Updated: November 21, 2025

This Notice describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or process your personal information when you use our services, including when you visit our website at https://hbsslaw.com or any website of ours that links to this Privacy Policy, or engage with the firm in other related ways.

Reading this Notice or our Privacy Policy will help you understand your privacy rights. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

We collect personal information that you provide to us.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you choose to complete a form on our website or otherwise contact us. We may, for example, keep a record of your name, email address, phone number and any other information you voluntarily provide to the firm.

In the course of business, through our website or otherwise, we may collect additional personal information in the following categories:

  • Contact information, such as your name, email address, phone number, state of residence or home address.
  • Documentation, like purchase agreements, statements, invoices, affidavits, written statements, screenshots, timelines or photographs or videos.
  • Financial data, such as purchase price, down payment, loan details, fees, purchase and sale agreements, foreclosures, credit card contract or purchase details, interest rates, contracts or invoices.
  • Home purchase information, such as purchase and sale agreement, date of purchase, property address, real estate agent and transaction details.
  • Legal and regulatory compliance data, which may include date of birth, home address or other information.
  • Product details, which may include date of purchase, rental information, mileage, experience with product, purchase date or store of purchase.
  • Travel information, such as airline or hotel information.

We collect sensitive information that you provide to us.

When necessary, and with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law, we collect and process the following categories of sensitive information necessary to provide our services:

  • Employment data, such as contact information, professional qualifications, work history, wage history, transcripts, diplomas, date of birth, Social Security number or necessary tax information.
  • Incident/experience details, such as mental or physical health information, medical records, disability/accommodation or photograph/video documentation.
  • Personal details, such as age, gender, date of birth, Social Security number, national origin, race/ethnicity or religious beliefs.
  • Financial data, such as contracts, investments, purchase price or payment information.

We may collect data about your device and visit.

We may collect technical and behavioral data through cookies, analytics tracking software, advertising pixels and other service providers when you visit, use, or navigate Hagens Berman’s website. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, referring URL, location, information about your visit and other technical information. This information is used to maintain the security and operation of our website, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

We also may collect information through cookies and similar technologies, including:

  • Log and Usage Data, such as device information, browser type, and date/time stamps associated with your usage and pages viewed.
  • Device Data, such as your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information.
  • Location Data. We collect location data such as your device's location. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use. You can opt out by disabling your location setting on your device.

CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The table below shows the categories of personal information we have collected in the past twelve (12) months. The table includes illustrative examples of each category and does not reflect the personal information we collect from you. 

  • Identifiers, such as contact details, such as name, alias, state of residence, telephone or mobile contact number, unique identifiers, Internet Protocol address, email address are commonly collected, and postal address when necessary.
  • Personal information as defined in the California Customer Records statute, such as name, signature, address, phone number, insurance policy number, education, employment history, financial information, medical or health information.
  • Protected classification characteristics under state or federal law, such as age, race, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, disability, gender, gender identity or veteran or military status.
  • Commercial information, such as transaction information, purchase history, financial details and payment information.
  • Internet or other similar network activity, such as browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, systems or advertisements.
  • Sensory data, such as photographs, audio files and video recordings.
  • Geolocation data, such as device location.
  • Professional or employment-related information, such as employment information, job history, work eligibility documents, Bar information, performance evaluations or disciplinary records.
  • Education Information, such as student records or directory information.
  • Sensitive personal Information, such as racial or ethnic origin, political or religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, Social Security number, health information, contents of emails, text messages or other private communications.

We only collect sensitive personal information, as defined by applicable privacy laws or the purposes allowed by law or with your consent. Sensitive personal information may be used, or disclosed to a service provider or contractor, for additional, specified purposes. You may have the right to limit the use or disclosure of your sensitive personal information. We do not collect or process sensitive personal information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about you.

We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:

  • Receiving help through our customer support channels;
  • Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries.

We will use and retain the collected personal information as needed to provide the Services or for until up to 24 months after the related case is closed, request data deletion or opt out of email marketing

HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. Hagens Berman does not sell your personal information to data brokers. We process the personal information for the following purposes listed below.

