Privacy Policy

Morgan Lewis may use the personal data it collects for internal purposes, namely, for solving technical problems, calculating overall usage statistics, for internal marketing and promotional purposes, product development, and content improvement. Morgan Lewis will not disclose to third parties any individually identifying information, such as names, postal and e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, and other personal information which users voluntarily provide to Morgan Lewis, except to the extent necessary to comply with applicable laws or legal processes (e.g., subpoenas, regulatory requests or investigations), or to protect the rights or property of Morgan Lewis. Morgan Lewis will cooperate with law enforcement authorities around the world.

Morgan Lewis may implement security features to prevent the unauthorized release of or access to personal information. Please note, however, that Morgan Lewis cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to/from Morgan Lewis via the Site or e-mail. Accordingly, Morgan Lewis is not responsible for the security of information transmitted via the Internet. For more private communication, users can contact Morgan Lewis by telephone at the main office and direct line telephone numbers provided on the Site.

Where required under applicable data privacy rights, Morgan Lewis will not send promotional materials unless you have opted-in to receive these communications. Users may at any time opt out of having their personal information used by Morgan Lewis to send promotional correspondence to the user, by contacting Morgan Lewis via telephone, email, or postal mail at the address(es) below:

Phone: +215.963.5000

E-mail: news@morganlewisnews.com

Mailing address: 1701 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Upon request via postal mail, e-mail, or telephone, Morgan Lewis will provide to users a summary of any personally identifiable information retained by Morgan Lewis regarding the user. Users may modify, correct, change or update personally identifiable information that Morgan Lewis has collected by the Site or may request that their personal record to be removed from Morgan Lewis' database by contacting Morgan Lewis via postal mail, e-mail, or the telephone number indicated in the section above.

Morgan Lewis does not knowingly solicit information from children (under the age of 16) and we do not knowingly market the Site or its services to children. No one under the age of 16 should submit any personal information to Morgan Lewis and/or the Site.

Morgan Lewis reserves the right to contact users of the Site regarding changes to the Terms of Use generally, this Privacy Policy specifically, or any other policies or agreements relevant to website users.

Morgan Lewis may collect and/or track (a) the home server domain names, e-mail addresses, type of computer, and type of Web browser of users to the Site, (b) the e-mail addresses of users that communicate with Morgan Lewis or the Site via e-mail, (c) information knowingly provided by the user in online forms, registration forms, surveys, etc. (including name, address, e-mail and other personal profile data), and (d) aggregate and user-specific information on which pages users access.

Morgan Lewis may place Internet "cookies" on users' hard drives. Internet cookies can save data about individual users, such as the user's name, password, user-name, screen preferences, the pages of a site viewed by the user, and the advertisements viewed or clicked by the user. When the user revisits the Site, Morgan Lewis may recognize the visitor by the Internet cookie and customize the user's experience accordingly. Users may decline Internet cookies, if any, by using the appropriate feature of their Web client software, if available. However, declining to use cookies may impede the ability of the Site to function properly.

When a user performs a search within the Site, Morgan Lewis may record information identifying the user or linking the user to the search performed. Morgan Lewis may also record limited information associated with every search request made by the user and use that information to, among other things, solve technical problems with the service and to calculate overall usage statistics.

We gather this information to allow us to process your registration and deliver you the service you require. The relevant information is then used by us, our agents, and sub-contractors to provide you with statements of your account and to communicate with you on any matter relating to the provision of your service in general. In this regard, we use your information for contractual reasons (and pre-contractual steps) and also for our legitimate interests in maintaining the Site and our business interests.

We may also use aggregate information and statistics for the purposes of monitoring website usage in order to help us develop the website and our services and may provide such aggregated information to third parties. These statistics will not include any information that can be used to identify any individual.

From time to time, and where lawful to do so, we may provide your de-identified information to our customer service agencies for research and analysis purposes so that we can monitor and improve the services that we provide.

We will only pass on your personal data to third parties with which we have a formalised Data Transfer Agreement or otherwise in accordance with the GDPR requirements.

We may also, with your prior consent or otherwise in our or your legitimate interests namely where we consider the information to be helpful for your business, wish to provide you with:

• information about special features of our website or any other information or services that we think may be of interest to you; and
• related information with third parties we think may be of interest to you.

If you do not want us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing or other similar purposes, please send an email to news@morganlewisnews.com.

We will not, without your consent, disclose to third parties any individually identifying information, such as names, postal and e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, and other personal information which users voluntarily provide to Morgan Lewis unless we have a Data Transfer Agreement in place with such third party or otherwise in accordance with the GDPR requirements.

However, we may disclose your personal information to third parties if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply to our site Terms of Use. We may disclose your personal information in accordance with our legitimate business interests or to comply with applicable law, investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, violations of our terms and conditions, or to cooperate with regulatory authorities or law enforcement, to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights or defend against legal claims.

Owing to the global nature of the Internet infrastructure, the information you provide may be transferred in transit to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) that do not have similar protections in place regarding your data and its use as set out in this policy. By submitting your information, you acknowledge these transfers. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Morgan Lewis enters into Data Transfer Agreements with its non-EEA offices and also with third party recipients of information which are located outside of the EEA or otherwise makes the transfers in accordance with the GDPR requirements. A copy of the form of European Data Transfer Agreements which are in the form approved by the European Commission is available:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32004D0915;
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32010D0087.

All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of the Site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share this password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. However we have put in place various security procedures as set out in this policy. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to the Site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

We also keep your information confidential. The internal procedures of Morgan Lewis cover the storage, access and disclosure of your information.

We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements including the statute of limitations periods.

We welcome your views about our website and our privacy policy. If you would like to contact us with any queries, concerns, or comments, please send an email to info@morganlewis.com. Additionally, you may raise any concerns about the handling of your personal data with the supervisory authority in your country of residence.

Morgan Lewis may acquire and use personal information for the following purposes:

• providing legal services for our clients worldwide;
• mailing invitations to seminars and other events, newsletters, announcements and other correspondence;
• solving technical problems and calculate overall usage statistics; and
• any other purpose incidental to the above.

Except where permitted under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information or any other relevant law or regulation, Morgan Lewis will not use personal information for other purposes without obtaining the prior consent of the individual.

Morgan Lewis will not provide personal information to third parties without obtaining the prior consent of the individual except in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Morgan Lewis reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time as necessary.

Any request or inquiry regarding personal information that Morgan Lewis has collected for use in Japan, including requests for disclosure, correction or deletion of information, should be directed to news@morganlewisnews.com.