The Family Law Office

1. Understanding This Privacy Notice

Thanks for visiting The Family Law Office’s Privacy Notice! The Family Law Office (also referred to as “us” & “we”) operates the website found at https://www.lanzlaw.com/ (“Website”). We take your privacy and information very seriously. We have this privacy notice to advise you how we handle the information we receive through the Website. By accessing and using this Website, you also agree to this Privacy Notice. If you do not agree to abide by this Privacy Notice, please immediately exit and stop using the Website.

2. How This Privacy Notice Applies to You

This Privacy Notice is effective as of the date above and will remain in effect until we change it. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Notice at any time and will post changes to this notice on our Website. You should check this notice periodically as its terms may change from time to time. If you continue to use the Services, that means you acknowledge and agree to the modified notice.

We will not use or share your personal or general information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Notice. However, where legally permissible, we will release personal or general information without your consent for security purposes, when required by law, or to prevent imminent harm to any person or entity. We fully cooperate with court orders and law enforcement agencies. Release of information for any purpose is at our sole discretion, but done in good faith, in accordance with this Notice, and in compliance with all applicable laws and the California Rules of Professional Conduct.

The Privacy Notice only applies to the information we collect through means within our control and does not cover information collected due to how the Internet works. This Privacy Notice covers information collected through this Website. As a law firm, we also collect information in the course of representing our clients, which is beyond the scope of this Privacy Notice. Such information is treated in compliance with the California Rules of Professional Conduct and any other applicable laws and regulations.

3. What You Will Find Here

This Privacy Notice discloses the privacy practices for our Website. This Privacy Notice applies solely to information collected by this Website, except where stated otherwise. It will notify you, among other things, of the following:

• The Family Law Office Data Collection Practices
• How we may contact you and how you contact us;
• How information is secured;
• What happens when you click a link to another site;
• How we ensure the privacy of children;
• How our website handles Do Not Track requests from browsers;
• How privacy notice changes will be communicated; and
• Some further information on how to contact us.

4. The Family Law Office Data Collection Practices

We collect some personal information about you through your use of the Website. For instance, when you contact us using our contact form, we collect your name and email address, and your phone number if you include it.

All activities in which you may engage on this Website are voluntary. You are not required to provide any personal information to us unless you choose to access features on this Website which require the information. For instance, if you contact us via our contact form or email.

The Website also collects some information necessary for operation as a website, and to maintain the security of the website, such as your IP address.

5. How We Use Your Data

We use your data for internal purposes, to respond to your inquiries, and in our capacity as attorneys representing our clients. This usage includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the following:

Providing Legal Services: We are a law firm that provides legal services to clients. Information collected in that capacity is used to provide legal services to that client and is handled in compliance with applicable law and the California Rules of Professional Conduct.

Internal Use: We may use your information internally, such as for communicating with you, administrative purposes, and marketing.

Operating the Website: The Website collects some information necessary to function and to maintain security, such as your IP address.

6. Our Service Providers

We may employ or otherwise contract with companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

• To facilitate providing legal services;
• For marketing; or
• To assist us in analyzing how our Website is used.

We want to inform the users of our Website that these service providers may have access to some of your information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose. The use of your personal information by our service providers is governed by the privacy policies of those service providers. Please contact us if you need additional information about any of our service providers.

7. Contacting You, Contacting Us, SMS Messaging

Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you in the future via the information you provide to us. Any newsletter or other mass email communications will comply with all applicable legal requirements, including those of CAN-SPAM.

Where you submit a telephone number to us, you may be notified that you are consenting to be contacted by SMS text message. Your telephone service provider may have message & data rates that apply. You can reply STOP to opt out of further messaging. No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All other categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties. This means we do not share text message information with any third parties.

After you have opted in to receive SMS messages, we may send you notifications, notices, or links, via your email, phone, text messages, or otherwise via your mobile device. The types of notifications you may receive include changes to these Terms, invoices or records of payment, marketing communications, and any number of other communications related to our legal services. Any notification is considered “in writing,” regardless of whether it is in a paper format, a digital format, or some other format. Other vendors (e.g., your carrier) may apply additional terms to text messages (SMS and MMS).

Anything sent to you is considered received immediately if sent to you by electronic notification without any indication of failed communication. An electronic notification is sent at the time it is directed by The Family Law Office to your email address, telephone number, or other means of receiving electronic notifications. You agree these are reasonable procedures for sending and receiving electronic notifications.

If you use the Website’s contact form, please do not include any confidential, secret, or otherwise sensitive information in your contact form entry. Unsolicited emails from non-clients do not create a client-attorney relationship. As a result, any information disclosed by you cannot be protected from disclosure and will not be treated as confidential information. Non-clients, please limit the information you provide to your name, contact information, and a statement of the general nature of your matter. If you have any questions or concerns about this notice, please contact us by telephone at (707) 523-4419 and ask to speak to the Firm Manager.

If you do not wish to receive information and promotional material from us or from some of our partners, you may also contact us to opt out via our contact page.

8. Security

We value your trust in providing us your personal information and we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security. However, by using the Website, you acknowledge and agree that we do not guarantee the security of any data provided to or received by us through the Website and that any personal information, general information, or other data or information received from you through the Website is provided to us at your own risk, which you expressly assume.

To reiterate, please do not transmit any confidential, secret, or otherwise sensitive information to us through the Website.

9. Links to Other Sites

Our Website may contain links to other sites (e.g., payment and case management platform). If you click on such a link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the privacy terms of these websites (such as their own privacy policies or notices). We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any external sites or services.



This includes links from partners that may use our logos as part of a co-branding agreement. The sites those links can take you to once again have their own separate privacy notice and although we seek to protect the integrity of our site, we are not liable for the content and activities of those sites. Your visits and access to such websites is at your own risk. Please note that those other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information.

10. Changes to This Privacy Notice

We may update our Privacy Notice from time to time. We advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Notice on this page, or as otherwise required by applicable laws and regulations. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Notice, do not hesitate to contact us via our contact page here.