Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 1, 2025

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP (“Munger Tolles”) respects your privacy and is committed to collecting, maintaining, and using personal information about you responsibly. This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) applies to your use of www.mto.com and other services offered through the mto.com domain (the “Site”) and to information we may collect about you when you visit our offices.

This Policy expressly does not apply to information provided to us in the course of our attorney-client relationships or protected by confidentiality, the attorney-client privilege, the attorney work product doctrine, or any other applicable privilege or protection.

Nothing in this Policy should be construed to create an attorney-client relationship with visitors to our website or, conversely, to detract from any of the protections resulting from such relationships.

BY USING THE SITE OR VISITING OUR OFFICES YOU AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. PLEASE READ IT.

Please read this Policy carefully before you use our Site, communicate with us through the Site, or visit our offices. The practices described in this Policy are subject to applicable laws in the places in which we operate. By accessing the Site, communicating with us through the Site, or visiting our offices, you are accepting the terms of this Policy, which may be updated and amended from time to time.

What Information Do We Collect From Or About You On The Site And How Do We Collect That Information?
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect several types of information about you from various sources, including the following:

  • Like many websites, our server logs collect information regarding your operating system, browser software, IP (Internet Protocol) address, and the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) clickstream to, through, and from our website, including date and time.
  • We also use the services of other entities, such as Google Analytics, to help us log and analyze Site traffic, and that may result in our collecting and/or the service provider collecting information about you. You can learn more about Google Analytics’ privacy policy at this link: www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners
  • You may choose to email us through the email links provided on the “Contact Us” page on the Site. If you do so, the information you share will include your email address and the information you choose to include in your email.
  • You may opt to apply for a position or scholarship through our Site. We use the services of other entities, such as Workday, Inc. to facilitate such applications. If you choose to use these services, Munger Tolles and the relevant service provider will collect information about you, which may include your name and contact information, a cover letter, a resume, transcripts, a personal statement, references, employment and education history, and other standard applicant information. Please review the privacy policy or privacy notice of these service providers for information about their privacy practices.  Workday’s privacy policy can be viewed here: www.workday.com/en-us/privacy.html
  • When you visit our offices, we may collect your name, the date and times you visited, and who you were here to see. We may also use security technologies, such as security cameras, to enhance the physical security of our offices. If you use our guest wireless network, we may also log information about your use of that service for network administration, analysis, troubleshooting, and other operational purposes.

SMS Messaging Consent and Terms of Service
We use the services of RingCentral to facilitate SMS messaging.

If you choose to use this service, Munger Tolles and RingCentral will collect information about you, which may include your name and phone number solely for purposes of SMS communications between you and Munger Tolles. Please review the privacy policy of RingCentral for information about their privacy practices at this link: www.ringcentral.com/legal/sms-mms-content-policies.html

By providing your mobile number, you agree to receive SMS text messages regarding services being performed by Munger Tolles for your case. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. SMS consent may be withdrawn at any time by replying STOP to any message. We do not share your consent to receive SMS messages with third parties. We do not share your first name, last name, or phone number with third parties for the purpose of allowing those third parties to send SMS messages.

  • START: To opt-in to SMS messaging for your case, contact your assigned Munger Tolles representative and provide your phone number.
  • STOP: To opt-out of SMS messaging reply to any message with keyword STOP. Munger Tolles privacy policy www.mto.com/privacy-policy
  • HELP: Reply with keyword HELP for assistance or call (866) 967-1414. Munger Tolles privacy policy www.mto.com/privacy-policy

How Do We Use Your Information?
Munger Tolles may use the information described above for multiple purposes, including:

  • Operating the Site, including for Site logging, Site administration, Site improvement, internal operations, troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, and research;
  • Responding to your requests for information;
  • Enforcing this Policy and our other policies and procedures and to protect our rights;
  • Protecting our Site and operations against fraud, unauthorized access attempts, identity theft, or other unlawful activities; Maintaining the physical security of our offices;
  • Protecting the rights, privacy, safety or property of you and others.

To Whom Do We Disclose Your Information?
Munger Tolles may share your information in several ways, including:

  • Service providers and contractors. As discussed above, we may disclose your information to service providers or contractors who assist us with online applications, website traffic monitoring and analysis, or other operations. We suggest you review these other entities’ privacy policies or notices at the links provided above. Additionally, if you plan to visit our offices, we may share your name and planned date and time of visit with building security to facilitate your visit.
  • In a business transfer. We may disclose your information as part of a business transaction, such as a merger or acquisition involving Munger Tolles.
  • For legal process and protection. We may disclose your information to satisfy any law, regulation, legal process, governmental request, or where we have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to:
    • Enforce or apply agreements, or initiate, render, bill, and collect for our services; Protect our rights or interests, property or safety or that of others;
    • In connection with claims, disputes, or litigation – in court or elsewhere;
    • Protect users of our Site and others from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of such services; Use the information in case of emergency.

