Privacy Policy

ABOUT THE FIRM AND THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT

Jackson Walker LLP (“Jackson Walker”, the “Firm”, “we” or “us”) is committed to safeguarding privacy and personal data. With a few exceptions, such as when we provide data room or e-discovery services (in the context of which our role is limited to that of a data processor), Jackson Walker is generally the controller of personal data provided to us.

This Privacy Policy is intended to inform clients, prospective clients and more generally all visitors to this Website about how we collect, use, share, protect or otherwise process personal and other data. Other policies may apply to recruitment and would be notified separately.

Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah each provide their state residents with rights to:

  • Confirm whether we process their personal information.
  • Access and delete certain personal information.
  • Data portability.
  • Opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales.

Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia also provide their state residents with rights to:

  • Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information’s nature processing purpose.
  • Opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

To exercise any of these rights please contact Jackson Walker LLP at: webmaster@jw.com. To appeal a decision regarding a consumer rights, please request reconsideration of the decision by contacting webmaster@jw.com.

Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain personal information sales. Residents who wish to exercise this sale opt-out rights may submit a request to webmaster@jw.com. However, please note Jackson Walker does not currently sell data triggering that statute’s opt-out requirements.

If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information. To learn more about your California privacy rights, visit Jackson Walker Privacy Policy and Notice of Collection of Personal Information for California Residents.

When, How and What Data We Collect

In general, you are not required to provide any personal information in order to consult our Website. However, you may elect to contact us by completing the form provided on the “Contact Us” page of this Website, in which case we ask you to provide your name and email address, and to submit specific questions to us. You may also elect to contact us voluntarily by telephone or e-mail. All personal data processed by us is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which they were collected.

When using the Website for mere information purposes, we may also collect the personal data that your web browser transmits to our server, including your IP address, the date and time of your visit, and data relating to your operating system and web browser. We use this data to ensure the security and successful navigation on the Website, and to compile statistical data on the use of our Websites.

During the course of an engagement, or when consideration is being given to such an engagement, we may collect and process personal, financial or related data about our clients, prospective clients, their affiliates or the relevant members of their personnel. In addition, Jackson Walker may assemble and maintain information relating to the legal services provided. The information that Jackson Walker may assemble and maintain may be obtained from the client, generated as a result of the services provided, or received from third parties.

Cookies

We use cookies on our Website. Please refer to our Cookies & Tracking Policy.

How Data Is Used

We will use your personal data to process your request, to contact you and to provide you with the information that you voluntarily have requested.

We may also use personal data and other data received from clients or prospective clients:

  • to conduct pre-engagement assessments and formalities such as anti-money laundering checks, conflict checks, etc.;
  • to perform the tasks entrusted to us by our clients;
  • for client relationship management purposes;
  • for internal administrative or operational processes;
  • to analyze the services you may be interested in;
  • to send invitations and information from Jackson Walker about events, publications, and services provided by the Firm; and
  • to satisfy any legal, professional, regulatory, accounting or reporting requirements.

We will process personal and other data if and to the extent applicable law provides a lawful basis for us to do so and in particular:

  • if the data subjects have consented to us doing so;
  • if we need it to perform the contract we have entered into with a data subject;
  • if we need it to comply with a legal obligation; or
  • if we (or a third party) have a legitimate interest which is not overridden by the data subjects’ interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. Such legitimate interests will be the provision of legal services by us, administrative or operational processes within Jackson Walker and direct marketing.

This Website is not directed at children under the age of 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If Jackson Walker obtains actual knowledge that it has obtained personal information about a child under the age of 13, that information will be immediately and permanently deleted from our records.

With Whom Data May Be Shared

Please note that in order to process a query, or to fulfill any of the purposes set out in the section above, we may be required to share personal and other data with other offices of Jackson Walker and with other law firms and service providers with which we work. We will not share personal or other data with any other third party, except as required to do so by law. If you are or become a client of Jackson Walker, you should know that all information that Jackson Walker receives from a client is held in confidence, and is not released to people outside the Firm, except as agreed to by the client, or as allowed or required under applicable law and the rules of professional conduct governing the provision of legal services.

How Long Data Is Retained

We will retain your personal and other data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and processed in compliance with this Privacy Policy. To determine the retention period for personal and other data, we will take into consideration the purposes for which they were collected, the amount, the nature, the sensitivity and the applicable legal requirements. Generally, Jackson Walker retains information in its files until completion of the matter to which that information relates. Thereafter, those files may be purged and placed in storage or returned to the client. Jackson Walker may retain copies of files returned to clients. Files retained by Jackson Walker after completion of a matter are not retained or marked for destruction in accordance with a fixed schedule. Instead, inactive files are maintained until Jackson Walker determines that those files are no longer useful in rendering services to the client, or are not otherwise required in connection with our role as counsel or former counsel. At any time, you have the right to contact us to remove you from our distribution lists at webmaster@jw.com.

During the retention of personal and other data, we take technical and organizational security measures against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorized access by third parties. In order to guard clients’ nonpublic data, or the nonpublic data of business entities, JW maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with professional standards and generally exceed the requirements imposed under federal law. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

What Rights You Have

We rely on you to provide accurate, complete and current personal data to us.

You may also contact us to request more information in connection with our data processing activities.

Where we have relied on your consent as the legal grounds for processing your data, you may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal does not invalidate the consent-based processing that occurred prior to withdrawal. If you object to the processing of your personal data please do not provide such data.

You have the right to contact us at any time if you wish to complain about our processing of your personal data.

When contacting us in connection with the processing of your personal data (described above), you will need to provide sufficient identifying information, such as name, address, and birth date before your request can be processed. We may limit or deny access to personal data where providing such access would be unreasonably burdensome or expensive in the circumstances, or as otherwise permitted by law. In some circumstances, we may charge a reasonable fee, where warranted, for access to personal data.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

Any changes we make to this Privacy Statement in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back periodically to see any updates or changes to our Privacy Statement.

How to Contact Us

If you have any question in relation to this Privacy Statement or the processing of your personal data, please address all correspondence to:

Contact: Jackson Walker LLP E-mail: webmaster@jw.com