Updated: Effective March 21, 2022
Baker & Hostetler LLP (“BakerHostetler,” “us,” “we,” or “our”) provides this California Privacy Notice (“Notice”) pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”). This notice supplements BakerHostetler’s other privacy policies and notices, including our main Privacy Policy. In the event of a conflict between any other BakerHostetler policy, statement, or notice and this Notice, this Notice will prevail as to California consumers and their rights under California law.
- PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT & WHY WE COLLECT IT
“Personal Information” is information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with you. Personal Information does not include information that is publicly available, de-identified, or aggregated.
Within the past 12 months, we collected the following categories of Personal Information about California consumers. The specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you may vary depending on the nature of your interactions with us and may not include all of the examples listed below.
Category of Personal Information
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Examples
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Purposes for Collection
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- Identifiers
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Name, postal address, email address, internet protocol address, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, and other similar identifiers
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- Communicating with you
- Performing services
- Marketing our services
- Research and development
- Quality assurance
- Security
- To comply with our legal obligations
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- Personal Records
(As defined in Cal. Civ. Code §1798.80(e))
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Name, postal address, telephone number, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, passport number, driver's license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or other financial information, medical information, health insurance information
Some Personal Information included in this category may overlap with other categories.
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- Communicating with you
- Performing services
- Marketing our services
- Research and development
- Quality assurance
- Security
- To comply with our legal obligations
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- Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law
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Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information
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- Performing services
- Research and development
- Quality assurance
- Security
- To comply with our legal obligations
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- Commercial Information
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Including records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies
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- Performing services
- Marketing our services
- Research and development
- Quality assurance
- Security
- To comply with our legal obligations
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- Internet or other electronic network activity information
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Information regarding interactions with our website, computer systems, and/or devices
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- Communicating with you
- Performing services
- Marketing our services
- Research and development
- Quality assurance
- Security
- Debugging
- To comply with our legal obligations
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- Geolocation Data
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Your geographic location based on your IP address
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- Performing services
- Research and development
- Quality assurance
- Security
- Debugging
- To comply with our legal obligations
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- Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information
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Audio and video data processed in connection with providing legal services
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- Professional or Employment Information
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Job title, employer, practice area or industry focus
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- Performing Services
- Marketing our services
- Research and development
- Quality assurance
- To comply with our legal obligations
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- Non-public education information
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Education information processed in connection with providing legal services
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- Inferences from other Personal Information
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Preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, and attitudes based on other Personal Information collected about you
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- Performing services
- Marketing our services
- Research and development
- Quality assurance
- Security
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The chart above reflects the categories of Personal Information required to be disclosed under the CCPA. There may be additional information that we collect that meets the CCPA’s definition of Personal Information but is not reflected by a category, in which case we will treat that information as Personal Information as required by the CCPA.
- SOURCES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may collect your Personal Information directly from you when you provide us information online, through electronic forms, over the phone, or through paper documents; automatically through our website via cookies and other tracking technologies; from our service providers, vendors and suppliers, affiliates, or other individuals and businesses; from third-party sources, such as data providers; and from public sources of data, such as government databases. More detail on the ways in which we collect Personal Information can be found in our Privacy Policy.
- DISCLOSURES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We do not sell Personal Information. We share Personal Information with our Service Providers for the business purposes listed in the chart above. The categories of Personal Information we share for a business purpose are:
- Identifiers
- Personal Records Described in Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)
- Protected classification characteristics
- Commercial Information
- Internet or other electronic network activity information
- Geolocation Data
- Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information
- Inferences
The categories of persons to which we disclosed this Personal Information include affiliated and related companies, service providers, professional advisors, public authorities/government bodies, and external auditors. More information on how we share Personal Information can be found in our Privacy Policy.
- CCPA RIGHTS
Under the CCPA, California consumers have certain rights which they may exercise independently or through an authorized agent. Please note that when submitting a request, you may be asked to provide information to verify your identity before action is taken. You may designate an authorized agent to make the requests on your behalf. An authorized agent must submit proof to us that he or she has been authorized by you to act on your behalf, and you will still need to verify your identity directly with us before we can process the request.
To submit a request, use our portal here, or call us at (888) 914-9661, Extension PIN: 530 983.
1. THE RIGHT TO KNOW
If you are a California consumer, you have the right to request more information regarding the following, to the extent applicable:
- The categories of Personal Information we have collected about you;
- The categories of sources from which the Personal Information was collected;
- Our business or commercial purposes for collecting your Personal Information;
- The categories of third parties with which we shared your Personal Information;
- The categories of Personal Information that we disclosed for a business purpose in the preceding 12 months, and for each category identified, the categories of third parties to which we disclosed that particular category of Personal Information; and
- The specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you.
You may submit a request for this information as described above. In connection with submission of your request, we will need to take steps to verify your identity before action is taken.
2. THE RIGHT TO OPT OUT OF SALES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
California consumers have the right to opt out of the sale of their Personal Information. However, because we do not sell Personal Information, there is no need to submit such a request to us.
3. THE RIGHT TO DELETE
Using the request submission methods outlined above, you may request that we delete your Personal Information that we have collected directly from you and are maintaining. Following receipt of a request to delete, we will need to take steps to verify your identity before action is taken. We will let you know what Personal Information we can delete from our records, and we will direct any of our service providers that may have processed your Personal Information on our behalf to delete your Personal Information from their records. There may be circumstances where we cannot delete your Personal Information or direct service providers to delete your Personal Information from their records.
4. NON-DISCRIMINATION
You have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your CCPA privacy rights. We do not use the fact that you have exercised or requested to exercise any CCPA rights for any purpose other than facilitating a response to your request.
- CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Notice, please contact BakerHostetler by email here, call us at (888) 914-9661 PIN 530 983, or send a letter to BakerHostetler at: One Cleveland Center, 1375 East 9th Street Suite 2100, Cleveland, OH 44114-1794, (Attention: Privacy Inquiry).