Privacy & Cookie Policy

(version 5, effective April 7, 2023)

This Privacy and Cookie Policy applies to the website and online services offered by McGlinchey Stafford PLLC (hereinafter “McGlinchey Stafford’) through the domain mcglinchey.com, including any mobile application or version of the site (collectively, the “Site”) and explains the types of information collected through the Site, and how such information may be processed, utilized, or shared. By using the Site, you, the user, agree to the terms of this Privacy and Cookie Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy and Cookie Policy, you cannot use, and must discontinue any use of, the Site.

Collection of Personal Information

Users may browse the portions of the Site that do not require the entry of log-in credentials without registration and without actively entering personally identifying information. However, certain information may be provided automatically by the user’s web browser or application when entering or utilizing the Site, including, as examples: IP addresses; other device identifiers; browser types; operating systems; access dates and times; and referring and exiting URLs.

Certain areas and services on the Site may ask users to provide personal information when completing forms on various web pages. This may include providing personal information in order to register for McGlinchey Stafford’s client alerts or to register for events (e.g., a user’s name, organization, phone number, email address) or to apply for career opportunities with McGlinchey Stafford (e.g., employment and educational background, and other relevant identifying information). McGlinchey Stafford will use this personal information for the purpose for which it was provided, as well as other purposes for which the user gives consent.

Users who opt-in with the Site may be informed about client alerts, events, or other materials or activities. Users may opt out of receiving such direct marketing communications either when prompted to do so via the Site or an email communication from McGlinchey Stafford or by sending requests to mcglincheystafford@mcglinchey.com.

Cookie Policy

To ensure that our Website is well managed and to facilitate improved navigation, McGlinchey Stafford uses “cookies,” which are small text files stored in a user’s browser to keep records of the site visits. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work or work more efficiently to improve the user experience. By opting in to McGlinchey Stafford’s Cookie Policy, you consent to the collection and use of your information by McGlinchey Stafford.

This Website uses cookies to record session information and uses aggregate cookie information to analyze Website performance and provide insights into how we can improve our visitors’ experience. The cookies we use cannot read data off of your hard drive or read cookie files created by other sites.

Disabling Cookies

Web browsers allow you to exercise some control over cookies through the browser settings. Most browsers enable you to block cookies entirely or to block cookies from particular sites. You may choose to turn off non-essential cookies and allow only Strictly Necessary Cookies by using the “cookie settings” link and toggling “off” Performance/Functional/Marketing Cookies. Browsers can also be set to delete cookies when you close your browser. You should note, however, that this may mean that any opt-outs or preferences you set on the Website will be lost when the cookies are deleted.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit allaboutcookies.org, which includes information on how to manage your settings for the major browser providers.

Use of Cookies

Cookies on the McGlinchey Stafford Website are used in a number of ways. To the extent any personal information is collected through cookies, this Privacy and Cookie Policy applies. The main reasons we have cookies on the McGlinchey Stafford Website are to:

• Remember your choice, recording when a user has given their consent for the use of cookies;
• Remember you, recalling that you have visited the site before and implementing your chosen settings;
• Save your preferences, recalling your chosen settings;
• Provide data for improving our websites.

McGlinchey Stafford uses Google Analytics and other web tracking tools to collect top-level information about how people use its sites.

McGlinchey Stafford is unable to honor a Do Not Track request.

Transfers of Personal Information

McGlinchey Stafford is a United States of America-based law firm with clients potentially located in other parts of the world. McGlinchey Stafford may, from time to time, transfer personal information amongst its affiliates, amongst its offices, or to agents, representatives, or contractors providing services to McGlinchey Stafford. Any such transfers to agents and contractors shall be solely for the purposes of providing services to McGlinchey Stafford.

Some such transfers may be overseas. which may include transfers to countries outside of the EEA whose laws provide levels of protection for personal information that are not always equivalent to the level of protection that may be provided in the user’s own country.

In certain limited circumstances, and in compliance with applicable laws, McGlinchey Stafford may share personal information with government authorities or others as required to protect the interests of McGlinchey Stafford or certain third parties: or as otherwise required for compliance with applicable law or legal process.

McGlinchey Stafford has procedures in place to ensure that personal information is transferred, processed, and stored in accordance with applicable laws. McGlinchey Stafford’s Privacy and Cookie Policy governs the transfer of personal data from the EU, EEA, and Switzerland to the US.

McGlinchey Stafford reserves the right to transfer any information about users in the event that McGlinchey Stafford, or any affiliate thereof, sells or transfers all or a portion of its business or assets.

Sale of Personal Information

McGlinchey Stafford does not sell personal information. Third-party affiliates with whom the Firm may share information also will not sell your personal information. This includes information captured via the use of cookies, captured via the Contact Us section of the website, or shared when a prospective client or employee emails the Firm or signs up for alerts or events.

Security Procedures

McGlinchey Stafford maintains appropriate technical and organizational security procedures in order to keep your personal information confidential and protect users’ personal information against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, or alteration, in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws. However, McGlinchey Stafford cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that users transmit to the Site.

