Privacy Policy

Information We Collect

We do not ask you to create an account, and we do not collect names, emails, or payment details. Our own analytics run on Umami, which is cookie-free and records only aggregated, non-identifying signals such as page popularity, referring site, and approximate country. The only personal data on this site belongs to attorneys, and it comes entirely from public government records, not from you.

Cookies & Tracking

PlainAttorney itself sets no cookies. Some third-party services we use do:

• Google Analytics 4 sets first-party measurement cookies (the _ga family) to count visits.
• Google AdSense may set advertising cookies to serve and frequency-cap ads.
• Cloudflare may set a security cookie to protect the site.
• Umami sets no cookies at all.

Advertising

Ads on this site are served by Google AdSense, which keeps the records free to access. Google may use cookies to show ads based on your prior visits to this and other sites. You can review or disable personalized advertising at Google Ads Settings, and you can opt out of third-party vendor cookies at aboutads.info.

Data Sources

Every attorney record on PlainAttorney originates from the New York State Office of Court Administration, published as open data through the data.ny.gov Socrata portal. These are public records by law. We compile and present them, but we are not their author and cannot change the official registry; corrections to the underlying record must go through the OCA.

Editorial Independence

Our editorial team compiles content from official source data and verifies it before publication. We never accept payment, sponsorship, or placement from any attorney or firm in exchange for inclusion, ranking, or removal. What you see reflects the public record, not anyone's marketing budget.

Third-Party Services

• Cloudflare: content delivery, security, hosting
• Google AdSense: advertising
• Google Analytics 4: aggregate traffic measurement
• Umami: cookie-free analytics

Your Rights (GDPR / CCPA)

Because we hold no account or contact data about visitors, there is little of yours for us to access or delete. You can still opt out of personalized advertising at any time using the links above, and you can clear cookies in your browser. Attorney registration data is a matter of public record; if you are an attorney and believe your entry is inaccurate, contact us and we will explain how to correct it at the source.

Data Retention & Security

Aggregate analytics are retained only as long as they remain useful for understanding traffic trends, and they contain no personal identifiers. The site is served over HTTPS and sits behind Cloudflare's network protections. We store no visitor profiles, so there is no profile to breach.

Children's Privacy

PlainAttorney is a legal-records research tool intended for a general adult audience. It is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children.