Privacy statement Watson Law
Watson Law B.V. (Watson Law) respects your personal data and ensures that the personal information provided to us or otherwise collected is treated confidentially. Personal data is all information about a person, which can directly or indirectly be used to identify them. With the following provisions, we aim to show our compliance with the measures imposed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in regard to the handling of personal data.
Watson Law processes personal data in order to be able to offer and improve our services and to be able to communicate with you as a data subject. To evaluate our services offering, we often make use of a third party. As a data subject you’re free to choose whether you’ll participate and leave your information for that purpose. You can also register with us for receiving a newsletter or other forms of communication from our team.
Purpose of the processing
Watson Law processes the below mentioned types personal data exclusively for the following purposes:
- The provision of legal services, including the execution of an agreement and conducting legal proceedings
- Advice, mediation and reference
- To meet legal and statutory requirements
- Marketing and communication activities
- Recruitment and selection of job applications
Types of personal data
Watson Law processes the following types or categories of personal data collected for the benefit of the service or otherwise willingly submitted by the data subject:
- Name, address and residence details
- E-mail address
- Phone number
- Bank account number
- Chamber of Commerce registration number
- Copy of personal identification document
The aforementioned personal data is processed by Watson Law because it has been provided by you, the data subject, on your own initiative or in the context of our service or has been made available to us through a third party, including counterparties or public services providers.
Basis of processing personal data
Watson Law processes the abovementioned personal data solely on the basis of the grounds mentioned below, as referred to in Article 6 of the GDPR:
- Legal obligations
- Execution of an agreement
- Consent of the data subject
- Legitimate interest
Sharing personal data with third parties
Watson Law only shares your personal data with third parties insofar as necessary for the provision of services and with due attention to the abovementioned principles. This includes the commissioning of an expertise investigation or the inclusion of a third party, such as an IT supplier, necessary for the fulfillment of our services or in regard to legal proceedings or correspondence with counterparties.
In addition, Watson Law may provide personal data to a third party, such as a supervisor or another public authority, to the extent provided by law.
With third parties processing your personal data on behalf of Watson Law, a processing agreement is concluded whereby the third party is also legally obliged to comply with the GDPR. Third parties engaged by Watson Law, offering services as controller, are solely responsible to comply with the GDPR for the further processing of personal data. The inclusion of an accountant, a notary or other third party can be considered for the benefit of a second expert opinion.
Security storage of personal data
Watson Law attaches great importance to the security and protection of your personal data and, with regard to the state of the art, ensures adequate technical and organizational measures have been put in place to ensure an elevated level of security. In cases where we make use of the services offered by third parties, such as IT suppliers, Watson Law will establish the necessary safeguards about adequate security measures taken by third parties.
Storage period
Watson Law does not store personal data that is processed for longer than is necessary for the aforementioned processing purposes or longer than required by law and regulation.
Exercising your rights as a data subject
In case of inquiries, you can send us (via the contact details listed below) a request for access, rectification, erasure or transfer of personal data or withdrawal of your previously given consent for data processing. Within four weeks, you will receive further notice from us in regard to your inquiry.
There may be circumstances where Watson Law is not (fully) able to cater to your personal data request. This may include cases of confidentiality or other statutory-imposed obligations.
In order to ensure that we provide the relevant personal information to the right person in a request case, we ask the requesting data subject for a valid identification document (ID, driving license, passport) to verify their identity. Watson Law only handles requests in regard to your own personal data.
Website and social media
The Watson Law website Watson Law includes buttons and/or links to promote or share web pages on social media networks or third party websites such as Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook. Watson Law does not supervise and is not responsible for the processing of your personal data by and through such third parties. The use of these platforms is therefore at your own risk. Before making use of any of their services, it is advisable to first read the third parties’ respectable privacy statements.
Cookies
Cookies are tiny text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Functional cookies are used on our website to offer you an optimal user experience. This way the website is adapted to the size of your screen and you can navigate through the website more easily with the help of these cookies.
In addition, we use analytical cookies to analyse the use of our website and to improve the website. For this we use the services of Google Analytics. We have configured Google Analytics privacy-friendly. For example, we have entered into a processing agreement with Google, the latest figures of your IP address are masked and we do not share the data with Google. The information obtained, including part of the IP address of your device, is stored by Google in the United States. Google is an EU-US Privacy Shield registered. This means that they will comply with European privacy legislation. For more information read the privacy policy of Google and the specific privacy policy of Google Analytics.
If you have given your consent, we will also place the following marketing cookies. AdWords pixel is used to personalise content and advertisements based on your use of our website. This personalised content and advertisements can be displayed on our website as well as on websites that you subsequently visit. For more information we refer to the Google privacy policy. We use the Hotjar cookie to analyse your click behavior on our website and to optimise our website accordingly. For more information, see Hotjar’s privacy statement.
On the website of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets you can read more about cookies and how you can delete them.
Adaptation of the privacy statement
Watson Law retains the right to change the content of this privacy statement at any time without prior notice. Amendments to the statement are made available on our website. It is therefore advisable to regularly consult our website for changes.
Questions & contact
If you have any questions or comments regarding the processing of your personal data and this privacy statement, please contact us. The contact details are shown below.
Current version of this privacy statement was adopted on June 6, 2018.
Watson Law B.V.
Willem-Jan Smits
Hugo de Grootlaan 33
5223 LB ‘s-Hertogenbosch
The Netherlands
Chamber of Commerce: 70595119
* Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), here for full text.