Richard A. Wilkes Law

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-07-10

This Privacy Policy explains how Richard A. Wilkes Law ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, shares, and protects your personal information when you visit our website (https://www.thewilkesfirm.com) or contact us.

1. Who We Are

Richard A. Wilkes Law, a Criminal Defense Law business based in Valdosta, GA, is responsible for the personal information described in this policy. You can reach us using the contact details in Section 12.

2. Information We Collect

3. How We Use Your Information

4. Legal Bases (for EU/UK visitors)

Where the UK/EU GDPR applies, we process personal data on the basis of your consent (for analytics/marketing cookies and marketing messages), performance of a contract (to provide services you request), our legitimate interests (to run and secure our website), and legal obligations. You may withdraw consent at any time.

5. Cookies, Analytics & Advertising Tools

We use the following third-party services, which may set their own cookies and process data as described in their privacy policies:

You control non-essential cookies through the consent banner and the persistent "Cookie preferences" control on our site. See our Cookie Policy for details.

6. How We Share Information

We share personal information only with: service providers who help us operate our website and business (e.g., hosting, analytics, advertising, CRM, email/SMS providers); the third-party tools listed above; and authorities where required by law. We do not sell your information for money.

We do not sell your personal information. If we use any analytics or advertising technologies in the future, you will be able to opt out using the "Cookie preferences" control on our site.

7. Your Privacy Rights

All visitors: you can ask us to access, correct, or delete your personal information, and to stop marketing to you.

EU/UK (GDPR): you have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict, object to processing, data portability, and to withdraw consent, as well as to lodge a complaint with your data-protection authority.

U.S. state residents (California and other states): you have the right to know what personal information we collect, to delete it, to correct it, to opt out of the sale/sharing of personal information and targeted advertising, to limit the use of sensitive personal information, and not to be discriminated against for exercising these rights. To exercise any right, contact us (Section 12). We also honor browser-based Global Privacy Control (GPC) opt-out signals.

8. Data Retention

We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purposes described here, to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Analytics data is retained according to the settings of the tools listed above.

9. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us information, contact us and we will delete it.

11. International Visitors

We are based in the United States and process data there. If you access our site from outside the U.S., you understand your information may be transferred to and processed in the U.S.

12. Contact Us

To exercise your rights or ask questions about this policy, contact us:

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date above shows when it last changed. Significant changes will be posted on this page.