ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP COMMUNICATIONS
Although we are happy to have you contact us by telephone, surface mail, electronic mail or facsimile transmission, merely contacting this Firm or any of its attorneys or employees does not create an attorney-client relationship until an agreement has been reached between you and the Firm to handle a particular matter. Because there is no attorney-client relationship, the fact that you are contacting us does not mean that we cannot represent an opposing party in this matter. Please do not convey to us any information you regard as confidential until a formal attorney-client relationship has been established. Any information you convey to this Firm via the Internet or other means may not be secure, and you should not consider information conveyed prior to establishing an attorney-client relationship privileged or confidential.
EU Safe Harbor Privacy Policy
Bluestone, P.C. and Bluestone Services International LLC comply with the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries. Bluestone, P.C. and Bluestone Services International LLC certify that each adheres to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access, and enforcement. To learn more about the Safe Harbor program, and to view Bluestone, P.C. and Bluestone Services International LLC’s certifications, please visit http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/. If you have any questions regarding Bluestone’s Safe Harbor commitments, please contact M. Zachary Bluestone at info@bluestonelaw.com.
Bluestone maintains the personal and confidential information it receives in secure on-line and off-line facilities. Such information is not disclosed unless necessary or advisable to protect the rights, safety or property of Bluestone or others; to conform to legal or regulatory requirements; or as required to protect the legitimate interests of its clients relating to Bluestone’s representation of such clients. Such data is not disclosed to third parties other than to certain entities providing services to Bluestone, but only if such disclosure is permitted under applicable law and only if the third party operates in accordance with Bluestone’s strict data standards, and for the purposes of Bluestone’s representation of its clients.
Bluestone maintains strict security and confidentiality policies that govern all information Bluestone personnel receive in the course of his or her employment or association with Bluestone. All personnel are made aware of these policies and Bluestone has in place procedures to train all personnel in the implementation of these policies. Failure to adhere to Bluestone’s privacy policies results in appropriate discipline.
Information relating to Articles 13 and 14 of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Controller identity: Bluestone, P.C. and Bluestone Services International, LLC t/a Bluestone Recoveries International.
Purposes and legal basis: The data are processed only if they are necessary for specific purposes. In the case of collection files, this concerns the data necessary to collect the claims, if necessary through insolvency proceedings or legal proceedings. Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR stipulates that the processing of your data, which may be triggered by your non-payment, is necessary for the performance of your contract with the creditor. Another purpose of the data processing is the management of claims as specified in Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The processing of data is therefore necessary to safeguard our legitimate interests and/or those of a third party, always in reasonable and proportional measures. If any SMS opt-in and phone numbers are collected for SMS purposes, they will not be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing purposes.
Categories and origin of data: We process your data in the following categories: basic personal data, communication data, contract data, claim data, payment data. The data of these categories are provided to us by the creditor or by another person responsible for processing these data, credit bureaus, public information, and by you.
Data Recipient: As part of the debt collection process, we will share the data with the creditor and other controllers or subcontractors for the sole purpose of collecting the debt: assignees, collectors, other service providers, courts, ministerial officers, lawyers. We may also have to share the data collected when required to do so by law.
Storage Period: Once payment of the claim has been made or the collection process has ended, we will retain your data for up to 7 years. However, data subjects have the right to erase data if their retention is no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected, unlawfully processed or to comply with a legal obligation, or we no longer have a purpose or obligation to retain such. Archived data has limited access.
Rights of the data subject: If the legal conditions are met, the following rights are granted to you in accordance with Articles 15 to 22 of the GDPR: right of access, rectification, deletion, restriction of processing and transfer of data. In addition, in accordance with Article 14(2)(c) in conjunction with Article 21 of the GDPR, you have the right to object to processing which is based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.
Right to complain to the supervisory authorities: In accordance with Article 77 of the GDPR, you have the right to complain to the supervisory authorities if there are valid reasons or indications that the processing is not carried out legally.
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log file information and visitor behaviour information and typically may be used to store information that would enable a website to improve your overall experience, for example by being able to remember who you are and where in our website you have visited. In many cases, a website needs to use a cookie in order to function correctly. There are different types of cookies, two of the most commonly used ones are as follows:
Session Cookies - these cookies are present on your computer only for the time that you are visiting our website that creates them. It is deleted when you close your browser. Session cookies are generally used to ensure that a website functions correctly.
Persistent/Analytical Cookies - these cookies remain on your computer after you visit our website that creates them, but do expire after a set length of time. A persistent cookie would be used to store information that would enable a website to later more optimise your viewing experience, or to gather information for statistical purposes. Whilst persistent cookies remain on your computer after your browser is closed, they can be manually deleted if required.
We may use two different cookies on this website, as follows:
-A Session Cookie is used so that our website may keep track of which Bluestone web server you were connected to when you first loaded our website. Many websites including this website use more than one web server to handle and spread the traffic. It is important for our website to be able to know which web server is dealing with your traffic and so the session cookie contains this information.
-Use of these cookies can be prevented at any time by altering the cookie settings within your applicable browser. However, functionality of this website will be impaired as a result.
-If you wish to prevent cookies from being placed onto your machine by this website, but either cannot or do not wish to implement the measures as suggested above, then please refrain from using this website.
