PRIVACY POLICY SØRENSEN ADVOCATEN

Sørensen Advocaten is clear, also about the processing of personal data. We process your personal data in accordance with applicable privacy laws.

This Privacy Policy applies to all persons for whom Sørensen Advocaten processes personal data, such as:

• Visitors of our website;
• (Employees of) clients of Sørensen Advocaten;
• Recipients of Sørensen Advocaten newsletters and other mailings;
• Potential clients of Sørensen Advocaten;
• Persons involved in legal proceedings in which Sørensen Advocaten acts as a lawyer;
• (Employees of) suppliers;
• Third parties communicating with Sørensen Advocaten;

What personal data does Sørensen Advocaten process?

Sørensen Advocaten processes personal data that you have provided to us, personal data generated during your visit to our website and personal data we have obtained from other sources.

Personal data provided by you to Sørensen Advocaten:
– contact information and other personal data needed to handle your case;
– Personal data you provide to Sørensen Advocaten in connection with events or newsletters.

Personal data received through our website:
– data regarding your visit to our website;
– Information regarding the device used to visit our website, such as your IP address;
– your surfing behavior and interests.

Personal Data received from other sources:
– personal data received from public online sources such as company websites and Social Media platforms, such as LinkedIn;
– personal data obtained from the Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce or Land Registry;
– other personal data relating to you that we have obtained in dealing with matters through clients and counterparties, among others.

Why does Sørensen Advocaten process your personal data?

Sørensen Advocaten uses your personal data for various purposes:

• The provision of legal services by our lawyers for our clients;
• Fulfilling our legal obligations such as filing obligations, obligations under the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Prevention) Act (WWFT);
• Maintaining contact and communicating with you;
• Marketing activities, such as sending newsletters and other forms of marketing communications that may be of interest to you;
• For the security, use and improvement of our website.

Security of your information

Sørensen Advocaten takes appropriate technical and organizational measures to secure your personal data against loss or against any form of unlawful processing. Persons who have access to your information or files on behalf of Sørensen Advocaten are bound by confidentiality under the applicable rules of conduct and professional practice. Sørensen Advocaten uses industry-accepted standards of technological and operational security to protect personal information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. If you have any questions about the security of your personal data, or if there are any indications of misuse, please contact us at mail@sorensenadvocaten.nl or +31 10 2492 444.

Enabling/sharing data with third parties

In certain cases it may be necessary for Sørensen Advocaten to give third parties access to personal data. Below is a, non-exhaustive, overview:

• Third parties that are relevant to the legal services we provide, such as counterparties, local attorneys, courts, regulatory authorities and government agencies;
• Third parties, such as regulators and other agencies, to comply with our legal obligations;
• Third-party vendors in connection with the processing of your personal data for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, such as ICT vendors, communications service providers or other vendors to whom we outsource certain support services.

Transfers of your personal data to the above third parties will be made only for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.

Third parties to whom we provide your personal data may themselves be responsible for compliance with privacy laws. In that case, Sørensen Advocaten is neither responsible nor liable for the processing of your personal data by these third parties. Insofar as a third party processes your personal data in the capacity of processor of Sørensen Advocaten and thus acts at the request and pursuant to instructions of Sørensen Advocaten, Sørensen Advocaten will enter into a processing agreement with such third party that meets the requirements set out in the AVG.

Data outside the European Union

In order to provide our services, it may be necessary for Sørensen Advocaten to transfer your personal data to a recipient in a country outside the European Union. In that case, Sørensen Advocaten ensures that such transfer of data is in accordance with the AVG.

Basis

When processing personal data by Sørensen Advocaten, Sørensen Advocaten relies on various bases. The data processing may be necessary for the performance of an agreement (to provide legal services) that we have entered into or necessary to perform a legal duty. In some cases we ask your explicit consent, for example for the use of certain cookies, or, if you are not a client, the receipt of commercial communications.

Finally, there are processing operations based on a legitimate interest of Sørensen Advocaten, such as processing for internal management purposes, for effective communication, quality improvement or direct marketing processing for clients and active contacts of Sørensen Advocaten. In the latter case, an opt-out is offered at all times.

Retention periods

Sørensen Advocaten will not retain your personal data longer than necessary to achieve the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy or for as long as Sørensen Advocaten is required to do so by law.

Your rights

You may request Sørensen Advocaten to have your data corrected, supplemented, deleted or blocked if the data is incomplete, incorrect or processed in violation of a legal requirement. In addition, you have the right to request the information we hold about you. Do you no longer wish to receive newsletters, e-mail messages or invitations from us? You can unsubscribe at any time free of charge at mail@sorensenadvocaten.nl.

You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. Sørensen Advocaten will cease processing if it is required to do so by law or if other compelling legitimate grounds for processing exist that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms or are related to the establishment, exercise or substantiation of a legal claim.

Cookies

In order to ensure the proper use of our website and to facilitate improved navigation for our visitors, Sørensen Advocaten may use cookies to collect aggregated data. Cookies are small text files stored in the user’s browser.

We may use these tools to track information on our systems and to identify certain categories of users by such items as IP address, domain, browser type and pages visited. This information may be communicated to our webmasters who use this information to analyze the number of visitors to the different parts of the website and to ensure that our website functions as a useful and effective source of information.

For cookies that are not necessary for the use of the website, we require your consent. When you first visit the website, we will ask for your permission to use cookies. You can set your browser so that you do not receive non-functional cookies while visiting the website. These privacy conditions only apply to the use of cookies by Sørensen Advocaten. The use of cookies and other techniques used by third parties is subject to their own privacy terms.

Use of Google Analytics

Sørensen Advocaten uses Google Analytics to gain insight into, among other things, visitor flows, traffic sources and page views on our website. This means that Google acts as a processor in the processing of personal data by Sørensen Advocaten. Sørensen Advocaten has therefore entered into a processing agreement with Google.

Information collected by Google Analytics is anonymized as much as possible.

The information obtained is stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google is affiliated with the EU – US Privacy Shield treaty of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Google may provide your information to third parties only if Google is legally required to do so, or to the extent that third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. For more information, please read Google’s Privacy Policy.

Policy subject to change

Sørensen Advocaten reserves the right to modify or amend this Privacy Policy, for example when changes in processing occur or when regulations change. In case of major changes, Sørensen Advocaten will bring this to your attention.

Complaints procedure

At Sørensen Advocaten, we value the quality of our work and the satisfaction of our clients with our services. If something has not gone to your satisfaction in your case, please raise it with your attorney. We will make every effort to find a satisfactory solution. If you are not satisfied, you can use our complaints procedure. For more information, please contact us at mail@sorensenadvocaten.nl.

You also have at all times the right and opportunity to file a complaint about the processing of personal data by Sørensen Advocaten with the Dutch Data Protection Authority.