Privacy Policy

Terms of Use

Thank you for visiting Birdsong Law, LLC’s Website. This Website exists for informational purposes only and is not intended to be advertising, solicitation, or legal advice. Use of this website alone does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you need legal advice, you must become a client of Birdsong Law, LLC to receive such advice.

The materials on this Website are intended, but not guaranteed, to reflect current law and legal standards. Because law is a constantly changing field, Birdsong Law, LLC does not represent or warrant that any information on this Website is complete, accurate, or up to date when you view it. In addition, any articles, posts, or tweets connected to this Website or Birdsong Law, LLC’s social media sites may state the law as it was at the time that they were written but not the law as it is now. You agree and acknowledge that such articles, posts, and tweets are not reviewed or kept current.

This Website and its contents are provided “AS IS” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

Birdsong Law, LLC is not responsible for any third-party content that may be accessed through this website. Any reference to third-party information, products, or services linked to this website does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement by Birdsong Law, LLC. In addition, any links to individuals or other business does not imply a partnership with those businesses.

Our website is not intended to constitute advertising. However, under the applicable laws, regulations, and ethical rules of some jurisdictions, the contents of this website might be deemed to constitute advertising. Please contact us to schedule an initial consultation to see if we are the right fit for you.

Privacy Policy

Birdsong Law, LLC respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes the types of information we collect from you in the normal course of business, including when you use our website (“Website”), the ways in which we collect information from and about you (e.g. email, phone, or social media messaging), and how we may use such information. This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time.

Non-Client Information. If you are not a client, you agree that your use of this Website does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and Birdsong Law, LLC or Elisabeth Birdsong. You understand that any submission of any information to this Website, by email, or via any other means of communication does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and Birdsong Law, LLC or Elisabeth Birdsong.

If you email information or materials to Birdsong Law, LLC for a matter for which Birdsong Law, LLC does not already represent you, that information and material may not be privileged or confidential, may be disclosed to other parties, and may not be secure.

Client Information. As a law firm, Birdsong Law, LLC is required under the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct to keep our clients’ information confidential. If you are a current or past client, your information will remain strictly confidential except in certain circumstances. As legal professionals, your information may be disclosed under the following circumstances:

  • if we have knowledge of elder or child abuse;
  • if we have knowledge that you intend to commit a crime; and/or,
  • if required by law.

In addition, limited amounts of information about current and past clients may be released under the following circumstances:

  • if you pay your bill by check, our financial institution will send us a notification;
  • if you ask us to discuss your case or negotiate a matter with another individual or business;
  • to a third party service provider, e.g. our accountants or other qualified individuals that provide services to Birdsong Law, LLC;
  • if you dispute a bill and we must release information about the services we provided due to the dispute to a third party; and/or,
  • through tracking information on the Website if your connection with the Website discloses information about you to a third party.

Collection of Information. In the normal course of our relationship with you, it is possible that we may collect personal data about you, such as contact information, names, titles, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, countries of residence, and other personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”), as well as business information and Website browsing information, from the following sources:

  • Information we receive from you in communications, meetings, or in writing;
  • Information about your transactions with us or others;
  • Information we may receive from third parties; and
  • Cookie information from your visits to our Website.

Use of Website by Children. This Website is not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children. Children should not send any Personal Information to us via the Website.

Use of Information. We may use such information for the following purposes: transactions between Birdsong Law, LLC and you (i.e., billing and payment for services rendered), conflict checks, compliance, administration of the Website, to communicate with you, the continuation of our firm’s business and the provision of legal services, marketing and business development, matter management, consolidation of information relating to clients and vendors, matters incidental to the purposes of the uses set out above, and other legitimate and lawful purposes, where permitted by applicable local law.

What are Cookies and How Cookies are Used. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you browse websites that can recognize you when you revisit and remember certain information about you. This can include pages you have visited, choices you have made from menus, any specific information you have entered into forms, and the time and date of your visit. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other Website users, which helps us to enhance the user’s experience and improve our Website functionality.

We use cookies in connection with our Website for limited purposes. Cookies may also allow us to gather data about our Website, such as the number of visits, most visited pages, etc. Cookies also help with the following:

  • Make our Website work in a more user-friendly way;
  • Improve the speed and security of the site; and
  • Allow you to connect with our sites on social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter.

We do not use cookies to:

  • Collect any personally identifiable or sensitive information without your express permission;
  • Pass data to advertising networks;
  • Pass personally identifiable data to third parties; or
  • Pay sales commissions.

Our Website uses the following cookies to improve the functionality of our site and to deliver many of the features that make your browser experience more user-friendly:

Google Analytics

This Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help the Website analyze how users use it. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website, compiling reports on Website activity for Website operators and providing other services relating to Website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties when required to do so by law, or when such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this Website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Social Website Cookies

Our Website contains links to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other similar social media sites. The privacy implications on this will vary from social network to social network and will be dependent on the privacy settings you have chosen on these networks.

Safeguards. We maintain reasonable physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard your Personal Information. We restrict access to Personal Information about our clients only to our personnel who need to have the information to provide services for Birdsong Law, LLC. This may include providing access to third party service providers. Where we outsource functions associated with servicing clients to third party service providers, we have agreements in place with such third party service providers together, where applicable, with technical and organizational measures to protect the confidentiality and security of any Personal Information shared with them.

Links to Third Party Sites. Our Website may contain links to other websites that are not under our control. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of other websites and by linking to such websites we are not endorsing their content or practices. We encourage you to be aware when you access any such third party links and to read the privacy policies of each website that you access. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords or any other personal information. While we are committed to protecting your privacy while you visit our website, Birdsong Law, LLC does not ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or via our website to another one.

Acknowledgement and Consent. By accessing and using the Website and by providing any Personal Information (including any sensitive Personal Information) to us via any means (whether through the Website and/or email addresses and/or any other contact mechanisms), you acknowledge that you have read and accepted this Policy and you consent to our use of your Personal Information in accordance with this Policy. Please do not send us any Personal Information if you do not want that information to be used by us in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy. Please do not access or use our Website for any purpose if you do not agree to this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to terminate or limit your access to our Website.

Contact Information. If you have any questions, requests, or need further information about our privacy practices, please contact us at generalinquiries@birdslaw.com.

Last Updated: July 17th, 2019