Privacy Policy

I. Disclaimer

This web site (uselaws.com) is designed for general information only. The information presented should not be construed as legal advice and does not form the basis for an attorney/client relationship.

The choice of a lawyer is an important decision and should not be based solely on advertisements.

This web site is not intended to be advertising, and Schlichter Bogard LLP does not desire to represent anyone desiring representation based upon viewing this web site in a jurisdiction where this web site fails to comply with all laws and ethical rules of that jurisdiction. Materials on this web site may only be reproduced in their entirety (without modification) for the individual reader’s personal and/or educational use and must include this notice.

II. We Respect Your Privacy

We are committed to fighting for and respecting your privacy – including when you visit our website. When you visit uselaws.com, Schlichter Bogard collects limited information about you. Such information is used to contact you – in the event you’ve submitted a consultation request – and to optimize our website and ensure visitors have the best experience possible. How and when we collect and use your information is explained in detail below.

III. Collection & Use of Your Information

Information We Automatically Collect

Schlichter Bogard automatically receives and records information in our server logged from your browser when you visit our website. Such information includes your cookie information, IP address, browser type, and referral URL. If you subscribe to one of our email newsletters, we may track whether you have opened or otherwise engaged with our email.

We use this passively-collected information to analyze and improve the performance of our website and newsletters.

Information You Voluntarily Submit

Additionally, consultation and case evaluation request forms throughout our website invite you to share personally identifying information in order for us to contact you. Such forms may request, among other information, your name, email address, and telephone number. We never disclose, share, sell, or rent any of your personally identifiable information or contact information to any third party, unless approved by you or required by law.

IV. Use of Cookies

We use cookies to improve the performance of our website and collect analytic data. Website performance cookies enable us to optimize our website so that it is more easily navigable. Analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, give us important insight into how visitors to our website engage with specific pages and content, in turn informing the development of features and more relevant content.

Information provided by such analytics tools may include the number of website visitors we have at any given time, how many of those visitors are first-time or returning visitors, the content or specific websites they have visited, and how visitors interact with particular pages or content.

Such analytics tools do not provide personally identifiable information (“PII”), which includes any data that could potentially be used to identify a particular person (such as full name, social security number, driver’s license number, bank account number, passport number, or email address). We never collect such information without your specific consent.

V. Third Party Data Collection

We often link to content hosted on social media platforms as well as to other websites. Please be mindful that, when clicking on such links, third party websites and social media accounts may gather information about you as you visit their website, pages, or otherwise access their content. Articles on this site may include embedded content. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you 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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. Please see third party content hosts’ privacy policies to learn about how they collect and use your data. Schlichter Bogard has no control over third party content hosts’ data privacy practices or policies.

VI. Security Measures

Schlichter Bogard takes all reasonable measures to prevent unauthorized access to any information you may provide us. That said, it is impossible to completely eliminate security risks. Third parties may circumvent our security measures to unlawfully access private communications.

VII. Privacy Policy Updates

Occasionally, we may make changes to our our Privacy Policy, and reserve the right to do so. Such changes shall be posted to this page.

VIII. Privacy Rights Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)

Pursuant to California Civil Code section 1798.83, we are required to disclose to California clients — upon request — the identity of any third parties to whom we have disclosed personal information within the previous calendar year and the type of personal information disclosed for the third parties’ marketing purposes.

Schlichter Bogard will never disclose any personal information about you to any third parties for any marketing purpose. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please email Sheri O’Gorman (sogorman@uselaws.com).

IX. Contact

If you have any additional questions or comments about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us:

Schlichter Bogard LLP
100 South Fourth Street, Suite 900
St. Louis, Missouri 63102
Email: contact@uselaws.com