Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 9, 2026
Futeral & Nelson, LLC (“Futeral & Nelson,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit charlestonlaw.net (the “Website”), how we use it, who we share it with, and the choices you have. By using the Website, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
Contacting Us Does Not Create an Attorney-Client Relationship
Submitting a contact form, sending an email, or calling our office does not create an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship is formed only when our firm agrees to represent you, usually through a written agreement. Please do not send confidential or sensitive details about your legal matter through the Website until an attorney has spoken with you and agreed to review your matter.
Information You Give Us
When you use a contact form on the Website, we collect the information you enter, including your name, email address, telephone number, and message. If you call or email our office, we receive the information you choose to share, such as your phone number, email address, and the details you provide.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the Website, certain information is collected automatically by our website systems and by the analytics and advertising tools described below. This information may include:
- Your IP address and general location, such as your city or region
- Your browser type, device type, and operating system
- The pages you view, the date and time of your visit, and how you interact with the Website
- The website, search engine, or advertisement that referred you to the Website
How We Learn Where Our Inquiries Come From
To understand which of our advertising and outreach efforts are working, the Website records how you arrived during your visit. This includes the referring website, the first page you viewed, and any campaign tags in the link you clicked, such as tags that identify a specific advertisement. This information is stored in your browser only for the length of your visit. If you submit a contact form, we include it with your submission so our team can see how you found us.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
The Website uses cookies and similar technologies, such as small pieces of code and browser storage, to operate the Website, protect our forms from spam, measure Website traffic, and measure the results of our advertising. These include:
- Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager, which help us understand how visitors use the Website, including which pages are visited and whether a visitor contacts our firm by phone or through a contact form.
- Google reCAPTCHA, which helps protect our contact forms from spam and automated abuse. Your use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
- Google Fonts, which displays the typefaces used on the Website. Google receives your IP address when the fonts load in your browser.
- Advertising and conversion tracking tools, which are described in the next section.
Google uses information collected through these services according to its own privacy policy. You can learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
Advertising and Landing Pages
We may advertise our legal services on third-party platforms, including search engines, social media, and artificial intelligence platforms such as ChatGPT, which is offered by OpenAI. When you click one of our ads, you may be taken to a landing page on the Website created for that campaign.
To measure the results of our advertising, we may use:
- Campaign tags in our ad links, which identify the platform and campaign that brought you to the Website.
- Conversion tracking tools, such as advertising pixels, which are small pieces of code provided by an advertising partner. These tools may place or read cookies in your browser and let the advertising partner know when someone who clicked an ad visits a landing page, calls our office, or submits a contact form.
Advertising partners, such as Google and OpenAI, may collect information about your device and your activity on the Website through these tools and use it according to their own privacy policies. We do not send the contents of your contact form submission to advertising partners.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Respond to your inquiry and contact you about your legal matter
- Determine whether our firm can help you, including checking for conflicts of interest
- Schedule consultations and provide legal services if we are retained
- Operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Website
- Understand how visitors find and use the Website and measure the results of our advertising
- Protect against spam, fraud, and misuse
- Comply with our legal and professional obligations
How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. We share information only as described below:
- Service providers. We work with companies that help us operate the Website and our practice, such as website hosting, website maintenance and security, email delivery, and marketing and analytics providers. Contact form submissions may be sent to or accessible by these providers so they can perform services for us, and they may use the information only to provide those services.
- Analytics and advertising partners. As described above, Google, OpenAI, and similar partners may receive information about your visit through cookies and tracking tools.
- Legal requirements. We may disclose information when required by law, court order, or other legal process, or when necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of our firm, our clients, or others.
How Long We Keep Your Information
We keep the information you submit, including contact form entries and emails, for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including our business needs and our legal and professional obligations. Analytics data is kept according to the retention settings of the analytics provider.
How We Protect Your Information
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the information we collect, and the Website uses an encrypted (HTTPS) connection. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Your Choices
- Cookies. Most browsers let you block or delete cookies through their settings. If you block cookies, some parts of the Website may not work as intended.
- Google Analytics. You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting information about your visits by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser extension.
- Advertising. You can manage personalized advertising through your Google ad settings and the privacy settings of the other platforms you use.
- Your information. You may ask us to access, correct, or delete the personal information you have submitted to us by contacting us using the information below. We will respond to reasonable requests, subject to our legal and professional obligations to keep certain records.
Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting. Because there is no common standard for responding to these signals, the Website does not currently respond to them.
Links to Other Websites
The Website contains links to other websites and services, such as our social media pages and Google Maps. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites, and we encourage you to read their privacy policies.
Children’s Privacy
The Website is intended for adults and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the Website. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and we will delete it.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will change the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to make a request about your information, please contact us:
Futeral & Nelson, LLC
534 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite 202
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
Phone: 843-284-5500
