This Privacy Policy describes the policies and procedures of Verrill Dana LLP (“Verrill,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your Personal Information in connection with your access to and use of our website (the “Site”). This Policy describes the ways that the Site collects, uses, discloses, and otherwise processes Personal Information that relates to you.
Please carefully read this Privacy Policy. By using this Site, you indicate your understanding and acceptance of these terms. If you do not accept these terms, please do not use this Site. We update this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please review this Privacy Policy regularly. If we materially alter our Privacy Policy, we will notify you of such changes by posting a notice on our Site. Your continued use of the Site will be deemed your agreement that your information be used in accordance with the new policy. If you do not agree with the changes, then you should stop using the Site and you should notify us that you do not want your information used in accordance with the changes.
This privacy notice applies to information we collect:
- on this Site;
- in email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Site; or
- when you interact with our applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications include links to this policy (for example, when you register for and use our Fiduciary Services Client Portal, which is operated by InvestCloud).
This privacy notice does not apply to information collected by:
- Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by a third party; or
- Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Site.
Our Site may include links to third-party websites, platforms, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share information about you. We do not control these third-party websites, platforms and applications and are not responsible for their privacy statements. We encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit or application you use when you use or enable these platforms and applications, or leave our Site.
The Site is not intended for use by anyone under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly solicit or collect Personal Information through the Site from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian of a child from whom you believe we have collected Personal Information in a manner prohibited by law, please contact us at compliance@verrill-law.com. If we learn that we have collected Personal Information through the Site from a child without the consent of the child’s parent or guardian as required by law, we will comply with applicable legal requirements to delete the information.
If you are a client, potential client or past client of Verrill, then your engagement letter or other agreement with Verrill (if applicable), ethical rules and laws applicable to Verrill, and/or our web page Terms of Use may allow or require us to handle your Personal Information in ways different from those described in this Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at compliance@verrill-law.com.
WHAT IS “PERSONAL INFORMATION”?
The term “Personal Information” as used in this Privacy Policy shall mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Personal Data does not include data from which you can no longer be identified, such as anonymized aggregate data or other de-identified data.
WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU, HOW DO WE COLLECT IT, AND WHAT DO WE USE IT FOR?
Affirmatively-Submitted Information
We collect information that you affirmatively provide in connection with your use of the Site, including:
- Information that you enter into forms on the Site (including forms operated by Third-Party Services, described below).
- Records of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
- Details of transactions that you carry out through the Site.
- Search queries that you type into the Site’s search interface.
Cookies and Automated Data Collection
We also use automatic data collection technologies to collect information about your equipment and browsing actions. These may include:
- Details of your visits to the Site, including traffic data, location data, logs, and the resources that you access and use on the Site.
- Information about your computer or device and Internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking). We collect this information to help us understand how people use the Site, how we can improve its performance, and how we can make it easier for people to use it.
The technologies we use for automatic data collection may include cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device. You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser, but doing so may make you unable to access certain parts of the Site. Unless you have adjusted your browser settings to refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you visit the Site. Third-Party Services may use cookies in connection with your use of the Site as well.
You may opt out of our use of cookies and other automated data collection tools with you, and you can learn more about how to do so at the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Webchoices page, European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA)’s Framework, and the Network Advertising Initiative’s Consumer Opt Out page.
For additional information on our use of cookies, please see the Cookie Policy.
“Do Not Track” Technology
If you use Do-Not-Track tools to prevent websites and software products from tracking your online behavior across websites, please be aware that we do not change the way the Site works (as described in this Privacy Policy) in response to requests not to be tracked. You may, however, be able to disable certain tracking signals used by individual Third-Party Services, which you may do by accessing those services.
How We Use Your Personal Information
We may use your Personal Information:
- to provide you with access to the Site;
- to provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us, such as email newsletters to which you choose to subscribe;
- to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts that you enter into with us, including for billing and collection;
- in accordance with our ethical and legal obligations;
- in accordance with our applicable agreements with you, if you are a current or former Verrill client; and
- to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
How We Disclose Personal Information to Third Parties
We will not sell, rent, license or disclose Personal Information to third parties except:
- to work with third-party companies that we use to provide or market the Site or other services that we offer (“Third-Party Services,” below);
- where we believe it is necessary to respond to legal claims asserted against us, to comply with legal process (e.g. warrants and subpoenas), to enforce or administer our agreements, to prevent fraud, for risk assessment, for investigation, and to protect the rights, property or safety of us, our users or others;
- to a buyer or other successor in the case of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding;
- in accordance with our ethical and legal obligations; and
- in accordance with our applicable agreements with you, if you are a current or former Verrill client.
The kinds of Personal Information we may collect include, but are not limited to, your contact details (such as your address, email address and telephone number) and information such as your job title that we may request from you. In addition, we collect the Personal Information you choose to provide to us, e.g., if you contact us by letter, telephone, email or any other means of electronic or personal communication. We may process your Personal Information if and to the extent applicable law provides a lawful basis for us to do so.
We will therefore process your Personal Information only:
- if you have consented to us doing so;
- if we need it to perform the contract we have entered into with you; if we need it to comply with a legal obligation; or
- if we (or a third party) have a legitimate interest which is not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. Such legitimate interests will be the providing of legal services by us, administrative or operational processes within Verrill and direct marketing.
We will use your Personal Information to deliver legal services to you and/or the institution you work or for whom you act. We may also use your Personal Information to inform you about our services, new (legal) developments, and our marketing events.
Please note that we may use or disclose Personal Information if we are required by law to do so or if we reasonably believe that use or disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with judicial or regulatory proceedings, a court order or other legal process.
Third-Party Services
We use various Third-Party Services to operate the Site. These Third-Party Services include Facebook (Meta Platforms, Inc.), Google (Alphabet LLC), ClientPay (the operator of the portal we provide for clients who wish to make payments online), InvestCloud (the operator of our Fiduciary Services practice client portal), and Paycom (the operator of a portal we use in talent acquisition) and may include others in the future.
Third-Party Services collect, use and share Personal Information pursuant to their own privacy and security policies. Some of them, including Google, may use location information and other Personal to serve advertisements to consumers on other websites. By using our Site, you consent to our providing Personal Information with Third-Party Services to be used in accordance with their own privacy and security policies as they exist today and as they may change in the future.
For more information about how Google’s services use Personal Information, see “How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.”
DATA SECURITY; WAIVER OF CLAIMS
WE CANNOT AND DO NOT WARRANT OR PROMISE THAT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WILL BE FREE FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS BY THIRD PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USAGE OF OUR SITE.
BY USING THE SITE, YOU CONSENT TO OUR USING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY DESPITE THIS RISK AND WAIVE ANY CLAIMS AGAINST VERILL AND ITS AFFILIATES RELATING TO THE INTERCEPTION, USE OR DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION BY THIRD PARTIES UNAUTHORIZED BY US.
No Rights of Third Parties
This Privacy Policy does not create rights enforceable by third parties.
Limitation of Warranties
We make no representations, warranties or promises about the security of Personal Information except as stated expressly in this Privacy Policy or where required by law.
For More Information
Please direct any questions about this Privacy Policy to compliance@verrill-law.com
Last Modified on June 25, 2025.