Privacy Policy
What the site is
DUIAnalysis.com is a service of Joel Brand, Esq., a California DUI defense attorney, and it offers a free written case analysis built from a questionnaire plus 16 free DUI calculators and checkers on topics such as jail time, license suspension and expungement eligibility, each of which emails you a short written result.
Sending information through this site does not make you a client. Only a signed written agreement does that.
Information you give us
The forms ask for what we need in order to read a California DUI situation and send you the written analysis or calculator result.
- Your name, email address and phone number.
- Arrest details such as the California county, city, when the stop happened, the reason for the stop, chemical test type and result, prior offenses, license type, aggravating factors, medical conditions you mention, whether you already have a lawyer, and anything you type in the free-text box.
- Two checkboxes that record whether you want a text message and whether you want a phone call. Both are unchecked unless you tick them.
Information collected automatically
The DUIAnalysis.com web server logs the IP address, browser type, page requested, referring page, and time for each visit. Those server logs are deleted after 14 days.
When you submit a form, your IP address and browser identifier are stored with the submission so we can catch spam, which we do with a hidden honeypot field and a check on how fast the form was filled in. The IP address is also looked up against ipapi.co, a geolocation service, so that the notification we receive shows the approximate city and the internet provider. Calculator result pages keep a simple view counter. It records the page, not the person.
Analytics and advertising tools
Google Analytics runs on DUIAnalysis.com to count visits and record how people move through the site, with IP anonymization requested. The Google Ads conversion tag records when an ad click leads to a form submission or a phone tap. Google sets cookies and can link the visit with other activity it sees under Google's own privacy policy.
You can limit that by blocking third-party cookies in your browser, by changing your ad settings at Google, or by installing Google's Analytics opt-out add-on. The site does not respond to browser "Do Not Track" signals.
The Reddit advertising pixel that used to run here was removed on September 17, 2026.
How we use your information
We use what you send to prepare the written analysis, email calculator results, reply to questions, check for spam, keep inquiry records and run the site. Form submissions are forwarded to the attorney's client relationship system, which is hosted with the dui.guru site and which sends the emailed analysis, a short series of follow-up emails and, only if you ticked the boxes, text messages and calls.
The written analysis and some of the follow-up emails are drafted by software. Your answers go to Anthropic, whose Claude model writes the draft, and Anthropic does not train on data sent through its API.
Who we share it with
We do not sell personal information. We disclose it when the law requires, for example under a valid court order, and always subject to the duties of confidentiality that bind a California attorney.
- Oracle Cloud hosts the DUIAnalysis.com servers and database.
- Google carries email through Gmail, stores encrypted backups in Google Drive, and runs Google Analytics and Google Ads.
- Anthropic drafts analyses and emails through its Claude API.
- Twilio and voip.ms carry calls and texts.
- ipapi.co does the IP address lookup used in the submission notification.
- If a person who arrived from a Google ad later hires Joel Brand, Esq., we report that to Google Ads using only the click identifier Google attached to the ad. We do not send Google a name, email address, or phone number in that report.
Text messages and email
If you tick the text message box on a DUIAnalysis.com form, the attorney's system may send automated text messages to the number you gave. If you tick the call box, Joel Brand, Esq. may place a live phone call to the number you gave and may leave a recorded voicemail if you do not answer. Reply STOP to any automated text and the texts end. Every automated email has an unsubscribe link that does the same for email, and either one also ends the follow-up series.
How long we keep it
Inquiry records stay on file so that conflicts of interest can be checked and later questions answered, and they are not deleted on a fixed schedule. You can ask us to delete yours. We will, unless a legal or professional rule requires us to keep it. Client files are kept as long as the rules for California attorneys require, and because encrypted backups are made every day, a record deleted from the live system can survive in older backups for a while longer.
Security
Access to the servers is restricted, data moves over HTTPS, and backups are encrypted before they leave the server. No system is perfectly secure, though, and ordinary email and text messages are not end-to-end encrypted.
Your choices
You can ask what information we hold about you, ask for a correction or deletion, or ask who we shared it with by emailing Support@Joel.Law. We verify the request against the contact details on file. California residents may also ask under Civil Code section 1798.83, called Shine the Light, whether we shared information with others for their direct marketing. We do not.
Children
This site is meant for adults and is not directed to children under 13. If a parent is helping a minor with a DUI matter, the parent should be the one who contacts us.
Other websites
Some pages link to other websites and to social media profiles, and those sites have their own privacy practices.
Changes to this policy
When the policy changes, the new version goes on this page with a new effective date at the top.
Contact
Contact Joel Brand, Esq. by email at Support@Joel.Law or by phone at (888) 271-6644.