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Last Updated November 17, 2023

Who We Are

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (Arnold & Porter, we, our, or us) values your privacy and the protection of your Personal Data. This Privacy Notice (Notice) explains how we collect, store, use, share, transfer, delete, and otherwise process information collected from or about you known as Personal Data (defined further below in this Notice). As an entity with international operations, Arnold & Porter has offices in different countries that may be responsible for the Personal Data they process, and we process Personal Data in accordance with these laws.

Purpose of this Privacy Notice

This Notice describes the types of Personal Data that Arnold & Porter may collect or process, how we may use and disclose that Personal Data, how you may exercise any rights you may have regarding our processing of your Personal Data, and how you can contact us if you would like to exercise them or if you have any questions or concerns.

This Notice applies to Personal Data collected or processed by us:

Through online activities and services we offer (through our website, newsletters, email, social media, and otherwise) (Online Services);
When you request legal services from us or we provide legal services to you, your employer, or an entity with which you are affiliated or where you otherwise interact with us in a professional capacity (Legal Services);
In other situations where you interact with us, including but not limited to interacting with us by visiting our offices or attending our events (such as CLEs and other conferences) (Events) (our Online Services, Legal Services, and Events are collectively called Services in this Notice);
When we undertake employment recruiting activities; or
Anywhere this Notice is posted or referenced.

Arnold & Porter may provide you with a different privacy notice in certain specific situations, in which case that privacy notice or policy will apply to the Personal Data collected or processed in that specific situation, rather than this one.

If you provide us with Personal Data related to anyone other than yourself, please note that you are responsible for complying with all privacy and data protection laws prior to providing that information to Arnold & Porter (including collecting consent, if required).

The Arnold & Porter entity with whom you or your employer is interacting or the Arnold & Porter entity who owns and operates the Service is, where applicable, the entity responsible for the collection and use of your Personal Data (known in some jurisdictions as the “controller”).

Please review this Notice carefully. To the extent permitted by law, by providing us your Personal Data or otherwise interacting with us, you are agreeing to this Notice. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, it is your choice not to use our Services or otherwise engage with us.

Personal Data Collected, Purposes, and Recipients

What is Personal Data?

Personal Data is any information—as electronically or otherwise recorded—that can be used to identify a person or that we can link to or associate with a specific individual, such as a name, address, email address, or telephone number. Personal Data in some countries can include information that indirectly identifies a person, even absent other identifying information.

Personal Data may include information considered sensitive in some countries, such as biometric information, genetic information, health information, financial account information, specific geolocation, ethnic or racial origin, information concerning your sex life or your sexual orientation, social security number, driver’s license number, state identification card number, passport number, and other similar information. Personal Data that could be considered sensitive Personal Data under any law is indicated with a caret (^) in the chart below.

We will process any Personal Data we collect in accordance with law and as described in this Notice (unless, as explained above, a separate policy or notice governs). In some circumstances, if you do not provide us with certain Personal Data, there may be some Services that are unavailable to you.

The below table is a high-level summary of the types of Personal Data we may collect from you. Following that high-level summary is additional detail and information on how we collect, process, and use Personal Data and the potential recipients of your Personal Data, now and in the preceding 12 months. Some countries require us to state the legal bases for processing your Personal Data, which are the legally recognized reasons for processing your Personal Data, but please note that not all countries recognize all legal bases. The types of Personal Data we collect and disclose depends on your relationship with Arnold & Porter. Not all of the categories listed in the following charts may apply to you. If the nature of your relationship with Arnold & Porter changes, additional categories of Personal Data may also apply. Arnold & Porter does not use or disclose Personal Data or sensitive Personal Data other than for the purposes specified herein.

	Identity and Contact Information	Demographic Information	Video, Audio, and Recorded Information	Technical or Electronic Network Activity Information	Commercial and Financial Information	Professional, Employment, and Educational Information	Anonymized / De-Identified Data
	This may include name, email, phone number, etc.	This may include characteristics of protected classifications under some laws and may include age, gender, disability, etc.	This may include photos, video, call, or chat recordings, etc.	This may include Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser, device type, etc.	This may include financial information, etc.	This may include job title or position, employer, etc.	Data that removes individual personal data
Users of Online Services	X		X^	X		X	X
Users of Legal Services	X		X^	X	X^	X	X
Individuals Who Contact Us	X		X^	X		X	X
Service Providers and Their Employees, Agents, and Contractors	X		X^	X	X^	X	X
Attendees and Participants at Events	X	X^	X^	X		X	X
Employment and Apprenticeship Candidates	X	X^	X^	X		X	X
Children*

Personal Data that may be considered sensitive is noted with a “^”. If required to do so, we will obtain your consent prior to processing your sensitive data.

