Keeping customer information private is a priority for Arkad Associates, as Independent LegalShield Associate, its subsidiaries, and affiliates. To enable us to provide our membership plans, we need to collect certain personal information from you. It is sometimes necessary to share that personal information with others to provide our services to you. However, we want to emphasize that we are committed to maintaining the privacy of this information in accordance with the law. All individuals with access to personal information about our customers are required to follow this policy. This privacy notice informs you of what personal information we collect about you and how we treat that information. Its purpose is to answer questions you may have regarding our treatment of your personal information and reassures you of our dedication to keeping your personal information secure.

We restrict access to non-public personal information to those persons who need such information to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to protect your non-public personal information. We keep information for as long as is necessary for our business purposes and will dispose of all information in appropriate ways according to law and our company practices. 

Changes to Privacy Policy 

Arkad Associates, as Independent LegalShield Associate, reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to revise, change or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any material changes to the Privacy Policy will be incorporated on this page. Notice of changes may be given in any manner we choose in compliance with the law such as, but not limited to, posting a notice of changes on our websites. We encourage you to review this page periodically for the most recent version of the Privacy Policy. The effective date of this Privacy Policy is February 12th, 2022. This Privacy Policy was last modified on February 12th, 2022. 

Information We Share

We restrict access to non-public personal information to those persons who need such information to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to protect your non-public personal information. We keep information for as long as is necessary for our business purposes and will dispose of all information in appropriate ways according to law and our company practices. 

When information is shared with companies that perform services on our behalf, we protect against the subsequent discloser of that information with a confidentiality agreement and/or other protective measures.

In no event do we disclose your personal information to companies that will use that information to contact you about their own products or services...

Use of Cookies 

Arkad Associates, as Independent LegalShield Associate, may use data collected from our website, including history data or cookies, in accordance with the Privacy Policy. Most of the cookies are functionality cookies that are used to recognize repeat visitors to the website. Analytics cookies are used to monitor how visitors use our website to give us an understanding of what content visitors are viewing and where they spend time accessing it. Our website does not acknowledge Do Not Track settings. Third parties may also use cookies. 

California Consumer Privacy Act 

Consumers in California may have certain privacy rights, including the right to request to know what personal information Arkad Associates, as Independent LegalShield Associate, has collected about them, the deletion of such information, and how Arkad Associates has used or otherwise shared such information over the past years. California consumers can make a request by contacting the email address or phone number listed below. Arkad Associates will respond within 45 days of receiving a verified consumer request. Arkad Associates, as Independent LegalShield Associate, will not respond to requests if it cannot verify or otherwise confirm the identity of the person making the request. Arkad Associates collects various types of personal information, as explained elsewhere in this policy, for the purpose of facilitating the services purchased by members. Categories of information collected include, but are not limited to, personally identifiable information, such as names, addresses, and social security numbers; commercial and financial information; and legal information. Arkad Associates does not sell any of this personal information to advertisers or third parties. However, Arkad Associates does share personal information with certain affiliates, including provider law firms, identify theft monitors, and licensed investigators, in circumstances when sharing is needed to fulfill the services purchased by members. In these situations, such personal data is exempt from deletion requests due to the necessity of the information to provide services.