Last updated: July 29, 2022
I. Introduction When you use Bar Exam Tip of The Day, you trust us with your personal data. We’re committed to keeping that trust. That starts with helping you understand our privacy practices. This notice describes the personal data we collect, how it’s used and shared, and your choices regarding this data. We recommend that you read this along with which highlights key points about our privacy practices.
II. Overview A. Scope This notice applies to users of Bar Exam Tip of The Day’s services anywhere in the world, including users of Bar Exam Tip of The Day’s apps, websites, features, or other services. Gynn. Communications, Inc., a private S-Corporation established in the United States, State of Illinois, having its offices at 736 N. Western Ave. #307, Lake Forest, IL. 60045 (“GCI”), is the sole owner and provider of Bar Exam Tip of The Day services, worldwide.
This notice describes how Bar Exam Tip of The Day and its affiliates collect and use personal data. This notice applies to all users of our apps, websites, features, or other services anywhere in the world, unless covered by a separate privacy notice. This notice specifically applies to: • Users: individuals who request or obtain any information dispensed or promoted by Bar Exam Tip Of The Day. We also collect a users DeviceID for push notices and for upgraded users, we collect email information In addition, please note the following: • For parties in Argentina: The Public Information Access agency, in its role of Regulating Body of Law 25.326, is responsible for receiving complaints and reports presented by any data subjects who believe their rights have been impacted by a violation of the local data protection regulation. • For parties in Brazil: Please see here for information regarding GCI’s privacy practices required under Brazil’s General Data Protection Law (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados - LGPD). • For California parties: Information regarding GCI’s privacy practices related to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is available here. • For parties in Colombia: This notice also applies for the lessors and lessees. For the purposes of this notice, lessors will be considered drivers and lessees will be considered riders. • For parties in Mexico: Please see here for information regarding GCI’s privacy practices required under Mexico’s Mexican Personal Data Protection Law (Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de los Particulares). • For parties in Nigeria: GCI does not process the personal data of users in Nigeria for purposes of the legitimate interests of GCI or other parties. Instead, GCI processes such personal data on the grounds that it is necessary to fulfill our obligations to users under our Terms of Use or other agreements with users, or based on users’ consent. • For parties in South Korea: Please see here for information about GCI affiliate UT LLC's privacy practices. • For Guest parties: The personal data of those who order or receive trips or deliveries via partner websites or apps (such as when ordering from a restaurant or other merchant), or arranged by other account owners (collectively “Guest Users”) is used solely to provide such trips, deliveries, or other services requested through a third party, and for purposes of safety and security, customer support, research and development, enabling communication between users, and in connection with legal proceedings and requirements, each as described in “How we use personal data” below. Guest User personal data may be shared with third parties for these purposes. Such data may be associated with, and accessible by, the owner of that account. This specifically includes Guest Users who receive rides/deliveries ordered by owners of GCI Health, GCI Central, GCI Direct or GCI for Business accounts, or who receive rides or deliveries ordered by friends, family members or others. To submit questions, comments or complaints regarding Guest User data, or to submit requests regarding such data, please visit here. Our practices are subject to applicable laws in the places in which we operate. This means that we engage in the practices described in this notice in a particular country or region only if permitted under the laws of those places. Please contact us through the addresses below with any questions regarding our practices in a particular country or region.
B. Data controller and transfer GCI is the data controller for the personal data collected in connection with use of Bar Exam Tip of The Day’s services everywhere. GCI operates, and processes personal data, globally. We may also transfer such data to countries other than the one where our users live or use GCI’s services. We do so in order to fulfill our agreements with users, such as our Terms of Use, or based on users’ prior consent, adequacy decisions for the relevant countries, or other transfer mechanisms as may be available under applicable law, such as the Standard Contractual Clauses. Questions, comments, and complaints about GCI’s data practices can be submitted to info@LightningLawyer.com. You may also use this form to submit a question to GCI’s Data Protection Officer.
III. Data collections and uses A. The data we collect GCI collects personal data: • provided by users to Bar Exam Tip of The Day, such as during app download or account creation • created during use of our services, such as location, app usage, and device data • from other sources, such as other users or account owners, business partners, vendors, insurance and financial solution providers, and governmental authorities The following personal data is collected by or on behalf of GCI: 1. Data provided by users. This includes: • User DeviceID and email, when provided.
