1. GENERAL

We know that your privacy is important to you, and we work hard to earn and keep your trust. LexBlog, Inc., including any affiliates or subsidiaries thereof (individually and collectively, “LexBlog,” “we,” “us,” and “our”), respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your privacy through our compliance with this Privacy Policy (the “Policy”). The words “you” and “your” refer to you as a visitor or user of the Services (defined below).

This Policy describes:

  • The types of information we collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website(s) available at: www.lexblog.com as well as any of the products and services made available by LexBlog, such as The Library at LexBlog (“Library”), on or through such website (collectively, the “Services”).
  • Our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. 

This Policy applies to our Services and any related online platforms, products, or tools made available by LexBlog that display or link to this Policy. 

This Policy does not apply to any third party, or information collected by any third party through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from the Services (for further information, see below, “Third-party Websites”). 

Please read this Policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, then please do not use our Services. By using our Services, you agree to the terms of this Policy. This Policy may change from time to time (see below, “Changes to this Policy”). Your continued use of our Services after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Policy periodically for updates.

2. TERMS OF USE
This Policy is incorporated by reference and should be read in conjunction with the LexBlog Terms of Service. 

3. THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Personal Information. To ensure that we provide you with the best possible experience, we will store, use, and disclose personal information about you in accordance with this Policy. Personal information is information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular user, household or device (“Personal Information”). The Personal Information that we may receive and collect depends on what you do when you visit our Services.

Information of Other Individuals. You may have the opportunity to provide information of other individuals. When providing such information, you are solely responsible for obtaining the necessary consents and authorizations from any individuals in accordance with applicable data security laws and regulations, and LexBlog shall not be responsible or held liable for your failure to obtain the necessary consents. 

Credit Card Information. Please note that for any credit card information provided on the Services, we utilize a trusted third-party PCI-DSS compliant payment processor to process all of your transactions and such payment processor collects and maintains the necessary Personal Information needed to necessitate such transactions. We do not maintain any credit card information on our systems. 

We may use Stripe’s payment processing services. You may read Stripe’s privacy policy and terms for more information about their information collection practices. By processing payments from LexBlog services and systems that use Stripe, you consent to Stripe’s privacy policy and terms. 

Aggregated and De-Identified Data. We may also collect, use and disclose aggregated and de-identified data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated and de-Identified data could be derived from your Personal Information but is not considered Personal Information under applicable law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. However, if we combine or connect aggregated or de-identified data with your Personal Information so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as Personal Information which will be used in accordance with this Policy.

Free-Text Boxes and Search Queries. The information that you provide in each case will vary. In some cases, you may be able to provide Personal Information via email or free text boxes, such as contacting LexBlog to request further information or entering a search query through search features on our Services. When providing your Personal Information, please provide only relevant information and do not provide unnecessary sensitive information, such as Social Security numbers, credit card information or other sensitive personal data, unless required. Similarly, when entering search queries, please do not provide any confidential or sensitive information not otherwise required for your search. 

Username and Password. We may ask you to create a username and password that should only be known to you. 

  1. Information We May Collect on the Services

You may have the opportunity to provide Personal Information on our Services, including but not limited to:

  • Identifiers (such as your name and contact data such as your e-mail address, phone number, billing and physical addresses);
  • Your login, password and other account registration details related to our Services (“Account”);
  • Your Personal Information contained in a verified author record (“Author Record”) (such as your name, professional or institutional affiliation(s), bar admission jurisdiction(s), job title and description, professional bio, photograph, Author Record number and any other information connected to works authored by you); 
  • Information about problems you report with our Services, such as the type of problem, the date and time of the problem or your submission, a short summary of the problem you are experiencing, and your relevant Account details(collectively “Issue Reports”);
  • Account search queries, article viewing history (including article type and timestamp) Issue Reports and related data, including metadata, generated from this information (“Connector Data”);
  • Computer, mobile device and/or browser information (such as your IP address, mobile device ID information, operating system, connection speed, bandwidth, browser type, referring/exit web pages, web page requests, cookie information, hardware attributes, software attributes);
  • Usage activity concerning your interactions with the Services and/or third-party websites, networks, or applications accessed through the Services (such as your viewing habits, viewing preferences, viewing history, number of clicks on a page or feature, articles stored, articles flagged, article annotations, queries, amount of time spent on a page or feature, identity of third-party websites, networks, etc.);
  • User data from linked third-party accounts, such as your name, email address, and profile photo, that we receive when you use a third-party account (such as your Google account) to create an Account or sign in to our Services.
  • Any other information you provide when you contact or communicate with us. 
  1. How We Collect Your Personal Information

