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Terms of Use

Terms of Use

Last Updated: 02/10/2017

This Terms of Use Agreement (the “Agreement”) is a legal agreement between you and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (“Pillsbury,” “we” or “us”) governing your use of our websites and other online or mobile services or applications that link to this Agreement (each a “Site” and collectively “Sites”). By using or accessing the Sites or downloading materials from the Sites, you agree to be legally bound by this Agreement.

Updates to this Agreement

Legal Disclaimers

No Legal Advice

No Tax Advice (Required Tax Disclosure – Circular 230)

No Attorney-Client Relationship

Sensitive Communications

Advertising Notice

Jurisdictional Issues

Intellectual Property Rights

Limited License; Permitted Uses

Restrictions and Prohibitions on Use

User-Submitted Information

Secure User Accounts

Interactive Features

Changes to the Sites

Third-Party Content

Links to Third-Party Websites

Social Media Pages

Notice of Copyright Infringement

Other Policies and Terms

Termination

Children

Disclaimer of Warranty

Limitation of Liability

Indemnity

Consent to Communication

Effect of Invalidity

Waivers

International Users

Governing Law

Contact

 


Updates to this Agreement

We may revise or otherwise change or update this Agreement. Please check the “Last Updated” legend at the top of this page to see when this Agreement was last revised. Changes will become effective immediately after they are posted. A current version of this Agreement showing the effective date is always available at this location. We encourage you to periodically review this Agreement to see if there have been any changes that may affect you. If you do not agree to this Agreement as modified, then you must discontinue your use of the Sites. Your continued use of the Sites will signify your continued agreement to this Agreement as it may be revised from time to time.

Legal Disclaimers

No Legal Advice

The materials on the Pillsbury Sites are general in nature and are intended only as background materials for informational purposes. They do not constitute legal advice. They may not apply to your specific situation or may be incomplete. Although we may update certain information on the Pillsbury Sites, some of the information may be outdated. You should not act or rely on any information on the Pillsbury Sites. You are not authorized to treat the Pillsbury Sites as a source of legal advice. Before acting or delaying action, you should first seek the advice of an attorney qualified in the applicable subject matter and jurisdiction.

No Tax Advice (Required Tax Disclosure – Circular 230)

Any tax information presented on the Pillsbury Sites is not intended to constitute a complete analysis of all tax considerations. Internal Revenue Service regulations generally provide that, for the purpose of avoiding United States federal tax penalties, a taxpayer may rely only on formal written opinions meeting specific regulatory requirements. The information presented on the Pillsbury Sites does not meet those requirements. Accordingly, such information is not intended or written to be used, and a taxpayer cannot use it, for the purpose of avoiding United States federal or other tax penalties or for the purpose of promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any tax-related matters.

No Attorney-Client Relationship

Your access to or use of the Pillsbury Sites does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and Pillsbury. If you are not a current client of Pillsbury and you communicate with us through a Site, we are under no obligation to keep confidential your communication nor will the communication invoke the attorney client privilege. Thus, unless you have a pre-existing, documented attorney-client relationship with a Pillsbury attorney, you should not communicate confidential information to Pillsbury.

Sensitive Communications

Should you choose to contact Pillsbury electronically, you should be aware that information transmitted electronically cannot be guaranteed to be securely transmitted. Pillsbury assumes no responsibility for the loss of confidentiality for any information you transmit through the internet.

Advertising Notice

Pillsbury does not seek to be retained by anyone who approaches Pillsbury as a result of the Pillsbury Sites and who is from a state where the Pillsbury Sites fail to comply with all laws and ethical rules of that state. Under the Rules of Professional Conduct adopted in various jurisdictions in the United States, the content of the Pillsbury Sites includes information that is considered to be lawyer advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each representation has unique facts and circumstances that may impact results.

Jurisdictional Issues

Pillsbury has offices in a number of locations, and no individual Pillsbury attorney is admitted to practice in all the locations where we have offices. Please consult the attorney biographies on the Sites to determine the particular jurisdictions in which individual Pillsbury attorneys are licensed to practice. Pillsbury’s attorneys admitted in Texas are not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Except as specifically stated, each Pillsbury attorney is not certified (including as a specialist) by any professional or governmental authority.

Intellectual Property Rights

All text, names, logos, designs, graphics, trade dress, characters, interfaces, code, software, images, sounds, videos, photographs and other content appearing in or on the Sites (the “Content”) are protected intellectual property of, or used with permission or under license by, Pillsbury. Such Content may be protected by copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary rights and laws. This includes the entire Content of each Site, copyrighted and protected as a collective work. All intellectual property rights associated with the Sites, and related goodwill, are proprietary to us or our licensors. You do not acquire any right, title or interest in any Content by accessing or using the Sites. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Except as set forth below, the use of any Content available on a Site is strictly prohibited.

Limited License; Permitted Uses

We grant you a limited license to access and use the Sites and their Content for personal, informational and non-commercial purposes only. You may download or print specific Content made available for your downloading or printing for your personal, informational, non-commercial use, subject to your compliance with this Agreement and solely for as long as you continue to be permitted to access the Sites, provided that you: (a) keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices, (b) use such Content pursuant to any associated licenses, (c) do not copy or post such Content on any networked computer or broadcast it in any media, (d) make no modifications to the Content, and (e) do not make any additional representations or warranties relating to the Content on behalf of Pillsbury.

