Privacy Policy

THE METKA LAW FIRM, P.A. PRIVACY POLICY

The Metka Law Firm, P.A. (referred to herein as “the Firm,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to complying with this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”), which describes what information we collect about you, how we use it, with whom we may share it, and what choices you have regarding our use of your information. This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected in connection with our website located at https://metkalawfirm.com, any other webpage the Firm maintains, our email communications, our podcast and webinar offerings, our social media pages, and any other online or wireless offerings that post a link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, “Firm Site”).

TYPES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The types of personal information we collect will depend on the services you request and, if you are a client, the nature of our representation or your transaction. The following categories identify some of the personal information we may collect about you. These examples are illustrative and may not cover every situation in which information is collected or used.

Individual Identifiers and Demographic Information

  • Contact information, such as name, email address, phone number, mailing address, job title, and organization.
  • Identifiers, such as client or matter ID, username, IP address, device ID, and other online identifiers that may be collected automatically when you use the Firm Site.
  • Demographic information, such as date of birth and general location information like city, state, and geographic area.

Sensitive Personal Information

  • Government ID numbers, such as Social Security number, taxpayer identification number, driver’s license number, passport number, and other identification information required to complete a real estate closing or satisfy title underwriting requirements.
  • Financial information, such as financial account numbers, wiring instructions, loan and mortgage details, insurance policy numbers, invoices, settlement statements, and other payment or bank account details.
  • Marital status and family information, where relevant to title, homestead, or the manner in which title is to be held.

Property and Transaction Information

  • Property information, such as property addresses, parcel identification numbers, legal descriptions, and survey information.
  • Transaction documents, such as purchase and sale contracts, leases, loan documents, title commitments, deeds, closing disclosures, association estoppel documents, and related correspondence.
  • Matter information, such as details about your closing, lease, lender representation engagement, community association matter, title issue, or other legal matter.

Geolocation Data

  • General location information derived from your IP address, such as city, state, or geographic area.

Sensory Data

  • Call recordings, where we record calls you make to our attorneys, employees, or other representatives, whether by phone or online.
  • Audio and video recordings, such as recordings of webinars you attend, podcast episodes in which you participate as a guest, and video testimonials you provide.
  • Photographs, videos, or similar data that may be provided as part of a transaction or matter file.

Commercial Information

  • Account information, such as any username and password you provide when you register for an account, webinar, or client portal, and any information stored or transmitted in that account or profile.
  • Communications, such as when you call, text, or email us, complete a form or intake questionnaire on the Firm Site, or engage in confidential and privileged communications with our attorneys.

Internet or Network Activity

  • Online activity information, such as linking pages, pages or screens viewed, time spent on a page, navigation paths between pages, information about activity on a page, access times, duration of access, and other online activity information.
  • Device information, such as computer and mobile operating system, operating system type and version number, wireless carrier, manufacturer and model, browser type, screen resolution, general location information, and other device information collected automatically.

Employment Related Information

  • Employment information, such as title, role, employer, employment history, and other professional information, including information you provide if you apply for a position with the Firm.

Education Information

  • Education records, such as transcripts or education history, including information you provide if you apply for a position with the Firm.

Inferences Drawn from Personal Information

  • Profiles reflecting preferences, characteristics, predispositions, behavior, and interests.

SOURCES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may collect the categories of personal information described above from the following sources:

Personal Information You Provide Us. We collect the personal information you provide to us while using our Firm Site, including through our contact forms, intake questionnaires, consultation request forms, webinar registrations, newsletter signups, and any client portal we make available. Where expressly designated by us, some portions of our Firm Site may be used by active clients to communicate with us as part of our attorney-client relationship. You may choose not to provide such information. However, the information may be required for us to respond to your request or complete your transaction.

Personal Information Collected Automatically. We and our third-party providers may use cookies and other technologies such as log files, tracking pixels, and analytics tools and services to collect personal information automatically about you. Such information includes the online identifiers, device information, general location information, and online activity information described above.

