PRIVACY POLICY
For Sweeney Law Firm, P.C.
Effective date: January 1, 2026 | Last updated: January 1, 2026
Sweeney Law Firm, P.C. (“Firm,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal information when you contact us, visit our website, seek or receive legal services, or communicate with us, including by text message. This policy is a general notice; the attorney-client privilege, professional-conduct rules, engagement agreement, court orders, and applicable law may provide additional protections or obligations.
1. Information We Collect
Contact and identity information, such as name, address, email address, telephone number, and identifiers needed for legal services.
Information about an inquiry or legal matter, including documents, financial information, communications, court or claim information, and information about related persons.
Communications and preferences, including emails, call records, text-message content and metadata, opt-in records, and opt-out requests.
Website and device information, such as IP address, browser type, pages viewed, referring pages, cookies, and similar technical data, if the Firm’s website uses these technologies.
Information received from clients, prospective clients, courts, trustees, creditors, opposing parties, service providers, public records, and other lawful sources.
2. How We Use Information
Evaluate inquiries, perform conflicts checks, establish and manage client relationships, and provide legal services.
Communicate about appointments, deadlines, hearings, documents, payments, case developments, and other client-service matters.
Operate, secure, maintain, and improve our office systems, website, records, and services.
Comply with legal, ethical, accounting, insurance, court, and regulatory obligations; protect rights and safety; and prevent fraud or misuse.
Maintain records of consent, communication preferences, and requests to stop communications.
3. SMS/Text Messaging Privacy
If you opt in, the Firm may send non-marketing texts concerning your inquiry or legal matter. Message frequency varies; message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out and HELP for assistance. You may also revoke consent through any reasonable method that clearly communicates your request. Consent is not a condition of legal services. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
The Firm does not sell mobile information. Mobile information, text-messaging originator opt-in data, and consent will not be shared with third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes. We may disclose this information to vendors that provide or support text-messaging, communications, hosting, security, case-management, payment, or professional services for the Firm; when you direct or authorize disclosure; or when disclosure is required or permitted by law, ethical duties, court order, or to protect rights and safety. Service providers may use the information only to provide services to or on behalf of the Firm, subject to their contractual and legal obligations.
4. When We Disclose Information
Subject to legal and ethical duties, we may disclose personal information to personnel and contractors who need it; courts, trustees, governmental agencies, opposing parties, creditors, experts, local counsel, co-counsel, process servers, and others involved in a legal matter; technology, communications, records, accounting, payment, insurance, and security providers; a successor in a lawful business transaction; and others when authorized by you or required or permitted by law. We do not sell personal information for money and do not disclose SMS consent data for third-party marketing.
5. Data Security and Texting Risks
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards appropriate to the information we maintain. No system or transmission method is completely secure. Ordinary SMS/MMS messages may be stored by carriers and devices, appear on lock screens, be forwarded, or be accessible to others who use your device or account. Do not text highly sensitive information unless the Firm supplies a secure method.
6. Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described above, to provide legal services, maintain required business and legal records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and comply with legal and ethical duties. Retention periods vary by record type and matter. Opt-out and suppression records may be retained to honor communication preferences.
7. Your Choices and Requests
You may ask to update contact information or communication preferences and may revoke SMS consent at any time. Depending on applicable law and our legal and ethical obligations, you may have additional rights concerning personal information. We may need to verify identity before acting on a request, and some information may be exempt from access, correction, deletion, or other requests because of privilege, confidentiality duties, record-retention duties, legal claims, or other law.
8. Cookies and Third-Party Services
If the Firm’s website uses cookies, analytics, embedded content, maps, scheduling tools, payment tools, or links to third-party services, those services may collect information under their own privacy notices. [CONFIRM AND DESCRIBE THE FIRM’S ACTUAL WEBSITE COOKIES/ANALYTICS BEFORE POSTING.]
9. Children
Our website and text program are not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without appropriate authorization. A parent or guardian who believes a child provided information should contact us.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may revise this policy from time to time. We will post the revised version with an updated “Last updated” date. Material changes will be communicated when required by law.
11. Contact Us
Sweeney Law Firm, P.C.
2645 Appling Road, Suite 204
Memphis, Tennessee 38133
(901) 523-2323
david@sweeneylawpc.com
www.sweeneylawpc.com