Privacy Policy

Overview

LawsuitSettlementEstimator.com ("we," "our," or "the Site") explains here what information we collect, how we use it, when we share or sell it, and the choices you have. LawsuitSettlementEstimator.com is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. We may be compensated when we connect you with an attorney or law firm. By using this site, you agree to the practices described below.

What Data We Collect

Calculator inputs: The numbers you enter into our calculators (medical bills, lost wages, fault percentage, and the like) are used to compute your estimate in your browser, and we do not send them to our servers to do that. You can use any calculator and see your full estimate without giving us any contact information.

Two optional actions do send those numbers to our servers, and only when you click them. If you ask for the plain-English explanation of your estimate, your figures are sent to our server and passed to our AI provider to write it. If you start a free report, your figures are saved under a random identifier for 24 hours so the report form can pick them up. Neither of those carries your name unless you give it to us at a later step.

Free case report: If you request the free case report, we collect your first name and email address so we can generate and deliver your report. If you choose the optional attorney connection at that step, we also collect your phone number.

Attorney connection opt-in: If you opt in to have an attorney review your case, you affirmatively submit your name, email, phone number, and ZIP code, along with a short summary of your case (your state, case type, and the estimate produced by the calculator). We record the exact consent language you agreed to and the time you agreed to it. A third-party consent-verification service, TrustedForm, records the opt-in interaction so there is an independent record of your consent.

Contact form: If you submit the contact form at /contact, we collect your name, email address, and message content solely to respond to your inquiry.

Automatically collected data: Like most websites, we collect standard web analytics data including IP addresses, browser type, pages visited, and referring URLs through Vercel Analytics and Google Analytics 4. This data is aggregated and not tied to your identity.

How We Use Your Data

We use your first name and email address to generate and deliver your free case report. We also keep a contact record for your claim, and we may follow up with you about it, including about connecting with an attorney. We do not add you to marketing lists for other products. You can ask us to delete your record at any time using the contact details below.

If you opt in to the attorney connection, we use the contact details and case summary you submit to connect you with one or more attorneys or law firms. That means we share, and may sell, that information to a licensed attorney, a law firm, or a lead marketplace so they can contact you about your case. We may be compensated for making that connection. The attorney or firm may contact you by phone, text, or email, including by automated means, consistent with the consent you gave. Consent to be contacted is never a condition of using the calculator or receiving a report. We do not sell or rent your details for unrelated advertising.

Third-Party Sharing and Sale

With attorneys, law firms, and lead marketplaces: When you opt in to the attorney connection, we share and may sell the information you submitted (name, email, phone, ZIP, and your case summary) to one or more attorneys, law firms, or a lead marketplace that routes it to them. Under California law (see below), this is treated as a sale and a sharing of personal information. We do this only after you affirmatively opt in.

With our consent-verification service: TrustedForm (operated by ActiveProspect) records the opt-in interaction and issues a certificate that documents your consent. We retain that certificate as proof of consent.

With analytics providers: Vercel Analytics and Google Analytics 4 receive aggregated usage data. This data does not include your calculator inputs or any personal identifiers beyond what is standard in web analytics.

Cookies and Analytics

Vercel Analytics operates without cookies and does not use persistent identifiers. Google Analytics 4 uses cookies to distinguish users and sessions, and it may use your IP address to determine general geographic location.

We run Google Analytics with Google Consent Mode v2, and we set its defaults before any measurement code loads. Advertising storage, advertising user data, and advertising personalization are set to denied for every visitor, with no exceptions and no way for a visitor to turn them on. We also disable Google Signals, which stops Google from joining your visit to its cross-device advertising profiles. We do this because visiting this site can itself reveal that you were recently injured, and that should not feed an advertising graph.

Analytics storage is set to denied by default for visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, so Google Analytics receives only cookieless pings there. Elsewhere, analytics storage is granted by default and you can opt out at any time using the mechanisms below.

To opt out of Google Analytics specifically, install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on or set your browser to block third-party cookies. Neither of those affects the attorney-connection opt-in, which is separate and is covered in the next section.

California Rights (CCPA / CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we have collected about you, to request deletion of your personal information, to correct inaccurate information, to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information, and to non-discrimination for exercising these rights.

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information: When you opt in to the attorney connection, we sell and share your personal information as described above. To direct us not to sell or share your personal information, submit a request through the form at /contact with the subject "Do Not Sell or Share." You can also choose not to opt in, in which case we do not sell or share your contact information at all. We will honor a valid request and will not sell or share your information going forward. Note that once a lead has already been delivered to an attorney or law firm in response to your opt-in, we cannot retract what was already shared, but we can stop any further sale or sharing.

How this relates to analytics: the sale and sharing described above is the attorney connection, and only the attorney connection. We do not sell or share analytics data, and Google Analytics is configured with every advertising signal denied, which is the setting that would otherwise put analytics into scope as a sale or share. A Do Not Sell or Share request stops the attorney connection; to stop analytics measurement itself, use the browser-level controls described under Cookies and Analytics above.

To exercise any of these rights, use the form at /contact with the subject "California Privacy Request." We will respond within 45 days.

Data Retention

Lead and report records (name, email, phone, ZIP, case summary, consent record, and delivery status) are retained as long as needed to operate the service, document consent, and meet legal and accounting obligations. Free report download links expire after the retention window shown at the time of delivery. Contact form submissions are retained for 90 days. Analytics data is retained in accordance with the applicable provider's standard retention policy.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Material changes will be reflected in the "Last Updated" date above. Continued use of the site after a change constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact

For privacy-related questions or requests, use the contact form at /contact.