We may obtain the Personal Information listed above from the following categories of sources:

  • Directly from you. For example, when you:
    • register yourself with the Services or create an Account;
    • subscribe to one of our e-newsletters or mailing lists; 
    • publish an article or literary work on or through our Services;
    • submit a request;
    • contact our Support Center;
    • submit a job application; or
    • otherwise communicate with us, such as contacting us for more information. 
  • Indirectly from you. For example, through information we collect from you in the course of providing our services to you, or when your professional organization submits an article or other literary work to us for publication on your behalf. 
  • Directly and indirectly from activity on our Services. For example, from Services usage details that are collected automatically. For more information on automatic information collection, please review the “Cookies and Similar Technologies” section below. 

Third Party Sources. We may collect information about you from third party sources, such as our business partners and organizations that connect their accounts or workspaces on other platforms to our Services (e.g., Google). 

4. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

In addition to the information that you provide to us, we may also collect information about you during your visit to our Services. We collect this information using automated tools that are detailed below. These tools may collect information about your behavior and your computer system, such as your internet protocol address (IP Address), device identifier, browser type and language, operating system, date and time stamp, session ID, internet service provider, data regarding network-connected hardware, the pages you have viewed, and the actions you have taken while using the Services.

We may use this automatically collected information to: (i) conduct analyses about our Services; (ii) associate the different devices you use; (iii) remember your browser or device; (iv) remember your preferences and interactions; (v) deliver relevant advertisements or other content; (vi) market our services to you; (vii) collect information about our Services; and (viii) log activity on our Services. We may use these technologies for providing our Services, security, authentication, analytics, product or service improvement, advertising, fraud detection, and for other similar purposes.

Some of the tools we use to automatically collect information about you may include:

  1. Cookies. A “cookie” is a small data file transmitted from a Services to your device’s hard drive. Cookies are usually defined in one of two ways, and we may use either (or both) of them: (1) session cookies, which do not stay on your device after you close your browser, and (2) persistent cookies, which remain on your device until you delete them or they expire. 
  2. Analytics Services. Our Services may use Google Analytics, HubSpot and others for audience measurement and analytics purposes. These analytics services may use cookies or similar technologies to collect information to help us analyze users and how they use our Services. The information collected by these technologies is used to assess how often you visit our Services, what pages you view when you visit our Services, what other websites you visited before coming to our Services, and to prepopulate forms on our Services with your information. Information generated by these services may be transmitted to and stored by these providers and they may use this information for purposes such as evaluating your use of our Services, compiling statistics reports on the Services’ activity, and providing other services relating to Services activity and other internet usage. You may review Google’s data privacy practices for Google Analytics. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics, you may download and install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

We may also use Google reCAPTCHA on our Services, which checks whether our Services are being used by humans or bots. 

  1. Web Beacons. A Web Beacon is an electronic image. Web Beacons can track certain things from your computer and can report activity back to a web server allowing us to understand some of your behavior. If you choose to receive emails from us, we may use Web Beacons to track your reaction to our emails. We may also use them to track if you click on the links and at what time and date you do so. Some of the third-party marketers we engage with may use Web Beacons to track your interaction with online advertising banners on our Services. Please note that any image file on a webpage can act as a Web Beacon.

Of course, if you do not wish to have cookies on your devices, you may turn them off at any time by modifying your internet browser’s or device’s settings. Please refer to the help section of your browser or mobile device for additional information. Your browser or mobile device may also offer add-ons, plugins, or extensions to manage cookies, local storage objects, scripts, or similar technologies mentioned in this Policy. Apple and Android mobile devices each generate an advertising identifier that can be accessed by apps and used by advertisers in much the same way that cookies are used on websites. Each operating system provides options to limit tracking and/or reset the advertising ID. However, by disabling cookies on your browser or device, you may be prohibited from full use of the Services’ features or lose access to some functionality. 

