{
 "claims": [
  {
   "id": "c1",
   "question": "Q1",
   "claim": "In the US and Canada, Google records every inbound customer call to a Local Services Ads forwarding number.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/localservices/answer/6224859?hl=en",
   "quote": "Note that in the US and Canada, all inbound calls from customers via the Google forwarding number are recorded by Google to improve quality and support policies and research",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c2",
   "question": "Q1",
   "claim": "Within the Local Services Ads lead inbox, the option to listen to phone lead recordings is stated as US only.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/localservices/answer/6224859?hl=en",
   "quote": "Listen to phone lead recordings (US only)",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c3",
   "question": "Q1",
   "claim": "In the outside-North-America section of its Local Services data page, Google lists the caller's number, time, call duration and message context as retained.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/localservices/answer/7281751?hl=en",
   "quote": "Google will retain the consumer's phone number (if available), the date and time of the communication, the duration of the call, and the context of the text message",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": "The claim about no recording outside North America is an inference from what the section lists; the page does not say outright that calls outside North America are not recorded."
  },
  {
   "id": "c4",
   "question": "Q3",
   "claim": "Before the LSA customer call connects, the caller hears a pre-recorded message that the call is recorded; this plays just before the business hears its own 'Call from Google' notice.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/localservices/answer/6224859?hl=en",
   "quote": "customers are notified of this by a pre-recorded message immediately before you hear the “Call from Google” notification",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c5",
   "question": "Q3",
   "claim": "The business receiving an LSA call hears the message 'Call from Google', though call forwarding or VoIP on the listed number can stop it playing.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/localservices/answer/6224859?hl=en",
   "quote": "When you get a call from your ad, you’ll hear the message: “Call from Google.”",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c6",
   "question": "Q3",
   "claim": "As described by the State Bar of Wisconsin's ethics counsel in 2021, LSA callers heard a whisper saying calls may be recorded and are not confidential, and the law firm heard that the call is recorded and may not be privileged.",
   "url": "https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/InsideTrack/Pages/Article.aspx?Volume=13&Issue=1&ArticleID=28135",
   "quote": "Caller will hear: ‘Google and its partners may record or return all calls for quality and research purposes, subject to our privacy policies. This call is not confidential.’ Recipient (law firm) will hear: ‘Call from Google. This call is recorded and may not be attorney-client privileged.’",
   "source_type": "state_bar",
   "source_date": "January 6, 2021",
   "note": "Dated wording from 2020-21 as reported by the bar article; Google's current help page does not reproduce the exact whisper text. Article quotes it from a vendor email."
  },
  {
   "id": "c7",
   "question": "Q4",
   "claim": "Google keeps Local Services Ads call recordings for up to 180 days in North America, and recordings in legal verticals for 60 days.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/localservices/answer/7281751?hl=en",
   "quote": "Call recordings and messages are retained up to 180 days before they are destroyed. Recordings and messages in legal verticals are retained for 60 days.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c8",
   "question": "Q5",
   "claim": "Google says it uses LSA calls, texts and emails (which it may monitor or record) for spam and unauthorized-behavior detection, quality, support policies and research.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/localservices/answer/7281751?hl=en",
   "quote": "All phone calls, emails, and text-based communications delivered through Google may be monitored or recorded to detect spam or unauthorized behavior and to improve quality, support policies, and research",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c9",
   "question": "Q5",
   "claim": "Google says the advertiser (provider) may review LSA call recordings and that Google does not monitor or control what providers do with them.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/localservices/answer/7281751?hl=en",
   "quote": "Providers may review call recordings in order to track conversations. Google does not monitor or control how providers use the recordings.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c10",
   "question": "Q7",
   "claim": "Local Services Ads call recordings and messages are not available for health care verticals or tax specialists; legal services are not named in that exclusion.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/localservices/answer/6224859?hl=en",
   "quote": "Call recordings and messages aren't available for health care verticals or tax specialists.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": "Legal verticals are separately shown as having recordings kept for 60 days on the Local Services data page, which implies legal recordings exist."
