Who this is
Carver Esq. is the solo law practice of Eric Adar Carver, who is the attorney responsible for the content of this site. This policy explains what information Carver Esq. collects when you visit or use carveresq.com, why, and what choices you have.
Scope
This policy covers carveresq.com and the intake tools on it. It does not cover information received after you become a client through other channels (phone, email, mail, or in-person) — that information is governed by your engagement letter and by the attorney–client privilege and confidentiality duties described below, not by this policy.
What is collected
Directly from you, when you use the intake wizard, checklist, or contact links: your name, email address, phone number, the answers you give in an intake questionnaire, and, if you choose to schedule a call, the scheduling details.
Automatically, from your browser: standard technical information such as IP address, browser type, and pages visited, collected only through the cookies described in the Cookie Policy.
Arcade and interactive features
This site also embeds a free collection of browser-based mini-games and an interactive fighter demo (the “Arcade”). Playing them stores a small amount of information in your browser only: a control-layout preference in local storage, and your progress through the game list for the current visit in session storage, cleared when you close the tab. None of it identifies you, and none of it is sent to Carver Esq. or anyone else. One Arcade game (“Bell Breach”) sends the gameplay values you choose (for example, how many qubits to use) to a Carver Esq. server, which relays them to a quantum-computing backend to run the puzzle and return a result; that request never includes your name, email, or any other personal information. No Arcade game requires an account or otherwise identifies you.
The self-help filing tool, the case market, and accounts
This site also carries a self-help tool for preparing a civil complaint, at /complaint, together with a market on the outcomes of anonymised cases and an optional account. It is a separate product with its own privacy policy, which covers what a draft holds, what is encrypted, what is stripped from a photograph before it is stored, what a published case does and does not carry, and what an account holds (no email address, no name, no contact detail of any kind). That policy governs all of it; this one does not repeat it, so that the two can never drift apart. See the Complaint Tool Privacy Policy.
How it is used
- To respond to your inquiry and evaluate a possible engagement.
- To run a conflict-of-interest check before any substantive conversation.
- To prepare an engagement letter if you retain Carver Esq.
- To operate and secure the site.
Carver Esq. does not sell your information and does not use it for third-party advertising, and is not a data broker.
Prospective clients — Rule 1.18
If you submit the intake form, no attorney–client relationship is formed by that submission alone. That relationship begins only upon a signed engagement letter. California’s Rules of Professional Conduct nonetheless treat you as a “prospective client” and require that the confidentiality of what you share be protected, whether or not the representation goes forward. Intake answers are treated accordingly: encrypted at rest, accessible only to the attorney, and not used for any purpose other than evaluating your matter.
How it is stored and protected
Intake answers are encrypted before they are stored. Submissions are retained only as long as reasonably necessary to evaluate your matter or, if you become a client, for the duration required by the practice’s records-retention policy and applicable trust-accounting rules.
Who it is shared with
Carver Esq. does not share your information with third parties for their own marketing purposes. Standard service providers operate parts of the site, for example an email provider to deliver intake notifications and, if you choose to pay online, a payment processor, solely to provide those services.
Legal basis and international transfers
Carver Esq. processes information under one of these lawful bases: contract, to take steps toward and perform an engagement; legal obligation, for conflict checks, records retention, and trust-accounting rules; and legitimate interest, to operate and secure the site. All processing takes place in the United States. If you are located in the EEA or UK, providing information to Carver Esq. is the basis for that transfer, made only for the specific purpose you provided it.
Your rights
Depending on where you are located, you have some or all of the following rights over the personal information Carver Esq. holds about you, subject to the obligation to retain records related to an actual or prospective legal engagement described above.
- Know or access the personal information Carver Esq. holds about you, and the categories, sources, and purposes for it.
- Correct inaccurate information.
- Delete your information.
- Opt out of the sale or sharing of your information. Carver Esq. does not sell or share personal information, and does not use it for cross-context behavioral advertising, so there is nothing to opt out of and no Do Not Sell or Share link is provided. The site and the mobile application nonetheless recognize the Global Privacy Control signal: if your browser sends it, that is received and treated as an opt-out request, and you will not be asked to accept non-essential cookies. You can still open Cookie Preferences from the footer to make a different choice yourself.
- Limit the use of sensitive personal information. Carver Esq. does not use sensitive personal information beyond what you submit for evaluating your matter.
- If you are in the EEA or UK: rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, objection to processing, and withdrawal of consent where consent is the basis for processing.
- Lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority.
- Not be discriminated or retaliated against for exercising any of these rights.
To exercise any of these rights, email privacy@carveresq.com or call (424) 210-5597. Carver Esq. may ask for information to confirm you are the person the request concerns or, if you are using an authorized agent, written authorization signed by you. Carver Esq. will respond within the time required by applicable law.
Children
This site is not directed to children, and Carver Esq. does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. If that occurs, the information will be deleted promptly.
Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated from time to time. The effective date at the top of this page reflects the most recent version. Material changes will be reflected here before they take effect.
Contact
Questions about this policy: privacy@carveresq.com or (424) 210-5597.