*Arnold & Porter does not knowingly process Personal Data of children in connection with its provision of the Services.

*The legal bases relied upon by Arnold & Porter include those enumerated in Articles 6 and 9 of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Article 17 of the Personal Information Protection Act 2011 (PIPA), and Article 13 of the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL). When required and allowed, we will seek to obtain your consent or authorization to process your Personal Data and only process your Personal Data upon receiving such consent. In such circumstances, your refusal to provide consent or authorization will have no adverse consequence on you. However, in some circumstances where consent is required, it may be impossible for Arnold & Porter to manage its relationship with you or provide you with the Services absent your consent to process your Personal Data.

**In limited circumstances, recipients may include, (1) in the event of a sale, assignment, merger, consolidation, corporate reorganization, or transfer, to the buyer, assignee, or transferee; and (2) government or regulatory officials, law enforcement, courts, public authorities, or others when permitted by this Notice or required by law.

***Please see our Cookie Notice for more information on how we use cookies and similar technologies.

Marketing, Cookies, and Analytics

To the extent permitted by law, including with your consent where required, we may engage in the following activities:

We may use your contact details to contact you to determine whether you would like to initiate a business relationship with us or to send you marketing emails. If you do not wish to receive such marketing emails, you may opt out by declining to receive such emails when registering, in our subsequent communications by following opt-out or unsubscribe instructions included in the email, by contacting us, or at other information collection points while using the Online Services.
We may collect Personal Data automatically through cookies and other technologies to provide functionality to our Online Services; to recognize you across devices when using our Online Services; in each case where this is justified under applicable data protection law for our legitimate business purposes or with consent, where required. These legitimate business purposes include evaluating information about the use of our Online Services and identifying trends; developing or enhancing our Online Services; providing an experience tailored to you when you use our Online Services; effecting certain security controls; and, identifying the advertisements and offers we think may interest you so that we may display them to you when you use our Online Services.
We do not engage in profiling subject to the privacy laws using Personal Data.
We do not “sell” your Personal Data or share it for the purposes of cross-context behavioral (i.e., “targeted”) advertising or profiling nor do we process your sensitive Personal Data to infer characteristics about you. We do allow certain third parties to collect information about the users of our Services to provide valuable services to us, such as fraud detection, reporting, and analytics. This may include sharing information about your interactions with our Online Services, including information searched for or viewed in connection with our Online Services for the purposes of providing you with information related to your searches, queries, or other interactions with our Online Services.
We also perform statistical analyses of the users of our Online Services to improve the functionality, content, design, and navigation of our Online Services.

You may be able to opt out of or revoke your consent to, as applicable, receiving web-based personalized advertisements from companies who are members of the Network Advertising Initiative by going to http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1 or participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance Self-Regulatory Program by going to http://www.aboutads.info/.

In addition, if you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to automatically decline cookies or be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer to your computer of a particular cookie (or cookies) from a particular site. Visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html for more information. If, however, you do not accept these cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of the Online Services. For example, we may not be able to recognize your computer, and you may need to log in every time you visit.

Do-Not-Track Signals

Certain web browsers and other programs may transmit “opt-out” signals, also called a Global Privacy Control (or GPC) signals or Do-Not-Track signals (GPC Signals), to websites with which the browser communicates. Please note that we do not have the ability to recognize or honor browser do-not-track or similar signals at this time. However, Arnold & Porter does not engage in targeted advertising or the sale of Personal Data.

Interactive Features of our Websites

To the extent we offer any public or group forums in connection with our Services, such as newsfeeds, blogs, message boards, chat or question functions, or similar tools (Interactive Features), the posts or comments you make may be public and viewed by others. You should use care before posting information about yourself, including Personal Data. Because these are public postings, you should have no expectation of privacy or confidentiality in the content you submit to Interactive Features in connection with the Services. Your disclosure of any Personal Data through the Interactive Features is at your own risk.

Service Providers and Third Parties

Service providers or vendors (or processors) acting on our behalf must execute agreements requiring them to maintain confidentiality and to process Personal Data only to provide the services to us and in a way that aligns with this Notice, other applicable privacy notices, and as explicitly permitted or required by applicable laws, rules, and regulations. Our processors and subprocessors can be located in the United States, UK, Europe, South Korea, and China, among other locations.