Restrictions and Prohibitions on Use

While using the Sites, you are required to comply with all applicable statutes, orders, regulations, rules, and other laws. You may not use the Sites for any fraudulent or unlawful purpose, and you may not take any action to interfere with the Sites or any other user’s use of the Sites. In addition, we expect users of the Sites to respect the rights and dignity of others. By way of example and not of limitation, you may not (and you expressly agree that you will not) do any of the following, which violate this Agreement:

  • Post, upload, share, transmit, distribute, facilitate distribution of or otherwise make available to or through the Sites any unlawful, infringing, harmful, harassing, defamatory, threatening, intimidating, fraudulent, tortious, vulgar or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including unauthorized or unsolicited advertising;
  • Reproduce, duplicate or copy any portion of a Site, except as authorized by this Agreement;
  • Sell, resell or otherwise exploit for any commercial purposes any portion of, the use of or access to a Site without the prior written consent of Pillsbury;
  • Impersonate any person or entity, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity in connection with a Site, or express or imply that we endorse any statement you make;
  • Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notice from a Site or materials originating from a Site;
  • Violate or attempt to violate the security of a Site;
  • Disseminate on a Site any viruses, worms, spyware, adware or other malicious computer code, file or program that is harmful, invasive or may or is intended to damage or hijack the operation of, or monitor the use of, any hardware, software or equipment;
  • Use any data mining, bots, spiders, automated tools or similar data gathering and extraction methods, directly or indirectly, on a Site or to collect any information from a Site or any other user of a Site; or
  • Assist or permit any persons in violating this Agreement or applicable statutes, orders, regulations, rules, and other laws governing the use of the Sites.

User-Submitted Information

You are responsible for any information, text, images, videos or other materials or content that you post on a Site or transmit through our Sites (“User Content”). You agree, represent and warrant that any User Content you post on a Site or transmit through our Sites is truthful, accurate, not misleading and offered in good faith, and that you have the right to transmit such User Content. You shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on or through a Site any User Content protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right of any third party without the express written permission of the owner of such right(s). You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyright, trademark, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such User Content.

We do not want you to, and you should not, send any confidential or proprietary User Content to us on or through a Site unless specifically requested by us. Please note that any unsolicited User Content sent to us will be deemed not to be confidential or proprietary.

By submitting User Content, other than personally identifiable information, you grant to us (or warrant that the owner of such User Content has expressly granted to us) a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable and unrestricted right and license (a) to use, reproduce, display, modify, adapt, publish, translate, transmit, distribute or otherwise make available to others such User Content (in whole or in part and for any purpose) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed; (b) to exercise all copyright, trademark, publicity, privacy and other proprietary rights with regard to such User Content; and (c) to use your name, likeness and/or other biographical information in any and all media and/or communications. You also agree that we are free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send to us for any purpose.

Secure User Accounts

Certain portions of our Sites are accessible only to users who have registered with the Sites and obtained login credentials (“Secure Users”). If you are a Secure User, you agree to accurately maintain and update any information about yourself and your account that you have provided to us.

You further agree that you are responsible for all activities that occur under your Secure User account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and you agree not to share your login credentials with any unauthorized parties. You also agree to notify us promptly of any unauthorized use of your login credentials or any other breach of security that you become aware of involving or relating to the Sites by emailing us at info@pillsburylaw.com.

We reserve the right to take any and all action we deem necessary or reasonable to maintain the security of the Sites and your account, including, without limitation, terminating your account, changing your password or requesting information to authorize transactions on your account.

We explicitly disclaim liability for any and all losses and damages arising from your failure to comply with this section.

Interactive Features

We may host message boards, blogs, and other interactive forums or services (each, a “Forum”) on the Sites. Forums are intended to serve as discussion centers. Any user failing to comply with this Agreement may be expelled from and refused continued access to Forums in the future. You understand that our staff, our outside contributors, or other users connected with Pillsbury may participate in Forums or other aspects of the Sites and may employ anonymous user names when doing so. You acknowledge and agree that Forums are public spaces and that your participation in such Forums creates no expectation of privacy. Further, you acknowledge that any User Content you communicate in Forums may be seen and used by others. We are not responsible for User Content that you or others choose to communicate in Forums, or for your actions or the actions of other users. IF YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE ANY OF YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE OR OTHER INFORMATION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IN A FORUM OR OTHERWISE ON OR THROUGH A SITE, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.

You acknowledge and agree that we reserve the right (but have no obligation) to do one or all of the following, at our sole discretion: (a) evaluate User Content before allowing it to be posted on a Site or any Forum; (b) monitor User Content; (c) alter, remove, reject, or refuse to post or allow to be posted, without notice to you, any User Content, for any reason or for no reason whatsoever; provided, however, that we shall have no obligation or liability to you for failure to do so or for doing so in any particular manner; and/or (d) disclose any User Content, and the circumstances surrounding its transmission, to any third party in order to operate a Site; to protect Pillsbury and the Sites’ users and visitors; to comply with legal obligations or governmental requests; to enforce this Agreement; or for any other reason or purpose.

Changes to the Sites

We may make improvements and/or changes to a Site, add new features, or terminate a Site at any time without notice. We also: (a) reserve the right (but have no obligation) to change the Content or other offerings on a Site, at any time and from time to time without any notice or liability to you or any other person; and (b) do not warrant that information on the Sites is accurate, complete, reliable, current or error-free. Some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusions and disclaimers of certain implied warranties, so some of the provisions of this section may not apply to you.

Third-Party Content

Any information, statements, opinions or other Content provided by third parties and made available on our Sites are those of the respective author(s) and not Pillsbury. We do not guarantee the validity, accuracy, truthfulness, completeness, reliability or usefulness of any information, statement, opinion or other Content on our Sites other than from an authorized Pillsbury representative acting in his or her official capacity. Under no circumstance will we be liable for any loss or damage caused, directly or indirectly, by your reliance on any such third-party Content.

Links to Third-Party Websites

We may provide on a Site, solely as a convenience to users, links to websites operated by third parties. If you use these links, you will leave our Site. If you decide to visit any linked website, you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements. We do not make any warranty or representation regarding, or endorse or otherwise sponsor, any linked websites or the information appearing thereon or any of the products or services described thereon. Links do not imply that Pillsbury is legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol displayed in or accessible through the links, or that any linked website is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol of Pillsbury.

YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND RESOURCES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION YOUR USE OF ANY CONTENT, INFORMATION, DATA, ADVERTISING, PRODUCTS OR OTHER MATERIALS ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH SUCH WEBSITES AND RESOURCES, IS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE APPLICABLE TO SUCH WEBSITES AND RESOURCES.

