Privacy Policy

Who we are

This website and the text line at (716) 453-2253 are operated by Matthew Peine, Attorney at Law, doing business as Peine Law, in Grand Island, New York (“Peine Law,” “we,” “us”). Questions about this policy can go to matt@peinelaw.com.

What we collect

• What you send us. Your name, contact details and what you tell us about your family, property or legal matter, through the intake form, a questionnaire, email, a notarization request, or a signed engagement letter.
• Calls and texts. If you call or text (716) 453-2253, your phone number, the time and length of the call, and the text messages you send.
• Basic technical information. Our hosting provider records information such as IP addresses to deliver this website and protect it from abuse. The intake form uses your IP address to limit repeated automated submissions.

The intake form saves your progress in your own browser until you submit it. This website does not use advertising or analytics trackers.

How we use it

We use your information to respond to you, to decide whether and how we can help, to schedule consultations, to provide legal and notary services, to send you the messages and documents you ask for, and to meet our legal and professional obligations. Information you share about a legal matter is kept confidential, as New York’s Rules of Professional Conduct require, whether or not you become a client.

Who we share it with

We do not sell your personal information. We share it only:

• with the service providers that run this website and its forms, store our records, deliver our email, and carry our phone calls and text messages, who handle it only to provide those services to us;
• with others when you ask us to, as part of your legal matter; and
• when the law, a court, or the Rules of Professional Conduct require it.

Text messages (SMS)

If you text (716) 453-2253, we use your phone number and messages only to reply to you about your inquiry or legal matter. We never send marketing texts.

We do not sell or share your SMS opt-in data or personal information with third parties for marketing purposes. Mobile information will not be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. The sharing described above excludes text messaging originator opt-in data and consent, which are not shared with any third parties.

Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to stop receiving texts, or HELP for help. The full texting terms are in our Terms & Conditions.

How long we keep it

We keep information as long as we need it to respond to you and handle your matter, and as long as the rules for lawyers’ records require.

Your choices

You can email matt@peinelaw.com to ask what information we hold about you, or to correct it or delete it. We will do so unless the law or our professional obligations require us to keep it. You can stop text messages at any time by replying STOP.

Security

Our forms and records are sent over encrypted connections and stored with access limited to this office. No method of sending or storing information is perfectly secure, so please don’t send Social Security numbers or account numbers through the website or by text.

Children

This website is not meant for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.

Matthew Peine, Attorney at Law (Peine Law), Grand Island, New York. matt@peinelaw.com