Privacy Policy

Last Updated: December 2024

A Case for Women (“we” or “us”) values your privacy and security. We have created this Privacy Policy to help you understand how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.

Alternative formats of this Privacy Policy are available to individuals with a disability. Please contact us at contact@acaseforwomen.com for assistance, or if you have questions about our information practices.

This Privacy Policy explains:

Scope of this privacy policy
Your consent
What personal information we collect
How we use your personal information
How we may disclose your personal information
How we protect your personal information
How long we retain your personal information
Promotional communications and text messages
Additional information for residents of certain states
Changes to this privacy policy
Contact us

Scope of This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the personal information of individuals that we collect, including when you visit our website https://www.ACaseforWomen.com, as it may be modified, relocated, or redirected from time to time (the “Site”), and outlines how we handle personal information and other data collected when you access our the Site. This policy only applies to our website, and not to other websites we may link to or websites maintained by other companies. The links from the Site do not imply that we endorse or have reviewed any third-party websites; we suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their privacy policies.

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “personal information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular individual or household.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the personal information of individuals in their capacity as prospective, current, or former employees for A Case for Women, or to personal information of our business contacts, such as lawyers or corporate representatives or law firms that we work with for purposes of providing services to our clients. This personal information generally is limited to contact details and other limited information necessary to manage our business.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance: We do not collect information from anyone under 13 years of age. The services we provide, together with our Site, are all directed to individuals who are at least 13 years old. If you are under the age of 13, you are not authorized to use our services or the Site.

What Personal Information We Collect

The types of personal information we collect will vary depending upon the reason that you are interacting with us. When you use the Site or contact A Case for Women by email, phone, or other means, the personal information we may collect includes the following:

Identifiers: including your name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, signature, photographs, and Social Security, driver’s license, or state identification card.
Commercial Information: including data and records relating to your use of our services, and where relevant to potential claims you may have, records relating to your use of third-party products and services (such as a receipt from purchasing a product).
Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity Information: including information about your usage of our Site, such as the pages you viewed, the services and features you used or interacted with; your browser type and details about any links or communications with which you interacted; internet protocol (IP); browser plug-in types and versions; and operating systems and platform.
Sensory or Surveillance Data: for example, recordings you create, including audio recordings or voicemail you submit when contacting us.
Health information: where you voluntarily submit such information to us in connection with any potential claim you may have, including (as applicable), medical records, health status, injury or disability information, medical treatment, prescription information and medical history.
Demographic Information: where you voluntarily submit such information to us in connection with any potential claim you may have, including (as applicable) your date of birth, age, sex, gender or gender identity, or marital status.
Communications Data: for example, during our communications with you, we collect the content of those communications as well as metadata about those communications (such as date and time of the call or text (SMS or MMS) message and phone number used).
User Content: including any personal information or other content you choose to submit in the course of contacting A Case For Women, through the Site or on our social media pages. For example, information you submit that may be relevant to potential claims you may have.

Some of the categories listed above may be considered sensitive personal information (such as health information or demographic information) depending on where you reside. We collect this information only to the extent necessary to provide our services to you, and only if and to the extent permitted by applicable laws. Whenever legally required to do so, we will provide you with additional information and request your consent before collecting your sensitive personal information.

If you provide us with personal information relating to other people (e.g., your spouse, civil partner, dependents, beneficiaries, etc.), we will process that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You are responsible for the accuracy of such information and for ensuring that those people are informed that you provided their personal information to us, and that their personal information will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Automated Collection of Information on the Site:

When you browse our Site, we may collect information automatically through cookies and other technologies to help enhance our ability to serve you. For example, we use these technologies to help us to better understand user behavior including for security and fraud prevention purposes, tell us which parts of our Site people have visited, and facilitate our marketing communications and advertising, and to measure the effectiveness of our advertisements and marketing campaigns.

Cookies: Cookies are small files that the Site or our service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser that enables the Site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. If you are browsing our Site, we may also use cookies or similar mechanisms to help us measure the number of visits, time spent, pages viewed and other statistics about traffic to our Site.

