We use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our Services, such as to provide legal resources, continuing legal education, seminars and webinars, and legal research services.  We may also use the information we collect to:

• Administer your account, send you technical notices, updates, security alerts and support and administrative messages, to respond to your comments, questions and customer service requests;
• Communicate with you about products, services, offers, and events offered by PLI and others, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you (see the “Your Privacy Rights and Choices” section below for information about how to opt out of these communications at any time);
• Monitor and analyze trends, usage and activities in connection with our Services;
• Detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property of PLI and others;
• Personalize and improve the Services;
• Target advertisements to you on third-party platforms and websites (for more information and to opt out, see the “Your Privacy Rights and Choices" section below);
• Create de-identified, anonymized, or aggregated information; Facilitate contests, sweepstakes and promotions and process and deliver entries and rewards; and
• Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.

We engage others to provide analytics, serve advertisements, and perform related services across the web and in mobile apps.  These entities may use cookies, web beacons, SDKs, device identifiers, and other technologies to collect information about your use of our Services and other websites and mobile apps, including your IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages or in mobile apps, links clicked, and conversion information.  This information is used to deliver advertising targeted to your interests on other companies’ sites or mobile apps and to analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand your activity.  Some of our advertising partners enable us to translate your email address or phone number into an identifier that can’t be used to identify you personally.  

Our advertising partners then use that unique identifier to show ads that are more relevant to you across the web and in mobile apps.  Some of the activities described in this section may constitute “targeted advertising,” “sharing,” or “selling” under some laws.  To learn more about the choices available to you with respect to these practices, see the “Your Privacy Rights and Choices” section. You can also learn more about interest-based ads, or opt out of having your web browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes by companies that participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance, by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices, or, if you reside in the European Union, by visiting www.youronlinechoices.eu.

In certain circumstances, we disclose (or permit others to directly collect) information about you. We disclose the categories of personal information described above in the following ways:

• With vendors, consultants, contractors, and service providers who need access to such information to provide services to us, such as companies that assist us with web hosting, shipping and delivery, payment processing, fraud prevention, customer service, and marketing and advertising;

• If you consent, we may post your testimonials on our Services, where the public/other users of our Services will be able to see this information.

• In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements;
• If we believe your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property and safety of PLI or others;
• In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company;
• Between and among PLI and our current and future parents, subsidiaries and other companies under common control and ownership; and
• With your consent or at your direction.

We may also disclose your name and affiliation with our faculty so that they can better tailor their content to you.

We also share aggregated or de-identified information, which cannot reasonably be used to identify you.  PLI processes, maintains, and uses this information only in a de-identified fashion and will not attempt to re-identify such information, except as permitted by law.

The Services may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools (such as a link to share on LinkedIn), which let you share actions you take on our Services with other media, and vice versa.  Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the entity that provides the social sharing feature.  For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features.

We store personal data associated with your account for as long as your account remains active.  We store other personal data for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes for which we originally collected it and for other business purposes explained in this Privacy Policy.

PLI is based in the United States and we process and store information in the U.S. Therefore, we and those that perform work for us may transfer your personal information to, or store or access it in, jurisdictions that may not provide equivalent levels of data protection as your home jurisdiction.  By using our Services, you consent to the processing of your information in the U.S.  We will take steps to ensure that your personal data receives an adequate level of protection in the jurisdictions in which we process it.

Access, Correction, Deletion and Account Information

You may have the right to (1) request to know more about and access your personal information, (2) request deletion of your personal information, and (3) request correction of inaccurate personal information.  You may access and correct information we hold about you by logging into your account and selecting “Profile and Settings.”  While logged into your account, you can also view order history (“My Order History”), license information (“My Licenses”), and certificates (“My Certificates”).  You may request deletion of your personal information by closing your account.  If you need help exercising your rights, you may also email us at privacy@pli.edu or call our toll-free number at 800.260.4PLI or 212.824.5700.  We may verify your request by asking you to login to your account or to provide certain information, such as that related to your recent interactions with us.

Opting Out of Targeted Advertising, Sharing, and Sales

As described in the “Targeted Advertising and Analytics” section above, we may process personal information to serve you advertisements on non-PLI properties.  Some of these activities may be considered “sales” or “sharing” of personal information or “targeted advertising” under the law that applies to you.  To opt out of targeted advertising, sharing, and sales of your personal information, please contact us at privacy@pli.edu.

