Privacy Policy
What this website collects, why, and what happens to it. Last updated .
Read This First If You Are Facing a Charge
This is a criminal defense firm, so anything you send is sensitive by nature. Two things you should know before you type anything into this website.
A web form is not a confidential channel. Information you submit before Austin has agreed to represent you may not be protected by attorney-client privilege. Keep the form short. Name, a number to reach you, the county. Save the details for a phone call.
Patriot Law never sells or shares your information for marketing. Not to advertisers, not to lead brokers, not to other firms. That is not a policy that will change quietly. It is the point.
What This Site Collects
Two kinds of information. What you deliberately give through the contact form, and what a website automatically records about visits, which is standard for any site on the internet.
| What | How it is collected | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Name, phone, email | You enter it in the contact form | So Austin can call you back |
| County and charge type | You select it in the contact form | To route and prioritize the request |
| Court date and description | You enter it, both optional | To know how urgent the matter is |
| IP address, browser, device | Automatically, by the web server | Security, spam prevention, error logs |
| Pages visited and time on site | Automatically, by analytics | To see which pages actually help people |
| Cookies | Automatically, by the site and analytics | Site function and visit measurement |
This website does not ask for anything sensitive. No date of birth, no Social Security number, no financial account information, no documents. If a page or email ever appears to ask you for those through the site, it did not come from Patriot Law.
Who Else Handles This Data
Running a website means using service providers, and they necessarily touch some of this information. They process it on Patriot Law's behalf. None of them are permitted to use it for their own marketing.
The web host stores the site and its database, which is where contact form submissions are saved. The form software captures the submission and emails it to the firm. The email provider carries that message. Analytics records anonymous visit data. If you leave a review on a third-party platform such as Google, that platform has its own privacy policy and Patriot Law does not control it.
This site does not run advertising pixels that follow you around the internet, and Patriot Law does not operate a retargeting program from it.
How Long It Is Kept
If you become a client, your information becomes part of your client file and is kept and protected under the rules that govern attorney files in Tennessee, which require retention well beyond the end of a case.
If you do not become a client, the inquiry is kept only as long as it is useful for conflict checking and for answering questions about what was said, then deleted. You can ask for it to be deleted sooner.
Server logs and analytics data roll off on their own schedules, generally measured in months rather than years.
Your Choices
Ask What Is Held
Call or email and ask what information is held from your contact through this website. You will be told.
Ask to Have It Deleted
If you are not a client, ask and the inquiry will be deleted. If you are a client, file retention rules apply and Patriot Law will explain what those require.
Turn Off Cookies
Your browser can block or clear cookies. The site works without them, though some conveniences stop working.
Children and Changes to This Policy
This website is intended for adults. Patriot Law does not knowingly collect information from children under 13 through this site. If you believe a child has submitted information here, contact the firm and it will be deleted.
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted here with a new date at the top of the page. Material changes will not be applied retroactively to information already collected.
Ask a Person
Privacy questions go to the same place everything else does. No ticket system, no form.
Patriot Law
The Law Office of Austin Tomlinson
1005 17th Ave S, Ste 900, Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 669-8312 ·
austin@patriotlawtn.com