When you first visit our Site, you will have the option to select whether to accept or reject different types of cookies, with the exception of those cookies which are strictly necessary for a particular service. If you prefer, you can also choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off cookies by adjusting your browser settings. You can find detailed information on how to do so at: https://www.aboutcookies.org/. Like most websites, if you turn your cookies off, some of the features on the Site may not function properly. In addition, your choices regarding the use of Cookies may not apply to other websites or when you use a different device. You can also opt out of interest-based advertising from participating advertising companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance’s consumer choice tool and the NAI Consumer Opt-Out Tool; Note that opting out using this method will not prevent ads from reaching you, but the advertising will not be tailored to your interests.

Analytics Providers: We use third parties, such as Google Analytics, to help us understand how individuals access and use the Site, as well as help us understand market trends and popularity of our services. As part of this process, we may incorporate analytics and tracking technologies from these third parties into our own Site, and some of our Communications such as e-mails. Note however that we have taken measures to restrict how these entities use the information collected through the Site. You can learn more about how Google uses this information here.

Web Beacons: We include small graphic images or other web programming code, called web beacons (also known as “pixel tags”, “web bugs” or “clear GIFs”), on the Site. The web beacons are minute graphics with a unique identifier. They are used to track the online movements of Web users. In contrast to cookies, which are stored in a user’s computer hard drive, web beacons are embedded invisibly on web pages and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. Rejecting cookies using browser settings may not stop web beacons from tracking you.

Do Not Track Setting: In some circumstances, we may track your online activities over time and across websites or online services, and may allow service providers to collect the same types of information for the same purposes as we collect your information. Your web browser may have settings that allows you to transmit a “Do Not Track” signal when you visit various websites or use online services. Like many websites, the Site is not designed to respond to “Do Not Track” signals received from browsers. However, our Site honors Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals from your browser. You can learn more about GPCs here. If you choose to use the GPC signal, you will need to download and turn it on for each supported browser or browser extension you use.

Social Media Plugins: The Site may use third-party social media plugins, such as buttons other similar mechanisms from social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X (formerly Twitter). We may collect the user name associated with that your account and any information or content you have permitted the social media platform to share with us, such as your profile picture, and contact information. The information we collect may depend on whether you have an account with a social media platform, and the privacy settings you have with that account, so please review the privacy statement or policy of the applicable social media platform. When you access our Site or interact with us through your social media account, you are authorizing us to collect and use your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy

How We May Use Your Personal Information

We use the personal information you provide to deliver the services you request, and for other purposes in connection with running our business, including the following:

Providing Services:

To operate and administer our Site, and the services we provide.
To communicate with you, including through email or text messages if you subscribe to receive updates from us.
To administer our relationship—contractual or otherwise—with you and third parties, such as the attorneys we partner with.
To improve our service, and conduct research on further services or improvements to services we may provide, such as through client satisfaction surveys, market research, and quality reviews.
To enhance your experience using our services and personalize your online experience.

Support and Marketing:

For client support.
To respond to any requests, queries, suggestions, feedback, or comments you may have.
To send you marketing information about our services, including notifying you of marketing events, new services or promotions, with your consent in accordance with applicable law. This may include email and text message (SMS) marketing, and other promotional communications about services or opportunities that may be of interest to you.
To inform you of any changes to the services, your account or profile with us (if applicable), this Privacy Policy, or any other policies or terms in relation thereto.
To perform operations to maintain our services, including to conduct data analysis, testing, and research, and to monitor and analyze usage and activity trends.

Monitoring, Security, and Compliance:

To administer and protect our business and our Site (including troubleshooting, analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data, and preventing fraud and abuse).
To store, host, or backup (whether for disaster recovery or otherwise) our services or any data contained therein.
To protect the rights, property, or safety of A Case for Women, you, or others.
To report suspected criminal conduct to law enforcement and cooperate in investigations.
To exercise our rights under applicable law and to support any claim, defense, or declaration in a case or before a jurisdictional and/or administrative authority, arbitration, or mediation panel.
To ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulatory obligations.

Other Purposes: We may also use your personal information for incidental purposes related to or in connection with the above, or for any other purpose disclosed to you at the point of collection or for which you provide your prior consent.

