate your account before we make changes to information. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect. You may request the deletion of your personal information, and we will honor your request unless retaining the information is necessary to complete a transaction or provide a service you requested; detect or prevent security incidents, fraud, or other illegal activity; comply with a legal obligation, court order, or law enforcement request; exercise or defend legal claims; fulfill a contract to which you are a party; or maintain records consistent with applicable statutes of limitation, regulatory requirements, or our documented record retention policies. Where your request is denied based on a legally permitted exception, we will delete any information not subject to that exception and will provide notice of such denial to the extent required by law.

Your state privacy rights

Certain states provide their state residents with rights regarding their personal information. The exact scope of these rights may vary by state and depends upon the applicability of state law to this Site. We will comply with all state laws applicable to our business. To exercise any of these rights please send an email stating your request, with your full name, to info@nacle.com.

While we do not sell your personal information, under Nevada law, you have the right to request that we not sell any personal information we may collect about you in the future. You can submit a request to opt-out of the sale of your personal information by contacting us at info@nacle.com.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by one or more of the following methods: a notice on your account login page the next time you log in to your account, an email to the primary email address specified in your account, or a notice on the Site home page. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified within this Policy. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Site and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at info@nacle.com.