Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

We at Pincus Communications, Inc. and Pincus Professional Education (“Pincus Professional Education”) are committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information. Your loyalty as either a visitor, Customer or Subscriber is important, and we hope that our concerns regarding your privacy, as described in this policy (the “Privacy Policy” or “Policy”), demonstrate our commitment to making your Pincus Professional Education experience an enjoyable and useful one.

We do not disclose, sell or lend or in anyway disseminate our email lists to any non-affiliated third party, such as advertisers or other professional consultants.  However, if Pincus Professional Education is ever sold, its email and customer lists will transfer to the new buyer as part of the assets of that business sale and such transfer does not constitute dissemination to a non-affiliated third party.  This Privacy Policy covers the following websites: www.PincusCommunications.com, www.PincusProEd.com, www.SpeechAdvice.com, www.advance-tapes.com, www.advancecollege.com.

Note that by using our services and visiting our website, you signify your agreement to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Policy, please do not use our services. Your continued use of our services subsequent to changes to this Policy will mean that you accept the changes; therefore, please bookmark this page and review it. If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, our services, or Pincus Professional Education, please click here to email us.

  • The information we gather

When you ‘join our email list’ we gather your first name, last name, state, and email address. When you purchase our products or register for our seminars, the contact information you enter when you make these purchases, and what you purchased, goes into our database. We do not see or save any credit card information

  • How we use (and do not use) personally identifiable information

Please note that Pincus Professional Education reserves the right to disclose information submitted by or concerning any visitor or Member as we reasonably feel is necessary to protect our systems or business. Specifically, but without limitation, we reserve the right to disclose such information when a visitor or Customer is in violation of our Terms of Use or other published guidelines, or partakes (or is reasonably suspected of partaking) in any harmful, infringing or illegal activity, even without a subpoena, warrant, or other court order, and to disclose such information in response to court and governmental orders, civil subpoenas, discovery requests, and as otherwise required by law, as well as in response to allegations of infringement. We cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who may be using our servers or services for illegal activities. We also reserve the right to report any suspected illegal activity to law enforcement for investigation or prosecution, or to suspend or terminate your membership in connection with any suspected illegal or infringing activity.

Subject to the foregoing, Pincus Professional Education uses your personally identifying information in several ways:

  • To send you emails to keep you informed of services provided by Pincus Professional Education and provide you with tips and information about legal education and presentation skills topics;
  • To send you Pincus Professional Education solicitations, product announcements, and the like that we feel may be of interest to you (you may “opt out” of receiving these materials, as discussed in this policy); and
  • As may be necessary to support the operation of the business, such as for billing, account maintenance, and record-keeping purposes.

Pincus Professional Education may disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties as follows with your authorization:

  • CLE reporting. Some states require Pincus Professional Education report an attorneys name, bar number and number of CLE units earned after each seminar to the state agency governing CLE reporting. When a state requires we do that, we share that information (only) with that state agency. Stage agencies require us to do this to ensure attorneys attending our seminars. It is mandatory both for us as a company and also for the attorney attending our seminars.

III. Third-party partners

Additionally, the Services may contain links to other third party Web sites, including co-branded or other affiliated sites, which may or may not be owned or operated by or in conjunction with Pincus Professional Education You acknowledge that we do not monitor or control the information collection or privacy practices of any third parties, and are not responsible for their practices or the content of their web sites, including their use of any information (such as IP number, browser type, or operating system) collected when visitors or Members “click through” links to their sites or view advertisements served by them. Even though certain information collected by such third parties might not identify you personally, we strongly encourage you to become familiar with their privacy practices, and to contact such third parties if you have any questions about their respective privacy policies.

  • Where we collect information

Pincus Professional Education collects information from users in the following areas of the site: each ‘Join our Email List’ box, when you check out and purchase our services.

  • Age

Pincus Professional Education web site does not target children under the age of 13. In the event that we discover that personally identifiable information has been collected from a child under 13, we will delete that information.

VII. Changing or deleting personal information

You may change your personally identifiable information by clicking here to send us an email. You can send mail to the following postal address: PO Box 1422, Sierra Madre, CA 95969. You can call the following telephone numbers: (877) 858-3848.

  • Contacting the Web site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, or any Erweb site listed in this policy, please click here to contact us.