How We May Disclose Your Personal Information

We may disclose your personal information to third parties that provide services to help us with our business activities, and in limited other circumstances, as described below:

Attorneys we partner with: We may disclose your personal information to attorneys and law firms that we partner with, as part of our services in connecting you with the proper legal representation for any potential claim you may have.
Third-Party Service Providers: We may disclose your personal information to third-party service providers under contract with A Case For Women, to help us provide services to you. For example, these service providers may assist us with hosting and operating the Site, administering our email newsletter, or providing other services to you. These service providers authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide specific services to A Case for Women and in accordance with our instructions.
Professional Advisers: We may disclose personal information to professional advisors, such as attorneys to assist us with our own legal compliance, auditors, accountants, and similar third parties, to assist us in providing services or conducting our business.
Marketing Partners: We may disclose your personal information to our marketing and analytics partners, including social media platforms, to help us market our services, perform data analytics regarding your interactions with A Case for Women, and in the course of using cookies, social media plugins, and other automated technologies on the Site.
Aggregated data: We may disclose aggregated data to third parties when the data has been de-identified or otherwise anonymized in such a manner that the information would not be able to identify you.
Other Third Parties: We may disclose your personal information to other third parties:
- At your direction: For example, if we are unable to connect you with an attorney and at your request, we may disclose your personal information to nonprofits, political groups, or other third parties to help provide support.
- When required by law: For example, when we respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process, or discovery requests in civil litigation.
- To Protect Rights, Property or Safety: If we believe that your actions violate applicable law, or threaten the rights, property, or safety of A Case For Women, our clients, or others.

How We Protect Your Personal Information

We prioritize the security of your personal information and take steps to protect it. For example, we use TLS encryption to protect the data collection forms on our website. Other steps we take to secure your personal information include limiting access to personal information to essential employees, implementing and maintaining physical, technical, and administrative safeguards against unauthorized access or use, and requiring our third-party service providers to maintain similar protections for personal information we may disclose. However, no system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

How Long We Retain Your Personal Information

We retain your personal information for the duration of our relationship with you, and as needed to provide services to you (for example, in accordance with the instructions of an attorney whom we connect you with). Unless necessary to comply with legal, administrative, or procedural requirements, for example, a litigation hold, you may contact us directly using the information listed in the “Contact Us” section of this Policy below if you would like to request that we delete your information.

Promotional Communications and Text Messages

Depending on the nature of your relationship with us, A Case for Women, or our trusted service providers on our behalf, may send newsletters, updates, and other promotional email or automated text (SMS) messages about topics we think will be of interest to you. This may also include automated text messages regarding transactional matters relating to your potential claim. We send these communications with your consent, when you provide your email address and/or telephone number to us, and agree to receive these messages. Message and data rates may apply.

At A Case for Women, we respect your privacy and understand that you may not want to receive those communications from us. You can opt out of our newsletter, automated text messages, or other communications at any time, using the following steps:

Click the “unsubscribe” link located at the bottom of our emails, in the case of email newsletters;
Reply “stop” or “unsubscribe” to any text messages you receive from us;
Contact us directly by sending an email to contact@acaseforwomen.com, with your request to be removed from our mailing lists.

Please note that after you opt out, we may still send transactional emails or other non-promotional communications to you, such as those related to you receiving services from us or customer service inquiries. However, you will no longer receive promotional or marketing communications, or automated text messages from us.

Managing Your Preferences:

Opt-Out of Promotional Messaging: If you would like to stop receiving newsletters, updates, and other promotional communications from us, you may opt out at any time. Depending on the method of communication, you can do this by: (1) clicking the “unsubscribe” link located at the bottom of our emails, replying “stop”, or “unsubscribe” to any text messages you receive from us, or by contacting us directly using the information listed below.
Opt-Out of Texting: You may opt-out of automated text messages from us at any time by replying “stop”, or “unsubscribe” to any text messages you receive from us, or by contacting us directly using the information listed in the “Contact Us” section of this Policy below.

Other Requests: If you have questions about, or would like us to take any other action regarding your personal information, you may contact us directly using the information listed in the “Contact Us” section of this Policy below, and we will do our best to help.

Additional Information for Residents of Certain States

Scope of this Section:

This Section provides additional information for individuals who reside in U.S. states with comprehensive data protection laws (collectively, “Applicable State Privacy Laws”), to the extent that our collection and handling of personal information is subject to these laws. These include residents of Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Virginia, as well as any other states with similar laws and regulations, as enacted or amended from time-to-time.

This Section does not apply to the following:

Information publicly available from government records or made publicly available by you or with your permission;
Deidentified or aggregated information;
Protected health information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) or the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”);
Personal information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), or the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”); or
Other personal information excluded from the scope of Applicable State Privacy Laws.