  },
  {
   "id": "c11",
   "question": "Q2",
   "claim": "Google Ads now has call recording switched on by default for eligible accounts, to support AI lead qualification.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/16913427?hl=en",
   "quote": "The call recording setting is now enabled by default to allow for AI-powered lead qualification.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c12",
   "question": "Q2",
   "claim": "Eligible call sources are call ads, call assets and calls from website visits; calls from location assets are not recorded.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/16913427?hl=en",
   "quote": "Only calls made directly to call ads, call assets or calls from website visits are eligible; calls from your location assets are not supported for recording at this time.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c13",
   "question": "Q2",
   "claim": "Google Ads call recording and AI-qualified conversions currently apply only to calls involving numbers in the United States and Canada.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/16913427?hl=en",
   "quote": "Currently, call recording and AI-qualified conversions are only available for calls involving phone numbers in the United States and Canada.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c14",
   "question": "Q2",
   "claim": "Recorded calls must flow through a Google forwarding number, which needs call reporting turned on in account settings.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/16913427?hl=en",
   "quote": "Calls must flow through a Google Forwarding Number. This requires call reporting to be turned on in your account settings.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c15",
   "question": "Q2",
   "claim": "Google's 'Play your call recordings' page says only calls to call ads and call assets are eligible for the recording feature.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9882109?hl=en",
   "quote": "At this time, only calls made to your call ads and your call assets are eligible for this feature.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": "This page excludes calls to a website call conversion tag, while the newer settings page lists calls from website visits as eligible, so the pages disagree on website calls; the 'Play your call recordings' page may be older and not updated for the default-on change. Writer should treat website-call coverage as unclear."
  },
  {
   "id": "c16",
   "question": "Q2",
   "claim": "Google emailed advertisers in spring 2026 that accounts with no call recording selection would automatically be set to Yes from July 1, 2026.",
   "url": "https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-call-recording-default-yes-41262.html",
   "quote": "Starting July 01, 2026, if you haven't made a selection for your \"Call recording\" setting, it will automatically default to \"Yes\".",
   "source_type": "news_or_blog",
   "source_date": "May 7, 2026",
   "note": "Secondary source reproducing Google's email; Google's own help page states the default but not this date."
  },
  {
   "id": "c17",
   "question": "Q3",
   "claim": "Google Ads callers hear a short automated message at the start of the call saying the conversation will be recorded for quality purposes.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/16913427?hl=en",
   "quote": "Callers will hear a short automated message at the beginning of the call notifying them that the conversation will be recorded for quality purposes.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": "What the business itself hears on a Google Ads call is not stated on the pages read."
  },
  {
   "id": "c18",
   "question": "Q4",
   "claim": "Google's playback page says recorded Google Ads calls are available for 30 days after the call.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9882109?hl=en",
   "quote": "Recorded calls are available for 30 days after the date of the call.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": "Page predates or does not mention the default-on change; no separate retention period for legal categories was found for Google Ads."
  },
  {
   "id": "c19",
   "question": "Q5",
   "claim": "Google Ads recordings can be played by Admin and Standard users (including via a manager account), and are not downloadable.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9882109?hl=en",
   "quote": "Although only users with Administrative access to the Google Ads account can set up and manage call recording, MCC and direct users with Admin or direct users with Standard access will be able to play recordings, once enabled.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c20",
   "question": "Q5",
   "claim": "Google says Google Ads call recordings are not available for download and are only playable inside the Google Ads interface.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9882109?hl=en",
   "quote": "Call recording is only available using the Google Ads UI and the recordings are not available for download.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c21",
   "question": "Q5",
   "claim": "Google states it uses Google Ads call recordings to evaluate lead quality, monitor spam and fraud, and improve conversion reporting accuracy.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/16913427?hl=en",
   "quote": "Recordings are used to evaluate lead quality, monitor spam and fraud, and improve the accuracy of your conversion reporting.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c22",
   "question": "Q5",
   "claim": "Google AI evaluates the call recordings to judge the quality of the conversation, looking for intent signals.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/16913326?hl=en",
   "quote": "AI-qualified call leads use Google AI to evaluate call recordings (the call recording setting must be turned on) to determine the actual quality of the conversation.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c23",
   "question": "Q5",
   "claim": "With recording on, Google says all calls are recorded and evaluated by AI, and only qualified calls count as conversions.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/16913326?hl=en",
   "quote": "If call recording is on, all calls will be recorded and evaluated by AI. Only qualified calls will count as conversions.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c24",
   "question": "Q5",
   "claim": "Google Ads call details reports show an AI-generated call summary and hashtags for each evaluated call.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/16913326?hl=en",
   "quote": "Your Call Details reports will now feature a concise AI-generated summary of the call and specific hashtags",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c25",
