Who we are

We are Fitter Law, LLC. We are a law firm in the state of Illinois. Our website address is: http://www.fitterlaw.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

The Contact form is only for our informational purposes. Anyone attempting to contact us through our contact form of the website should not share any information that will be at risk of not being attorney/client privileged.

The information submitted in Contact forms is NOT protected by a privilege of confidentiality.

Submitting a request through this form will NOT create an attorney/client relationship. An attorney/client relationship will only be created once there is a mutual agreement between the law firm and the client utilizing a signed, written agreement that reflects our mutual understanding.

If you are an existing client of the firm, you must contact your attorney directly by calling
(312) 741-1073

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

We only share your information: (1) internally, as necessary to service you if you are our client or prospect; and (2) with marketing partners without sharing your personal information, typically utilizing services like Google Ads, Facebook Ads, and the like.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

We do not share your contact information without your permission.

Additional information

How we protect your data

Any personally identifying information that you provide is retained on our internal networks or company approved third-party servers (for storage and processing purposes only). We do not share such information with any third-parties, unless we obtain specific permission from you first.

What data breach procedures we have in place

We currently utilize a third-party Manager, which uses 128-bit encryption to store all of our client and matter information. If we detect a data breach on our end, we will attempt to inform you as soon as possible. We will not be responsible for any data breaches by any third-party that we may work with now or in the future.

The below list details the cookies used in our website.