Privacy Policy

Effective Date: July 7, 2025

Introduction

Sharpe PLLC, doing business as Sharpe Counsel ("we," "us," or "our"), respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website www.sharpecounsel.com (our "Website"), and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. This policy applies to information we collect on this Website and in email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.

This policy does not apply to information collected by us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by any third party, or information collected by any third party, including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from the Website.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it.

Information We Collect and How We Collect It

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including:

  • Personal Information You Provide to Us: When you contact us through our Website's forms, you may provide us with personal information by which you may be personally identified, such as your name, email address, telephone number, and any other information you choose to provide in your message.

  • Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies: As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. Our web host, Squarespace, collects this data on our behalf. This information includes:

    • Usage Details: Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.

    • Device Information: Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

The technology we use for this automatic data collection may include cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser.

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

  • To present our Website and its contents to you.

  • To respond to your inquiries and provide you with information that you request from us.

  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.

  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.

  • To improve our Website and services through analytics.

  • To comply with applicable legal, regulatory, and professional obligations.

  • For any other purpose with your consent.

Disclosure of Your Information

We do not sell, rent, or otherwise share your personal information with third parties for their marketing purposes. We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

  • To our third-party service providers that support our business operations, such as our website host (Squarespace) and analytics providers.

  • To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Sharpe Counsel's assets.

  • To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government, regulatory, or professional body request.

  • To enforce our agreements, including our Terms of Use.

  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Sharpe Counsel, our clients, or others.

Your Rights and Choices Regarding Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us.

  • Tracking Technologies: You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

  • Accessing and Correcting Your Information: You may send us an email at the address below to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

Depending on your location and subject to applicable law, you may have certain additional rights:

  • For Residents of the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, and Switzerland (under GDPR): You have the right to request access to your personal data, to have it corrected or erased, to restrict its processing, and the right to data portability. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

  • For Residents of California (under CCPA/CPRA): You have specific rights regarding access to and deletion of your personal information, as well as the right to know what personal information is collected and how it is used and shared. Sharpe Counsel does not "sell" or "share" personal information as those terms are defined under the CCPA/CPRA.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information below.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.

Children's Privacy

Our Website is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This Privacy Policy and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.

Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of, or related to, this Privacy Policy or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States located in the Southern District of New York. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, please contact us at: admin@sharpecounsel.com.