Cercone Law PLLC — Privacy Policy

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Cercone Law PLLC ("the Firm," "we," "us") respects your privacy. This policy explains what personal information we collect through our website at cerconelaw.com, by email, by phone, and through our online forms, and how we use and protect it.

This policy covers website visitors and prospective clients. Information we receive from clients during a representation is governed by our engagement agreement and by the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, which impose duties of confidentiality stricter than this policy.

By using our website, you agree to the practices described here.

Information you give us. When you fill out a contact or intake form, email us, call us, or schedule a consultation, you may provide:

• Name, email address, phone number, and mailing address
• The general nature of your legal matter and names of other parties involved
• Scheduling preferences and how you heard about the Firm
• Payment information, if you pay a fee online (processed by our third-party payment processor; we do not store full card numbers)

Information collected automatically. When you visit our website, we and our service providers may collect your IP address, browser type, device type, pages viewed, referring site, and the date and time of your visit.

Information from others. We may receive information about you from referral sources, opposing parties, courts, and public records in connection with conflict checks or a matter.

We use the information we collect to:

• Respond to your inquiries and schedule consultations
• Run conflict-of-interest checks before accepting a representation
• Provide legal services, send invoices, and process payments
• Send updates or newsletters you have asked to receive (you can unsubscribe at any time)
• Operate, secure, and improve our website
• Comply with legal, ethical, and court obligations

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for third-party advertising.

Contacting us through the website, by email, or by phone does not create an attorney-client relationship. A relationship exists only after the Firm confirms in a signed engagement agreement that it will represent you.

Until then, please do not send confidential or time-sensitive information. We will treat information from prospective clients with care, but sending it does not guarantee that the Firm will decline to represent another party in the same matter.

The content on our website is general information, not legal advice.

We share personal information only as needed to run the Firm and serve clients:

• Service providers that support us under confidentiality obligations, such as practice-management, email, document-storage, payment, and website-hosting vendors
• Courts, opposing counsel, experts, and other parties as required to carry out a representation, with client authorization
• Legal and regulatory authorities when required by law, subpoena, court order, or the Rules of Professional Conduct
• Successors in connection with a merger, sale, or transition of the practice, subject to client-notice rules

We do not otherwise disclose your information without your consent.

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to keep the site working, remember your preferences, and measure traffic. We use analytics services provided by Google (including Google Analytics) and GoDaddy to understand how visitors use the site. These providers may collect information through their own cookies under their own privacy policies. You can opt out of Google Analytics with Google's browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Some site features may not work without them. Our site does not currently respond to "Do Not Track" browser signals.

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, including encrypted storage and access controls, to protect personal information, consistent with the New York SHIELD Act (General Business Law § 899-bb). No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

We keep personal information as long as needed for the purposes above and as required by law and professional rules. All client records, including client files and financial and trust-account records, are kept for seven years, consistent with Rule 1.15(d) of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct.

You may ask us to access, correct, or delete your personal information, or to stop sending you marketing emails. Some requests may be limited by our legal and ethical duties to keep records. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under state privacy laws.

Our website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information online.

Our website may link to sites we do not control. We are not responsible for their privacy practices.

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top shows when it was last revised.

Questions or requests about this policy can be sent to:

Cercone Law PLLC
484 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14202
Email: info@cerconelaw.com
Phone: 716-517-0002