Privacy Policy (Updated October 26, 2026)

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (“WilmerHale”) is an international law firm. This privacy policy (“Policy”) explains how WilmerHale collects, uses, and discloses information about you when you use our website, when you attend our events, or when you otherwise interact with us as described below.

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of visitors to our website. Please read this Privacy Policy to understand how we collect and use your personal information when you visit our website and what rights you have in relation to your personal information. By using this website, and submitting information through this website to WilmerHale, you are agreeing to the terms of this Policy.

What Information We Collect

You are not required to provide any personal information when visiting the publicly accessible pages on this website. However, we may collect personal information (including name, title, biographical information, social media identifiers, physical address, and email address) when you voluntarily submit it to us through the website, such as by applying for a position online, registering on our alumni pages, signing up for our newsletters, or filling in a Contact Us form. We may also collect your personal information when you voluntarily submit it to us in the course of contacting us by email, telephone, or letter. In addition, we may receive your business contact information from you or another source in the course of our business.

Our website also gathers certain information about our site traffic for administrative and analytical purposes. This information may include your IP address, browser type, referring and exit pages, operating system, and dates/times of page views.

Cookies. We use “cookies” on our website. A cookie is a small data file that the website writes to your device when you visit. A cookie allows a website to recognize whether you have visited before and may store user preferences and other information. We may use cookies to analyze visitor traffic patterns in order to improve visitor experience.

The website uses both persistent and non-persistent cookies. Non-persistent cookies expire when you close your browser. We use non-persistent cookies to provide you with the best presentation of our content as you navigate our website. In contrast, a persistent cookie remains on your device for an extended period of time. We use persistent cookies to recall what information you have viewed in prior visits to the website. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided through your Internet browser. In addition, when visiting the website for the first time, an option is presented allowing you to manage use of cookies. Please note that, if you choose to block or delete cookies, certain features of the website may not operate correctly.

Web beacons. The emails that you receive from WilmerHale may use an application known as a “web beacon” (also known as a “pixel tag”, “clear GIF”, “tracking pixel”, “1x1 GIF”, or “web bug”). A web beacon is an electronic file that usually consists of a single-pixel image. It can be embedded in an email to transmit information, which could include IP address, browser type, interaction times, and status information on opened emails or clicked links. For example, it can allow an email sender to determine whether a user has opened a particular email.

Third-party information collection, analysis, and use. We may partner with certain third parties to collect, analyze, and use the personal and other information described in this section. For example, we may allow third parties to set cookies or use web beacons on our website or in email communications from us. This information may be used for a variety of purposes, as discussed below (see “Transfers of Information and Disclosure to Third Parties,” below).

Sensitive personal information. When you apply for a position online with us, we may collect the following types of information that may constitute sensitive personal information under applicable privacy laws: racial or ethnic origin, LGBTQ+ status, nonbinary status, and disability status.

How We Use and Process Your Information

Some jurisdictions require that we explain the legal bases for our collection and processing of your personal information. Our legal bases include: (i) contract (such as when you provide information in the process of applying for a position online); (ii) consent (such as when you sign up for one of our email newsletters or agree to cookies or similar technologies through our banner); and (iii) legitimate interest (such as our legitimate interest in promoting our services and customizing our website). In many instances, more than one of these legal bases apply to the processing of your personal information.

We use your information to administer services and to improve the website. Specifically, we use your information:

• To respond to requests for information from you;
• To ensure the efficient operation of the site;
• To authenticate your access to resources;
• To comply with legal and/or regulatory requirements;
• To provide you with information (via the website, email, or postal mail) that may be of interest to you or your business;
• To analyze how visitors use our website and various site features, including to count and recognize visitors to the site;
• To prepare collective and anonymous profiles of website users and their interests or behaviors by combining your personal information with that of all or a particular group of website users;
• To provide you with marketing information we think would be of interest, if you have opted in to receiving such communications. (You may opt out of receiving such marketing communications at any time); and
• To manage our business.

We may link information gathered through our website with information that we collect in other contexts. But in that event, we will handle the combined information in a manner consistent with this Policy.

We do not use your personal information for purposes of targeted advertising or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce a legal or similarly significant effect concerning a consumer. 

Transfers of Information and Disclosure to Third Parties

We disclose personal information to third parties as described below. We do not sell your personal information.

Inter-Office Transfer.We may, for the above purposes, transfer your information to any office of the firm. The firm's offices are located in countries around the world, including in the United States of America, which may not have similar data protection legislation as the European Economic Area. However, for the processing of your data, the firm will at all times ensure a data protection level equivalent to the one in the European Economic Area, and implement appropriate safeguards within the meaning of Art. 46 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), such as standard data protection clauses, if the recipient is not located in a country considered to be ensuring an adequate level of protection within the meaning of Art. 45 GDPR.

