Privacy Policy & Terms and Conditions

CONSUMER COMMUNICATION

To ensure that consumers’ inquiries are handled accurately, courteously, and promptly, phone calls between you and West Law Firm or any of our affiliates, agents, case managers, paralegals, and/or attorneys may be recorded. We may from time to time make calls and/or send text messages to you at any telephone number associated with your account. The manner in which these calls or text (SMS) messages are made to you may include, but is not limited to, the use of pre-recorded/artificial voice messages and/or an automatic telephone dialing system. You certify, warrant, and represent that the telephone numbers you have provided to us are your contact numbers. You represent that you are permitted to receive calls at each of the telephone numbers you have provided to us. You agree that West Law Firm may send emails to you at any email address you provide us, or use other electronic means of communication to the extent permitted by law.

GENERAL

West Law Firm, L.C. and its affiliates (referred to herein as “WLF”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to complying with this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”), which describes what information we collect about you, how we use it, with whom we may share it, and what choices you have regarding our use of your information. This Privacy Policy applies to information collected on our website located at https://westinjurylawyers.com, any webpage that WLF maintains that links to this Privacy Policy, any current or future mobile applications associated with WLF or the website, and other online or wireless offerings that post a link to the Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”).

The materials at this web site have been prepared by WLF, for information purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice or legal opinion on any specific facts or circumstances. These materials do not, and are not intended to constitute legal advice.

General transmission of the information is not intended to create, and receipt does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship between the sender and receiver. Readers should not act upon this information without seeking professional counsel.

The information provided at this site is subject to change without notice. Although we try to keep our site current and accurate, you should not rely on this information or its applicability to any specific circumstances without speaking with an attorney. Information provided at this site is consistent only with basic principles of West Virginia law and no other jurisdiction. WLF cannot promise that the information on this site is applicable to your circumstances, correct, complete, and up-to-date; that your access will be uninterrupted; or that material accessible from this site is free of viruses.

The material at this site may be considered advertising under the rules of the Supreme Court of West Virginia. The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be based solely on advertising.

You may reproduce materials available at this site for your own personal use and for non-commercial distribution. All copies must include our copyright notice.

WLF, does not intend any sources and/or links to be a referral to and/or an endorsement of the source identified or of the entity linked or the information made available through the source or the link. WLF will remove any source and/or link from this site at the request of the source identified or of the entity linked. This web site is not sponsored by and/or associated with the sources identified and/or the entities linked.

TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Information You Provide Us. While using our Services, including contacting us, creating an account, or applying for a position, we may ask you to provide us with personal information including your name, e-mail, phone number, and zip code. Further, where expressly designated by WLF, some portions of the Services may be used by active WLF clients to communicate pursuant to an attorney/client relationship. You may choose whether or not to provide such information; however, the information may be required to respond to your request.

Information Collected Automatically. We and our third party providers may use cookies and other technologies such as log files, tracking pixels, and analytic tools and Services to collect information automatically from you. Such information includes your IP address, location information, the type of web browser and operating system you use, browsing activities, usage information, and any other information that your web browsing software or Internet Service Provider automatically provides to our Services.

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 Services in order to remember user preferences and settings, personalize your experience with the Services, and for security purposes. You may opt-out of the automatic collection of some information by referring to your web browser’s or mobile device’s options or settings menu. However, doing so may disable many of the portions, features, or functionality of the Services. 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.

ONLINE ANALYTICS

We may use third party analytics tools, such as Google Analytics and Mouseflow, in order to better understand your use of our Services and how we can improve them. These tools collect information sent by your browser or mobile device, including the pages you visit and other usage information. For more information regarding how Google collects, uses, and shares your information please visit http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. For more information on Mouseshare’s privacy practices, please visit https://mouseflow.com/privacy/ To prevent data from being used by Google Analytics, you can download the opt-out browser add-on at: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. You can opt out of Mouseflow analytics at: https://mouseflow.com/opt-out/.

HOW WE MAY USE YOUR INFORMATION

We may use the information we collect:

• • to facilitate your requests for a free case evaluation and determine your legal needs;
  • to provide you with legal and other services you request;
  • to create and manage your account;
  • to respond to your inquiries and communicate with you, including placing calls or sending texts using any automated technology, including pre-recorded messages;
  • to send you newsletters, legal updates, event information, marketing communications, and other information that may interest you;
  • to operate, troubleshoot, and improve the Service;
  • to understand how people are using the Services, including by generating and analyzing statistics;
  • to improve and customize communications and advertisements;
  • to evaluate, recruit, and hire personnel;
  • to enforce our Terms of Use;
  • to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes; and/or
  • to protect our rights or property, and the security and integrity of our business, the Services, users, and our third party business partners and service providers.

HOW WE MAY SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

• • WLF may share your information with third-party service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as web-hosting companies, mailing vendors, analytics providers, event hosting services, and information technology providers.
  • WLF may disclose aggregate, de-identified information (i.e. stripped of information that identifies you) to third parties in connection with internal analysis or marketing.
  • WLF may disclose personal data 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 Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy or agreements with third parties, or for crime-prevention purposes.
  • WLF may disclose your information to service providers, advisors, potential transactional partners, or other third parties in connection with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a transaction in which WLF is acquired by or merged with another business, or we sell, liquidate, or transfer all or a portion of our assets.
  • WLF may otherwise disclose your information in accordance with your consent.