   "question": "Q6",
   "claim": "An advertiser can turn call recording off at any time in Google Ads account settings.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/6095882?hl=en",
   "quote": "You can disable call recordings at any time through your account settings.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c26",
   "question": "Q6",
   "claim": "Turning Google Ads call recording off stops AI analysis of conversations, and conversions fall back to call duration.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/16913427?hl=en",
   "quote": "Disabling call recording will prevent the AI from analyzing conversations for lead quality. In this case, the system will fall back to using call duration to measure conversions.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c27",
   "question": "Q7",
   "claim": "Google Ads call recording stays off for accounts that turned it off earlier or that Google identified as healthcare or financial services; legal services are not named.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/16913427?hl=en",
   "quote": "Call recording will remain turned off if you previously turned it off, or if your business was identified as operating in healthcare or financial services.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c28",
   "question": "Q7",
   "claim": "Google says recording is skipped for sensitive industries such as specific healthcare or financial services unless the advertiser opts in by accepting the Call Ads Supplemental Terms.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/16913427?hl=en",
   "quote": "call recording is automatically skipped for advertisers in sensitive industries, like specific healthcare or financial services unless explicitly enabled by the advertiser by accepting Call Ads Supplemental Terms.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c29",
   "question": "Q10",
   "claim": "By using the call recording features the advertiser agrees to the Call Ads Supplemental Terms and acknowledges it has given notice to its agents, employees and anyone else on the call.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/16913427?hl=en",
   "quote": "By using call recording features, you agree to the Call Ads Supplemental Terms and you acknowledge that you have provided notice to your agents, employees, and any other party that may participate in the Communications.",
   "source_type": "google_help",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c30",
   "question": "Q10",
   "claim": "The Call Ads Supplemental Terms make the advertiser state it has given notice to staff and other participants that communications may be monitored or recorded by Google and that recordings may be used by Google, the advertiser or an approved third party.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/16914745?hl=en",
   "quote": "You have provided notice to your agents, employees, and any other party that may participate in the Communications that (a) these Communications may be monitored or recorded by Google, and (b) such recordings may be used by Google, you, or a third party approved by Google or you",
   "source_type": "google_terms",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c31",
   "question": "Q10",
   "claim": "The same terms require the advertiser to have obtained the express consent of those staff and other participants.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/16914745?hl=en",
   "quote": "and you have obtained their express consent to such monitoring and recording and use.",
   "source_type": "google_terms",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c32",
   "question": "Q5",
   "claim": "The Call Ads Supplemental Terms say Google may monitor and record a sample of calls and other communications in order to evaluate and improve program quality.",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/16914745?hl=en",
   "quote": "In order to evaluate and improve the quality of the Programs, Google may monitor and record a sample of telephone calls, text messages, live chat, and other communications initiated through the Programs",
   "source_type": "google_terms",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c33",
   "question": "Q10",
   "claim": "Under the US Local Services terms, the advertiser authorizes Google to access, monitor and record calls, texts and chats from the program.",
   "url": "https://www.google.com/ads/localservices/TC-US-2025-03.html",
   "quote": "You authorize Google, its affiliates, and their agents to access, monitor, and record telephone calls, text messages, live chat, and other communications initiated through the Programs (e.g., click-to-call ads).",
   "source_type": "google_terms",
   "source_date": "March 20, 2025",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c34",
   "question": "Q10",
   "claim": "The same Local Services terms require the advertiser to obtain permissions required by local law, notify its team of recording and obtain their consent.",
   "url": "https://www.google.com/ads/localservices/TC-US-2025-03.html",
   "quote": "You also will obtain the necessary permissions required under local law and will notify your Team that these communications may be recorded and will obtain their consent to the recordings.",
   "source_type": "google_terms",
   "source_date": "March 20, 2025",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c35",
   "question": "Q5",
   "claim": "The March 2025 Local Services terms let Google use information collected from recorded communications under its Privacy Policy and as Content under Section 3 of those terms.",
   "url": "https://www.google.com/ads/localservices/TC-US-2025-03.html",
   "quote": "Google may use information collected under this paragraph in compliance with its Privacy Policy and as Content under Section 3 above.",
   "source_type": "google_terms",
   "source_date": "March 20, 2025",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c36",
   "question": "Q8",
   "claim": "North Carolina State Bar's Ethics Committee published Proposed 2021 FEO 5 because of an LSA-type program's recording and retention of potential client communications.",
   "url": "https://www.ncbar.gov/for-lawyers/ethics-and-governing-rules/ethics-articles/the-difficulty-of-opining-on-internet-advertising-programs-such-as-google-s-lsa-program-like-catching-smoke-with-bare-hands/",
   "quote": "The feature of the advertising program that resulted in the inquiry to the Ethics Committee was the recording and retention of potential client communications by the advertising platform company.",
   "source_type": "state_bar",
   "source_date": "Summer 2022 (NC State Bar Journal 27,2)",
   "note": "Article by Suzanne Lever of the NC State Bar; the title names Google's LSA program."
