Privacy Policy

LCO Law LLC, referred to in this Privacy Policy as "LCO Law," "we," "us," or "our," respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal information when you visit www.lcolawfl.com, submit an online form, schedule an appointment, communicate with us, attend one of our events, or otherwise interact with LCO Law.

1. Scope of This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected through:

• Our website and landing pages
• Contact, intake, and scheduling forms
• Telephone calls, emails, and text messages
• Webinars, seminars, downloads, and educational programs
• Social media pages and advertising campaigns
• Client portals and other electronic communication systems
• Other interactions with LCO Law

This Privacy Policy does not replace or limit our professional duties of confidentiality to current or former clients.

2. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with us.

Information You Provide Directly

You may provide us with information such as:

• Your name
• Email address
• Mailing address
• Telephone number
• Preferred method of communication
• Information about your family, business, property, investments, or legal concerns
• Information submitted through an intake questionnaire or consultation form
• Appointment and scheduling information
• Communications you send to us
• Documents or files you upload
• Payment and billing information
• Webinar, event, or newsletter registration information
• Feedback, testimonials, reviews, or survey responses
• Employment application information

Please do not provide highly sensitive, privileged, or confidential information through a general website contact form.

Information Collected Automatically

When you use our website, we and our service providers may automatically collect information such as:

• Internet Protocol address
• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• Referring website
• Pages viewed
• Links selected
• Dates and times of visits
• Approximate geographic location
• Advertising identifiers
• Cookie and similar technology information
• Interactions with emails, advertisements, or website content

This information helps us operate the website, understand how visitors use it, improve performance, and evaluate our marketing efforts.

Information From Other Sources

We may receive information from:

• Referral partners
• Professional organizations
• Event sponsors
• Public records
• Social media platforms
• Advertising and analytics providers
• Existing clients, family members, or other individuals who contact us on your behalf
• Vendors that assist with scheduling, communications, payment processing, or client management

If you provide us with information about another person, you represent that you are authorized to provide that information.

3. How We Use Personal Information

We may use personal information to:

• Respond to questions and requests
• Evaluate whether we can assist with a legal matter
• Conduct conflict checks
• Schedule meetings
• Provide legal services to clients
• Prepare agreements, correspondence, and legal documents
• Communicate about appointments, deadlines, events, or services
• Process payments and maintain billing records
• Operate, maintain, secure, and improve our website
• Personalize website and marketing content
• Measure the effectiveness of advertising and outreach
• Provide newsletters, educational resources, webinar information, and firm updates
• Maintain business and client records
• Protect against fraud, misuse, security incidents, and unlawful activity
• Comply with professional, ethical, regulatory, and legal obligations
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims
• Perform other activities disclosed when the information is collected
• Carry out purposes for which you provide consent

4. Attorney Client Relationship and Confidentiality

Contacting LCO Law, submitting an online form, downloading information, attending a webinar, or communicating with the firm does not by itself create an attorney client relationship.

An attorney client relationship is established only after LCO Law has:

1. Determined that it can accept the matter;
2. Completed any necessary conflict review;
3. Agreed to provide legal services;
4. Entered into a written engagement agreement with the client; and
5. Received payment pursuant to that written agreement.

Information submitted before an attorney client relationship is established may not be protected by the attorney client privilege. You should not send confidential information about a legal matter until LCO Law has confirmed in writing that it represents you.

Once an attorney client relationship has been established, information relating to the representation will also be handled in accordance with applicable professional obligations and confidentiality requirements.

5. How We Disclose Personal Information

We may disclose personal information to the following categories of recipients when reasonably necessary.

Service Providers

We may use vendors that help us provide services or operate our business, including:

• Website hosting and maintenance providers
• Client relationship management platforms
• Appointment scheduling providers
• Email and text messaging providers
• Cloud storage and document management providers
• Payment processors
• Accounting and billing providers
• Cybersecurity and information technology providers
• Analytics and advertising platforms
• Webinar and video conferencing providers
• Professional consultants

These providers may access personal information only as reasonably necessary to perform services for us, subject to their contractual and legal obligations.

Legal and Professional Services

When appropriate, we may disclose information to:

• Attorneys and law firms
• Co-counsel or local counsel
• Expert witnesses
• Accountants
• Tax professionals
• Financial professionals
• Title companies
• Courts, government agencies, and opposing parties
• Other professionals involved in providing or supporting requested services

Such disclosures will be made in accordance with applicable law, professional duties, client instructions, and confidentiality requirements.

Legal Compliance and Protection

We may disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:

• Comply with a law, court order, subpoena, or legal process
• Meet professional or ethical obligations
• Respond to lawful requests from government authorities
• Protect the rights, property, safety, or security of LCO Law, our clients, or others
• Investigate fraud, misuse, or security incidents
• Enforce our agreements or policies
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

Business Transactions

If LCO Law is involved in a merger, restructuring, reorganization, transfer of assets, or similar transaction, personal information may be disclosed as part of that transaction, subject to applicable professional and confidentiality obligations.

With Your Direction or Consent

We may disclose information to other persons or organizations when you direct us to do so or provide your consent.

6. Sale and Sharing of Personal Information

LCO Law does not sell personal information to third parties in exchange for money.

