The Ohio Employment Lawyers Association (OELA) respects the privacy of its members and visitors to our website. By continuing to use the site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The materials on this site are provided for informational purposes only and should are not legal advice. Your receipt or transmission of the information contained on this site does not create an attorney/client relationship and you should not act on this information without seeking legal advice from an attorney licensed in your state.
This site is not intended to be advertising. Although we intend to provide up to date legal information, the information contained in this site may not reflect the most current legal developments. Should you choose to contact an attorney from this site (via electronic mail or other means of communication), do not disclose information you regard to be confidential until the attorney verifies that the firm does not represent other firms or entities involved in the matter and that the firm is willing to consider accepting representation. Any information transmitted before that time may not be held in confidence and may be intercepted by a third party. Unless specifically indicated in an individual attorney biography, the description of legal practice areas does not constitute certification in any legal specialty by any of the attorneys.
The Ohio Employment Lawyers Association (OELA) does not operate a lawyer referral service, nor does OELA provide legal advice. I agree that OELA is not responsible for any legal advice that I may receive from anyone I may contact as a result of using this website. By using this website, I agree that under no circumstances will OELA be responsible for the accuracy of the information on this website, the failure or refusal of any attorney to respond or consult with me, or for anything any attorney listed in this website does or fails to do. OELA is not responsible for any advice that I receive from anyone, attorney or non-attorney, including anyone whose I contact through this website.
Your privacy and data security are important to us. To better protect your privacy and data, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.
You and others using this website.
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Information freely provided by you or collected automatically when using this website.
A "cookie" is a very small text file placed on your computer by a server. Cookies cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses. It is uniquely yours and can only be read by the server that gave it to you. These text files are not used to identify or track you. The general purpose is to tell the server that you returned to that website. OELA uses cookies to improve some of our services.
Any use of Cookies - or of other tracking tools - by this website or by the owners of third party services used by this website, unless stated otherwise, serves to identify you and remember your preferences, for the sole purpose of providing the service required by you. You are responsible for any Personal Data of third parties that you provide, publish or share through this website and confirm that you have the third party's consent to provide the Personal Data to the Owner. In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this website may provide you with additional and contextual information concerning particular services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
This policy applies only to activities OELA engages in on its website and does not apply to OELA activities that are offline or unrelated to the website. OELA collects certain anonymous data regarding the usage of the website. This information does not personally identify users and is gathered to improve the performance of the website. The anonymous data collected by the OELA website can include information such as the type of browser you are using, your IP address and the length of the visit to the website.
Personal Data including but not limited to addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and demographics are used for membership, subscriptions, event registrations and submission of information to our question and answer service. Credit card information collected during transactions are encrypted and administered by our credit card processor. Credit card data is not stored on our website. All personal information provided during transactions for services listed above will be used solely for their intended purpose. In all such cases you have the option of what information to supply. E-MAIL OELA uses our members" e-mails to contact you regarding membership and member services changes as well as for distributing information that you, as a member, may find vital to your practice. Except as provided in this Policy, OELA does not share this information.
OELA uses our members" emails to contact you regarding membership and member services changes as well as for distributing information that you, as a member, may find vital to your practice. Except as provided in this Policy, OELA does not share this information.
The OELA online membership and group directories are a members-only benefit, that can only be accessed with a valid user name and password. OELA makes every effort to ensure this information is not available to the general public. Since nothing on the internet is 100% secure, OELA cannot be held responsible for any hack, website breach or data shared without permission by any individual member.
The OELA Find a Lawyer search is a benefit provided to the public. Should members of the public choose to contact an attorney from this site (via electronic mail or other means of communication), they are advised not to disclose information they regard to be confidential until the OELA attorney verifies that the firm does not represent other firms or entities involved in the matter and that the firm is willing to consider accepting representation. Attorneys listed on our website are not endorsed or recommended by OELA. OELA does not operate an attorney referral service, nor does OELA provide legal advice. By using this website, you agree that under no circumstances will OELA be responsible for the accuracy of any of the information on its website, the failure or refusal of any attorney to respond or consult with you, or for anything any attorney listed in this website does or fails to do.
Credit card information is collected only to bill for specific services such as membership and event registration. All credit card transactions on our website are securely processed by Stripe. Any credit card information collected during transactions is not permanently stored in our system.
We will process your data in a proper manner and shall take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of it.
Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures related to the purposes of this website. In addition to the data controller, in some cases, your data may be accessible to certain types of persons involved with the operation of the website (administration, staff and other authorized agents).
Place of Data - The data is stored on a secure cloud infrastructure.
Retention of Data - The data is kept for the time necessary to provide the service requested by you or stated by the purposes outlined in this document. Based on our membership organization procedures, we store data in perpetuity unless you ask us to remove it. You can ask that we suspend or remove your data by contacting us.
Legal Action - Your personal data and website activity may be used for legal purposes by us, in court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this website or the related services. Requests for Data -- You acknowledge that OELA may be required to reveal personal data upon a lawful and legally compelling request of public authorities.
Certain password-protected sections of the OELA website contain confidential documents and information. These materials are for use only by OELA members. Any other use will constitute copyright infringement and theft and trade secret misappropriation subjecting the violator to civil damages and criminal penalties. These documents cannot and shall not be used against any OELA member.
Practice materials are provided only for use of attorneys who are OELA members. OELA members should not rely on these samples but should, instead, independently decide what pleadings or discovery to use.
Practice materials are provided by attorney volunteers as a public service. They are not endorsed by or approved by OELA. OELA does not provide legal advice to attorneys. OELA also does not provide legal advice to people who are not attorneys.
If you opt to create an account and select a unique login and password, you must keep your information confidential. When connected to the Internet through an unsecured network or when using a public computer, it is your responsibility to take appropriate measures to maintain the confidentiality, such as connecting to the internet via a virtual private network or logging off and disconnecting from the internet.
Your login information is unique to you and you may not allow any third party to use it under any circumstances. You must contact OELA immediately if you believe there is or may have been any unauthorized use of your login information, or otherwise wish to deactivate your login information due to security concerns. You should change your password periodically.
OELA is not liable for any harm caused by or related to the theft, misappropriation, disclosure, or unauthorized use of your login information.
The information being collected within our forms is only the information you provide. Additionally, we use cookies on our website to track visitors and collect data to make the user experience better.
We retain your personal information to provide services to you and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. We will retain your personal information until we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process it, at which time we will either or anonymize it, unless we are legally allowed or required to retain your personal information for longer, including situations such as:
We may use internal and third party analytics tools, including Google Analytics. The third party analytics companies we work with may combine the information collected with other information they have independently collected from other websites and/or other online products and services. Their collection and use of information is subject to their privacy policies.
We reserve the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to you. We recommend you check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
If you object to any of the changes to the Policy, you must stop using this website and our services and can request that we remove your personal data. Unless stated otherwise, the then-current privacy policy applies to all personal data stored by us.
If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at (216) 382-2500 or admin@ohioela.org.
Updated Febuary 2021
The information and services on this site are not intended to be legal advice. It is strictly general information for educational purposes. Relying on this information without individual counsel is not reasonable or prudent. Employment law is a fact driven area of the law. The same law will apply to one set of facts differently from another. If you seek legal advice, consult an attorney. If you are searching for an attorney, OELA's Find a Lawyer service provides the information for contacting OELA members.
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