Last updated: May 6, 2026
Introduction
This privacy policy describes how BauHaus, a New York law firm, collects, uses, and protects information through our website at www.bauhaus-legal.com. We treat privacy as professional discipline. Information you share with us in the course of an engagement is separately protected by attorney-client privilege, our duty of confidentiality under the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, and your engagement letter. If you submit information through this site before an engagement is established, your submission is treated under New York Rule of Professional Conduct 1.18 and as set out below. This policy may change. When it does, we will update the effective date above, and if changes are material, we will provide additional notice.
Information we collect
- Information you provide directly: name, email, phone, organization, and the nature of your enquiry through web forms or email. Please do not share confidential or privileged information through web forms before an engagement is established.
- Information collected automatically: IP address, browser, device, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, and approximate geographic location, used to operate, secure, and improve the site.
- Cookies and similar technologies, including strictly necessary cookies for site functionality and analytics cookies that report site usage in aggregate. Manage these through your browser. We honor Global Privacy Control signals. We do not sell personal information.
How we use your information
- To respond to your enquiries and assess whether we can take on a matter, including running conflicts checks under the New York Rules of Professional Conduct.
- To provide, secure, and improve the site, and to communicate with you about services, publications, or events you have asked to receive.
- To comply with legal, regulatory, and professional obligations. EEA, UK, and Swiss visitors: our legal bases are consent (where given), contract (steps before engagement), legitimate interests (operating and securing the site, responding to enquiries), and legal obligation. California residents: we do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
Data storage & retention
- Information is stored on enterprise infrastructure with U.S. or E.U. data residency at the client's election where applicable to your engagement. Cross-border transfers from the EEA, UK, or Switzerland rely on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses and equivalent UK and Swiss instruments.
- We retain personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes described, to comply with legal, professional, and tax obligations, and to defend or assert claims. Conflicts records are retained as required by professional-responsibility rules. Security measures include encryption in transit and at rest, role-based access controls, multi-factor authentication, and vendor security review.
Sharing & third parties
- We share information with service providers who host the site, deliver email, run analytics, process payments, and provide cybersecurity. Providers are bound to use information only for purposes we authorize.
- We use enterprise AI tools to support our work. Information you submit through this site is not used to train third-party AI models. AI handles mechanical processing; lawyers handle judgment, strategy, and signature. With your knowledge we may share information with co-counsel or local counsel admitted in a relevant jurisdiction. We may disclose information when required by law, court order, subpoena, or legal process. We resist legally improper demands and give notice where permitted.
Your rights
- Access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to processing of your personal information, and request portability where applicable, subject to legal exceptions and retention required by professional-responsibility rules.
- Withdraw consent at any time without affecting prior processing. Opt out of non-essential communications. California residents may exercise CCPA rights, including the right to know, delete, correct, and opt out of any sale or sharing.
- Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. EEA residents may contact their local data-protection authority; UK residents the Information Commissioner's Office; Swiss residents the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner. To exercise any of these rights, email privacy@bauhaus-legal.com. We may need to verify your identity before responding.
Contact us
For privacy-related questions or requests, contact us at
BauHaus
Attn: Privacy, 447 Broadway, 2nd Floor #1675
New York, NY 10013,
United States.
Email: privacy@bauhaus-legal.com