Bluestone, P.C. is a law firm based in the United States. “Bluestone” refers to Bluestone, P.C. and affiliated entities, including Bluestone Recoveries International. The material on our website has been prepared and published for informational purposes only. The description anywhere on this web site of the results of any specific case or transaction does not mean or suggest that similar results can or could be obtained in any other matter. Each matter should be considered to be unique and subject to varying results.
ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP COMMUNICATIONSAlthough we are happy to have you contact us by telephone, surface mail, electronic mail or facsimile transmission, merely contacting this Firm or any of its attorneys or employees does not create an attorney-client relationship until an agreement has been reached between you and the Firm to handle a particular matter. Because there is no attorney-client relationship, the fact that you are contacting us does not mean that we cannot represent an opposing party in this matter. Please do not convey to us any information you regard as confidential until a formal attorney-client relationship has been established. Any information you convey to this Firm via the Internet or other means may not be secure, and you should not consider information conveyed prior to establishing an attorney-client relationship privileged or confidential.
EU Safe Harbor Privacy Policy
Bluestone, P.C. and Bluestone Services International LLC comply with the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries. Bluestone, P.C. and Bluestone Services International LLC certify that each adheres to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access, and enforcement. To learn more about the Safe Harbor program, and to view Bluestone, P.C. and Bluestone Services International LLC’s certifications, please visit http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/. If you have any questions regarding Bluestone’s Safe Harbor commitments, please contact M. Zachary Bluestone at info@bluestonelaw.com.
Bluestone maintains the personal and confidential information it receives in secure on-line and off-line facilities. Such information is not disclosed unless necessary or advisable to protect the rights, safety or property of Bluestone or others; to conform to legal or regulatory requirements; or as required to protect the legitimate interests of its clients relating to Bluestone’s representation of such clients. Such data is not disclosed to third parties other than to certain entities providing services to Bluestone, but only if such disclosure is permitted under applicable law and only if the third party operates in accordance with Bluestone’s strict data standards, and for the purposes of Bluestone’s representation of its clients.
Bluestone maintains strict security and confidentiality policies that govern all information Bluestone personnel receive in the course of his or her employment or association with Bluestone. All personnel are made aware of these policies and Bluestone has in place procedures to train all personnel in the implementation of these policies. Failure to adhere to Bluestone’s privacy policies results in appropriate discipline.
Information relating to Articles 13 and 14 of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Controller identity: Bluestone, P.C. and Bluestone Services International, LLC t/a Bluestone Recoveries International.
Purposes and legal basis: The data are processed only if they are necessary for specific purposes. In the case of collection files, this concerns the data necessary to collect the claims, if necessary through insolvency proceedings or legal proceedings. Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR stipulates that the processing of your data, which may be triggered by your non-payment, is necessary for the performance of your contract with the creditor. Another purpose of the data processing is the management of claims as specified in Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The processing of data is therefore necessary to safeguard our legitimate interests and/or those of a third party, always in reasonable and proportional measures.
Categories and origin of data: We process your data in the following categories: basic personal data, communication data, contract data, claim data, payment data. The data of these categories are provided to us by the creditor or by another person responsible for processing these data, credit bureaus, public information, and by you.
Data Recipient: As part of the debt collection process, we will share the data with the creditor and other controllers or subcontractors for the sole purpose of collecting the debt: assignees, collectors, other service providers, courts, ministerial officers, lawyers. We may also have to share the data collected when required to do so by law.
Storage Period: Once payment of the claim has been made or the collection process has ended, we will retain your data for up to 7 years. However, data subjects have the right to erase data if their retention is no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected, unlawfully processed or to comply with a legal obligation, or we no longer have a purpose or obligation to retain such. Archived data has limited access.
Rights of the data subject: If the legal conditions are met, the following rights are granted to you in accordance with Articles 15 to 22 of the GDPR: right of access, rectification, deletion, restriction of processing and transfer of data. In addition, in accordance with Article 14(2)(c) in conjunction with Article 21 of the GDPR, you have the right to object to processing which is based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.
Right to complain to the supervisory authorities: In accordance with Article 77 of the GDPR, you have the right to complain to the supervisory authorities if there are valid reasons or indications that the processing is not carried out legally.
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log file information and visitor behaviour information and typically may be used to store information that would enable a website to improve your overall experience, for example by being able to remember who you are and where in our website you have visited. In many cases, a website needs to use a cookie in order to function correctly. There are different types of cookies, two of the most commonly used ones are as follows:
Session Cookies - these cookies are present on your computer only for the time that you are visiting our website that creates them. It is deleted when you close your browser. Session cookies are generally used to ensure that a website functions correctly.
Persistent/Analytical Cookies - these cookies remain on your computer after you visit our website that creates them, but do expire after a set length of time. A persistent cookie would be used to store information that would enable a website to later more optimise your viewing experience, or to gather information for statistical purposes. Whilst persistent cookies remain on your computer after your browser is closed, they can be manually deleted if required.
We may use two different cookies on this website, as follows: -A Session Cookie is used so that our website may keep track of which Bluestone web server you were connected to when you first loaded our website. Many websites including this website use more than one web server to handle and spread the traffic. It is important for our website to be able to know which web server is dealing with your traffic and so the session cookie contains this information. -Use of these cookies can be prevented at any time by altering the cookie settings within your applicable browser. However, functionality of this website will be impaired as a result. -If you wish to prevent cookies from being placed onto your machine by this website, but either cannot or do not wish to implement the measures as suggested above, then please refrain from using this website.
