Privacy Policy – Lawyer Companies

Privacy Policy Overview

At lawyer-companies.info (our “Website”), your privacy and the confidentiality of personal data are extremely important to us. Your information is collected, enumerated, used, protected, or disclosed according to this Privacy Policy – in full compliance with applicable US and EU regulations and data security requirements. As a reputable law firm offering rapid company registration and legal assistance services in the US, as well as business consulting services, we guarantee our clients full respect for their privacy and information protection measures when dealing with our Website and conducting business with any of our divisions or activities. Please review this privacy policy to understand how your information is handled and what rights you have as a client or Website user.

About Our Company

Lawyer-Companies.info is a law firm based in San Antonio, Texas. We provide top-of-the-line legal services at our address: 1100 NW Loop 410 Ste 27, San Antonio TX 78213. Our areas of activity include company formation (LLC, Sole proprietorship, NGOs, foundations), company changes, registered office and office hosting, and full legal consultancy for both entrepreneurs and established companies. Coordination of the firm lies with lawyer Oana Leonte. She and the entire team of experienced professionals at Lawyer-Companies.info give priority to professionalism, efficient communication, and satisfaction of client needs. You may contact us at (210) 820-2637 or [email protected] with any questions related to this policy or with regards to your personal information.

Purpose and Scope of This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy covers all personal information which is collected by Lawyer-Companies.info via our website, electronic media and information systems, telephonic consultations and communications, in-person consultations, and other interaction or interface with our legal services. The Policy covers information provided by clients, potential clients, business associates, and visiting users of this website. The Policy includes information received from third-party sources in the course of providing legal services. Use of our website or engagement of our legal services constitutes acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Types of Information We Gather

To provide our legal services in a timely and professional manner and in line with our legal and regulatory requirements, we may collect and process the following types of personal and business information:

Identity data: Your name, surname, date of birth, identification number, passport details, and other government-issued formally required identification to proceed with the registration of the company.
Contact data: Your postal address, email address, phone number, and any other contact information.
Company information: Your company name, registered business address, registered office details, relevant NACE codes, articles of association, shareholder data, and any data which is strictly necessary for the formation or change of the company.
Financial information: Your bank account details, credit card details, and billing information which is strictly necessary to process service fee payments from you and issue invoices to you.
Communication data: Your emails, telephone records, minutes of meetings, and correspondence between you and our representatives.
Website data: Information we collect automatically when you visit our website such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data, access times, pages viewed, and referring/exit websites. We also collect this information using cookies and similar tracking technology.
Legal documentation: Copies of legal documents, agreements, incorporation documents, powers of attorney, and other documents strictly necessary for legal procedures.

We collect your personal information directly from you, from publicly available sources, and where necessary from persons authorized by you to do so.

How We Utilize Your Information

Lawyer-Companies.info will use your personal and business data for the legitimate business and legal purposes listed below, including but not limited to:

Legal services: Company formation, company modifications, legal consultancy, and other related statutory services as you request.
Client communication: Responding directly to your queries or requests, such as providing you updates about the status of your case or your company formation process. Providing any other information about our products and services that is relevant to you.
Regulatory compliance: Complying with our legal or regulatory requirements, including requirements to verify your identity, run anti-money laundering checks, maintain records, etc.
Payment processing: Receiving payments from you, issuing invoices, maintaining accounting records.
Service improvement: Carrying out analysis at a non-personal level based upon your feedback and website usage statistics in order to improve the efficiency, quality, and user-friendliness of our services.
Marketing and offers: With your consent, we may send you direct marketing communications to give you information about special offers and service updates or send news items related to the legal industry or legal matters that are likely to be of interest to you. You can opt out of marketing communications at any time.
Security and fraud prevention: Implementing security measures globally to ensure the security of our website, online platform, and client information we hold, and identifying or preventing any activity that we see as fraudulent.

We do not use your personal data in connection with automated decision making or profiling.

Our Legal Basis for Personal Data Processing

Contractual Necessity: We will process the information to perform a contract with you, such as providing you legal advice or incorporation services.
To Comply with the Law: We may have a legal obligation to collect your information and also to use or disclose it for certain purposes.
Legitimate Interests: We may use and disclose your information where doing so is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. Legitimate business interests include, for example, providing customer service, preventing fraud, ensuring network and information security, marketing our services, and understanding if customers like our products.
Consent: We may use and disclose your information where you provide us with consent to do so. If we ask for your consent to contact you for marketing purposes or other unrelated direct marketing, you may withdraw your consent at any time.

