Privacy Policy

John McDowell, Esq, PLLC (“JMLaw”) is committed to safeguarding privacy and personal data within its control.  This Privacy Policy is intended to inform clients, prospective clients and more generally all visitors to this Website about how we collect, use, share, protect or otherwise process personal and other data.

In summary, and because JMLaw represents clients across the country, the following may be helpful:

Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah each provide their state residents with rights to:

  • Confirm whether we process their personal information.

  • Access and delete certain personal information.

  • Data portability.

  • Opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales.

Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia also provide their state residents with rights to:

  • Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information’s nature processing purpose.

  • Opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain personal information sales.

If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information.

When, How and What Data We Collect

In general, you are not required to provide any personal information in order to consult our Website. However, you may elect to contact us by telephone or e-mail. All personal data processed by us is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which they were collected.

When using the Website for mere information purposes, we may also collect the personal data that your web browser transmits to our server, including your IP address, the date and time of your visit, and data relating to your operating system and web browser. We use this data to ensure the security and successful navigation on the Website, and to compile statistical data on the use of our Website.

During the course of an engagement, or when consideration is being given to such an engagement, we may collect and process personal, financial or related data about our clients, prospective clients, their affiliates or the relevant members of their personnel. In addition, JMLaw may assemble and maintain information relating to the legal services provided. The information that we may assemble and maintain may be obtained from the client, generated as a result of the services provided, or received from third parties.

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How Data Is Used

We will use your personal data to process your request, to contact you and to provide you with the services you have requested, including the following:

  • to conduct pre-engagement assessments and formalities such as anti-money laundering checks, conflict checks, etc.;

  • to perform the tasks entrusted to us by our clients;

  • for client relationship management purposes;

  • for internal administrative or operational processes;

  • to analyze the services you may be interested in;

  • to send invitations and information from JMLaw about events, publications, and services provided by the Firm; and

  • to satisfy any legal, professional, regulatory, accounting or reporting requirements.

We will process personal and other data if and to the extent applicable law provides a lawful basis for us to do so and in particular:

  • if the data subjects have consented to us doing so;

  • if we need it to perform the contract we have entered into with a data subject;

  • if we need it to comply with a legal obligation; or

  • if we (or a third party) have a legitimate interest which is not overridden by the data subjects’ interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. Such legitimate interests will be the provision of legal services by us, administrative or operational processes within JMLaw.

This Website is not directed at children under the age of 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If JMLaw obtains actual knowledge that it has obtained personal information about a child under the age of 13, that information will be immediately and permanently deleted from our records.

With Whom Data May Be Shared

Please note that in order to process a query, or to fulfill any of the purposes set out in the section above, we may be required to share personal and other data with other law firms and service providers with which we work. We will not share personal or other data with any other third party, except as required to do so by law. If you are or become a client of JMLaw, you should know that all information that we receive from a client is held in confidence, and is not released to people outside the Firm, except as agreed to by the client, or as allowed or required under applicable law and the rules of professional conduct governing the provision of legal services.

How Long Data Is Retained

We will retain your personal and other data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and processed in compliance with this Privacy Policy. 

What Rights You Have

We rely on you to provide accurate, complete and current personal data to us.

You may also contact us in writing to request more particular information in connection with our data processing activities.

Please contact us in writing at any time you wish to communicate about our use of your personal data.