Disclaimer

Lexwork International is an association of law firms and is not a legal body separate from its constituents. All member law firms subscribe to the objectives appearing on this web site. However, neither Lexwork International nor any member firm has any control over the services provided by any other member law firm, and therefore, has no responsibility for their acts.

Reviewing the information on this site does not constitute an attorney client relationship between you and Lexwork or any of its Member Firms. Prior to establishing an attorney-client relationship, a Lexwork Member Firm will need to discuss your specific legal situation with you, complete a conflict check and discuss and agree upon the terms of legal representation. Please do not send any confidential information to any Lexwork Member Firm until such time as an attorney-client relationship has been established through a written engagement letter.

While we invite you to contact Lexwork or a Lexwork Member Firm, please note that contacting via email does not create an attorney-client relationship, unless you are accepted as a client of a specific Lexwork Member Firm and has been established through a written engagement letter.

The information you obtain on this site is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. You should consult an attorney for individual advice regarding your own situation.

Privacy Policy

Lexwork International is an association of high quality mid-sized independent law firms with offices in major cities located across Americas, Europe and Asia.

This privacy policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. By visiting our website, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy. Please note that this privacy policy applies to Lexwork International’s operation of the Lexwork website. For information about how a particular member may process your personal data, please consult that member’s privacy policy.

The personal data we may collect from/process on you includes, Name, Contact Details, Cookies, IP Address.

How We Collect Personal Data

We collect your personal data when you visit our website, enquire about our activities, send or receive an email, ask a question or otherwise provide us with personal information.

We may also collect technical information relating to your use of our website, including your browser type or the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet.

We also gather general information about the use of our website, such as which pages users visit most often and which services, events or facilities are of most interest. We may also track which pages users visit when they click on links in emails. We may use this information to personalise the way our website is presented when users visit, to make improvements to our website and to ensure we provide the best service for users. Wherever possible we use aggregated or anonymous information which does not identify individual visitors to our website.

Why We Collect Personal Data

We collect your personal data in order to provide you with legal services that you have requested. The lawful basis for which we process your personal data is:

  • your consent;
  • processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract;
  • processing is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations; and
  • processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests.

Disclosure

The information provided to us about yourself and your e-mail address will only be used within Lexwork International. The information you provide about yourself will only be used to complete the inquiry or information request as intended. Such inquiries or requests may include: administering a service, such as email, distributing news, replying to requests; or contacting you if you have granted us permission to do so.

Lexwork International does not sell, rent or share this information with outside parties without your permission.

We will share specific and relevant information with law enforcement and government agencies or public bodies where we are legally required to do so. Examples may include:

  • The prevention or detection of crime and fraud
  • The apprehension or prosecution of offenders
  • The assessment or collection of tax or duty owed to customs and excise
  • Sharing in connection with legal proceedings
  • Sharing in relation to the physical or mental health of an individual, where disclosure is required to protect them or others from serious harm

Retention Period

Lexwork International will not hold/process data for longer than necessary and up to a maximum of 7 years.

How We Protect Personal Data

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure that the information disclosed to us is kept secure, accurate and up to date and kept only for so long as is necessary for the purposes for which it is used.

You should be aware that the use of the Internet is not entirely secure and although we will do our best to protect your personal data we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal information which is transferred from you or to you via the Internet. Any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features such as encryption to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Cookies

‘Cookies’ are small pieces of information stored on the hard drive of a user’s computer which contain information about the user. The information is used to track a visitor’s use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.

Our website uses analytical cookies, which allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to instructions for your file management software to locate the file or directory that stores cookies.

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

Read our region-specific cookie policies:

Your Rights as a Data Subject

At any point while we are in possession of or processing your personal data, you, the data subject, have the following rights:

  • Right of access – you have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you.
  • Right of rectification – you have a right to correct data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Right to be forgotten – in certain circumstances you can ask for the data we hold about you to be erased from our records.
  • Right to restriction of processing – where certain conditions apply to have a right to restrict the processing.
  • Right of portability – you have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation.
  • Right to object – you have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing.
  • Right to object to automated processing, including profiling – you also have the right to be subject to the legal effects of automated processing or profiling.
  • Right to judicial review: in the event that Lexwork International refuses your request under rights of access, we will provide you with a reason as to why. You have the right to complain as outlined below.

All of the above requests will be forwarded on should there be a third party involved (as stated above) in the processing of your personal data.

Complaints

In the event that you wish to make a complaint about how your personal data is being processed by Lexwork International (or third parties as described above), or how your complaint has been handled, you have the right to lodge a complaint directly with the supervisory authority and the Lexwork International Network Manager.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy. By continuing to use our website you will be deemed to have accepted such changes.

This privacy policy was last amended in June 2018.