PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: August 21, 2026
Last Updated: August 21, 2026

Martindale & Muniz Law (“Martindale & Muniz,” “the Firm,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when visiting www.martindaleandmunizlaw.com (the “Website”), communicating with our Firm, or using our online services.
This Privacy Policy explains how we may collect, use, disclose, and safeguard information obtained through the Website.

1. INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

• Your name

• Email address

• Telephone number

• Mailing address, if provided

• Information submitted through contact or consultation request forms

• Information you provide when communicating with the Firm

• Information concerning the general nature of your legal inquiry

• Communication and marketing preferences
   

We may also automatically collect certain technical information when you access the Website, including your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring website, pages viewed, approximate geographic location, and other website usage information.

2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We may use information collected through the Website to:

• Respond to inquiries and consultation requests

• Communicate with prospective and existing clients

• Evaluate requests for legal services

• Schedule consultations or appointments

• Provide information about the Firm and its services

• Operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Website

• Analyze website traffic and performance

• Prevent fraud, misuse, or security incidents

• Comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, and professional obligations

• Send communications where you have provided appropriate consent
   

Submitting information through this Website does not, by itself, create an attorney-client relationship.

3. CONFIDENTIAL AND SENSITIVE INFORMATION
Please do not submit highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, or time-sensitive information through the Website unless specifically requested by an attorney or authorized representative of Martindale & Muniz Law.
Contacting the Firm through the Website, email, telephone, text message, or an online form does not establish an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship is established only after the Firm has agreed to represent you and any required engagement agreement has been executed.
You should not assume that information submitted through the Website will be treated as attorney-client privileged solely because it was submitted to the Firm.

4. COOKIES AND ANALYTICS
The Website may use cookies, pixels, analytics technologies, and similar tools to understand how visitors interact with the Website and to improve its functionality and performance.
These technologies may collect information such as your device type, browser, IP address, pages visited, referring source, and interactions with Website content.
Where required by applicable law, visitors may be provided with options to manage certain cookie preferences.

5. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
We may use trusted third-party service providers to support the operation of the Website and the Firm's business activities, including providers of:

• Website hosting and maintenance

• Website analytics

• Customer relationship management systems

• Email and communications services

• Online scheduling

• Security and fraud prevention

• Advertising and marketing technology
   

These providers may process information on our behalf as necessary to provide their services.
We do not sell your personal information for monetary consideration.

6. TEXT MESSAGES AND SMS COMMUNICATIONS
If you voluntarily provide your mobile telephone number and consent to receive text messages from Martindale & Muniz Law, we may use that number to communicate with you regarding inquiries, consultations, appointments, case-related administrative communications, or other communications for which you have provided consent.
Where applicable, message frequency may vary, and message and data rates may apply.
You may opt out of receiving SMS communications at any time by replying STOP. You may reply HELP for assistance where supported.
Consent to receive marketing text messages is not a condition of obtaining legal services.
Mobile information and SMS opt-in consent will not be sold, rented, or shared with third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes.
Information may nevertheless be shared with service providers that assist us in delivering communications when necessary to provide those services.

7. EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS
If you provide your email address, we may use it to respond to your inquiry, communicate regarding Firm services, schedule appointments, or provide other communications consistent with your request or consent.
Email transmitted over the Internet may not be completely secure. You should avoid sending confidential or highly sensitive information by ordinary email unless instructed otherwise by the Firm.

8. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
We may disclose personal information when reasonably necessary:

• To service providers working on our behalf

• To comply with applicable laws, regulations, subpoenas, court orders, or legal processes

• To protect the rights, property, security, or interests of the Firm, our clients, Website visitors, or others

• To investigate fraud, security incidents, or misuse of the Website

• In connection with a business restructuring, merger, acquisition, or similar transaction, subject to applicable professional and legal obligations

• With your authorization or at your direction

We do not disclose personal information to third parties for their independent marketing purposes without appropriate authorization.

9. DATA SECURITY
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no Internet transmission, electronic communication, or data-storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted through the Website.

10. DATA RETENTION
We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, comply with legal and professional obligations, resolve disputes, maintain appropriate business records, and protect the Firm's legitimate interests.
Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information and our legal or professional obligations.

11. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights concerning your personal information, which may include the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information maintained about you.
You may also request to discontinue certain marketing communications.
We may need to verify your identity before processing certain privacy requests, and some information may be exempt from deletion or disclosure where retention is permitted or required by law or professional obligations.

12. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
The Website may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties. Martindale & Muniz Law is not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or practices of third-party websites.

We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing personal information.

13. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
The Website is intended for a general audience and is not directed toward children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the Website.

If we become aware that such information has been collected without appropriate authorization, we may take reasonable steps to delete it.

14. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
Martindale & Muniz Law may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or Website functionality.
When changes are made, the revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of an updated Privacy Policy constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy to the extent permitted by law.

15. CONTACT US
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or would like to submit a privacy-related request, please contact:
Martindale & Muniz Law
Website: www.martindaleandmunizlaw.com

ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP NOTICE
Use of this Website and submission of information through the Website do not create an attorney-client relationship between you and Martindale & Muniz Law. Do not submit confidential, privileged, or time-sensitive information through this Website unless specifically instructed to do so by the Firm. An attorney-client relationship is formed only after the Firm expressly agrees to representation and any required engagement agreement has been completed.