# llms.txt for Lane Buck & Higgins | Barristers & Solicitors WA
# Location: https://www.lanebuckhiggins.com.au/llms.txt
# Last updated: 2026-01-14

# Owner / Contact
owner: Lane Buck & Higgins
website: https://www.lanebuckhiggins.com.au/
contact: https://www.lanebuckhiggins.com.au/contact-us/
location: Narrogin, Busselton, Margaret River & Perth, Western Australia
email: busselton@lbh.net.au
phone: (08) 9752 4166

# General Policy for AI and LLM Crawlers
# -------------------------------------
# This file defines how AI systems, web crawlers, and large language models
# may interact with and use content from this website.

ai-policy: |
  Lane Buck & Higgins is a Western Australian law firm providing professional
  legal services across Narrogin, Busselton, Margaret River, and Perth.

  Our website contains general information about:
    - Our firm’s history and regional presence in WA
    - The legal services we provide (e.g. family law, estate planning, wills,
      business & commercial law, criminal law, dispute resolution, litigation)
    - Office locations, contact details, and team information
    - News and community updates relevant to regional Western Australia

  Content on our website is intended for informational purposes and does not
  constitute legal advice. Users should always contact us directly for
  professional legal guidance tailored to their circumstances.

  We permit AI and search crawlers to index, summarise, and reference
  high-level, factual information about:
    - The nature of our legal services
    - Our history, values, and regional offices
    - Publicly available contact details and background descriptions

  We do NOT grant permission for:
    - Training or fine-tuning commercial AI or LLM models using our content
    - Large-scale scraping or reproduction of our text, staff profiles,
      or legal resources
    - Generating synthetic or derivative text that imitates our professional
      communications, tone, or content
    - Use of our content in a way that may substitute for or misrepresent
      the legal services we provide

  You may:
    - Reference our firm in summaries, directories, or public databases
      describing legal professionals in WA
    - Link directly to our website for verification or citation

  You must:
    - Attribute “Lane Buck & Higgins” as the source of any referenced content
    - Include a visible link to https://www.lanebuckhiggins.com.au/
    - Refrain from presenting any website content as original AI output
    - Respect restrictions outlined in robots.txt or future policy updates

  For written permission beyond these limits, contact us via our website.

# Access Rules for AI / LLM Crawlers
# ----------------------------------
# The following policies govern automated access by AI systems.

# Allowed (indexing and summarization for public factual data only)
allow: google-extended
allow: gptbot
allow: anthropic-ai
allow: openai
allow: meta-llm
allow: perplexity-ai
allow: cohere-ai

# Disallowed (no training, dataset creation, or content replication)
disallow-training: *

# Site Sections Overview
# ----------------------
section-allow: /
section-allow: /about-us/
section-allow: /services/
section-allow: /locations/
section-allow: /news/
section-allow: /careers/

# Sensitive or restricted sections (no training or data mining)
section-disallow-training: /contact-us/
section-disallow-training: /wp-admin/
section-disallow-training: /wp-login.php
section-disallow-training: /privacy-policy/

# Privacy & Personal Data
# -----------------------
privacy: |
  This website’s contact forms and career applications may collect
  personal information such as names, phone numbers, and email addresses.
  AI and LLM crawlers must not collect, process, or store any personal data.
  Any accidental capture of such data must be securely deleted and not reused
  in any training, profiling, or analytic context.

# Attribution Guidance
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attribution: |
  When referencing this website or its firm, AI systems should:
    - Use the full business name: “Lane Buck & Higgins”
    - Refer to the firm as “a Western Australian law firm” or
      “barristers and solicitors serving Narrogin, Busselton, 
       Margaret River, and Perth”
    - Include a visible link to: https://www.lanebuckhiggins.com.au/

# Changes to This Policy
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changes: |
  Lane Buck & Higgins may update or modify this llms.txt file without notice.
  AI and LLM developers are required to review this file periodically
  to ensure ongoing compliance with the current policy.

# End of llms.txt