The law firm NOOA Avocats (hereinafter “NOOA”), in its capacity as data controller, attaches particular importance to the protection of your personal data (hereinafter “Personal Data” or “Data”), as defined by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of Personal Data and by French Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 as amended, known as “Informatique et Libertés” (hereinafter together referred to as the “Regulation”).
This Privacy Policy is intended to provide transparent information on how NOOA collects, stores, uses and discloses your Personal Data when you visit the website, accessible in particular at the address https://www.nooalegal.com/ (the “Site”), and/or when you wish to obtain services or information offered on the Site (the “Services”).
By using the Site, you agree to this Privacy Policy.
Personal Data you provide
As part of the “Contact us” form, NOOA may collect, directly or indirectly, the following Personal Data strictly necessary for the provision of these Services: surname, first name, email address, telephone number, as well as any Personal Data you may include in your message.
In addition, when visiting the Site, NOOA may collect certain Data through cookies placed on your device. The collection procedures are set out in the “Cookies” section below.
Use and processing of your Data
In general, NOOA only uses your Personal Data on the basis of the following legal grounds:
Purposes of Data collection
The Personal Data we collect is necessary for the performance of the Services offered by NOOA on the Site and more specifically for the achievement of the following purposes:
Recipients of your Data
The Data collected is intended solely for NOOA.
However, the Personal Data collected may be communicated to third parties contractually bound to NOOA, for the performance of outsourced services and/or services necessary for the execution of the Services. Prior to any transfer of information, we will verify the compliance of each request’s purpose and guarantee the transmission of elements strictly necessary for the performance of the Services by the service provider.
It is specified that these third parties will only have limited access to the Personal Data strictly necessary for the performance of their services and will be required to use them in compliance with the provisions of the Regulation.
Under no circumstances does NOOA transfer, sell, or rent the Personal Data collected to third parties, whether for a fee or free of charge.
Furthermore, where the law requires or authorizes it, in particular by virtue of a court decision or any other legal request or requirement, NOOA may be obliged to disclose such Personal Data to third parties.
Transfer of your Data
The Site is hosted on servers located within the territory of the European Union.
NOOA stores Personal Data on secure servers, located within the territory of the European Union.
In the event that the Data collected is transferred to companies domiciled in the United States or in countries not providing an adequate level of protection, NOOA undertakes to conclude agreements ensuring adequate protection of the Personal Data transferred with the recipients concerned. In particular, such transfers may be governed by the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission in accordance with the applicable Regulation.
Data retention period
NOOA retains your Personal Data only for the period strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which they were collected, in compliance with applicable legislation.
Security
NOOA undertakes to ensure the security, confidentiality, and integrity of your Personal Data by implementing enhanced data protection through the use of physical and logical security measures in accordance with the standards imposed on us.
However, NOOA cannot guarantee the confidentiality of email correspondence or any other form of communication using the Internet, which may be intercepted by a third party, due to the way data circulates on this network.
Your rights
In accordance with Articles 15 to 22 of the General Data Protection Regulation of 27 April 2016, relating to the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such Data (2016/679) (“GDPR”), any data subject proving their identity has the right to access, rectify, erase, object to, port their Personal Data, restrict processing, as well as to determine the fate of such Data after their death. These rights may be exercised by contacting NOOA Avocats, 5 rue Vernet, 75008 Paris or dpo@nooalegal.com
If they consider that the measures implemented by NOOA to safeguard the confidentiality of their Personal Data do not ensure compliance with their rights, data subjects may lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority (CNIL or any other authority listed by the European Commission).
Links to third-party websites
The Site may contain links to third-party websites, which are governed by their own privacy and cookie management policies, terms of use, and security measures, which may differ from those of NOOA.
NOOA cannot be held responsible for the content and practices of such websites. You are therefore advised to consult their privacy policy before providing them with any information or Personal Data concerning you.
Cookies
By browsing the Site, Users accept the use of cookies under the conditions described below. Users who do not wish to accept these cookies may disable them by following the instructions described below.
Definition
Cookies are data stored on an Internet user’s terminal and used by the website visited to send information to the browser, enabling this browser to send information back to the originating site. They generally contain the name of the server that placed it, a unique identifier number, and an expiry date.
Cookies make it possible, during their validity period, to retain state information when a browser accesses different pages of a website or when this browser later returns to the website.
Only the issuer of a cookie can read or modify the information contained therein.
Purpose
In order to provide services adapted to the User’s device (computer, mobile, or tablet), the cookies used by NOOA are intended for:
– Collecting information relating to Users’ browsing;
– Analysing Site traffic and usage.
Use of cookies
The cookies used on the Site are the following:
You can consult Google’s privacy policy at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=fr
Consent – deletion and management of cookies
Most browsers are set by default. However, Users can always choose to disable one or more cookies, refuse their placement, or withdraw their consent. Users may choose to accept or refuse cookies on a case-by-case basis or refuse them systematically.
Users can configure their computers as follows to refuse the installation of cookies:
Users are informed that depending on the settings chosen, access conditions to the Site and its functionalities may be modified, for which NOOA cannot be held responsible.
When Users refuse the placement of a cookie by following the settings described above, a cookie is installed and stored on their browser to identify them as someone who refused the installation of cookies. If Users delete this cookie from their browser or connect from a different Internet browser or another computer, they will need to repeat the cookie refusal procedure.
Modification of the terms of the Privacy Polic
This Privacy Policy may be updated, in particular due to legislative and regulatory developments. Where applicable, changes will take effect on the date indicated at the top of this document. By continuing to use the Site after this date, you accept the changes made.
NOOA encourages you to consult the Privacy Policy each time you use the Site in order to remain informed of the information practices and the measures you can take to protect your privacy.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
This Privacy Policy is governed by French law and any dispute relating thereto shall fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Paris.