Combination of Data with Data Received from Third Parties and Affiliates

We may combine information we collect, including Personal Data, with Personal Data that we may obtain from third parties. Arnold & Porter may jointly use your Personal Data to provide you with the Services requested, including joint use with Arnold & Porter affiliates, as well as third parties who assist or partner with us to provide you with Products and Services. For the specific affiliates or third parties who may jointly use your data, please contact us.

Links to Other Websites

Our Online Services may contain links to other websites, applications, or services that are not owned or operated by Arnold & Porter. Such links do not imply an endorsement with respect to any third party, any website, or the products or services provided thereby. You should carefully review the privacy policies and practices of other websites and services as we cannot control and are not responsible for privacy policies, notices, or practices of third party websites, applications, and services.

Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data

Depending on where you live, you may have the following rights with respect to some or all of your Personal Data:

To request information about or explain whether, and how, we process your Personal Data
To request access to and a copy of your Personal Data, including to provide your Personal Data directly to another organization (called, in some locations, a right to data portability)
To request that we correct or update your Personal Data
To request that we delete your Personal Data
To request that we restrict, suspend, block, or to object to or opt-out of the processing of your Personal Data, including your sensitive Personal Data, including withdrawing consent
To appeal the denial of a request; and
To lodge a complaint with the data protection authority in your jurisdiction.

In the event you wish to make a complaint about how we process your Personal Data or to appeal the denial of one of your requests, please contact us. Even if you make a complaint to us, you may also in some jurisdictions lodge a complaint with the relevant privacy or data protection authority in your location. Upon rejection of an individual rights request you may also have the right to file a lawsuit in court in accordance with the law.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of the rights described above, although we may not be able to continue to provide you with certain Services or it may otherwise affect the way we are able to interact with you.

We will make reasonable efforts to respond promptly to your requests. We may, after receiving your request, require additional information from you to honor your request and verify your identity. Please be aware that we may be unable to afford these rights to you under certain circumstances, such as if we are legally prevented from doing so.

Safeguarding Personal Data

Consistent with applicable laws and requirements, Arnold & Porter has put in place physical, technical, and administrative safeguards designed to protect Personal Data from loss, misuse, alteration, theft, unauthorized access, and unauthorized disclosure consistent with legal obligations and industry practices. However, as is the case with all websites, applications, products, and services, we unfortunately are not able to guarantee security for data collected through our Services. In addition, it is your responsibility to safeguard any passwords, identification or ID numbers, or similar individual information associated with your use of the Services.

How Long Your Personal Data Will Be Kept

We generally retain Personal Data for as long as needed for the specific purpose or purposes for which it was collected or obtained, and as outlined in this Notice. In some cases, we may be required to retain Personal Data for a longer period of time as required by law or for other necessary or required purposes. Whenever possible, we aim to de-identify or anonymize your Personal Data or otherwise remove some or all information that may identify you from records that we may need to keep for periods beyond the specified retention period. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include: (i) the length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you; (ii) whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject that affects the length of time we need to keep your Personal Data; and (iii) whether retention is determined to be necessary for Arnold & Porter due to limitation periods, litigation, or other legal or regulatory obligations. Arnold & Porter takes reasonable steps to securely dispose of Personal Data upon the expiration of retention periods, taking into consideration these litigation, legal, or regulatory obligations.

Transfer of Personal Data

We operate in various countries throughout the world, including, but not limited to, the United States, UK, EU, China, and South Korea. Please be aware that Personal Data we collect and process may be transferred and maintained outside your state, province, country, or other jurisdiction, country, or location where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your location, including the United States. Arnold & Porter has put in place lawful transfer mechanisms and appropriate safeguards, in accordance with its legal requirements, to protect your Personal Data, including but not limited to Standard Contractual Clauses.

Changes to This Privacy Notice

We reserve the right to change this Notice from time to time. We will alert you when changes have been made by indicating the date this Notice was last updated as the date the Notice became effective or as otherwise may be required by law. It is recommended that you periodically revisit this Notice to learn of any changes.

Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Notice or about how your Personal Data is processed, or to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us by one of the methods below:

Email: privacy@arnoldporter.com

Mail:Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Attn: Privacy Officer
250 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019-9710

Phone: 877-518-6560

Arnold & Porter Affiliates and List of Arnold & Porter Controllers

Below is a list that includes Arnold & Porter and entities that are currently affiliated with Arnold & Porter. These entities may be responsible for processing your Personal Data.

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
601 Massachusetts Ave.
NW Washington, DC 20001-3743

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer (Brussels) LLP
1, Rue du Marquis -
Markiesstraat, 1
B-1000 Brussels, Belgium

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer (UK) LLP
Tower 42, 25 Old Broad Street
London, UK EC2N 1HQ