WHAT CHOICES DO YOU HAVE?

If you no longer wish to receive marketing communication from us, you can let us know by sending an email to brooks@wvpersonalinjurylawyer.com or by mail at the address provided below in “Contact Us”. The electronic marketing communications we send may also contain an opt-out mechanism. Please note that it may take up to 10 calendar days to remove your contact information from our marketing communications lists, so you may receive correspondence from us for a short time after you make your request. Please also contact us to update or correct your information if it changes or if you believe that any information that we have collected about you is inaccurate.

INFORMATION SECURITY

WLF takes commercially reasonable measures to secure and protect the information we collect. Nevertheless, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. Moreover, we are not responsible for the security of information you transmit to us over networks that we do not control, including the Internet and wireless networks.

The information provided at this site is not privileged and does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and WLF, or any of its attorneys unless or until: you have sought to retain us; we have had an opportunity to check and clear any conflicts; and you have received a copy of documentation from us confirming the retention and its scope. This web site is not an offer to represent you.

Persons contacting WLF through the Internet e-mail facility provided through this site should not send confidential or sensitive information. WLF does not currently collect personal identifying information through our web site except: for such information that your Internet service provider automatically provides to our web server, such as its web site address and possibly your e-mail address; such information that you send to us in an e-mail message; and such information that you submit to us in a CGI form (for example, when you submit a search request on our web page). WLF will use personal identifying information for our own proper purposes, but we will not sell information to third parties.

LINKED WEBSITES
This Privacy Notice does not apply to third-party websites or social media features that may be accessed through links that we provide for your convenience and information. Accessing those links will cause you to leave WLF’s website and may result in the collection of information about you by a third party. We do not control, endorse or make any representations about those third party websites or their privacy practices, which may differ from ours. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any site you interact with before allowing the collection and use of your information.

USING THE SERVICES FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

If you are using the services from outside of the United States of America, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored or processed in the United States, where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. By using any portion of the Services, you understand and consent to the transfer of your information to our facilities in the United States and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

We do not knowingly solicit or collect personally identifiable information online from children under the age of 13. Please contact us as provided below in the Contact Us section if you believe we may have collected such information without parental or guardian consent.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

WLF encourages you to review this Disclaimer and Other Notices periodically for updates that will be posted on our website. WLF may change this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or in applicable law. Such changes will be effective upon posting the revised Privacy Policy on our services. You will be able to tell when this Privacy Policy was last updated by the Last Updated date included at the bottom of this Privacy Policy. By continuing to use our services, or communicating electronically with us thereafter, you agree to accept such changes to this Privacy Policy.

Disclaimer & Terms of Use

Thank you for visiting the website of West Law Firm LC. This website was created by West law firm to provide information to the public, to our friends and community. The information is for educational and informational purposes only And so that you could learn more about the legal services that we offer and other information related to the law. However, this website does not offer legal advice and is not an offer to perform services on any matter. The laws change all the time, and this website might not reflect current legal developments, and we do not seek to update material to reflect the changes to the law that happen almost every day.

Rely only on an Attorney You have Retained

You should only rely upon the legal opinion of an attorney who you have retained after he or she has received all the relevant facts about your case. This attorney should be familiar with the area of law your case involves.

Accordingly, You should not act or refrain from acting because of any information found on this site. Any actions or decisions involving your legal rights should be based on legal advice from the attorney you retain to present you.

West law firm expressly disclaims all liability with respect to actions taken or not taken based on any information or content of this site. Viewing the West law firm site or communicating with West Law Firm by Internet, email, or through this site does not constitute or create an attorney-client relationship with anyone. The content and features of this site are not intended to create an attorney-client relationship and shall not be construed as legal advice.

Disclaimer about medical advice or diagnosis.

The contents of the site are for information purposes only. We seek to provide helpful information that you may wish to discuss with your medical doctor or other medical providers. This information is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always consult a physician about any health concerns or medical conditions or medical questions you may have. No one at West law firm is a physician or a licensed medical professional.

Confidentiality Not Guaranteed

Although West law firm respects the privacy of any person who contacts our firm and we make reasonable efforts to keep their information private, because of the nature of Internet communications and the absence of an attorney-client relationship, we cannot promise or guarantee confidentiality unless and until you have retained West Law Firm to represent you. Therefore any information sent to West law firm through the Internet, email and/or through this website is done on a non-confidential basis.

Copyright ©2010-Present S. Brooks West II & West Law Firm LC, all rights reserved. All materials presented on this site are copyrighted and owned by West Law Firm LC and S. Brooks West II, Attorney at Law, unless in the public domain or attributed to another source. Any republication, retransmission, reproduction, downloading, storing or distribution of all or part of any materials found on this site is expressly prohibited.

CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or WLF’s information privacy practices, please contact us at:
E-mail:  brooks@wvpersonalinjurylawyer.com
Telephone:  (304) 343-9378
Mail: West Law Firm, L.C., 1514 Kanawha Boulevard East, Suite 2, Charleston, WV  25311

LAST UPDATED: February 3, 2020