Privacy STATEMENT
We take your privacy very seriously. Please read this privacy statement carefully as it contains important information on who Mederos Legal ( the Firm ) is and its information practices, meaning how and why it collects, uses, discloses, sells, shares, stores, and retains your personal information. It also explains your rights in relation to your personal information and how to contact the Firm or supervisory authorities in the event you have a complaint or request.
The Firm collects, uses, and is responsible for certain personal information about you. When the Firm offers goods and services to individuals in the European Economic Area (EEA), it is subject to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR), which applies across the entire European Union. For California consumers, the Firm is subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). Mederos Legal is responsible as a controller of that personal information for the purposes of the GDPR. Mederos Legal is responsible for your personal information as a business under the CCPA/CPRA.
1. Key Terms. It would be helpful to start by explaining some key terms used in this policy:
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We, us, our, it, its, the Firm |
Mederos Legal, PLLC |
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Representative and Data Protection Officer |
Diana Mederos (561)654-4725 admin@miplegal.com |
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Personal information |
Any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual |
2. Personal Information We Collect About You. We may collect and use the following personal information, including sensitive personal information, that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonable capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household:
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Categories of
Personal Information |
Specific Types
of Personal Information Collected |
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Identifiers (e.g., a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, telephone number, Internet Protocol address, email address, or other similar identifiers) |
Anything you submit via email, over the telephone, via text or WhatsApp, via Calendly, or in an engagement letter |
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Internet or other electronic network activity information (e.g., browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer s interaction with an internet website, application, or advertisement) |
Site visit information based on your browser and IP address |
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Geolocation data |
General geolocation based on IP address |
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Professional or employment-related information |
Anything you submit via email, over the telephone, via text or WhatsApp, via Calendly, or in an engagement letter |
3. How Your Personal Information is Collected. We collect personal information from the following categories of sources:
You, directly in person, by engagement letter, LawPay payment, Zelle payment, telephone, text, or email, and/or via the Firm s Calendly app
Internet service providers
Data analytics providers
Operating systems and platforms
Publicly accessible sources (e.g., property records)
Cookies on our website
4. How and Why We Use Your Personal Information. Under data protection laws, we can only use your personal information if we have a proper reason for doing so, for example:
To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
For the performance of our contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract
For our legitimate interests or those of a third party or
Where you have given consent
A legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information, so long as this is not overridden by your own rights and interests.
We never sell your information.
The table below explains what we use (process) your personal information for and our reasons for doing so:
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What we use
your personal information for |
Our reasons |
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To provide servicesto you |
For the performance of our contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract |
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To prevent and detect fraud against you or Mederos Legal |
For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to minimize fraud that could be damaging for us and for you |
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Conducting checks to identify our customers and verify their identity Screening for financial and other sanctions or embargoes Other processing necessary to comply with professional, legal, and regulatory obligations that apply to our business, e.g., under safety regulation or rules issued by our professional regulator |
To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations |
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Gathering and providing information required by or relating to audits, inquiries, or investigations by regulatory bodies |
To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations |
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Ensuring business policies are adhered to, e.g., policies covering security and Internet use |
For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to make sure we are following our own internal procedures so we can deliver the best service to you |
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Operational reasons, such as improving efficiency, training, and quality control |
For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to be as efficient as we can so we can deliver the best service for you at the best price |
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Ensuring the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information |
For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to protect trade secrets and other commercially valuable information To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations |
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Statistical analysis to help us manage our business, e.g., in relation to customer base, or other efficiency measures |
For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to be as efficient as we can so we can deliver the best service for you at the best price |
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Preventing unauthorized access and modifications to systems |
For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to prevent and detect criminal activity that could be damaging for us and for you To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations |
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Updating customer records |
For the performance of our contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, e.g., making sure that we can keep in touch with our customers about existing orders and new products |
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Ensuring safe working practices, staff administration and assessments |
To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, e.g., to make sure we are following our own internal procedures and working efficiently so we can deliver the best service to you |
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Marketing our services to
Existing
and former customers
Third
parties who have previously expressed an interest in our services Third parties with whom we have had no previous dealings |
For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to promote our business to existing and former customers |
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Credit reference checks via external credit reference agencies if you use Affirm to pay for legal services |
For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to ensure our customers are likely to be able to pay for our products and services |
5. EEA Data Subjects: Promotional Communications. We may use your personal information to send you updates (by email, text message, telephone, or post) about our services.
