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Privacy Policy
Effective Date and Last Updated: January 10, 2020
Wiley Rein LLP (Wiley) is a law firm based in Washington D.C. that serves clients throughout the world. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and share personal information online, including through our websites, www.wiley.law, www.executivesummaryblog.com; and www.wileyconnect.com (collectively, the Site), social media activity, and other online activity (collectively, our Services). Where we offer software applications (Apps), separate policies govern the data collection and use practices of those Apps. Wiley is committed to protecting and safeguarding your privacy rights. This policy describes our privacy practices currently and during the past 12 months. By using our Services, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use our Services.
COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Wiley may collect personal information from and about you when you engage with the Services. The categories of personal information that we may collect includes:
Identity Information including first name, last name, title, job title, and company name.
Contact Information including email address, telephone number, billing address.
Social Media Information including account handle, public information you may share on social networks and the information you share.
Internet or Technical Information including IP address, browser type, operating system and platform.
Usage Information including how you use our Services such as which pages you visit on our Site or otherwise how you engage with the Services.
Marketing Information includes your preferences to receive alerts, updates, and other marketing communication from us.
We may collect this personal information from various sources, including:
- Directly from you when you engage with the Services, such as by registering for a webinar or signing up to receive alerts.
- Automatically when you interact with the Services, such as by visiting the Site.
- From social media platforms, such as Twitter or LinkedIn.
- From event sponsors or joint marketing partners when they share information with us.
- From publicly available databases.
USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may use your information for the following business purposes:
- To perform the service you requested, such as register you for a webinar or deliver an alert.
- To respond to your inquiries when you have contacted us.
- To provide, support and develop our Services by conducting data analysis.
- To provide marketing material that may be of interest to you.
- For fraud or security monitoring purposes or to enforce our terms and conditions.
- To satisfy our legal and regulatory requirements.
SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may share personal information with:
- Our affiliates.
- Our third-party service providers that assist us in providing the Services.
- Other entities as required to comply with applicable laws and regulations or to cooperate with government authorities.
COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
Our Site and Apps use online technologies, including cookies and analytics services. We or our third-party service providers, such as our web-hosting provider, may place cookies (small text files) on your device. Cookies allow us to optimize your interaction with our Site and Apps. For more information on how we use Cookies, please see our Cookie Policy.
CHOICES
Marketing: You may always opt-out of marketing communication from us by following the unsubscribe link in material we send you.
Do Not Track
We do not respond to Do Not Track signals.
SECURITY
We use reasonable and appropriate security standards consistent with our industry to protect your personal information. However, no security standards can be guaranteed to be 100% effective.
INFORMATION FROM MINORS
Our Services are not directed to children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we are informed that our Services have collected personal information from a child, we will promptly delete it.
AMENDMENTS TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy at any time, and if we do, we will update the link to our Privacy Policy on our Site.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please contact us at: privacycontact@wiley.law
EU PRIVACY RIGHTS
If you are located in the European Union (EU) and subject to additional laws including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we will only process your personal information where we have a lawful basis to do so. Our lawful basis to use your personal information as described in this privacy policy is based on our legitimate interest and/or to comply with a legal obligation.
The GDPR allows individuals to exercise certain rights in relation to their personal information. We will respond to requests from individuals as required by the GDPR, including:
Access to personal information. We will provide you with access to the personal information we have collected about you, subject to any relevant exemptions and verification of your identity.
Correction and Deletion. Upon your request and verification of your identity, we will correct your personal information or delete information, subject to any relevant exemptions.
Data Portability. We will provide you with your personal information in a format that may be ported to another entity.
If we are relying on consent to collect, use or share your personal information, you have the right to withdraw such consent. We shall honor such request unless we have another legitimate basis to use your personal information.
If you have a complaint about our use, processing or sharing of your personal information, we ask that you first contact us at Privacycontact@wiley.law to provide us with an opportunity to make it right. You also have the right to file a complaint with a European data protection authority. A list of these authorities can be found here.
Data Transfer
Your personal information will be transferred and stored in the United States. If you do not consent to this data transfer, do not use our Services.
Retention
We retain personal information for as long as it is needed to perform the business purpose for which it was collected and consistent with applicable law. We strive to limit our retention of personal information for the least amount of time needed.
CCPA NOTICES AND RIGHTS
This section applies only to California residents. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) provides California residents with certain additional rights, which are described below.