To facilitate the automatic collection described above, we may use the following technologies:

  • Cookies. A cookie is a small piece of data stored by your web browser on your computer or mobile device. We use cookies to collect information regarding your usage of the Firm Site, to remember user preferences and settings, to personalize your experience, to facilitate online advertising, and for security purposes. You may opt out of the automatic collection of some information by referring to your web browser or mobile device options or settings menu. However, doing so may disable portions, features, or functionality of the Firm Site. Each browser is different, so check the “Help” menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences, or visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org for more information.
  • Pixels. Pixels, also known as “web beacons” or “clear GIFs,” are typically used to determine whether a webpage or email was accessed or opened, or whether certain content was viewed or clicked. Data collected from pixels is often used to compile statistics about usage of websites and the success of email marketing campaigns.
  • Tag management and analytics containers. We use tag management tools to deploy and manage analytics and advertising technologies on the Firm Site.

Personal Information Collected from Third Parties. We may also collect or receive personal information from third parties, which may include:

  • Parties involved in your transaction or matter, such as real estate agents, brokers, lenders, mortgage brokers, title underwriters and title agents, surveyors, inspectors, community associations and their management companies, opposing parties, and opposing counsel.
  • Title agency partners and underwriters, including Old Republic and First American.
  • Public sources, such as county property records, court records, social media platforms, and other publicly available records.
  • Referral sources, such as referring attorneys, real estate professionals, members of our referral network, and website submissions.
  • Our business partners, such as third-party data providers, marketing providers, and advertising partners.

ONLINE ANALYTICS

We may use third-party analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, to better understand your use of our Firm Site and how we can improve the services we provide. These tools collect information sent by your browser or mobile device, including the pages you visit and other usage information. For more information regarding how Google collects, uses, and shares your information, please visit http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. To prevent data from being used by Google Analytics, you can download the opt-out browser add-on at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may use the personal information we collect for the following purposes and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection:

To Provide Our Services and the Firm Site. For example, we use personal information:

  • to respond to your request for a consultation and to determine your legal needs;
  • to provide you with legal and other services, content, and features you request;
  • to open, manage, and monitor your matter or closing file;
  • to coordinate with lenders, title underwriters, real estate professionals, community associations, and other parties involved in your transaction;
  • to respond to your inquiries and communicate with you, including by phone and email;
  • to operate, troubleshoot, and improve the Firm Site;
  • to process your transactions, invoices, and closing funds;
  • to understand your interests, personalize your experience on the Firm Site, and deliver information about services relevant to those interests; and
  • to enable security features of the Firm Site, such as sending you security codes by email or SMS and remembering devices from which you have previously logged in.

For Direct Marketing. We may use your personal information to send you newsletters, legal updates, podcast and webinar announcements, event information, marketing communications, and other information that may interest you.

For Research and Development. We use personal information to understand how people use the Firm Site, including by generating and analyzing statistics, preferences, and usage trends, in order to improve the Firm Site and our other offerings, diagnose technical issues, and develop new features and functionality. As part of these activities, we may create aggregated, de-identified, or otherwise anonymous data from personal information we collect by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We may use this anonymous data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes.

For Compliance, Fraud Prevention, and Safety. We use personal information:

  • to enforce our Terms of Use and other agreements we may have;
  • to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and title underwriting and closing requirements;
  • to protect our rights or the rights, privacy, safety, or property of you or others, including by making and defending legal claims;
  • to maintain the security and integrity of our business, the Firm Site, our clients, our third-party business partners and service providers, our databases, and other technology assets;
  • to audit our internal processes for compliance with legal, ethical, and contractual requirements and internal policies; and
  • to prevent, identify, investigate, and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical, or illegal activity, including wire fraud, cyberattacks, and identity theft.