Sharing of Your Information

We honor your privacy and we’ll only disclose personal information if it’s strictly necessary and only in cases like:

Third party service providers: We may use the services of various trusted third-party service providers (for example, data storage companies, payment transaction providers, or cloud-based hosting companies) to assist us with delivering our services. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
Legal and regulatory authorities: When necessary, we may disclose information to government or regulatory agencies, courts, or law enforcement personnel, for example, in connection with any obligations we have under company registry guidelines, anti-money laundering regulations, or other laws or legal proceedings.
Business transfers: If there is a change of ownership of all or a part of Lawyer-Companies.info or if we sell or transfer any of our business assets, we may share client information with the relevant purchaser on terms that require the purchaser to keep the information confidential.
With your consent: Other than as set out above, we will only disclose your personal information to third parties where you have consented to us doing so.

Information Security and Protection

Security of your personal data is an important priority for Lawyer-Companies.info. The company has implemented physical, technical, and organizational measures to protect against unauthorized access, loss, alteration, destruction, or disclosure of personal data. Such measures include:

Personal data collected is securely stored both physically and electronically. Access to, and usage of, such data is restricted to authorized personnel only.
Data transmissions relating to payment information, personal identification documents, and other particulars are encrypted in transit using industry-standard encryption protocols.
Systems are protected by current firewalls, intrusion detection technologies, anti-virus systems, and routine monitoring for suspicious or unusual activity.
Staff training on good practices to protect personal data and observe confidentiality requirements is regularly provided to all employees.
Procedures exist to detect, investigate, and respond promptly to data breaches, misuse of customer information, or other security events.

No method of transmission over the Internet or other public networks, or of storage, is 100% secure. Clients should use caution when sending information over the Internet and also should alert us as quickly as possible upon learning of any actual or possible compromise of their information.

How Long We Keep Your Information

We only retain your personal and business information for as long as it is necessary to satisfy the purposes for which it was originally collected, to respond to your requests, and to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, protect against abuse, and enforce our agreements. The precise period of retention will depend on the type of information concerned and the specific regulations that govern that information. By way of example:

Client files, including legal documents, generally are retained for a minimum of 7 years following the end of the engagement as mandated by law.
Accounting, billing, and financial records generally are retained for a period of 7 years in accordance with tax, accounting, and regulatory requirements.
Marketing preferences and consent records are generally retained as long as you remain subscribed.

When your personal information is no longer necessary for our purposes or upon expiry of the relevant retention period, we shall implement reasonable safeguards to securely dispose of or destroy your personal information.

Your Personal Data Rights

You have certain rights in relation to your personal information, which are subject to applicable limitations and exceptions under the law, including:

Right to Access: request a copy of the personal data that we hold on you;
Right to Rectification: request the rectification or completion of personal data that is inaccurate or incomplete;
Right to Erasure: request the deletion of your personal data; subject, however, to any legal or contractual obligations or requirements we have to retain your personal data;
Right to Restrict Processing: request that we restrict processing of your personal data under certain specific circumstances;
Right to Data Portability: to obtain your data in a structured, commonly used format for transmission to another service provider, as appropriate and where technically feasible;
Right of Objection: object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes or based on grounds relating to your particular situation, in certain circumstances;
Right to Withdrawal of Consent: where our processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw this consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing prior to withdrawal.

You can exercise these rights by contacting us in writing at [email protected] or by phone at (210) 820-2637. We will respond within 30 days, subject to verification of your identity and applicable limitations and exceptions under the law.

Cookie Policy

Our website employs cookies as well as similar tools and technologies. Cookies and other such methods help us improve our website operations, analyze website activity, and deliver customized content and services. Cookies are small data files that are placed on your device by our site when you visit it. We utilize the following categories of cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies – required for the basic functions of our websites and web applications;
Analytics cookies – provide us with insights into how site visitors use the website, helping us improve our content and functionality;
Preference cookies – recall your language, region, and other user preferences;
Marketing cookies – provided that you consent, we may deploy cookies to deliver targeted marketing information on our products or promotions to you.

You can also manage your cookie settings through your web browser or the cookie banner on our website. However, if you opt to disable certain cookies, you may not be able to access some functionality on our website. For more details, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

International Data Transfers

Lawyer-Companies.info stores and processes your information mainly in the United States. However, in certain circumstances, data may be transferred to or processed in jurisdictions other than the United States (for instance, if we use cloud-based service providers or where clients are located outside the U.S.). We will ensure that any transfer of data complies with applicable legal requirements and that your data is secured through adequate safeguards, such as contractual clauses or certification schemes.

