MLT Website Privacy Statement
This website privacy statement (the “Privacy Statement”) outlines the information we may collect through use of this web site (the “MLT Site”) and how such information may be used and disclosed.  As practicing lawyers, we have professional and ethical obligations to maintain information we have received within our client relationships in confidence.  This Privacy Statement supplements our applicable professional obligations of client confidentiality. 

We do not collect personally identifiable information through the MLT Site unless such information is provided to us by e-mail via a link contained on the MLT Site. It is important to note that any such communications are subject to the Terms of Use for the MLT Site.

We will only use such personally identifiable information for the purposes of responding to your e-mail.

we will not disclose to third parties any personally identifiable information collected by us through the MLT Site unless:

1. we have your consent;
2. we have a good faith belief that disclosure of the information is necessary to protect the rights or property of MLT; or
3. we are required by law to do so.

You should also be aware that anonymous technical information may be collected by us as a result of your visit to the MLT Site. For example, this information may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times and referring web site addresses.

We use this anonymous technical information for purposes such as improving the operation and content of the MLT Site and compiling aggregate and statistical information.

We will not attempt to link or match the anonymous technical information we collect with any personally-identifiable information unless:

1. we have your consent;
2. we (or our service providers) have detected or reasonably suspect any attempt to damage the MLT Site or other security breach; or
3. we are required by law to do so.

“Cookies” are small text files placed on your computer that can collect and store a variety of information. Permanent cookies are stored indefinitely on a user’s hard drive unless manually deleted, while temporary cookies are automatically deleted from the user’s browser upon logging out of a web site. Web browsers typically allow users to disable permanent and/or temporary cookies.  We may, from time to time, collect non-personal information about you and your use of the MLT Site through the use of cookies.  We do not match or correlate this information with any personal information that you submit on the MLT Site.

 
The foregoing policy is effective as of September 1st, 2003. MLT reserves the right to change this policy at any time.

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Statement, please contact Randy Brunet (RBrunet@mlt.com) or Brad Vance