CCPA Rights
Right to Know. You have the right to request that we disclose information collected about you during the previous 12 months. You may request:
- The specific pieces of personal information we have about you,
- The categories of personal information we have collected about you,
- The categories of sources from which we collected personal information about you,
- The categories of personal information that we shared or disclosed for a business purpose,
- The categories of third parties to which we disclosed your personal information for a business purpose, and/or
- The business purpose for which we collected the information about you.
Right to Delete. You may request that we delete certain personal information that we have collected about you unless an exemption applies.
You or your authorized agent may submit a request to know or a request to delete to us by email at CCPArights@wiley.law. Please use: CCPA CONSUMER REQUEST in the subject line of the email. Prior to responding to your request to know or request to delete, and for your protection, we will need to verify your identity.
Terms and Conditions
Last Updated: January 10, 2020.
The websites www.wiley.law, www.executivesummaryblog.com; and www.wileyconnect.com (collective, the Site) are owned by or licensed to Wiley Rein LLP. These terms and conditions apply when you access, view or use the material located on the Site or otherwise engage with us online through the Site. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, do not access the Site.
No Legal Advice. The Site is provided solely for information purposes. No attorney client relationship is created when you access or use the Site. The information presented on the Site does not constitute legal or professional advice and should not be relied upon for such purposes or used as a substitute for legal advice from an attorney licensed in your state. Submission of an email to Wiley Rein or any of its attorneys, or other communication through the Site does not create any attorney-client or other privileged or confidential relationship.
While the Site is updated frequently, we make no warranty that the information on the site is complete, accurate or updated to reflect current legal developments. The information on the Site may be changed without notice.
By using this Site, you assume all responsibility for your access to and use of the Site and waive all claims or causes of action against Wiley Rein LLP in connection with your access and use.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, or that access to the site will be secure or error-free.
Intellectual Property. All information, text, editorial content, alerts, notices, software, photographs, designs, graphics, images, sounds, video and other material and effects (Content) are owned, controlled by or licensed to Wiley Rein LLP (or the entity listed as the provider of the material). You may download or print a copy of the material on the Site for non-commercial, internal use only. ANY OTHER USE OF THE SITE OR OUR CONTENT WITHOUT OUR PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED, INCLUDING UNAUTHORIZED COPYING, REPRODUCTION, REPUBLISHING, UPLOADING, POSTING, TRANSMITTING OR DUPLICATING ANY MATERIAL.
Privacy Policy. Your use of the Site is also governed by our Privacy Policy.
Third Party Links. The Site may link to other websites or be linked to from other websites. Wiley Rein LLP is not responsible for any material or content that may be available on these websites nor does it endorse such websites. We reserve the right to terminate these links at any time in our sole discretion.
Professional Responsibility Disclosures. Some material on this Site may constitute attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Results depend on a variety of factors unique to each matter and representation.
Prohibited Uses. You may only use the Site for lawful and legitimate purposes. You agree not to interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of the Site in any way. You agree to not use the Site to engage in any activity that infringes on the copyright, patent, trademark, service mark or other rights of any person or entity. You agree not to use the Site in a way that restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the Site. The Site is not intended for use by anyone aged 18 years or younger.
If you violate these terms and conditions or undertake an action that violates the rights of any person or entity, which we in our sole discretion determine unlawful, offensive, threatening, abusive, harmful or malicious, we may limit or deny you access to the Site or take any other appropriate action.
Jurisdiction. These terms and conditions and your use of the Site shall be governed by the law of the District of Columbia without regard to choice of law or conflicts of law principles. Any legal action or proceeding related to this Site shall be brought exclusively in a federal court of competent jurisdiction in the District of Columbia.
Contact Information. If you have any questions regarding these terms and conditions, please contact us at privacycontact@wiley.law.
Cookie Policy
Last Revised: January 10, 2020
Wiley Rein LLP uses cookies and certain tracking technologies on our website (Site). We use these technologies to ensure our Site functions efficiently, to understand how visitors use our Site, and to improve the performance of the Site.
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. We use two types of cookies:
- Required cookies, which are required for our website to function. These cookies allow you to access and navigate our website.
- Functional cookies, which provide us with analytics about how you have used our Site. These cookies allow us to analysis which pages are more frequently visited or other operational features that allow us to improve the performance of our Site.
You may disable functional cookies in your internet browser settings, but disabling these cookies may impact your ability to access or use certain features of the Site.
Tracking tools are used to help us understand how you use our Site so we can improve the function and content of the Site. We use the following tracking tools to understand how visitors use our Site: Google Analytics and Piwik. These tracking tools may offer opt-out choices to you.
If you have any questions about our Cookie policy, please contact us at: privacycontact@wiley.law.
