Privacy Policy

MAAK Advocaten considers the protection of your privacy important. We would like to inform you about this in a transparent and clear manner in this privacy regulation. If you have any questions about this privacy regulation, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will be happy to help you.

1. WHO DOES THIS PRIVACY POLICY APPLY TO?

This privacy policy applies to the following persons:

• (potential) clients of MAAK Advocaten;
• visitors to the website of MAAK Advocaten;
• recipients of commercial emails from MAAK Advocaten; and
• all other persons with whom MAAK Advocaten collaborates, who contact MAAK Advocaten or whose personal data MAAK Advocaten processes

2. WHICH CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA DOES MAAK ADVOCATEN PROCESS?

MAAK Advocaten processes personal data ( any information about an identified or identifiable natural person)  that:

i. you have provided to MAAK Advocaten.

• data required for the handling of your case by a lawyer;
• data entered on (online) contact forms;
• data provided during a contact or event.

ii. obtained through or generated by our website.

• your surfing behaviour on the website (which pages and sub-pages have been visited previously, how the website is navigated and what the duration of a user session is;
• the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the equipment you are using.

iii. where appropriate, have been obtained from other sources

• data available on public (business) social media platforms;
• data obtained from the Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce and from the Land Registry;
• data available on public business websites.

3. FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES MAAK ADVOCATEN USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

MAAK Advocaten uses your personal data for the purposes described below:

• the performance of an agreement for legal services (your contact details and any other personal data will be used to handle the case and to invoice the services provided);
• complying with legal obligations (such as tax obligations and compliance with the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Prevention) Act, which requires lawyers to request and store certain information, including a copy of an identity document);
• maintaining contact (your personal data is kept in the client file so that you can be invited to events, among other things).

4. ON WHAT LEGAL BASIS DOES MAAK ADVOCATEN PROCESS PERSONAL DATA?

MAAK Advocaten processes personal data on the basis of one of the following (legal) grounds:

• on the basis of a service agreement or prior to the conclusion of such agreement;
• compliance with a legal obligation;
• in connection with a legitimate interest of MAAK Advocaten (MAAK Advocaten may also process personal data if there is a legitimate interest to process the personal data and this does not constitute a disproportionate infringement of your privacy, a legitimate interest may be maintaining contact with you or improving the website);
• You have given permission to process your personal data. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

5. WHO RECEIVES THE PERSONAL DATA?

The persons affiliated with MAAK Advocaten will receive, to the extent necessary, your personal data. Persons affiliated with MAAK are understood to mean the partners, employees, advisors, persons working via the flexible shell and the officers or shareholders of MAAK Advocaten.

MAAK Advocaten works with ‘Customer Relationship Management (CRM)’ software specially developed for the legal profession, which is offered by a specialized party. In this, your personal data is carefully and securely stored on behalf of MAAK Advocaten. MAAK Advocaten has a processing agreement with this party (the ‘processor’) that complies with the laws and regulations in the field of data protection.

In principle, MAAK Advocaten does not provide your personal data to third parties. However, MAAK Advocaten may, exclusively to the extent necessary for its legal services, transfer your personal data to parties in third countries, outside the European Economic Area (EEA), for example when litigating against an (international) counterparty or when concluding an (international) agreement. If MAAK Advocaten transfers your personal data to parties in a third country, MAAK Advocaten will check whether an adequate level of protection is guaranteed in that third country and inform you thereof.

6. HOW LONG WILL YOUR PERSONAL DATA BE RETAINED BY MAAK ADVOCATEN?

MAAK Advocaten does not store your personal data for longer than is strictly necessary. Based on legal obligations, MAAK Advocaten stores:

• case data: twenty years after a file has been closed;
• administrative data (including financial administration): seven years after the file has been closed.

7. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMPLAINTS?

MAAK Advocaten would like to hear any questions or complaints you may have about the privacy regulations. In the event of questions or complaints, MAAK Advocaten will do its utmost to find a solution. You can also  file a complaint  about the processing of your personal data by MAAK Advocaten with the Dutch Data Protection Authority.

You have the right to view, correct, delete and transfer your personal data to another party. You can also request MAAK Advocaten to limit the processing of your personal data and you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. You can contact MAAK Advocaten for this by letter, e-mail or telephone.

By letter
MAAK Advocaten NV
Kraanspoor 46
1033 SE AMSTERDAM

By e-mail mail
@maak advocaten.nl

By telephone
T: +31 (0)20 – 210 31 38

8. CAN THIS PRIVACY POLICY BE CHANGED?

MAAK Advocaten may make changes to this privacy policy if the applicable laws and regulations require it to do so. MAAK Advocaten kindly advises you to regularly check whether changes have been processed. In the event of major changes, we will actively alert you to this via our website.