Social Media Pages

We may maintain a presence on social media websites, including Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter (collectively, “Social Media Pages”), to provide a place for the public to learn more about Pillsbury and to share comments. All comments, visuals and other materials posted by visitors to our Social Media Pages do not necessarily reflect the opinions or ideas of Pillsbury. All visitors to our Social Media Pages must comply with the respective social media website’s Terms of Use. We review some but not all postings to our Social Media Pages, and may remove postings that we determine are inappropriate or offensive.

Notice of Copyright Infringement

If you believe that any Content on a Site infringes upon any copyright which you own or control, you may send a written notification to our designated copyright agent, identified below, with the following information:

  1. A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed, with sufficient detail so that we can identify the alleged infringing material;
  2. The URL or other specific location on the Site that contains the alleged infringing material described in (a) above, with reasonably sufficient information to enable us to locate the alleged infringing material;
  3. Your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address;
  4. The electronic or physical signature of the owner of the copyright or a person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf;
  5. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  6. A statement by you that the information contained in your notice is accurate and that you attest under penalty of perjury that you are the copyright owner or that you are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf. Address: Four Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94777-2228Fax: 415.983.1200 Knowingly misrepresenting in a notification that material is infringing can subject you to damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, incurred by us or the alleged infringer.

Designated Copyright Agent: General Counsel Address: Four Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94777-2228 Phone: 415.983.6487 Fax: 415.983.1200 Email: copyright@pillsburylaw.com

If any user of a Site is deemed to be a repeat copyright infringer, we will terminate such user’s license to use the Sites.

Knowingly misrepresenting in a notification that material is infringing can subject you to damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, incurred by us or the alleged infringer.

Other Policies and Terms

This Agreement applies exclusively to your access to, and use of, the Sites and does not alter in any way the terms or conditions of any other agreement you may have with Pillsbury. Additional policies and terms may apply to use of all or portions of the Sites and are incorporated by reference into this Agreement. Please refer to and review all additional specific terms and conditions as applicable, including our Privacy Policy.

Termination

The Sites and this Agreement are in effect until terminated by us. In addition to any right or remedy that may be available to us under applicable law, we may suspend, limit or terminate all or a portion of your access to the Sites or any of their features at any time with or without notice and with or without cause, including, without limitation, if we believe that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement concerning intellectual property rights, permitted and unauthorized uses, disclaimer of warranty, limitation of liability, and indemnity, as well as any other provisions that by their nature should survive, shall survive any such termination.

You agree that if your use of a Site is terminated pursuant to this Agreement, you will not attempt to use the Site under any name, real or assumed. You further agree that if you violate this restriction after your use of a Site is terminated, you will indemnify and hold us harmless from any and all liability that we may incur therefor. We reserve the right to have all violators prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Children

If you are under the age of majority in your home jurisdiction, please do not use or access the Sites. It is not our intention to collect or use personal information from anyone under the age of majority, and we will not knowingly do so. If we are made aware that we have collected any personal information from minors, and are asked to delete such information from our databases, we will promptly do so.

Disclaimer of Warranty

WE DO NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, VALIDITY, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OF, OR OTHERWISE RESPECTING THE CONTENT AVAILABLE ON THE SITES OR ANY OTHER WEBSITES LINKED TO OR FROM THE SITES. DOWNLOADING OR OTHERWISE OBTAINING ANY CONTENT THROUGH THE SITES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE CONTENT OF THE SITES IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ON AN "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

Limitation of Liability

Pillsbury AND EACH OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND CONTRACTORS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "RELEASEES") WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE A SITE, A SITE’S CONTENT, OR LINKS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES CAUSED BY OR RELATED TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DEFECTS, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUSES, OR LINE FAILURES. RELEASEES SHALL NOT HAVE ANY LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ACTS, OMISSIONS OR CONDUCT OF ANY USER OR OTHER THIRD PARTY.

RELEASEES WILL ALSO NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF THEY have BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONs MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

IF ANY PORTION OF THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE RELEASEES SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100).

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Pillsbury and its subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, officers, employees, agents and contractors from any and all claims, damages, losses, costs (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees) or other expenses that arise directly or indirectly out of or from (a) your breach of any provision of this Agreement; (b) your activities in connection with a Site; or (c) unsolicited information you provide to us through a Site.

Consent to Communication

When you use a Site or send communications to us through a Site, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive electronically any communications related to your use of a Site. We may communicate with you by email or by posting notices on a Site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that are provided to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. All notices from us intended for receipt by you shall be deemed delivered and effective when sent to the email address you provide to us. Please note that by submitting information to us, creating a Secure User account, or otherwise providing us with your email address, postal address or phone number, you are agreeing that we or our authorized agents may contact you at that address or number in a manner consistent with our Privacy Policy.

Effect of Invalidity

In the event a court having jurisdiction finds any portion of this Agreement unenforceable, that portion shall not be effective and the remainder of the Agreement shall remain effective.

Waivers

No waiver, express or implied, by either party of any breach of or default under this Agreement will constitute a continuing waiver of such breach or default or be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default.

International Users

Each Site is controlled, operated and administered by us (or our licensees or agents) from our offices within the United States of America and is not intended to subject us to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country, or territory other than that of the United States. WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SITES OR ANY PART THEREOF ARE APPROPRIATE OR AVAILABLE FOR USE IN ANY PARTICULAR JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES. Those who choose to access the Sites do so on their own initiative and at their own risk, and are responsible for complying with all local statutes, orders, regulations, rules, and other laws.

Governing Law

You agree that any dispute in connection with a Site, this Agreement or the Privacy Policy will be governed by the laws of the State of New York and the United States of America. You also consent to the adjudication of any disputes arising in connection with a Site in the courts located in New York, New York.