We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal information for promotional purposes (see above How and why we use your personal information ). This means we do not usually need your consent to send you promotional communications. However, where consent is needed, we will ask for this consent separately and clearly.
We will always treat your personal information with the utmost respect and never sell OR share it with other organizations for marketing purposes.
You have the right to opt-out of receiving promotional communications at any time by:
Contacting us at admin@miplegal.com
Using the unsubscribe link in emails or STOP number in texts or
Updating your marketing preferences where applicable
We may ask you to confirm or update your marketing preferences if you instruct us to provide further services in the future, or if there are changes in the law, regulation, or the structure of our business.
6. Who We Share Your Personal Information With. We routinely share personal information with
Service providers we use to help deliver our services to you, such as payment service providers like LawPay,
Other third parties we use to help us run our business, such as marketing agencies or website hosts
Third parties approved by you, including social media sites you choose to link your account to or third-party payment providers
We only allow our service providers to handle your personal information if we are satisfied they take appropriate measures to protect your personal information. We also impose contractual obligations on service providers relating to ensure they can only use your personal information to provide services to us and to you.
We may disclose and exchange information with law enforcement agencies and regulatory bodies to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.
Otherwise, we will not share your personal information with any other third party.
7. Categories of Personal Information We Disclosed for a Business Purpose. In the preceding 12 months, we have disclosed the following categories of personal information for a business purpose:
Identifiers (e.g., a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, social security number, driver's license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers)
Information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual, including, but not limited to, their name, signature, social security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver's license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information
Geolocation data
Professional or employment-related information
8. How Long Your Personal Information Will Be Kept. We will keep your personal information while you are an active client of the Firm. Thereafter, we will keep your personal information for as long as is necessary
To respond to any questions, complaints or claims made by you or on your behalf
To show that we treated you fairly or
To keep records required by law
We will not retain your personal information for longer than necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.
9. California Consumers: Your Rights Under the CCPA/CPRA. You have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA), and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, to exercise free of charge:
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Disclosure of Personal Information We Collect About You |
You have the right to know, and request disclosure of: The categories of personal information we have collected about you, including sensitive personal information The categories of sources from which the personal information is collected The categories of third parties to whom we disclose personal information, if any and The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you Please note that we are not required to: Retain any personal information about you that was collected for a single one-time transaction if, in the ordinary course of business, that information about you is not retained Reidentify or otherwise link any data that, in the ordinary course of business, is not maintained in a manner that would be considered personal information or Provide the personal information to you more than twice in a 12-month period |
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Disclosure of Personal Information Sold, Shared, or Disclosed for a Business Purpose |
In connection with any personal information we may share or disclose to a third party for a business purpose, you have the right to know: The categories of personal information about you that we sold or shared and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold or shared and The categories of personal information that we disclosed about you for a business purpose and the categories of persons to whom the personal information was disclosed for a business purpose We do not sell your personal information. You have the right to opt-out of sharing of your personal information for the purpose of targeted behavioral advertising. If you exercise your right to opt-out of the sharing of your personal information, we will refrain from sharing your personal information, unless you subsequently provide express authorization for the sharing of your personal information. To opt-out of the sharing of your personal information, email admin@miplegal.com. |
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Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information |
You have the right to limit the use and disclosure of your sensitive personal information to the use which is necessary to Perform the services or provide the goods reasonably expected by an average consumer who requests those goods or services To perform the following services: (1) Helping to ensure security and integrity to the extent the use of the consumer's personal information is reasonably necessary and proportionate for these purposes; (2) Short-term, transient use, including, but not limited to, non-personalized advertising shown as part of a consumer's current interaction with the business, if the consumer's personal information is not disclosed to another third party and is not used to build a profile about the consumer or otherwise alter the consumer's experience outside the current interaction with the business; (3) Performing services on behalf of the business, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing analytic services, providing storage, or providing similar services on behalf of the business; and (4) Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business and As authorized by further regulations You have a right to know if your sensitive personal information may be used, or disclosed to a service provider or contractor, for additional, specified purposes. To limit the use of your sensitive personal information, email admin@miplegal.com |
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Right to Deletion |
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will: Delete your personal information from our records and Delete your personal information from our records and Direct third parties to whom the business has sold or shared your personal information to delete your personal information unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort Please note that we may not delete your personal information if it is reasonably necessary to: Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us Help to ensure security and integrity to the extent the use of the consumer's personal information is reasonably necessary and proportionate for those purposes Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us Comply with an existing legal obligation or Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information |
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Right of Correction |
If we maintain inaccurate personal information about you, you have the right to request us to correct that inaccurate personal information. Upon receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to correct the inaccurate personal information. |
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Protection Against Retaliation |
You have the right to not be retaliated against by us because you exercised any of your rights under the CCPA/CPRA. This means we cannot, among other things: Deny goods or services to you Charge different prices or rates for goods or services, including through the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties Provide a different level or quality of goods or services to you or Suggest that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services Please note that we may charge a different price or rate or provide a different level or quality of services to you, if that difference is reasonably related to the value provided to our business by your personal information. We may also offer loyalty, rewards, premium features, discounts, or club card programs consistent with these rights or payments as compensation, for the collection of personal information, the sale of personal information, or the retention of personal information. |
10. EEA Data
Subjects: Your Rights Under the EU GDPR.
