Privacy Statement

General

Controller and communication

Law Office Legalitas BV processes personal data in order to offer services, improve services and to communicate personally. In order to evaluate our services Legalitas BV often engages a third party. As a data subject you can choose to participate and leave your personal data behind. You can also sign up to receive a newsletter or other forms of communication from Legalitas BV. Personal information, which should be processed on the invoice, we save 5 years after the calendar year in which the invoice is issued. Personal data which you have actively provided (for example in correspondence and by telephone) we save for 5 years after the order has been completed with us.

Purpose of processing personal data

Law Office Legalitas BV processes the personal data mentioned below exclusively for the purposes mentioned below:

The provision of legal services, including the performance of an agreement and the conduct of legal or other proceedings;

Collection of claims;
counseling, mediation and referral;
comply with our legal and regulatory obligations;
marketing and communications activities;
recruitment and selection (application);
Obtaining your feedback on our services.

What personal data are processed? Legalitas BV processes the following (types or categories of) personal data for the purpose of providing the service or which have been provided by the person concerned on their own initiative:

naw data;
company data;
phone number;
email address;
job title and title, if any;
date of birth;
sex;
IBAN;
information you enter yourself in an open field, such as a blog post or a message in the contact form;
technical measurement data of the equipment such as IP address, MAC address, identifiers in cookies and your surfing behavior on our websites.

Legalitas BV processes the aforementioned personal data, because they have been provided by you as a data subject on your own initiative, have been obtained within the framework of the provision of services, have been made known to us by third parties, including opposing parties, or have become known through public sources.

Basis of processing personal data

The main bases for a law firm are: performance of an agreement, fulfillment of a legal obligation, consent obtained from data subject(s) or a legitimate interest. Legalitas B.V. processes the aforementioned personal data exclusively on the basis of the following grounds as referred to in Article 6 of the AVG:

legal obligation;
performance of the agreement;
consent obtained from the data subject;
legitimate interest/

Personal data is requested, obtained or provided through the legalitas.com website, by email, telephone, fax message, by letter or orally.

Sharing personal data with third parties

Legalitas B.V. respects your personal data and ensures that the personal information provided to us or otherwise obtained is treated confidentially. Personal data is any information about a person. Data that indirectly says something about someone is also personal data. The following implements the information obligation laid down in the AVG to the data subject(s) whose personal data Legalitas B.V. processes, shares your personal data with third parties only insofar as necessary for the provision of services in compliance with the aforementioned purposes. This includes, for example, the observation of the practice by another lawyer, the performance of an expertise study or the engagement of another third party on behalf of Legalitas B.V. Legalitas B.V. respects your personal data and ensures that the personal information provided to us or otherwise obtained will be treated confidentially. Personal data is all information about a person. Data that indirectly says something about someone is also personal data. The following implements the information obligation laid down in the AVG to the data subject(s) whose personal data Legalitas B.V. Law Firm processes. such as an IT supplier, but also the provision of your personal data in connection with (legal) proceedings or correspondence with the other party. Legalitas B.V. respects your personal data and ensures that the personal information provided to us or otherwise obtained is treated confidentially. Personal data is all information about a person. Data that indirectly says something about someone is also personal data. The following implements the information obligation laid down in the 3 AVG to the data subject(s) whose personal data Legalitas B.V. processes. Providing personal data to a third party, such as a regulator or other authority vested with public authority, is done insofar as there is a legal obligation to do so. With the third party who processes your personal data on behalf of Legalitas B.V., a processing agreement will be signed which also obliges the third party to comply with the AVG. Third parties engaged by Legalitas B.V., which offer services as processors, are for the (further) processing of your personal data themselves responsible for compliance with the AVG. This could be an accountant, notary, other third party engaged for a second opinion or expert report.

Personal data security

Legalitas B.V. attaches great importance to the security and protection of your personal data and, taking into account the state of the art, ensures appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a risk appropriate level of security. In case Legalitas B.V. uses the services of third parties, such as an IT-supplier, Legalitas B.V. will, in the context of the protection of personal data, agree on adequate security measures in a processing agreement.

Retention of personal data

Legalitas B.V. retains personal data that are processed no longer than is necessary for the aforementioned purposes of data processing or is required under laws and regulations.

Privacy rights of data subjects

Of course, you may wish to have access to your data. Of course we will support you in this in a simple way. A request for inspection, correction, restriction, opposition, transferability of data, deletion of your personal data or withdrawal of previously granted permission, can be sent via the contact details below. You will receive further information from us within four weeks of receiving your request. To guarantee your privacy and to make sure that we provide the relevant personal data to the right person based on your request, we ask you to submit a copy of a valid passport, driver's license or proof of identity with a protected passport photo and BSN number for verification purposes. Legalitas B.V. will only process requests that relate to your own personal data. There may be circumstances in which Legalitas B.V. cannot or cannot fully fulfill your request as a data subject. This includes the duty of confidentiality of lawyers and legal retention periods.

Your requests as referred to above can be addressed to:
Legalitas B.V.
info@legalitas.nl
Boomberglaan 12
1217 RR HILVERSUM
035-2050580

Use of social media

The website(s) of Legalitas B.V. include buttons and/or links to promote or share web pages on social (media) networks or websites of third parties, such as Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook. Legalitas B.V. does not monitor and is not responsible for the processing of your personal data by and through such third parties. The use of such media is therefore at your own risk. Before using those third party services, it is advisable to read the privacy statement of those third parties.

Statistics and cookies

Legalitas B.V. keeps track of usage data of the website(s) for statistical purposes. The personal data collected in this way is in principle anonymous and will not be sold by Legalitas B.V. to third parties. In order to increase the ease of use of the Legalitas B.V. website(s), so-called cookies are used. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on, for example, your computer, tablet or smartphone during your visit to the Legalitas B.V. website(s). You can refuse the use of these cookies at any time, although this may limit the functionality and ease of use of the website(s). The Legalitas B.V. website uses cookies from Google Analytics to track, in outline, user behavior and general trends and to obtain reports. This helps to improve the operation of the website(s). Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally required to do so or insofar as third parties process the information on Google's behalf. By using the website(s) of Advocatenkantoor Legalitas B.V., you consent to the processing of the information by Google in the manner and for the purposes as described above. Cookies are also placed by the use of buttons and/or links, as described above under 'Use of social media'. Legalitas B.V. has no influence on the placement and use of cookies by these third parties.

Privacy statement modification

Legalitas B.V. has the right to change the content of this privacy statement at any time without prior notice. Adjustments to the privacy statement are published on the website of the law firm. Therefore please check our website(s) www.legalitas.nl regularly.

Questions & Contact

For questions or comments about the processing of your personal data and this privacy statement, please contact:

Legalitas B.V.
info@legalitas.nl
Boomberglaan 12
1217 RR HILVERSUM
035-2050580

This privacy statement was adopted on March 1, 2024.