Privacy Policy and Terms of Service

Your privacy is important to us. It is Beyer & Lippert, Attorneys at Law’s policy to respect your privacy and comply with any applicable law and regulation regarding any contact information we may collect about you, including across our website, https://www.beyerlippert.com/, and other sites we own and operate.

This policy is effective as of 5 August 2021 and was last updated on 5 August 2021.

General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) Compliance: This website is designed for internet audiences within the United States of America. Any collection of information from users in the European Union is incidental and unintentional. Beyer & Lippert by law can legally only offer and advertise services to individuals with legal issues in North Carolina, USA.

Information We Collect

Information we collect includes both information you knowingly and actively provide us when using or participating in any of our services and online forms, and any information automatically sent by your devices in the course of accessing our products and services.

Log Data

When you visit our website, our servers may automatically log the standard data provided by your web browser. It may include your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, other details about your visit, and technical details that occur in conjunction with any errors you may encounter.

Please be aware that while this information may not be personally identifying by itself, it may be possible to combine it with other data to personally identify individual persons. We do not make efforts to personally identify users, and our website exists solely for the purposes of advertising, providing information about Beyer & Lippert, and collecting information that may assist in legal representation. No information collected from users will be sold or used for purposes other than those just listed. No information covered by the Attorney-Client privilege and attorney rules concerning confidentiality will be shared with anyone.

Contact information

We may ask for contact information which may include one or more of the following:

• Name
• Email
• Date of birth
• Phone/mobile number
• Home/mailing address

Other information that we collect, but is not considered “Contact information” in this privacy policy includes:

• Identity Numbers, such as SSN and License Number
• Information related to your legal representation
• Confidential, attorney-client communications

These items will not be shared with any third parties.

Legitimate Reasons for Processing Your Contact information

We only collect and use your contact information when we have a legitimate reason for doing so. We only collect contact information that is reasonably necessary to provide our services to you.

Collection and Use of Information

We may collect contact information from you when you do any of the following on our website:

• Use a mobile device or web browser to access our content
• Contact us via email, social media, or on any similar technologies
• Submit information through an online form on our website
• When you mention us on social media

We may collect, hold, use, and disclose information for the following purposes, and contact information will not be further processed in a manner that is incompatible with these purposes:

• to tailor our legal representation to your needs
• to contact and communicate with you
• for internal record keeping and administrative purposes

Please be aware that we may combine information we collect about you with general information or research data we receive from other trusted sources.

Security of Your Contact information

When we collect and process contact information, and while we retain this information, we will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification.

Although we will do our best to protect the contact information you provide to us, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, and no one can guarantee absolute data security. We will comply with laws applicable to us in respect of any data breach.

You are responsible for selecting any password and its overall security strength, ensuring the security of your own information within the bounds of our services.

How Long We Keep Your Contact information

We keep your contact information only for as long as we need to. This time period may depend on what we are using your information for, in accordance with this privacy policy. If your contact information is no longer required, we will delete it or make it anonymous by removing all details that identify you.

However, if necessary, we may retain your contact information for our compliance with a legal, accounting, or reporting obligation or for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific, or historical research purposes or statistical purposes.

Children’s Privacy

We do not aim any of our products or services directly at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect contact information about children under 13.

Disclosure of Contact information to Third Parties

No information related to your legal case will be shared with anyone. Routine logs of website user’s IP addresses and browser information may be shared with third parties for administrative or website analytics. Basic contact information may also be shared for the limited purposes of providing legal services, advertising, and communication with you. Information not related to legal representation may be shared with:

• a subsidiary or affiliate of our company
• third party service providers for the purpose of enabling them to provide their services, for example, IT service providers, data storage, hosting and server providers, advertisers, or analytics platforms
• our employees, contractors, and/or related entities
• our existing or potential agents or business partners
• sponsors or promoters of any competition, sweepstakes, or promotion we run
• courts, tribunals, regulatory authorities, and law enforcement officers, as required by law, in connection with any actual or prospective legal proceedings, or in order to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights
• third parties, including agents or sub-contractors, who assist us in providing information, products, services, or direct marketing to you
• third parties to collect and process data

International Transfers of Contact information

The contact information we collect is stored and/or processed where we or our partners, affiliates, and third-party providers maintain facilities. Please be aware that the locations to which we store, process, or transfer your contact information may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. If we transfer your contact information to third parties in other countries: (i) we will perform those transfers in accordance with the requirements of applicable law; and (ii) we will protect the transferred contact information in accordance with this privacy policy.

Your Rights and Controlling Your Contact information

You always retain the right to withhold contact information from us, with the understanding that your experience of our website may be affected. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights over your contact information. If you do provide us with contact information you understand that we will collect, hold, use and disclose it in accordance with this privacy policy. You retain the right to request details of any contact information we hold about you.

If we receive contact information about you from a third party, we will protect it as set out in this privacy policy. If you are a third party providing contact information about somebody else, you represent and warrant that you have such person’s consent to provide the contact information to us.

If you have previously agreed to us using your contact information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time. We will provide you with the ability to unsubscribe from our email-database or opt out of communications. Please be aware we may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity.

