Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 2026
Discovery Depth, a division of M. Edwards & Associates, respects the privacy of attorneys, law firms, professional clients, and individuals whose information may be submitted in connection with lawful investigative research.
Information We Collect
We may collect information voluntarily submitted through our website, email, telephone communications, report request forms, or other business communications. This may include attorney name, law firm name, email address, telephone number, office address, matter information, billing information, subject information, research instructions, and related case or professional information.
How We Use Information
Information submitted to Discovery Depth may be used to review and process report requests, perform investigative research, communicate with clients, provide invoices or payment instructions, maintain business records, improve our services, prevent misuse, and comply with legal or regulatory obligations.
Attorney and Firm Information
Contact information supplied by attorneys or firms may be retained in our business records and customer database for account management, transaction history, service administration, and future professional communications.
Promotional or marketing communications will be handled separately from transactional communications. Where an attorney elects to receive service, pricing, or firm-account updates, that preference may be recorded for future communications.
Subject Information
Information concerning a research subject is collected only for purposes associated with a lawful investigative or professional request. Such information may include names, dates of birth, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, known aliases, employers, relatives, associates, usernames, and other identifiers.
Subject information submitted by clients is not sold as a marketing list.
Investigative Sources
Discovery Depth may use professional investigative databases, public records, publicly available online resources, news and media sources, open-source intelligence resources, and other lawful research tools.
Payment Information
Discovery Depth does not require payment card information to be entered directly on the Discovery Depth report request form. Payment instructions may be provided through a third-party payment processor such as LawPay.
Payment information submitted through a third-party payment processor is subject to that provider's own privacy, security, and processing practices.
Information Sharing
We do not sell client contact information or submitted case information to unrelated third parties for their independent marketing purposes.
Information may be shared with service providers, professional vendors, data providers, consultants, contractors, or other parties when reasonably necessary to perform requested services, operate our business, protect our rights, prevent misuse, or comply with lawful process.
Confidentiality and Security
Discovery Depth uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect information in our possession. No method of transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Data Retention
We may retain client, matter, transaction, report, and research-related records for business, legal, professional, security, accounting, and compliance purposes. Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information and the reason it was collected.
Website Data
Our website may collect standard technical information such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, referral source, and similar website analytics information. Cookies or similar technologies may be used where implemented.
Third-Party Links
The Discovery Depth website may contain links to third-party websites or services, including M. Edwards & Associates and payment providers. Discovery Depth is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of independent third-party sites.
Legal Requests
Information may be disclosed when required by subpoena, court order, legal process, applicable law, regulatory obligation, or when reasonably necessary to protect Discovery Depth, M. Edwards & Associates, our clients, or others.
Changes to This Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically. The effective date posted at the top of this page will reflect the most recent revision.
Contact
Questions regarding this Privacy Policy may be directed to Discovery Depth through the contact information published on this website.