Last modified: October 2026
Introduction
We at McDonough Law Group (“MLG”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.
This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website www.mcdonoughlawgroup.com (“Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This policy applies to information we collect:
- On this Website.
- In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
- When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.
It does not apply to information collected by:
- Third parties (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
Children Under the Age of 16
Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under the age of 16 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at:
info@mcdonoughlawgroup.com
970-776-3311
Notice Regarding Monitoring and Recording of Communications
By using this Website, you acknowledge and consent to our monitoring and recording of communications, including through session replay and analytics tools. We may use technologies that record your interactions with our Website, including mouse movements, clicks, scrolling, keystrokes, and other activities. These recordings help us understand how visitors use our Website, improve user experience, diagnose technical issues, and enhance our services. California law and other jurisdiction(s) require us to inform you that we may monitor and record communications on this Website. By continuing to use this Website, you consent to such monitoring and recording.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:
- By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, or any data or information taken in combination, which could lead to your personal identification. (“personal information”);
- That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as de-identified information or aggregated data; and/or
- About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.
We collect this information:
- Directly from you when you provide it to us.
- Automatically as you navigate through the site, information collected automatically may include usage details and information collected through cookies and pixels.
- From third parties, like our affiliates.
Information You Provide to Us.
The information we collect on or through our Website may include:
- Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Website, subscribing to use services offered on the Website, posting comments, or requesting further services.
- Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
- Details of transactions you carry out through our Website. You may be required to provide financial information through our Website.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies.
As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
- Details of your visits to our Website, including communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
- Information about your computer and internet connection, including your operating system and browser type.
We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking). You can opt out of behavioral tracking on this Website. See the section Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information below to learn about how to opt-out.
The information we collect automatically may include personal information, or we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
- Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
- Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
- Speed up your searches.
- Recognize you when you return to our Website.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
- Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website, subject to your consent as described below.
- Pages of our Website may contain small electronic files known as pixels (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
- Session Replay and Analytics Tools. We may use session replay and analytics technologies that record and analyze your interactions with our Website, including mouse movements, clicks, scrolling, and other user activities. These tools help us understand user behavior, improve our Website functionality, and enhance user experience.
Consent to Tracking Technologies
By using this Website, you agree to our use of tracking technologies, including cookies, pixels, and session replay tools, as described in this policy. When you first visit our Website, you will be presented with a notice regarding our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. You may choose to accept or reject non-essential cookies through the cookie consent mechanism provided. Essential cookies necessary for the Website’s basic functionality will be used automatically. You can modify your cookie preferences at any time through your browser settings or our cookie management tool.
Third-Party Use of Cookies
Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies or pixels to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.
We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
- To present our Website and its contents to you.
- To provide you with information or services that you request from us.
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
- To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide through it.
- To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website.
- To analyze and improve our Website through session replay and analytics tools.
- In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
- For any other purpose with your consent.
We may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements. Even though we do not disclose your personal information for these purposes without your consent, if you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide as described in this privacy policy:
- To our affiliates.
- To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.
- To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the MLG, assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by MLG about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
- To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
- For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
- For any purpose that you consent to.
We may also disclose your personal information:
- To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responding to any government or regulatory request.
- To enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
- If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of MLG, our customers, or others.
Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
- Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. You may also reject certain non-essential cookies when you first visit our Website through the cookie consent mechanism or in the cookie settings. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
- Targeted Advertising. If you do not want us to use information that we collect or that you provide to us to deliver advertisements according to our advertisers’ target-audience preferences, you can opt out by sending us an email stating your request to info@mcdonoughlawgroup.com.
We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI’s website.
Your State Privacy Rights
Depending on your state of residency, you may have certain rights related to your personal information, including:
- Access and Data Portability. You may confirm whether we process your personal information and access a copy of the personal information we process. To the extent feasible and required by state law, depending on your state, data will be provided in a portable format. Depending on your state, you may have the right to receive additional information and it will be included in the response to your access request.
- You may request that we correct inaccuracies in your personal information that we maintain, taking into account the information’s nature and processing purpose.
- You may request that we delete personal information about you that we maintain, subject to certain exceptions under applicable law.
- Opt Out of Using Personal Information for Sales, Targeted Advertising, and Profiling for Certain Legal or Similarly Significant Decisions. You may request that we do not use your personal information for these purposes. Some states may also grant you the ability to learn more about or challenge those automated decisions.
Important: The exact scope of these rights varies by state. There are also several exceptions where we may not have an obligation to fulfill your request.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@mcdonoughlawgroup.com or call us at 970-776-3311. To appeal a decision regarding a consumer rights request, please contact us using the same methods.
Some browsers and browser extensions support the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) that can send a signal to process your request to opt out from certain types of data processing, including data “sales” as defined under certain laws. When we detect such a signal, we will make reasonable efforts to respect your choices indicated by a GPC setting as required by applicable law.
Nevada Privacy Rights
Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt out of certain personal data sales. Residents who wish to exercise their sale opt-out rights may submit a request to this designated address: info@mcdonoughlawgroup.com. However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering that statute’s opt-out requirements.
California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) regarding your personal information. This section provides information about those rights and how to exercise them.
