Website Privacy Policy
Effective Date: August 27, 2026
Last Updated on: August 27, 2026
At Chuhak & Tecson, P.C. (“Chuhak,” “we”, “us”, “our”), we are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our practices with regard to your personal information, please contact us at information@chuhak.com.
When you visit our website www.chuhak.com (the “Website“), we appreciate that you are trusting us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this Privacy Policy, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect on our Website, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. This Privacy Policy only relates to information collected, used or shared via our Website. However, this Privacy Policy does not apply to (i) information about our own employees, contractors, agents, and job applicants, or (ii) information about individuals that we process in the context of providing legal advice to our clients. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this Privacy Policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of the Website immediately.
This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect: (1) on this Website; and (2) in electronic messages between you and this Website.
It does not apply to information collected by:
• Us offline or through any other means;
• Us via email, text, voice and videoconferencing technologies to facilitate any legal services provided by our attorneys; or
• Any third party, including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.
If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may change from time to time as described below. Your continued use of this Website after we make changes to this Privacy Policy is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this Privacy Policy periodically for updates.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
We collect information about you, and sometimes about your devices, when you use our Website. The information we collect about you through our Website is generally information that you provide or information that we automatically collect.
Information You May Provide. While using our Website, you may be asked to provide personally identifiable information about yourself.
Information We May Collect Automatically. When you use our Website, we may automatically collect additional information about you through cookies and other technology as described below.
Web logs. We may automatically collect information about you that is made available by your browser, computer hardware and/or software, or mobile device, including but not limited to the Internet domain and website address from which you accessed this Website and your Internet Protocol (IP) address, the state or country from which you accessed the website, the date and time you visited the Website, the pages accessed by you on and from this Website, and other standard information included with every communication sent on the Internet, such as browser type, browser language, operating system, or service provider.
Cookies. We do occasionally use cookies (small files stored on your device or browser), tracking pixels (tiny graphic images embedded in a website or email), HTML/CSS/Java-based coding, and other similar technologies to automatically collect information when you use our Website. Your browser software can be set to warn you of cookies or reject all cookies. You are free to opt-out and reject all cookies when prompted by your browser. We may use cookies, web beacons, and other storage technologies to recognize you or to collect or receive information from your use of our Website and elsewhere on the internet. We may aggregate the information collected through storage technologies with your information, and the information collected may be used to speed your use of our Website, to provide measurement services, or to provide targeted advertisements on the basis of legitimate interests.
Tracking and/or Analytics Services. We may also contract with third-party advertising or analytics companies to track user behavior and analyze user activity, improve efficiency, create a better experience with our Website, or to serve you online ads on other websites. These third parties may use cookies or similar technologies to collect information about your interactions with our Website and interactions with other websites. These advertising companies may use the information gathered to deliver ads more tailored to your interests. We may receive aggregate information from these third parties to understand our advertising effectiveness. We may use Google Analytics on this Website to help us analyze the traffic on our Website. The information generated by Google Analytics is transmitted to and stored by Google and subject to Google’s privacy policy. For more information on Google Analytics’ processing of personal information, please see https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.
These tracking technologies collect data about you and your device, such as your IP address, cookie ID, device ID, operating system, browser used, page you have visited on our Website, and information about how you interact with our Website.
Below is a list of cookies and tracking technologies presently utilized by Chuhak:
| Category | Cookie | Purpose |
| Necessary | wpEmojiSettingsSupports | Essential for basic site functionality and security. |
| Necessary | cookieyes-* | Essential for basic site functionality and security. |
| Necessary | euconsent | Essential for basic site functionality and security. |
| Necessary | __cf_bm | Essential for basic site functionality and security. |
| Analytics | _ga | Tracks anonymous usage metrics. |
| Analytics | _ga_* | Tracks anonymous usage metrics. |
| Analytics | vuid | Tracks anonymous usage metrics. |
Disable Google Analytics: You may exercise choices regarding the use of cookies from Google Analytics by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
USE & SHARING OF INFORMATION
We may use your information to communicate with you about Chuhak and our legal services, or in response to questions that you may submit; to track and analyze use of our Website, including to prevent, detect, and investigate misuse, fraud, and illegal activities, and to track and evaluate activity on our Website for purposes including enhancing and maintaining our online presence or services; and to otherwise operate and improve our business.
If you wish to subscribe to our newsletters, we will use your name and email address to send the newsletter to you. You may choose to stop receiving our newsletter or marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions included in these emails, accessing the email preferences in your account settings page, or you can contact us at information@chuhak.com.
Additionally, we may share your information, including information collected through our Website, under the following circumstances: with our authorized vendors, business partners, and third-party service providers who perform certain services or functions on our behalf (such as internet service providers, data analytics providers, and companies that operate cookies and similar tracking technologies); to fulfill the purpose for which you provide such information; in connection with a merger or transfer of all or a portion of our Website or business; in accordance with your consent or direction, as permitted by law; to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process, law enforcement requests, legal claims, or government inquiries; and to protect and defend our rights, interests, health, safety, and security, and those of our clients or the public.
THIRD PARTY LINKS
Our Website may contain links to third-party sites not owned or operated by us. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any websites operated by third parties and expressly disclaim any liability with respect to your use of any third-party services or websites. Once you have left our Website, we suggest you check the applicable privacy policy of the third-party website to determine how they will handle any information they collect from you.
