Privacy Policy
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Ropes Wealth Advisors collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting non-personally-identifying information is to better understand how our visitors use our website. From time to time, Ropes Wealth Advisors may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of our website.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Ropes Wealth Advisors’ website choose to interact with the website in ways that require us to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that we gather depends on the nature of the interaction. In each case, Ropes Wealth Advisors collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with us. Ropes Wealth Advisors does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. Visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
Ropes Wealth Advisors may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Ropes Wealth Advisors may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, we do not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Ropes Wealth Advisors discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Ropes Wealth Advisors’ behalf or to provide services available at Ropes Wealth Advisors' website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Ropes Wealth Advisors’ website, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Ropes Wealth Advisors will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Ropes Wealth Advisors also reserves the right to disclose such information to another law firm in the event of a merger or other combination with such firm. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Ropes Wealth Advisors discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when Ropes Wealth Advisors believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Ropes Wealth Advisors, third parties, or the public at large. Ropes Wealth Advisors uses reasonable measures to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Transfers of information across borders
Any information that you provide to us through the use of this website may be stored and processed in, and transferred between, any of the countries in which Ropes Wealth Advisors and its agents, contractors and affiliated organizations have offices, in order to enable Ropes Wealth Advisors to use that information as set out in this Privacy Policy. For visitors to Ropes Wealth Advisors’ website who are based in the European Economic Area (the “EEA”), you should be aware that information which you provide to Ropes Wealth Advisors may be transferred to countries (including the United States) which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the EEA.
How We Use E-mail
When you provide your e-mail address to Ropes Wealth Advisors, we may periodically send you relevant alerts and newsletters by e-mail. To help us make e-mails more useful and interesting, we often receive a confirmation when you open an e-mail from Ropes Wealth Advisors or click on a link included in one of these emails, if your computer supports such capabilities. Instructions on how to unsubscribe are included in each e-mail.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information, including a unique reference code, that a website stores on a visitor’s computer when visiting a website and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. A number of cookies we use will last only for the duration of your web session and expire when you close your browser. Other cookies last longer and are used to recognize your computer when you return to the site.
Ropes Wealth Advisors uses cookies to help us deliver a consistent and smooth browsing experience to visitors, to record website access preferences and to recognize visitors and collect statistical information about how visitors use the website (such as the pages they visit and from which website they arrived). We use this information to update and improve the website and enhance the browsing experience.
By proceeding through Ropes Wealth Advisors' website, you understand and agree to our use of cookies as described in our Cookies Policy. The policy also explains how Ropes Wealth Advisors' visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers can manage their choices. Please note that the drawback to restricting cookies is that certain features of Ropes Wealth Advisors’ website may not function properly and you may not be able to take full advantage of the site.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Ropes Wealth Advisors may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at Ropes Wealth Advisors' sole discretion. Ropes Wealth Advisors encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.