Sales and Targeted Advertising:

We do not, and will not, sell your personal information. However, as is common practice among businesses operating online, we may allow third parties to receive information about you for purposes of analyzing and optimizing our services, to personalize your online experience by providing advertisements that are more relevant to you, and for statistical research and analytics. These activities may be defined as using personal information for targeted advertising as defined under Applicable State Privacy Laws.

A Case For Women may disclose the types of personal information described further above as “Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity Information,” to our marketing partners (marketing and analytics partners, including social media platforms). We disclose this personal information in order to deliver marketing messages, tailor advertising on the Site and in other interactions that you have with us while online, and to and help us understand the effectiveness of those marketing and advertising efforts. To be clear however, we do not use sensitive personal information or information you provide about potential claims you may have for targeted advertising.

We understand that targeted advertising isn’t for everybody, and you have options. You may modify your cookies settings as described above in this Policy. Alternatively, you can opt-out of this type of activity using the methods described further below.

Your Privacy Rights:

Subject to any applicable limitations and exceptions, you have the following rights under Applicable State Privacy Laws:

Right to Access/to Know: You have the right to request information about whether we process your personal information, to access that information, and certain details about how we use it.
Right to Know Disclosures: If you are a resident of Maryland or Oregon, you have the right to obtain, at our option, a list of specific third parties to which we have disclosed either your personal information, or any personal information.
Request Correction: You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we have collected from or about you, taking into account the nature of the personal information and the purposes of processing the personal information.
Request Deletion: Except for residents of Utah, you have the right to request the deletion of your personal information that we have collected from or about you. If you reside in Utah, you have the right to submit a verifiable request to delete personal information that we have collected from you.
Data Portability: You have the right to request that we provide you, or send to a third party, a copy of your personal information in electronic form that you provided to us.
Out-Out of Targeted Advertising: You have the right to opt out of the use of your personal information for purposes of targeted advertising. You may also implement a browser setting or extension to communicate your preferences automatically to the websites you visit. We honor your right to opt out when signaled by a universal opt out signal or Global Privacy Control (“GPC”). To enable GPC or learn more, you can visit the Global Privacy Control page here. If you choose to use the GPC signal, you will need to download and turn it on for each supported browser and/or device you use.
Non-Discrimination: You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of your privacy rights under Applicable State Privacy Laws. To be clear, we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind, ever.

How to Exercise Your Privacy Rights:

We will respond to requests in accordance with applicable law if we can verify the identity of the individual submitting the request. You can exercise your rights to access/know, correct, delete, or of data portability in the following ways:

Online, by: webform below;
By email, at: contact@acaseforwomen.com;
By phone, at: 866-488-4786; or
By mail, to: A Case for Women, 25 Highland Park Village, Suite 100-835, Dallas, TX 75205.

Except for residents of Utah, you may also have the right to appeal any decision we make in response to a request to exercise privacy rights, by using the methods listed above. We will inform you of any action taken in response to an appeal, along with a written explanation of the reasons for our decision(s), in accordance with Applicable State Privacy Laws.

To exercise your right to opt out of the use of your personal information for purposes of targeted advertising. You may modify your cookies settings using the link within the footer of our website, or use an opt-out preference signal, such as the GPC. We process these opt-out preference signals in a frictionless manner, meaning that if you enable the GPC, we will be notified and automatically process your request. To enable GPC or learn more, you can visit the Global Privacy Control page here. If you choose to use the GPC signal, you will need to download and turn it on for each supported browser and/or device you use.

How We Will Verify Your Request:

If you submit a request, we match personal information that you provide us against personal information we maintain in our files. The more risk entailed by the request (e.g., a request for specific pieces of personal information), the more items of personal information we may request to verify your identity. If we cannot verify your identity to a sufficient level of certainty to respond securely to your request, we will let you know promptly and explain why we cannot verify your identity.

Authorized Agents:

You may also authorize someone to make a request on your behalf. To do so, you must provide the agent with written, signed permission to submit privacy right requests on your behalf, or provide a letter from your attorney. The agent or attorney must provide this authorization at the time of request. Note that we may require you to verify your identity with us directly before we provide any requested information to your approved agent.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, the ways in which we collect and use your personal information, we will do our best to answer them promptly. You can contact us in the following ways:

Email: contact@acaseforwomen.com.

Postal Address: A Case for Women, 25 Highland Park Village, Suite 100-835, Dallas, TX 75205.