1. General
Solvit Legal and Consultants (Solvit) is committed to protecting the privacy of personal information provided to us. We process data in accordance with applicable data protection regulations. Our Privacy Policy is designed to ensure the privacy and security of your personal information. For this policy, sensitive personal data is included within personal information. This statement explains how we may collect and process information about:
- Visitors to our website
- People who use our services
- Job applicants
- Interns
- Solvit consultants (retained lawyers)
- Current employees
This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand:
- The personal information we collect and how we collect it
- The purposes for collecting personal information
- Measures we take to ensure the safety and privacy of your personal information
- How you can access and change your personal data
2. Collection of Personal Information
“Personal information” refers to any information that can uniquely identify a person. We may collect personal information as required by laws and regulations when you receive our services, apply for a position with us, or are employed or retained by us. The information we collect depends on your relationship with us and may also come from public sources. Information we may collect includes, but is not limited to:
- Your name, employer, title, postal address, phone number, date of birth, and email address
- Details of visits to our offices, including meeting dates and times
- Data related to your visits to our website or our electronic mailers and updates
- For employees, consultants, and interns: financial information such as bank account details and biometric information such as fingerprints
- Records of your communications with us, such as emails or letters
- Account information, including payment dates, amounts paid, owed, or received
3. How We Use This Information
Unless required by applicable data protection regulations, Solvit will not disclose, use, give, or distribute personal information to third parties except to those who need to know for delivering services related to your engagement or employment with us.
We may disclose personal information to third parties where:
- You have consented to sharing your personal information in this way
- We are legally, regulatorily, or professionally obligated to do so (e.g., to comply with laws) or to protect the rights, interests, property, or safety of Solvit, our clients, or others
- It is relevant to disclose the information to our clients, your employer or place of business, and your professional advisers
- We use third-party service providers for services involving data processing, such as archival, auditing, professional advisory, technology, website, research, banking, payment, client contact, data processing, insurance, forensic, litigation support, and security services
Some third parties with whom we share personal information may be located outside your country. While these parties often have privacy and confidentiality obligations, you accept that these obligations may differ from and be less stringent than the privacy laws of your jurisdiction.
4. How We Protect Your Personal Information
Solvit is committed to protecting the information we receive from you. We take appropriate, industry-standard security measures to protect your information against misuse, unauthorized access, or unauthorized alteration, disclosure, or destruction. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure proper use of information, we maintain physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard data stored on our system. While no computer system is completely secure, we believe our measures reduce the likelihood of security issues to an appropriate level for the data involved.
5. Your Rights Regarding Your Information
You have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- You may request the removal of your personal information from Solvit’s systems by emailing the address provided below. We will make all reasonable efforts to promptly remove your personal information, but we cannot guarantee permanent removal, as it may remain in archival or backup copies. Solvit employees, interns, and consultants should note that such a request may impact your employment or engagement with Solvit.
6. Status of This Policy
Technologies and information governance practices are constantly evolving. We may need to revise this Privacy Policy in the future. Please review this policy regularly to stay informed of any changes.
7. Contacts
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to see a copy of the information we hold about you, think that information we hold may need correction or updating, want to delete all or part of it, or object to the processing on legitimate grounds, please contact us with the enquiry topic “Data Privacy” at [email protected].
