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Privacy policy: what we collect, and who we give it to

This policy explains what information MVA Lawyer Network collects, why we collect it, who we disclose it to, how long we keep it, and the rights you have over it. The short version: if you ask for a case review, we pass what you tell us to a participating attorney so they can evaluate your claim, and we may be paid when you hire one. We say so plainly here rather than burying it.

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Effective August 1, 2026 Last reviewed August 1, 2026 11 min read
What we collect
What you type, plus basics
Your contact details and what you tell us about the crash, plus standard technical data your browser sends.
Who receives it
Participating attorneys
If you request a case review, your submission goes to an independent attorney so they can evaluate your claim.
Are we paid
Yes, and we say so
We may receive a referral fee if you hire an attorney we connect you with. That is disclosed on every page.
Your control
Access, delete, opt out
You can ask what we hold, ask us to delete it, and tell us to stop contacting you, at no cost.

Key takeaways

  • Nothing is collected until you send it. Reading this site does not put you in a database of injury claimants. Your details reach us when you choose to submit the case review form.
  • Your submission is disclosed to an attorney on purpose. That is the point of the form. It is not an accident or a hidden data sale, and because money changes hands, some state laws may treat it as a sale or sharing. We explain that below rather than denying it.
  • HIPAA does not protect what you type here. We are not a doctor, a hospital, or a health plan, so the injury details you describe are not protected health information under federal law. Read section 09 before you write anything you would not want disclosed.
  • You can stop it and undo it. You can ask for a copy of what we hold, ask us to delete it, opt out of marketing contact, and opt out of any sale or sharing, without being penalized for asking.
This is a policy, not legal advice

This page describes our own data practices. It is general information, not legal advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. It is not a substitute for advice from a licensed attorney about your own situation or your own privacy rights. Nothing here is a guarantee, warranty, or prediction about the outcome of any case, and past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. If you are facing an emergency, call 911.

01 Who and what this policy covers

Quick answer

This policy covers mvalawyernetwork.net and the case review form on it. It is written by MVA Lawyer Network, an independent publisher and attorney referral service. We are not a law firm and we do not provide legal advice. It does not cover the separate privacy practices of any attorney or law firm you go on to speak with, who will have their own policy.

We publish educational guides about motor vehicle, commercial truck, and catastrophic injury claims, and we connect readers who want it with an independent attorney licensed in their state. You can read what the site is and how it operates on our home page.

Where this policy stops. Once an attorney receives your information and you begin speaking with them directly, that relationship is theirs, not ours. Their handling of your information is governed by their own privacy policy and by the professional duties they owe their clients. The same is true of any third party site you reach by clicking a link on our pages. We link to statutes, court opinions, and government data, and those sites have their own policies.

02 Information you give us

Quick answer

Almost everything we hold about you is something you chose to type into the case review form. If you never submit the form, we do not collect your name, your contact details, or anything about your crash.

The case review form asks for the information an attorney needs to tell you whether you have a claim worth pursuing. What you provide typically includes the following.

What the form collects

  • Your name and how to reach you, such as phone number and email
  • The state where the crash happened, since state law controls the claim
  • The date of the crash and the type of vehicle involved
  • A description of what happened and who you believe was at fault
  • A description of injuries and whether you received medical treatment
  • Whether you have already spoken to an insurer or another attorney

What we never ask for

  • Your Social Security number
  • Your driver license or state identification number
  • Bank account, card, or other payment details
  • Login credentials or passwords for any account
  • Medical records, imaging, or provider portal access
  • Payment of any kind, because the case review is free
Please do not send us documents

Send the form, not your file. Do not attach or paste medical records, police reports, insurance correspondence, or settlement paperwork into a message to us. There is no reason for us to hold those, and the attorney who takes your case will collect them directly through their own secure intake. If you have already sent us something like that, tell us and we will delete it.

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What we hold
A record you can ask to see, and ask us to destroy.

03 Information collected automatically

Quick answer

Like nearly every website, ours receives standard technical information your browser sends, such as your IP address, device and browser type, the page you are viewing, and the page that referred you. This is used to make the site work and to understand which guides people find useful.

