AI Policy

AI and Data Usage Policy

Effective Date: 11.28.25
Lanigan Ryan, P.C. (“Lanigan Ryan,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting our intellectual property, the confidentiality of our clients, and the integrity of the information published on LaniganRyan.com (“the Site”).


This policy governs the use of our website content by automated systems, including artificial intelligence (AI) crawlers, machine learning (ML) models, data-extraction tools, and any other automated agents.

1. Use for AI Training

Disallowed.

Lanigan Ryan strictly prohibits the use of any content from this Site for the purpose of training, fine-tuning, developing, or augmenting artificial intelligence or machine learning models.

This prohibition applies to all content on the Site, including but not limited to:

  • Text
  • Articles, guides, insights, and blog posts
  • Images, graphics, or videos
  • Service descriptions
  • Staff bios
  • Client stories or testimonials
  • Downloadable materials
  • Any structured or unstructured data contained on or generated by the Site

Any scraping, harvesting, copying, bulk downloading, or automated extraction of our content for use in an AI or ML system is considered a violation of this policy and is expressly prohibited.

2. Use for Indexing and Search

Allowed with restrictions.

We permit AI-enabled crawlers and automated agents to access publicly available content on the Site for the limited purpose of indexing and returning our content in search results or retrieval-based responses, such as when a user explicitly queries something that points to our material.

Permitted indexing activities include:

  • Inclusion in search engine results
  • Use within retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems that surface specific Lanigan Ryan content in response to a user query
  • Standard SEO-compatible crawling for discoverability

These activities must not involve storing our content for future training, dataset compilation, or model development.

3. Requirement for Attribution

Required when content is surfaced or cited.

If an AI system generates a response that references, summarizes, or relies on content from this Site (as permitted under Section 2), the AI system must provide clear, visible, and direct attribution.

Proper attribution includes:

  1. Identifying “Lanigan Ryan” as the source;
  2. Providing a direct hyperlink (dofollow) to the specific URL on https://laniganryan.com where the referenced information appears.

Attribution must be displayed to the end user in a manner that is easy to read and understand.

4. Respect for Privacy and Confidentiality

Because Lanigan Ryan is a certified public accounting firm that handles sensitive financial and business information, no AI system may attempt to infer, reconstruct, or model confidential, proprietary, or private information about our clients, staff, or internal operations based on content from this Site.
Any such attempt is strictly prohibited.

5. Prohibited Methods of Access

The following automated behaviors are not permitted under any circumstances:

  • Bulk scraping or crawling exceeding rates typically used for search indexing
  • Bypassing robots.txt or access controls
  • Using rotating proxies, anonymization networks, or disguised agents to avoid detection
  • Extracting data for resale, redistribution, or dataset creation
  • Creating derivative databases, embeddings, or structured datasets from Site content

Any misuse of automated access tools will be treated as unauthorized use.

6. Requests for Permission or Licensing

For uses not covered by this policy—including research, licensing, data partnerships, or authorized API access—please contact:

Lanigan Ryan
Phone: 301.258.8900

We review such requests on a case-by-case basis.

7. Updates to This Policy

Lanigan Ryan may update or revise this policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.