Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://counselcorelegal.com. CounselCore Legal Advisors ("CounselCore") is a U.S.-based legal and administrative services provider. In connection with data protection and cybersecurity compliance services, CounselCore partners with qualified European consultants.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.

You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

EU Data Protection and GDPR Compliance

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), or if your data is processed in the EEA, your personal data is subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In compliance with European law, CounselCore has engaged an EU-based consultant to serve certain Data Protection Officer (DPO) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) functions on its behalf.

CounselCore’s designated European representative for GDPR-related matters is:

DPO Associates BV
Guido Gezellelaan 113/1
B-3550 Heusden-Zolder
Belgium

If you are a resident of the EU, you have the right to:
- Access, correct, or delete your personal data.
- Restrict or object to our processing of your data.
- Data portability (receive your data in a machine-readable format).
- Withdraw consent at any time (where consent is the legal basis for processing).
- Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

To exercise any of your GDPR rights, you may contact us directly at privacy@counselcorelegal.com or contact our European representative, DPO Associates BV, at info@dpoassociates.eu.

Your California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) regarding your personal information. These rights include:
- Right to Know: You may request the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
- Right to Delete: You may request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Correct: You may request correction of inaccurate personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing: You may request that we do not sell or share your personal information.
- Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information: If we collect sensitive personal information, you may request to limit its use.
- Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at privacy@counselcorelegal.com or submit a request through our website if available.

Notice at Collection for California Residents

At or before the time of collection, we inform California residents of the categories of personal information to be collected and the purposes for which the information will be used.
We collect the following categories of personal information:
- Identifiers (such as name, email address, IP address)
- Internet or other electronic network activity (e.g., browser type, pages visited)
- Geolocation data
- Any information submitted through website forms or comments

This information is used to operate and improve our services, communicate with users, and ensure website security.
We do not sell your personal information. We may share data with service providers, consultants, or analytics platforms strictly for business operations.

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

CounselCore does not sell personal information. If our policy changes in the future, we will provide a clear and accessible link titled "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" on our homepage and update this policy accordingly.

Your U.S. State Privacy Rights

Certain U.S. states, including Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Oregon, grant their residents specific rights regarding their personal information. If you reside in one of these states, you may have the right to:

- Access the personal data we have collected about you
- Correct inaccuracies in your personal data
- Delete your personal data
- Obtain a copy of your personal data (data portability)
- Opt out of:
- The sale of personal data
- Targeted advertising
- Profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at:
privacy@counselcorelegal.com

We will respond to verified requests within the timeframes required by applicable laws.