Privacy Policy
Content
General
Greychapel Legal (“the Firm”) is a full-service law firm duly registered in Nigeria. All references to “our”, “us”, or “we” refer to the Firm, its affiliates, associates or any third party which may assume ownership and/or control of the Firm and its content.
The Firm takes your privacy seriously and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Notice (“Notice”) sets out how and why we collect, use, store and share your personal data including who we may share the data with.
Introduction
Please note that by accessing and using our services, you accept and consent to our use of any of your information collected by us, in the manner outlined in this Notice. If you disagree with any of the terms, you should not use or access the services. You are also entitled at any time to revoke your consent to our use of your information.
We may update this Notice from time to time and if we make any material changes, we will notify you and provide you with the opportunity to review such changes. By continuing to interact with us after such changes and notifications, you consent to the updated terms regarding the use of your personal data.
This Notice covers:
What personal data we hold and how we collect it;
What we use your personal data for;
Your rights regarding our use of your personal data;
Sharing your personal data;
Retention Periods;
Data security and transfers; and
Security of Personal data.
What Personal Data We Hold and how we collect it
Personal data is any data that identifies or can identify you. The personal data we process about you depends on your interaction with us and is categorized as follows:
Clients and Potential Clients seeking Legal Services
Personal details
We typically collect personal data including name, address, e-mail address, phone number. We collect this information to communicate with you, respond to your inquiries, or provide the services.
Corporate Information
Where applicable, we may also collect information about companies, such as your company registration number, Tax Identification Number, sector of business, office address, details of your contracts, incorporation documents, signatures, confidential correspondence, photographs among others. This information is collected to provide legal services (“our Services”) or fulfill our contractual obligations with you.
Job applicants
As part of our recruitment process, we request and collect certain information including:
Personal details
This includes your name, house address, email address, phone number, curriculum vitae, and cover letter.
Professional qualification
We may request copies of your professional qualifications including undergraduate and post-graduate degrees, certifications, work experiences, and documents connected with your membership of local and international professional organizations.
Website visitors
Technical information and analytics
When you use our Platform, we may automatically collect the following information where permitted by your device settings: technical information, including the address used to connect your mobile phone or other device to the internet, your location data, operating system type and version, browser or Platform version, time zone setting, and your location (based on IP address); and information about your visit, including headers you viewed, links you followed, and publications you read. Cookies and similar technologies may also be used to collect this information.
Webinars and events
If you attend any of our webinars or events, we will collect your name, email address and sometimes the name of the company you work for.
What we use your personal data for
The purposes for which we use your personal data are detailed below: to offer and provide you with our Services and to support your business functions; to respond to queries, comments, or other feedback you provide to us; to enter into or carry out contracts of various kinds; as may be necessary to establish, exercise, and defend legal rights; to track traffic to our website and for the functionality of our website; to process your recruitment information in order to conduct employment interviews and other activities associated with recruitment; to conduct due diligence and conflict checks; to contact you or send you newsletters and communication about our webinars, events and news; to comply with applicable laws, regulations, guidance or professional obligations that we may be subject to, including anti-money laundering requirements; and to comply with legal requirements and to investigate, prosecute and defend our legal right.
Note: Please note that where required or permitted by law, we may process your data without your knowledge or consent.
Sharing your personal data
We will under no situation knowingly sell, exchange, or otherwise disclose your personal data to third parties, except with your consent. We may however, share information that we collect about you (including personally identifiable information) as follows: with members of our team to aid the optimal delivery of our Services to you; with companies and pre-vetted professionals we have engaged to provide Services on our behalf, including those who act as data processors on our behalf, acting strictly under contract in accordance with applicable data protection laws. Those data processors are bound by strict confidentiality and data security provisions, and they can only use your data in the ways specified by us; with our commercial partners aggregated data that does not personally identify you, but which shows general trends, for example, the number of users of our Services; and we may preserve or disclose information about you to comply with a law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; to assert legal rights or defend against legal claims; or to prevent, detect, or investigate illegal activity, fraud, abuse, violations of our terms, or threats to the security of our Services or the physical safety of any person. Some of the third parties we may share your personal data with include: Regulators, Service providers, Judicial authorities, Law enforcement agencies
Retention period
We retain your information in accordance with national and international best practices and only for as long as is reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which they were collected. However, we may retain records for a longer period as required by law or regulation and where we are required to assert or defend against legal claims.
Data Security & transfers
We store all your personal and corporate information securely with adequate security measures in place. We use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorised access. We also take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy Notice. Your data may be processed or stored via destinations outside of Nigeria (e.g. where we work with third parties who help deliver our Services to you, whose servers may be located outside of Nigeria), but always in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including mechanisms to lawfully transfer data across borders, and subject to strict safeguards.
Security of personal data
Despite our very judicious efforts, you understand and accept that we will not be liable for any unauthorized access to your personal data, save to the extent that such access is as a result of our willful negligence.
Contact us
If you have any further questions about how we process your information, or if you would like to exercise any of your rights regarding your personal data as set out in this Notice, please contact us using the details below:
Name: Greychapel Legal , Email address: info@greychapellegal.com
Please note that we may request additional details from you regarding your complaints and keep records of your requests and resolutions.