Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 14, 2023

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes how Morgan Street Holdings LLC (“Morgan Street Holdings” or “we”) processes personally identifiable information (“Personal Data”) via the website morganstreet.com (the “Website”). The Privacy Policy does not explain the practices for processing Personal Data on other sites that may be linked via the Website but are operated by third parties.

On the Website, we process your Personal Data to provide you the Website and services offered on the Website, give you access to Morgan Street Holdings communications or content, answer questions, and receive job applications. To a certain extent, we may collect data to learn more about how you use the Website and to improve the Website.

Your use of the Website is subject to the Terms of Use, available at morganstreet.com. By using the Website, you accept and agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. By using the Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website or provide Morgan Street Holdings with any Personal Data. This Privacy Policy does not apply to: (1) websites, software applications, and other online properties and services that do not link to this Privacy Policy; and (2) any other collection, use or disclosure of data other than via the Website.

1. Morgan Street Holdings is responsible for the processing of your Personal Data

Morgan Street Holdings, located at 345 North Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60607, United States of America is responsible for the processing of your Personal Data.

2. Morgan Street Holdings’ data protection/privacy contact

If you have any questions relating to the processing of your Personal Data by Morgan Street Holdings you can contact our data protection/privacy contact at privacy@morganstreet.com.

3. Personal Data is processed by Morgan Street Holdings 

Personal Data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Depending on the applicable jurisdiction, Personal Data may include some or all the following: name, email address, postal address, IP address, browser type, and previously visited websites.

Mogan Street Holdings processes your Personal Data in connection with the Website for the following purposes:

(a) When you visit morganstreet.com

You can visit the Website even if you have deactivated the use of cookies in your browser settings or by setting opt-out cookies. Please note that website functionality may be affected if cookies are disabled. If you disable cookies, we will still receive basic information (such as last URL visited) when you navigate to the Website.

Personal Data that we process

When you visit the Website, we process the following Personal Data (unless you have disabled cookies): type of browser, websites you have visited before our Website, links you clicked on within the Website, and your IP address.

Why we process this Personal Data

We use technologies such as cookies to process this Personal Data to improve your user experience and the safety on the Website as well as to provide you with information that we believe may fit your interests.

(b) When you contact us

You may contact us via our contact form to obtain further information about us, to arrange a meeting with a Morgan Street Holdings representative, or for general inquiries.

Personal Data that we process

When you use our contact form, you have to provide the following Personal Data about you: first name, last name, email address, inquiry type (i.e. what topic your inquiry relates to) and company name. On a voluntary basis you may also provide your telephone number and include a message to Morgan Street Holdings. Please do not provide us with your telephone number if you do not want Morgan Street Holdings to process it in connection with your inquiry. Certain information available to us from your interaction with the Website may also be processed when you click on links that connect with Morgan Street Holdings content on other platforms (for example on LinkedIn).

Why we process this Personal Data

We process this Personal Data to provide you with a response to your inquiry from the most suitable contact person for your request and business, as well as to subsequently address you directly.

(c) When we and our partners use cookies and similar technology on the Website

As described in more detail below, when you visit our Website or open our emails, we and our third-party partners, such as advertising networks and analytics providers, collect certain information by automated means, such as cookies, web beacons and web server logs. Depending on the technology used, the information collected in this manner includes IP address, browser characteristics, device IDs and characteristics, operating system version, language preferences, referring URLs, and information about the usage of our Website. Our partners also may collect and combine information collected on our Website and emails with other information about your online activities over time, on other devices, and on other websites or apps, if those websites and apps also use the same partners.

Note that like many websites we currently use Google Analytics to collect and process certain website usage data. To learn more about Google Analytics and how to opt out, please visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website places on your computer’s hard drive that allows the website’s server to keep track of and facilitate certain activities on the site. Cookies and similar technology (such as server log files) help provide information to us about how users are using morganstreet.com. Among other purposes, we may use cookies to collect information about how visitors use the Website and what pages and features visitors find more or less interesting, to make it easier for you as a user to log-in, or to make visits to the Website otherwise more efficient. We use information that we obtain by cookies in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

What kinds of cookies are there?

Basically, there are two types of cookies: cookies that expire once you close your browser (called session cookies) and cookies that stay on your device until you delete them or they expire (called persistent cookies).

The cookies used by the Website may fall into one of the following categories:

Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the Website and use its functionalities.

Functionality cookies: These cookies remember your choices, such as your language preferences. This enables us to offer you the Website tailored to your needs and make your visit as pleasant as possible.

Performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use the Website, e.g. which pages you go to most often, in order to improve how the Website works.

(iii) How to control the use of cookies

To control the use of cookies by the Website, please use the “Cookie Preferences” link on our Website. You can then choose which cookies will be used on the Website and can learn how to disable third-party cookies.

Also, most internet browsers are set up to accept cookies by default. If you want to stop cookies or want to delete any cookies (or similar technologies), please visit the help and support area of your internet browser. You may find instructions on how to block or delete cookies there. As stated above, please note that certain features of the Website might not be available if you delete or disable cookies.

