It is the policy of JurisLaw to deal with your personal information responsibly and in accordance with the requirements of applicable data protection laws, including the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation 2019 and all other relevant laws in Nigeria with regard to Privacy. This notice explains how we do that.
In this notice, “JurisLaw” refers to Jurislaw Associates and its affiliated partnerships from time to time. JurisLaw is a duly registered law business entity under the laws of Nigeria.
Nothing stated in this notice is intended to, nor will it, establish a client-attorney relationship with persons reading it. Information provided to us in the course of any attorney-client relationship enjoys a special status and may be protected by confidentiality, the attorney-client privilege, the attorney work product doctrine and other similar protections (whether Nigeria or elsewhere). Nothing in this notice detracts from any of the protections that attach to such information.
We may collect personal information from you in the course of our business, including through your use of our website, when you contact or request information from us under https://jurislawng.com/contact/ ….. when you engage us to provide legal services or as a result of your relationship with any member of our personnel or our clients.
The personal information that we process includes:
The personal information we collect may include special categories of data.
How we collect personal information
How we use personal information
We use your personal information in a number of ways, including:
The grounds on which we process personal information
We process personal information on one or more of the following grounds:
Sharing personal information
JurisLaw has offices in carefully selected areas within Nigeria, we also partner with other firms in the United Kingdom, United States and Canada www.jurislawng.com/about_us
Personal information that is given to a JurisLaw office may be transferred to one or more other offices in our network (including any office we may open in the future).
We may also share your personal information with third parties in accordance with contractual arrangements in place with them , including:
In some circumstances, we may also pass information to regulatory authorities, courts, tribunals, government agencies and law enforcement agencies. We may be required to disclose your information to comply with legal or regulatory requirements. Where possible, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you before disclosing your information, but we may be legally restricted from doing so.
We will implement appropriate measures to ensure that your personal information nevertheless remains protected and secure in accordance with applicable data protection laws. Nigerian and EU standard contractual clauses are in place between all JurisLaw entities that share and process personal data.
Protecting personal information
We use a variety of technical and organizational measures to help protect your personal information from unauthorised access, use, disclosure, alteration or destruction consistent with applicable data protection laws. These measures are reviewed periodically by external assessors who confirm and certify our operations and periodic training of members of staff in handling personal information
Keeping personal information
Your personal information will be retained in accordance with our Data Privacy Policy.
We retain personal information of different types, or relating to different categories of people, for different periods, taking into account its business purpose. For example, information about individuals who have applied for employment with us will be retained for a shorter period than information about individuals who have actually worked for us.
The periods for which we retain information are based on the requirements of applicable data protection laws and the purpose for which the information is collected and used. We take into account legal and regulatory provisions which require information to be retained for a minimum period. We also consider the limitation periods for taking legal action and good practice in the legal industry.
If you have any questions on the matters covered in this policy, please contact us at www.jurislawng.com/contact_us