Privacy Policy

Introduction

Welcome to the Privacy Policy for wefindlawyer.com, your go-to destination for finding the best legal representation in personal injury claims. At wefindlawyer.com, we value the importance of privacy and security for our users and strive to offer an easy and resourceful lawyer referral service. This Privacy Policy describes the information we gather when a user visits the site; how we use and protect this information; what your rights are regarding any information you choose to give us; and what choices you have when using our services. Please read all of this privacy policy to get acquainted with what our practices are and how they apply to a user of We Find Lawyer For You – Lawyer Near Me.

About We Find Lawyer

wefindlawyer.com is an online directory and resource site designed to connect individuals with personal injury attorneys when they have suffered some type of injury related to an accident or negligence. We are dedicated to walking users through the process of selecting an attorney for their personal injury case related to car accidents, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, dog bites, and other injuries. By providing relevant information, news of trending legal issues, and direct matching with lawyers, we aim to educate users about processes and provide assurance that they are in good hands while not complicating the user experience during a stressful time. Our audience is comprised of consumers throughout the United States who require legal representation and seek information regarding personal injury attorneys.

Scope of This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy governs the use of wefindlawyer.com by all users, regardless of the physical location of that user, and establishes the conditions under which information that is personally or non-personally identifiable from those users is collected, used by, stored by, or shared by wefindlawyer.com. By visiting our website and/or using our website services you consent to the terms and conditions set forth in this policy. This Policy only applies to data collected by wefindlawyer.com and does not apply to any third party website, service, or legal professional who you may interact with as a result of your use of our website and services. We suggest you consult the privacy policies of those third parties.

Information We Collect

In order for us to provide services efficiently and effectively, we may use certain information from users of our sites, such as:

  • Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) – This is data that may identify you as a person. We may collect PII, including name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, or any other information you provide when you correspond with us through a search form or online contact form.
  • Case Information – We may request that you provide us with details regarding your case (if you are seeking a lawyer referral) such as the type of accident and when and where the accident took place in order to connect you with the appropriate attorney.
  • Technical/Usage Data – This is non-Personal Information that we may automatically collect, including through use of cookies, when you visit our sites or otherwise interact with us electronically: your Internet Protocol (IP) address; HTTP referrer (the website from which the user comes prior to linking to the site); type of operating system; type of browser and system language; use of any interactive widgets (applets) on the site (like word games, calculators, etc.); web pages viewed and time spent on web pages of our sites; entire Uniform Resource Locator (URL) clickstream (i.e., path) to, within, and from our sites; sheets printed from our websites or applications; and/or email received by users emailed to them.
  • Customer Service Communications – For customer service purposes, we may retain correspondence you have with us via email, telephone, and/or our online forms.

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect for various legitimate reasons, including but not limited to:

  • Providing and improving our lawyer referral services and any related informational services;
  • Matching you with lawyers and other providers of legal services that we believe may have the skills and qualifications necessary to assist you with the legal issue you seek assistance with, based on the information you provide about the issue and your geographic location;
  • Enabling communication between you and lawyers or other providers of legal services when you authorize us to initiate the communication;
  • Answering any requests, requirements or feedback received from you;
  • Sending notices, legal education materials or newsletters if you elect to receive these communications;
  • Analyzing site usage and trends to better administer the site, troubleshoot potential technical problems and monitor network security;
  • Complying with the law and protecting the rights and safety of wefindlawyer.com, other members of its community, third parties and the public.

Disclosure and Sharing of Information

At Forder Enterprises, we honor your privacy and share personal information under the following circumstances:

  • With those involved in a legal process. If you ask us to refer you to a particular lawyer or law firm, we may share the case and contact information you provided with certain lawyers or law firms for their evaluation and/or follow-up.
  • With service providers. We may share information with our trusted service providers so that they can assist us with the operation, use and purpose of our websites such as website hosting, website data analytics or email delivery. Our arrangements with these service providers are governed by contract, which requires them to keep your information secure and to use it only in accordance with our instructions.
  • To comply with the law. We may be required to disclose information when we believe that such disclosure is necessary, including to further administration of justice, applicable law, regulation, court order or governmental request.
  • To protect rights and safety. In some situations, we may disclose information to protect the rights or property of Forder Enterprises, or our customers or other third parties, and/or to prevent liability.
  • Wherever business transactions are involved. If we become involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale involving a number of various companies, your information may be exchanged as part of this type of transaction. This is subject to applicable law. You will be notified through this privacy statement about changes to ownership or the uses of your personal information.