B. How we use personal data Bar Exam Tip of The Day uses personal data to publish Bar Exam Tip information. We also use such data: • for customer support • for research and development • to enable communications between users • to send marketing and non-marketing communications to users • in connection with legal proceedings We use personal data we collect: 1. To provide our services. Bar Exam Tip of The Day uses data to provide, personalize, maintain, and improve our services.??This includes using data to: • create/update accounts • process payments • perform necessary operations to maintain our services, including to troubleshoot software bugs and operational problems; to conduct data analysis, testing, and research; and to monitor and analyze usage and activity trends. Bar Exam Tip of The Day performs the above activities, including the collection and use of location data for purposes of these activities, on the grounds that they are necessary to fulfill our obligations to users under our Terms of Use or other agreements with users. 2. Safety and security. We use personal data to help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our services and users and lawyers. This includes: • optionally and at the sole discretion of GCI, verifying lawyers’ identity and eligibility to provide professional legal services, including through reviews of background checks, where permitted by law, to help prevent use of our services by unauthorized lawyers.?? • using device, location, user requests and lawyer’s profile, usage, and other data to prevent, detect, and combat fraud. This includes identifying fraudulent accounts or uses of our services, preventing use of our services by unauthorized drivers or delivery persons, verifying user identities in connection with certain payment methods, and preventing and combating unauthorized access to users’ requests. • sharing information regarding serious user or lawyer safety incidents or compliance with local regulations with third parties, to prevent users or lawyers who may pose a safety risk to the platform or its users or lawyers from using Bar Exam Tip of The Day’s or those other companies’ services. We may also share with third parties, including those affected by such incidents, whether the incidents result in account deactivation. Bar Exam Tip of The Day performs the above activities on the grounds that they are necessary to fulfill our obligations to users and lawyers covered under our Terms of Use or other agreements with users and lawyers, and/or for purposes of the legitimate safety and security interests of GCI or other parties, including users and members of the general public.
3. Customer support. GCI uses the information we collect (which may include call recordings) to provide customer support, including to investigate and address user concerns and to monitor and improve our customer support responses and processes. GCI performs the above activities on the grounds that they are necessary to fulfill our obligations to users under our Terms of Use or other agreements with users.
4. Research and development. We may use personal data for testing, research, analysis, product development, and machine learning to improve the user experience. This helps us make our services more convenient and easy-to-use, enhance the safety and security of our services, and develop new services and features.
GCI performs the above activities on the grounds that they are necessary to fulfil our obligations to users under our Terms of Use or other agreements with users in improving our existing services and features, or for purposes of GCI’s legitimate interests developing new services and features.
5. Enabling Bar Exam Tip information. GCI performs the above activities on the grounds that they are necessary to fulfill our obligations to users under our Terms of Use or other agreements with users.
6. Marketing. GCI may use personal data to market our services to our users. This includes sending users and lawyers communications about Bar Exam Tip of The Day services, features, promotions, sweepstakes, studies, surveys, news, updates, and events. We may do so through various methods, including email, text messages, push notifications, in app communications and ads, and ads on third party platforms. We may also inform users about products and services offered by GCI partners. For example, we may provide recommendations, promotions, or ads for GCI partners based on users’ past delivery orders. Although we inform users about products and services offered by GCI partners, we do not sell users’ personal data to, or share it with, such partners or others for purposes of their own direct marketing or advertising, except with users’ consent. We may use the data we collect, including in combination with advertising partners’ data, to personalize and improve the marketing communications (including ads) that we send on and off Bar Exam Tip of The Day’s apps and websites, including based on user and lawyer location, use of Bar Exam Tip of The Day’s services, and user preferences and settings. For example, we share user data (such as hashed email address, usage information, and device or user identifiers) with Facebook and TikTok to personalize and improve our ads for GCI’s services. We may also send users communications regarding elections, ballots, referenda, and other political and notice processes that relate to our services. For example, GCI may notfiy some users and/or lawyers by email of ballot measures or pending legislation relating to GCI’s services in those users’ areas. GCI performs the above activities on the grounds that they are necessary for purposes of GCI’s legitimate interests in informing users about GCI services and features or those offered by GCI partners, or on the basis of user consent.