 

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 19, 2023

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (“Pillsbury,” “we” or “us”) is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. This privacy policy applies to all individuals who access Pillsbury’s websites and mobile applications listed here (the “Sites”), engage our legal services (“Services”), attend a Pillsbury event or otherwise interact with us. This policy describes the personal information we collect and how that personal information may be used, maintained and, in some cases, shared.

Personal information” includes any information that enables us to identify you, directly or indirectly, by reference to any identifiers such as name, identification number, location data, online identifier or one or more factors specific to you.

Pillsbury is the “controller” and is responsible for deciding how personal information is used. The controller in respect of personal information processed in connection with our Sites is Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, a limited liability partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, U.S.A., with an office at 31 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019 USA.

For the other processing activities set out in this privacy policy, the controller will be the relevant Pillsbury entity that you and/or your organization have instructed, or that is providing Services or communicating with you. Each such entity may be regarded as an independent controller of your personal information, and this privacy policy applies to all such entities.

It is important that you read this privacy policy together with any other privacy policy or notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal information about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your information. This privacy policy supplements any other privacy policy or notices we may provide and is not intended to override them.

By using or accessing the Sites and/or Services, or by providing personal information to us on or through the Sites or otherwise, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the policies and procedures described in this privacy policy.

If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please contact us using the Contact Us page or at info@pillsburylaw.com.

Please read our privacy policy to understand:

How We Use Your Personal Information

  • Personal Information You Provide to Us
  • Site Use Information
  • Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies

“Do Not Track” Browser Settings

Disclosing Information to Third Parties

Security

Retention

Links to Other Websites

Child Privacy

Access from Outside the United States

Your Data Protection Rights

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Contact


How We Use Your Personal Information

We use your personal information as described in this privacy policy primarily to provide services to you or to perform our responsibilities under any contract with you.

In some cases, we will process your personal information on the basis of your informed consent which you can withdraw at any time, or to pursue our legitimate interests except where such interests are overridden by your rights and interests.

The situations in which we will process your personal information are listed below:

Personal Information You Provide to Us

This is information that you choose to provide to us, which may include: your name, job title, company name, contact information including email, postal address and telephone number(s) and your preferences or areas of interest.

You may provide your personal information in the following circumstances:

Subscribing to news, alerts or other publications.

You can use the Sites to subscribe to Pillsbury news, alerts or other publications. We will ask you to provide personal information such as your name, contact details and topics of interest. We will use this information to provide you with the content you have requested and to tailor this content to your preferences and areas of interest.

We may use your personal information to communicate with you about other topics that we believe may be of interest. You can unsubscribe from this content at any time (please see the "Opting Out of Communications" section below).

Blogs

In some cases, our Sites allow you to comment on Pillsbury blog posts and to share content with third parties via email or social media. Personal information may be shared in any comment and you may submit your name or email address with the comment. By sharing content on social media, you will provide social networks with information about your use of our Sites.

You can use our Sites to subscribe to an RSS feed or to receive email updates of our blogs by submitting your name and email address. We use this information to send you the content you request and to communicate with you in connection with our blogs. You can unsubscribe from this content at any time (please see the "Opting Out of Communications" section below).

Events or webinars

You may provide your personal information, including your name and contact details, through our Sites to register for Pillsbury events and webinars. We will use this information to process the registration and contact you about any changes or updates regarding the event or webinar.

We may share your personal information with speakers or event sponsors. We may also contact you with information about other events and other Pillsbury activities and services. You can unsubscribe from this information at any time (please see the "Opting Out of Communications" section below).

When you engage our Services

When you engage us to provide you with legal Services, we collect and use personal information which is necessary for the performance of those Services. Personal information may be provided voluntarily by you and/or your organization, or collected by us from third party sources.

Such information may include:

  • contact information, such as your name, employer, job title, department, postal address, email address and telephone number(s);
  • identification and background information, required for anti-money laundering, identity verification, client conflicts and other regulatory purposes;
  • financial information, such as payment-related information;
  • personal information, relevant to any dispute, grievance, investigation, arbitration, or other Service we have been asked to provide; and
  • special categories of personal information, such as information about a person's physical or mental health, alleged criminal activities, or similar where this is necessary in connection with the Service we have been asked to provide.

We will process such personal information for the following purposes as is necessary to provide our Services under the terms of our client engagement, or to answer questions or take steps at your request prior to entering those terms:

  • to register you as a client of Pillsbury;
  • to provide and administer our Services, as instructed by you or your organization;
  • to produce reports and narratives to cover how we have spent our time in relation to your matter(s); and
  • to process payments, billing and collection.

We will process such personal information for the following purposes as is necessary for certain legitimate interests, where you have given your consent to such processing to the extent required by applicable law (such consent can be withdrawn at any time), or to comply with our legal and/or regulatory obligations:

  • to perform identity, financial and credit searches, screening and checks against third party sources for anti-money laundering, identity verification, client conflicts, anti-trust and other regulatory purposes;
  • to administer and manage our relationship with you, including accounting, auditing, and taking other steps linked to the performance of our business relationship including identifying persons authorized to represent our clients;
  • to analyze and improve our services and communications and to monitor compliance with our policies and standards;
  • to protect the security of our communications and other systems, and to prevent and detect security threats, frauds or other criminal or malicious activities;
  • for insurance purposes;
  • to exercise or defend our legal rights or to comply with court orders; and
  • to communicate with you to keep you up-to-date on the latest developments, announcements, and other information about our services and solutions (including briefings, newsletters and other information), events and initiatives; to send you details of client surveys, marketing campaigns, market analysis, or other promotional activities.

Alumni

If you are a current or former employee of Pillsbury, you can use our alumni portal, alumni.pillsburylaw.com, to stay in touch and receive blogs, event invitations, press releases and thought leadership on areas which may be of interest to you. We will collect personal information such as your email address, information about your current employment and basic details of your time with us. You can also provide more personal information, including your home contact information, education and professional qualifications, and social media identifiers.

If you provide your consent, this information will be visible to other users of our alumni portal. You can update your profile, edit your privacy settings and manage your subscriptions in the account section of the alumni portal.

