1. Introduction and Scope

ABN CONSULTING LAW, a Delaware-chartered legal advisory firm ("Firm," "we," "our," or "us"), is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of all individuals who interact with our website, abnconsulting.net (the "Site"), and our legal services. This Privacy Policy describes our practices regarding the collection, use, disclosure, and safeguarding of Personally Identifiable Information ("PII") and other data obtained through the Site.

This Privacy Policy is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. We comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), and applicable provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) where relevant to our practice.

2. Information We Collect

In the course of operating our Site and providing legal services, we may collect the following categories of information:

2.1 Personal Information You Provide Voluntarily

• Full legal name, email address, telephone number, and company affiliation.
• Information submitted through our contact form, including the nature of your legal matter.
• Communications you send to us, including emails and inquiries.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

• Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
• Pages visited, time spent on pages, and navigation patterns.
• Device information, including device type and screen resolution.

2.3 Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use strictly necessary cookies essential for the operation of our Site, and with your consent, limited analytical cookies. For complete details, please review our Cookie Policy. We do not use advertising, marketing, or social media tracking cookies of any kind.

3. Legal Basis and Purpose of Processing

We process your information for the following legitimate business purposes:

• To respond to your inquiries and to determine whether an attorney-client relationship may be established.
• To provide, maintain, and improve our Site and legal services.
• To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and professional ethical obligations, including those imposed by the Delaware Rules of Professional Conduct.
• To protect the rights, property, and safety of our Firm, our clients, and the public.
• To detect, prevent, and respond to fraud, intellectual property infringement, violations of our Terms of Use, or other misuse of our Site.

4. Attorney-Client Relationship and Confidentiality

CRITICAL LEGAL NOTICE: Your use of this Site and submission of information through our contact form does not create an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship is established only upon the mutual execution of a formal engagement letter signed by both you and an authorized representative of ABN CONSULTING LAW. Until such an engagement letter is executed, we have no duty to maintain the confidentiality of information you submit, and such information may not be protected by the attorney-client privilege or the work product doctrine.

We strongly advise you not to transmit any confidential, proprietary, or sensitive information through the Site until a formal engagement letter has been executed and you have received written authorization from our Firm to do so.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our Site employs the following categories of cookies:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: Required for the operation of our Site, including security features such as CSRF tokens and session management. These cookies do not require your consent.
• Analytical Cookies: Limited cookies used to understand aggregate visitor behavior and improve our Site. These are deployed only with your explicit consent.

We do not use advertising cookies, third-party tracking cookies, social media pixels, or any technology that tracks your activity across other websites. Your browser may be configured to refuse cookies. For detailed information, please see our Cookie Policy.

Our Site responds to "Do Not Track" (DNT) signals. When a DNT signal is received, we disable analytical cookies by default.

6. Disclosure to Third Parties

We do not sell, rent, trade, lease, or otherwise disclose your PII to third parties for their commercial purposes. We may disclose your information in the following limited circumstances:

• Service Providers: To trusted third-party vendors who assist us in operating our Site, subject to binding contractual obligations of confidentiality and data protection.
• Legal Obligations: As required by law, subpoena, court order, or other legal process, or to comply with our professional ethical obligations.
• Protection of Rights: To protect and defend our rights, property, and safety, or the rights, property, and safety of our clients and the public.
• With Your Consent: With your express written authorization.

7. Data Security and Retention

We implement and maintain reasonable and appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect your PII from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. These measures include, but are not limited to: CSRF tokenization, rate limiting, input sanitization and validation, encrypted data transmission (SSL/TLS), and secure server configurations.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no method of electronic storage or transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your PII, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. In the event of a data breach, we will notify affected individuals as required by applicable law.

7.1 Data Retention

We retain your PII only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by applicable law, professional ethical obligations, or our document retention policies.

8. Your Rights Under the CCPA (California Residents)

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights under the CCPA, as amended by the CPRA:

• Right to Know: You may request, up to twice in a 12-month period, that we disclose the categories and specific pieces of PII we have collected about you, the sources from which it was collected, the business purpose for collection, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
• Right to Delete: You may request that we delete PII we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions (including our obligations to comply with legal and ethical requirements).
• Right to Correct: You may request correction of inaccurate PII we maintain about you.
• Right to Opt-Out: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your PII. ABN CONSULTING LAW does not sell PII.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

To exercise these rights, please submit a verifiable consumer request to: privacy@abnconsulting.net. We will respond within 45 days as required by law.

9. International Data Transfers

Our Site is hosted and operated in the United States. If you access our Site from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States, where our servers are located. By using our Site, you acknowledge and consent to such transfer.

10. Children's Privacy

Our Site is not intended for, nor directed to, individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect PII from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected PII from a child under 13 without verified parental consent, we will delete that information promptly.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at our sole discretion. Material changes will be communicated by posting the updated Privacy Policy on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date. Your continued use of the Site following any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

12. Contact Information

For questions, concerns, or to exercise your privacy rights, please contact our Privacy Compliance Officer:

ABN CONSULTING LAW
Attn: Privacy Compliance Officer
300 Delaware Avenue, Suite 210-277
Wilmington, DE 19801, USA
Email: privacy@abnconsulting.net
Phone: +1 (302) 444 89 79