Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Sari Law Firm (“we,” “us,” “our”) collects, uses, and discloses information about you when you visit sarilaw.us (the “Site”) or otherwise interact with our firm online.

We are a California professional law corporation located in Santa Ana, California. We take your privacy seriously and have designed our site, intake forms, and internal workflows to collect only what we need to evaluate your matter and respond to you.

If you are a California resident, this policy is intended to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), including your specific rights described below.

Who This Policy Applies To

This policy applies to:

• Visitors who browse sarilaw.us without contacting us
• Prospective clients who submit contact forms, case-evaluation forms, or questionnaires
• Existing clients who interact with us through this Site
• Anyone whose data we receive in connection with a matter (e.g., opposing parties, witnesses, or persons named in client documents)

It does not govern communications shared with us during the attorney-client relationship through other channels, those communications are protected by attorney-client privilege and our duties under the California Rules of Professional Conduct.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide Directly

When you fill out a contact form, case-evaluation form, or questionnaire on our Site, we collect:

• Name, email, and phone number
• Subject and brief description of your matter
• Any documents, descriptions, or facts you choose to share
• For practice-specific questionnaires (Trademark, Copyright, LLC, DBA, Corporation, Nonprofit), additional fields relevant to that matter type

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Site, our hosting provider and analytics tooling collect:

• IP address and approximate location (city/region only)
• Browser type, device type, and operating system
• Pages visited, time on page, and referring URL
• Anonymized session identifiers via cookies (see “Cookies” below)

Information from Third Parties

We may receive limited information from:

• Email service providers when you reply to our messages
• Social platforms when you click our profile links (the platform may log the referral)
• Court records, government databases, and public sources during conflict-of-interest checks

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Respond to your inquiry and evaluate whether we can help with your matter
• Run conflict-of-interest checks before we accept a new engagement
• Send transactional emails (confirmations, scheduling, status updates)
• Improve the Site’s performance and usability
• Comply with legal obligations, court orders, and our duties as California attorneys

We do not use your information for behavioral advertising, ad retargeting, or any third-party marketing purpose.

How We Share Information

Service Providers

We use trusted third-party tools to operate our practice. These providers process data on our behalf under written agreements that restrict their use of the data:

• Resend, transactional email delivery
• , encrypted database storage for contact submissions and the lead pipeline
• Cloudflare R2, encrypted media storage
• Netlify, site hosting and edge delivery
• YouTube/Google, embedded video player on the Media section (subject to YouTube’s privacy policy)

Legal Disclosures

We will disclose information if required to do so by law, court order, or subpoena, or by our duties under the California Rules of Professional Conduct and the California Business and Professions Code.

Business Transfers

If our firm is acquired, merged, or dissolved, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. You will be notified before any change in privacy practices.

With Your Consent

We will share your information for any other purpose only with your direct consent.

We do not sell or share your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, as those terms are defined under the CCPA/CPRA.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use a small number of cookies and similar technologies:

• Essential cookies, required for the Site to function (e.g., remembering you closed a banner)
• Analytics cookies, anonymized aggregate counts of page visits and form completion rates
• Third-party cookies, set by YouTube when you watch an embedded video

You can disable cookies in your browser settings. The Site will continue to function, but some interactions may not work as smoothly.

Your California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights under the CCPA/CPRA:

• Right to know, request a copy of the personal information we have collected about you in the prior 12 months
• Right to delete, request that we delete personal information we hold about you, subject to exceptions (e.g., active legal matters, fee records, conflict files)
• Right to correct, request correction of inaccurate personal information
• Right to opt out of sale or sharing, we do not sell or share personal information for behavioral advertising, so there is nothing to opt out of; we honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals as a matter of practice
• Right of non-discrimination, we will not deny services, charge different rates, or provide different service quality because you exercise any of these rights

To exercise any of these rights, email info@sarilaw.us with the subject line “Privacy Rights Request” and tell us which right you are exercising. We will respond within 45 days as required by California law.

Retention

We retain personal information for as long as needed for the purpose for which we collected it, or as required by law and our professional obligations:

• Unaccepted inquiries, typically 12 months
• Engaged matters, duration of the matter plus seven years (California Bar record-retention guidance)
• Conflict-check files, indefinitely (required to run accurate future conflict checks)
• Analytics aggregates, anonymized and retained indefinitely

Security

We use industry-standard safeguards:

• All data transit is TLS-encrypted
• Database storage uses row-level security; only authorized firm staff can access records
• Media uploads are stored in encrypted object storage with private signed URLs
• No payment-card data is ever stored on our systems

No security measure is perfect. If we become aware of a breach affecting your personal information, we will notify you in accordance with California Civil Code § 1798.82.

Children’s Privacy

This Site is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. If you believe we have, contact us at info@sarilaw.us and we will delete it promptly.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page indicates when the most recent revision took effect. Material changes will be highlighted on this page for at least 30 days.

Contact Us

For privacy questions, requests, or complaints:

If you are not satisfied with our response, you can also contact the California Attorney General’s Office at oag.ca.gov.