Florida Legal Templates (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the website floridalegaltemplates.com (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit the Site, how we use it, and what choices you have. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your information transparently.
This Site is a free legal information resource. We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
Information We Collect
Information you provide directly
When you contact us through our contact form or by email, we collect the information you provide — typically your name, email address, and the content of your message. We use this information solely to respond to your inquiry and do not add you to any mailing list or share it with third parties.
Information collected automatically
When you visit the Site, certain information is collected automatically through cookies and similar tracking technologies. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and time spent on pages. This information is used to understand how visitors use the Site and to improve our content and user experience.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. We use cookies for analytics purposes to understand how visitors interact with the Site. You can control cookie settings through your browser at any time. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies, delete existing cookies, or be notified when a new cookie is set. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Site.
For more information about cookies and how to manage them visit allaboutcookies.org.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with the Site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to visiting. We use this information only to improve the Site and its content.
Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the Site, not your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through Google Analytics with personally identifiable information.
You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits by:
- Disabling cookies in your browser settings
- Installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
For more information about how Google uses data collected through analytics visit policies.google.com/privacy.
Advertising
This Site may in the future display third-party advertisements. If and when advertising is enabled, advertising partners may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. You will be notified of any changes to our advertising practices through an update to this Privacy Policy.
You may opt out of personalized advertising at any time by visiting:
- Google Ads Settings: adssettings.google.com
- Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out: aboutads.info
- Network Advertising Initiative opt-out: optout.networkadvertising.org
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Respond to questions and inquiries submitted through our contact form or by email
- Analyze how visitors use the Site in order to improve content and user experience
- Understand which pages and templates are most useful to our visitors
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
We do not use your information for any purpose beyond what is described in this policy without your explicit consent.
Information Sharing
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share information in the following limited circumstances:
Service providers: We use third-party services including Google Analytics to help us understand site usage. These providers have their own privacy policies governing how they use information collected on our behalf.
Legal requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to a valid legal process such as a court order or government request.
Protection of rights: We may disclose information where we believe it is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of our Site, our users, or others.
Third-Party Links
The Site contains links to external websites including attorney LinkedIn profiles, Florida government resources, and Florida court websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any external site before providing personal information.
Data Retention
We retain contact form submissions and email correspondence for as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry and for a reasonable period thereafter in case of follow-up questions. We do not retain personal correspondence indefinitely.
Automatically collected analytics data is retained according to the data retention settings configured in Google Analytics, which we have set to 14 months.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you are located you may have certain rights regarding your personal information under applicable privacy laws.
For users in the European Economic Area (GDPR): If you are located in the EEA you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you, the right to request correction of inaccurate information, the right to request deletion of your information, the right to restrict or object to certain processing, and the right to data portability. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
For California residents (CCPA): If you are a California resident you have the right to know what personal information we collect about you, the right to request deletion of your personal information, and the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information. We do not sell personal information. To exercise your rights under the CCPA please contact us at contact@floridalegaltemplates.com.
To exercise any privacy right: Contact us at contact@floridalegaltemplates.com. We will respond to your request within 30 days. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.
Children’s Privacy
This Site is not directed at children under the age of 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. The legal content on this Site is intended for adults making legal decisions.
If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 13 please contact us immediately at contact@floridalegaltemplates.com and we will delete it promptly.
Security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the information we collect from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However no internet transmission is completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted to or from the Site.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, the services we use, or applicable law. When we make material changes we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.
We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Your continued use of the Site after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
Contact
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your information please contact us at:
Email: contact@floridalegaltemplates.com
We will respond to all privacy-related inquiries within 30 days.
