Effective date: March 2025

Our website address is: https://claybornewagner.com.

Introduction

This privacy policy applies to information collected online from users of this website. In this policy, you can learn what kind of information we collect, when and how we might use that information, how we protect the information, and the choices you have with respect to your personal information.

As a general policy, we use private information for internal purposes only. We do not sell or rent information about you. We will not disclose personal information or message data to third parties without your consent, except as explained in this Privacy Policy.

What Private Information Is Collected

We collect and process personal information, usage and analytics data, and cookies from the website.

We may also process additional personal information during the course of legal representation of our clients. Such processing is on a case-by-case basis and is subject to client agreements and professional responsibilities and is not covered by this Privacy Policy.

Personal Information

If you fill out the “Contact Us” form on the website, we collect any contact information that you submit, including

• Your name;
• Your email address;
• Your phone number; and
• Your mailing address.

We will also collect any information that you provide regarding your case or legal matter. If you do not wish to submit your information through the website, please call us at 618-239-0187 (Belleville Office) or 312-800-0099 (Chicago Office).

Please do not submit any confidential, proprietary or sensitive personally identifiable information (e.g. Social Security Number; date of birth; driver’s license number; credit card, bank account or other financial information; usernames or passwords) (collectively, “Sensitive Information”).

Usage and Analytics Data

When you visit our website, we may track information about your visit and record activities on our sites on web server logs. The 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 town/city, county/state and country from which you access our website;
• the kind of browser or computer 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 to our site;
• the pages you viewed on the site;
• certain searches/queries that you conducted via our website(s); and
• other information relating to site usage

This information is aggregated and anonymized.

How Private Information Is Used

Personal Information

If you provide personal information through the “Contact Us” form, we may use the information to:

• Respond to your inquiry;
• Conduct a conflicts check to make sure there are no conflicts of interest;
• Keep a record of your relationship with us;
• Communicate with you in the future; and
• Refer you to another attorney, firm, or organization that may be better suited to meet your needs.

If you sign up for marketing emails and other communications, we might send you law firm communications and updates. You can opt out from marketing emails by following the instructions on any email to unsubscribe.

Usage and Analytics Data

The information we collect in web server logs helps us:

• Administer the website;
• Analyze usage of the website;
• Protect the website and its content from inappropriate use;
• Detect security incidents and protect against improper activity;
• Troubleshooting;
• Improve the user experience; and
• Comply with legal obligations

Use of Cookies

To offer and provide a customized and personal service, our websites and applications may use cookies 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.

Specifically, we use Google Analytics (GA4), which is installed through the MonsterInsights plugin. GA4 uses first-party cookies to

• Monitor web traffic data on the website;
• Help us understand how people use the website; and
• Improve website performance.

If you use the “Contact Us” form or chat box function the website, we may also use cookies to remember your previous entries.

The use of cookies is relatively standard. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. However, if you prefer, you can set your browser to either notify you when you receive a cookie, or to refuse to accept cookies. You should understand that some features of many sites may not function properly if you don’t accept cookies. See the “help” section of your particular browser for more details on rejecting, blocking, and deleting cookies.

How Private Information May Be Shared

Private information collected from the website may be shared with third parties as follows:

• We may provide data to vendors, contractors, agents, and other business partners who may use data on our behalf or in connection with their relationship with us.
• If we are unable to assist with your legal matter, we may refer you to an attorney, firm, or other organization that we believe, in our professional opinion, is better able to assist you. We may share information you provided to us with that party to facilitate their assistance with your legal matter.
• We will provide information and data as needed in connection with the transfer of our business assets (for example if we are acquired by another firm or if we are liquidated during bankruptcy proceedings).

We will not sell, rent, lease, or otherwise make your personal information or other data collected from this website available to any unaffiliated parties.

Third Party Links and Services

Some links on our website may take you to third party websites, including social media sites like Facebook or LinkedIn. We do not control these websites, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to the privacy practices of those websites. We are not responsible for these third-party practices, content, services or polices.

Our site may also serve third-party content that contains their own cookies or tracking technologies. We do not control the use of those technologies.

Compliance With Laws

We will cooperate with government and law enforcement agencies to comply with the law. We may disclose information about you if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to

• Comply with a subpoena, court order, or other applicable law, regulation, or legal process
• Detect, prevent, and address fraud, security, or technical issues
• Protect the rights, property, and safety of our firm, users of this website, and the public, as required or permitted by law.

How Private Information is Stored

We use reasonable and appropriate security measures to make sure that any private information collected on our website is protected from accidental loss and unauthorized access. However, information sent through the Internet can never be 100% secure and we cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will always be unable to defeat our security measures.

Please do not submit any confidential, proprietary, or sensitive personally identifiable information (e.g. Social Security Number; date of birth; driver’s license number; credit card, bank account or other financial information; usernames or passwords) (collectively, “Sensitive Information”).

We maintain private information in a manner that is consistent with Illinois and U.S. laws. When we need to dispose of materials containing private information, any and all such materials will be rendered unreadable, unusable, and undecipherable.

Correcting, Amending, and Deleting Personal Information

You have the right to:

• See what data we have about you;
• Correct and change any data we have about you;
• Ask us to delete any data we have about you; and
• Opt out of future communications from us.

To exercise these rights, please contact us in any of the ways listed in the Privacy Policy or on our website.

Please note that certain types of data collected on this website and through our general course of business cannot be deleted or destroyed in response to user requests. We are required to store certain types of data and private information for a set time before it can be destroyed. All private information is stored in a manner that is consistent with Illinois and U.S. laws.

Choice of Law

Our website is hosted in the United States and is intended only for users in the United States. Data collected through the website is hosted in the United States and will be stored in and processed in the United States.

Our website is subject to U.S. laws, which may not afford the same level of protection of those in another country. This information may be accessed by U.S. law enforcement pursuant to U.S. law.

Contact Information

For any questions or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy or to exercise your data privacy rights, please contact us using any of the methods below:

Clayborne & Wagner LLP
525 West Main Street
Suite 105
Belleville IL 62220
Tel: 618-239-0187

Policy Updates

We may change or update our privacy practices and policies from time to time. Please refer to this website for the most recent Privacy Policy.