Privacy Policy

1. Information You Provide to Us

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide through this website, including when you submit a contact or consultation form, communicate with us by email or telephone, or provide documents for review.

This information may include:

• Your first and last name;
• Email address;
• Telephone number;
• Preferred method of contact;
• Information you provide about your immigration matter;
• Professional or employment information;
• Immigration-related information you choose to provide;
• Documents or files that you choose to upload or send to us; and
• Other information contained in communications with the firm.

2. Information Collected Automatically

Like most websites, this website and the services used to operate it may automatically collect certain technical information when you visit.

Depending on the website services and features then in use, this may include:

• Internet Protocol address;
• Browser type;
• Device type;
• Operating system;
• Pages viewed;
• Date and time of access;
• Referring website or source;
• General interaction or usage information; and
• Information collected through cookies or similar technologies.

This information may be used to operate, secure, maintain, understand and improve the website.

3. How We May Use Information

We may use information collected through the website to:

• Respond to inquiries;
• Schedule consultations;
• Evaluate whether the firm may be able to assist with an immigration matter;
• Communicate with prospective and existing clients;
• Provide legal services after representation has been established;
• Operate and maintain the website;
• Protect the security and integrity of the website;
• Detect spam, fraud, abuse or malicious activity;
• Understand how visitors use the website;
• Improve website content and functionality;
• Comply with applicable legal, ethical and professional obligations; and
• Protect the rights and interests of the firm, its clients and others.

4. Contact Forms and Uploaded Documents

Information submitted through a website form may be transmitted to and stored by the website, the firm's hosting provider, form-processing software, email systems, security services or other technology providers used to process the communication.

If you upload a document, the document may contain personal information beyond the information requested by the form.

You should review documents before uploading them and avoid providing unnecessary sensitive information during an initial inquiry.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

This website may use cookies or similar technologies that help the site function, remember preferences, protect against malicious activity, measure website usage or support other website services.

Your browser may allow you to block or delete cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect the operation or functionality of portions of the website.

6. Analytics and Third-Party Website Services

The website may use third-party technology providers for services such as hosting, website operation, form processing, spam prevention, security, analytics, fonts, maps or other functionality.

Those providers may process limited information as necessary to perform their services and may maintain their own privacy policies governing their handling of information.

The technologies used on this website may change over time as plugins, hosting services and other website tools are updated or replaced.

7. When Information May Be Disclosed

We do not disclose personal information merely because someone visits the website. Information may, however, be disclosed when reasonably necessary to:

• Operate the website and process communications;
• Work with service providers acting on our behalf;
• Provide legal services after representation has been established;
• Comply with applicable law, court orders or lawful government requests;
• Protect the rights, safety or property of the firm, clients or others;
• Investigate fraud, security incidents or misuse of the website; or
• Complete a lawful business transaction involving the firm, subject to applicable professional obligations.

The firm does not sell personal information in the ordinary commercial sense of selling lists of website visitors or prospective clients to third parties.

8. Attorney-Client Relationship and Confidentiality

Submitting a contact form, sending an email, telephoning the office or otherwise communicating with the firm does not automatically create an attorney-client relationship.

An attorney-client relationship exists only after the firm has agreed to represent you and the applicable engagement requirements have been completed.

Until representation has been established, you should not assume that an initial unsolicited communication is confidential, privileged or protected from disclosure.

9. Data Security

The firm uses reasonable administrative, technical and organizational measures intended to protect information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse or alteration.

No website, email system, data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should therefore use appropriate care when transmitting sensitive information electronically.

10. Data Retention

Information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, to maintain appropriate business and legal records, to comply with professional obligations, to resolve disputes, or to comply with applicable law.

Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information, whether representation was established, and applicable legal or professional requirements.

11. Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live and the laws applicable to particular information, you may have rights concerning personal information maintained about you.

These rights may include the ability to request access, correction or deletion of certain information, subject to legal, ethical, recordkeeping and other applicable exceptions.

You may contact the firm using the information below if you have a privacy-related request or question.

12. Children

This website is intended to provide information regarding U.S. immigration law and legal services and is not directed toward children for commercial or entertainment purposes.

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

13. International Visitors

The Messersmith Law Firm, P.A. is located in the United States. If you access this website or submit information from another country, your information may be transferred to, processed in or stored in the United States.

14. Third-Party Links

This website may contain links to government agencies, legal authorities, social networks, review platforms or other third-party websites.

The Messersmith Law Firm, P.A. does not control the privacy practices of those third parties. You should review their applicable privacy policies when visiting their websites.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in the website, technology, firm practices or applicable requirements.

The most recent revision date will be displayed near the beginning of this policy.