Careers

You can use our careers site, careers.pillsburylaw.com, to learn about our firm and apply for open positions by submitting a resume and other information via email. We may also receive resumes from recruitment consultants, Pillsbury employees or other third parties.

Resumes will typically include personal information, including name, contact details, information about academic and professional qualifications and experiences, your interests and the position at Pillsbury for which you are applying. We will also collect and process any additional information you provide during the recruitment process or an interview, or that we received from recruitment consultants, Pillsbury employees, background check providers or other third parties.

We will use this personal information to:

  • assess your suitability for the position for which you are applying;
  • contact you about your application;
  • manage and administer our recruitment processes;
  • review references and facilitate background screening;
  • decide whether to enter an employment relationship with you; and
  • provide updates on vacancies at Pillsbury which might be suitable for you, provided you have given your consent.

In the event you are not hired by Pillsbury, we will permanently delete your resume and any other personal information held about you within a reasonable period after receiving your resume, unless you have given us your consent to keep this information for an extended period in order to inform you about future vacancies which may be of interest.

Contacting us by phone, email or otherwise

When you communicate with us via our Contact Us page, you are asked to provide your name, email address and phone number. We will use this information to respond to your questions and comments. We will request similar personal information to confirm your identity when you contact us by phone, email or otherwise.

We will use your personal information to provide you, or permit selected third parties to provide you, with information about products or services we feel may interest you, provided you have given your consent, which can be withdrawn at any time.

Site Use Information

Our web servers may collect information including the IP address of visitors to our Sites, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.

We use this personal information for the following purposes:

  • to measure the use of our Sites, including number of visits, average time spent on a Site, pages viewed, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), etc., and to improve the content we offer;
  • to administer the Sites and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes; and
  • as part of our efforts to keep the Sites safe and secure.

Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies

We employ cookies, pixel tags, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect and store certain information about visitors to our Sites.  For more information about our practices in this area, please see our Cookie Policy.

“Do Not Track” Browser Settings

At this time, we do not use technology that recognizes “do-not-track” signals (“DNT”) from your web browser. If you turn on the DNT setting on your browser, our Sites are not currently capable of following whatever DNT preferences you set.  For more information about DNT, visit www.donottrack.us.

Disclosing Information to Third Parties

We will not share, rent, sell or otherwise disclose any personal information that we collect about you through our Sites and/or Services, except in any of the following situations:

  • you request or consent to the release of your personal information;
  • we will disclose your personal information to third-party contractors and payment processors who perform services for us in connection with the Sites and/or Services, or to complete or confirm a transaction or series of transactions that you conduct with us;
  • we will disclose your personal information to service providers or suppliers where the disclosure will enable that party to perform business, professional or technical support for us;
  • where permitted to do so, we will provide your personal information to other select third parties approved by Pillsbury as offering products or services relevant and useful to you;
  • we may disclose personal information about you as part of a merger, acquisition or other sale or transfer of the assets or business of Pillsbury. In such circumstances, we will take steps to inform you of the transfer either directly or indirectly, e.g., through publishing news of the transaction; and
  • we may disclose personal information you have provided to comply with the law, applicable regulations, governmental and quasi-governmental requests, court orders or subpoenas, or to enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements; or to protect our rights, property or safety or the rights, property or safety of our users or others. We reserve the right to release information that we collect to law enforcement or other government officials, as we, in our sole and absolute discretion, deem necessary or appropriate.

Security

We put in place appropriate security measures to protect personal information from unlawful or unauthorized processing and accidental loss, destruction or damage.  However, in relation to any personal information you submit to us online, you should keep in mind that the Sites are run on software, hardware, and networks, any component of which may, from time to time, require maintenance or experience problems or breaches of security beyond our control. While we take steps to protect your personal information and keep it secure, you also play a role in protecting your information. You must maintain the security of your online activities by not sharing your passwords and account information with any unauthorized parties, as applicable. Please also be aware that despite our best intentions and the guidelines outlined in this privacy policy, no data transmission over the Internet or encryption method can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. We cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or from our Sites, and therefore you use our Sites at your own risk.

Retention

We will store your personal information, in a form which permits us to identify you, for no longer than is necessary for the purpose for which the personal information is processed. We may retain and use your personal information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements and rights, or if it is not technically reasonably feasible to remove it. Consistent with these requirements, we will try to delete your personal information quickly upon request.

Links to Other Websites

Our Sites may contain links to other websites. This privacy policy only addresses the use and disclosure of your personal information collected through our Sites, if any. If you choose to visit an external website linked from a Site, you will leave our Site. While we try to link only to websites that share our standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third parties or the content of linked websites. We encourage you to read the applicable privacy policies and terms and conditions of such parties or websites.

In some cases, our Sites provide social media features which allow you to share Pillsbury content with your social networks and to interact with Pillsbury on various social media sites. Your use of these features may result in the collection or sharing of information about you, depending on the feature. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and settings on the social media sites with which you interact to make sure you understand the information that could be shared by those sites. We do not accept responsibility or liability for these policies. You may elect to not use Pillsbury’s social media features and/or adjust your personal settings and preferences to protect your privacy.

SRA Digital Badge: Our UK regulator, the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA), requires us to display a digital badge on our website to verify that we are a regulated law firm. For more information on how your personal data may be processed when clicking on the digital badge, please visit FAQ.

Child Privacy

If you are under the age of majority in your home jurisdiction, please do not use or access the Sites. It is not our intention to collect or use personal information from anyone under the age of majority, and we will not knowingly do so. If we are made aware that we have collected any personal information from minors, and are asked to delete such information from our databases, we will promptly do so.

Access from Outside the United States

We will share personal information with members of our global legal practice for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. Where personal information relating to individuals within the European Economic Area (“EEA") or United Kingdom (“UK”) is provided to Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman LLP, a limited liability partnership incorporated in England and Wales under number OC30330 and having its registered office at Tower 42, Level 23, 25 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1HQ, it will be transferred to our servers within the United States on the basis of Standard Contract Clauses recognized by the European Commission or the Standard Contractual Clauses as amended by the UK International Data Transfer Addendum. If you would like to obtain a copy of the Standard Contract Clauses or UK International Data Transfer Addendum, please contact us using the Contact Us page or at info@pillsburylaw.com.

