This Privacy Notice describes how Eastern Shore Mediation (“we,” “our”) handles information you provide when you visit easternshoremediation.com or otherwise contact the practice. We collect very little information and use it only for the purposes described below.

Information we collect

The site is a largely static informational site. We do not run analytics, advertising trackers, or social-media pixels. What is collected:

• Server access logs. Our hosting provider, Cloudflare, records standard request data (IP address, browser user-agent, timestamp, requested URL, and HTTP referrer) for the operational purposes of serving the site, protecting against abuse, and diagnosing problems. These logs are retained by Cloudflare per its standard log-retention policy and are not used by us for any marketing or profiling.
• Contact form. The site includes a confidential inquiry form. It collects the name, firm, email or telephone number, nature of the matter, and any preferred dates you choose to provide, and transmits them to James W. Fuhrmeister by email. We use this information only to respond to your inquiry and to check for conflicts, and we retain it for the same period as other correspondence.
• Email or telephone correspondence you initiate. If you email jim@easternshoremediation.com or call (205) 531-1116, the information you provide (your name, contact details, and the substance of your inquiry) is received and reviewed by James W. Fuhrmeister. We retain this correspondence as needed to evaluate whether to take on the matter and, if we do, to administer the engagement.
• Scheduling widget. The home page embeds a Calendly scheduling widget. If you use it to book a call, Calendly collects the information you enter (such as your name, email address, and any details you provide) and processes it under its own privacy policy. Calendly may set cookies and receive your IP address when the widget loads.

Cookies and tracking

We do not set advertising or analytics tracking cookies. The site loads web fonts from Google Fonts; when your browser requests those fonts, Google receives your IP address and standard request data. The embedded Calendly scheduling widget may set its own cookies when you interact with it. Cloudflare may set first-party cookies for security and bot-mitigation purposes (such as the __cf_bm cookie); these are session-bound, do not identify you across other sites, and serve no marketing function.

How we use information

We use the limited information we receive solely to:

• Respond to your inquiry;
• Evaluate potential conflicts of interest before accepting a mediation engagement;
• Administer engagements once accepted, including invoicing and scheduling;
• Maintain the security and operational integrity of the website.

We do not sell, rent, license, or trade your personal information. We do not use it for advertising or behavioral profiling.

Disclosures to third parties

We share information with third parties only as follows:

• Service providers we use to operate the practice, including Cloudflare (hosting, DNS, security), Google (Workspace email and Google Fonts), Calendly (appointment scheduling), Zoom (video conferencing for pre-mediation conferences and negotiations), Stripe (payment processing for invoices), and DocuSign (electronic signature). Each of these providers is bound by its own privacy commitments and applicable data-processing agreements.
• Legal disclosure when required by law, court order, or subpoena, subject to any objections or motions we may file to protect confidentiality.
• With your direction, for instance if you ask us to share information with another professional you have engaged.

Your choices and rights

Depending on where you reside, applicable law may give you rights regarding personal information we hold about you, including the right to request access, correction, deletion, or restriction of processing.

• California residents have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). We do not “sell” or “share” personal information as those terms are defined.
• Maryland residents have rights under the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA). We do not engage in targeted advertising or sale of personal data.
• Residents of other states with comparable privacy statutes (Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, and others) may exercise analogous rights.

To exercise any of these rights, or to ask a question about this notice, email jim@easternshoremediation.com.

Security

We take reasonable measures to protect information we receive from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access. No internet transmission is completely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. If a matter requires heightened confidentiality, contact us by telephone or another secure channel and we will arrange appropriate communications.

Children

This site is not directed to children under 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes to this notice

We may update this notice from time to time. The Effective Date at the top of the page indicates when it was last revised. Material changes will be reflected on this page.

Contact

James W. Fuhrmeister · Eastern Shore Mediation · P.O. Box 1473 · Fairhope, AL 36533 · jim@easternshoremediation.com · (205) 531-1116