The Bruning Law Firm thanks you for visiting this web site. The Bruning Law Firm is committed to protecting your privacy while providing you with a positive on-line experience. The Bruning Law Firm respects your privacy, and we believe you have the right to know what information we collect, how we use it and what security measures we have taken to protect your information.
Types of Information Collected
When you visit www.bruninglegal.com, certain information may be collected. Among the types of information that may be collected are:
- Names
- Email addresses
- Phone numbers
- Mailing addresses
- Domain names of visitors to our site
- “Navigational information” regarding the traffic patterns of our site, including the number of visits to a particular page and user-specific information on which pages a guest visits, average length of time spent on the site and similar site usage data; and
- Any information that you may choose to submit in connection with any website forms, e-mail messages, on-site surveys, registry programs, contests and the like.
The Bruning Law Firm uses this information to help us develop and improve our site to better meet your needs. We may use your name or e-mail address to contact you or respond to your inquiries. We also use this information to help us diagnose technical issues relating to the performance of our website.
How Information is Collected
We may collect the categories of personal information described above from the following sources:
- Personal Information You Provide Us. We collect the personal information that you provide to us while using our Platform, including contacting us, creating an account, or otherwise.
- Personal Information Collected Automatically. We and our third party providers may use cookies and other technologies to collect personal information about you automatically when you use our Platform. Such information includes the online identifiers, device information, and online activity information described above.
To facilitate the automatic collection described above, we may use the following technologies:- Cookies. A cookie is a small piece of data stored by your web browser on your computer or mobile device. We use cookies to collect information from you regarding your usage of the Platform in order to remember user preferences and settings, personalize your experience with the Platform, facilitate online advertising, and for security purposes. You may opt-out of the automatic collection of some information by referring to your web browser or mobile device options or settings menu. However, doing so may disable many of the portions, features, or functionality of the Platform. Each browser is different, so check the “Help” menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences or visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org for more information.
- Pixels. Pixels, which are also known as “web beacons,” or “clear GIFs,” are typically used to determine whether a webpage or email was accessed or opened, or that certain content was viewed or clicked. Data collected from pixels is often used to compile statistics about usage of websites and the success of email marketing campaigns.
- SDKs. Software development kits, or “SDKs,” are third-party computer codes used in connection with the App for a variety purposes, including to provide analytics regarding the use of the App, integrate with social media, add features or functionality to the App, or facilitate online advertising. SDKs may enable third parties to collect information directly via the App.
- Session Replay Technologies. Session-replay technologies are third-party software used to record a video replay of users’ interactions with the Site. The video replay may include users’ clicks, mouse movements, scrolls, mobile app touches, typing, and other activity taken during the session. We use these replays for research and development purposes, such as to help us troubleshoot problems with the Site, understand how users interact with and use the Site, and identify areas for improvement.
- Local storage. Local storage is used to save data on a visitor’s device. We use data from local storage to turn on web navigation, store multimedia preferences, customize what we show you based on your past interactions with our services, remember your preferences, and measure ad effectiveness.
- Personal Information Collected from Third Parties. We may also collect or receive personal information from third parties, which may include:
- Our business partners, such as third-party data providers, advertising partners, and service providers.
- Public sources, such as social media platforms and publicly available records.
- Individuals or entities involved in our clients’ legal matters, such as doctors, other parties, and other individuals that you may direct to provide us with information.
- Referral sources, such as members of our referral network, website submissions, and other referral sources.
- Personal Information Collected from Third Parties. We may also collect or receive personal information from third parties, which may include:
- Our business partners, such as third-party data providers, advertising partners, and service providers.
- Public sources, such as social media platforms and publicly available records.
- Individuals or entities involved in our clients’ legal matters, such as doctors, other parties, and other individuals that you may direct to provide us with information.
- Referral sources, such as members of our referral network, website submissions, and other referral sources.
Purpose of Data Collection
We collect and use your information to:
- Provide mobile text alerts (with your consent)
- For Direct Marketing. We may use your personal information to send you newsletters, legal updates, event information, marketing communications, and other information that may interest you. You may opt-out of our marketing communications as described in the “Your Choices” section below.
- For Research and Development. We use personal information for research and development purposes and to understand how people are using the Platform, including by generating and analyzing statistics, preferences, and usage trends, to make our Platform and other offerings better, diagnose technical issues, and develop new features and functionality. As part of these activities, we may create aggregated, de-identified or other anonymous data from personal information we collect. We make personal information into anonymous data by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We may use this anonymous data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes, including to analyze and improve the Platform and promote our business.