Links To Other Entities’ Sites
Our Site may contain links to other entities’ websites and services. Please note that these links are provided for your convenience and information and to assist us in collecting information related, for example, to job and scholarship applications. The websites and services may operate independently from us and have their own privacy policies or notices, which we suggest you review.

Do Not Track
When you use our Websites, service providers or contractors may collect information about your online activities. Some browsers support a “Do Not Track” or Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) feature, which is intended to be a signal to websites that you do not wish to be tracked across different websites you visit or that you do not wish to have your information Sold or Shared for Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising. Our websites are not currently set up to respond to “Do Not Track” signals and do not currently change the way they operate based upon detection of a “Do Not Track” or similar signal. Likewise, because we do not sell or share Personal Information of our website visitors to Third Parties for purposes of Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising, our website does not respond to GPC signals.

Changes To Our Privacy Policy
Munger Tolles reserves the right to amend this privacy notice at our discretion and at any time. The “Effective Date” heading at the top of this Notice indicates when it was last revised. Any changes will become effective when we post the revised notice on our website.

Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments about this Policy, your choices and rights regarding such use, or wish to exercise your rights under California law, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

Toll-Free Phone:  (866) 967-1414
Website: www.mto.com/about-us/data-subject-request
Email:  privacy@mto.com


Privacy Notice for California Residents
Effective Date:  May 1, 2025

This Privacy Notice supplements the information contained in Munger Tolles’ Privacy Policy and only applies to residents of certain U.S. States whose information is processed pursuant to applicable U.S. State law privacy requirements, including the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively, “CCPA”) and the Oregon Consumer Privacy Rights Act (“OCPA”) (collectively, “State Privacy Laws”). Any terms defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, have the same meaning when used in this supplemental notice.

Information We Collect
Personal Information Collected (By Categories Set Forth In CCPA). During the preceding 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information about consumers (including, but not limited to, customers, job applicants and/or employees) through the Site or directly from you:

Categories of Personal Information Collected Purposes for Collection
Identifiers (including, for example, names, email addresses, postal addresses, and IP addresses)

 

“Personal Information” as defined in California Civil Code section 1798.80, subsection (e) (such as names, address, and telephone numbers)

 

Commercial information (for example, records of legal services obtained or considered)

 

Professional or employment-related information (for example, if you choose to apply for employment with us or are employed by Munger Tolles)

 Providing legal services, including representing our clients and processing information relating to their matters, maintaining or servicing accounts, and processing payments

Communicating with you

Marketing and advertising our services and expertise

Monitoring and analyzing trends, usage, and activities relating to our websites and services

Supporting our operations and improving our services and websites

Meeting legal, compliance, and recordkeeping requirements

Quality assurance, auditing, security, fraud prevention, and debugging
Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law; Commercial information (such as records of services provided)

 

Education information (for example, if you choose to apply for employment with us)

 Providing legal services, including representing our clients and processing information relating to their matters

Meeting legal, compliance, and recordkeeping requirements
Internet or other electronic network activity information (such as website usage details, IP addresses, or the equipment used to access our network)

 

Geolocation data (for example, the office in which an employee works or that a client visited)

 Communicating with you

Operating our websites, including tailoring our content and your online experience

Marketing and advertising our services and expertise

Monitoring and analyzing trends, usage, and activities relating to our websites and services

Supporting our operations and improving our services and websites

Meeting legal, compliance, and recordkeeping requirements

Quality assurance, auditing, security, fraud prevention, and debugging
Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information (such as images recorded on security video) Communicating with you

Providing legal services, including representing our clients and processing information relating to their matters

Meeting legal, compliance, and recordkeeping requirements

Quality assurance, auditing, security, fraud prevention, and debugging
Inferences drawn from any of the information identified above to create a profile about a consumer reflecting, for example, the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, or predispositions (for example, a client’s billing preferences) Providing legal services, including representing our clients and processing information relating to their matters

Marketing and advertising our services and expertise

Monitoring and analyzing trends, usage, and activities relating to our websites and services

Quality assurance, auditing, security, fraud prevention, and debugging

We keep the categories of Personal Information described above for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice or otherwise authorized by law.  To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we will consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of personal data, the purposes for which we process the personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.  Where information is used for more than one purpose, we will retain it until the purpose with the latest period expires.

Personal Information Disclosed For A Business Purpose To Third Parties
Munger Tolles’ general practice is to disclose website users’ or office visitors’ Personal Information only to service providers and contractors, and not to “Third Parties,” as the CCPA defines that phrase.

