Colorado Wildlife Council Privacy Notice
Thank you for visiting the Colorado Wildlife Council (CWC) through our website. This Privacy Notice describes how and why CWC collects and uses information about you that we collect through our website. By using our website, you consent to our collection and use of your information in accordance with this Privacy Notice.
What information do we collect about you?
Thank you for visiting the Colorado Wildlife Council (CWC) through our website. This Privacy Notice describes how and why CWC collects and uses information about you that we collect through our website. By using our website, you consent to our collection and use of your information in accordance with this Privacy Notice.
- Information we automatically collect when you visit our websites:
We automatically collect certain information about your visit when you access our website. That information includes information about the device you use to access our website, your IP address, domain server, operating system, the browser you’re using to access the website, the pages you visit on the website, and other session statistics. We use Google Analytics to collect information about the website’s behavior and your engagement with the website. - Personal Information you provide to us:
CWC collects and stores personal information that you provide to us. For instance, we collect your name and email address when you sign up to receive our newsletter.
How do we use your information
We use the personal information you provide to us to send you communications about CWC based on your preferences. For example, if you sign up for our newsletter, we use your personal information to send you newsletters through our third-party communications partner.
We use the information we collect automatically to improve the content of our website and to help us understand how people are using the website, allowing us to improve the value of our website. We may also use this information for general system administration purposes and to prevent abuse of our website.
Third-party websites
CWC’s website contains links to our third-party partners’ websites, specifically including Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Mightycause. When you follow a link to another website, this Privacy Notice will no longer apply. The privacy policies of those third-party partners will apply to any information, including personal information and payment information, that you submit through their websites.
How do we protect your information?
CWC protects your personal information in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.
How do we share your information?
We do not sell your personal information. We share your personal information only as needed with our third-party communications, analytics, and marketing partners.
We may disclose your personal information to comply with applicable laws, court orders or other legal processes, to protect the rights of CWC or individuals, or to otherwise resolve disputes.
CWC is subject to open record laws.
The Colorado Open Records Act (“CORA”), §§ 24-72-201 et seq., C.R.S., provides that all public records shall be open for inspection by any person at reasonable times, except as otherwise provided by law.
CORA applies to the information we collect from you. Unless it is protected by state or federal law, the information you provide to us may become a public record and may be subject to public inspection through a CORA request. This includes information you provide if you submit a CORA request to us.
CWC keeps confidential all information protected by state and federal law when responding to CORA requests. In particular, state law that protects personally identifiable information provided to and maintained by CWC from disclosure under CORA.
Users are cautioned that the collection of personal information that may be provided by or about children will be treated the same as information provided by an adult and may be subject to public access.
Minors
CWC’s website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to minors under eighteen (18) years of age. We do not knowingly gather personal information from minors in a manner not permitted by applicable laws. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe we have collected information from your child in a manner not permitted by law, contact us. We will remove the information to the extent required by applicable laws.
Cookies and Pixels
Cookies are small text files stored on your device which help us save your preferences and other information about your visit. CWC uses third-party cookies from Google Analytics to measure how you interact with our website and help us understand how our community uses our website.
Pixels, also known as web beacons, are bits of code embedded in web pages that collect data about user interactions and send the information back to a server. CWC works with third-party marketing partners that use pixels to help us track engagement with our website and show ads to similar users. For example, CWC uses the Meta pixel on our website to help us understand what website pages and features users engage with, and to show ads relevant to CWC to other users on Facebook and/or Instagram who are similar to you.
Changes to this notice
We may amend this Privacy Notice from time to time. We will post any changes on this page.
Effective Date
The effective date of this Privacy Notice is 8/27/25.
Contact information
By email: megan.schulz@state.co.us
By phone: 720-822-6327
By mail: 6060 Broadway Denver, CO 80216