- For Compliance, Fraud Prevention and Safety.
- to enforce our Terms of Use and other agreements we may have;
- to comply with applicable laws, regulations, lawful requests, and legal processes;
- to protect our, your, or others’ rights, privacy, safety, or property (including by making and defending legal claims);
- to maintain the security and integrity of our business, the Platform, users, our third party business partners and service providers, our databases and other technology assets;
- audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements and internal policies; and
- prevent, identify, investigate and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft.
- For Interest-Based Advertising. We, our service providers, and our third party advertising partners may collect and use your personal information for advertising purposes. We may contract with third-party advertising companies and social media companies to help us advertise our services, identify potential customers, and display ads on our Platform and other sites and services, including through the use of interest-based advertising. These companies may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about you (including the device information and online activity information described above) over time across our Platform and other sites and services or your interaction with our emails, and use that information to serve ads that they think will interest you and/or use hashed customer lists that we share with them to deliver ads to you and to similar users on their sites and services. You can learn more about your choices for limiting interest-based advertising, under “Advertising Choices” in the “Your Choices” section below.
Data Security Measures
To protect your personal information, we:
- Store collected information in private files behind a firewall
- Do not store personal information on our server
- Implement security measures to prevent unauthorized access
- Regularly review and update our security practices
Data Sharing
The Bruning Law Firm does not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise provide your personal information to any outside parties, except as required by law or with your explicit consent.
In addition to the specific situations discussed elsewhere in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise described at the time of collection, we may disclose personal information with the following categories of recipients:
- Service Providers. The Bruning Law Firm may share your personal information with third-party service providers that perform services for us or on our behalf, such as web-hosting companies, mailing vendors, analytics providers, event hosting services, and information technology providers. These third-party service providers have limited access to personal information as needed to perform their functions on our behalf and for no other purpose. The Bruning Law Firm will not share with third-party service providers any text message originator opt-in data and consent, or any election to receive SMS communications.
- Other Law Firms or Lawyers. The Bruning Law Firm may share, at your direction or with your permission, your personal information with other law firms and/or other lawyers where we jointly represent a client and when we refer cases or potential cases to other counsel, or as otherwise required in connection with our legal representation of you. Personal information provided pursuant to an attorney/client relationship may not be shared with third parties except as is done with such precautions to preserve the confidentiality of such information and any attorney/client privilege as may attach to such information.
- Authorities, Law Enforcement, and Private Parties. The Bruning Law Firm may disclose personal information to comply with laws, regulations or other legal obligations, to assist in an investigation, to protect and defend our rights and property, or the rights or safety of third parties, to enforce our agreements, Terms of Use or agreements with third parties, or for crime-prevention purposes.
- Advertising Partners. We may share your personal information with third party advertising or joint marketing partners for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy (including interest-based advertising) or at the time of collection.
- Professional Advisors. We may disclose your personal information to our professional advisors, such as lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.
- Affiliates and Related Companies. We may share your personal information with companies that are affiliated with us (that is, that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with us) or may be affiliated with us in the future for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
- Consent. The Bruning Law Firm may otherwise disclose your Personal Information in accordance with your prior direction or, in some cases, we may specifically ask you for your consent, such as when required by law.
User Rights
You have the right to:
- Access your personal information
- Request updates or corrections to your data
- Ask for the deletion of your personal information
- Opt-out of communications
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the "Contact Information" section.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy or your personal information, please contact us at:
Email: marketing@bruninglegal.com
Phone: 314-735-8100
Mail: 555 Washington Ave Ste 600A, St. Louis, MO 63101
SMS Consent and Privacy
Texting Privacy Policy
As per the “Terms of Use” of the bruninglegal.com website, by providing your mobile
number, you consent to receive mobile text alerts. You may receive recurring bruninglegal.com text messages. You understand that receiving a text message is not a requirement for participation in this program. By signing up, you are confirming you are
over the age of 13. We will send mobile text messages using automated technology. Standard
message and data rates may apply. You may cancel at any time by texting STOP.
By providing your mobile number, you consent to receive mobile text alerts from The Bruning Law Firm. Important notes:
- Receiving text messages is not required for participation in our services
- We use automated technology to send text messages
- Standard message and data rates may apply
- You can cancel at any time by texting STOP
- Phone numbers collected for SMS purposes will not be shared with third parties
Updates to this Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Please review it periodically for any changes. Your continued use of our website or services after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
