First To File, Inc. Privacy Policy
First To File, Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy. We have prepared this Privacy Policy to describe our practices regarding the Personal Data (as defined below) we collect on our website at www.firsttofile.com (the “Site”), from visitors and customers of the First To File service (the “Service”).
1. User Consent. By submitting Personal Data through the Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and you expressly consent to the processing of your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
2. A Note to Users Outside of the United States. Your Personal Data may be processed in the country in which it was collected and in other countries, including the United States, where laws regarding processing of Personal Data may be less stringent than the laws in your country. We adhere to the United States / European Union Data Protection Safe Harbor Arrangement, which can be located at http://www.export.gov/safeharbor.
3. Types of Data We Collect. First To File collects Personal Data and Anonymous Data from you when you visit the Site, when you send us information or communications, and/or when you subscribe to the Service. “Personal Data” means data that allows someone to identify or contact you, including, for example, your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, as well as any other non-public information about you that is associated with or linked to any of the foregoing data. “Anonymous Data” means data that is not associated with or linked to your Personal Data; Anonymous Data does not permit the identification of individual persons. We collect Personal Data and Anonymous Data, as described below.
3.1 Personal Data You Provide to Us. We collect Personal Data from you, such as first and last name, e-mail and mailing addresses, phone number, company name, and password when you inquire about or register for an account to the Service. If you provide us feedback or contact us via e-mail, e.g., in response to an employment opportunity posted on our website, we may collect your name and e-mail address, as well as any other content included in the e-mail, in order to send you a reply.
3.2 Personal Data Collected via Technology. To make the Site, and Service more useful to you, our servers (which may be hosted by a third party service provider) collect Personal Data from you, including browser type, Internet Protocol (IP) address (a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet, which may vary from session to session), domain name, and/or a date/time stamp for your visit. We also use Cookies (as defined below) and navigational data like Uniform Resource Locators (URL) to gather information regarding the date and time of your visit and the solutions and information for which you searched and which you viewed. Like most Internet services, we automatically gather this Personal Data and store it in log files each time you visit the Site or access your account on our network. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive while you are viewing a web site. We may use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent Cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on the Site. Persistent Cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help file directions. If you choose to disable Cookies, some areas of our website may not work properly.
4. Use of Your Data
4.1 General Use. In general, Personal Data you submit to us is used either to respond to information requests, or to aid us in serving you better. First To File uses your Personal Data in the following ways: to facilitate the creation of and secure your account on the Service; identify you as a user in our system; provide improved administration of the Service; improve the quality of experience when you interact with the Service; send you administrative e-mail notifications, such as security or support and maintenance advisories; respond to your inquiries related to Service information, employment opportunities or other requests; and to make telephone calls to you, from time to time, as a part of our support and maintenance services.
4.2 Creation of Anonymous Data. We may create Anonymous Data records from Personal Data by excluding information (such as your name) that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We use this Anonymous Data to analyze request and usage patterns so that we may enhance the content of our Products and services and improve site navigation. First To File reserves the right to use and disclose Anonymous Data to third party companies at its discretion.
4.3 Feedback. If you provide feedback on any of the Service, we may use such feedback for any purpose, provided we will not associate such feedback with your Personal Data. First To File will collect any information contained in such communication and will treat the Personal Data in such communication in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
5. Disclosure of Your Personal Data
5.1 Affiliates. Although we currently do not have a parent company, any subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under a common control (collectively, “Affiliates”), we may have one or more Affiliates in the future. We may share some or all of your Personal Data with these Affiliates, in which case we will require our Affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. If another company acquires our company or our assets, that company will possess the Personal Data collected by it and us and will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Policy.
5.2 Other Disclosures. Regardless of any choices you make regarding your Personal Data (as described below), First To File may disclose Personal Data if it believes in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to (a) comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on First To File; or (b) protect or defend the rights or property of First to File or users of the Products or related services.
6. Third Parties
6.1 Links to Third Party Websites
(a) Our provision of a link to any other website or location, such as links to third party websites contained in your dashboard, is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such other website or location or its contents. When you click on such a link, you will leave our website and go to another website. During this process, another entity may collect Personal Data or Anonymous Data from you.
(b) We have no control over, do not review, and cannot be responsible for, these outside websites or their content. Please be aware that the terms of this Privacy Policy do not apply to these outside websites or content, or to any collection of data after you click on links to such outside websites.