Provision of legal services – We collect and use personal information that you voluntarily provide to us through our website or during our engagement, including contact information, and other service-related data that we may collect to evaluate potential matters and deliver our Services. Our work may involve sharing this information with third parties, such as co-counsel and experts, to represent your interests effectively. The firm uses software, platforms and other tools hosted in the cloud by third-party technology partners. This collection and processing is essential for us to fulfill our Services.

Addressing inquiries – The firm uses contact details, identification data and other submitted data to respond to general and client inquiries. This processing is necessary to provide information and our Services.

Sending marketing communication – We use identification data, contact details, to communicate with you by way of email announcements and newsletters to provide you with information about our investigations, cases, settlements or firm news that may be of interest to you. This processing is necessary for our legitimate interest to send you tailored marketing announcements and newsletters. If you’d like to change your marketing preferences or wish to opt out of receiving marketing messages from Hagens Berman, contact marketing@hbsslaw.com.

Improving our website – We use cookies and device data to enhance the functionality and experience of our website. This processing is essential for our legitimate interests in monitoring and improving our online presence and services.

Recruiting new employees – Personal information about job applicants is collected and processed via email for purposes of evaluating candidates for open employment positions and conducting background checks, where applicable by law. If you are hired by Hagens Berman, this data will be transferred to employee record files. Applicant information may be used as necessary to comply with legal and governance requirements. This processing is necessary in the firm’s recruiting and employment activities.

  • Protecting our services. We use identification data, contact details and other details as part of our efforts to keep our Services safe and secure, including fraud monitoring and prevention.
  • To save or protect an individual's vital interest. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual’s vital interest, such as to prevent harm.

HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

We will use and retain the collected personal information as needed to provide our services—unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law—until 24 months after the related case is closed, a data deletion request is received, or a marketing opt out request is received.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason (i.e., legal basis) to do so under applicable law, like with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services to enter into or fulfill our contractual obligations, to protect your rights, or to fulfill our legitimate business interests. For more information, refer to our Privacy Policy.

WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We share information with the following categories of recipients:

Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors and service providers who perform work or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. We have contracts in place with our third parties, which are designed to help safeguard your personal information. This means that they cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do it. They will also not share your personal information with any organization apart from us. They also commit to protect the data they hold on our behalf and to retain it for the period we instruct.

Technology partners.

  • Advertising/Analytics: Meta (Facebook), Google Analytics Advertising Features, Remarketing with Google Analytics, Google Analytics Demographics and Interests Reporting and Google Display Network Impressions Reporting, Reddit, LinkedIn, X
  • Cloud Computing Services: Google Cloud Platform
  • Customer relationship management, direct marketing, lead generation: Hubspot, Inventex, Jotform
  • Data Backup and Security: Google Drive Backup
  • Cookie Consent: Cookiebot
  • Cloud-based email delivery: Sendgrid
  • Hosting: Pantheon
  • Retargeting Platforms: Google Analytics Remarketing
  • Web Analytics: Google Analytics
  • Website security and performance: Cloudflare, Nixon Digital Tracker Checker

Business Partners. We may share your information with our business partners, such as co-counsel or experts, in order to perform our services.

Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

Affiliates. We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.

The Court, law enforcement or government agency. If requested, in order to comply with legal or regulatory proceedings, we may disclose personal information when necessary to establish or protect the Firm’s or others’ legal rights, property or safety or to defend the Firm against legal claims.

WITHDRAWING YOUR CONSENT

If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

OPTING OUT OF MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

You may unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send or by emailing marketing@hbsslaw.com. You will then be removed from the marketing lists. However, we may still communicate with you — for example, to send you service-related messages that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes.

YOU CAN REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU

You have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, details about how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law.

  • To update your cookie consent preferences, click on the icon in the lower right corner of the screen.
  • To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, contact andrews@hbsslaw.com or call 1-888-381-2889 (during regular business hours, which are Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm PDT).
  • To update your email marketing subscription preferences, email marketing@hbsslaw.com.

Upon your request to access or delete your information, we will verify, deactivate and delete your information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information
Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

CONTACT US

Andrew SanAgustin
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
1301 2nd Ave, Suite 2000
Seattle, WA 98101
United States
1-888-381-2889
andrews@hbsslaw.com

QUESTIONS?

Reading this notice or our Privacy Policy will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at andrews@hbsslaw.com.

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