Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting the Louisiana Supreme Court’s website (“Website”). The Louisiana Supreme Court is dedicated to protecting the privacy of its website visitors, as well as the security of its information systems. This privacy policy outlines the types of information we learn when you visit our site and how this information will be used.

Automatically Collected Information

For each visitor to this Website, non-personal information is automatically collected to make the site more useful to visitors as well as to diagnose problems with the Website or servers. None of this information contains personal information. The Louisiana Supreme Court (“Court”) collects statistical data to improve the Website’s content, as well as evaluate and maintain the Website. When accessing this website, the following anonymous technical information may be collected:

  • Domain and Internet Protocol (IP) address;
  • The type of browser and operating system used to access the Website;
  • The date and time you accessed the Website; and
  • The files visited and the time spent in each file.

Voluntarily Provided Personal Information

The Court does not collect personal information about its visitors, unless the information is voluntarily submitted by the visitor (e.g. signing up for news release alerts, which sends an email when the Court releases actions, opinions, new dockets, etc. or submitting a form from the Website). The Court will only use voluntarily submitted personal information for its intended purpose and in an effort to assist the visitor in providing the information or service requested. In general, the Court discourages visitors from submitting personally identified information, however, visitors choosing to do so acknowledge that clicking the "submit" button on various forms and emails constitutes consent to use the information for the stated purpose. The Supreme Court does not give, sell, or transmit personal information to third parties.

Cookies

In an effort to enhance the web browsing experience and make sessions as seamless and efficient as possible, many websites employ "cookies." Cookies are essentially small files placed on the user's hard drive by the user's web browser while the user is browsing the website. This Website uses cookies to help with user interface. Cookies allow visitors to save user settings, prefill forms, and remembering recent searches. This Website also uses cookies for authentication and authorization purposes. By using this site, you accept the use of cookies.