It is the policy of A Cap Invest to handle your personal information responsibly and in accordance with the requirements of applicable data protection laws, including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Nothing stated in this notice is intended to, nor will it, establish a client-attorney relationship with persons reading it. Information provided to us in the course of any attorney-client relationship enjoys a special status and may be protected by confidentiality, the attorney-client privilege, the attorney work product doctrine and other similar protections. Nothing in this notice detracts from any of the protections that attach to such information.

The personal information we collect

We may collect personal information from you in the course of our business, including through your use of our website, when you contact or request information from us, when you engage us to provide legal services or as a result of your relationship with any member of our personnel or our clients.

We may collect personal information about you—such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.—directly from you. For example, personal information may be collected when you fill out a 'Contact Us' form, sign up for our mailing lists, register for events we host or sponsor, submit information online or otherwise provide us information through our website or otherwise. Generally, the information we collect includes your:
 

• Basic identifying information, such as your name, your preferred form of address, the company you work for, and your job title or position
• Contact information, such as your postal and email addresses, and phone
• Financial information, such as bank account information needed to process payments
• Technical information, such as information from your visits to our website or in relation to electronic communications we send to you
• Information you provide to us in connection with meetings and events we organize, including access and dietary requirements
• Identification and background information, we collect as part of our client acceptance procedures (which may be provided by third parties)
• Personal information provided to us by or on behalf of our clients or generated by us in the course or providing legal services to them

The personal information we collect may include special categories of data.

How we collect information

Automatically-collected information

We use cookies, log files, pixel tags, local storage objects and other tracking technologies to automatically collect information when users access or use the services or visit our Site, such as an IP address, general location information, domain name, page views, a date/time stamp, browser type, device type, device ID, Internet service provider ("ISP"), referring/exit URLs, operating system, language, clickstream data, and other information about the links clicked, features used, size of files uploaded, streamed or deleted, and similar device and usage information. For more information, see the "Cookies and similar devices" section below.
 

• We collect information as necessary in the course of providing legal services
• We collect information from monitoring use of our website
• We collect information from monitoring email communications we send and receive
• We receive personal information provided to us directly, for example through our website, when you speak on the telephone with any of our personnel or you register to receive communications from us
• We may collect or receive information about you from other sources. For example we may use publicly available sources to allow us to maintain the accuracy of contact details we hold for you
• We collect information as part of our due diligence procedures when entering into contracts with suppliers or vendors

Our use of personal information

We use the personal information you provide to respond to your request or inquiry and in the ordinary course of conducting our business. Generally, we use the information (including personal information) that we collect online as follows:

Providing support and services

To provide and operate our website, communicate with you about your use of our website, provide troubleshooting and technical support, respond to your inquiries, fulfill your orders and requests, process your payments, communicate with you, and for similar service and support purposes.

Responding to your requests

To respond to your inquiries, fulfill your orders and requests, and consider your request or application (eg, if you have submitted a resume or other application information online or by email, we will use it as part of the application review process).

Personalization

To tailor content we may send or display on the website, including to offer location customization and personalized help and instructions, and to otherwise personalize your experiences.

Newsletters, mailing lists and direct marketing

For direct marketing purposes, including to send you newsletters, client alerts and information we think may interest you. If you are located in a jurisdiction that requires opt-in consent to receive electronic marketing messages, we will only send you such messages if you opt-in to receive them.

Analytics and improvement

To better understand how users access and use the Sites, and our other products and offerings, and for other research and analytical purposes, such as to evaluate and improve our services and business operations and to develop services and features.

Protect our legal rights and prevent misuse

To protect our website and our business operations; to prevent and detect fraud, unauthorized activities and access, and other misuse; where we believe necessary to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety or legal rights of any person or third party, or violations of our this Privacy Policy.

Comply with legal obligations

To comply with the law or legal proceedings. For example, we may disclose information in response to subpoenas, court orders, and/or other lawful requests by regulators and/or law enforcement, including responding to national security or law enforcement disclosure requirements.

General business operations

Where necessary, for the administration of our general business, accounting, recordkeeping and legal functions.

Protecting personal information

We use a variety of technical and organizational measures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration or destruction consistent with applicable data protection laws. 

Individuals’ rights regarding their personal information

The GDPR and other applicable data protection laws provide certain rights for data subjects. Broadly speaking you have, or may have,  the right (as more fully provided in applicable data protection laws)
 

• to request details of the information we hold about you and how we process it
• to have your personal information rectified if it is inaccurate or deleted
• to restrict our processing of your personal information
• to withdraw a previously provided consent to processing of your personal information
• to stop unauthorized transfers of your personal information to a third party
• to have your personal information transferred to another person
• to complain about our processing of your personal information to a local supervisory authority

It is important to be aware that these rights may not be absolute. For example, if you withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information, we may be able to continue to process your personal information to the extent required or otherwise permitted by law, in particular in connection with exercising and defending our legal rights or meeting our legal and regulatory obligations. 

Keeping personal information

Your personal information will be retained in accordance with our Data Privacy Policy.
We retain personal information of different types, or relating to different categories of people, for different periods, taking into account its business purpose. For example, information about individuals who have applied for employment with us will be retained for a shorter period than information about individuals who have actually worked for us.

The periods for which we retain information are based on the requirements of applicable data protection laws and the purpose for which the information is collected and used.  We take into account legal and regulatory provisions which require information to be retained for a minimum period.  We also consider the limitation periods for taking legal action and good practice in the legal industry.