Cookies and similar technologies fall into a few categories, and it is worth knowing which is which.

  • Strictly necessary

    These make the site function, including loading the case review form and remembering that you dismissed a notice. The site cannot work properly without them.

  • Analytics and performance

    These tell us in aggregate which pages are read, how far people scroll, and where the site is slow or broken. We use this to decide what to write and what to fix, not to build a profile of you.

  • Form and anti-fraud

    The case review form is delivered by a third party form provider, which processes your submission on our behalf and applies basic protections against automated spam submissions.

  • Advertising and measurement

    Where used, these help measure whether an advertisement led someone to the site. Some state laws treat this category as sharing for cross context behavioral advertising, and you can opt out of it. See section 06.

State disclosure requirement
Do Not Track signals
California Business and Professions Code section 22575

California law requires a commercial website to disclose how it responds to a browser Do Not Track signal. There is no accepted industry standard for Do Not Track, and this site does not currently respond to it. Where required, we do honor recognized opt out preference signals such as Global Privacy Control, and you can use the request methods in section 07 at any time.

04 How we use your information

Quick answer

We use what you send us to do the thing you asked for: get your situation in front of an attorney who can evaluate it. We also use it to follow up with you about that request, to keep the site working, and to meet our own legal obligations.

Specifically, we use the information you provide to review whether your situation fits the kind of claim the attorneys in our network handle, to identify an attorney licensed in the state where your crash happened, to transmit your request to that attorney, to contact you about your request and about the connection, to answer questions you send us, to detect and prevent fraudulent or automated submissions, to understand in aggregate which guides readers find useful, and to comply with law and respond to lawful requests.

What we do not do with it. We do not sell your injury details to unrelated advertisers, we do not add you to unrelated marketing lists for products that have nothing to do with your claim, and we do not publish, post, or display what you tell us.

05 Who we disclose it to, and why

Quick answer

Three groups: the participating attorney who evaluates your claim, service providers who run things like our form and hosting on our behalf, and anyone the law requires. That is the complete list.

Participating attorneys. This is the disclosure that matters most, and it is the entire purpose of the form. When you request a case review, the information you submitted is provided to an independent attorney or law firm so they can assess your claim and contact you. We may be compensated if you go on to hire them. Once your information reaches them, their own privacy policy and professional obligations govern what happens next.

Service providers. We use third parties to operate the site, including hosting, the survey form that captures your submission, email and messaging delivery, and analytics. They are given access only to what they need to perform that function for us, and they are not permitted to use your information for their own independent purposes.

Legal and safety. We may disclose information where we are required to by law, subpoena, or court order, where necessary to protect our legal rights, or where we believe in good faith it is necessary to prevent harm. If our business is ever sold or merged, information may transfer as part of that transaction, subject to this policy.

06 Whether this counts as selling or sharing

Quick answer

We do not auction your information to unrelated buyers. But because we disclose your submission to an attorney and may be paid when you hire that attorney, that disclosure can fall within the broad definitions of a sale or sharing in some state privacy laws. Rather than hide behind a narrow reading, we treat it as covered and give you the opt out.

This is the part most lead generation privacy policies get wrong, usually by printing a flat sentence saying they never sell personal information. Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, a sale is not limited to a cash exchange for a list. It reaches disclosing personal information to a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration, and sharing has its own separate definition tied to cross context behavioral advertising.

Our position is straightforward. The disclosure to an attorney is one you asked us to make, it is the service you came here for, and we describe it in plain terms above. We also acknowledge that compensation is involved, which is why we do not claim an exemption we may not be entitled to. You may direct us not to sell or share your personal information using any method in section 07, and we will not treat you differently for doing so.

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

To exercise this right, send a request through the contact page linked at the end of this policy and say that you are opting out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You do not need an account, you do not need to explain why, and there is no charge. We will confirm receipt and act within the period the applicable law allows. Where you use a recognised opt out preference signal such as Global Privacy Control, we treat that as a request as well. Opting out does not stop us from connecting you with an attorney if you separately ask us to, and it does not reduce the quality of anything we provide.

