Privacy Policy – Suhaila Al Marzooqi

1. Responsibility

The present Privacy Policy is issued by Suhaila Al Marzooqi Advocates and Legal Consultants, a legal firm that is incorporated and based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which is known as Suhaila Al Marzooqi Advocates, we, us, or our. We assure you that we will safeguard your personal data and be transparent in the process of handling the same. This Privacy Policy provides details of how we gather, utilize, store, and manage your personal information, and expounds on your rights according to the relevant data protection legislation, such as the UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data (PDPL) and, where relevant, Data Protection Law by DIFC. In the majority of affairs, Suhaila Al Marzooqi Advocates and Legal Consultants is the data controller, i.e., we define what and how your personal data will be processed. Under certain restrictions, we can be considered a data processor, and the personal data will be processed only upon the order of a data controller. In case you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, you should contact us with the information given at the bottom.

2. Gathering of Personal Information.

We gather personal data during our professional and business operations, such as:

You are reaching out to us, visiting our webpage, or hiring us to offer legal services;
You visit our events, meetings, or visit our offices;
You submit your application to work or cooperate with us as a worker or service provider.

Personal data that we might gather is:

Identification information: name, title, nationality, date of birth, marital status, passport or Emirates ID number and other identity information;
Contact details: phone number, email address, postal address, and other communication details;
Professional details: occupation, employer, job title, qualifications and employment history;
Financial information: bank account details, billing address, payment history, or other pertinent financial information;
Technical data: IP address, browsers, device, web interaction, and cookies;
Legal matter detail: the information you give us concerning legal inquiries or cases that you have.
Other data: data that you have provided to us voluntarily, either in the form of correspondence, in the form of forms or discussions.

This information is either taken by us directly through you or through third parties, including our clients, counterparties, regulators, or public records, depending on the relevant laws.

3. Uses of Processing Personal Information.

The following are the purposes for which we process personal information:

To offer and administer legal services and client relations;
In order to identify and perform due diligence or conflict checks;
To send messages to customers, clients, and business partners;
To meet our legal, professional, and regulatory requirements;
To handle billing, accounting, and administration functions;
In a bid to enhance our web page, customer experience and business processes;
To send legal updates, invitations, and marketing messages (where applicable);
To employ, administer, and retain employment or consultancy relationships; and
On any account concerning or incidental to the foregoing.

Our processing of personal data is limited to a legal basis like your consent, a contractual performance, a legal obligation or even our legitimate business interests.

4. Client Relationship management and marketing.

We can utilize your personal data to mail you newsletters, invitations to events and legal updates that concern your interests or professional relationship with us. You can unsubscribe from such communications at any given time by unsubscribing from our emails or by directly calling us. We will not sell or rent out your personal information to a third party for marketing purposes.

5. Cookies and Website Data

We have cookies and other related technologies on our site to improve the experience of browsing our site and to research web performance. Cookies can assist us in knowing how visitors are using our site and enable us to improve our services. You can also change your browser to block or remove cookies, but this will probably decrease the functionality of our site.

6. Personal Information Disclosure.

We can disclose personal information to third parties whom we trust and whom we may disclose to as necessary in the legitimate business purposes, which include:

Our professional advisers, co-counsel or outside consultants;
Regulatory or law enforcement organizations, or courts (where necessary by law);
IT and cloud providers that safely store or maintain our data systems;
The auditors or financial institutions that are involved in billing or compliance.

Any third party must treat your data safely and must not use it for any purpose other than the intended purposes. We do not sell, rent or commercially distribute personal information.

7. Cross-Border Transfers

During the delivery of our services, there might be a need for the transfer of personal data beyond the UAE, which can include foreign courts, counsel, or service providers. In sending data across borders, we are confident that there are relevant safeguards that are established to guard your information as per relevant laws and professional standards.

8. Data Retention

We will keep personal information as long as we need to serve the purpose of its collection, such as to satisfy legal, regulatory or professional requirements. Data will be safely removed or anonymized once they are no longer necessary.

9. Your Rights

Right to personal data. You have the following rights, depending on what data protection law applies:

Access: ask us to provide a copy of your personal information.
Rectification: seek correction of erroneous or deficient data;
Erasure: ask to have personal information erased (except when it is legally mandated);
Restriction: Please ask us to restrict how we process your data.
Appeal: appeal on the basis of legitimate interests;
Data portability: ask to receive a copy of your information in a universally readable format;
Withdraw consent: in cases where the processing is on the basis of consent, you are entitled to withdraw the consent at any point in time.

In order to exercise these rights, please provide us with the following details.

10. Information Security

We have put in place strong administrative, technical and physical controls to ensure that your personal information is not accessed, lost, misused or changed by unauthorized personnel. Only authorized personnel are allowed access to your data and they have a confidentiality obligation.

11. Amendments to this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy may be revised occasionally to meet the requirements of the law, technology, or business practices. The updates will be placed on our website, and the major changes will be shared where there is a need. It is advisable that you check this page regularly in order to be up-to-date.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at: Address: Office 218, Al Shafar Investment Building, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE Phone: +971 4 4531888 Whatsapp: +971 55 798 0000 Email: info@suhaila.ae