PRIVACY NOTICE

Privacy Statement

Your privacy is important to Bidlaw and we go to great lengths to protect it. This Privacy Statement applies to the online collection of personal information via applications operated by Bidlaw and its affiliates. This Statement does not apply to information collected in any other way, including offline. This application may contain links to sites and services maintained by others. This Privacy Statement does not reflect the privacy practices of those sites or services.

Highlights

What personal information is collected and how is that information used?

- We collect information about our users in these ways: directly from the user (for example, when registering an account, or requesting a bid), from our web server logs, and through cookies and similar technologies.

- We use the information primarily to provide you with a personalized Internet and mobile experience that delivers the information, resources, and services that are most relevant and helpful to you.

- We do not share with others any of the information you provide, unless we say so in this Privacy Statement, or when we believe in good faith that the law requires it.

How is my personal information protected?

- We have implemented certain appropriate security measures to help protect your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.

- We store the information about you in a data center with restricted access and appropriate monitoring.

- We use intrusion detection and virus protection software.

- Despite these measures, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will always be unable to defeat our security measures.

Who has access to the personal information?

- We will not sell, rent, or lease mailing lists or other customer data to others, and we will not make your personal information available to any unaffiliated parties, except our Attorney users who are bidding on a case, or as otherwise described in this Privacy Statement.

- We rely on some of our affiliates, such as credit card companies, for support of the services we offer; our affiliates are all required to preserve the confidentiality of any personal information they may access.

- We will not disclose any personal information to unaffiliated third parties except as necessary to enforce the terms of use; to meet our obligations to content and technology providers; to share information, which you submitted through the application and consented to us sharing, with our Attorney users for bidding or our Client users for advertising purposes; or as required by law.

How are cookies and similar technologies used?

- In order to offer and provide a customized and personal service and to display relevant content services and advertising, we may use cookies, clear gifs (web beacons), ad tags and similar technologies to store and help track information about you.

- Cookies are simply small pieces of data that are sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive.

- We do not share your personal information (information that could identify you personally) with any third-party analytics provider, advertiser, ad server or ad network.

How may I correct, amend, or delete my personal information, or update my preferences?

- You may cancel your registration or update your preferences at any time.

- If you do not want to receive information about our services, please update your account preferences (where available), check the appropriate box when registering and/or utilize the “unsubscribe” mechanism within the communications that you receive from us.

- If you have any additional questions or concerns related to this statement and/or our practices, email us.

Full Privacy Statement

What personal information does Bidlaw collect and how do we use it?

We collect information about our users in these ways: directly from the user, from our web server logs, and through cookies and similar technologies. We use the information primarily to provide you with a personalized application experience that delivers the information, resources, and services that are most relevant and helpful to you. We don’t share any of the information you provide with others, unless we say so in this Privacy Statement, or when we believe in good faith that the law requires it.

User-Supplied Information

When you register for our services via our application, we ask you to provide some personal information, for example, your name, address, phone number, email address, and/or certain additional categories of information resulting from use of our services. We keep this information in a contact database for future reference, as needed. We may use certain information you provide to offer you services that we believe may be of interest to you. You may choose not to receive such offers and communications from us when you register. You may also opt out (unsubscribe) as described below.

If you contact us for customer support, we may ask you to provide information about your phone or about the issues you are trying to resolve. This information is necessary to help us answer your questions. We may record your requests and our responses for quality control purposes.

We may make chat rooms, forums, message boards, or news groups available to you. Please remember that any information disclosed in these areas is public. You should exercise caution when disclosing personal information in these areas. Please do not submit any confidential, proprietary or sensitive personally identifiable information (e.g. Social Security Number; date of birth; driver license number; or credit card, bank account or other financial information) (collectively, “Sensitive Information”). If you submit any Sensitive Information, you do so at your own risk and we will not be liable to you or responsible for consequences of your submission.

The Bidlaw application allows Client users to submit information to Attorney users so that they can bid to represent you. Any information that you voluntarily submit through the application may be shared with and stored by Bidlaw so that Bidlaw may provide services to Attorney users. Please do not submit any Sensitive Information through the application.

Additionally, Bidlaw offers legal professionals the ability to provide personal information for inclusion in our Attorney Directory. If you submit your information, know that:

- It must be accurate, complete, and current. It will be distributed to third parties in multiple formats (including online), and you will not be compensated by Bidlaw in any way for its use.

- Bidlaw has no control over how third parties use your profile information; these third parties may contact you for any purpose, including marketing.