California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) Notice
California Penal Code Section 631 and related provisions make it illegal to intentionally record confidential communications without the consent of all parties. By using this Website, you acknowledge that we may monitor and record communications, including through session replay and analytics tools that capture your interactions with our Website. Your continued use of this Website constitutes your consent to such monitoring and recording as permitted under California law.
Personal Information We Collect
We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California consumer or household. In the preceding 12 months, we may have collected the following categories of personal information:
- Identifiers: Name, postal address, email address, telephone number, IP address, and online identifiers.
- California Customer Records (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)): Name, address, telephone number, and financial information (such as credit card numbers for transactions).
- Internet or Network Activity: Browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interaction with our Website, including through session replay and analytics tools that record mouse movements, clicks, scrolling, and keystrokes.
- Geolocation Data: General geographic location information derived from your IP address.
- Commercial Information: Records of services purchased or considered.
Sources of Personal Information
We obtain personal information from the following categories of sources:
- Directly from you when you provide it through forms, account registration, or communications.
- Automatically through your use of our Website via cookies, pixels, and session replay/analytics tools.
- From third-party service providers, such as payment processors and analytics providers.
Use of Personal Information
We use the personal information we collect for the following business and commercial purposes:
- To provide, maintain, and improve our Website and services.
- To process transactions and fulfill orders.
- To communicate with you about our services, including customer service and account notifications.
- To analyze Website usage and user behavior through session replay and analytics tools to improve user experience.
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues and security incidents.
- To comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Use.
- For marketing and promotional purposes, with your consent where required.
Disclosure of Personal Information
In the preceding 12 months, we may have disclosed the following categories of personal information for business purposes to service providers and contractors:
- Identifiers
- California Customer Records
- Internet or Network Activity
- Geolocation Data
- Commercial Information
We disclose this information to service providers such as website hosting providers, payment processors, analytics providers, and customer service platforms to support our business operations.
Sale or Sharing of Personal Information
We do not sell your personal information to third parties for monetary consideration. However, our use of certain tracking technologies, including cookies and analytics tools, may constitute “sharing” personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising under the CCPA. In the preceding 12 months, we may have shared the following categories of personal information:
- Identifiers
- Internet or Network Activity
We do not have actual knowledge that we sell or share personal information of consumers under 16 years of age.
Sensitive Personal Information
We may collect the following categories of sensitive personal information:
- Account log-in credentials combined with any required security or access code or password.
We use and disclose sensitive personal information only for purposes permitted under the CCPA, including to perform services you request, prevent security incidents, and verify or maintain the quality of our services.
Your California Privacy Rights
As a California resident, you have the following rights:
- Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose what personal information we collect, use, disclose, sell, or share about you. You may submit up to two requests to know in any 12-month period.
- Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Correct: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
- Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing: You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. To exercise this right, click on the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link on our Website homepage or contact us using the methods below.
- Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information: You have the right to limit our use and disclosure of your sensitive personal information to certain specified purposes. However, we currently use sensitive personal information only for permitted purposes under the CCPA.
- Right to Non-Discrimination: You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your CCPA privacy rights.
How to Exercise Your California Rights
To exercise your rights to know, delete, or correct, please submit a verifiable request by:
- Emailing us at: info@mcdonoughlawgroup.com
- Calling us at: 970-776-3311
- Writing to us at: 300 Main Street, Suite 102, Grand Junction, CO 81501
To exercise your right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, you may:
- Click the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link on our Website
- Enable the Global Privacy Control (GPC) in your browser
- Contact us using the methods above
Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a request related to your personal information. We will verify your identity before processing your request. We cannot respond to your request if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request.
We will acknowledge receipt of your request within 10 business days and respond substantively within 45 days. If we require more time (up to an additional 45 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.
We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded.
Authorized Agents
You may designate an authorized agent to submit requests on your behalf. The authorized agent must provide proof of authorization, and we may require you to verify your identity directly with us.
California “Shine the Light” Law
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do not currently share personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
Contact for California Privacy Questions
If you have questions about this California Privacy Rights section or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at:
- Emailing us at: info@mcdonoughlawgroup.com
- Calling us at: 970-776-3311
- Writing to us at: 300 Main Street, Suite 102, Grand Junction, CO 81501
Accessing and Correcting Your Information
You can review and change your personal information by logging into the Website and visiting your account profile page.
You may also send us an email at info@mcdonoughlagroup.com to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
If you delete your User Contributions from the Website, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or might have been copied or stored by other Website users.
Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All payments will be encrypted using SSL technology.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Website like message boards. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Website.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
Data Retention
We keep the categories of personal information described in this policy for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described or for as otherwise legally permitted or required, such as maintaining the Services, operating our organization, complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and for safety, security, and fraud prevention. This means that we consider our legal and business obligations, potential risks of harm, and nature of the information when deciding how long to retain personal information. At the end of the retention period, personal information will be deleted, destroyed, or deidentified.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by email to the primary email address specified in your account. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.
Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:
- Emailing us at: info@mcdonoughlawgroup.com
- Calling us at: 970-776-3311
- Writing to us at: 300 Main Street, Suite 102, Grand Junction, CO 81501
To register a complaint or concern, please use the contact information provided above.