Privacy Policy
No Attorney-Client Relationship via Website: Contacting us through this site, its forms, email, phone, or AI chat does not create an attorney-client relationship. Do not submit confidential or privileged information unless we expressly agree in writing to represent you.
- What we collect: Contact info, device data, cookies
- How we use it: To respond to inquiries and improve the site
- We never sell your data
What We Collect
- You provide: name, email, phone, intake/contact details (forms/triage), uploaded documents (if any), and AI chat inputs.
- Technical: IP address, device/browser info, pages viewed, timestamps, referring URLs, coarse location (from IP), cookies/IDs.
- Media/CDN: Images served via Cloudflare Images/CDN.
How We Use Data
- Respond to inquiries, process intake requests, and provide requested materials.
- Improve site performance, security, and diagnostics; prevent abuse/fraud.
- Aggregate/anonymous analytics to understand content engagement.
- AI chat/assistants: to generate responses; do not include confidential facts you do not want processed by third parties.
Sharing
- No sale of personal data.
- Service providers: Cloudflare (hosting/CDN/Images), Workers KV, email gateway, analytics/metrics, secure file transfer, AI providers for on-site chat.
- Legal/professional recipients as needed for representation, with confidentiality.
- Legal requirements or business transfers as applicable.
Cookies & Tracking
Functional cookies for security/routing; limited aggregate analytics. You may block cookies in your browser; some features may degrade. We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals.
Retention
- Contact/triage: kept as needed to respond and for conflict checks; archived or deleted per firm policy.
- Intake/contact records: per our conflict-check and records-retention workflow.
- AI chat logs: short-term for quality/abuse prevention, then minimized/anonymized where possible.
- Technical logs: short-term for security/ops unless needed for investigations.
Security
HTTPS, access controls, least-privilege practices, monitoring. No system is 100% secure—use only secure channels we provide for sensitive materials.
Your Rights
Where applicable (e.g., EEA/UK, California), you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction/objection, portability, or withdraw consent (for consent-based processing). Contact: jonathan@steelefamlaw.com.
Children
Not directed to children under 13 (or 16 where applicable). We do not knowingly collect children's personal data online.
International Transfers
Data may be processed in the U.S. and other countries where our providers operate. Appropriate safeguards are used where required.
Do Not Track / Global Privacy Control
We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals and respect Do Not Track preferences where technically feasible.
Changes
We may update this policy. The effective date will change. Material changes will be posted here.
Contact
Jonathan D. Steele | jonathan@steelefamlaw.com | (312) 621-4394 | 161 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60601.