Privacy Policy

Amankwah Law is committed to safeguarding the privacy of its website visitors and clients. This Privacy Policy outlines how Amankwah Law collects, uses, discloses, and protects your personal information in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws. This Privacy Policy will be updated from time to time to reflect any changing regulatory requirements, processing practices or new functionalities that might be added. Any such changes to the Privacy Policy will be posted on the relevant website and will be effective upon posting.

General

Amankwah Law (commercial name of Jeffrey Amankwah BV, a company incorporated in Belgium, registered with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises of Belgium under number 0746.631.665, with registered office at 3940, Hechtel-Eksel, Groenstraat 7/1) is the controller of all personal data in processes as outlined in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to the processing of personal data of:

• • clients;
  • suppliers;
  • visitors of this website;
  • parties to proceedings and their counsel.

The personal data Amankwah Law collects and processes

The personal data that Amankwah Law collects and processes from you may include the following information (any such data hereinafter referred to as “personal data”):

• • Identity data including name, surname, date of birth, passport number, etc.
  • Contact data including (billing) address, email address, phone number.
  • Professional information including your employer, your title or position, your professional history, your preferred language, the practice areas, jurisdictions and industries you are interested in, your relationship to a person.
  • Government and other official identification numbers, including social security number, tax identification number, or other government-issued identification number.
  • Financial data including bank account details.
  • Online activity information including information from your use of this website.
  • Marketing data such as Information provided to or collected by Amankwah Law as part of your registration for events, marketing materials such as newsletters and alerts, attending meetings and events, including access and details of visits to our offices and dietary requirements.
  • HR data including Information that you provided when applying for a job at Amankwah Law in order to assess your profile and skills.

Within the context of providing legal services to clients (such as legal advice or the instigation, exercise or defence of legal claims), Amankwah Law may from time to time process:

• • sensitive data. Sensitive data are data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation.
  • data relating to criminal convictions and offences or related security measures.

How Amankwah Law collects your personal data

Amankwah Law collects your personal data in the following ways:

• • directly from you when you provide your personal data.
  • from third parties. For instance:
    • When another party sends your personal data to Amankwah Law.
    • when interacting with the government or other public authorities.
    • when receiving documents of the parties involved in proceedings or negotiations and their counsel. 
  • by using publicly available resources.

The legal grounds of collecting your personal data

Amankwah Law processes your personal data on the following legal grounds:

• • performance of a contract: when the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract.
  • To comply with a legal obligation.
  • For its legitimate interest: when necessary for the interest of Amankwah Law or a third party and your fundamental rights are not overridden by such interests. These legitimate interests include organizing our internal operations, handling our matters, ensuring proper administration, ensuring appropriate security, providing you with marketing information (incl. direct marketing).
  • Consent: where you have provided your consent or explicit consent to the processing of the personal data.

The legal basis will be dependent on the relationship between you and Amankwah Law.

Purposes for which Amankwah Law processes your personal data

Aamankwah Law processes your personal data for the following purposes:

• • To provide legal advice or other services to (potential) clients and to manage our business relationships with you or your organization (including for billing, accounting, auditing, collection, payments, employment, and other support services).
  • To handle matters and to get in touch with parties to proceedings and their counsel.
  • To act in compliance with legal and regulatory obligations, including with respect to Know Your Customer, anti-money laundering and sanction checks.
  • To manage and secure access to our offices, website, applications, systems and online platforms.
  • To provide marketing information including legal developments, events, products or services provided by Amankwah Law and that are relevant to you.

Storage of your personal data

Amankwah Law will store your data no longer than necessary as defined by the purposes for which the data is stored. The precise period will depend on the purposes for which we process your personal data. 

Exchange of your personal data

Amankwah Law is a Belgian law firm with registered office in Belgium. Your personal data may also be transferred to third parties (including (sub)contractors, other counsel, legal directories, and third parties involved in your matter), both based inside and outside the European Union or European Economic Area. For data processed outside the European Union or European Economic Area, Amankwah Law applies the standard contractual clauses defined by the European Commission.

Security

Amankwah Law secures your personal data through various technical and organizational measures, such as firewalls, secured servers, and data processing agreements with third parties

Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• • the right to be informed about how Amankwah Law processes your personal data.
  • the right to access your personal data – You have a right to receive confirmation as to whether or not your personal data is processed, and where that is the case, you can access your personal data.
  • the right to have your personal data corrected. This allows you to rectify or correct, inaccurate or incorrect personal data.
  • the right to have your personal data erased. This allows you to permanently delete personal data processed by Amankwah Law. However, Amankwah Law is not always obliged to delete your personal data at your request – this right only applies in the situations and to the extent provided for by law.
  • the right to restrict the processing of personal data related to you. This allows you to freeze the use of your personal data by Amankwah Law, without deleting it. However, Amankwah Law is not always obliged to limit your personal data at your request – this right only applies in the situations and to the extent provided for by law.
  • the right to withdraw your consent whenever the processing of your personal data takes place on the basis of your consent.
  • the right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
  • the right to data portability. This allows you to easily move, copy or transfer your personal data from one controller to another. This right may only be exercised whenever the processing takes place on the basis of an agreement with you.

Questions or complaints

If you have questions, concerns or complaints about this Privacy Policy or if you wish to exercise any of your rights in respect of your personal data please send your request:

• • by email: info@amankwahlaw.be
  • by regular mail: Amankwah Law, Groenstraat 7/1, 3940 Hechtel-Eksel

If you believe that your rights as a data subject have been infringed, please be aware that you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit

Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains which cookies are being used and why. This Cookie Policy  will be updated from time to time to reflect any changing regulatory requirements, processing practices or new functionalities. Any such changes to the Cookie Policy will be posted on the relevant website and will be effective upon posting.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when visiting one of our websites and which will store certain user information. Cookies are composed of unique codes that will help to recognize you when visiting our website again and will enhance your user experience.

There are different types of cookies, distinguished according to functionality, source and / or storage period.

Regarding their functionality

Necessary or essential cookies: are necessary for the proper functioning of our website. They enable core functionalities such as security, network management, and accessibility.

Analytical cookies: are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. This helps Amankwah Law improve the site’s content and structure, making it more user-friendly.

Regarding their source

First-party cookies: are created and managed by Amankwah Law.

Third-party cookies: are created and managed by third parties and materialize when visiting the website. The cookies will send information regarding your visit to third parties.

Regarding their storage period

Session cookies: the information is only temporarily stored in your browser or application and session cookies expire as soon as you close your browser or application.

Permanent cookies: remain on your computer or mobile device, even if you close the browser or the application. Permanent cookies store information between different visits to the website and make it possible to recognize you during subsequent visits to our website. This data allows the website to recognize you as a returning visitor and to respond accordingly, for example by saving your language preferences. Permanent cookies remain on your device until their end date is reached, until a new cookie is installed, or until you delete them in your settings of your browser or application (their lifespan is determined by the website).