Privacy Statement
We take data protection very seriously and inform you herein how we collect your data when visiting our website https://www.blf-lawgroup.com how we process your data and what claims and rights you are entitled to under the applicable data protection regulations, and in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
1. Name and address of the Controller
Controller (hereinafter: “we”) for the purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation (Art. 4 (7) GDPR), the French Data Protection Act and other provisions related to data protection is:
BLF SELARL
15, rue de Marignan
75008 Paris – France
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +33 1 71 19 72 40
2. Collection of general data and log files
a) Your visit on our website
We collect a series of general data and information, when you or an automated system call up the website www.blf-lawgroup.com. This general data is temporarily stored in the log files of the server.
We may collect:
- Your IP address;
- the date and time of access to the website;
- the name and URL visited;
- the website from which an accessing system reaches our website; or
- the browser types, versions and languages used.
This information is needed to deliver the content of our website correctly, optimize the content of our website, ensure the long-term viability of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and provide the law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber-attack. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
According to Art. 6(1) lit. f GDPR the processing of this data is necessary for the above-mentioned purposes and therefore of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller. We delete the data as long as it is no longer necessary for the fulfilment of the above mentioned purposes.
b) Contact with our firm via e-mail
You can contact us by using the e-mail addresses indicated on our website. If you send us an e-mail we will save all personal data that is included in the e-mail send to us (e-mail address, name, phone number etc.).
The legal basis for the storage of this information is Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR, i.e. you have given your consent to the processing of your personal data. Your personal data will be deleted after having given a feedback or response to your query, unless your wish our assistance in a specific matter or having your personal data in our contact database. In this case, your data is transferred to the authorised personnel of our firm.
3. Transmission of personal data
We will transmit data send to us to the authorised personal of our firm, and if necessary for the purpose of the data collection, to our service providers.
4. Your rights
When your personal data is processed, the GDPR provides you with special rights. You have the right to be informed about the data that we hold on you, the right to have your data rectified if it is inaccurate, the right to erasure, the right to have your data restricted or blocked from processing, the right of data portability and the right to object to processing of your personal data (Art. 15 – 21 GDPR), as well as a right to revoke your consent at any time (Art. 7 GDPR), a right to give instructions for your post-mortem data (French data protection act) and a right of complaint to the competent data protection regulator (Art. 77 GDPR).
5. Right to object
If you wish to make use of your rights or have questions with regard to your personal data or our data protection policy, please feel free to contact us via phone (+33 1 71 19 72 40, e-mail ([email protected]) or mail (15, rue de Marignan, 75008 Paris, France)
6. Use of Cookies
Our website uses temporary and permanent cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in a computer system via an Internet browser if you visit our website. Through the use of cookies we provide users of this website with more user-friendly services. By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized. Cookies allow us to recognize our website users. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to utilize our website. The website user that uses cookies, e.g. does not have to enter access data each time the website is accessed, because this is taken over by the website, and the cookie is thus stored on the user’s computer system. We moreover use cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services. Because of this, we ask users to accept our cookie policy when first accessing our website.
These purposes serve as legitimate purposes pursuant to Art. 6 Abs. (1) lit. f GDPR.
You may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies through our website by means of a corresponding setting of your internet browser. Thus, you may also permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via your internet browser or other software programs. However, if you deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, you may not be able to use all functions of our website.
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version.
7. Data Security
We use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data stored by us against manipulation, partial or complete loss and against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
Update of the privacy declaration
This notice is updated May 2018 and may be changed from time to time.