Your Choices and Rights

You have the following rights and options regarding your personal information:

  • Access and Correction. Upon request, you may ask for a confirmation of your personal information that we hold about you and for us to correct or update any of your personal information that you designate as inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Deletion. Upon request, you may ask for us to delete your personal data, subject to legal exemptions and other business necessity requirements.
  • Opt-out. You may opt-out at any time from receiving marketing messages from us by following the unsubscribe instructions contained in our emails or contacting us directly as provided below.
  • Limiting Data Sharing. You may decline to provide certain information to us but doing so may limit your ability to use some features on our site or receive lawyer referrals.
  • California Privacy Rights. California residents may have additional rights with respect to their personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (not yet in effect), as well as the right to know about the information we collect and not to have that information sold.

Security of Your Information

This site uses reasonable physical, technical and administrative security measures to protect the personal information you provide from loss, theft, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. These physical, technical and administrative measures include:

  • Secure socket layer (SSL) encryption technology to protect the confidentiality of your information online;
  • Periodic security audits and vulnerability scanning;
  • Limiting access to your information by third parties; and
  • Storage and disposal of sensitive information in a secure manner.

We’ve taken reasonable measures to safeguard your information from loss, theft and misuse, however no method of transmission or storage is 100 percent secure. We recommend you use strong passphrases and take special care with any information that you may share digitally.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We utilize cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website to improve the user experience, analyze usage of the website and personalize content. Cookies are tiny data files generated by your web-browser and stored on your computer that allow us to recognize your device or browser. We may use both session cookies (which terminate once you close your web-browser) and persistent cookies (which remain on your computer until deleted).

You can change your browser settings to refuse cookies. Most web-browsers include a “Help” tool that contains information on how to change your browser settings, such as refusing or deleting cookies. However, if you block or delete cookies, the functionality of our website may be affected. By visiting our website or using one of our services linked to within the website, you agree to the use of such cookies.

Third-Party Links and Services

wefindlawyer.com may contain links to third-party websites, resources, or services (including those of lawyers or law firms). These third party sites and services are not governed by this Privacy Policy. Please review any third party’s policies and practices carefully, as they may differ from our policy and practices. We are not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices of any third parties linked to from wefindlawyer.com.

Children’s Privacy

We do not provide services to anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18 years of age, please do not register with us. If we learn that we collected or received personal information in the course of our services from or about a child under age 18, without verification of parental consent, then we will delete that information as required by applicable law. If you believe that we might have any personal information from or about a child under age 18, please contact us at [email protected].

International Visitors

wefindlawyer.com is published in the United States. If you are a user outside of the United States, please note that information you provide to us may be transferred to, stored and processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where we or our service providers have facilities. By using the services, you expressly consent to the transfer of information to the United States, which may have different data protection laws from your country.

Data Retention

We will only retain your PI for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Factors determining data retention periods include (but are not limited to) the length of your relationship with us, the nature and type of services you received, legal obligations (e.g. record keeping), and the necessity to resolve disputes or enforce our agreements. When we no longer need your PI, we will delete or anonymise it securely.

How We Will Protect Your Privacy in Connection with Referrals to Lawyers

We gather and share only necessary information about you and your case when you request a legal referral from us. Participating lawyers are informed of and are expected to adhere to our privacy guidelines. We do not publish online or otherwise distribute the details of your case or contact information for your privacy. If you don’t want an attorney to contact you via e-mail or phone, simply advise them directly. We do encourage you to look over any privacy policy of any attorney that approaches you through wefindlawyer.com.

How We Utilize Analytics Tools

wefindlawyer.com makes use of analytics tools, including Google Analytics, to help us understand how our users interact with our services, to enable us to improve our Sites, and to assist us with providing better services. Analytics tools may collect information about your visits to our Sites or Services, such as IP address, device specifications, operating system, and browsing activities on the Sites or Services. Aggregated and anonymized analytics data is used to help us decide how to improve or expand website features, develop new content and aid us in business decision making regarding website enhancements and user experience. Analytics data is not used by us to identify individual users of our services.

Email and Marketing Communications

We may use your email address to occasionally send you information, such as legal updates, newsletters or other promotional material regarding personal injury law and legal services or to communicate with you in regard to the services you have requested. If you choose to opt out of any marketing emails, we will provide you with the ability to opt out through a link contained in all of our emails or by sending a request via email to [email protected]. We do not exchange, sell or rent your email address to non-affiliated third parties for their own marketing purposes. We may use transactional or service-related communications to contact you as needed to service your orders or your account.

Legal Reason for Processing Personal Data

The personal information we use is based on numerous legal bases, including your consent, the performance of a contract (which in your case includes our provision of referral services when you request them), compliance with laws and the legitimate interests that we have to operate and improve our platform. If it is legally required, we will seek your explicit consent before conducting the collection or processing of specific sensitive information. You are always free to withdraw consent by contacting us at [email protected], but it might affect your abilities to use some services.