If you believe that any information we hold about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading, please contact us using the details provided in this privacy policy. We will take reasonable steps to correct any information found to be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or out of date.

If you believe that we have breached a relevant data protection law and wish to make a complaint, please contact us using the details below and provide us with full details of the alleged breach. We will promptly investigate your complaint and respond to you, in writing, setting out the outcome of our investigation and the steps we will take to deal with your complaint. You also have the right to contact a regulatory body or data protection authority in relation to your complaint.

Use of Cookies

We use “cookies” to collect information about you and your activity across our site. A cookie is a small piece of data that our website stores on your computer, and accesses each time you visit, so we can understand how you use our site. This helps us serve you content based on preferences you have specified.

Limits of Our Policy

Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of those sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.

Changes to This Policy

At our discretion, we may change our privacy policy to reflect updates to our business processes, current acceptable practices, or legislative or regulatory changes. If we decide to change this privacy policy, we will post the changes here at the same link by which you are accessing this privacy policy.

If required by law, we will get your permission or give you the opportunity to opt in to or opt out of, as applicable, any new uses of your contact information.

Contact Us

For any questions or concerns regarding your privacy, you may contact us using the form on our contact page: https://www.beyerlippert.com/contact/

Agreement between User and https://www.beyerlippert.com/

This website, https://www.beyerlippert.com/ (the “Site”), is comprised of various web pages operated by Beyer & Lippert, Attorneys at Law (“Beyer & Lippert”) is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the “Terms”). Your use of this Site constitutes your agreement to all such Terms. Please read these terms carefully and keep a copy of them for your reference.

This Site exists for purposes of advertising, providing information about Beyer & Lippert, providing an online payment portal, and collecting information that may assist in legal representation.

Privacy

Your use of this Site is subject to Beyer & Lippert’s Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs this Site and informs users of our data collection practices.

Electronic Communications

Visiting this Site or sending emails to Beyer & Lippert constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on this Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Children Under Thirteen

Beyer & Lippert does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under the age of thirteen. If you are under 1 8, you may use this Site only with permission of a parent or guardian.

Links to Third Party Sites

Third Party Services this Site may contain links to other websites (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not under the control of Beyer & Lippert and Beyer & Lippert is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Beyer & Lippert is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Beyer & Lippert or this Site or any association with its operators.

Certain services made available via this Site are delivered by third party sites and organizations. By using any product, service or functionality originating from this Site domain, you hereby acknowledge and consent that Beyer & Lippert may share such information and data with any third party with whom Beyer & Lippert has a contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service or functionality on behalf of this Site users and customers.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use/intellectual Property

You are granted a non-exclusive, non- transferable, revocable license to access and use this Site strictly in accordance with these terms of use. As a condition of your use of this Site, you warrant to Beyer & Lippert that you will not use this Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use this Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair this Site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of this Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through this Site. All content included as part of the Service, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on this Site, is the property of Beyer & Lippert or its suppliers and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and

proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto. You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on this Site. Beyer & Lippert content is not for resale. Your use of this Site does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for your personal use, and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of Beyer & Lippert and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of Beyer & Lippert or our licensors except as expressly authorized by

these Terms.

International Users

The Service is controlled, operated and administered by Beyer & Lippert from our offices within the USA. If you access the Service from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use the Beyer & Lippert Content accessed through this Sitein any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions or regulations.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Beyer & Lippert, its officers, directors, employees, agents and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) relating to or arising out of your use of or inability to use this Site or services, any user postings made by you, your violation of any terms of this Agreement or your violation of any rights of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. Beyer & Lippert reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with Beyer & Lippert in asserting any available defenses.

Class Action Waiver

Any arbitration under these Terms and Conditions will take place on an individual basis; class arbitrations and class representative/collective actions are not permitted. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT A PARTY MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN EACH’S INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PUTATIVE CLASS, COLLECTIVE AND/ OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, SUCH AS IN THE FORM OF A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION AGAINST THE OTHER. Further, unless both you and Beyer & Lippert agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding.

Liability Disclaimer

THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. BEYER & LIPPERT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THIS SITE AT ANY TIME. BEYER & LIPPERT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY , RELIABILITY, VAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THIS SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW , ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. BEYER & LIPPERT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW ANDOR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL BEYER & LIPPERT, AITORNEYS AT LAW AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT , PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THIS SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF BEYER & LIPPERT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THIS SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THIS SITE.

Termination/Access Restriction

Beyer & Lippert reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to this Site and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in North Carolina in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this Site. Use of this Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this section. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Beyer & Lippert as a result of this agreement or use of this Site. Beyer & Lippert’s performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Beyer & Lippert’s right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of this Site or information

provided to or gathered by Beyer & Lippert with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches

the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Beyer & Lippert with respect to this Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and Beyer & Lippert with respect to this Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating, to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business, documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish, to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be written in English.

Changes to Terms

Beyer & Lippert reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the Terms under which this Site is offered. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions. Beyer & Lippert encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay informed of our updates.

Contact Us

Beyer & Lippert welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Terms through our contact page: https://www.beyerlippert.com/contact/

Effective as of August 02, 2021