Privacy Policy
Reviewed Oct 8, 2026
Written by
Settlement Scout editorial team
Checked against
official sources, linked
Key takeaways
Settlement Scout is operated by OPTIMAX AI LTD, a company registered in the United Kingdom (company number 16143914). This policy covers settlementscout.org and applies to visitors located in the United States.
On this page
This guide, at a glance
What this site collects
Third-party sites we link to
What this site collects
Settlementscout.org collects standard server logs: your IP address, browser/user-agent string, the page you requested, and the timestamp. This is the ordinary technical logging websites generate to operate and detect abuse. We use these logs to keep the site running, investigate errors, and spot obvious bot or attack traffic.
We also use Google Analytics 4 to understand which pages people visit and whether visitors begin the claim-check process. Google may receive technical and usage information such as your device and browser, approximate location derived from your IP address, referring page, pages viewed, and interactions with the site. Settlement Scout does not send your name, phone number, email address, ZIP code, or accident details to Google Analytics. A cross-domain identifier may be used when you follow a claim-check link from settlementscout.org to check.settlementscout.org so that we can understand whether the visit produced a lead. Google's handling of this data is covered by Google's privacy policy.
We also use PostHog and Microsoft Clarity to understand navigation, clicks, scrolling, and where visitors leave the site. These tools provide usage analytics, heatmaps, and session replay. They may use cookies or similar identifiers and receive technical information about your device, browser, referring page, and pages visited. Calculator inputs and results are excluded from PostHog replay and masked in Clarity. We do not send contact details or calculator answers as custom PostHog events. PostHog uses the same project as our claim-check tool, allowing visits to be connected across our subdomains. See PostHog's privacy policy and the Microsoft Privacy Statement for how those providers process data.
We keep server logs only as long as we need them for their operational purpose, then delete or roll them over. Analytics retention is controlled in our Google Analytics, PostHog, and Microsoft Clarity accounts. We don't sell this data or combine it with a list of names, emails, or phone numbers.
Third-party sites we link to
This site links out to official government portals (for a crash report or court record), insurer websites, and our partner claim-intake platform. We don't control those sites, and once you leave settlementscout.org, whatever privacy practices that other site has apply, not this one. Check the destination site's own policy if you're unsure.
The claim-check tool has its own privacy policy
Where this site offers a claim-check tool, it is currently hosted on our partner claim-intake platform (check.settlementscout.org in this version of the site). That form collects more information than this site does, including contact details you provide, under its own separate privacy policy, which governs what's collected there and how it's used. Check that policy directly on the form itself before you submit it.
Your rights
California residents (CCPA/CPRA)
If you're a California resident, you have the right to:
- Know what personal information we collect and how it's used,
- Delete personal information we hold about you (subject to legal exceptions),
- Correct inaccurate personal information,
- Opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information, and
- Non-discrimination. We won't deny you service or charge you differently for exercising these rights.
Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information: Settlement Scout does not sell the data described above. Because we don't sell personal information collected on settlementscout.org, there is currently no separate "Do Not Sell" toggle to click on this site. (The claim-check form on check.settlementscout.org is a separate service with its own privacy policy and its own answer to this question; check that policy directly.) If you'd like to submit a CCPA request anyway, for example to ask what data we hold or to flag a browser opt-out signal, email mike@optimax-ai.com and we will respond.
Verified against the California Attorney General's CCPA guidance (oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa), checked 26 September 2026.
All US visitors
You can always ask what we hold on you and ask us to delete it, by emailing mike@optimax-ai.com.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes materially, we'll update the last_reviewed date above and note what changed.
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