Overview of Our Cookie Policy
“Welcome to the DOKODOC Legal Services Cookie Policy page, your destination for finding and downloading free legal documents online. As one of the leading resources online for legal document seekers, legal docs students and professionals, and those that need good legal documents in PDF format, we take your privacy seriously. We want to be clear about the ways we use cookies and similar tracking technologies from dokodoc.com. This Cookie Policy explains the types of cookies that DOKODOC Legal Services uses at this site, why we use them, how you can manage your cookie preferences and how it affects your use of this site. We recommend reading this policy so you can understand how cookies contribute to our mission of providing a safe, effective and free legal documents repository to the U.S. law community.”
What Is a Cookie?
Cookies are text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet or mobile phone) when you visit site(s). These cookies are used for a variety of reasons including enabling basic site functionality, remembering your preferences and collecting aggregated analytics data to help analyze and improve the performance of sites. Cookies can be session cookies (which are stored in temporary memory and then deleted from your device when you close your internet browser) or persistent cookies (which are stored on your device for a period of time specified in the cookie unless you delete them at any time). In addition to cookies, we also use similar technologies such as web beacons, pixels and local storage.
Why Does DOKODOC Legal Services Use Cookies?
DOKODOC Legal Services uses cookies for a number of reasons:
- To fully enable core platform functionality such as the creation of user accounts, secure login, and document uploads.
- To store your site preferences including language settings and search filters to easily find the legal documents relevant to you.
- To analyze site traffic, usage, and engagement in order to improve our services and search results; customize content and measure ad effectiveness; and generate reporting data.
- To support advertising and data partnerships which allow us to provide all services at no cost to you.
- To identify fraudulent activity, mitigate risk and help us to protect our users’ information.
In this manner we are able to adhere to our commitment not only to provide free and rich legal resources, but also to review and improve upon the ease, relevance and overall experience of accessing and consuming these resources across the US legal market.
Cookie Types We Use
DOKODOC Legal Services uses the following categories of cookies, among others:
- Strictly necessary cookies: These are essential to our Platform’s operation. They enable you to benefit from our services and features such as secure authentication, session and user log in, and access to restricted content areas. The Platform could not function properly without these cookies.
- Analytics and performance cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with dokodoc.com. They collect information such as which pages are most frequently visited, how users move around the site and whether any errors are encountered. We use Google Analytics to collect this data, and it is always aggregated and anonymized.
- Functional cookies: Functional cookies store information such as your saved searches, document viewing history and display preferences so we can help give you a more personalized experience without you needing to re-enter information each time you visit.
- Advertising and tracking cookies: For us to be able to deliver our service for free, we show ads from our trusted partners. Advertising cookies track your browsing within our Platform, and in some cases across other sites, to provide you promotional content that may be relevant to you. These also enable measurements like the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
- Third-party cookies: Some functionalities (such as Google or Facebook social login, refer to the 2FA guide; embedded resources; sharing tools) may configure cookies from third party suppliers under their own liability. Those cookies will be subject to the third party’s respective privacy and cookie policies.
How We Use Information from Cookies
Data collected via cookies enables us to:
- Grant full access to legal documents and platform features.
- Monitor and augment website performance, load times and uptime.
- Track user behavior data in order to provide better content curation and document recommendations.
- Manage secure authentication and identity management.
- Provide targeted advertising and measurement to report the value of ads to the marketplace, and allow us to continue to offer the platform free of charge.
- Identify and prevent usage of the platform that exposes security concerns or fraudulent behavior.
Use of Cookie Data
All cookie data is used in accordance with U.S. privacy laws and only for the purposes outlined herein. We do not sell personally identifiable information obtained from cookies to third parties.
Third-Party Cookies, Networks, and Ads
DOKODOC Legal Services works with reliable third-party service providers to improve your experience, and support our free service. These trusted partners may use cookies when you interact with certain features or ads on our platform. Notable examples include:
- Google Analytics – website analytics and aggregate usage reporting
- Advertising networks – third parties and ad networks may deploy cookies to display relevant ads based on your interest and browsing behaviour
- Social login – when using social sign-in (Google or Facebook), those parties may set and access cookies for account authentication and association
DOKODOC Legal Services only works with parties who have industry standard data privacy and protection practices in place. We cannot manage third party cookie settings directly. Please check the privacy and cookie settings of these and other providers directly if you require further details.
Your Cookie Settings
You decide how cookies are used on dokodoc.com. When you visit this website the first time, a cookie consent banner will appear offering choices on accepting cookies or altering your cookie settings. You can withdraw or manage your consent at any time from the ‘Cookie Settings’ link in the footer of this website.
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You may elect to block or delete cookies, or you can set your browser to alert you before cookies are accepted. If cookies are turned off, please note that many important features of DOKODOC Legal Services including logging in and getting documents, may not be available to you.