7. Non-marketing communications. GCI may use personal data to generate and provide users with receipts; inform them of changes to our terms, services, or policies; or send other communications that aren’t for the purpose of marketing the services or products of GCI or its partners. GCI performs the above activities on the grounds that they are necessary to fulfill our obligations to users under our Terms of Use or other agreements with users and/or lawyers, or for purposes of GCI’s and it’s users legitimate interests in informing users about events that may have an impact on how they can use Bar Exam Tip of The Day services.
8. Legal proceedings and requirements. We may use personal data to investigate or address claims or disputes relating to use of Bar Exam Tip of The Day’s services, to satisfy requirements under applicable laws, regulations, or operating licenses or agreements, or pursuant to legal process or governmental request, including from law enforcement. GCI performs the above activities on the grounds that they are necessary for purposes of GCI’s legitimate interests in investigating and responding to claims and disputes relating to use of GCI’s services and features, and/or necessary for compliance with applicable legal requirements.
9. Automated decision-making We use personal data to make automated decisions relating to use of our services. This includes: • flagging users or lawyers who are identified as having engaged in fraud, unsafe activity, or other activities that may harm Bar Exam Tip of The Day, its users,vlawyers and others. In some cases, such as when a user or lawyer is determined to have submitted fraudulent information, such behavior may result in automatic deactivation, or in the European Union or where otherwise required by law GCI performs the above activities on the grounds that they are necessary to fulfill our obligations to users under our Terms of Use or other agreements with users, or on the grounds that they are necessary for purposes of the legitimate interests of GCI, its users, lawyers and others.
C. Cookies and third-party technologies GCI and its partners use cookies and other identification technologies on our apps, websites, emails, and online ads. Cookies are small text files that are stored on browsers or devices by websites, apps, online media, and advertisements. Bar Exam Tip of The Day uses cookies and similar technologies for purposes such as: • authenticating users and lawyers • remembering user preferences and settings • determining the popularity of content • delivering and measuring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns • analyzing site traffic and trends, and generally understanding the online behaviors and interests of people who interact with our services We may also allow others to provide audience measurement and analytics services for us, to serve advertisements on our behalf across the Internet, and to track and report on the performance of those advertisements. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, SDKs, and other technologies to identify the devices used by visitors to our websites, as well as when they visit other online sites and services.
D. Data sharing and disclosure Some of GCI’s services and features require that we share personal data with other users or lawyers or at a user or lawyer’s request. We may also share such data with our affiliates, subsidiaries, and partners, for legal reasons or in connection with claims or disputes. GCI may share personal data: 1. With the general public Questions or comments from users submitted through public forums such as GCI blogs and GCI social media pages may be viewable by the public, including any personal data included in the questions or comments submitted by a user.
2. With GCI subsidiaries and affiliates We share personal data with our subsidiaries and affiliates to help us provide our services or conduct data processing on our behalf. For example, GCI processes and stores such data in the United States on behalf of its international subsidiaries and affiliates. 5. With GCI service providers and business partners GCI may provide, at its sole discretion, personal data to vendors, consultants, marketing partners, research firms, and other service providers or business partners. These include: • payment processors and facilitators • background check and identity verification providers • cloud storage providers • Google, in connection with the use of Google Maps in Bar Exam Tip of The Day’s apps (see Google’s privacy policy for information on their collection and use of data) • social media companies, including Facebook and TikTok, in connection with Bar Exam Tip of The Day’s use of their tools in Bar Exam Tip of The Day’s apps and websites (see Facebook’s and TikTok’s privacy policies for information on their collection and use of data) • Marketing partners and marketing platform providers, including social media advertising services, advertising networks, third-party data providers, and other service providers to reach or better understand our users and measure advertising effectiveness • research partners, including those performing surveys or research projects in partnership with Bar Exam Tip of The Day or on Bar Exam Tip of The Day’s behalf • vendors that assist Bar Exam Tip of The Day to enhance the safety and security of its apps • consultants, lawyers, accountants, and other professional service providers • insurance and financing partners • airports • providers of bike and scooters that can be rented through Bar Exam Tip of The Day apps, such as Lime • restaurants, grocery stores and other merchants from whom delivery recipients place orders, as well as partners and/or their point of sale providers, including for order fulfillment, delivery, communications and marketing purposes • third-party vehicle suppliers, including fleet and rental partners 6. For legal reasons or in the event of a dispute GCI may share users’ personal data if we believe it’s required by applicable law, regulation, operating license or agreement, legal process or governmental request, or where the disclosure is otherwise appropriate due to safety or similar concerns. This includes sharing personal data with law enforcement officials, public health officials, other government authorities, airports (if required by the airport authorities as a condition of operating on airport property), or other third parties as necessary to enforce our Terms of Service, user agreements, or other policies; to protect GCI’s rights or property or the rights, safety, or property of others; or in the event of a claim or dispute relating to the use of our services. In the event of a dispute relating to use of another person’s credit card, we may be required by law to share your personal data, including trip or order information, with the owner of that credit card. This also includes sharing personal data with others in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, consolidation or restructuring, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by or into another company. 7. With consent GCI may share a user’s personal data other than as described in this notice if we notify the user and they consent to the sharing.
