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Privacy Policy

Last updated August 13, 2026.

Overview

We believe legal research should be private, fast, and secure. This site has no user accounts, sets no tracking cookies, uses no third-party analytics or ad networks, and never sells or shares your personal information.

Your Notes

Notes you create on statutory provisions are saved directly in your browser's local storage. They remain on your device and are never sent to our servers. You can export or import your notes as a JSON file at any time from the Notes page. Clearing your browser's site data will delete your notes.

Search & Navigation

Autocomplete: Quick suggestions (section numbers and titles) run entirely client-side using an index downloaded to your browser. Your keystrokes are never transmitted over the network while you type.

Full-text search: When you submit a full-text search (by pressing Enter), the search query is included in the URL and requested from our server to return matching results, exactly like requesting any other page.

Analytics & Server Logs

We collect minimal, privacy-preserving aggregate metrics on our own server to understand general traffic patterns (such as which titles are read most frequently) and monitor site performance:

No tracking cookies or profiles: We do not set cookies, fingerprint devices, or build profiles across visits.

Anonymized metrics: IP addresses are truncated to remove host identifiers, and browser user-agent strings are reduced to coarse categories (e.g., general browser family and operating system).

Referrers: We log standard HTTP referrer headers and campaign parameters if present on incoming links.

Self-hosted: All telemetry runs on our own servers. No request data is shared with external analytics providers.

Email Updates

If you subscribe to updates on the About page, we will only use your email address to notify you about new statutory releases or major site features. We do not share email addresses with third parties. To unsubscribe, email [email protected] and we will remove your address promptly.

Questions

If you have any questions or concerns about privacy on this site, contact us at [email protected].