Privacy policy.
Teneu Legal is committed to compliance with relevant data protection laws and will responsibly protect the information you provide to us and the information we collect in the course of operating our business.
This Privacy Policy describes how the business as data controllers, may collect, use, and share information, particularly in association with the operation of our website (www.TeneuLegal.com ) and all of our HTML-formatted email communications that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, “Digital Services”).
This Privacy Policy describes:
The types of information we collect
We collect your personal information when you provide it to us. Personal information is any information that can be used to identify you or that we can link to you. We may automatically collect certain information when you use, access, or interact with our Digital Services. And we may collect information from other sources, such as social media platforms that may share information about how you interact with our social media content.
Information you provide to us
You generally can use our Digital Services without providing us with personal information.
We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including when you communicate with us via email or other channels; when you sign up for or request that we send you newsletters, alerts, or other materials; when you submit an application for a position with us; when you sign up for a webinar or event; and when you respond to our communications or requests for information. The information you provide may include your name, contact information, title, and information about the organisation with which you are affiliated. Some of our Digital Services may require that you enter a password or other information in order to access certain features, and we collect such credentials when you enter them.
Information we may collect automatically
We use a third party service, Google Analytics, and similar technologies (collectively, ‘Cookies’) to collect and store certain information when you use, access, or interact with our Digital Services. We may, for example, collect information about the type of device you use to access the Digital Services, the operating system and version, your IP address, your general geographic location as indicated by your IP address, your browser type, the content you view and features you access on the Digital Services, the web pages you view immediately before and after you access the Digital Services, whether and how you interact with content available on the Digital Services, and the search terms you enter on the Digital Services. For information about how we use Cookies and the choices you may have, please see our Cookie Policy Below.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
Please note that we do not currently respond to web browser “do not track” signals or other mechanisms that may allow you to opt out of the collection of information across networks of websites and online services as there is no standard for how online services should respond to such signals. As standards develop, we may develop policies for responding to do-not-track signals that we will describe in this Privacy Policy.
Information we collect from other sources
We may receive information about you from other sources, including third parties that help us: update, expand, and analyse our records; identify new clients; or prevent or detect fraud. We may also receive information about you from social media platforms including but not limited to when you interact with us on those platforms or access our social media content. The information we may receive is governed by the privacy settings, policies, and/or procedures of the applicable social media platform, and we encourage you to review them.
How we use the information
We may use the information we collect:
To respond to your enquiries;
To provide you with legal and other services that you request;
To operate, troubleshoot, and improve the Digital Services;
To send you newsletters, legal news, marketing communications, and other information or materials that may interest you;
To maintain our database;
To understand how people use our Digital Services, including by generating and analysing statistics;
For the company’s business purposes, including data analysis; submitting invoices; detecting, preventing, and responding to actual or potential fraud, illegal activities, or intellectual property infringement;
To assess the effectiveness of our events, promotional campaigns, and publications;
To evaluate, recruit, and hire personnel; and
As we believe reasonably necessary or appropriate to: comply with our legal obligations; respond to legal process or requests for information issued by government authorities or other third parties; or protector your, our, or others’ rights.
How we share the information
The company is a provider of legal services. Our offices share information with each other for business purposes such as internal administration, billing, promoting our events and services, and providing you or your organisation with services.
We do not sell, rent, or otherwise share information that reasonably identifies you or your organisation with unaffiliated entities for their independent use except as expressly described in this Privacy Policy or with your prior permission. We may share information that does not reasonably identify you or your organisation as permitted by applicable law.
We may also disclose information we collect:
To our third-party service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as web-hosting companies, mailing vendors, analytics providers, event hosting services, and information technology providers. We use Constant Contact to send marketing communications and manage preferences on our behalf.
To law enforcement, other government authorities or third parties (within or outside the jurisdiction in which you reside) as may be permitted or required by the laws of any jurisdiction that may apply to us; as provided for under contract; for immigration requirements or as we deem reasonably necessary to provide legal services. In these circumstances, we take reasonable efforts to notify you before we disclose information that may reasonably identify you or your organisation, unless prior notice is prohibited by applicable law or is not possible or reasonable in the circumstances.
To service providers, advisors, potential transactional partners, or other third parties in connection with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a transaction in which we are acquired by or merged with another company or we sell, liquidate, or transfer all or a portion of our assets.
In connection with any proposed incorporation, purchase, merger or acquisition of any part of our business; we inform the potential buyer (and its agents and advisers) that it must use your personal information only for the purposes disclosed in this Privacy Policy.