For Interest-Based Advertising. We, our business partners, and our third-party advertising partners may collect and use your personal information for advertising purposes. We may contract with third-party advertising companies and social media companies to help us advertise our services, identify potential clients, and display ads on the Firm Site and other services, including through interest-based advertising. These companies may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about you, including the device information and online activity information described above, over time and across our Firm Site and other services, or based on your interaction with our emails, and to use that information to serve ads they believe will interest you. We may also provide hashed contact information, which may include mobile phone numbers, to these companies so that they can deliver ads to you and to similar users on their sites and services. We do not share text messaging opt-in data or consent records with these companies. You can learn more about your choices for limiting interest-based advertising in the “Advertising Choices” section below.

WIRE FRAUD AND TRANSACTION SECURITY NOTICE

Real estate transactions are a frequent target of email interception and wire fraud schemes. We will never send you wiring instructions by unsecured email, and we will never send you revised or updated wiring instructions after instructions have been issued. If you receive an email or any other communication that appears to be from the Firm, a title agency, a lender, or a real estate professional directing you to wire funds or advising you of a change in wiring instructions, do not act on it. Call our office directly at (407) 826-1952 using a number you have independently verified, and confirm the instructions verbally with a member of our team before transferring any funds.

SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

In addition to the specific situations discussed elsewhere in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise described at the time of collection, we may share personal information you have provided to us only if that information is either (1) non-confidential information, or (2) confidential under the attorney-client relationship and shared after you provide informed consent or as necessary to carry out the representation. In such circumstances, we may share personal information with the following categories of recipients:

Service Providers. We may share your non-confidential personal information with third-party service providers that perform services for us or on our behalf, such as web hosting companies, mailing vendors, analytics providers, document and closing software providers, event and webinar hosting services, payment processors, text message aggregators and providers, and information technology providers.

Transaction Participants. In the course of representing you, and as necessary to complete your transaction or matter, we may share your personal information with the parties to your transaction and their representatives, including title underwriters and title agents such as Old Republic and First American, lenders and loan servicers, real estate agents and brokers, surveyors, inspectors, community associations and their management companies, municipal and county offices, and opposing parties and their counsel.

Other Law Firms or Lawyers. We may share, at your direction or with your permission, your personal information with other law firms or lawyers where we jointly represent a client, when we refer matters or potential matters to other counsel, or as otherwise required in connection with our legal representation of you. Personal information provided pursuant to an attorney-client relationship will not be shared with third parties except with such precautions as are necessary to preserve the confidentiality of that information and any attorney-client privilege that may attach to it.

Authorities, Law Enforcement, and Others. We may disclose personal information to comply with laws, regulations, or other legal obligations, to assist in an investigation, to protect and defend our rights and property or the rights or safety of third parties, to enforce our agreements, our Terms of Use, or this Privacy Policy, or for crime prevention purposes.

Advertising Partners. We may share your non-confidential personal information, which may include hashed contact information such as mobile phone numbers, with third-party advertising or joint marketing partners for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection. We do not share text messaging opt-in data or consent records with advertising or joint marketing partners.

Professional Advisors. We may disclose your personal information to our professional advisors, such as lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services they render to us.

Affiliates and Related Companies. We may share your personal information with companies that are affiliated with us, meaning companies that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with us, or that may be affiliated with us in the future, for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

We may otherwise disclose your personal information in accordance with your consent.

YOUR CHOICES

Opt Out of Marketing Communications. If you no longer wish to receive marketing communications from us, you can let us know by sending an email to info@metkalawfirm.com or by mail at the address provided below in “Contact Us.” The electronic marketing communications we send may also contain an opt-out mechanism. Please note that it may take up to 10 calendar days to remove your contact information from our marketing communications lists, so you may receive correspondence from us for a short time after you make your request. Please also contact us to update or correct your information if it changes or if you believe that any information we have collected about you is inaccurate.