Your Rights and Choices
Certain U.S. State privacy laws provide residents of those states with specific rights regarding their Personal Information. This section describes your rights under those laws and explains how to exercise those rights. An authorized agent may also submit requests asserting those rights on your behalf, subject to verification. To exercise your rights, you or an authorized agent may either call (866) 967-1414 or submit a request here: www.mto.com/about-us/data-subject-request. Please note that your requests to access certain pieces of information may be subject to verification, and that we are not obligated to provide personal information in response to such a request if a consumer makes more than two requests in a 12-month period. In order to verify that you are the consumer to whom the personal information relates, we may request certain information from you. If you submit a request to access certain personal information, we may request that you submit 2-3 data points that we will match against our records, along with a signed declaration under penalty of perjury, to verify your identity. Depending on where you live, if we decline to take action on your request, you may have the right to request an appeal within a reasonable period after you have received notice of the refusal. You may file an appeal by following the instructions provided with the response to the request or submitting a request here: www.mto.com/about-us/data-subject-request.

Access to Specific Information and Data Portability Rights
Certain U.S. State privacy laws give residents the right to request that Munger Tolles disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information. For example, under California’s CCPA, California residents may request that we disclose:

  • The categories of personal information we collected about you.
  • The categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you.
  • Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information. The categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information.
  • The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you (also called a data portability request).
  • If we sold your Personal Information, the categories of Personal Information that each category of recipient purchased; and
  • If we disclosed your Personal Information for a business purpose, the categories of Personal Information that each category of recipient obtained.

Deletion Request Rights
Certain U.S. State privacy laws give residents the right to request that Munger Tolles delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Please note that your request is subject to verification. The type of verification we may require will depend on the nature of the information that you seek to delete.We will delete your Personal Information from our records, unless an applicable legal exception applies. For example, under California’s CCPA, we may deny a California resident’s deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service provider(s) to:

  • Complete the transaction for which the Personal Information was collected;
  • Provide a service requested by you;
  • Continue the ongoing business relationship with you within the reasonably anticipated context of that relationship; Perform a contract between you and Munger Tolles;
  • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
  • Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
  • Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another California resident to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
  • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
  • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws;
  • To enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with the expectations of you based on your relationship with us; Comply with legal obligations;
  • Otherwise to be used internally in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the Personal Information; or
  • Provide employment and related benefits.

Right To Opt Out Or Opt In
Depending on where you live, you have the right to opt out of having your personal information sold to Third Parties, shared with Third Parties, processed in connection with targeted advertising, and/or used in certain types of automated decision-making. Our current practice is to not sell or share your Personal Information for monetary or other valuable consideration, including cross-contextual behavioral or targeted advertising.Our website is not intended for consumers under 16 years of age or, in Delaware, under 18 years of age. We also do not have actual knowledge that we sell or share with any Third Party any Personal Information of Consumers under age 16 generally and of Delaware consumers under 18 years of age.

Right Of Non-Discrimination
You have a right to exercise your rights listed above without being subject to discrimination, including, but not limited to, by:

  • Denying you goods or services.
  • Charging you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
  • Providing you a different level or quality of goods or services.
  • Suggesting that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.

This right does not prohibit a business from charging a consumer a different price or rate, or from providing a different level or quality of goods or services, if that difference is reasonably related to the value provided to the business by the consumer’s data. In certain instances, we may need your information. For example, when you apply for a position with us, we may need the information provided on your resume to evaluate your application for employment. If you request that we delete this information, we may not be able to consider your application.

The Right to Correct Inaccurate Personal Information
A Consumer has the right to request a business that maintains inaccurate Personal Information about the consumer to correct that inaccurate Personal Information, taking into account the nature of the Personal Information and the purposes of the processing of the Personal Information.

The Right to Limit the Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information (SPI)
California Consumers have the right to direct a business that collects SPI about the consumer to limit its use of that SPI to that use which is necessary to perform the services or provide the goods reasonably expected by an average consumer who requests such goods or services for for other purposes specified in the CCPA and its implementing regulations. Other than the use or disclosure of SPI to perform the services or provide the goods reasonably expected by an average consumer who requests such goods or services, to perform the services set forth in California Civil Code § 1798.140(e)(2), (4), (5), or (8), or as otherwise authorized by regulations adopted pursuant to Civil Code § 1798.185(a)(19)(C), we do not use or disclose sensitive personal information.

Changes to this Notice
We reserve the right to change this Notice at any time. The “Effective Date” heading at the top of this Notice indicates when it was last revised. Any changes will become effective when we post the revised notice on our website.