Your Data Protection Rights

Opting Out of Communications

If you have subscribed to or are otherwise receiving Pillsbury news, alerts, blog posts, or similar information from us by email and no longer want to receive such information in the future, you may opt-out of receiving these emails by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of those emails you receive. Please allow ample time for us to process your request. If you are having difficulty unsubscribing, please contact us using the Contact Us page or at info@pillsburylaw.com.

Please note that even if you opt-out of receiving emails, you may still receive communications related to your interaction with us (such as confirmation of a registration or form submission) or otherwise as required by law. Also note that we may need to keep personal information we have collected about you to respect your decision to opt-out, for record-keeping and other purposes. 

Your California Privacy Rights

Shine the Light Act

For California residents only. We may disclose your personal information to our affiliates or other related third parties for their use in marketing to you. Pursuant to California’s “Shine the Light Act,” California residents are permitted to request information about the manner in which we share certain categories of information with third parties for their marketing use. Please send an email to ShineTheLight@pillsburylaw.com to request a copy of our disclosure pursuant to California law.

We will provide the required information to your email address in response. Please be aware that not all information sharing is covered by the “Shine the Light” requirements and only information on covered sharing will be included in our response.

California Consumer Privacy Act Notice

CCPA Rights

The California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CCPA”) provides certain verified California residents the following rights.  Our California employees (current, former or applicants) can learn their CCPA Rights and how to  exercise them by contacting Human Resources.

Information Access and Portability Rights:

As a California resident you have the right to request that we disclose certain information upon request about our information collection and disclosure practices. You also have the right to request a copy of the specific pieces of personal information we collected about you. You may make Information Access Requests up to twice during a 12 month period.  Once we receive and confirm your verifiable request, we will disclose to you:

  •  Our personal information collection practices:, the categories of personal information we collected, the categories of sources of such information, our business purpose for collecting or sharing such information, and the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed such information during the prior 12 months;
  • Our information sharing practices:  the categories of personal information sold or shared during the prior 12 months with the category of third party recipients the categories of personal information that we disclosed for a business purpose during the prior 12 months;
  • Data Portability: The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you during the prior 12 months, or, at your option, since January 1, 2022. Please note that this disclosure will not include data generated to help ensure security and integrity or as prescribed by regulation. We will endeavor to provide the information in a format that is readily useable, including by mailing you a paper copy or providing an electronic copy in a secure manner.

Information Correction and Deletion Rights:

California residents have the right to request that we correct information that we hold which is inaccurate.  We will require that you provide information about yourself so that we can verify your identity before we can make any change in the information we hold about you and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to make the requested corrections.  You can make information correction requests at any time.

California residents also have the right to request that we delete any of their personal information that we collected from them and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable request, we will delete (and direct our service providers and contractors to delete) your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. You may make deletion requests at any time. We may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service provider(s) to complete a transaction for you or otherwise perform a contract; to detect, protect against, or prosecute security incidents, fraud or illegal activity; to use the information only internally in ways reasonably aligned with your expectations as our customer (such as maintaining sales records), and to comply with legal obligations.

Opt Out Rights:

  • Do Not Sell My Personal Information.  If you are 16 years of age or older, you have the right, at any time, to direct us to not sell your personal information. We do not sell the personal information of consumers we actually know are less than 16 years of age, unless we receive affirmative authorization (the "right to opt-in") from either the consumer who is at least 13 but not yet 16 years of age, or the parent or guardian of a consumer less than 13 years of age. Consumers who opt-in to personal information sales may opt-out of future sales at any time.
  • Do Not Share My Personal Information.  You have the right to opt out of having your personal information shared with others for cross-context or behavioral advertising purposes. This does not include using your interactions with us or information that you provide to us to select advertisements to show you.
  • Limit Processing of Sensitive Personal Information.  You have the right to tell us not to process or disclose Sensitive Personal Information as defined below for any purpose other than the purposes disclosed at or before the time we originally collected it. 

For purposes of the CCPA “personal information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California resident or household.

Exercising CCPA Rights

Exercising access, data portability, correction and deletion rights

To exercise the access, portability, correction and/or deletion rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by either:

We will ask you for information that allows us to reasonably verify your identity (that you are the person about whom we collected personal information) and will use that information only for that purpose. We may request that you submit a signed statement under penalty of perjury that you are the individual you claim to be.  We will acknowledge receipt of your request within 10 days and will endeavor to respond within forty-five days of receipt of your request, but if we require more time (up to an additional forty-five days) we will notify you of our need for additional time We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity and confirm that the personal information relates to you.

We will not discriminate against you as a result of your exercise of any of these rights.

Exercising opt out rights

  • Selling information: We do not sell your information for monetary consideration, and we do not disclose your information for other valuable consideration. 
  • Sharing information for cross-context behavioral marketing: We do not share your information for cross-context behavioral marketing purporses.
  • Processing Sensitive Personal Information: We collect and process or disclose Sensitive Personal Information as defined below for the purposes disclosed above or at the time we collect this information. We do not process or disclose this information for purposes other than the purpose for which it was originally collected unless required by law.  We process and disclose Sensitive Personal Information collected from California employees, job applicants or vendors (including racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, mental or physical health diagnosis, sexual orientation, or citizenship or immigration status) to comply with laws including anti-discrimination laws, and disability accommodation laws, and to  promote diversity and inclusion. We use Sensitive Personal Information from other consumers (including racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, mental or physical health diagnosis, sexual orientation, or citizenship or immigration status) to comply with law and to provide disability accommodations.

