Privacy Policy

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Morella Bencsics (“Morella Bencsics,” the “Firm,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect information obtained through our website, online forms, digital advertisements, social-media pages, email communications, text messages, and other online services that link to this Privacy Policy.

By using our website or submitting information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:

• Your name;
• Email address;
• Telephone number;
• Mailing address;
• Property address;
• Business or employer information;
• Information concerning a legal matter or potential legal matter;
• Documents or files you submit;
• Information provided when scheduling a consultation;
• Communication preferences;
• Payment and billing information; and
• Other information included in communications with the Firm.

Please do not submit Social Security numbers, financial-account credentials, medical records, or other highly sensitive information through a general website contact form unless specifically requested by the Firm through a secure method.

When you visit or interact with our website, we and our service providers may automatically collect certain information, including:

• Internet Protocol address;
• Browser type;
• Device type;
• Operating system;
• Referring website;
• Pages viewed;
• Links selected;
• Date, time, and duration of visits;
• Approximate geographic location;
• Cookie or device identifiers; and
• Information concerning interactions with our website or advertisements.

We may receive information from:

• Advertising and social-media platforms;
• Website analytics providers;
• Referral sources;
• Publicly available government records;
• Court, assessment, property, and business records;
• Commercial databases;
• Other attorneys or professional advisers; and
• Clients, prospective clients, witnesses, and other persons involved in legal matters.

We may use personal information to:

• Respond to inquiries;
• Evaluate requests for legal services;
• Conduct conflict-of-interest checks;
• Schedule consultations;
• Determine whether the Firm can offer representation;
• Provide legal services;
• Communicate with clients and prospective clients;
• Administer attorney-client relationships;
• Process payments and maintain billing records;
• Maintain Firm records;
• Operate and improve our website and services;
• Analyze website use and advertising performance;
• Provide information about the Firm and its services;
• Protect against fraud, misuse, and security incidents;
• Comply with legal, regulatory, insurance, and professional obligations;
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal rights; and
• Accomplish other purposes disclosed when information is collected.

Information relating to clients and prospective clients will be handled in accordance with applicable law and the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct.

Submitting information through this website, a contact form, email, text message, social-media platform, or online advertisement does not, by itself, create an attorney-client relationship.

An attorney-client relationship is established only after:

1. The Firm has reviewed the matter, including any necessary conflict-of-interest review;
2. The Firm has expressly agreed to undertake the representation; and
3. The Firm and the client have entered into an applicable written engagement agreement.

Unless the Firm has expressly agreed otherwise, submitting an inquiry does not obligate the Firm to protect a deadline, file a claim or appeal, appear at a proceeding, or take any action on your behalf.

Although the Firm handles information received from prospective clients in accordance with applicable professional obligations, you should not submit confidential, privileged, sensitive, or potentially harmful information before the Firm confirms that it can evaluate or accept the matter.

Our website may use cookies, pixels, tags, analytics tools, and similar technologies. These technologies may collect information about your device and website activity and may be used to:

• Operate the website;
• Remember user preferences;
• Understand how visitors use the website;
• Improve website performance;
• Detect security issues;
• Measure advertising effectiveness; and
• Provide or evaluate relevant advertising.

Some technologies may be operated by third-party service providers, including analytics, website-hosting, and advertising providers. Those providers may collect information under their own privacy policies.

Most browsers allow users to block or delete cookies. Disabling cookies may affect certain website functions.

We may use third-party advertising and analytics services to understand website traffic, measure the effectiveness of advertising, and communicate information about our services.

These providers may use cookies, pixels, or similar technologies to collect information about website visits and interactions with advertisements. We do not control the independent privacy practices of third-party platforms.

We do not sell personal information for monetary consideration. We may disclose limited website-activity or device information to analytics and advertising providers for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

We may disclose information in the following circumstances:

Information may be disclosed to the Firm’s attorneys, employees, contractors, affiliated professionals, and other personnel who need the information for legitimate Firm purposes.

We may disclose information to service providers that assist with:

• Website hosting and maintenance;
• Cloud storage;
• Client intake and conflict checking;
• Practice-management and customer-relationship-management systems;
• Email, telephone, and text communications;
• Appointment scheduling;
• Document management;
• Payment processing;
• Accounting and billing;
• Advertising and analytics;
• Cybersecurity; and
• Other administrative or professional services.

These providers may use information only as permitted by their agreements with the Firm and applicable law.

We may disclose information to accountants, insurers, consultants, information-technology professionals, outside counsel, and other professional advisers when reasonably necessary.

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with applicable law;
• Respond to a court order, subpoena, or lawful governmental request;
• Satisfy professional or ethical obligations;
• Protect the rights, safety, or property of the Firm or others;
• Investigate fraud, misuse, or security incidents; or
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

Information may be transferred or disclosed in connection with a merger, reorganization, succession, sale of a law practice or practice area, or similar transaction, subject to applicable legal and professional obligations.

We may disclose information when you direct, request, or consent to the disclosure.

The Firm does not disclose client or prospective-client information to third parties solely for those third parties’ independent marketing purposes.

When you provide contact information, we may use it to respond to your inquiry or communicate regarding Firm services.

Where required by law, promotional or automated communications will be sent only with appropriate consent. Consent to receive promotional communications is not a condition of retaining the Firm.

You may unsubscribe from promotional emails by using the unsubscribe instructions contained in the message. You may opt out of promotional text messages by replying STOP. Message and data rates may apply.

An opt-out request will not prevent the Firm from sending communications necessary to respond to an active inquiry, provide legal services, administer an attorney-client relationship, collect an account, or comply with legal obligations.

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• Respond to inquiries;
• Evaluate or provide legal services;
• Conduct conflict checks;
• Maintain client and business records;
• Comply with legal, ethical, insurance, accounting, and regulatory requirements;
• Resolve disputes;
• Enforce agreements; and
• Protect the Firm’s legal rights.

Retention periods may vary based on the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected. Information may be securely deleted, destroyed, anonymized, or archived when it is no longer reasonably required.

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect information from unauthorized access, acquisition, disclosure, alteration, misuse, or destruction.

No website, electronic communication, storage system, or transmission method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Users should exercise caution when sending sensitive information electronically.

If the Firm determines that a legally reportable security breach has occurred, it will provide notifications as required by applicable law.

Depending on where you reside and subject to applicable law, you may have the right to request that we:

• Confirm whether we maintain personal information about you;
• Provide access to certain personal information;
• Correct inaccurate information;
• Delete certain information;
• Limit certain uses or disclosures; or
• Stop sending promotional communications.

To submit a privacy request, contact us using the information below. We may request information reasonably necessary to verify your identity and the scope of your request.

We may deny or limit a request when permitted or required by law, including when information must be retained for:

• Attorney-client or prospective-client obligations;
• Conflict-of-interest records;
• Legal-service records;
• Billing and accounting;
• Fraud prevention;
• Security;
• Legal compliance; or
• The establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, applications, social-media platforms, payment processors, or other services.

This Privacy Policy does not govern information independently collected by those third parties. You should review the applicable third party’s privacy policy before providing information.

Our website and legal services are intended for adults. We do not knowingly solicit or collect personal information online from children under thirteen years of age.

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under thirteen without legally sufficient authorization, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

The Firm’s website and online content may constitute attorney advertising.

Website content is provided for general informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice. The law varies by jurisdiction and changes over time. You should not act or refrain from acting based solely on information contained on this website.

Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future matter. The outcome of any legal matter depends on its particular facts, applicable law, available evidence, procedural requirements, and other circumstances.

The Firm’s website is not intended to represent that the Firm can provide legal services in every jurisdiction.

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, services, technology, or legal obligations.

The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Continued use of the website after an update constitutes acknowledgment of the revised Privacy Policy.

Questions, concerns, or privacy requests may be directed to:

Morella Bencsics
2559 Brandt School Road, Suite 201
Wexford, Pennsylvania 15090
Telephone: (412) 960-1656
Website: morellabencsics.com