Privacy Policy

Who We Are

McDougall Gauley LLP ("MG LLP") is a Saskatchewan Limited Liability Partnership carrying on the practice of law in Saskatchewan. This website privacy policy (this "Policy") is incorporated into and forms part of the "terms of use" (the "Terms of Use") of this website (this "Website"). YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE CONSTITUTES YOUR EXPRESS AND UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS OF USE. PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ANY OF THE TERMS OF USE, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THIS WEBSITE FURTHER.

This Policy

MG LLP recognizes the importance of maintaining and protecting the privacy of personal information. This Policy relates only to the information MG LLP may collect through use of this Website and how such information may be used and disclosed by MG LLP. This Policy does not cover our professional duty of confidentiality to our clients. As lawyers, our duties of confidentiality are governed in part by the Code of Professional Conduct, and that code often imposes a higher duty of confidentiality than imposed by legislation, such as the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada). This Policy does not derogate from our higher duty of confidentiality to our clients. For further information, please review our complete Privacy Policy, which is available by contacting one of our privacy officers (see below).

Website Privacy

MG LLP does not collect personally identifiable information through this Website unless a user voluntarily sends such information to us by email through a link on this Website. NOTE THAT any communication with MG LLP is subject to the Terms of Use. MG LLP only uses personally identifiable information for the purposes of responding to any email we receive from you. MG LLP will not disclose to anyone any personally identifiable information collected through the Website unless:

(a) we have your consent to do so (express or implied);
(b) we have a good faith belief that disclosure of the information is necessary to protect our rights or property; or
(c) we are required to do so by law.

MG LLP does not (currently) employ "cookies" on this Website. For more information about cookies and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org. However, we caution that when you use the Internet your Web browser sends anonymous technical information to the servers that host the websites you visit, including, for example, your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), operating system, domain name, access times /frequency, referring/exit pages, date/time stamp and referring universal resource locator (URL) address. This technical information may be collected by MG LLP as a result of your visit to this Website. MG LLP may use such technical information for purposes such as improving the operation of this Website, improving the Content and for compiling statistical information about the use of and access to this Website. MG LLP will not attempt to associate any anonymous technical information collected with any personally-identifiable information unless:

(a) we have your consent to do so (express or implied);
(b) we have detected, or reasonably suspect, an attempt to damage or breach the security of this Website; or
(c) we are required to do so by law.

This Website may contain hypertext links to other third party websites. Third party websites are not governed by this Policy. MG LLP is not responsible for the privacy practices or policies of third party websites or the owners or operators thereof. MG LLP strongly encourages you to review the privacy policies posted on third party websites so that you can make an informed decision as to whether to access or use a third party website. However, MG LLP is responsible for all onward transfers of Personal information to third parties in accordance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada).

If you are a European resident, under the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) you have the right to access personal information that MG LLP holds about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact MG LLP using the contact information below.

This website does contain email addresses of lawyers and others who work at MG LLP. The publication of these email addresses does not permit any individual who is not a client of the firm to send confidential information to lawyers' or others' email addresses without first obtaining permission.
MG LLP uses Google Analytics to help understand how customers use the Site--you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
MG LLP uses the Device Information collected to help screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize the Site or audience (for example, by generating analytics about how customers browse and interact with the Site, and to coordinate and assess the success of marketing and advertising campaigns).

Finally, MG LLP may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information received, or to otherwise protect MG LLP’s rights. Your Personal Information may also be shared in the course of activities to prevent, investigate, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, violations of any agreements related to our Services, or as required by law.

Please note that MG LLP does not alter its Site’s data collection and use practices when your browser has a Do Not Track signal.

Amendments

MG LLP reserves the right to, at any time and from time to time, add to, change, update or modify this Policy by posting such change, update or modification on this Website. Your use of this Website after such amendments are posted by MG LLP signifies your acceptance of any revised terms of this Policy. You are responsible for periodically visiting this webpage to review the terms and conditions of this Policy. You may not change, modify or amend this Policy in any manner.

How To Contact Us About Your Privacy

If you have any questions or concerns about this Policy please contact:

Regina Office
Susan B. Barber
T: (306) 757-1641
F: (306) 359-0785
sbarber@mcdougallgauley.com

Saskatoon Office
Gordon Hamilton
T: (306) 653-1212
F: (306) 652-1323
ghamilton@mcdougallgauley.com

This Policy was last amended on July 30, 2021.