Privacy Policy This web site is owned and operated by William Francis, P.C., an Oregon corporation (“The Law Office”). The Law Office maintains a strict policy regarding the privacy of any person who may access this site. Any information The Law Office obtains through the operation of this site regarding the names, aliases and IP addresses of persons who access this site is never offered or sold to others. Except as described below, and in situations where contact to this site is initiated voluntarily by email, no internet technology is used to collect information about any person connecting to this site. The Law Office does not deploy cookies to recognize persons who access this site. There are no third-party advertisers or advertising servers employed to display ads on this site. The Law Office has not given permission to any third-party to place a cookie on your computer through this site or otherwise track your contact to this site. The Law Office logs IP addresses, or the locations of computers on the internet, but this information is used only for the purpose of system administration and troubleshooting. The Law Office tracks usage statistics, the number of hits, volume of usage, universal resource locators, entry pages, exit pages, host sites, referrers, search strings, user agents and volume of usage by country. The Law Office collects this information only for the purpose of configuring this site to be more responsive to the needs of its users and potential users. The Law Office may perform statistical analyses of aggregate user behavior in order to measure interest in the various pages published on this site. In no event does The Law Office use any of this information to track your session or your behavior when you are connected to this site. To prevent unauthorized access to this information, maintain data accuracy and ensure the appropriate use of information, appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures are installed to protect the information we collect online. The Law Office may disclose personal information if required by law to do so, subject to the Code of Professional Responsibility of the Oregon State Bar. Personal information may also be disclosed if The Law Office in good faith believes that such action is necessary to: (1) comply with the law or with legal process, (2) protect and defend our rights and property, (3) protect against misuse or unauthorized use of this web site or (4) protect the personal safety or property of the users of this web site or the public. These web pages include email links by which persons who access this site may contact The Law Office directly with questions or comments. The Law Office generally responds promptly to such questions or comments by return email. ALL PERSONS CONTACTING THIS SITE BY EMAIL ARE CAUTIONED THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE LAW OFFICE BY EMAIL DOES NOT, IN ITSELF, CREATE AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. THE INFORMATION PUBLISHED ON THIS SITE IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE AND IS NOT TO BE RELIED UPON AS LEGAL ADVICE. THE IDENTITIES OF PERSONS CONTACTING THIS SITE REQUESTING LEGAL ADVICE, AND ANY INFORMATION TRANSMITTED TO THIS SITE BY EMAIL FROM PERSONS CONTACTING THIS SITE FOR LEGAL ADVICE, WILL NOT BE DISCLOSED TO THIRD PARTIES, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW OR AS REGULATED BY THE CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OREGON STATE BAR. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER STATEMENT SET FORTH IN THIS POLICY, PARTIES WITH INTERESTS THAT ARE ADVERSE, EITHER TO THE INTERESTS OF THE LAW OFFICE OR TO THE INTERESTS OF ANY CLIENT OF THE LAW OFFICE, ARE EXPLICITLY NOTIFIED THAT NO PROMISE IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, NOR ANY DUTY CREATED, BY CONTACT WITH THE LAW OFFICE THROUGH THIS WEB SITE OR BY EMAIL, AND NO REPRESENTATION, ASSURANCE OR PROMISE IS STATED OR IMPLIED REGARDING THE PRIVILEGE, CONFIDENTIALITY OR USE OF ANY INFORMATION RECEIVED IN THIS MANNER. The Law Office reserves the right to revise or update this privacy statement at any time, without notice. The most current version of this statement can be reviewed by clicking on the “Privacy Policy” hypertext links located on our web pages.