Statute
The right to opt out, and the right not to be punished for it
California Civil Code sections 1798.120 and 1798.125

California residents have the right to direct a business not to sell or share their personal information, and a business may not discriminate against a consumer for exercising a privacy right, including by denying goods or services or providing a different level of quality. Several other state laws grant a comparable opt out and non-discrimination right. We apply these protections to every reader, not only to residents of states that require it.

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Your rights
Ask what we hold. Ask us to delete it. No charge, no penalty.

07 Your rights, and how to use them

Quick answer

You can ask what we hold about you, get a copy, have it corrected, have it deleted, and tell us to stop selling, sharing, or contacting you. We extend these rights to every reader regardless of state, and using them is free.

A growing number of states have comprehensive consumer privacy laws, and the list changes often enough that publishing a count here would be out of date within months. The International Association of Privacy Professionals maintains a live tracker, linked in the sources below, which is the authority we check rather than repeating a number. Indiana, Kentucky, and Rhode Island were the most recent to take effect, on January 1, 2026. Rather than give you fewer rights because of where you live, we apply the following to everyone.

1

Tell us what you want

Send your request through our contact page, linked at the end of this policy. Say which right you are exercising: access, a copy, correction, deletion, opt out of sale or sharing, or stop contacting me.

2

Give us enough to find you

Provide the name, email, and phone number you used on the form, and roughly when you submitted it. We ask for this only to locate your record and confirm it is yours.

3

We verify it is really you

We match the details you give against what we hold. We will not disclose or delete information on the say so of someone who cannot show they are the person concerned, because doing that would itself be a privacy failure.

4

We act, and we tell you what we did

We confirm receipt promptly and respond within the period the applicable law allows, commonly forty five days, with an extension where the law permits and where we tell you why. There is no fee.

5

If we cannot fully comply, we explain

Some information must be retained to comply with law, resolve disputes, or enforce agreements. Where an exception applies we tell you which part we kept and why, rather than refusing without explanation.

One limit worth understanding

We cannot delete your information from an attorney's files. Once your submission has been provided to a law firm, they hold their own copy, and lawyers are subject to their own record retention duties. Deleting our record does not reach theirs. If you want your information removed from a firm you were connected to, contact that firm directly, and tell us as well so we can pass the request along.

08 How long we keep it, and how we protect it

Quick answer

We keep your submission for as long as needed to provide the connection you asked for and to meet legal and record keeping obligations, then we dispose of it. We protect it with access controls, encryption in transit, and by limiting who inside the business can see it.

Retention is driven by purpose, not by habit. Contact and claim details submitted through the form are held while your request is being handled and for a limited period afterwards, so that we can answer questions about the connection and demonstrate that you consented to be contacted. Records evidencing consent to contact are retained for the period applicable law requires, which is one of the few reasons we may keep something after you ask us to delete it, and we will tell you if that applies to you.

Security, honestly stated. We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards, including transport encryption, restricted access, and vetted service providers. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and any site that promises absolute security is overpromising. We will not make that promise. What we will do is limit what we collect in the first place, which is the most effective protection available.

09 Health details, and why HIPAA does not apply

Quick answer

HIPAA does not apply to this website. HIPAA covers health plans, health care clearinghouses, and health care providers who bill electronically, plus their business associates. We are none of those. The injury information you type into our form is not protected health information under federal law.

This surprises people, and it matters, so we put it in its own section rather than a footnote. If you describe a brain injury, a spinal cord injury, a surgery, or a diagnosis in our form, that description is protected by this policy, by our contracts with service providers, and by state privacy law where it applies. It is not protected by HIPAA, because HIPAA is a rule about specific kinds of health care entities and we are not one of them.

What this means for what you write

Describe your injury in enough detail for an attorney to understand the claim, and no more. You do not need to send us your diagnosis codes, your treatment history, or your records to find out whether you have a case. Several states also treat health related information as sensitive and give it extra protection, and we handle it accordingly, but the safest protection is still to share less with us and more with the attorney who takes your case.

Quick answer

When you submit the form you are agreeing to be contacted about your request, including by phone, text, and email. Consent is not a condition of getting help, message rates may apply, and you can withdraw it at any time by replying STOP to a text, using the unsubscribe link in an email, or telling us through the contact page.