California Residents’ Rights – Notice of Right to Know and Notice of Right to Delete

Right to Know:
As a California resident, you have the right to request that we disclose to you the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected, used, disclosed and sold.

Right to Deletion:
As a California resident, you have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.

Right to Non-Discrimination:
You have the right to receive equal service and price even if you exercise your privacy rights.

To exercise your CCPA rights, please contact us at [email protected] or (872) 995-7520. We will verify your identity before responding to your request.

California Residents’ Rights – Notice of Right to Make a Data Request

Nevada law permits Nevada residents to opt-out of the sale of certain personally identifiable information. While wefindlawyer.com, LLC (“wefindlawyer.com”) does not presently sell personally identifiable information as defined by Nevada law, Nevada residents wishing to submit an opt-out request related to Nevada law may contact us at [email protected]. If and when our practices change, we will modify this policy.

Finance Varnish

If you wish to access, update, correct, delete or otherwise exercise any data rights you have in relation to your personally identifiable information that may be collected and stored pursuant to this Privacy Policy or otherwise, please email, call or otherwise contact us via (i) [email protected], (ii) phone (872) 995-7520, or (iii) 300 N LaSalle St Ste 740, Chicago IL 60654. We will respond to your request to the extent required by applicable law and in a timely manner. In order to protect the privacy and security of your data, we may verify your identity prior to fulfilling a request under this Privacy Policy.

Notice to Nevada Residents

We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our practices, applicable law or for other operational or business reasons. We will post a prominent notice on our website when we make changes materially affecting you. We will also revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. Your continued use of wefindlawyer.com following changes to this Privacy Policy will be deemed acceptance of those changes. We recommend that you check back regularly to view our most up-to-date policies and practices.

How to Exercise Rights

If you have questions, complaints or comments regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices generally, please contact us at:

  • Email: [email protected]
  • Phone: (872) 995-7520
  • Mail: 300 N LaSalle St Ste 740, Chicago IL 60654

We will endeavor to address and resolve any complaints and disputes regarding your privacy and our use and disclosure of your personal information.
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Changes to This Privacy Policy

By accessing wefindlawyer.com, Weblawyer LLC, doing business as wefindlawyer.com and its affiliates (hereafter “wefindlawyer.com”) you agree that our service can collect, use or disclose information about you in the ways described in this privacy policy. If you do not accept any of our practices and policies and do not wish that your personal information be used in them, please do not use the wefindlawyer.com website. If you use the wefindlawyer.com website after changes to this policy have been posted, your use will signify your agreement with them.

Contact Us

If you have a dispute or complaint in relation to privacy issues, please address such dispute or complaint in the first instance with us at [email protected] where we will attempt in good faith to resolve your concerns. We undertake to promptly and efficiently deal with any queries that you may have. Please note that if you are not satisfied with our response in this regard you may contact your local data protection regulator or file a complaint with your local regulatory body, if applicable.

Your Consent

wefindlawyer.com is committed to providing a web experience that is friendly to all users, and we will continue to work toward making our privacy policy and all content on our website accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you experience difficulty accessing content on wefindlawyer.com or require it in an alternate format, please contact us at [email protected]. We find all of our users are important, and take our commitments seriously to providing a friendly, inclusive and accessible user experience for all.

Dispute Resolution and Complaints Process

Some browsers provide a “Do Not Track” (DNT) feature that allows you to communicate your desired privacy preference with websites. At this time, wefindlawyer.com does not respond to DNT signals because there is no commonly agreed-upon way for websites to interpret DNT signals. However, you can control cookies and tracking preferences in your browser settings. We are committed to privacy and will continue to monitor DNT’s progress through standardization, and will adapt our practices when there is common agreement on interpretation and use of DNT signals.

Accessibility Statement

We encourage you to stay up-to-date on privacy best practices and how your information is used online. In order to further assist you with your privacy protection, the official government website and the Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection website provide specific details for privacy protection. We will remain transparent and provide information periodically concerning our privacy policy and our privacy practices. In the event that you have a specific inquiry or request for more information about how we handle data, please contact us at [email protected].

Policy Regarding Do Not Track Signals

Thank you for taking the time to read the Privacy Policy of wefindlawyer.com. Your trust is key to the goal of helping people like you get linked up to the legal help they need. wefindlawyer.com is designed to support your privacy. Our goal is to provide you with a protected, reliable, and trustworthy place for legal referrals and legal information sharing. In the unlikely event that you might need further help or other access, please connect with us at this link. We appreciate your trust in wefindlawyer.com as your choice in selecting a qualified personal injury lawyer in your area.