Links to Third-Party Websites and Services

This LawyerBlog site may contain links to third-party websites, services, or tools which are not owned, operated, or maintained by Lawyer-Companies.info. We try to provide references to and only link to services that we believe are reputable and relevant, but we are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of any third-party websites, services, tools, or resources. Although we may refer visitors or customers to services or products offered or owned by third parties, we do not control these third-party products, services, or websites. We recommend that you review any third-party services’ privacy policy guidelines prior to submitting personal information. This Privacy Policy applies only to the information that is expressly captured, collected, and/or otherwise processed by Lawyer-Companies.info.

Children’s Information

Lawyer-Companies.info does not knowingly collect or process personal information from children under the age of 18. The services offered by lawyer-companies.info are meant only for adults and business people wishing to obtain legal advice or company formation services. If you are a parent or guardian, or have reason to believe that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at [email protected]. We will delete such information from our files upon substantiation of the claim.

Our Use of Marketing

With your permission, we may send you marketing communications, newsletters, or information about special offers related to our law firm services, company formation deals, and other ways to do business. You can choose to opt out of receiving these materials at any time by:

Clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any email marketing message delivered by our company to you.
Contacting us directly via [email protected] or phone (210) 820-2637.

Your choice of opting out will in no way affect your ability to be our client and your access to our law firm services and Lawyer-Companies.info.

Policy Modifications

We may make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. Those changes may occur as we make adjustments to our practices, the law, or services we provide. The latest version of our policy will always be available on our website at: https://avocat-firme.info/. If we have significant changes to the policy, we will let you know via an email or a prominent message on our website.

We encourage you to review the policy from time to time in order to keep yourselves up to date as to how we are protecting and taking care of your information.

How to Reach Us

If you have any questions, issues, or complaints about your personal information and the Privacy Policy, please reach out to us here:
Lawyer-Companies.info
1100 NW Loop 410 Ste 27
San Antonio TX 78213
Phone: (210) 820-2637
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://avocat-firme.info/
We are available from Monday to Friday, 09:00-17:30. We will be happy to help you and resolve any problems regarding your privacy.

Specific to CCPA (California Privacy Rights and Notice)

If you are a California resident, you have certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”):

The right to know what categories and specific pieces of personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell (we don’t sell it).
The right to request the deletion of personal information, subject to certain legal exceptions.
The right to opt out of sale of personal information (this does not apply to our business).
The right not to be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.

To exercise your rights, contact us at [email protected] or telephone us at (210) 820-2637. We will verify your identity prior to processing your request.

Specific to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)

While LawyerCompany.info is publicly available in the United States, it respects the rights of clients and users that reside in the European Union in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If you are an individual that resides in the European Union, you have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict, and object to the processing of your personal data and the portability of your data, and to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In respect of GDPR inquiries and rights, please contact us via email at [email protected].

Our Policy on Sensitive Information

Some legal processes may require the collection of sensitive information from you, such as government-issued identification or other legal documents, bank statements, or other records. We treat and protect all sensitive information with extra care and limit knowledge of such information only to our professionals directly involved in your legal matter or company formation. Further, we transmit and store sensitive information with enhanced security protocols and do not use sensitive information for any purpose unrelated to your engagement without your written direction.

Confidentiality and Professional Duties

Lawyer-Companies.info, as a law firm, has professional duties and ethical obligations of confidentiality. Any information that is supplied to us in our capacity as legal counsel is protected by the doctrine of attorney-client privilege and will not be disclosed without your consent, except to the extent required or permitted by law. Each member of our staff is similarly bound by these professional and ethical duties regarding all information that comes into our possession. We take all necessary measures to maintain the confidentiality and integrity of your confidential information.

Your Duty (Client/User)

While we will take appropriate steps to protect your information, there are certain things you agree to do while using our website or services. We ask that you:

Ensure that any information you give us is current, complete, and accurate;
Use secure methods and devices to transmit confidential documents or payment data;
Tell us as soon as you reasonably believe that your account or confidential information has been accessed by someone without your permission;
Never give your account credentials or confidential information to anyone except authorized representatives of our firm.

Together we can help keep our environment secure and safe for all clients and users.

Resolving Disputes

If you have a concern about our handling of your information or you wish to complain about our privacy practices, you should contact us first either at [email protected] or (210) 820-2637. We take complaints seriously, will investigate and respond in a timely fashion, and, if you are not satisfied with our response, you may have the right to contact the relevant competent authority or data protection agency depending on the jurisdiction where you are based.

Our Final Words of Affirmation

At Lawyer-Companies.info we know that we wouldn’t be here without you, so we value your relationship as critical to our future success. We are fully committed to safeguarding your Personally Identifiable Information, treating each client with dignity and respect, and maintaining the highest level of legal professional secrecy and privacy. Feel free to contact us about your questions or requests and discover how we can help you set up companies and provide other legal services in a safe, transparent, and professional manner.