  },
  {
   "id": "c37",
   "question": "Q8",
   "claim": "North Carolina's Ethics Committee withdrew Proposed 2021 FEO 5 in April 2022, so no adopted opinion exists on the point there.",
   "url": "https://www.ncbar.gov/for-lawyers/ethics-and-governing-rules/ethics-articles/the-difficulty-of-opining-on-internet-advertising-programs-such-as-google-s-lsa-program-like-catching-smoke-with-bare-hands/",
   "quote": "Therefore, at its meeting in April 2022, the Ethics Committee withdrew Proposed 2021 FEO 5.",
   "source_type": "state_bar",
   "source_date": "Summer 2022 (NC State Bar Journal 27,2)",
   "note": "Status: withdrawn."
  },
  {
   "id": "c38",
   "question": "Q8",
   "claim": "On withdrawing it, the North Carolina committee still reminded lawyers to make reasonable investigations of any advertising program before joining.",
   "url": "https://www.ncbar.gov/for-lawyers/ethics-and-governing-rules/ethics-articles/the-difficulty-of-opining-on-internet-advertising-programs-such-as-google-s-lsa-program-like-catching-smoke-with-bare-hands/",
   "quote": "However, lawyers are reminded of their duty to make reasonable investigations into any advertising program—or technology service—before deciding whether to participate in the program or utilize the technology.",
   "source_type": "state_bar",
   "source_date": "Summer 2022 (NC State Bar Journal 27,2)",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c39",
   "question": "Q8",
   "claim": "The withdrawn North Carolina proposal would have barred participation in a pay-per-lead LSA program whose vendor records lawyer-client communications.",
   "url": "https://lawyersmutualnc.com/blog/proposed-ethics-opinion-on-pay-per-lead-advertising",
   "quote": "Under Proposed 2021 Formal Ethics Opinion 5, lawyers can’t ethically participate in a pay-per-lead program if the vendor records communications between the lawyer and potential client.",
   "source_type": "news_or_blog",
   "source_date": "Nov 1, 2021",
   "note": "Secondary source (NC malpractice insurer blog) because the bar's own proposed-opinion text could not be reached; status later withdrawn (April 2022)."
  },
  {
   "id": "c40",
   "question": "Q8",
   "claim": "State Bar of Wisconsin ethics counsel wrote in January 2021 that, absent informed consent of prospective clients, a lawyer breaches confidentiality by authorizing Google to access, monitor and record LSA calls.",
   "url": "https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/InsideTrack/Pages/Article.aspx?Volume=13&Issue=1&ArticleID=28135",
   "quote": "Consequently, unless the prospective clients give informed consent, the lawyer violates the duty of confidentiality by authorizing Google to access, monitor and record phone calls and text messages, and by authorizing Google to disclose information to third parties.",
   "source_type": "state_bar",
   "source_date": "January 6, 2021",
   "note": "A bar newsletter article by the State Bar of Wisconsin's ethics counsel, not a formal ethics opinion; no later Wisconsin formal opinion was found."
  },
  {
   "id": "c41",
   "question": "Q8",
   "claim": "The same Wisconsin article said the whisper message does not give adequate information on the risks to count as informed consent.",
   "url": "https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/InsideTrack/Pages/Article.aspx?Volume=13&Issue=1&ArticleID=28135",
   "quote": "The “whisper message” does not communicate adequate information and explanation about the material risks of authorizing Google to access, monitor and record phone calls and text messages.",
   "source_type": "state_bar",
   "source_date": "January 6, 2021",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c42",
   "question": "Q8",
   "claim": "The Wisconsin article said whether LSA participation is consistent with confidentiality depends on whether the caller is a prospective client.",
   "url": "https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/InsideTrack/Pages/Article.aspx?Volume=13&Issue=1&ArticleID=28135",
   "quote": "Whether a lawyer’s participation in the LSA is consistent with the lawyer’s duty of confidentiality depends whether the person contacting the lawyer through the LSA is a prospective client.",
   "source_type": "state_bar",
   "source_date": "January 6, 2021",
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "c43",
   "question": "Q8",
   "claim": "Connecticut Informal Opinion 13-08 (June 2013) allowed a lawyer to use a pay-per-call service that records prospective-client calls only with confidentiality safeguards such as denying the vendor access to recordings.",
   "url": "https://ezel.ai/ethics-opinions/ctbar/13-08-recorded-intake-call-confidentiality",
   "quote": "Only with reasonable confidentiality safeguards. The contract must deny the vendor access, and no third party may review a recording without the client's informed consent.",
   "source_type": "other",
   "source_date": "June 19, 2013",
   "note": "Secondary summary by Ezel (original PDF not opened); opinion concerned a Yellow Pages pay-per-call vendor, not Google; Ezel flags it as 2013 and possibly superseded."
