Privacy Notice
How the firm handles personal data received through or in connection with this website.
Scope
This Privacy Notice describes how Mendez & Cruz Law Firm handles personal data received through or in connection with this website.
Information you provide
The website does not currently collect personal data through an online contact or enquiry form. If you contact MC Legal using the email address provided on this website, the firm will receive the personal data contained in your email and any attachments you choose to send.
How we use personal data
Personal data received through correspondence may be used to respond to enquiries, communicate with you, assess whether and how the firm may assist you, manage potential or existing professional engagements, maintain appropriate business and professional records, and comply with applicable legal, regulatory and professional obligations.
Providing information through an initial enquiry does not by itself create a lawyer-client relationship.
MC Legal does not use personal data received through this website for automated decision-making and does not sell personal data.
Website and technical data
The website or its hosting and technical service providers may process limited technical information necessary to operate, secure and maintain the website, such as IP address, browser or device information, access times and similar technical data. Where third-party services are used in connection with the website, their processing may also be governed by their respective privacy practices.
Retention
Personal data is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or received, including the management of enquiries and professional engagements, record-keeping, establishment or defense of legal claims, and compliance with applicable legal, regulatory and professional requirements.
Your rights
Subject to applicable law, data subjects may exercise their rights under the Data Privacy Act of 2012 and its implementing rules and regulations, including applicable rights to be informed, access personal data, object to processing, request correction or erasure, and seek appropriate remedies in relation to the processing of their personal data.
Contact
Questions concerning this Privacy Notice or the firm's handling of personal data, including requests to exercise data-subject rights, may be sent to:
MC Legal
Mendez & Cruz Law Firm
BGC, Taguig City
Metro Manila, Philippines
Last updated: September 2026