Privacy and cookies policy - GOLDWIN Avocats

Privacy and cookies policy

At Goldwin Law Firm, respect for privacy and the protection of personal data are a priority.

Therefore, we implement appropriate measures to ensure the protection, confidentiality and security of your personal data in accordance with the applicable provisions, the European General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 of April 27, 2016 (hereinafter “GDPR”) and Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 known as the Data Protection Act, as well as any applicable additional provisions.

The definitions applicable to this privacy policy are those of the GDPR.

The purpose of this section is to inform you about how we process your data and the commitments made by Goldwin Société d’Avocats to ensure that your personal data is respected.

Types of data processed

Goldwin Société d’Avocats processes its clients’ data as part of the execution of the tasks they entrust to us. We collect and process personal data of the Firm’s clients as well as of the clients’ employees, representatives, or managers when necessary to execute the fee agreement. The data collected is only that strictly necessary for the execution of our services.

What is personal data?

“Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person”. Article 4.1 of the GDPR.

For example, name, first name, IP address or social security number are personal data.

Data Controller

Goldwin Société d’Avocats is responsible for the processing, the contact details of which are as follows:

mail : contact@goldwin-avocats.com

phone: 01.45.33.50.73

Intra-community VAT number: FR 66 82 33 67 834

The purposes of the processing

The purposes of the processing are customer management including contacting them or communicating, the execution of the tasks entrusted to them, in particular the provision of legal services, management of the contract, invoices, accounting, monitoring of the contractual relationship.

The data collected may also be used for statistical analyses to improve the services offered by Goldwin Société d’Avocats.

In addition, subject to the absence of opposition, customers may receive newsletters, informational content on various professional and legal subjects, press releases, in an exclusively professional context.

Website visitors

As part of the use of the Goldwin Société d’Avocat website accessible at the address  https://goldwin-avocats.com , Goldwin Société d’Avocat collects and processes certain personal data concerning you as a user of the site.

Personal data of site users is collected when you complete the “Contact Us” form.

The purpose of this processing, in compliance with applicable regulations, is to enable communication between Goldwin Société d’Avocat and the user of the site.

Legal basis for processing.

The treatments implemented in this context are based on:

  • Execution of the contract: this concerns processing for the purpose of carrying out the tasks entrusted by clients to Goldwin Société d’Avocats
  • Legitimate interest: This concerns processing related to commercial prospecting operations. This is done in accordance with the balance between the fundamental rights and freedoms of customers and the objective of promoting and improving the services of Goldwin Société d’Avocats.
  • Compliance with the legal obligations of Goldwin Société d’Avocats: this concerns processing linked to accounting operations and tax obligations in particular.
The duration of data retention.

In the event that the user of the site makes an appointment which is not honored, the data retention period is one year.

Concerning personal data collected and processed for the purposes described above, the retention period extends until the legal limitation date, i.e. 5 years after the end of the contractual relationship.

They may also be kept for a period of 10 years in order to comply with accounting and tax obligations.

The recipients of personal data.

Personal data is accessible to the firm’s lawyers and interns handling client requests as well as to legal assistants.

The information collected, including personal data, may be communicated to third parties acting as subcontractors, bound by a subcontracting agreement to perform, in particular, hosting, storage, communication, data processing, database management or IT maintenance services. These subcontractors act only on instructions from Goldwin Société d’Avocats and will only have access to personal data for the purpose of performing their services. They will be bound by the same security and confidentiality obligations as Goldwin Société d’Avocats.

Transfer of personal data

Personal data is hosted in France by the company OVH SARL, whose head office is located at 140, quai du Sartel – 59100 Roubaix in France, and whose contact details are as follows: Tel: 08.99.70.17.61 / Fax: 03.20.20.09.58 / Email:  support@ovh.com  / Website: www.ovh.com.

They are not subject to any transfer outside the European Union.

Cookies

The Site may automatically collect information for: functional statistics, audience analysis, Site administration, facilitating navigation on the Site, identification and access to the website. All information collected indirectly will only be used to track the volume, type and configuration of traffic using this Site, to develop its design and layout and for other administrative and planning purposes and more generally to improve the service we offer you.

You are free to accept or refuse cookies on a case-by-case basis or to refuse them systematically.

Your rights

In accordance with applicable regulations, you have the right to access, rectify and erase Personal Data concerning you, the right to limit processing and the right to object to the processing of data concerning you.

You also have the right to the portability of the data that you have entrusted to Goldwin Société d’Avocats and the right to send Goldwin Société d’Avocats special instructions regarding the fate of your personal data after your death.

To exercise these rights, you can send a request by email to:  contact@goldwin-avocats.com

You have the right to object to the processing of data for communication purposes by sending an email to the address provided.

You also have the option of submitting a complaint to the CNIL in the event of a difficulty relating to the management of your personal data.

We invite you to contact us before filing a complaint with the CNIL.

It is the responsibility of clients to ensure the lawfulness of the processing of data they communicate to Goldwin Société d’Avocats and to inform their employees, representatives or managers whose personal data could be processed by Goldwin Société d’Avocat as a result of the execution of the assigned tasks.