Introduction to Our Cookies Policy
At DBE Certification Legal Services, we strive to maintain the utmost transparency, privacy, and legal integrity in all our online activities. Our Cookie Policy aims to provide you – our valued client and website user – with a clear explanation of how cookies and other tracking technologies are used on our website. As your trusted legal partner for DBE, ACDBE, and 8(a) certification, protecting your privacy is a top priority. This Cookie Policy describes the nature of cookies, why, what, and how we use them when you interact with us and communicate with you online, including your choices and how your information is protected. We recommend that you review our Cookie Policy in its entirety so that you can make informed choices about your interactions with us online.
An Overview of Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of information that a website server places on an individual’s computer or other device (for example, a cell phone or tablet) when the individual accesses the site. Cookies, commonly used to make websites work, make our websites easier for you to use, recognize who you are, remember ordering information that you previously provided on the site, and help website operators track how you use the site.
Cookies generally can be divided into two categories: session cookies – which expire and are deleted from your computer when you close your browser; and persistent cookies – which remain on your computer or other device until they expire or are deleted. In addition to cookies, we may use similar tracking technologies – such as web beacons, pixels, and local shared objects (also called Flash cookies) – in conjunction with cookies. For the purposes of this policy, we will refer to all of these technologies collectively as “cookies.”
Use of cookies helps us to recognize users of our websites, customize each user’s experience, store users’ preferences or industry sector interests, track overall usage of our websites, deliver targeted content and advertising, analyze traffic patterns on our websites, and otherwise improve our products and services.
How Our Website Utilizes Cookies
DBE Certification Legal Services uses cookies for a number of important functions, all of which are geared towards building a secure, reliable, and easy to navigate resource. Cookies are used for the following:
- Essential Website Functionality: To make the website work properly, such as keeping the site safe and secure by enabling browser navigation, maintaining session security, and enabling features such as client login areas or other submitted form elements.
- Performance & Analytics: To record anonymous information about how visitors interact with the site, such as recognizing pages that are frequently visited, where visitors came from to view the site, and how people are using our site in order to help us determine what is and isn’t working; ultimately allowing us to improve upon the user experience.
- Personalization: To remember your preferences and past actions, such as language settings, form fields, or resources you have bookmarked.
- Marketing & Communications: To support efforts to get the word out, by helping us better measure the effectiveness of communications featuring informational guides or legal services; and allowing us to better serve content and value to our visitors/audience. Cookies may also be used to assist in making secure contact with clients via chat support or online inquiry forms.
We do not use cookies to capture private or personal information or sell or publish cookie-based data to third parties or advertisers.
The Categories of Cookies We Implement
In an effort to be transparent, we classify the different types of cookies used on dbecertificationguide.com in the following categories:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These types of cookies are necessary for you to be able to navigate the website and take advantage of certain features, such as accessing secure areas, filling out legal inquiry forms, or ensuring that your session is maintained when scheduling a legal consultation.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our site. We may use one or more analysis tools (such as Google Analytics) to collect this information about our visitors so that we can best understand how people are using our resources both in terms of what is most useful and what is not, how the site performs as a whole, and if there are any potential technical issues we need to address.
- Functionality Cookies: Functionality cookies allow us to remember your preferences (such as the state in which you would like DWI or medical malpractice certification information), so that you will be able to enjoy a more informative browsing experience without having to enter the same information more than once.
- Targeting and Communication Cookies: We do not participate in behavioral advertising; however, these cookies may be collected and utilized by us to support communication tools (e.g., live chat widgets, newsletter signup forms) on the website, so that we can ensure timely responses to legal inquiries and provide the most relevant and helpful information to site visitors.
Each type of cookie helps monitor the quality and efficiency of our site. All cookie types are used in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection laws.
Reason Why We Use Cookies
As a nationwide law firm, DBE Certification Legal Services complies with US privacy laws and, to the extent relevant outside of the US, international laws and regulations, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We rely on a number of legal grounds for our use of data collected by means of cookies:
- Consent: We may ask for your consent to place non-essential cookies (e.g., analytics cookies, functionality cookies) on your device. You may set cookie preferences through our cookie banner or cookie settings tool (appears when first visiting the website).
- Legitimate Interests: Essential cookies, including those that are strictly necessary for the operation and security of the website, are placed based on our legitimate interest in providing an online platform that is functional and secure for our clients and visitors.
We revisit our cookie usage on a regular basis to ensure continued compliance with legal obligations and industry best practices.
How You Can Manage, Disable and Block Cookies
You have complete control of the use of cookies on our website. When you visit dbecertificationguide.com for the first time, you are offered the opportunity to consent to the use of all cookies in a cookie consent banner, to reject non-essential cookies as given in our cookie list, and to configure preferences in our cookie settings. You can manage your preferences by changing your mind at any time through the ‘Cookie Settings’ link in the footer of our website.
