The Rhode Island Bar Association maintains this website as a service to our members and the public. We make every effort to ensure that published information is accurate and current. Due to the changing nature of the law and our reliance on information provided by outside sources, the Rhode Island Bar Association makes no warranty or guarantee concerning the accuracy or reliability of the contents of this site or of other Web sites to which it links. Any person or entity that relies on any information obtained from this system does so at his or her own risk.
Rhode Island Bar Association Web Site Privacy Policy
The Rhode Island Bar Association has created this statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to the privacy of our users. It discloses information gathering and dissemination practices for www.ribar.com, the Rhode Island Bar Association’s official Internet site.
Use of IP Addresses
We use your IP address (i.e., aol.com or yourfirnname.com) to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer various features of our site. Your IP address is also used to gather broad demographic information such as the name of your Internet service provider and its geographic location.
Use of Cookies
The Rhode Island Bar Association monitors cookies, small text files that report the user and page activity it. They do not contain viruses, and the information provided is not used beyond the general administration our web software. Information gathered through the use of cookies is not sold or provided to vendors, direct mail concerns, email list services, etc.
The Rhode Island Bar Association cannot control the use of cookies by sites linked to our site or to vendor(s) sites. The Rhode Island Bar Association is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites.
Online Order and Registration Forms: Registration and order forms on www.ribar.com operate in a secure environment using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption technology. We ask users to provide contact information (i.e., email address, phone number, contact person), unique identifiers (i.e., Rhode Island Bar Association member number), and/or financial information (i.e., Rhode Island Bar Association number, credit card number). Customer information is used to: process and send order(s); bill credit cards and/or Rhode Island Bar Association invoices and to contact the customer when necessary. Unique identifiers ( i.e., Rhode Island Bar Association member number) are collected for use as account numbers in our record system.
Information supplied via online order forms is used only by the Rhode Island Bar Association. It is not sold or provided to vendors, direct mail concerns, email list services, etc.
Online Surveys: From time to time, the Rhode Island Bar Association may conduct online surveys, which ask visitors for voluntary information on various topics of interest to the Rhode Island Bar Association.
Information supplied for online surveys is used only by the Rhode Island Bar Association. It is not sold or provided to vendors, direct mail concerns, email list services, or any other sources.
Opt-Out
In the event that customer information is used to direct Rhode Island Bar Association advertisements and announcements to members, registrants and online survey participants, the Rhode Island Bar Association will always provide our members with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us at the point where we request information about the visitor.
Delete/Deactivate
The Rhode Island Bar Association gives users options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service.
Change/Modify
This site gives users options for changing and modifying their personal information.
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, please contact the Rhode Island Bar Association.
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, please contact the Rhode Island Bar Association.
Disclaimer of Liability
The Rhode Island Bar Association presents the information on this web site as a service to our members and other Internet users. While the information on this site is about legal issues, it is not legal advice. Moreover, due to the rapidly changing nature of the law and our reliance on information provided by outside sources, we make no warranty or guarantee concerning the accuracy or reliability of the content at this site or at other sites to which we link.