4. How we share your Personal Data

There are also circumstances where we will transfer and/or disclose to third parties Personal Data. Those circumstances are as follows:

Subsidiaries and Affiliates: Morgan Street Holdings will transfer Personal Data to its subsidiaries and corporate affiliates.

Consultants and Service Providers: Morgan Street Holdings may disclose Personal Data to third party consultants and service providers (such as providers of Website hosting, technology outsourcing and support services) to the extent that they require access to Website, or the information contained in our Website, to service Morgan Street Holdings and the Website.

Security: Morgan Street Holdings reserves the right to release Personal Data in response to a subpoena or otherwise when we believe that the law requires us to do so or when we believe it is necessary to resolve disputes or to protect and/or enforce the rights, property interests, or safety of Morgan Street Holdings, our users or others.

Reorganization or Sale: In the event that Morgan Street Holdings or any of its business units is merged with or becomes part of another organization, or in the event that Morgan Street Holdings is sold, goes bankrupt, is in receivership, or it sells all or substantially all of its assets, the information you provide may be one of the transferred assets.

5. California, Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia privacy rights

We collect Personal Data (including identifiers, Internet activity information and professional information) when you use the Website and provide it to us through the Website.

We do not rent, sell, or share personal information (as defined by California Civil Code §1798.83) about you that we collect on the Website with other people or unaffiliated companies for their direct marketing purposes, unless we have your permission. We have not sold Personal Data, but we disclose Personal Data we collect (i.e., identifiers, Internet activity information, and professional information) for our business purposes as described in Section 4. The Website does not respond to web browser “do not track” signals at this time.

US data protection laws grant California, Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia residents the following data rights, which may be applicable to you:

Right of access: You may ask us to provide you with a copy of the types of Personal Data and the Personal Data we have collected about you during the prior 12 months, and information about where we obtain Personal Data, why we collect Personal Data and what, how and with whom Personal Data is shared with others. 

Right to deletion: In some circumstances, you may ask us to delete or remove your Personal Data, but this right is limited.

Right to Portability. You have the right to request that we provide a copy of the Personal Data we have collected about you, in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance. Once we receive your request and confirm your identity, we will provide to you a copy of your data as required under the applicable data protection laws. We may provide this data to you via email to the email address you have provided with your request. 

Right to Correct. Subject to certain exceptions, you have the right to request that we correct inaccurate Personal Data that we have collected about you. Once we receive your request and confirm your identity, we will review your request, considering the nature of the Personal Data and the purposes of the processing of the Personal Data to see if we can correct the data. We may also request additional information showing that the information you want to correct is inaccurate.

Non-Discrimination. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your data privacy rights.

Exercising Your Rights. To exercise your rights described above, please submit a request by using the information provided in Section 10 below. Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a request to know or delete related to your Personal Data. You may also make a request to know or delete on behalf of your child. You may exercise the above rights by contacting us as described in Section 10 of this Privacy Policy. We may take steps to verify your identity and request before responding to your request.

Additional rights for Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia Residents

Right to Appeal. If you make a request to exercise any of the above data access rights and we are unable to comply with your request, you may request to appeal our decision. To appeal any data privacy request decision, please contact us by emailing privacy@morganstreet.com with the subject line “Data Access Request Appeal.” If after you complete the appeal process with us, you are still unsatisfied with our response, you may contact your Attorney General to file a complaint. Below are the contact information for the appropriate entity where you can inquire about filing an appeal:

Colorado residents:
Office of the Attorney General
Colorado Department of Law
Ralph L. Carr Judicial Building
1300 Broadway, 10th Floor
Denver, CO 80203
(720) 508-6000
https://coag.gov/

Connecticut Residents:
Office of the Attorney General
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 808-5318
https://portal.ct.gov/AG

Virginia residents:
Office of the Attorney General
202 North 9th Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Phone: (804) 786-2071
https://www.oag.state.va.us/

6. How do you keep my information secure?

Although we cannot guarantee impenetrability of our servers, we have attempted to establish and implement reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

7. Links to third party websites

Our Website may contain links to third party websites, particularly those of news and press services. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of other websites, and Morgan Street Holdings is not responsible for the actions and privacy policies of the third parties that operate or interact with those other websites. We encourage you to be aware of when you leave our Website and to read the privacy policies of each website that you visit, particularly before you submit any Personal Data on that website.

8. Changes and updates to the Privacy Policy

Morgan Street Holdings reserves the right to change the Website information and other content, features, products, policies, promotions, disclosures, and disclaimers at any time. In addition, Morgan Street Holdings may change its Privacy Policy as to Personal Data collected after the effective date of such change. Changes to this Privacy Policy will be described and posted on the Website and/or otherwise provided to you consistent with applicable law. At the top of the Privacy Policy, we indicate the date of the most recent update to the Privacy Policy.

9. Who do I contact if I have a privacy request or question?

If you have any requests, comments, questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or Morgan Street Holdings’ privacy practices, please contact us at privacy@morganstreet.com.