Contact to an injured person is regulated, and the rules changed recently, so it is worth being precise. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act governs automated calls and texts, and requires prior express written consent for marketing calls made with an automatic dialing system or a prerecorded voice. In 2023 the Federal Communications Commission adopted a rule that would have required that consent to name a single seller at a time. That rule was vacated before it took effect, and the previous consent standard is what applies now.

Case
The one to one consent rule was struck down
Insurance Marketing Coalition Ltd. v. FCC, No. 24-10277 (11th Cir. Jan. 24, 2025)

The Eleventh Circuit vacated the FCC's one to one consent rule, holding that the agency exceeded its statutory authority by narrowing the ordinary meaning of prior express consent. The Commission subsequently reinstated the prior standard. We describe this because a policy that cites a vacated rule is misleading, and the current standard, not the abandoned one, is what governs how you may be contacted.

Whatever the federal rule of the moment, our own commitment does not change. You will be told who is contacting you and why, you will not be passed to a chain of unrelated marketers, and a request to stop will be honored on every channel.

11 Children, and where this service is offered

Quick answer

This site is intended for adults and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from a child. The service is offered to residents of the United States.

If a child was injured, the claim is normally brought by a parent or legal guardian on the child's behalf, and it is that adult who should use the form and who should describe the child's injuries. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, tell us through the contact page and we will delete it.

Where we operate. MVA Lawyer Network publishes for readers across all 50 states and connects them with attorneys licensed in their own state. The service is not directed to individuals in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, and we do not intentionally offer it there. If you access the site from outside the United States, understand that your information will be processed in the United States, where privacy laws differ from those in your country.

12 Changes to this policy, and how to reach us

Quick answer

We date this policy and re-review it at least once a year. If we change it in a way that materially affects how your information is handled, we will update the effective date and describe what changed rather than swapping the text out quietly.

This page carries an effective date and a last reviewed date at the top. Those dates are real. A page is only re-dated when a person has actually read it and checked it against how the site currently operates, which is the same standard we apply to every other page we publish.

Questions about your information, or want it deleted? Reach the desk directly.

Go to the contact page

The bottom line. We collect little, we tell you exactly where it goes, we acknowledge that we are paid rather than pretending otherwise, and you can make us stop and delete it at any time without penalty.

Sources and authorities

The statutes and rules this policy relies on are listed below, each linked to a free public database or the agency that administers it, so you can check any statement on this page against the original text.

State privacy law

Federal statutes and regulations

  • Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. section 227. Cornell Legal Information Institute.
  • FCC implementing rules, including prior express written consent, 47 CFR section 64.1200. Cornell LII.
  • Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. section 6501 and following, and the COPPA Rule, 16 CFR Part 312. Cornell LII.
  • CAN-SPAM Act, 15 U.S.C. section 7701 and following. Cornell LII.
  • Unfair or deceptive acts or practices, Section 5 of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. section 45. Cornell LII.
  • HIPAA administrative requirements and covered entity definitions, 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164. Cornell LII.

Court decisions

The four standards in short

This policy is held to the same standards as every other page on the site.

01

Primary sources only

Legal claims cite the statute, regulation, or decided case itself, never another firm's summary of it, and the link opens the original text.

02

Reviewed and dated

A named editor signs off on every page, the review date is printed on it, and the page is re-checked when the law changes.

03

Editorial, not legal advice

This is general information to help you make decisions, not advice about your specific case, and it creates no attorney-client relationship.

04

Honest about how we operate

We are an independent referral service, not a law firm, and we may be paid if you hire a lawyer through us. That is disclosed, and it buys no coverage.

Michael Mangione, Legal Research Editor
Michael Mangione Verified editor
Legal Research Editor · Founder, The Mangione Group, Inc.

This policy is maintained by Michael Mangione, who has spent more than twelve years working alongside contingency based law firms across the United States, building intake departments and studying how claims are screened and pursued. He wrote this page to describe what actually happens to a reader's information rather than to reprint a generic template. Michael is not a practicing attorney and does not give legal advice, and this policy is not a substitute for advice from counsel about your own privacy rights.

