Privacy Policy

1. Prospective Clients & Colorado Ethics

If you reach out to me but haven't retained CDH Law Office yet, you are considered a "prospective client." Under Colorado Rule of Professional Conduct 1.18, I have a strict ethical duty to keep the information you share confidential—even if we never end up working together.

A formal attorney-client relationship only begins once we both sign a written fee agreement. Until then, please share only basic information about your legal situation—enough for me to understand the background and check for conflicts of interest. While I protect the data you send with bank-grade encryption and honor confidentiality, please do not send sensitive or unrequested information via a website form. This is a bad habit to get into, regardless of which rules apply.

2. No Cookies

Most law firms use "cookies" to follow you around the internet, allowing them to track you and target you with annoying ads after you leave their site. I have intentionally removed all marketing cookies from this website.

  • Does this hurt my practice? Yes. It can disrupt important functions like tracking unique users, finding out how long you spend on the site, or seeing what information people find most useful.

  • Why do I do this? This is about my commitment to you. After all, the only true test of your values is when they cost you something. I believe your visit to a lawyer’s website is your private business, not an opportunity for marketing—let alone an opportunity to help a data broker build a profile on you. If you’re here, you’re looking for help, and I intend to honor that.

3. What I Collect (And What I Don't)

  • What I get: If you fill out a form, I will protect whatever you typed. I use this information only to communicate with you.

  • What I don't do: I will never sell your data. I do not "monetize" your information. I do not share your details with any third parties unless required by a court order or to help your case with your explicit permission.

  • No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All other categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties

4. Exercise Your Right to Privacy

I take the Fourth Amendment seriously; these are not dead words on parchment. Privacy is a muscle: if you don’t exercise it, it withers away until it's no longer there. Because I often offer advice, here is some free advice regarding your privacy:

  • Exercise your right to remain silent: Make the difficult decision now to protect your future. Do not discuss your legal situation with anyone except your attorney—including close friends and trusted family. This is emotionally taxing but strategically vital.

  • Stay off social media: If you are involved in a legal matter, get off social media. The details you share are never truly private.

  • Put the phone down: Your smartphone is a tracking device and an enormous repository of sensitive information that happens to make calls. Be circumspect with your use of devices; don't be paranoid, but do be careful.

  • Be intentional: If you don't defend your own privacy by being careful about what you share, no lawyer can fix it for you. Not even Paris Hilton—with the most expensive lawyers in Hollywood—could claw back her privacy after her T-Mobile Sidekick was hacked. (If you don't know who a “Sidekick” is, let's just call that "experience" and not "age," okay?)

5. Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) & Data Deletion

Under the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), you have specific rights regarding your personal data. I want to make exercising these statutory rights as easy as possible:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to know if I am processing your personal data and to access that data.

  • Right to Correction: If the info you sent via a form is wrong, you have the right to fix it.

  • Right to Deletion: You can ask me to delete the personal data you provided through this website at any time.

How to exercise these rights: Send an email to Team@CDHLawOffice.com with the subject line "Data Privacy Request". Once I verify your identity, I will honor your request within 45 days, as required by law.

Note: If we have established an attorney-client relationship, I am required by the Colorado Supreme Court to maintain your case file for a certain number of years. In those instances, my ethical duty to preserve the file will override a request for total deletion.

6. Changes to This Policy

If I change how I handle data, cookies, or your information, I will post the update here. I won't bury it in fine print; I will put it in a large font where anyone can read it.

Contact Me

If you have questions about how I handle your data, or if you want me to delete what you’ve sent, just ask:

CDH Law Office PLLC | PO Box 771427 Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 | (970) 367-7999 | Connect@CDHLawOffice.com

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CDH Law Office, PLLC

Policy: Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 2025-10-03