PRIVACY POLICY

Maître Jean DUVAL’s law firm attaches the utmost importance to protecting the privacy and personal data of its clients and website users.

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The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to provide you with clear and transparent information on how we collect, use and protect your personal data, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the French Data Protection Act.

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As a solicitor, Maître Jean DUVAL is also bound by absolute professional secrecy and public policy obligations.

 

1. Data controller

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The data controller for personal data collected on this website is:

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Maître Jean DUVAL

17 avenue Niel, 75017 Paris

Email: maitrejeanduval@wanadoo.fr

Telephone: 06 64 91 00 96

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2. Personal data collected

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When you browse and interact with the website, the firm may collect the following data:

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• Identification and contact details: surname, first name, email address, telephone number (when you fill in the contact form).

• Data relating to your enquiry: the content of messages you send to us via the form.

• Browsing data: IP address, connection and usage data (in particular via cookies; see our Cookie Policy).​

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3. Purposes of data collection and legal basis

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Your personal data is collected for the following purposes:

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• Handling enquiries and booking appointments: to respond to you and offer you legal assistance (Legal basis: your consent or the performance of pre-contractual measures).

• Opening and managing legal cases: if you become a client of the firm (Legal basis: the performance of the task entrusted to the solicitor).

• Security and proper functioning of the website: (Legal basis: the firm’s legitimate interest).

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4. Recipients of the data

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All information you provide to the firm is strictly confidential and protected by legal professional privilege. Your data is never sold, rented or disclosed to third parties for commercial purposes.

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The only recipients of your data are:

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• Maître Jean DUVAL and the members of his firm (associates, assistants), who are bound by a strict duty of confidentiality.

• Wix (the website host), solely for technical purposes relating to the storage of data associated with the website.

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5. Shelf life

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The firm retains your personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected:

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• Prospect data (contact requests that are not followed up): retained for a maximum of 3 years from the date of your last contact.

• Client data: retained for the duration of the contractual relationship, then archived for a period of 5 years after the case is closed (the limitation period for the solicitor’s professional liability), and 10 years for accounting documents.

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6. Data security

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The firm implements appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure the security of your data (use of secure passwords, the HTTPS protocol provided by Wix to encrypt data transmitted via the website, and restricted access)

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7. Your rights

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In accordance with current regulations (GDPR), you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

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• The right to access and rectify your data.

• The right to erasure (right to be forgotten).

• The right to restrict processing.

• The right to object to processing.

• The right to data portability.

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To exercise these rights, you may contact us at any time by email at the following address: maitrejeanduval@wanadoo.fr or by post at the firm’s address.

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If, after contacting us, you feel that your data rights have not been respected, you may lodge a complaint with the CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés): www.cnil.fr.