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Privacy Policy

Last Revised: December 16, 2025

This privacy policy explains how Foster Garvey PC (“Foster Garvey”, “we” or “us”) collects, uses and discloses information about you:

  • Visit or use our websites and related online information or services (collectively, the “Online Information”)
  • Attend our events
  • Apply for employment
  • Subscribe to newsletters or alerts
  • Otherwise interact with us as described below

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will revise the “Last Revised” date at the top and, where required by law, provide additional notice (such as a statement on our homepage or an email notification). We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

Information You Provide to Us
You are not required to provide personal information to view publicly accessible pages in connection with the Online Information. However, we collect information you voluntarily provide, for example when you:

  • Contact us or submit inquiries
  • Fill out forms (e.g., contact, event registration, or resource download)
  • Register for events or webinars
  • Apply for employment
  • Subscribe to newsletters or legal updates
  • Comment on blogs or interact via social media links

The types of personal information we may collect include:

  • Name, postal address, email address, and telephone number
  • Professional or business contact information
  • Employment and education history (for job applications)
  • State bar number
  • Social Security number or other identifiers (only where necessary, e.g., for certain client matters or employment)
  • Preferences, demographic information, or other details you choose to provide

We also collect usage data for administrative and analytical purposes, such as IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages, operating system, and date/time stamps in connection with the Online Information.

Information About Your Use of the Services
When you visit or use the Online Information, we automatically collect:

  • Log Information: Browser type and language, access times, pages viewed, IP address, approximate location, and the referring webpage or service.
  • Device Information: Hardware model, operating system/version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information (if accessing via mobile).

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
We and our service providers use cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to:

  • Enhance Online Information functionality and user experience
  • Analyze usage and performance
  • Measure the effectiveness of content

For more information about cookies and how to manage or opt out (including browser settings and opt-out preference signals like Global Privacy Control), please see our separate Cookie Policy. We do not “sell” personal information or “share” it for cross-context behavioral advertising as defined under applicable state privacy laws.

Information We Collect from Other Sources
We may obtain information from third-party sources (e.g., LinkedIn for contact updates or public databases for compliance purposes) and combine it with information collected through the Online Information. 

How We Use Your Information
We use personal information to:

  • Respond to your inquiries and provide requested services
  • Process event registrations and job applications
  • Deliver newsletters, alerts, or marketing communications (where you have opted in)
  • Administer and improve the Online Information
  • Conduct internal analytics
  • Comply with legal and professional obligations (e.g., bar rules, conflict checks)
  • Protect our rights, safety, and property

We may create aggregated or de-identified information for any lawful purpose.

Personal information is processed and stored primarily in the United States and may be transferred to other countries with differing data protection laws.

Legal Bases for Processing (EEA/UK Residents)
Where GDPR or UK GDPR applies, our processing relies on:

  • Performance of a contract (e.g., providing requested services)
  • Consent (e.g., newsletters, non-essential cookies)
  • Legitimate interests (e.g., Online Information security, direct marketing, analytics)
  • Legal obligations

Sharing Your Information
We share personal information with:

  • State bar associations (e.g., for CLE credit applications)
  • Service providers and vendors acting on our behalf (under confidentiality obligations)
  • Firm affiliates and offices
  • In connection with business transfers (e.g., mergers or acquisitions)
  • To comply with laws, legal processes, or lawful requests from authorities
  • To enforce our policies or protect rights, property, or safety

We use appropriate safeguards (e.g., standard contractual clauses) for international transfers where required. Contact us for more details.

We may share aggregated or de-identified information without restriction.

Third-Party Links and Features
The Online Information may contain links to or embedded content from third parties (e.g., YouTube videos, social media buttons). These are governed by the third parties’ privacy policies; we encourage you to review them.

Data Retention
We retain personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes described, to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or support legitimate business needs (e.g., job applications for approximately one year).

Data Security
We maintain reasonable physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to protect personal information. However, no transmission over the internet is completely secure, and you provide information at your own risk.

Promotional Communications
You may opt out of marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions in those emails or contacting us. We may still send non-promotional communications (e.g., regarding services or administrative matters).

Your Privacy Rights and Choices

  • Marketing and Cookies: Opt out as described above or via our Cookie Policy.
  • Do Not Track: We do not currently respond to browser “Do Not Track” signals.

U.S. State Privacy Rights
Residents of states with comprehensive privacy laws (including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Utah, Oregon, Texas, Montana, Florida, Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Tennessee, Minnesota and Maryland) may have rights to:

  • Know/access personal information
  • Correct inaccuracies
  • Delete personal information
  • Opt out of “sale” or “sharing” (we do not engage in these activities)
  • Limit use of sensitive personal information (we collect limited sensitive data only as necessary)
  • Non-discrimination for exercising rights

To submit a request, email [email protected] or call 206.447.4400. We will verify your identity (and any authorized agent) and respond within the timeframes required by law. You may appeal decisions through the same channels.

EEA/UK Residents
You have rights under applicable data protection laws to access, correct, delete, restrict, object to, or port your personal data, and to withdraw consent. Contact us to exercise these rights (subject to legal exceptions, including attorney-client privilege). You may also lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.

Children’s Privacy
The Online Information is not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information without appropriate consent.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us at:

Foster Garvey, PC
1111 Third Avenue, Suite 3000
Seattle, WA 98101

Telephone: 206.447.4400
Fax: 206.447.9700
Email: [email protected]