Using an Authorized Agent

You may submit a request through someone holding a formal Power of Attorney.  Otherwise, you may submit a request using an authorized agent only if (1) the person is registered with the Secretary of State to do business in California, (2) you provide the authorized agent with signed written permission to make a request, (3) you verify directly with us that you have authorize the person to make the request on your behalf, (4) you verify your own identity directly with us and (5) your agent provides us with proof that they are so authorized.  We will require the agent to submit proof to us that they have been authorized to make requests on your behalf.

Information Collected, Sources, and Business Purpose for Collection

The following table lists the categories of personal information defined in the CCPA, whether we have collected information in the category during the past 12 months, the sources of the information, and the business purposes for which we collect and use the information.  The categories of information include information we collect from our website visitors, registered users, employees, clients, vendors, suppliers and any other person that interacts with us either online or offline. Not all information is collected about all individuals.  For instance, we may collect different information from applicants for employment or from vendors or from clients.

*More specifically, the business purposes include: 

1. Performing services for you:

  • To administer or otherwise carry out our obligations in relation to any agreement to which we are a party;
  • To assist you in completing a transaction or order;
  • To allow tracking of shipments;
  • To prepare and process invoices;
  • To respond to queries or requests and to provide services and support;
  • To provide aftersales customer relationship management;
  • To create and manage our customer accounts;
  • To notify you about changes to our services and products;
  • To administer any promotion, contest, survey, or competition;
  • To provide you information regarding our products and services;
  • To offer our products and services to you in a personalized way, for example, we may provide suggestions based on your previous requests to enable you to identify suitable products and services more quickly.

2. Advertising customization:

  • For marketing and promotions we believe you may find of interest and to provide you, or allow selected third parties to provide you, with information about products and services that may interest you.

3. Auditing relating to transactions, internal research and development:

  • To provide for internal business administration and operations, including troubleshooting, Site customization, enhancement or development, testing, research, administration and operation of our Sites and data analytics;
  • To create products or services that may meet your needs;
  • To measure performance of marketing initiatives, ads, and websites “powered by” another company on our behalf.

4. Security detection, protection and enforcement; functionality debugging, error repair:

  • As part of our efforts to keep our Sites safe and secure;
  • To ensure the security of your account and our business, preventing or detecting fraud, malicious activity or abuses of our Sites, for example, by requesting verification information in order to reset your account password (if applicable);
  • To ensure the physical security of our premises through the monitoring of surveillance images;
  • To resolve disputes, to protect the rights, safety and interests ourselves, our users or others, and to comply with our legal obligations.

5. Quality control:

  • To monitor quality control and ensure compliance with our legal obligations, codes and ordinances, policies and procedures,
  • To develop and improve our products and services, for example, by reviewing visits to the Sites and various subpages, demand for specific products and services and user comments.

6. Compliance with law:

  • To ensure compliance with our legal obligations, codes and ordinances, policies and procedures.

Disclosing Information

From time to time we disclose your information for a business purpose as described below.  This includes disclosing information in connection with our legal representation of clients, to our service providers, and, when required by law, to courts, regulators or law enforcement.  We do not disclose information in arrangements that are defined as a ‘sale’ under the CCPA.  We do not share information for cross-context behavioral marketing purposes.  We do not disclose Sensitive Personal Information except for the purposes for which it was originally collected.

Disclosure for a Business Purpose

We may disclose your personal information to service providers (such as professional advisers, bankers, staffing partners, marketing partners, employee benefit providers, payment/payroll processors, auditors and accountants and others) for a business purpose, including performance of our legal representation of clients and the business purposes listed above. When we disclose personal information to a service provider we enter into a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.

In the preceding twelve months we may have disclosed Identifiers, Protected anti-discrimination classification information, Electronic network activity information, Geolocation, Professional or employment-related information, and Sensitive Personal information to service providers, government regulators, law enforcement, opposing counsel, courts, and others in connection with our representation of clients and operation of our business.

Retention of Personal Information

We will store personal information in a form which permits us to identify consumers, for as long as necessary for the purpose for which the personal information is processed.  We may retain and use such personal information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements and rights, or if it is not technically reasonably feasible to remove it. We retain information consumers provide in connection with requests made under the CCPA for a period of two years.

Your EEA/UK Privacy Rights

For EEA/UK residents only. Under EEA/UK data protection law, in certain circumstances, you have the right to:

  • Request access to any personal information we hold about you as well as related information, including the purposes for processing the personal information, the recipients or categories of recipients with whom the personal information has been shared, where possible, the period for which the personal information will be stored, the source of the personal information, and the existence of any automated decision making.
  • Obtain without undue delay the rectification of any inaccurate personal information we hold about you.
  • Request that personal information held about you is deleted.
  • Prevent or restrict processing of your personal information.
  • Request transfer of personal information directly to a third party where this is technically feasible.

Also, where you believe that Pillsbury has not complied with its obligation under this privacy policy or EEA/UK law, you have the right to make a complaint to an EEA Data Protection Authority or the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.

You can exercise any of these rights by contacting us using the Contact Us page or at info@pillsburylaw.com.

Governing Law

By choosing to visit our Sites or provide information to us, subject to applicable law, you agree that any dispute over privacy or the terms contained in this Privacy Policy will be governed by the laws of the State of New York and the United States of America. You also agree to abide by any limitation on damages contained in our Terms of Use, or other agreements that we have with you.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may occasionally amend this Privacy Policy to reflect our activities and user feedback, and we reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time. The use of your information is subject to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use in effect at the time of use. The provisions contained in this Privacy Policy supersede all previous notices or policies regarding our privacy practices with respect to the Sites. Please check the “Last Updated” legend at the top of this page to see when this Privacy Policy was last revised. We encourage you to check frequently to see the current Privacy Policy to be informed of how we are committed to protecting your information and providing you with improved content on our Sites in order to enhance your experience.

Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

 Overview

Like most websites, we employ “cookies” or similar technologies. This Cookie Policy tells you about the use of cookies and similar technologies on Pillsbury’s websites and mobile applications listed here (the “Sites”).

When you first access the Sites from certain jurisdictions, you will receive a message advising you that cookies and similar technologies are in use. By clicking “Accept Recommended Settings,” you signify that you understand and agree to the use of these technologies, as described in this Cookie Policy.

