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Privacy policy

What personal information we collect through this website, why we collect it, who we share it with, and the choices you have.

On this page

  1. Who we are
  2. Information we collect
  3. Children
  4. How we use your information
  5. Who we share it with
  6. How long we keep it
  7. How we protect it
  8. Your rights and choices
  9. Do Not Track and global privacy signals
  10. International transfers
  11. Changes to this policy
  12. Complaints

Questions about this document?
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(213) 555-0140

Draft for review. This document is a starting template prepared for Prescott’s Family Law. It must be reviewed and adapted by the firm’s own counsel before publication, in particular against: the attorney advertising and solicitation rules of the State Bar of California; the firm’s actual data practices and vendors; and any privacy statutes that apply to the firm’s clients and website visitors. Do not publish it unchanged.

Last updated: September 13, 2026 · Version 2.0

Who we are

Prescott’s Family Law is the controller of personal information collected through this website. Our contact details are 633 West 5th Street, Suite 2800, Los Angeles, CA 90071; contact@prescottsfamilylaw.com; (213) 555-0140. Our privacy contact is Privacy Officer at privacy@prescottsfamilylaw.com.

This policy covers this website only. Information you give us once you are a client is governed additionally by our professional duty of confidentiality and by your engagement agreement, both of which are more protective than this policy.

Information we collect

Information you give us

  • Consultation requests: your name, email address, telephone number, county, the type of matter, your urgency, a short description of your situation and how you heard about us.
  • Correspondence: anything you choose to include in an email, a voicemail or a letter.
  • Documents: material you upload to our client portal once you are a client.

Information collected automatically

  • Server log data: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring page, pages viewed and timestamps.
  • Cookies and similar technologies, as described in our cookie policy.
Privacy first: We do not deploy third-party advertising pixels, commercial analytics, behavioral trackers, or data brokers. All client communications and form submissions are treated with strict confidentiality under California attorney-client privilege.

Sensitive information

The nature of our work means enquiries may involve information about health, pregnancy, family relationships, criminal history, immigration status, racial or ethnic origin, or children. Please send only what is necessary to describe your enquiry. Do not upload medical or identity documents through the website contact form; we will give you a secure channel once we have confirmed we can act for you.

Children

This website is not directed to children and we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children. Adults do, of course, provide information about children in the course of a family law enquiry, and that information is handled under this policy and under our professional duty of confidentiality. If you believe a child has submitted information to us directly, contact Privacy Officer at privacy@prescottsfamilylaw.com and we will delete it.

How we use your information

  • To run a conflicts check and decide whether we are able to act for you.
  • To respond to your enquiry and arrange a consultation.
  • To provide legal services once we are engaged.
  • To keep the records that professional conduct rules and law require us to keep.
  • To operate, secure and improve this website.
  • To comply with legal, regulatory and court obligations.
  • Where you have asked for them, to send updates or newsletters. You can unsubscribe at any time.

We do not sell personal information. We do not share personal information with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

Legal bases (where the GDPR or a comparable law applies): your consent; the performance of a contract with you; compliance with a legal obligation; and our legitimate interest in operating and securing the practice.

Who we share it with

  • Service providers who host this site, deliver our email, provide our practice management and secure document systems, and process payments — each bound by contract to protect the information: Hosting infrastructure provider (Cloudflare / GitHub), LawPay (payment processing), and Twilio / SendGrid (secure notifications)..
  • Courts, agencies and other parties, but only where necessary to conduct your matter and with your instruction or authority.
  • Professional advisers such as co-counsel, expert witnesses or interpreters, engaged for your matter.
  • Where the law requires it, including a valid subpoena or court order, subject always to attorney–client privilege and our duty to assert it where it applies.

How long we keep it

Enquiries that do not become matters are retained for 12 months so that we can run future conflicts checks, then deleted. Client files are retained for 7 years following matter closure after a matter closes, consistent with the record-keeping requirements of the State Bar of California and any longer period that applies to adoption records. Server logs are retained for 90 days.

How we protect it

We use technical and organisational measures appropriate to the sensitivity of the information, including encryption in transit (HTTPS), access controls, staff confidentiality obligations and a secure client portal for document exchange. No system is perfectly secure, and ordinary email is not a secure medium — please use the portal for anything sensitive.

Your rights and choices

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to: request a copy of the personal information we hold about you; correct it; delete it; restrict or object to how we use it; receive it in a portable format; withdraw consent; and not be discriminated against for exercising these rights. Where the CCPA/CPRA applies, you may also request disclosure of the categories of personal information collected, used and disclosed, and you may opt out of any "sale" or "sharing" of personal information (we do not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined).

These rights are subject to important limits: they do not override our professional duty of confidentiality, our obligation to retain client files, court rules, or the rights of other people named in a file — particularly children and other parties to a family matter.

To make a request, contact Privacy Officer at privacy@prescottsfamilylaw.com at contact@prescottsfamilylaw.com. We will verify your identity before acting and will respond within the period the applicable law allows. You may use an authorised agent where the law permits.

Do Not Track and global privacy signals

Our response to browser Do Not Track signals and Global Privacy Control signals is: We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) and Do Not Track (DNT) signals automatically..

International transfers

Our service providers may store or process information outside your country, including in United States. Where personal information is transferred out of a jurisdiction with transfer restrictions, we rely on Standard contractual clauses and US state privacy framework compliance.

Changes to this policy

We will post any changes on this page and update the date above. Material changes will be brought to the attention of current clients directly.

Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal information, contact Privacy Officer at privacy@prescottsfamilylaw.com first — we would like the chance to put it right. You may also complain to the California Privacy Protection Agency (cppa.ca.gov).