Privacy & Cookie Policy

Effective and last updated: September 24, 2026

At a glance

What we collect: what you send us (contact form, email, phone, booking a call), plus site-usage data from Google Analytics only if you allow it.
What we don’t do: we do not sell or share your personal information for advertising, and we use no advertising cookies.
Your control: analytics stay off until you click “Accept” or turn them on in . We honor Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track signals.
Case information: please don’t send privileged or confidential materials through the website. We handle case materials under the terms of an engagement, NDA or protective order.

1. Who we are and what this policy covers

California Technical Media Corporation (“CTM,” “we,” “us”) is a litigation graphics and technical visualization studio based in Irvine, California. This policy explains how we collect, use and disclose personal information through californiatechnicalmedia.legal (the “Site”) and when you contact us through it.

This policy does not govern information we receive while performing a client engagement. That information is handled under the engagement agreement, any non-disclosure agreement, and any applicable protective order.

CTM is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Using the Site or contacting us does not create an engagement or any other professional relationship.

2. Information we collect

Information you give us

Contact form. Your name, email address, and optionally your phone number, firm or company, practice area and message. We also record the date and time, your IP address and browser type with each submission, to prevent spam and abuse.
Scheduling a call. Our “Schedule” buttons open a Google Calendar booking page hosted by Google. When you book, Google collects the name, email address and any notes you enter and shares them with us so we can hold the meeting. Google’s own privacy policy applies to that page.
Email and phone. Whatever you choose to include when you write or call us.

Information collected automatically

Server logs. Our hosting provider automatically records technical data for each request, such as IP address, browser type, the page requested, the referring page and the time. We use these logs for security and to operate the Site.
Analytics (only with your consent). If you allow analytics, Google Analytics collects information such as pages viewed, time on page, referring site, device and browser type, and approximate location (city or region). Google Analytics 4 does not log or store IP addresses.
Fonts and videos. Fonts, images and scripts are served from our own server, so opening a page sends nothing to third parties. Videos are hosted on Vimeo and load only when you click play. They play in Vimeo’s “do not track” mode, and until you click, nothing is sent to Vimeo.

We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information through the Site, and we ask that you not send it.

3. Cookies and similar technologies

Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser. We group them as follows. Non-essential cookies are not set until you choose to allow them. You can change your choice at any time with the link in the footer of every page.

Cookies and storage used on this Site
Name	Provider	Purpose	Duration
Strictly necessary (always on)
ctm_consent	CTM (first party)	Remembers your cookie choices	12 months
Accessibility preferences (browser storage)	CTM (first party)	Remembers settings you pick in the accessibility menu; stays on your device	Until you clear it
Analytics (off until you allow it)
_ga, _ga_Q68EZNJCYT	Google Analytics	Distinguishes visitors and sessions to produce aggregate usage reports	Up to 2 years

We do not use advertising, retargeting or social media tracking pixels. Links to our LinkedIn page are ordinary links and do not load LinkedIn code on the Site.

If you turn analytics off after allowing them, we delete the analytics cookies stored on our domain. Cookies stored on Google’s own domains can be removed in your browser settings. Google also offers a browser add-on to opt out of Google Analytics on all sites.

4. How we use information

To respond to inquiries, schedule and hold consultations, prepare proposals, and perform and bill for engagements.
To understand how the Site is used and improve its content and design. We use analytics only in aggregate or to diagnose usability problems.
To keep the Site secure and prevent spam, fraud and abuse.
To keep business records and to comply with legal obligations, court orders and legal process.
To send you occasional professional updates, but only if you ask to receive them. You can opt out at any time.

We do not use automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects.

We do not sell personal information, and we do not “share” it for cross-context behavioral advertising (as those terms are used in California law). We disclose personal information only:

To service providers that process it for us under contract, for the purposes above: website hosting (GoDaddy), email and calendar (Google Workspace), analytics (Google Analytics, only with your consent), and video hosting (Vimeo).
For legal reasons. We disclose information when we believe it is required by law, subpoena or court order, or needed to protect our rights, our clients, or the safety of others.
In a business transfer, such as a merger or sale of assets, subject to this policy.
With your direction or consent.

6. Your choices, Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

Cookie choices. Use “Reject non-essential,” “Accept all” or “Settings” in the banner, or at any time.
Global Privacy Control (GPC) and Do Not Track (DNT). If your browser sends a GPC or DNT signal, we treat it as a request to opt out. Analytics stay off for that browser, and we do not show you the banner. You can still opt in through Cookie Settings.
Email. You can unsubscribe from any update we send, or ask us to stop contacting you.

7. Case information and confidentiality

Our clients are attorneys, law firms, corporate legal departments and experts, and much of what they share with us is confidential, privileged or subject to protective orders. We treat case information as confidential. We do not disclose case details, client identities or work product without authorization from the retaining party, except as required by law.

The contact form and ordinary email are not secure channels for privileged or confidential material. Please send only a brief, non-confidential description of your matter. Once an engagement or NDA is in place, we will set up a secure transfer method. Sending us information before an engagement does not create a duty of confidentiality beyond what this policy describes, and it does not create an engagement.

8. How long we keep information

Inquiries (form submissions, emails, booking details): for as long as needed to respond and follow up, and after that for our business records, typically up to three years after the last contact unless an engagement follows.
Engagement records: as required by the engagement agreement, protective orders and applicable law.
Google Analytics user-level data: no longer than 14 months. Aggregate reports may be kept longer.
Server logs: as kept by our hosting provider for security and operations.

9. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards appropriate to the information we handle. The Site is served over encrypted HTTPS, and form submissions are stored outside the public web directory. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. California and other U.S. state privacy rights

Depending on where you live and whether a given law applies to us, you may have the right to:

know what personal information we have collected about you, and receive a copy;
correct inaccurate personal information;
delete personal information, subject to legal exceptions (for example, records we must keep);
opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information and targeted advertising. We do neither.

We honor these requests from any visitor, whether or not a specific statute applies. To make a request, email Hello@CaliforniaTechnicalMedia.legal with the subject “Privacy request,” or call (949) 550-1100. We will verify your request by matching the information you give us against what we hold, and respond within 45 days. You may use an authorized agent, and we will ask for proof of the agent’s authority. We will not treat you differently for exercising these rights.

Categories, in summary. In the last 12 months we have collected identifiers (name, email, phone, IP address), professional information (firm, practice area), the content of your messages, and, with consent, internet activity on the Site. These come from you, your browser, and our service providers. We use them for the purposes in Section 4, and we disclose them only to the recipients in Section 5.

California “Shine the Light.” We do not disclose personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.

11. Children

The Site is intended for legal and business professionals. It is not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information. If you believe a child has sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.

12. Visitors outside the United States

We are based in the United States, and the Site and our service providers process information in the United States. If you contact us from another country, your information will be transferred to and processed in the U.S. Where local law gives you additional rights, such as the right to access or erase your data or to withdraw consent, contact us and we will honor them as required.

13. Links to other sites

The Site links to services we do not control, such as Google Calendar, LinkedIn and Vimeo. Their own privacy policies govern what they collect.

14. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy. We will post the new version here with a new “last updated” date. If the change affects how cookies are used, we will ask for your cookie choices again.

15. Contact us

California Technical Media Corporation
Irvine, California
Email: Hello@CaliforniaTechnicalMedia.legal
Phone: (949) 550-1100