Grounds for using your personal information
We rely on the following legal grounds to process your personal information, namely:
Performance of a contract – We may need to collect and use your personal information to enter into a contract with you or to perform a contract that you have with us. For example, when you use our Digital Services we will use your personal information to respond to your requests and provide you with such services.
Consent – Where required by applicable laws, we will rely on your consent for direct marketing and to collect information from your device or computer. We may use location information as described in this Privacy Policy. You may be able to disable the sharing of location information in your browser or mobile application settings.
Legitimate interests – We may use your personal information for our legitimate interests to improve our products and services and the content on our Digital Services. Consistent with our legitimate interests and any choices that we offer or consents that may be required under applicable laws, we may use technical information as described in this Privacy Policy and use personal information for our marketing purposes.
Third-party services and content
Our Digital Services may include integrated content or links to content provided by third parties (such as video materials). This Privacy Policy does not address the privacy, security, or other practices of the third parties that provide such content.
We engage third parties that support the operation of our Digital Services, such as our web-hosting, public relations and analytics providers. These third parties may use technologies to track your online activities over time and across different websites and online platforms. Please see our Cookie Policy below for more information.
Protection and storage of the information
We deploy administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to comply with applicable legal requirements and safeguard the information that we collect. This includes, when required or appropriate and feasible, obtaining written assurances from third parties that may access your data that they will protect the data with safeguards designed to provide a level of protection equivalent to that adopted by the company.
However, no information system can be 100% secure. So, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. Moreover, we are not responsible for the security of information you transmit to us over networks that we do not control, including the Internet and wireless networks.
The Digital Services are controlled and operated by the company from the UK. We may transfer information to countries outside of your country of residence, including the United States, which may have data protection laws and regulations that differ from those in your country.
Any transfers of personal data outside the UK that we make will be made in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation.
For data transfers taking place outside of the UK from then, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it, either by making our own assessment of adequacy, or using one of the standard mechanisms available to us. These may include:
Transfers to the EEA because these have been confirmed by the Information Commissioner’s Office as being permitted to continue on the same basis as before.
Transfer to countries or organisations that have officially been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the Information Commissioner’s Office (which for the moment is same list as the European Commission list referred to above).
Using specific contracts approved by the Information Commissioner’s Office (which for the moment is to continue to use the EU Model Clauses).
We retain the information we collect no longer than as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collect the information and to comply with our legal obligations.
Your choices and rights
If you no longer wish to receive marketing communications from us, you can let us know by sending us an email via our Contact page. And the electronic marketing communications we send you will contain opt-out mechanisms that allow you to register your marketing preferences.
Subject to applicable laws, you may have certain rights regarding information that we have collected and that is related to you. We encourage you to contact us to update or correct your information if it changes or if you believe that any information that we have collected about you is inaccurate. You can also ask us to see what personal information we hold about you, to erase your personal information and you may tell us if you object to our use of your personal information. In the UK, you have a right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). If you would like to discuss or exercise the rights you may have, send us an email via our Contact page.
For information about the choices you may have in regard to our use of Cookies, please see our cookie policy below
How to contact us
If you would like to contact us with questions about our privacy or data protection practices, please send us an email via our Contact page.
We welcome enquiries and comments. But please note that if you are not a client, we may not be able to treat the information you send us as confidential or privileged.
Changes to this privacy policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The effective date of the current Privacy Policy is 18 January 2021. We encourage you to periodically review this page. If we make any material changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share the personal information that you have provided, we will notify you by posting notice of the changes in a clear and conspicuous manner on the company website
Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that may be placed on your computer by websites you visit. There are a number or ways they may be used such as, to provide information on the use of the website, to add additional functionality and services or to help manage content.
How we use cookies
We use a third-party tool (Google Analytics) to collect and store certain information when you use, access, or interact with this website. The type of information we gather may include the location of your IP address, the number of visit made, the pages visited, the duration of the visit, the type of device used and how you interact with the site content. This information is anonymous and is only used by us to help improve our digital services and user experience.
Opting in or out
Cookies are not gathered without your consent and choosing to opt out of cookies on this site or Google Analytics will not affect the use of our site.
Consent is granted to us when you select ‘Allow Cookies’ button on the cookie notification banner. Alternatively, consent can be declined by selecting ‘Decline cookies’ on the cookie notification banner.
Cookies will not be gathered if you have chosen to opt out of Google Analytics. Further information on opting out of Google Analytics can be found on this page.