LegalEdge Innovators, Inc.
Version 1.0 — Effective January 1, 2025
LegalEdge Innovators, Inc. ("LegalEdge," "we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website at legaledgeinnovators.com (the "Site") and use our legal technology platform and related services (collectively, the "Services").
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using our Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services.
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Services:
Contact Data: Name, email address, mailing address, phone number, and other contact information you provide when you register for an account, contact us, or otherwise interact with our Services.
Account Data: Username, password, account preferences, and other information related to your account.
Financial Data: Payment card information, billing address, and other financial information necessary to process payments for our Services. We use third-party payment processors and do not store complete payment card information on our systems.
Professional Data: Information about your law firm, legal practice, bar admissions, and professional credentials.
Legal Data: Case details, client information, legal matter information, and other data you input into our platform for the purpose of legal document construction and legal plan generation. This may include sensitive information depending on the nature of your legal matters.
Communication Data: Records of your communications with us, including emails, chat logs, and customer support interactions.
Device Data: Information about your device, including IP address, browser type, operating system, device identifiers, and mobile network information.
Usage Data: Information about your use of our Services, including pages visited, features used, time spent on pages, clickstream data, and other usage patterns.
Location Data: General location information inferred from your IP address. We do not collect precise geolocation data without your consent.
Cookie Data: Information collected through cookies, pixel tags, and similar technologies. See our Cookie Policy for more information.
We may receive information about you from third parties, including:
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
To Provide Our Services: To operate, maintain, and improve our platform; to generate legal plans and assist with document construction; to process transactions; and to provide customer support.
To Communicate with You: To send you information about your account, respond to your inquiries, provide customer support, and send you marketing communications (with your consent where required).
To Improve Our Services: To understand how our Services are used, to develop new products and features, to conduct research and analysis, and to personalize your experience.
For Security and Fraud Prevention: To detect, investigate, and prevent security incidents, fraud, and other illegal or unauthorized activities; to protect the rights and property of LegalEdge and others.
For Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and enforceable governmental requests.
For Analytics and Advertising: To measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns, to deliver targeted advertising, and to understand our user base.
We may share your information in the following circumstances:
With Service Providers: We share information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, payment processing, analytics, email delivery, and customer support. These providers are contractually obligated to protect your information.
With Business Partners: We may share information with business partners who offer products or services that may be of interest to you.
For Legal Purposes: We may disclose information if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., court orders, subpoenas, or government agencies).
In Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of business assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties when you have given us your consent to do so.
Aggregated or De-Identified Data: We may share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.
We use analytics services provided by third parties (such as Google Analytics) to help us understand how users interact with our Services. These services may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your use of our Services and other websites.
We may also work with third-party advertising partners to display advertisements on other websites and services. These partners may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites to provide you with more relevant advertisements.
You can opt out of interest-based advertising through the Digital Advertising Alliance at optout.aboutads.info or the Network Advertising Initiative at optout.networkadvertising.org.
We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals. When we detect a GPC signal from your browser, we will treat it as a valid opt-out request for the sale or sharing of your personal information under applicable law.
When our customers (attorneys and legal professionals) use our Services to process information about their clients or legal matters, we act as a service provider or processor on their behalf. In these cases, our customer is the controller of that data and is responsible for ensuring that they have the appropriate legal basis for processing.
If you are an individual whose information has been processed through our platform by one of our customers, please contact that customer directly regarding any questions about the processing of your data.
Our Services may contain links to third-party websites or integrate with third-party services. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties, and we encourage you to review their privacy policies.
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:
Access: You may request access to the personal information we hold about you.
Correction: You may request that we correct inaccurate personal information.
Deletion: You may request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
Opt-Out of Marketing: You may opt out of receiving marketing communications from us by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in our emails or by contacting us.
Cookie Preferences: You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent banner or your browser settings.
To exercise your rights, please contact us at privacy@legaledgeinnovators.com.
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. The retention period may vary depending on the context of the processing and our legal obligations.
When determining the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the data; the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure; the purposes for which we process the data; and applicable legal requirements.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include encryption, access controls, and regular security assessments.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers are located. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country.
When we transfer personal information outside of your country, we take appropriate safeguards to ensure that your information is protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, or United Kingdom (UK), you have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or equivalent laws, including the right to access, correct, delete, or port your data, and the right to object to or restrict certain processing.
The legal bases we rely on for processing your personal information include: your consent; the performance of a contract with you; our legitimate business interests; and compliance with legal obligations.
To exercise your rights or to lodge a complaint, please contact us at privacy@legaledgeinnovators.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.
If you are a California resident, please see our California Privacy Notice for additional information about your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).
Our Services are not intended for children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 18, we will take steps to delete such information promptly.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. If we make material changes, we will notify you by posting the updated policy on our website and updating the effective date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:
LegalEdge Innovators, Inc.
1165 North Clark Street, Suite 700
Chicago, IL 60610
Email: privacy@legaledgeinnovators.com
Phone: (312) 555-0100
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