Cookies. Most browsers let you remove or stop accepting cookies from the websites you visit. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser’s settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. If you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use all functionality of the Firm Site, and the Firm Site may not work properly. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your browser and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Advertising Choices. Some of our advertising partners are members of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) and are subject to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising published by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA). You can obtain more information about these companies’ information collection practices and opt out of receiving interest-based advertising from participating NAI and DAA members at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp and at the DAA’s website, https://optout.aboutads.info/. You can also limit collection of your information for interest-based ads by blocking third-party cookies in your browser settings or by using privacy plug-ins or ad blocking software. In addition, your mobile device settings may provide functionality to limit use of the advertising ID associated with your device for targeted advertising purposes. If you opt out of interest-based advertisements, you will still see advertisements online, but they may be less relevant to you. Some third-party advertising companies offer their own opt-out options, such as Google (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/about/ads). Even after using these opt-out mechanisms, you may receive interest-based advertising from other companies.

Declining to Provide Information. We need to collect personal information to provide certain services. If you do not provide the information requested, we may not be able to provide those services or complete your transaction.

TEXT MESSAGES (SMS)

The Metka Law Firm, P.A. sends text messages about scheduling. If you separately opt in to promotional messages, we may also send text messages about events, seminars, webinars, and other promotions. This consent is separate from consent to the messages described above, is optional, and can be withdrawn at any time by replying STOP.

Message frequency varies.

Message and data rates may apply.

Reply STOP to any message to opt out. We may send one message confirming your request.

Reply HELP for assistance, or contact us at (407) 826-1952 or info@metkalawfirm.com.

You can also opt out by emailing your request and mobile number to info@metkalawfirm.com.

Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of purchase or legal representation.

Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties, excluding aggregators and providers of the text message services.

INFORMATION SECURITY

We take commercially reasonable measures to secure and protect the personal information we collect. Nevertheless, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your personal information. We are also not responsible for the security of information you transmit to us over networks that we do not control, including the Internet and wireless networks. Email is not a secure medium. Please do not send Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, or other sensitive information to us by unencrypted email. Contact our office for instructions on how to transmit sensitive information securely.

NO ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP THROUGH THE FIRM SITE

Submitting information through the Firm Site, including through a contact form, intake questionnaire, consultation request, or email, does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and the Firm. An attorney-client relationship is formed only after we have confirmed that we can represent you, we have checked for conflicts of interest, and a written engagement agreement has been signed, and retainer fee/advance fee has been received. Please do not send confidential or time-sensitive information to us until an attorney-client relationship has been established. Information you submit before that time may not be treated as privileged or confidential.

LINKED WEBSITES

This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, podcast platforms, or social media features that may be accessed through links we provide for your convenience and information. Accessing those links will cause you to leave our website and may result in the collection of information about you by a third party. We do not control, endorse, or make any representations about those third-party websites or their privacy practices, which may differ from ours. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any site you interact with before allowing the collection and use of your information.

DO NOT TRACK REQUESTS

We adhere to the standards set out in this Privacy Policy and do not monitor or follow any Do Not Track browser requests. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

USING THE FIRM SITE OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES

We are located in the State of Florida in the United States. We provide legal services in the State of Florida and serve clients throughout Central Florida, including Orange County, Lake County, and surrounding communities. All legal services provided by the Firm are provided exclusively in the United States. Please be aware that your personal information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States, where our servers are located and our central database is operated, and in other locations outside your home country if you are located outside the United States. The data protection and other laws of your home country may be more or less comprehensive than those of the United States. By using any portion of the Firm Site, you understand and consent to the transfer of your personal information to our facilities in the United States and to those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.

CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

We do not knowingly solicit or collect personal information online from children under the age of 18. Please contact us as provided below in the “Contact Us” section if you believe we may have collected such information.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or in applicable state or federal law. Such changes will be effective upon posting the revised Privacy Policy on the Firm Site. You will be able to tell when this Privacy Policy was last updated by the “Last Updated” date included at the bottom of this Privacy Policy. By continuing to use the Firm Site, or by communicating electronically with us thereafter, you agree to accept such changes to this Privacy Policy.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our information privacy practices, please contact us at:

Email: info@metkalawfirm.com
Telephone: (407) 826-1952 or 1-888-357-0255
Mail: The Metka Law Firm, P.A., 622 Vineland Rd., Winter Garden, FL 34787

LAST UPDATED

Update Date: October 2, 2026