You can also opt out of certain targeted advertising, sharing, and sales by visiting our Services with a recognized universal choice signal enabled (such as the Global Privacy Control).  Please note that, depending on which opt-out preference signal you use and whether you are logged into your account with us, our processing of the signal may be limited to the specific browser or device that you are using.  You may need to renew your opt out if you use a different browser or device to access our Services.

Consent, Objection, and Related Rights

You may have the right to object to certain processing, withdraw your consent where we process your information on that basis, and the right to request we restrict certain processing.  For example, if you provided information to us such as your race/ethnicity or sexual orientation as part of our DEI efforts, in addition to requesting deletion of this information, you can request that we stop processing this data.  To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@pli.edu.

Nondiscrimination

We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.

Location Information

When you first launch our mobile app, you may be asked to consent to the app’s collection of location information.  If you initially consent to our collection of location information, you can subsequently stop the collection of this information at any time by changing the preferences on your mobile device.

Cookies

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default.  If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services.

Promotional Communications

You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from PLI by following the instructions in those emails, by logging into your online account and selecting "Communication Preferences" in the Profile and Settings dropdown and choosing “Opt out,” or by contacting us at inform@pli.edu.  If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.

To opt out of receiving telephone calls or postal mail from us, please send an email to privacy@pli.edu specifying the contact information used and form of marketing from which you are opting out.

Text Messages

If you agree to receive SMS messages from us and later wish to opt out, you may do so at any time by following the instructions in those messages.

Mobile Push Notifications/Alerts

With your consent, we may send promotional and non-promotional push notifications or alerts to your mobile device.  You can deactivate these messages at any time by changing the notification settings on your mobile device.

Additional Disclosures for Residents of California

As a non-profit, PLI is not subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). Nevertheless, we provide the additional information below regarding our collection, use, and disclosure of personal information as a courtesy to California residents.

Additional Disclosures

In the preceding 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information and sensitive personal information: identifiers, demographic information, commercial information, internet or other electronic network activity information, precise geolocation information, electronic, visual, or similar information, professional or employment-related information, education information, and inferences drawn about you.  For more information about the data points we collect and the categories of sources of such collection, please see the “Collection of Information” section above.  We collect personal information for the business and commercial purposes described in the “Use of Information” section above.  In the preceding 12 months, we have disclosed personal information for the business and commercial purposes described in “Disclosure of Information” section above and we have made disclosures for business purposes to the following categories of recipients: 

As described in the “Collection of Information” section above, we may process personal information that may be considered “sensitive” under California law when faculty members voluntarily provide such information, such as race and ethnicity data and sexual orientation.  We only collect this information when you choose to provide it to us directly, and we use it only to advance our D&I goals and do not use or disclose this information for purposes other than those permitted by California law.

To the extent our disclosures of information to advertising partners would be considered “sharing” or “selling” of personal information under the CCPA, we do so only to advertise our products and Services to you.

You have the right to (1) request to know more about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we collect, use, and disclose, (2) request deletion of your personal information, (3) opt out of any “sales” of your personal information that may be occurring, and (4) not be discriminated against for exercising these rights.  You may opt out of disclosures of information to our advertising partners for targeted advertising purposes at any time by emailing us at privacy@pli.edu.  You may exercise your other rights as described under the “Your Privacy Rights and Choices” section above.

Residents of the European Economic Area

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), you have certain rights and protections under the law regarding the processing of your personal data.

Legal Basis for Processing

If you are a resident of the EEA, when we process your personal data we will only do so in the following situations:

• We need to use your personal data to perform our responsibilities under our contract with you (e.g., processing payments for and providing the PLI services you have requested).
• We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal data.  For example, we may process your personal data to send you marketing communications, to communicate with you about changes to our Services, and to provide, secure, and improve our Services.
• We have your consent to do so.

Data Subject Requests

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to access personal data we hold about you and to ask that your personal data be corrected, erased, or transferred.  You may also have the right to object to, or request that we restrict, certain processing.  If you would like to exercise any of these rights, you may do so as described under the “Your Privacy Rights and Choices ” section above.

If you are a resident of the EEA and have a concern about our processing of personal data that we are not able to resolve, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data privacy authority where you reside.  For contact details of your local Data Protection Authority, please see: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article- 29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.

Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Director of Marketing
Practising Law Institute
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Email: privacy@pli.edu