In addition to such measures, McGlinchey Stafford maintains confidentiality policies that govern all information that any attorney or other personnel of McGlinchey Stafford receives in the course of his or her employment or association with McGlinchey Stafford. All attorneys and personnel are made aware of these policies, and McGlinchey Stafford has in place procedures to train all attorneys and personnel in the implementation of these policies.

Third-Party Links

The Site may contain hyperlinks to the websites of third parties. If users decide to follow such links, they must be aware that McGlinchey Stafford does not take any responsibility for the third-party content or compliance of the third-party website with data privacy laws. This Privacy and Cookie Policy does not apply to such third-party content or sites. Users are encouraged to make themselves aware of applicable privacy laws and policies before they submit personal information to third-party websites.

Children’s Privacy

McGlinchey Stafford does not knowingly collect, use, sell, or disclose personal information from children under the age of 18. If McGlinchey Stafford is made aware that is has collected personal information from a child under 18 years old in a manner that is inconsistent with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, McGlinchey Stafford will delete this information as soon as possible.

Revisions to this Privacy and Cookie Policy

McGlinchey Stafford reserves the right to change this Privacy and Cookie Policy at any time, whereby relevant changes take effect for the future. The applicable version of this Privacy and Cookie Policy is available on the Site. Please check this Privacy and Cookie Policy regularly, and before you submit additional personal information via the Site.

McGlinchey Stafford may amend this Privacy and Cookie Policy at any time. The user’s continued use of the Site after any modification to the Privacy and Cookie Policy will constitute the user’s acceptance of the new terms. McGlinchey Stafford encourages users to periodically review this page for the latest information on the firm’s privacy practices. IF THE USER DOES NOT AGREE TO FUTURE CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY, THE USER MUST STOP USING THE SITE AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH CHANGES.

Users’ Rights and Contact

Users may at any time review their personal information stored by McGlinchey Stafford and request its correction, deletion, or porting to removeable media subject to restrictions that may otherwise apply under applicable laws or rules of professional conduct. Users may make these requests by contacting us at the email address or phone number indicated below.

If a user has a concern with how McGlinchey Stafford has responded to a request to review, correct, port, or delete their information, they have a right to file a complaint with the proper authority, which is dictated by the user’s location.

To exercise your rights to review, rectify, or delete your personal information and for other questions, comments, or inquiries regarding the collection, processing, and storage of your personal information by McGlinchey Stafford, please contact us via e-mail at privacy.officer@mcglinchey.com or (800) 733-2146 or in writing to:

McGlinchey Stafford PLLC
Attn.: Office of the General Counsel
601 Poydras Street
Suite 1200
New Orleans, LA 70130
United States of America

All such requests will be handled in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws.

California Privacy Rights

Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (known as the “Shine the Light Law”), if you are a resident of California, you may request certain information about our disclosure of personal information about you during the prior calendar year to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please write to us at the following address:

McGlinchey Stafford PLLC
Attn.: Office of the General Counsel
601 Poydras Street
Suite 1200
New Orleans, LA 70130
United States of America

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), as replaced by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), provides you with certain rights and choices regarding how we collect, share, use, and protect your “personal information” and how you can exercise those rights. The CPRA defines “personal information” as information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household.

We do not share or sell “personal information,” nor have we sold it in the last 12 months. We do not use or disclose “sensitive personal information” except as permitted by law.

Certain information that we collect may be exempt from the CCPA because it is considered public information or covered by financial privacy laws, such as the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act, the California Financial Information Privacy Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or the Fair Credit Reporting Act, or may be exempt for other legitimate business purposes.

To the extent that we collect “personal information” that is subject to the CCPA, that information, our practices, and your rights are described below.

We collect the following categories of personal information from the sources and for the purposes outlined in this Online Privacy Statement:

For personal information subject to the CCPA, California residents have the right to:

• Request that a business delete any personal information about the consumer that the business has collected from the consumer, subject to exceptions.
• Correct any inaccurate personal information that is maintained about the consumer.
• Request that a business that collects personal information about the consumer disclose to the consumer, free of charge, the following:
  • The categories of personal information that it has collected about that consumer.
  • The categories of sources from which the personal information is collected.
  • The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information.
  • The categories of third parties with whom the business shares personal information.
  • The specific pieces of personal information it has collected about that consumer.
• Request that a business that sells the consumer’s personal information or that discloses it for a business purpose disclose, free of charge, to the consumer:
  • The categories of personal information that the business collected about the consumer.
  • The categories of personal information that the business sold about the consumer and the categories of third parties to whom the personal was sold, by category or categories of personal information for each third party to whom the personal information was sold.
  • The categories of personal information that the business disclosed about the consumer for a business purpose.
• Direct a business that sells personal information about the consumer to third parties not to sell the consumer’s personal information.

You may submit a CCPA request by providing your first name, last name, email address, telephone number, and ZIP code in writing to:

McGlinchey Stafford PLLC
Attn.: Office of the General Counsel
601 Poydras Street, Suite 1200
New Orleans, LA 70130
United States of America

You may designate an agent by mailing a signed Power of Attorney to:

McGlinchey Stafford PLLC
Attn.: Office of the General Counsel
601 Poydras Street, Suite 1200
New Orleans, LA 70130
United States of America

We will not discriminate against you because you exercise any of the rights as described in this section.