Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 30, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to LegalExpat (“we,” “our,” or “us”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

This privacy policy applies to personal data we collect when you use our website, contact us for legal services related to Colombian immigration, or interact with us in any other way.

2. Information We Collect

Personal Data

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, including:

  • Identity Data: Full name, title, date of birth, nationality, passport information
  • Contact Data: Email address, phone numbers, postal address, country of residence
  • Service Data: Information about the legal services you seek or we provide to you
  • Technical Data: Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, location data
  • Usage Data: Information about how you use our website
  • Marketing Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing communications from us

Special Categories of Personal Data

Due to the nature of our services, we may need to collect and process special categories of personal data, such as:

  • Immigration status
  • Visa history
  • Criminal record checks (where required by Colombian immigration law)
  • Health information (where relevant to visa applications)

We only collect this information with your explicit consent and for the specific purpose of providing our legal services.

3. How We Collect Your Personal Data

We collect personal data through:

  • Direct interactions when you contact us
  • Forms on our website
  • Automated technologies when you use our website
  • Third parties (with your consent)

4. How We Use Your Personal Data

We use your personal data only when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we use your personal data:

  • To provide legal services requested by you
  • To manage our relationship with you
  • To improve our website and services
  • To comply with legal obligations
  • To send you relevant information about our services (with your consent)

5. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way. We limit access to your personal data to employees, agents, and contractors who have a business need to know.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

For clients receiving legal services, we typically retain your personal data for 7 years after the conclusion of services to comply with legal obligations.

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data
  • Request correction of your personal data
  • Request erasure of your personal data
  • Object to processing of your personal data
  • Request restriction of processing your personal data
  • Request transfer of your personal data
  • Withdraw consent where we rely on consent to process your data

You can exercise any of these rights by contacting us using the details provided below.

8. International Transfers

As we operate primarily in Colombia but serve clients globally, your data may be transferred to and stored outside your country of residence. Whenever we transfer your personal data internationally, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring appropriate safeguards are implemented.

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10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.