Third-Party Service Providers. We use various third parties to operate the website, including, for example, our providers of web hosting, professional, consulting, marketing, communications, mailing, analytics, and business development services. We may disclose personal information to such entities as needed for them to perform their specific tasks under our instructions, subject to this policy.

Analytics. Our website uses Google Analytics to help collect and analyze certain information for the purposes discussed above. You may learn more about Google Analytics’ data practices by clicking here and opt out of the use of cookies in web browsers by Google Analytics by clicking here.

Legal Purposes. We may disclose information as required by law or when we believe that such disclosure is necessary in connection with a judicial proceeding or to comply with a court order, law, or regulation applicable to us or the site; or as we determine to be necessary to protect our property or assert our legal rights or defend against legal claims; to facilitate the financing, securitization, insuring, sale, assignment, bankruptcy, or other disposal of all or part of our business or assets; or to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, violations of our terms of use, or situations involving threats to our property or the property or physical safety of any person or third party.

Other Third Parties. We may also share your information with other third parties when necessary to fulfill your requests for services; to complete a transaction that you initiate; to meet the terms of any agreement that you have with us or our partners; or to manage our business.

Aggregated and De-identified Information. Sometimes we aggregate or de-identify information so that it can no longer identify you and is anonymous information under the GDPR and/or other applicable laws. We can use and disclose this aggregated or de-identified information for any purpose, unless an applicable law says otherwise. We will maintain and use such information in deidentified form and not attempt to reidentify the information, except where reidentification is allowed by law for particular purposes. In those situations, we will use the re-identified data in a manner consistent with this policy and applicable law.

With Your Consent. We may make any disclosure of information that you expressly authorize.

Your Rights In Connection With Your Personal Information

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:

• Confirm whether personal information about you is being processed. 
• Request access to your personal information (including a data portability request).
• Request correction of any personal information that we hold about you.
• Request erasure of your personal information. 
• Object to processing of your personal information where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party), and there is something about your particular situation that makes you want to object to processing on this ground.
• Opt-out of the processing of your personal information (such as the sale or “sharing” of your information or the use of your personal information for targeted advertising purposes).
• Limit the use of your personal information.
• Restrict or opt-out of the use of your personal information for certain automated decision-making (including profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects).
• Request the transfer of your personal information to another party.
• Obtain a list of specific third parties (or categories of third parties) to which we have disclosed your personal information or any personal information.
• Revoke your consent.

If you want to exercise any of these rights, please email us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request as soon as reasonably possible and within the timeframe required under applicable law. We will allow you to appeal any decision we make in response to such request in accordance with applicable law. Appeals may be submitted to [email protected] with the subject line “Appeal of Decision Related to Privacy Rights Request.”  To protect your privacy and security, we will verify your identity before granting you access or enabling you to make corrections. You have the right to complain to a competent supervisory authority if you feel that we are not complying with our data protection obligations.

You may authorize an agent to make a request on your behalf. To designate an agent, please provide a written and signed document by both you and the agent that authorizes the agent to act on your behalf. You may also use a power of attorney. We may still require you to provide information to allow us to reasonably verify that you are the person about whom we collected personal information.

To opt out of receiving marketing communications from us, notify us at [email protected].

California Users

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act and the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively, the “CCPA”) provide you with certain rights regarding your personal information. Learn more about those rights.

Data Retention

As a general matter, we retain personal information about you for as long as necessary (i) to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, (ii) to meet our current and future legal obligations, and (iii) to meet our legitimate interests. We do not retain personal information longer than is necessary for us to achieve the purposes for which we collected it. When we destroy your personal information, we do so in a way that prevents that information from being restored or reconstructed.

Data Security

To prevent unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorized modification, or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, and to ensure the correct use of information, we employ physical, technical, and administrative procedures to safeguard this website and the personal information we collect online. All of our employees and any third parties we employ to process your personal information are obliged to respect its confidentiality. However, transmission of information through the Internet is never 100% secure. Although we seek to protect your information as described above, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to the website or to us, and you transmit such information at your own risk.

External Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We have not reviewed these third-party sites and do not control and are not responsible for any of these sites’ contents or privacy practices. Thus, we do not endorse or make any representations about them, or any information, software, or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third-party sites listed on our website, you do so at your own risk.

Children

Content on this website is directed at individuals over the age of 18 and is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If at any time we are informed that a visitor under the age of 16 has submitted information to us through this website, we will endeavor to delete the information.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We regularly review our privacy policy to ensure that it provides an appropriate level of protection for your personal information, and we may make changes to our privacy policy to keep it current with industry standards. We will post the date of the most recent revisions on this page. Check this page to make sure that you are current and up-to-date on our privacy policy. If we make a material change to the Policy, you will be provided with appropriate notice.

How to Contact Us

Should you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy, email [email protected]. You can also contact us through any of our postal addresses, which are listed here.

You can contact our data protection officer at [email protected], or through any of our postal addresses, which are listed here.

Effective date
October 26, 2026