Privacy Policy

Law Office of Andrei Jingan (AJ Law Firm) · Effective date: October 11, 2026

1. Who We Are and What This Policy Covers

This Privacy Policy explains how the Law Office of Andrei Jingan (“we,” “us,” “our”) collects, uses and shares personal information when you visit ajcalaw.com, contact us, book a consultation or sign up for our newsletter. It covers this website only. Information you share with us as a client is also protected by attorney-client confidentiality under California law and the California Rules of Professional Conduct, which are stricter than this policy.

2. Information We Collect

  • Identifiers and contact details: name, email address, phone number and mailing address you provide.
  • Inquiry details: what you write in our contact form, emails or messages, and the services you ask about.
  • Scheduling details: the date, time and information you enter when booking through Calendly.
  • Device and usage data: IP address, browser type, device type, pages viewed, referring page and approximate location derived from your IP address.
  • Newsletter data: your email address and subscription preferences.

Please do not send confidential, sensitive or financial information through this website. Until we agree in writing to represent you, information you send may not be treated as confidential.

3. Sources of Information

  • Directly from you, through forms, email, phone calls and scheduling.
  • Automatically from your browser or device, through cookies and similar technologies.
  • From service providers that help us run the website (listed below).

4. How We Use Information

  • To respond to your inquiry and schedule consultations.
  • To check for conflicts of interest before we agree to represent anyone, as the professional rules require.
  • To provide legal services if you become a client.
  • To send our newsletter if you subscribed. Every email includes an unsubscribe link, and we honor requests promptly.
  • To operate, secure and improve the website, including preventing spam and fraud.
  • To comply with legal, ethical and record-keeping obligations.

We do not use personal information for automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal effects.

5. Service Providers and Third-Party Tools

We share information only with providers that help us operate the website and our practice, under terms that limit their use of it:

  • DreamHost: website hosting and email.
  • Calendly: consultation scheduling (its own privacy policy applies to information you enter there).
  • hCaptcha and Cloudflare Turnstile: spam and bot protection on our forms; they may collect device and interaction data.
  • Google Maps and Google Fonts: maps and fonts displayed on the site, which may receive your IP address.
  • Reviewshake: displays client reviews published on third-party review sites.
  • Our newsletter tool: stores subscriber emails on our own website.
  • Clio: our secure client portal and practice management system, used for clients.

We may also disclose information to professional advisers (such as our malpractice insurer or accountant), or when required by law, court order or the State Bar.

6. No Sale or Sharing of Personal Information

We do not sell personal information and do not “share” it for cross-context behavioral advertising, as those terms are defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the CPRA. We have not done so in the past 12 months. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 16.

7. Your California Privacy Rights

Depending on the circumstances, California residents may have the right to:

  • Know what personal information we collected about you, where it came from, why we collected it and with whom we shared it.
  • Get a copy of that information.
  • Ask us to correct inaccurate information.
  • Ask us to delete information, subject to legal exceptions (for example, records we must keep under professional or legal obligations).
  • Limit the use of sensitive personal information (we do not use it for purposes that would trigger this right).
  • Not be discriminated against for exercising these rights.

The CCPA applies only to businesses that meet certain size thresholds, and our firm may not be covered. We nonetheless honor these requests as a matter of policy.

How to make a request: email info@ajcalaw.com with the subject “Privacy Request,” or call 1 (800) 285-1140. We will verify your identity by matching information you give us with information we hold, and will respond within 45 days (we may extend once by another 45 days and will tell you if we do). You may use an authorized agent; we will ask for proof of the agent’s authority and may ask you to confirm your identity directly.

Shine the Light (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.83): we do not disclose personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.

8. Cookies, Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

We use cookies and similar technologies that are needed for the website to work, to remember your language choice, to protect our forms from spam and to understand how the site is used. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings; some features may not work if you do.

Under the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), we disclose that our website does not respond to “Do Not Track” browser signals. Because we do not sell or share personal information, there is nothing for a Global Privacy Control signal to opt you out of; we treat such signals as a request not to sell or share.

9. Data Security and Retention

We use reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect information. For confidential documents, clients should use our encrypted Clio client portal rather than email or website forms. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure.

We keep website inquiries only as long as needed to respond, check conflicts and meet legal and ethical record-keeping duties. Client files are kept according to our file-retention policy and professional obligations.

10. Links to Other Websites

Our site links to other websites, such as Calendly, LinkedIn and review sites. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The effective date at the top shows when it last changed.

12. Contact Us

Law Office of Andrei Jingan (AJ Law Firm)
Email: info@ajcalaw.com
Phone: 1 (800) 285-1140
El Dorado Hills office: 5170 Golden Foothill Pkwy, #9, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 (by appointment)
Walnut Creek office: 2950 Buskirk Ave, Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 (by appointment)