55LEGAL

55LEGAL PRIVACY POLICY

Introduction

55LEGAL is a société à responsabilité limitée existing under the laws of Luxembourg, registered with and regulated by the Luxembourg bar and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies' Register under number B 277514.

This Privacy Policy provides you with information on the use of your personal data in all 55LEGAL activities. Acting as data controllers or data processors, we are committed to safeguarding your privacy. This Policy covers how we may collect, use, share, protect and retain your information and your rights regarding it.

Legal framework

  • EU General Data Protection Regulation n°2016/679 of 27 April 2016 (“GDPR”);
  • Any applicable national data protection laws, including the Luxembourg law of 1 August 2018 organising the National Commission for data protection and the general system on data protection, as amended.

Categories of processing

In order to carry out our mission as your legal counsel, we are required to collect your personal data. Depending on the intended purpose, the categories of processed data are as follows:

  • Identification data: first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number and similar contact data, date and place of birth, gender, country and preferred language;
  • Electronic identification data: cookies collecting data on how you use our website and view our marketing emails;
  • Business contact information: job function, job title, department, organisation name, size and location, and whether you act on behalf of a client;
  • Financial information, where needed to take payment or fulfil contractual obligations;
  • Contractual information allowing 55LEGAL to perform its contractual duties;
  • Sensitive data, strictly to the limited extent necessary in the context of employment, of performing a contract with a client, or of fulfilling a legal obligation.

Collection and use of personal data

We collect and use personal data exclusively for the following purposes:

  • Assessment of your legal situation and legal advice;
  • Legal assistance, in contentious and non-contentious matters;
  • Management of the (pre)contractual relationship with you;
  • Sending of information relating to your situation;
  • Organising and maintaining our professional relationships with you.

Persons having access to your personal data

Your personal data is shared internally within the strict framework of the missions entrusted to each individual. 55LEGAL may disclose and transfer personal data to other entities or subcontractors located inside or outside the European Economic Area where necessary for the provision of services, as well as to courts, bailiffs and notaries, banking institutions, auditors, accountants, experts, other legal advisors, opposing parties and service providers, and to competent Luxembourg or foreign authorities to fulfil its legal obligations.

Processing locations for personal data

Your data is processed at the premises of 55LEGAL. For security and backup reasons, data is also transferred to an approved Digitalisation and Conservation Service Provider located in Luxembourg and in Europe. For these transfers, 55LEGAL has put in place binding agreements in compliance with the GDPR and applicable laws.

Corporate reorganisation

If 55LEGAL merges with, or is partially or entirely acquired by, another company or entity, that company or entity shall have access to all your personal data in our possession and shall be bound by this Policy.

Your rights with respect to your personal data

Within the limits of the GDPR and applicable laws, you have the following rights:

  • Right to access your personal data;
  • Right to rectification;
  • Right to erasure;
  • Right to restriction of processing;
  • Right to object;
  • Right to data portability;
  • Right to withdraw consent;
  • Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.

Retention period for personal data

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary for the above-mentioned purposes or as long as required by law. The storage period for contractual data ends at the end of the statutory limitation period following the closure of your file with the firm.

What 55LEGAL expects from you

We expect you to inform us in writing and without undue delay of any changes to the information you provided. If you provide us with personal information not relating to you, you must first inform the persons concerned and make sure they acknowledge that we can use such information as set out in this Policy.

Exercising your rights

You may address questions concerning the processing of your personal data and exercise your rights to info@55LEGAL.lu or by post to: 55LEGAL, 5b rue François Hogenberg, L-1735 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. A copy of both sides of your valid identity document must also be sent to us.

Any complaint may be sent to the addresses above or to the Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données (CNPD), 1 Avenue du Rock'n'Roll, L-4361 Esch-sur-Alzette, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (www.cnpd.lu).

Update of the policy

55LEGAL undertakes to update this notice whenever necessary. The latest version is systematically put online on our website.