6.2 Disclosure to Third Party Service Providers. Except as otherwise stated in this policy, we do not generally share the Personal Data collected from our services with other entities. However, we may share your Personal Data with third party contractors or service providers to provide you with the products or services that we offer you through the Site. These third party contractors or service providers are required not to use your Personal Data other than to provide the products or services requested by us. You expressly consent to the sharing of your Personal Data with our contractors and other service providers for the sole purpose of providing products or services to you.
7. Your Choices Regarding Your Personal Data
7.1 Promotional Communications. We offer you choices regarding the collection, use, and sharing of your Personal Data for promotional purposes. We will periodically send you communications that are promotional in nature. When you receive such communications from us, you may indicate a preference to stop receiving further communications from us and you will have the opportunity to “opt-out” by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the e-mail you receive or by contacting us directly (please see contact information below). Should you decide to opt-out of receiving future mailings, we may share your e-mail address with third parties to ensure that you do not receive further communications from third parties.
7.2 Service-Related Announcements. In the course of providing the Service to you, we may send you Service-related announcements (such as, but not limited to, administrative e-mail notifications, security or maintenance and support advisories, and notice that we have changed the Service or the Privacy Policy) when we believe it is necessary to do so. You may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature.
7.3 Changes to Personal Data. You may change any of your Personal Data in your account by editing your profile within the Service or by contacting us at the e-mail address, postal mailing address, or telephone number set forth below. You may request deletion of your Personal Data by us, but please note that we may be required (by law or otherwise) to keep this information and not delete it (or to keep this information for a certain time, in which case we will comply with your deletion request only after we have fulfilled such requirements). When we delete any information, it will be deleted from the active database, but may remain in our archives. We will not have any liability whatsoever to you for any termination of your account or related deletion of your information.
8. Security of Your Personal Data. First To File is committed to protecting the security of your Personal Data. We use a variety of industry-standard security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personal Data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, such as policies restricting access to data to authorized personnel, mechanisms to protect data from interception during transmission, physical safeguards to protect data stored in electronic or hard copy form, and reviews and audits of our security and operational procedures. We also require you to enter a password to access your account information. Please do not disclose your account password to unauthorized people. Repeated attempts to access your account information with the incorrect password may result in your account being locked out. If your account has been locked out, please contact us at the telephone number listed below to verify your identity and re-enable your account. Despite these measures, you should know that First to File cannot fully eliminate security risks associated with Personal Data and mistakes may happen.
9. Contact Information. First To File welcomes your comments or questions regarding this Privacy Policy. Please e-mail us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or contact us at the following address:
First To File, Inc.
Attn: Privacy
1875 South Grant Street, Suite 960
San Mateo, CA 94402
10. Dispute Resolution. If you believe that First To File has not adhered to this Statement, please contact First To File by e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . We will do our best to address your concerns. If you feel that your complaint has been addressed incompletely, we invite you to let us know for further investigation. If you and First to File are unable to reach a resolution to the dispute, you and First To File will settle the dispute exclusively under the rules of the American Arbitration Association (www.adr.org).
11. A Note About Children. The Site and Service are not intended for use by visitors who are under the age of 13. We do not intentionally gather Personal Data about visitors who are under the age of 13.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is subject to occasional revision, and if we make any substantial changes in the way we use your Personal Data, we will notify you by sending you an e-mail to the last e-mail address you provided to us and/or by prominently posting notice of the changes on our website. Any material changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon the earlier of thirty (30) calendar days following our dispatch of an e-mail notice to you or thirty (30) calendar days following our posting of notice of the changes on our site. These changes will be effective immediately for new users of our website, Products or related services. Please note that at all times you are responsible for updating your Personal Data to provide us with your most current e-mail address. In the event that the last e-mail address that you have provided us is not valid, or for any reason is not capable of delivering to you the notice described above, our dispatch of the e-mail containing such notice will nonetheless constitute effective notice of the changes described in the notice. In any event, changes to this Privacy Policy may affect our use of Personal Data that you provided us prior to our notification to you of the changes. If you do not wish to permit changes in our use of your Personal Data, you must notify us prior to the effective date of the changes that you wish to deactivate your account with us. Continued use of our website, Products, or related services, following notice of such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.
This Privacy Policy was last revised on April 26, 2010.
