Donor Privacy & Security Policy

At LegalWise, we care about your privacy as a donor and a web visitor. Read on to see how your information is collected and used to help us achieve or mission and create a better online user experience.

Privacy Notice

Last Revised: March 11, 2024 Effective Date: March 11th, 2024

We, LegalWise, are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of personal information and to transparency about how we use personal information (also sometimes referred to as personal data). This Privacy Notice sets forth our policies and practices for collecting and using personal information in regard to our website, programs directed at individuals, and presences on social media platforms (“Services”).

Within the context of these Services, this notice explains how we use and disclose personal information. We will update this notice from time-to-time, or as our privacy practices change, to ensure it accurately describes how we use your information. When we do so, we will update the dates above. We recommend that you review this notice from time-to-time for the latest information. If we change our practices in a material way, we will provide appropriate notice to you, usually through an e-mail message or through a banner or pop-up within our Services.

If you have any questions regarding this notice or our use of your information, please contact us using one of the methods detailed below.

1. How we use and share personal information

We use and share personal information as described in the following table and the text that follows it, or download the PDF.

2. Personal information disclosure and sharing 

In addition to the sharing with the third parties described in the table above, we may also share your information with:  

  • Service providers. We share your personal information with third parties that provide services to us. These kinds of third parties provide business, professional, administrative, or technical support functions for us, such as payment processing, billing, data storage, quality assurance, and marketing. 

  • Legal compliance recipients. We disclose personal information to the courts, the government, law enforcement agencies, litigants, and similar recipients when required by law.

  • Successors. We may disclose personal information to a successor to all or a part of our business.

We also may disclose personal information with third parties with your consent or at your direction.

3. Personal information security and retention

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect personal information in our possession. While we make every effort to help ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, you should understand that no data storage system or transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be completely secure, accurate, complete, or current.  

Personal information will be retained only for long as we have a business or legal need to retain the information. 

5. International users

For individuals customers who reside outside of the United States, including in Canada, your personal information will be processed in the United States, where our servers are located. 

6. Children’s privacy

We are very concerned about the online safety of children. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from those under the age of 16. 

If we discover (or are informed) that we have collected personal information from a visitor under the age of 16, we will promptly delete such information. 

7. Contacting Us

To contact us about our use of personal information, to make a request regarding your personal information, or for other data-related inquiries, please contact us at:

LegalWise
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
875 Summit Ave.
St. Paul, MN  55105