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Right to Be Informed |
The right to know or be notified about the collection and use of your personal information |
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Right to Access |
The right to be provided with a copy of your personal information (the right of access) |
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Right to Rectification |
The right to require us to correct any mistakes in your personal information |
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Right to be Forgotten |
The right to require us to delete your personal information in certain situations |
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Right to Restriction of Processing |
The right to require us to restrict processing of your personal information in certain circumstances, e.g., if you contest the accuracy of the data |
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Right to Data Portability |
The right to receive the personal information you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and/or transmit that data to a third party in certain situations |
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Right to Object |
The right to object: At any time to your personal information being processed for direct marketing (including profiling) In certain other situations to our continued processing of your personal information, e.g., processing carried out for our legitimate interests |
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Right Not to be Subject to Automated Individual Decision-Making |
The right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you |
For further information on each of those rights, including the circumstances in which they apply, see the guidance from the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) on individual rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
11. How to Exercise Your Rights. If you would like to exercise any of your rights as described in this Privacy statement, you may email us at admin@miplegal.com.
Please note that you may only make a CCPA/CPRA-related data access or data portability disclosure request twice within a 12-month period.
If you choose to contact us directly by email, you will need to provide us with
o Enough
information to identify you (e.g., your full name, address, and matter/docket
reference)
o Proof
of your identity and address (e.g., a copy of your driving license or passport
and a recent utility or credit card bill)
and
o A
description of what right you want to exercise and the information to which
your request relates
We are not obligated to make a data access or data portability disclosure if we cannot verify that the person making the request is the person about whom we collected information or is someone authorized to act on such person's behalf.
Any personal information we collect from you to verify your identity in connection with you request will be used solely for the purposes of verification.
12. EEA Data Subjects: Where Your Personal Information is Held. Information may be held at our offices and those of our third-party agencies, service providers, representatives and agents as described above (see above: Who We Share Your Personal Information with ).
Some of these third parties may be based outside the EEA. For more information, including on how we safeguard your personal information when this occurs, see below: Transferring Your Personal Information Out of the EEA.
13. EEA Data Subjects: Transferring Your Personal Information Out of the EEA. To deliver services to you, it is sometimes necessary for us to share your personal information outside the EEA, e.g.:
With our offices outside the EEA
With your and our service providers located outside the EEA
If you are based outside the EEA or
Where there is an international dimension to the services we are providing to you
These transfers are subject to special rules under European and UK data protection law.
14. Keeping Your Personal Information Secure. We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal information from being accidentally lost or used or accessed in an unauthorized way. We limit access to your personal information to those who have a genuine business need to access it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorized manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality. We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.
If you want detailed information from Get Safe Online on how to protect your information and your computers and devices against fraud, identity theft, viruses, and many other online problems, please visit www.getsafeonline.org. Get Safe Online is supported by HM Government and leading businesses.
15. EEA Data Subjects: How to File a GDPR Complaint. We hope that our Data Protection Officer can resolve any query or concern you raise about our use of your information.
The GDPR also gives you right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in the European Union (or EEA) state where you work, normally live, or where any alleged infringement of data protection laws occurred.
16. Changes to This Privacy Notice. This privacy notice was published on September 21, 2025, and last updated on September 21, 2025.
We may change this privacy notice from time to time when we do, we will inform you via., our website or other means of contact such as email.
17. How to Contact Us. Please contact us by email if you have any questions about this privacy statement or the information we hold about you.
Our contact details are shown below:
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Our contact details |
Mederos Legal admin@miplegal.com |
18. Do You Need Extra Help? If you would like this notice in another format (for example: audio, large print, braille) please contact us (see How to contact us above).