You may also opt out of certain non-essential cookies using the cookie management tools we provide on our applicable Services, where available, including by clicking on the cookie banner featured on our applicable Services. Such banner may only appear in certain regions, where applicable. 

5. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

The information we gather and that you provide is collected to provide you information and the services you request, in addition to various other purposes, including, but not limited to: 

  • security, credit or fraud prevention purposes;
  • providing you with effective customer service;
  • Account verification purposes; 
  • providing you with a personalized experience when you use the Services;
  • developing new products, content and services;
  • contacting you with special offers and other information we believe will be of interest to you (in accordance with any privacy preferences you have expressed to us);
  • contacting you with information and notices related to your use of the Services;
  • inviting you to participate in surveys and providing feedback to us (in accordance with any privacy preferences you have expressed to us);
  • better understanding your needs and interests;
  • improving the content, functionality and usability of the Services;
  • leveraging artificial intelligence (“AI”) solutions we deploy, including large language models, to provide our Services more efficiently; 
  • improving our Services;
  • improving our marketing and promotional efforts; 
  • de-identifying information we collect about you and using it for any purpose in accordance with applicable law; and
  • any other purpose identified at the point of data collection, in an applicable privacy notice, in a click-through agreement or in any other agreement between you and us.

If you provided your Personal Information for a job application, we may use that information for human resources, job placement, qualification, or other related purposes. 

Duration. The length of time LexBlog intends to retain Personal Information, including sensitive Personal Information, if any, is for as long as reasonably necessary to carry out LexBlog’s intended business purpose for such information.

  • Connector Data Retention. LexBlog stores certain Connector Data for the specific duration described in this paragraph. LexBlog intends to retain search queries for 30 days, and request logs and Issue Reports for 180 days. LexBlog may keep Connector Data longer if needed to provide the Services you request or to carry out the business purpose for which LexBlog collected such information.

Artificial Intelligence. We use artificial intelligence. Our Services use AI to process Personal Information about you and Your Content (as defined in our Terms of Service) to provide you with personalized results. Some of this AI technology is built by us, while other AI technology is provided by third-party companies. AI helps us:

  • recommend or suggest products, articles and other content suited to you;
  • generate strong search queries; 
  • provide our Services more efficiently; 
  • filter through Author Records; and
  • promote Your Content (as defined in our Terms of Service).

A more detailed description of the information we collect and how we use this information (including through use of AI) is detailed in this Section 5.

6. HOW WE DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

We do not sell your Personal Information to any third party. We may disclose your Personal Information to a third party for a business purpose, including the following categories of third parties: 

  • Our Affiliates. We may disclose the information collected through the Services with our affiliates, subsidiaries, and other related entities in order to provide our products, services and effective customer support.
  • Third-party Service Providers. We disclose Personal Information collected through the Services with third-party Service Providers who act for or on behalf of LexBlog. These third parties may need information about you to perform their functions. “Service Providers” may include suppliers, dealers, distributors, companies and consultants that provide website hosting, software development, payment processing, website and data analytics, order fulfillment, information technology and related infrastructure support, AI solutions, customer service, email delivery, and auditing to LexBlog or our affiliates.
  • Third-Party Research Platform. From time to time, we may disclose your Personal Information with selected third-party research platforms (other than our service providers) to further distribute authored works, at your direction. For example, we coordinate with third-party research platforms like HeinOnline and vLex to further distribute and license articles, Author Records and other content published on our Services. To learn more about these third-party research platforms’ information collection practices, please visit their privacy policies.
  • Your Employer. We may disclose your information with your applicable employer or business, such as, but not limited to, when managing all active accounts under your employer’s or business’ subscription with us. LexBlog is not responsible or liable for any uses of your information or your content by your employer or business.