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Common questions, answered

General information about our data practices. None of it is legal advice, and none of it creates an attorney-client relationship. For advice about your own privacy rights, talk to a licensed attorney.

Do you sell my personal information?

We do not auction your details to unrelated buyers or add you to marketing lists for products unconnected to your claim. We do disclose your submission to a participating attorney, which is the service you requested, and we may be paid if you hire them. Because compensation is involved, that disclosure can fall within the broad definition of a sale or sharing under some state privacy laws, so we treat it as covered and give you an opt out rather than claiming an exemption. See Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information for how to submit that request.

What happens to my information right after I submit the form?

It is received through our form provider, reviewed to see whether your situation fits the kind of claim the attorneys in our network handle, and provided to an independent attorney licensed in the state where your crash happened so they can evaluate it and contact you. You may also hear from us about the request itself.

Is what I tell you protected by HIPAA?

No. HIPAA applies to health plans, health care clearinghouses, and health care providers who transmit health information electronically, along with their business associates. We are none of those, so the injury details you type here are not protected health information under federal law. They are protected by this policy and by state privacy law where it applies, but describe your injury in enough detail for an attorney to understand the claim and no more.

Can I ask you to delete everything you have about me?

Yes, at no cost, and we extend that right to every reader regardless of which state you live in. Send the request through the contact page with the name, email, and phone number you used on the form. We may keep a limited record where the law requires it, such as evidence that you consented to be contacted, and if that applies we will tell you what we kept and why.

If I ask you to delete my data, does the attorney delete theirs?

No, and this is an important limit. Once your submission has been provided to a law firm, they hold their own copy and are subject to their own record retention duties. Deleting our record does not reach theirs. Contact that firm directly to ask them to remove your information, and tell us as well so we can pass the request along.

Will I be called or texted, and can I stop it?

Submitting the form means agreeing to be contacted about your request, including by phone, text, and email. Consent is not a condition of getting help, and message and data rates may apply. You can withdraw consent at any time by replying STOP to a text, using the unsubscribe link in an email, or telling us through the contact page, and the request will be honored on every channel.

Do I have to submit the form to read the site?

No. Every guide and article is free to read with nothing submitted. Reading the site does not put you in a database of injury claimants. Your contact details and crash information reach us only if you choose to send them.

Do you respond to Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signals?

There is no accepted industry standard for Do Not Track, and this site does not currently respond to that signal, which California law requires us to disclose. Where required, we do honor recognized opt out preference signals such as Global Privacy Control, and you can exercise any privacy right directly through the contact page at any time.

How long do you keep what I send you?

For as long as needed to provide the connection you asked for and to meet legal and record keeping obligations, then we dispose of it. Retention is driven by purpose rather than habit. Records evidencing your consent to be contacted are kept for the period applicable law requires, which is one of the few reasons we may retain something after a deletion request.

What information do you refuse to collect?

We never ask for your Social Security number, driver license number, bank or card details, account passwords, or medical records, and we never ask for payment because the case review is free. Please do not send documents such as medical records, police reports, or insurance correspondence. The attorney who takes your case will collect those directly through their own intake.

Is my information safe?

We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards including transport encryption, restricted internal access, and vetted service providers. We will not tell you it is absolutely secure, because no method of transmission or storage is, and any site promising otherwise is overpromising. The strongest protection we apply is collecting less in the first place.

Does this policy cover the attorney I get connected with?

No. This policy covers this website and the case review form on it. Once your information reaches an independent attorney or law firm, their own privacy policy and their professional obligations to clients govern what happens to it. Ask them for their policy if you want to see it.

What if the injured person is a child?

This site is intended for adults and is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from a child. Where a child was injured, the claim is normally brought by a parent or legal guardian, and that adult should use the form and describe the child's injuries. If you believe a child sent us personal information, tell us and we will delete it.

How will I know if this policy changes?

The effective date and last reviewed date at the top of this page are real dates, updated only when a person has actually read the policy and checked it against how the site operates. If we make a change that materially affects how your information is handled, we update the effective date and describe what changed rather than replacing the text quietly.

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