GTTF Investigation Privacy Policy
Effective Date March 3, 2020
This privacy policy serves to notify you of the current privacy practices associated with the Gun Trace Task Force (“GTTF”) Investigation which is being conducted by Steptoe & Johnson LLP (“us,” “we,” “our”) on behalf of the Baltimore Police Department. We take our obligation to keep any information you provide to us safe and secure very seriously. This privacy policy covers our treatment of personal information collected by us through this website, email at info@gttfinvestation.org.
Personal Information We Collect
Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable that can be used to identify or contact you. We also consider information regarding your comments or opinions about the investigation to be personal information. We may collect the following types of personal information: your name, your email address, your zip code, your affiliation, and comments and opinions you may have regarding the investigation.
How Personal Information is Collected
We collect your personal information when you fill out and submit our online contact form, when you call us at email us at info@gttfinvestation.org.
How We Use Your Personal Information
We use or may use your personal information to conduct our investigation and may include some of the information collected, specifically pertinent information you have provided about the investigation, in our investigation report. If we do use information you provide us in our investigation report, we will not attribute the information to its source.
Use of Cookies and Electronic Tracking
Cookies are information files sent by a website to a web browser visiting the website. A cookie contains information stored or downloaded on a browser which tracks a browser's behavior on the website and potentially across other websites.
Our website uses first party functional cookies and first party analytics cookies. The functional cookies are required for use of our website and cannot be deleted. However, if you wish to delete the analytics cookies, please visit your browser settings and adjust your preferences.
Third Parties and Links
Our website may include links to other websites. We do not control the privacy policies or terms of use of the destination websites. Your use of these third party websites, including the use of personal information on these websites, are governed by their respective privacy policies and terms of use, which may differ from ours. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of third party websites.
Protecting Your Personal Information
We value your trust and handle information about you with care. It is our policy to restrict access to personal information about you. To protect your personal information, we maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to avoid unauthorized disclosure.
Retention of Personal Information
We keep personal information obtained during the course of our investigation for a period of time that is consistent with our professional responsibilities and that is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which the data was collected and to protect and defend ourselves against legal claims.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy may change occasionally, and we will endeavor to inform you of major changes to this policy. You may always review our current privacy policy on our website at info@gttfinvestation.org.
Questions and Suggestions
If you have any questions about our privacy practices or if you feel that we have not handled information about you properly, please contact us at info@gttfinvestation.org so that we may address your inquiry or issue.