Except as described in this Policy, we will not disclose your information with third parties without your notice and consent where required, unless it is under one of the following circumstances:

  • We believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, subpoena, or court order;
  • To respond to duly authorized information requests from law enforcement or other governmental authorities;
  • To enforce our agreements or policies;
  • To investigate and prevent security threats, fraud, or other malicious activity; or
  • To respond to an emergency that we believe in good faith requires us to disclose such information to assist in preventing the death or serious bodily injury of any person or LexBlog employee.
  • Sale of Business or Merger. There are circumstances where LexBlog may decide to buy, sell, or reorganize its business. Under these circumstances, it may be necessary to disclose or receive Personal Information with prospective or actual purchasers, acquisition targets, partners or affiliates. In such circumstances, LexBlog will ensure your information is used in accordance with this Policy.
  • In Aggregate or De-Identified Form. We may aggregate or otherwise anonymize the data we collect for purposes of analytics, research, marketing and other business interests of LexBlog. Such use shall not include Personal Information or information that can identify you as an individual or reasonably be used to identify you.

7. COMMUNICATION PREFERENCES

We want to provide you with relevant information that you have requested. When possible, we will always provide options as to what information we collect and how you can manage any preferences that pertains to such information. 

If we provide subscription-based services, such as email newsletters, we will allow you to make choices about what information you provide at the point of information collection or at any time after you have received a communication from us while you are subscribed. Transactional or service-oriented messages, such as delivery confirmation messages, are usually excluded from such preferences, as such messages are required to respond to your requests or to provide goods and services, and are not intended for the purposes of marketing.

From time to time, we may send you email newsletters and marketing emails. You may opt out of them at any time by selecting the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of each email or by contacting us at success@lexblog.com and expressing your desire to unsubscribe. Please note that by opting out or unsubscribing you may affect other services you have requested we provide to you, in which email communication is a requirement of the service provided. Even if you opt-out of receiving marketing material, we may still need to contact you with important information about the services you request.

8. INFORMATION OF MINORS

We do not knowingly collect or use information from individuals under the age of eighteen (18) without parental or guardian consent. We do not target the Services to minors, and would not expect them to be engaging with the Services. We encourage parents and guardians to provide adequate protection measures to prevent minors from providing information unwillingly on the internet. If we are aware of any Personal Information that we have collected about minors, we will take steps to securely remove it from our systems. 

9. Feedback


We welcome inquiries or feedback on the services or products you might use or like to use. Any inquiries, feedback, suggestions, or ideas you provide to us (collectively, “Feedback”) will be treated as non-proprietary and non-confidential. Your Feedback on or through these Services may be available to others who visit the Services. In addition, we may use your Feedback in advertising campaigns and other promotions. We may or may not use your name in connection with such use, and we may or may not seek your consent before using the Feedback for such purposes. Therefore, you should have no expectation of privacy with respect to your Feedback on or through the Services. You should not submit any content you do not wish to make available to the general public, and you must take special care to ensure your Feedback complies with our Terms of Service or other applicable agreements. All terms and conditions of our Terms of Service apply to Feedback on or through the Services. In particular, your Feedback must not violate the privacy or other rights of others. You may not use false identifying information or contact information, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead us as to the origin of any Feedback.

10. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES 

This Policy does not apply to websites or other domains that are maintained or operated by third parties. Our Services may link to third-party websites and services. For example, if you click on an advertisement on the Services, you may be taken to another website that we do not control. These links are not endorsements of these websites, and this Policy does not extend to them. Because this Policy is not enforced on these third-party websites, we encourage you to read any posted privacy policy of the third-party website before using the service or website and providing any information.

11. YOUR RIGHTS UNDER STATE LAW

California.

  • Shine the Light law. Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1798.83, we will not disclose or share your Personal Information with third parties for the purposes of third-party marketing to you without your prior consent. 
  • Do Not Track Signals. Other than as disclosed in this Policy, the Services do not operate any differently when it receives Do Not Track signals from your internet web browser.

Nevada.

Nevada law permits customers in Nevada to opt-out of the sale of certain kinds of Personal Information. We do not sell your Personal Information to third parties as defined in Nevada law. If you are a Nevada resident and have any questions, you can contact us at success@lexblog.com.

