Data Privacy

Last Updated: October 22, 2026

1. Scope of Data Collection

We respect your privacy and are committed to safeguarding the data collected from athletes, founders, start-up teams, sponsors, and general visitors who browse this website. We collect two types of data:

• Voluntarily Provided Data: Information you explicitly enter into our contact, consultation, or intake forms (such as your name, email, phone number, and athletic affiliation, company name or title, contact form, scheduling information for call or meeting).

• Automated Analytical Data: Information automatically gathered via tracking scripts, browser cookies, and web pixels. This may include your IP address, general geographic location, device type, browser type, and interaction history with our site pages, plus date and time of visit.

2. How We Use and Share Your Data

We use your data strictly to manage client intake, respond to legitimate legal inquiries, scheduling, business records, and optimize website performance. We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for monetary compensation. We ensure compliance with the required and applicable legal and professional obligations and standards. No attorney-client relationship is created simply by sending communication or submitting data to our firm.

To run our site and communicate: We use third-party vendors for hosting, security, scheduling, and email (including Squarespace, and Google Workspace).
For legal or safety reasons: We will disclose data if required by law, court orders, legal processes, or professional obligations, or to protect our rights, systems, and clients.

3. State Consumer Privacy Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction of residence, you are entitled to specific data protection rights under regional privacy frameworks:

• Tennessee Residents (TIPA): In accordance with the Tennessee Information Protection Act, you have the right to request access to, deletion of, or correction of the personal data we hold about you. You also maintain the right to opt out of targeted, cross-contextual advertising.

• New York Residents: We adhere to strict state regulatory guidance regarding transparent tracking. This website does not use deceptive tracking practices or hidden cookie consent configurations. You may request to review or purge your contact form data at any time.

• Maine & District of Columbia Residents: We limit automated internet-browsing data collection to the minimum technical standards required to securely host this website and evaluate user traffic.

4. Exercising Your Data Rights

To submit a data deletion request, or to manage your automated cookie preferences, please contact privacy@makcounsel.com.

Because this website utilizes Squarespace's native cookie consent tool, you may review, alter, or revoke your cookie preferences at any time by clearing your web browser’s cache and cookies. Doing so will cause the cookie consent banner to reappear upon your next visit to the site.

5. Data Security

We implement industry-standard technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

• All online consultation, corporate intake, and inquiry forms are transmitted via secure, encrypted channels (SSL/TLS).

• Access to your submitted information is strictly restricted to firm personnel who require the data to evaluate your potential legal matter.

• While we strive to protect your data, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

• Prospective Client Data: Information submitted via intake forms is retained for a standard period to perform corporate, regulatory, and personal conflict-of-interest checks and evaluate representation, after which it is securely purged if no formal relationship is established.

• Analytical Data: Automated analytics and cookie data are automatically overwritten or deleted after a set duration, typically not exceeding 24 months.

• Legal Obligations: We may retain certain operational logs, transaction records, or communication history to comply with mandatory record-keeping regulations, financial reporting requirements, or legal defenses.

7. Managing Your Privacy Choices

We believe in giving you control over your online presence. You can manage your tracking and communication preferences through the following mechanisms:

• Cookie Controls: You can modify your internet browser settings to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent.

• Opt-Out Tracking: If you prefer not to have your analytical data collected, you can utilize available browser opt-out extensions for Google Analytics and similar tracking services.

• Marketing Communications: If you sign up for firm updates, transactional insights, regulatory briefings, newsletters, or blog publications, you can opt-out at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link included at the bottom of each email.

8. Children's Privacy Policy

Given our diverse client base across corporate, regulatory, and athletic sectors, we are highly sensitive to the privacy of minors.

• This website is designed for general audiences and is not directed at children under the age of 13.

• We do not knowingly collect, solicit, or maintain personal information from children under 13 years of age.

• If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal data from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will take immediate steps to delete that data from our servers. If you believe we might have such data, please contact us immediately at privacy@makcounsel.com.

9. International Visitors (Visitors Outside of the United States)

This website is operated from servers located within the United States and is tailored strictly to legal matters governed by US regulatory systems, domestic corporate law, state/federal rules, and domestic athletic bodies.

• If you access this website from the European Union, United Kingdom, Canada, or any other region outside the US, please note that your data will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States.

• The data protection laws in the United States may differ from, and may not be as comprehensive as, those in your home country. By using this site and submitting your data, you explicitly consent to this transfer and processing.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update or modify this Data Privacy & Cookie Policy at any time to reflect updates to our practice, changes in technology, or evolving state and federal privacy regulations.

• Any changes will be posted directly on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date at the top.

• We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

• Your continued use of the website following the posting of an updated policy constitutes your acknowledgement and acceptance of the revised practices.

13. Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments regarding this Data Privacy & Cookie Policy, please contact us at:

·       Email: privacy@makcounsel.com

·       Mailing Address: 1910 Madison Ave 2311, Memphis, TN 38104 (Mail Only)

·       Phone: (901)-384-8394