Terms of Service

LEGAL NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER.
By accessing the Dorsey & Whitney LLP web site, you are requesting information. The information you are requesting is not legal advice, advertising or solicitation. Transmission and receipt of the materials on the web site do not constitute legal advice, establish an attorney-client relationship, or create any duty of Dorsey to any reader. An attorney-client relationship with Dorsey may be established only by an engagement letter signed by a Dorsey lawyer. Unsolicited information sent to Dorsey by persons who are not clients of the firm is not subject to any duty of confidentiality on the part of the firm.

PRIVACY POLICY.
Dorsey does not sell or rent your information to any third party.

By providing personal information to us on this web site, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of that information in accordance with this privacy policy.

This Privacy Policy sets forth Dorsey & Whitney LLP’s (“Dorsey” “us,” or “we”) agreement with you with respect to how we will handle your personally identifiable information.

Information We Collect Automatically. If you merely browse through the Dorsey.com Web site, other websites operated by Dorsey, contract to operate under the Dorsey name  or download information, our servers will automatically collect certain information from you. This information includes the: (a) name of the domain and host from which you access the Internet; (b) browser software you use and your operating system; and (c) Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to this Web site. We will use information that we automatically collect to manage and improve our Web site to make it as useful as possible for visitors like you. None of the information we automatically collect is tied to personal information you may provide to us

Information You Choose to Provide to Us. Dorsey gathers and retains personal information about you only when voluntarily submitted by you. For example, if you choose to complete and submit one of the forms located on our Web site to register for conferences or register to receive information, we will retain the information you submit to respond to your inquiry, consider your request or fill your order. After we have taken the appropriate action, the information you submitted will be retained for our records. If we change the manner in which we use or retain personal information you provide to us, we will update this Privacy Policy.

Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties. Dorsey will not sell or rent the personal information you provide to us to any third party. In addition, we will not disclose the personal information you provide to us without your consent, except (a) as required by law, (b) to our independent contractors who host and maintain our Web site and e-mail services, and (c) to service providers or suppliers if the disclosure will enable that party to perform business, professional or technical support for us.

Opting Out of Receiving Promotional Materials. Unless you opt out of receiving promotional materials, we may send you information by e-mail or postal mail to the addresses you submit to us on the pages of our Web site. Such information may include newsletters, notifications of changes in the law, or other information that may interest you.

If you do not want to receive promotional information or material from us, submit your request via Dorsey’s Subscription Center. When we receive your request, we will take reasonable steps to remove your name from our promotional lists.

Cookies. A cookie is a small text file that a Web site can place on your computer’s hard drive for record-keeping or other administrative purposes. We currently do not use cookies on this Web site; however, cookies may be used at certain sites accessible through links on our Web site.

Security. We restrict access to non-public personal information to those employees who need to know the information to provide services to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information consistent with industry “best practices.”

Links to Other Web sites. Dorsey does not endorse and is not responsible for the information practices or privacy policies of Web sites operated by others that may be linked to or from our Web site. If you decide to access a third party’s Web site that may be linked to or from this Web site, you should consult that Web site’s privacy policy.

How to Contact Us. If you have questions about how we use the personal information you submit on this Web site or about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at marcom@dorsey.com.

Changes to this Privacy Policy. We may modify, alter, or update this Privacy Policy at any time, so we encourage you to review this policy frequently. We will not provide individual notice to you of changes to this Privacy Policy, but when we make updates to the policy we will update the date in this section.