Instructions for managing cookies in some popular web browsers are located here: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari
Advertising, Analytics, and Sharing
“Advertising and data partnerships enables us to keep all DOKODOC Legal Services services free of charge for our users. We deploy cookies to show you advertisements and monitor their performance. We may share aggregate, non-personally identifiable information with our advertising or analytics partners for those limited purposes to improve our services, and our ability to provide services without charge.
We will not share, sell, or rent your personal information collected through the use of cookies to unaffiliated third parties. Any information we share with partners is anonymized and cannot be used to identify a specific user. We require our partners to use cookie data in compliance with applicable privacy laws including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).”
Security of Stored and Processed Data
Our values at DOKODOC Legal Services extend strongly to the protection of your data. All information from cookies will be safely stored and protected from unauthorized usage or disclosure. We use industry standard encryption and security measures to protect the Cookie data.
Cookie data is retained only for as long as necessary for its intended use consistent with our overall data retention policies. Session cookies are deleted upon closing your browser while persistent cookies are stored for a pre-determined limited time period or until deleted by you. We regularly review and update our data handling practices to maintain ongoing compliance with legal and ethical standards.
Children’s Privacy and Cookies
DOKODOC Legal Services provides accounts exclusively for adults and legal professionals who are residents of the United States. It is important to note that our services are not intended for use by minors, and we do not intentionally gather any personal information from children under the age of 16. We strongly advise parents and legal guardians to supervise their children’s online activities. If you suspect that your child has provided us with any personal information or if cookies have been set in relation to a child’s use of our website, we encourage you to reach out to us at [email protected] without delay. We are committed to taking appropriate measures to investigate the situation and to remove any such information from our systems.
Your Rights Under US Privacy Laws
As a user of DOKODOC Legal Services in the United States, you may have certain rights, including regarding your personal information and cookies that are used to collect it. These may include rights of access, correction and deletion. You may have the right to opt out or limit our use and processing of certain data as well. We will be transparent and uphold your rights under such applicable laws as the CCPA and other similar state privacy laws.
If you would like to make such a request or have questions about your data, please reach out to us at [email protected], or by phone at (312) 603-3105. Information regarding additional details and usage of such data can be found on the Contact DOKODOC page.
Amendments to Our Cookie Policy
We may revise this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect developments in our practices, technology, or applicable law. These changes will be posted on this page with a new effective date. We encourage you to visit this policy periodically to stay informed about how DOKODOC Legal Services uses cookies and how we protect your information. We will post a prominent notice on our Site or send you an email if we make material changes affecting you.
Cookies are data files containing small amounts of information, which we place on your device when you visit our Site. By using tracking tools, such as cookies, we gain insights about how our Site is being accessed and used, which helps us improve the quality of our Site and user experience. We employ other tracking tools besides cookies, such as web beacons, log files, and HTML5 local storage.
Tracking Cookies: This type of cookie allows DOKODOC Legal Services to perform tasks such as analyzing site traffic, targeting content and advertising, and social sharing. Tracking is performed to: (1) generate statistics that help us understand our website visitors and their preferences; (2) support us in targeting content and advertising relevant to those visitors; and (3) support social sharing functionality.
Technical Cookies: These types of cookies enable tracking services to perform necessary site functions, such as providing a cleaner user experience. This includes features we feel provide additional value, such as dates of previous visits located at the top of each page.
If you would prefer not to share this information with us via cookies or other technologies, you may opt out of these technologies. You may set your browser or device settings so that it will not accept cookies or installed plug-ins. However, without these technologies it is possible that the performance of our Site or certain functionalities may be diminished. In particular, if you opt out of data sharing about how you interact with third-party sites offered under the OBA program, do not expect advertising based on your prior browsing history from third-party advertiser websites that are outside of the control and partnership of DOKODOC Legal Services. Your opting out of OBA is based on industry self-regulation protocols described by the Digital Advertising Alliance at http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, the Network Advertising Initiative at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp, and TrustE at networkadvertisingcertification.trustarc.org.
Contacting DOKODOC Legal Services
If you have any questions or concerns about this Cookie Policy or any other privacy-related questions, please contact us at the following:
Postal Address: 333 S Wabash Ave Ste 580, Chicago IL 60604
Telephone: (312) 603-3105
Email Address: [email protected]
Contact Us page at https://dokodoc.com/contact
Our support team will be happy to help if you wish to learn more about how we manage cookies, or have any cookie management, privacy or other DOKODOC Legal Services concerns.
Serving Your Legal Needs-A Conclusion
We use cookies to make sure that we deliver a seamless, secure and personalized experience at DOKODOC Legal Services. When setting and managing your cookie preferences, you are helping us maintain the strength of our free-to-use platform allowing legal professionals, students and contributors across the country to access legal publishing content and share legal thinking to the benefit of the U.S. legal community. We value your data security and take this responsibility seriously, which is why we are committed to transparency and user control. Sign up today to upload legal forms, take advantage of our plethora of legal publishing resources and start sharing legal thinking freely with the U.S. legal community!