We may use analytics, social media, and advertising technologies that collect or receive information about website activity. Under certain state privacy laws, some disclosures to advertising or analytics providers may be considered "sharing," "targeted advertising," or a "sale," even when no money is exchanged.

You may contact us using the information below to ask about available privacy choices. You may also adjust your browser settings, device settings, advertising preferences, or cookie selections to limit certain tracking technologies.

7. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, and similar technologies.

These technologies may be used to:

• Remember preferences
• Maintain website functionality
• Understand website traffic and visitor activity
• Improve website performance
• Measure advertising results
• Deliver or evaluate relevant advertising
• Detect fraud or security threats

Some cookies are necessary for the website to function. Other cookies may be provided by analytics, advertising, social media, scheduling, video, or other third party services.

Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. Disabling cookies may affect how certain portions of the website function.

Because there is not currently a uniform industry standard for responding to "Do Not Track" browser signals, our website may not respond to all such signals.

8. Email Communications

We may send emails concerning:

• Appointments
• Invoices
• Legal services
• Client matters
• Educational materials
• Webinars and events
• Newsletters
• Firm announcements
• Services that may be relevant to you

You may unsubscribe from promotional emails by using the unsubscribe link contained in the email or contacting us. Even after unsubscribing from marketing emails, you may continue to receive nonpromotional communications relating to appointments, transactions, legal services, or an existing client relationship.

9. Text Messaging

When you provide your mobile telephone number and consent to receive text messages, LCO Law may send texts concerning:

• Appointment confirmations and reminders
• Invoices
• Responses to inquiries
• Client communications
• Document or information requests
• Webinar and event reminders
• Educational or promotional information, when authorized

Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply.

Consent to receive marketing text messages is not a condition of purchasing services or hiring LCO Law.

You may withdraw consent to receive text messages at any time by replying STOP, CANCEL, END, QUIT, REVOKE, OPT OUT, or UNSUBSCRIBE, or by otherwise clearly communicating that you no longer wish to receive text messages. You may reply HELP for assistance.

We do not sell mobile telephone numbers or text message consent information. We do not disclose mobile opt-in information to third parties for their independent marketing purposes. We may provide this information to vendors that help us deliver and manage our messaging program.

10. Payment Information

Payments may be processed by third party payment processors. LCO Law may not directly receive or retain complete credit card or bank account information entered through a third party payment platform.

Payment processors collect and use information according to their own privacy policies and security practices. We may retain transaction records, payment status, partial account information, or other information needed for billing, accounting, fraud prevention, and legal compliance.

11. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

These safeguards may include access controls, password requirements, encryption, cybersecurity tools, employee training, secure document systems, vendor oversight, and physical security measures.

No website, communication system, or data storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should use caution when sending sensitive information through email, text message, or general website forms.

12. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• Provide requested services
• Manage prospective and current client relationships
• Maintain legal and business records
• Comply with professional and ethical obligations
• Meet tax, accounting, regulatory, and legal requirements
• Resolve disputes
• Prevent fraud or misuse
• Enforce agreements
• Establish or defend legal claims

Retention periods vary depending on the type of information, the relationship involved, the purpose for which the information was collected, and applicable legal or professional requirements.

Information contained in client files may be retained according to LCO Law's records retention policies and applicable professional obligations.

13. Your Privacy Rights and Choices

Depending on where you reside and the law applicable to LCO Law, you may have the right to request that we:

• Confirm whether we process your personal information
• Provide access to certain personal information
• Correct inaccurate personal information
• Delete certain personal information
• Provide a portable copy of certain personal information
• Limit or opt out of certain targeted advertising or data sharing
• Withdraw consent for certain processing
• Appeal the denial of a privacy request

These rights may be subject to exceptions. For example, we may retain or withhold information when necessary to comply with legal obligations, preserve attorney client privilege, protect confidential information belonging to another person, maintain client records, complete a transaction, prevent fraud, or establish or defend legal claims.

To submit a privacy request, contact us using the information provided below. We may need to verify your identity before processing the request. We will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising an applicable privacy right.

An authorized agent may submit a request on your behalf when permitted by law, although we may require proof of the agent's authority and verification of your identity.

14. Children's Privacy

Our website and services are not directed to persons under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from persons under the age of 18 through the website.

Information about children may be collected from parents, guardians, or clients when reasonably necessary to provide estate planning or other legal services. Such information will be handled in accordance with applicable professional, contractual, and legal obligations.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us without appropriate authorization, please contact us.

15. Third Party Websites and Services

Our website may contain links to third party websites, platforms, videos, scheduling tools, payment processors, social media pages, or other services.

LCO Law does not control the privacy, security, or content practices of third parties. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected independently by those third parties. You should review their privacy policies before providing information.

16. Visitors From Outside the United States

LCO Law is based in Florida, and our website and services are primarily directed to individuals and businesses needing services in the State of Florida.

If you access the website from another country, your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States. Privacy and data protection laws in the United States may differ from those in your country.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, services, or legal obligations.

When we make changes, we will post the revised policy on this page and update the "Last Updated" date. Material changes may also be communicated through other reasonable means.

Your continued use of the website after an updated Privacy Policy is posted constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy.

18. Contact LCO Law

Questions, concerns, and privacy requests may be directed to: