Privacy Policy
ABOUT OUR PRIVACY POLICY: Burns Smith Law is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of our customer's personal protection. This page will inform you about the information we collect, how we manage the data, and how we protect your personal information that you choose to provide via our website.
Internet Privacy Policy
This privacy policy sets out how Burns Smith Law uses and protects any information that you provide through our website. Our privacy policy specifically addresses the information we collect and how we manage information we retain.
SMS Privacy Policy
By opting into our SMS service, you agree that you may receive at least 1 text message a day from Burns Smith Law, P.C. (Law Firm) for general communications, case updates, billing, and notifications, even if your mobile number is registered on any do-not-call list. Message frequency varies.
No Data Sharing: SMS content is not shared with third parties or affilliates for marketing purposes.
Date Rates & Fees: Message and Data Rates may apply, you are responsible for any charges or fees associated with text messaging billed by your wireless provider.
Opt-out from receiving text messages and notifications may be initiated with a "STOP" reply to any SMS (text) message sent from us. You may also use the Opt-out link we provided you within our messages. You understand and agree that the primary method for opting out of our SMS program is to reply with specific keywords (such as STOP or END) and no further messages will be sent.
Help & Support : For any questions or assistance, please text "HELP" to the number you received the messages from, or send us a message online by visiting our website Contact page. For related information, you may visit our Terms of Service page.
General Information Management
We require certain personal information in order to manage your account and our contractual obligations. Any information we retain shall be treated with an appropriate level of security and privacy protection. Under no circumstances will be knowingly or intentionally provide information which might be deemed to be collusion, unethical or represent a conflict of interest.
We do not partner with or have working business relationships with advertising companies that involves providing said companies with client information. An example of an exception is providing Google Ads (Adwords) with client billing information and related business or marketing information. Any information that we may share would be done so because we believe that in so doing, it would benefit our clients.
Why We Collect Information
We require certain information to understand your needs, provide quality service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Client account management
- Facilitate improvements to our services
We may occasionally use client provided information such as testimonials or reviews, in promoting or advertising our law firm. Any use of customer information will be treated with an appropriate level of discretion and sensitivity. We will not use information which we consider to be confidential or private.
Cookies and Browsers
What Are Cookies
A cookie is a small electronic file which asks permission to be placed on your computer. A cookie is not a virus, trojan or malware. Cookies do not allow our law firm to have any access to your computer. The purpose of a cookie is to allow our website to recognize you when you return to our website.
Implied Consent for Use of Cookies
We use an “implied consent” policy, meaning we assume you accept the standard practice of using cookies. If you object to the use of cookies you should either not use our website, or you should delete cookies after visiting our website.
Website Analytics That Use Cookies
We utilize website analytics services, which use cookies, to gather information on how visitors interact with our website. Website analytics allow us to improve our website, which ultimately makes our site more user-friendly.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics (GA4) protects website tracking transactions with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. Website visitor information is secure, and Analytics reports do not include Personally Identifiable Information. Google adheres to the policies stated in the Google Privacy Policy.
Other Services That May Use Cookies
Email and Instant Messaging Campaigns
Our marketing efforts may use email marketing campaigns which do include cookies. These cookies do not collect personal information. They do collect metrics that enables us to measure the effectiveness of our email marketing. Our email marketing cookies collect information such as which recipients opened our email (open rates) or clicked on a link (click rate).
Social Media Platforms
Our website may have links to our social media pages (i.e., Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.). These sites are owned and managed by third-parties. We do not control when or how they collect information. For information on their data collection, management and privacy policies you should review the formal privacy policy statements on each website.
Website Terms of Use
Users of our website may also be interested in our Website Terms of Use statement.
SMS Terms of Service
Users of our SMS services may also be interested in our SMS Terms of Service statement.
Last updated October 22, 2025