SECURITY & RETENTION
We maintain industry-accepted physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect the personal information collected when you use our Website. Unfortunately, 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. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website. We may keep your personal information for as long as needed or permitted considering the purpose(s) for which it was obtained.
RESPONSE TO DO NOT TRACK SIGNALS
Our Website recognizes certain browser- or device-based opt-out signals (for example, Global Privacy Control for California, and universal opt-out mechanisms in certain other states). If such a signal is detected, we will treat it as a valid opt-out for the browser or device.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any personal information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on this Website. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at information@chuhak.com.
STATE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS
Please note that the state specific privacy rights described herein shall only apply to you to the extent that Chuhak is obligated to comply with the applicable laws of such states. Depending on your state of residency, you may have certain rights with respect to your personal information, subject to certain exceptions. These rights may include:
- Know whether we collect and process their personal information.
- Access and delete certain personal information.
- Data portability.
- Opt-out of personal information processing for (i) targeted advertising, (ii) the sale of personal information, or (iii) profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
- Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information’s nature and processing purpose.
- Non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights.
Please know that Chuhak does not currently process your personal information for targeted advertising, the sale of personal information, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects that would otherwise trigger such opt-out requirements.
To the extent that Chuhak is subject to any of the state specific requirements described above, Chuhak shall comply with any such applicable requirements. If you would like to exercise any of your above-described rights (to the extent applicable to Chuhak), please contact us at information@chuhak.com. To appeal a decision regarding a consumer rights request, please contact us at information@chuhak.com.
Special Notice to Nevada Residents
Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain personal information sales. Residents who wish to exercise this sale opt-out rights may submit a request to this designated address: information@chuhak.com. However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering Nevada’s opt-out requirements.
Special Notice to California Residents
California’s “Shine the Light” law
California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to information@chuhak.com or write us at our contact address set forth below. However, please know we do not currently disclose personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)
During the preceding 12 months, we have collected and disclosed the following categories of information via our Website. Some personal information included as examples in the categories below may overlap with other categories, and Chuhak does not actually collect all examples listed. For more information regarding personal information we do collect, please visit the Collection of Information section of this Privacy Policy.
Below please find a chart detailing the categories of personal information we have collected, and to whom it was “sold,” “shared” or disclosed in the preceding 12 months. Although we do not “sell” personal information for money, we engage in routine practices with our Website involving third parties that could be considered a “sale” or “sharing” as defined under California law, such as the utilization of third-party analytics. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of minors under the age of 18.
| Category | Collected | Categories of Third Parties With Whom We Disclose Personal Information for a Business or Commercial Purpose | Categories of Third Parties to Whom Personal Information is Sold or Shared |
| Identifiers. | YES |
|
|
| Personal information subject to the California Customer Records Act. | YES |
|
|
| Internet or other similar network activity. | YES |
|
|
| Geolocation data. | YES |
|
|
For other information required to be disclosed under CalOPPA, please review the information disclosed under the following sections of this Privacy Policy: (1) State Specific Privacy Rights; (2) How Can You Contact Us About This Notice?; (3) Response To Do Not Track Signals; (4) Collection of Information; (5) Use and Sharing; (6) Security and Retention and (7) Third Party Links.
The California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, grants California residents certain privacy rights with respect to their personal information, including:
- Right to Know: You have the right to request to know (i) the specific personal information that we collected about you; (ii) the categories of personal information that we collected about you in the preceding twelve (12) months; (iii) the categories of sources from which that personal information was collected, (iv) the categories of your personal information that we sold or disclosed in the preceding twelve (12) months; (v) the categories of third parties to whom your personal information was sold or disclosed in the past twelve (12) months; and (vi) the purpose(s) for collecting and selling your Personal Information in the past twelve (12) months.
- Right to Opt-Out of Sale, Sharing or Profiling. You have the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You also have the right to opt-out of profiling performed in furtherance of solely automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
- Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information. You have the right to limit its use of the sensitive personal information to that use which is necessary to perform the services for you.
- Right to Non-Discrimination: If you choose to exercise any of your rights under the CCPA, we will not discriminate against you in any way. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the Services.
- Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete the personal information that we collect from or about you.
- Right to Correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you, taking into account the information’s nature and processing purpose.
To exercise any of your privacy rights, please contact us at information@chuhak.com. In order to exercise your right to opt-out of “sales” and “sharing,” you may: (1) use a browser- or device-based opt-out preference (such as Global Privacy Control); (2) disable non-essential cookies in our preference center here; or (3) visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
INTERNATIONAL VISITORS
Our Website is hosted and operated in the United States and none of our services target individuals located outside of the United States. By using the Website, you are consenting to the transfer of your personal information to the United States. If you are accessing the Website from outside of the United States, please be advised that United States’ law may not offer the same privacy protections as the laws of your jurisdiction.
POLICY CHANGES
We may revise this Privacy Policy at any time. Any amendments or modifications to this Privacy Policy will be posted on our Website and effective immediately upon posting. The date of last modification will be indicated above. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at information@chuhak.com or by post to:
Chuhak & Tecson, P.C.
120 S. Riverside Plaza
Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606