Last Updated Date: April 1, 2023
This Notice at Collection describes how Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, “Troutman Pepper”) collects, uses, and retains information that relates to California residents (“Personal Information”) both online and offline, including in connection with the services we provide, our main website ( www.troutman.com), and other websites, mobile applications, and digital communications (such as emails) (collectively, our “Services”).
This Notice at Collection does not apply to information about individuals that Troutman Pepper maintains in the context of our legal representation of clients, which is separately governed by our client agreements and professional responsibilities.
Please visit our Privacy Notice for additional information about our information practices.
If you have a disability that prevents or limits your ability to access this notice, please contact us as at 800-255-8752 or privacy@troutman.com. We will work with you to provide this notice in an alternative format.
1. Personal Information We Collect.
The types of Personal Information that we collect about you depend on how you interact with us. This section describes the types of Personal Information we may collect and its sources. Troutman Pepper does not collect any “sensitive
personal information,” as that term may be defined by applicable law.
a) Information You Voluntarily Provide to Us. We collect Personal Information that you voluntarily provide to us. This includes, for example, Personal Information you provide when you contact us (including when contacting us on behalf of an organization with which you are affiliated); when you request alerts, event invitations, newsletters, or other informative materials; or when you register for a webinar or event, fill out a form, respond to a survey, or otherwise communicate with us.
The categories of Personal Information that we may collect directly from you include:
b) Information We May Generate or Collect Automatically. We may generate or collect automatically certain types of Personal Information when you interact with us and our Services. The type of Personal Information we collect in this context may include:
Troutman Pepper and our third-party service providers may use cookies, pixel tags, or similar tracking technologies (“Collection Technologies”) to gather the information described above when you use, access, otherwise interact with our Services. Below is a description of how we use Collection Technologies and the choices you may have.
Our use of Collection Technologies generally falls into the categories listed below. Please note that these are the main ways of classifying cookies, although there may be other cookies that will not fit neatly into these categories or may qualify for multiple categories.
Strictly Necessary | Cookies that are necessary for our websites to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to your actions or request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. |
Functional | Cookies that enable our website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization based on your interaction with the website (for example, to store your site preferences and choices, such as username, region, and language). |
Analytics and Performance | Cookies that gather data on how visitors use a website or other digital properties (for example, page visit counts, idle time by a user on a page, bounce rates, and load speeds). |
For information on how to manage your cookies preferences, please see Section 5(c) (Managing Cookie and Other Collection Technologies Preferences) of our Privacy Notice.
c) Information We Collect from Other Sources. We may obtain Personal Information from other sources, such as our clients, employees, and business partners, or from business contact databases and enrichment services. We may also receive information about you from social media platforms, such as when you interact with us on those platforms or access our social media content. We may collect information about you from publicly available sources, such as public social media profiles, publications, and other websites or materials available through search engine We may collect the following categories of Personal Information from these other sources:
2. How We Use Personal Information.
We use Personal Information for a variety of purposes, including:
We do not sell or share your Personal Information under any circumstances.
3. Retention of Personal Information.
We retain your Personal Information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Notice at Collection, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Please note that in many situations we must retain all, or a portion, of your Personal Information to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, to protect against fraudulent, deceptive, or illegal activity, or for another one of our business purposes.