E. Data retention and deletion GCI retains user data in perpetuity for the purposes described above. Users may request deletion of their accounts at any time. GCI may retain user data after a deletion request due to legal or regulatory requirements or for reasons stated in this policy. Bar Exam Tip of The Day retains user data in perpetuity for the purposes described above. This means that we retain different categories of data for different periods of time depending on the type of data, the category of user to whom the data relates, and the purposes for which we collected the data.??Users may request deletion of their account at any time through the contacting GCI at info@LightningLawyer.com Following an account deletion request, GCI deletes the user or lawyer’s account and data, unless they must be retained due to legal or regulatory requirements, for purposes of safety, security, and fraud prevention, or because of an issue relating to the user’s account such as an outstanding credit or an unresolved claim or dispute. Because we are subject to legal and regulatory requirements relating to drivers and delivery persons, this generally means that we retain their account and data for a minimum of 7 years after a deletion request.
IV. Choice and transparency GCI enables users to access and/or control data that Bar Exam Tip of The Day collects, including through: • privacy settings • device permissions • in-app ratings pages • marketing choices GCI also enables users to request access to or copies of their data, changes or updates to their accounts, or deletion of their accounts, or that Bar Exam Tip of The Day restricts its processing of user personal data. 1. Privacy settings • Location data collection (riders and delivery recipients) Users and lawyers can enable/disable Bar Exam Tip of The Day to collect location data from their mobile devices through their device settings, which can be accessed via the Settings > Privacy > Location menu. • Notifications: account and trip updates Bar Exam Tip of The Day provides users with a one-time notice to attorneys per request via a user request submission. These notifications are a necessary part of using the Bar Exam Tip of The Day app and if disabled, the Bar Exam Tip of The Day app and notifications will cease to function. users and lawyers may choose the method by which they receive these notifications through the Settings > Privacy menu. • Notifications: discounts and news Users and lawyers may enable Bar Exam Tip of The Day to send push notifications about discounts and news from Bar Exam Tip of The Day. Push notifications may be enabled or disabled through the Settings > Privacy menus in the Bar Exam Tip of The Day app. 2. Device permissions Most mobile device platforms (iOS, Android, etc.) have defined certain types of device data that apps cannot access without the device owner’s permission, and these platforms have different methods for how that permission can be obtained. Please check the available settings on your device or check with your provider.
3. User personal data requests Bar Exam Tip of The Day provides users and lawyers with an email that allows users and lawyers to request that their personal data be deleted from the Bar Exam Tip of The Day server. Such requests must be made in writing to info@LightingLawyer.com. • Changing or updating data: Lawyer can edit their name, phone number, email address, description of their practice and photo associated with their account through the My Account menu in Bar Exam Tip of The Day’s • Objections, restrictions, and complaints: Users may request that we stop using all or some of their personal data, or that we limit our use of their data. This includes objecting to our use of personal data that is based on Bar Exam Tip of The Day’s legitimate interests. Bar Exam Tip of The Day may continue to process data after such objection or request to the extent required or permitted by law.??In addition, depending on their location, users may have the right to file a complaint relating to GCI’s handling of their personal data with the data protection authority in their country. For example, users in the European Union and South America may submit such requests to the data protection authorities in the country in which they live.
V. Updates to this notice We may occasionally update this notice.