You do not have to accept cookies and consent can be withdrawn at any time (see How to Control Cookies, below). You can change your browser settings to refuse or restrict cookies, and you may delete them after they have been placed on your device at any time. If you do not accept or delete our cookies, some areas of our Sites that you access may take more time to work or may not function properly.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small files containing a string of characters which we may store on your computer or mobile device when you visit the Sites. When you visit the Sites again, the cookies allow us to recognize your browser. Cookies may store your preferences and other information but cannot read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites.

We may use cookies to deliver content tailored to your interests. We may use information collected with cookies to statistically analyze usage of our Sites and to improve and customize our content and other offerings.

Cookies set by a website owner (in this case, Pillsbury) are called “first party cookies.” Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies.” Third-party cookies enable us to provide third-party features or functionality through the Sites (e.g., advertising, social media functions and analytics).

Cookies that expire and are automatically erased whenever you close your browser window are called “session cookies.” Cookies that have an expiration date in the future and remain in your browser until they expire or you manually delete them are called “persistent cookies.”

Cookies We Use

Cookies make the use of our Sites easier by, among other things, saving your preferences. We may also use cookies to deliver content tailored to your interests. Our cookies may enable us to relate your use of the Sites to personal information that you previously provided.

The information that we collect with cookies allows us to statistically analyze usage of the Sites, and to improve and customize our content and other offerings. However, we only disclose information collected with cookies to third parties on an aggregated basis without the use of any information that personally identifies you.

The specific types of first party and third-party cookies placed by the Sites and the purposes they perform are described below:

Type of cookies

Strictly necessary cookies

These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Sites.  They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Sites and cookies used to help ensure that content loads quickly and effectively.  You may use your browser settings to disable these cookies, but it might affect how our Sites function.

Purpose

1. Cookie acknowledgement

Cookie name: cookie_agreement

Details: This cookie is set by Pillsbury to recognize your consent to cookies provided using our cookie banner.  This cookie does not store any personally identifiable information.

2. Cloudflare

Cookie name: _cfduid, cf_ob_info, cf_use_ob

Details: These cookies are set by Cloudflare, a third-party security solution we use to keep our Sites secure for our website visitors.

More information: link

3. Pillsbury

  1. Cookie name: MOBILEMODE

Details: This cookie is used to detect if a user is accessing a Site via a mobile device so that the experience can be optimized for that user session.

  1. Cookie names: CFID; CFTOKEN

Details: These cookies are used to identify if the same user is browsing a Site within an already established user session.

iii. Cookie names: incap_ses_*_* ; visid_incap_*_*

Details: These cookies are set by a third-party service to filter out malicious requests.

  1. Cookie name:origin

Details: This cookie is used to calculate which bio the user is shown.

Analytical cookies

These cookies allow us to gather analytics to improve the performance and functionality of our Sites.  These analytics can include measurements on the number of users on a Site, how long they stay on the Site, and what parts of the Site they visit.  We use this information in aggregate form to help us to improve the way our Sites work.

Purpose

1. Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager

Cookie names: _ga; _gid; _gat; _NID; 1P_JAR

Details: These cookies are set by Google Analytics to distinguish users for analytics and marketing purposes.

More information: link

To opt out, please visit: link

2. RubyLaw Firm analytics

Cookie names: _pk_id; _pk_ses; _pk_ref; _pk_testcookie

Details: These cookies are set by the RubyLaw Firm Analytics solution, using a tool called Matomo, and are used to distinguish users and track their website visits for analytics and marketing purposes.

For more information and to opt out, please visit: link

3. Siteimprove

Cookie names: nmstat; siteimproveses

Details: nmstat is used to collect statistics about site usage such as when the visitor last visited one of our Sites. Siteimproveses is used purely to track the sequence of pages a visitor looks at during a visit to our Sites. This information is used to improve the user experience on our Sites. The cookies contain a randomly generated ID used to recognize the browser when a visitor reads a page.

More information: link

4. Vuture

Cookie names: intEmailHistoryId; _VxSessionId; vx-email-guid; awxxxx

Details: We use Vuture (email marketing communications platform) to track responses to marketing campaigns and track the visitor's website journey.

How to Control Cookies

When you first access the Sites from certain jurisdictions, you will receive a message advising you that cookies and similar technologies are in use. By clicking “Accept Recommended Settings,” you signify that you understand and agree to the use of these technologies, as described in this Cookie Policy.

You do not have to accept cookies and consent can be withdrawn at any time, although you may not be able to use certain features on the Sites. You can do this by activating the settings on your browser that allow you to refuse all or some cookies.

Please follow the links below to helpful information for the most popular browsers:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer: link
  • Google Chrome: link
  • Mozilla Firefox: link
  • Apple Safari: link
  • Microsoft Edge: link.

In addition, you can exercise advertising cookie choices by visiting:

Web Beacons

As well as cookies, we use other technologies to recognize and track visitors to our Sites. A web beacon (also known as a “tracking pixel” or “clear GIF”) is a clear graphic image (typically a one-pixel tag) that is delivered through a web browser or HTML e-mail, typically in conjunction with a cookie.

Web beacons allows us, for example, to monitor how users move from one page within our Sites to another, to track access to our communications, to understand whether users have come to our Sites from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to measure how ads have been viewed, and to improve Site performance.

Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may occasionally amend this Cookie Policy to reflect our activities and user feedback, and we reserve the right to make changes to this Cookie Policy at any time.

The provisions contained in this Cookie Policy supersede all previous notices or policies regarding our use of cookies with respect to the Sites.

Please check the “Last Updated” legend at the top of this page to see when this Cookie Policy was last revised.

We encourage you to check frequently to see the current Cookie Policy to be informed of how we are committed to protecting your information and providing you with improved content on our Sites in order to enhance your experience.

 

Contact

If you have any questions or comments regarding the foregoing agreements or policies for our Sites, please contact us using the Contact Us page or at info@pillsburylaw.com.