1. Who We Are
International Probate Recovery Group, LLC ("IPRG," "we," "us," or "our") provides non-legal operational, research, document coordination, translation coordination, public-records review, asset-location support, family asset organization, and administrative coordination services connected to cross-border probate, inheritance, estate recovery, unclaimed assets, and related family asset matters involving the United States and Brazil.
IPRG is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice, legal representation, tax advice, investment advice, regulated financial advice, fiduciary services, probate representation, or asset management. When legal, tax, accounting, investment, fiduciary, or other regulated professional services are required, those services must be provided by appropriately licensed professionals under separate engagement arrangements.
For privacy questions or requests, contact us at: contact@internationalprobaterecoverygroup.com.
2. Scope of This Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, protect, and retain information when you visit our website, submit a contact form, communicate with us by email or phone, or otherwise provide information to us in connection with a potential or active non-legal matter.
This policy applies to information submitted through internationalprobaterecoverygroup.com, www.internationalprobaterecoverygroup.com, related IPRG contact forms, and direct communications with IPRG. It does not apply to websites, platforms, attorneys, accountants, translators, financial professionals, government agencies, or other third parties that maintain their own privacy practices.
3. Information We May Collect
A. Information You Provide
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect information such as:
- Name, email address, phone number, country, state, city, preferred language, and other contact details.
- Information you include in a website inquiry, email, phone call, intake form, or other communication.
- General family, estate, inheritance, asset, business, or administrative information that you choose to share with us for initial review or authorized non-legal support.
- Documents, authorizations, translations, factual summaries, public-records references, or other materials that you voluntarily provide after initial contact or that are provided by an authorized representative.
- Information needed to verify authorization, avoid conflicts, coordinate document procurement, organize public records, communicate with service providers, or support an authorized matter.
B. Website and Technical Information
When you visit our website, our hosting, security, analytics, form, email, or other technical providers may automatically collect limited technical information such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, pages viewed, date/time of visit, referral source, approximate location derived from IP address, and basic security logs.
C. Information From Public Records or Authorized Sources
In connection with authorized non-legal research or coordination, we may collect information from public records, government databases, court indexes, unclaimed property databases, business registries, property records, professional directories, publicly available websites, or other lawful and authorized sources. We do not use impersonation, pretexting, misrepresentation, unauthorized access, or unlawful data acquisition methods.
4. Sensitive Information and Public Form Warning
Please do not submit highly sensitive information through the public contact form unless we specifically request it through an approved method. This includes Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, passport images, bank credentials, account logins, full financial account records, medical records, full birth certificates, full death certificates, original identity documents, or confidential legal documents.
If a matter requires sensitive documents, we will provide instructions for an appropriate submission method and may require written authorization, proof of authority, or coordination through licensed counsel or another authorized professional.
5. How We Use Information
We may use information for the following purposes:
- To respond to inquiries and communicate with you.
- To evaluate whether IPRG can provide non-legal operational support.
- To organize factual information, documents, public records, timelines, asset information, and administrative materials.
- To coordinate translation, document procurement, public-records review, research, intake, communication, or other non-legal services.
- To coordinate with AS Consultoria, independently retained attorneys, accountants, translators, financial professionals, researchers, courier providers, technology providers, or other service providers where appropriate and authorized.
- To protect the security, integrity, and availability of our website, email, records, and systems.
- To prevent fraud, unauthorized access, misrepresentation, misuse of confidential information, or unlawful activity.
- To comply with legal obligations, lawful requests, business recordkeeping needs, accounting requirements, dispute preservation duties, and applicable professional coordination requirements.
- To improve our website, services, intake process, communications, and operational workflows.
6. Legal Bases and International Considerations
Where applicable law requires a legal basis for processing personal information, our bases may include your consent, our legitimate business interests, performance of requested services or pre-engagement steps, compliance with legal obligations, protection of legal claims, protection against fraud or misuse, or another lawful basis available under applicable law.
Because IPRG handles matters involving the United States and Brazil, information may be processed, stored, or transferred in the United States, Brazil, or other locations where our service providers or authorized professional contacts operate. Privacy laws may differ from one jurisdiction to another, but we use reasonable safeguards intended to protect information in accordance with this policy and applicable obligations.