Most modern web browsers can be adjusted to manage cookies, allowing you to block cookies, delete used cookies, and choose whether or not to receive notifications before a cookie is placed. Please bear in mind that when you disable certain types of cookies, such as strictly necessary cookies, this may have a negative impact on the usability and security of our website, including reducing your ability to use services or view certain resources.
How to manage cookie settings in leading web browsers can be found on their support pages or frequently-asked-questions. In case you require further instructions, please contact us at [email protected] or call (629) 232-8247.
Third-Party Cookies and Embedded Material
In addition to cookies we use and manage ourselves, DBE Certification Legal Services may authorize third parties we trust to place cookies on our Site for certain purposes. For instance, we commonly use trusted analytics companies, like Google Analytics, to assist us in managing website traffic and usage. At times, our Site may include third-party platform-hosted embedded content, such as legal content, educational videos, or interactive mapping modules. Third-party platform providers hosting content that is embedded on our Site may also deploy data collection technology under their privacy and cookie policies. We select third-party platform providers that meet our privacy and security standards in each case. We recommend that you review the privacy and cookie policy of any third-party service that is linked to or embedded within our Site for more details about data collected through the service and how that data may be used.
How We Secure Your Information
Working with your personal data is something we take very seriously in our practice at DBE Certification Legal Services. Any personal information that is collected or processed using cookies is used with strict confidentiality, and with the highest standards of security in our industry. We employ encryption technology to protect data in transit and storage, update our security regularly, and limit access to data on a need-to-know basis to our legal staff only.
We do not use cookies to collect any sensitive personal information such as financial information, Social Security information, or individual legal case information. Any personally identifiable information that we may obtain through cookie technology will never be used, resold for commercial purposes, or provided to other outside third parties. In the rare event of a data breach occurring, we have measures in place to immediately identify and stop any risks, including notifying involved parties to the extent and in the manner permitted by law.
Your Rights and Options with Respect to Cookies
Visitor’s Privacy Rights. dbecertificationguide.com visitors have the right to make informed decisions about how information about them is collected through cookies. Depending on where you are located, state or international privacy laws may confer additional rights on you with respect to the data we collect via cookies, including without limitation rights of access to and rectification or erasure of personal data relating to you collected through cookies, among others. You also have the right not to be subject to online decision making that has significant effects on you based solely on automated processing.
You can exercise your rights by changing your cookie preferences via our website tools or by contacting us directly at [email protected] or via phone at (629) 232-8247. We are committed to addressing all privacy requests in a prompt and transparent manner. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy.
Cookies and Minors
DBE Certification Legal Services does not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. Our website and legal services are designed to be used by adult business owners and entrepreneurs who desire DBE and/or ACDBE certification assistance. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child, either through cookie tracking or other means, we will seek to delete such information as set forth in the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and other applicable laws. If you suspect that an under-13 child has submitted information to us, please contact us immediately.
Changes to our Cookies Policy
We check and amend the Cookie Policy regularly to take account of changes to technology, legal requirements, and our underlying business practices. Amendments will be posted on this page and will be effective upon posting. You should read the Cookie Policy from time to time to keep up-to-date with changes and check how we use cookies and how we protect your privacy. For any material changes in the way we make use of cookies or otherwise in a manner that might affect your rights, you will receive a clear and conspicuous notice of such changes on the homepage of our website or, where available, directly on your computer through your relevant software.
Contact Information and Additional Resources
The privacy and trust of our clients at DBE Certification Legal Services is of the highest priority. We’d be happy to answer any questions, comments, or requests pertaining to this Cookie Policy, your cookie preferences, or our privacy policy, so please feel free to contact us:
| Address: | 150 4th Ave N Ste 74, Nashville TN 37219 |
| Phone: | (629) 232-8247 |
| E-mail: | [email protected] |
| Website: | https://dbecertificationguide.com/ |
Our legal experts are more than available to clarify, advise, or direct you further in order to help you make informed decisions concerning your data and how you use our website. For additional support, please visit our Contact DBE Certification Legal Services page.
Educate Yourself on Certifying Information – Responsibly
Legal empowerment requires trust, transparency, and respect for privacy. As such, our Cookie Policy is a reflection of our commitment to giving clients and readers honest information about how cookies work and the ways we use them. By learning about and controlling your cookie preferences, you can actively manage your internet experience with our site.
If you are a small business owner, an entrepreneur looking for government contracting opportunities, or a disadvantaged business in need of quality counsel for DBE, ACDBE, or 8(a) certification, we are here to help. Let us know today and let’s begin the journey that leads to legal certification. Be assured that your privacy always remains a priority for the team at DBE Certification Legal Services.