Privacy Policy

Updated June 12, 2018.

Who we are

Goodis Thompson & Miller ("GTM Legal")

Our website address is: https://tm2law.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

If you submit a contact form on our site the data is retained indefinitely. Data captured through the contact form on this site are name, email address and phone number. This data is solely for communication purposes with the person who submitted the form. We do not use this data for marketing purposes nor is it shared with third parties.

Cookies

To improve your experience on our site, we may use ‘cookies’. A cookie is a small data file that is served by our platform and stored on your device. These cookies help us increase the website’s effectiveness for our visitors. Our site uses cookies to track usage on our website. You may refuse the use of cookies be selecting the appropriate settings on your browser.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Plugins on this website

Gtmlegal.com is a WordPress site which uses plugins and modules to provide a better user experience. Such products used on this site do not collect any personal information from users.

Google Maps API Implementation

This website uses Google Maps API modules to make it easy for users to locate us and/or get directions using Google Maps. By using the Maps API Implementation on this website, you agree to be bound by the Google Maps/Google Earth Additional Terms of Service.

Use of Google Maps on this site does not enable Goodis Thompson & Miller or any party to gain access to information about users of the Maps API(s), including personally identifiable information (such as user names) or non-personally identifiable usage information (such as location). Using Maps API does not allow Google to identify an individual user. Google's Privacy Policy is available here.

Who we share your data with

We do not share your data with any third parties. Any information submitted through a contact form on this website is confidential and for exclusive use by Goodis Thompson & Miller for communication purposes with you.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

If you submit a form on this website, the data is retained indefinitely. All form data is sent to phurley@tm2law.com. There is no record of form data submission kept in the website dashboard. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time by sending us an email requesting for the data held by GTM Legal. This data is not shared with any third parties.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

If you have submitted a form on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Additional information

How we protect your data

Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorized access, modification or disclosure.

When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information.

Contact information

You can contact us at:
Goodis Thompson & Miller
150 Second Ave. North
Suite 1500
St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Phone: (727) 823-0540
Fax: (727) 823-0230