Effective date: May 2026
Aequitas is a calculator for Maryland family-law professionals. It computes child-support and alimony figures from data the user enters, and it offers AI-assisted document review and brief-drafting features. It is a tool used by counsel; it is not itself a service to the public.
To compute a calculation, the user enters financial information about the parties to a matter: incomes, custody allocations, expenses, and similar inputs. This information is stored in the user's own browser (local storage) on the device where it is entered. It is not transmitted to or stored on Aequitas servers.
When the user signs in, the server validates the credentials and issues a signed, HTTP-only session cookie scoped to this site. The cookie carries only the username and an expiry; it is not used for tracking, analytics, or any third-party purpose. The cookie expires after seven days or upon sign-out.
When the user invokes an AI feature (explainer narrative, what-if assistant, document ingestion, factor brief, deviation argument), the relevant prompt and any attached document are forwarded to a third-party large-language-model provider (currently Google Gemini or, optionally, Anthropic) over a server-side proxy. The provider's response is returned to the browser and stored only within the active matter in local storage. Aequitas does not retain a separate copy of the prompts or responses on its own servers.
Each provider has its own data-handling policies that govern any data sent to it. Counsel should review those policies before submitting privileged or client-identifying material to AI features.
Authentication credentials are validated server-side and never shipped to the browser. Session cookies are HTTP-only, Secure, and SameSite=Lax. All traffic uses HTTPS. The provider API key is held in server-side environment variables and is not accessible to the browser.
Matters stored in local storage may be deleted from within the application via the Matters tab. Clearing the browser's site data for this domain also removes them. There is no server-side database to delete from.
This policy may be updated as Aequitas matures. Material changes will be reflected in the effective date at the top of this document.
Questions about this policy: support@aequitaspro.com.