Your Consumer Rights. 

You may have rights under applicable U.S. state privacy laws (such as the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended). However, LexBlog does not currently meet the regulatory thresholds of a “controller” or “business” as defined under U.S. state privacy laws. Regardless, all Personal Information will be processed in accordance with this Policy and applicable laws. 

12. LOCATION OF OUR SERVICES

We do not warrant or represent that this Policy or the Services’ use of your Personal Information complies with the laws of every jurisdiction. Furthermore, to provide you with our Services, we may store, process, and transmit information in the United States and other locations around the world, including countries that may not have the same privacy and security laws as yours. Regardless of the country in which such information is stored, we will process your Personal Information in accordance with this Policy.

13. FOR USERS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

Under the (i) General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, or “GDPR”), (ii) Data Protection Act 2018, (iii) the GDPR as it forms part of the law of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (i.e., “UK GDPR”) as provided in the Data Protection Act 2018, and (iv) any other applicable data protection legislation of any country or other jurisdiction (collectively “International Data Protection Laws”) individuals have specific rights with respect to their Personal Information, or “personal data” as defined under the International Data Protection Laws. For the purposes of this Policy, LexBlog operates as a data controller. Any personal data we collect from you is processed in the United States and under the terms of this Policy.

Any personal data we collect from you is processed in the legitimate interest of our business and providing our Services to you as the lawful means of such processing. You may always withdraw your consent to our use of your personal data as described below. We will only retain your personal data for the time necessary to provide you the information and services to which you have consented, to comply with the law and in accordance with your rights below. 

The Data Controller is:

NAME: LexBlog, Inc.

ADDRESS: LexBlog, Inc.

Attn: Privacy 

600 First Avenue
Suite 330 PMB 41325
Seattle, WA 98104-2246

EMAIL ADDRESS: success@lexblog.com

You can exercise any of the following rights, subject to verification of your identity, by notifying us as described below: 

  • Access. You may request a copy of the personal data that you have provided to us or that we have processed about you. 
  • Automated Processing and Decision-Making. You may request that we stop using your personal data for automated processing, such as profiling. 
  • Correction or Rectification. You can correct the personal data that you have provided to us or that we have processed about you by accessing your Account directly, or by emailing us (as provided below). 
  • Restrict Processing. When applicable, you may restrict the processing of your personal data by submitting a request via email (to the email provided below). In your email, please explain how you wish us to restrict processing of your personal data. When such restrictions are not possible, we will advise you accordingly.
  • Object to Processing. When applicable, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data by submitting a request via email (to the email provided below).  When such objections are not possible, we will advise you accordingly.  
  • Portability. Upon request and when possible, we can provide you with copies of your personal data that you have provided to us. When such a request cannot be honored, we will advise you accordingly.
  • Erasure. If you should wish to cease use of our Services and have your personal data deleted from our Services, then you may submit a request by emailing us at the email provided below.

Exercising your rights. If you are a data subject that has rights under the International Data Protection Laws, who chooses to exercise the rights listed above, you can submit a request via email at success@lexblog.com.

Submit Complaints or Questions. If you wish to raise a complaint on how we have handled your personal data, you can contact us as described below. If you reside in a European Union member state or the United Kingdom, you may also lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in your country.

14. SAFEGUARDING THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We use reasonable technical, administrative, and physical safeguards in order to protect your Personal Information against accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, we can never promise 100% security. Please notify us immediately of any actual or suspected unauthorized use of the Services, your Account or your information. 

15. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

This Policy describes our current policies and practices with regard to the information we collect through the Services. We are continually improving and adding to the features and functionality of the Services along with the products we offer through the Services. 

If we make any changes to this Policy, a revised Policy will be posted on this webpage, and the date of the change will be reported in the “Last Revised” block above. You can get to this page from any of our webpages by clicking on the “Privacy Policy” link (usually at the bottom of the screen).

16. HOW TO CONTACT US

We value your opinions and welcome your feedback. To contact us about this Policy or your Personal Information, please contact us at success@lexblog.com.