  },
  {
   "id": "c44",
   "question": "Q9",
   "claim": "A small-business marketing agency's blog post (not a thread) warned that the 2026 default could be particularly damaging in legal services.",
   "url": "https://www.nousdefionsgrp.com/post/the-new-google-ads-call-recording",
   "quote": "In industries like healthcare, legal services, finance, or home services, this could be particularly damaging.",
   "source_type": "news_or_blog",
   "source_date": "",
   "note": "Blog post by a marketing agency, not a public thread; no first-hand lawyer thread was found."
  },
  {
   "id": "c45",
   "question": "Q9",
   "claim": "A lawyer-run blog (The Tech Savvy Lawyer, April 2025) said Google's LSA email claimed rights over recorded intake calls and called the privilege risk immediate and real.",
   "url": "https://www.thetechsavvylawyer.page/blog/2025/4/28/mtc-googles-claim-over-lsa-client-intake-recordings-why-lawyers-must-rethink-cloud-service-risks-in-2025-",
   "quote": "When a third-party platform like Google claims ownership and unfettered use of intake recordings, the risk to confidentiality is not hypothetical-it is immediate and real.",
   "source_type": "news_or_blog",
   "source_date": "April 28, 2025",
   "note": "Lawyer blog post, not a forum thread."
  }
 ],
 "leads": [
  {
   "question": "Q9",
   "what": "Anthony Higman LinkedIn post about Google email defaulting call recording to Yes (marketer first-hand), referenced by Search Engine Roundtable",
   "url": "https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-call-recording-default-yes-41262.html",
   "why_not_a_claim": "LinkedIn thread itself not opened; no URL for it and LinkedIn not fetchable"
  },
  {
   "question": "Q9",
   "what": "Search Engine Land article on Google LSA terms (April 2025) reportedly quotes a lawyer saying lawyers cannot use LSA",
   "url": "https://searchengineland.com/google-asset-ownership-local-services-ads-454561",
   "why_not_a_claim": "Page returned HTTP 403 to fetch; text only seen in search summaries"
  },
  {
   "question": "Q8",
   "what": "Orange County Bar Association (CA) Dec 2021 Ethically Speaking column by Nicole Nuzzo on recording initial client calls via marketing services",
   "url": "https://ocbar.org/All-News/News-View/ArticleId/6203/December-2021-Ethically-Speaking-Marketing-Mishap-Recording-Initial-Client-Calls-to-Maximize-Return-on-Investment",
   "why_not_a_claim": "Page returned 404 when fetched; only search snippets seen"
  },
  {
   "question": "Q8",
   "what": "Gyi Tsakalakis (AttorneySync) April 25, 2025 post on whether 2025 LSA terms breach confidentiality; commentary by a marketer/lawyer, not a bar",
   "url": "https://www.attorneysync.com/blog/do-confidentiality-rules-of-professional-conduct-prohibit-use-of-googles-local-services-ads/",
   "why_not_a_claim": "Not a bar publication; omitted from claims to keep to bar sources"
  },
  {
   "question": "Q1",
   "what": "Google LSA availability and recording outside US/Canada (e.g. UK, Australia)",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/localservices/answer/7281751?hl=en",
   "why_not_a_claim": "Page only gives retention data for outside North America; no explicit statement on recording"
  }
 ],
 "not_found": [
  {
   "question": "Q6",
   "what": "Any setting for an LSA advertiser to turn off recording of Local Services Ads calls; none found on Google LSA help pages read."
  },
  {
   "question": "Q9",
   "what": "First-hand public threads (Reddit, Google Ads Community, lawyer forums) by lawyers/staff/marketers about Google recording ad calls. Reddit blocked for search/fetch; Reddit archive API rate-limited; a Reddit r/LawFirm thread on LSA intake calls was found but did not discuss recording. No Google Ads Community thread found."
  },
  {
   "question": "Q3",
   "what": "What the business hears before a recorded Google Ads call-ad/call-asset call (not stated on pages read; the LSA Call from Google message is documented)."
  },
  {
   "question": "Q4",
   "what": "A distinct retention period for legal categories in Google Ads call recording; only the 30-day playback window was found. Legal-specific 60-day period found for LSA only."
  },
  {
   "question": "Q8",
   "what": "Any other state bar opinion or ethics counsel publication specifically on Google call recording (Google Ads call ads/assets/default-on 2026); none found. No adopted state opinion on LSA recording found."
  },
  {
   "question": "Q2",
   "what": "Explicit statement whether calls from the Google Ads website call-conversion tag are recorded; Google pages conflict."
  }
 ]
}