Web Server Logs

When you visit our application, we may track information about your visit and store that information in web server logs, which are records of the activities on our sites. Our servers automatically capture and save the information electronically. Examples of the information we may collect include:

- Your unique Internet protocol address

- The name of your unique Internet service provider

- The city, state, and country from which you access our website

- The kind of browser or phone you use

- The number of links you click within the site

- The date and time of your visit

- The web page from which you arrived our site and/or other web pages you have visited

- The pages you viewed on the site

- Certain searches/queries that you conducted via our application

The information we collect in web server logs helps us administer the site, analyze its usage, protect the website and its content from inappropriate use, and improve the user’s experience. We collect your location information only in order to facilitate the linking of Attorney users seeking Clients and Client users seeking Attorneys in the same general area. You may change your location requests in the application settings at any time.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

In order to offer and provide a customized and personal service, we may use cookies, clear gifs (web beacons), ad tags, and similar technologies to store and help track information about you. Cookies are simply small pieces of data that are sent to your phone from a web server and stored on your phone’s hard drive. We use cookies to help remind us who you are and to help you navigate our sites during your visits. Cookies allow us to save passwords and preferences so you won’t have to reenter them each time you visit.

We may present advertising through ad servers and ad networks, including Google, to website visitors using a variety of technologies such as web beacons, pixels, ad tags, and cookies. This allows us to deliver ads that we believe are more relevant to you and your interests. For example, we may use targeting or advertising cookies to customize the advertising and content you receive on our site, to limit the number of times you see the same ad on our site and to help measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. We do not share your personal information with any third-party advertiser, ad server or ad network.

How Can You Control Cookies?

The use of cookies and similar technologies is relatively standard. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You may refuse to accept cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse cookies. Further information about the procedure to follow in order to disable cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider’s website via your help screen. Please note that by disabling or blocking any or all cookies, some features of the application may not operate as intended, or you may not have access to features or personalization available through the application. You can also refuse to accept Flash cookies from this website using Adobe’s Flash management tools.

You can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ad Settings. By visiting this application, you consent to the use of cookies and similar technologies in accordance with this Privacy Statement.

Third Party Services

We may use services hosted by third parties, such as Google Analytics, to improve the application, assist in providing our services, help us understand our customers’ use of our services and to display relevant content, services and advertising. These services may collect information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, including your IP address or cookies. If these third-party services collect information, they do so anonymously and in the aggregate to provide information helpful to us such as website trends, without identifying individual visitors.

California – Do Not Track Notice

Our web services do not alter, change, or respond upon receiving Do Not Track (DNT) requests or signals in browsers. As described in more detail above, we track user activity using web server logs, cookies, and similar technologies. Information collected in web server logs helps us analyze website usage and improve the user’s experience. Cookies allow us to offer you a customized experience and present relevant advertising to you.

How does Bidlaw protect the personal information that it collects?

We have implemented certain appropriate security measures to help protect your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, some of our websites are protected with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. Also, we store the information about you in a data center with restricted access and appropriate monitoring, and we use a variety of technical security measures to secure your data. In addition, we use intrusion detection and virus protection software. However, please note that we cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will always be unable to defeat our security measures.

Also, please note that we may store and process your personal information in systems located outside of your home country. However, regardless of where storage and processing may occur, we take appropriate steps to ensure that your information is protected, consistent with the principles set forth under this statement.

Who has access to the personal information?

We will not sell, rent, or lease mailing lists or other customer data to others, and we will not make your personal information available to any unaffiliated parties, except as follows:

- Information that you have submitted through a form on the application and consented to us sharing with third-party lawyers or law firms for bidding purposes.

- To agents and/or contractors who may use it on our behalf or in connection with their relationship with us (for example, we may use third parties to help us with promotional campaigns).

- As required by law, in a matter of public safety or policy, as needed in connection with the transfer of our business assets (for example, if we are acquired by another company or if we are liquidated during bankruptcy proceedings), or if we believe in good faith that sharing the data is necessary to protect our rights or property.

We also rely on some of our affiliates for support of the services we offer, and we share some of our back-office functions (for example, credit card processing) with other companies. Our affiliates are all required to preserve the confidentiality of any personal information they may access.

We will not disclose any information about your usage to unaffiliated third parties, except as necessary to service the account, to enforce the terms of use, to meet our obligations to content and technology providers, or as required by law. Your access to some of our services and content may be password protected. We recommend that you refrain from disclosing your username(s) and password(s) to anyone. We also recommend that you sign out of your account or service at the end of each session. You may also wish to close your browser window when you have finished your work, especially if you share a phone with someone else.

How may I correct, amend, or delete my personal information and/or update my preferences?

You may cancel your registration or update your preferences at any time. If you don’t want to receive information about our services, please update your account preferences (where available), check the appropriate box when registering, and/or utilize the “unsubscribe” mechanism within the communications that you receive from us.

Questions?

If you have any additional questions or concerns about this statement and our practices, please email us at contact@bidlaw.io.

Privacy Statement Changes

If our information practices change in a significant way, we will post the policy changes here. This Privacy Statement was last updated on May 31, 2024.