Privacy Policy

forensictools.dev ("we", "us", or "the Service") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard information when you use our AI-powered forensic tool recommendation platform.

Information you provide

• Case descriptions and investigation parameters submitted through the recommendation form
• Filter selections such as operating system, artifact type, skill level, and budget preferences
• Contact information if you reach out to us directly

Automatically collected information

• Browser type, device information, and operating system
• IP address and approximate geographic location
• Pages visited, time spent, and interaction patterns
• Referral source and search terms used to reach the Service

• To process your queries and generate forensic tool recommendations
• To improve the accuracy and relevance of our recommendation engine
• To monitor and maintain the security and performance of the Service
• To comply with legal obligations and respond to lawful requests
• To conduct aggregated, anonymised analytics on usage patterns

If you submit the consultation intake form at /consult, we collect the information you provide for the purpose of contacting you about your request. This may include:

• Your name, email address, organization, role, and jurisdiction
• The free-text description of your matter and any urgency indicator
• Any case context auto-attached from a prior investigation on this site (artifact type, operating system, skill level, and the free-text scope you typed into the recommendation form)
• Your IP address and browser user-agent, recorded for security and abuse prevention

Intake submissions are routed to the affiliated consulting practice (Law & Forensics LLC, contactable at info@lawandforensics.com) so that a forensic examiner can evaluate your request and respond. Two emails are typically sent: an internal notification to the practice, and an auto-reply acknowledgement to the email address you provided. Both are delivered via our transactional email provider, Resend, under a data processing agreement.

Submission of the intake form does not create an attorney-client or expert-witness relationship. Information you share is treated as confidential pending a formal engagement, but you should avoid transmitting privileged or case-identifying detail beyond what is necessary to evaluate your request.

Intake records are retained for up to 24 months for follow-up and conflict-check purposes, then deleted or archived in a non-identifying form. You may request earlier deletion at any time by emailing privacy@forensictools.dev.

We record aggregate funnel events (consultation CTA clicks, intake-form views, and intake-form submissions) for conversion analytics. These records include a transient client fingerprint (typically your IP address, hashed where possible) but do not include the free-text contents of any form field. We use these records solely to measure the effectiveness of consultation prompts on this site.

Case descriptions you submit are processed by our AI recommendation pipeline, which includes embedding generation and large language model inference. Query data is used solely to produce recommendations and is not used to train third-party AI models. We retain query logs in anonymised form for performance monitoring and system improvement.

We do not sell your personal information. We may share data with:

• Infrastructure providers — cloud hosting and database services necessary to operate the platform
• AI service providers — for embedding generation and language model inference, under strict data processing agreements
• Legal authorities — when required by law, court order, or to protect our rights

We retain query data in anonymised form for up to 12 months for analytics and system improvement. Personally identifiable information is deleted upon request or when no longer necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data, including encryption in transit (TLS), access controls, and regular security reviews. However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure.

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Request correction or deletion of your data
• Object to or restrict certain processing activities
• Request a portable copy of your data
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

To exercise these rights, contact us at privacy@forensictools.dev.

We use essential cookies to maintain session state and preferences. We do not use third-party advertising cookies. Analytics cookies, if used, collect only aggregated, non-identifying information.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. Continued use of the Service after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

For questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at privacy@forensictools.dev.