7. How We Share Information
We do not sell personal information. We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising unless separately disclosed and permitted by applicable law. We may share information only as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including with:
- AS Consultoria and authorized Brazil-side coordination contacts, when relevant to a U.S.-Brazil matter.
- Independently retained attorneys, law firms, accountants, tax professionals, financial professionals, translators, researchers, courier services, notaries, or other professionals or vendors when necessary for the matter and appropriately authorized.
- Website hosting, email, form, security, analytics, cloud storage, document management, CRM, or other technology providers that support our operations.
- Government agencies, courts, financial institutions, retirement systems, unclaimed property offices, public registries, or other institutions when authorized, required, or reasonably necessary for an approved matter.
- A successor, assignee, or acquiring entity in connection with a merger, sale, transfer, reorganization, or other business transaction, subject to appropriate confidentiality protections.
- Other parties when required by law, court order, subpoena, regulation, lawful request, or to protect rights, safety, security, property, confidentiality, or legal claims.
8. Cookies, Analytics, and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies, server logs, analytics tools, security tools, or similar technologies to operate the website, understand basic usage, prevent abuse, and improve performance. Some of these tools may be provided by third-party service providers.
You can usually adjust cookie settings through your browser. Blocking certain cookies may affect website functionality. If IPRG later adds advertising pixels, remarketing tools, or similar marketing technologies, this policy should be updated before those tools are used.
9. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, misuse, or destruction. These safeguards may include HTTPS/SSL protection for the website, access controls, limited internal access, email and account security measures, vendor review, and secure recordkeeping practices.
No website, email system, cloud platform, or electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should avoid sending highly sensitive documents or credentials through public forms or unencrypted email unless we provide specific instructions and you are comfortable with the risks of that method.
10. Data Retention
We retain information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including responding to inquiries, evaluating and performing authorized non-legal services, maintaining business records, complying with legal or accounting obligations, preserving dispute-related records, preventing fraud or misuse, and protecting legitimate business interests.
Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information, the status of the matter, legal requirements, client authorization, accounting obligations, dispute preservation duties, and operational needs. When information is no longer reasonably needed, we will delete, anonymize, archive, or securely retain it in accordance with our recordkeeping practices and applicable law.
11. Your Choices and Rights
Depending on where you live and the laws that apply, you may have rights to request access to personal information we hold about you, correction of inaccurate information, deletion of information, restriction or objection to certain processing, portability of information, withdrawal of consent, or information about how your data is used and shared.
To make a privacy request, contact us at contact@internationalprobaterecoverygroup.com. We may need to verify your identity and authority before responding. Some requests may be limited or denied where we must retain records for legal, accounting, security, dispute preservation, professional coordination, or legitimate business reasons.
12. Brazil LGPD Notice
For individuals located in Brazil or whose personal data is subject to Brazil's Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais (LGPD), you may have rights that include confirmation of processing, access to data, correction of incomplete or outdated data, anonymization, blocking or deletion of unnecessary or excessive data, data portability where applicable, information about sharing, information about the possibility of refusing consent and the consequences of refusal, and withdrawal of consent where processing is based on consent.
Brazil-related privacy requests may be sent to contact@internationalprobaterecoverygroup.com. We will review the request and respond in accordance with applicable law, subject to verification, legal limitations, recordkeeping requirements, and the nature of the matter.
13. Children's Privacy
Our website and services are intended for adults and for authorized representatives involved in family, estate, inheritance, asset, or business matters. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the website. If you believe a child has submitted information to us without proper authorization, contact us so we can review and address the issue.
14. Third-Party Links and Services
Our website or communications may include links to third-party websites, government databases, professional websites, law firms, service providers, or other resources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of third-party websites or services. You should review their privacy policies before submitting information to them.
15. No Attorney-Client Relationship Through Website Use
Submitting a contact form, emailing IPRG, downloading this Privacy Policy, or communicating with IPRG does not create an attorney-client relationship, legal representation, fiduciary relationship, tax advisory relationship, financial advisory relationship, or professional-client relationship with any licensed professional. Any legal or regulated professional engagement must be made separately with the appropriate licensed professional.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, technology, providers, legal obligations, or business practices. The updated version will be identified by the "Last Updated" date above. Continued use of the website after an update means the updated policy applies to future interactions.
17. Contact Information
International Probate Recovery Group, LLC
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Website: internationalprobaterecoverygroup.com
Privacy Contact: contact@internationalprobaterecoverygroup.com