Privacy policy

1. About our processing of personal data

1.1 What is personal data?

Personal data is any information that directly or indirectly can identify a natural person, such as name, address, phone number, email address etcetera.

1.2 Which personal data do we process?

We collect and process personal data in primarily the following categories:

1. Clients and contact persons to clients. The personal data mainly includes name, title, position, employer, personal number, phone number, address, email address, and other contact information, occasionally photos, name of the matter, financial information, invoicing information, information of whether the client or relative to the client or related person is a PEP (Politically Exposed Person).
2. Counterparties. If the counterparty is an authority, a company or an organization, the personal data will be the contact information of representatives for the authority, the company or the organization. If the counterparty is a natural person, the personal data mainly includes name, employer, personal number, contact information and the name of the matter.
3. Other. This personal data refers to persons having contact with the Lawfirm as representatives or contact person for a potential future client or supplier or otherwise wish to get in contact with us without being a client, e.g. by participating in a class or other event arranged by us.

1.3 How do we collect personal data?

The main part of the data we process is data that you or your employer provides us with. We also process data which has been provided to us by a counterparty or a counterparty’s legal representative or other person in the matters we perform. We may also collect data from authorities and other public registers.

1.4 Purpose and lawful processing

We process your personal data to control the risk of any conflict of interest and (if required) money laundering, to perform and administer matters, to best serve yours or our client’s interest and for accounting and invoicing purposes. We may also process your personal data for other legitimate purposes such as marketing, recruiting or risk assessment.

The lawful purposes for processing your personal data are as follows:

1. Consent,
2. To perform a contract with you or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract,
3. For compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, such as the obligatory control of the risk of any conflict and, if required, money laundering, or
4. To fulfil a legitimate interest where we consider that the legitimate interest outweighs the data subject’s interest of rights and freedoms, such as marketing of our services.

The Lawfirm never processes your personal data for automated decision-making.

1.5 To whom do we transfer or share your personal data?

Most of the personal data we process is largely covered by confidentiality and we will not transfer or share your personal data other than if:

1. You have specifically consented to it,
2. It is necessary within the scope of an assignment to protect you or our clients’ rights,
3. It is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject, an obligation towards the Swedish Bar Association or to comply with a decision by a public authority or court order, or
4. It is necessary to protect our legal rights.

We will also transfer your personal data to our suppliers of services such as IT-suppliers who process personal data on our behalf in accordance with applicable data processing legislation.

We will not transfer your personal data outside of EU/EES unless it is necessary within the scope of an assignment.

1.6 How long do we store your personal data?

De personuppgifter vi behandlar inom ramen för våra uppdrag sparas, i enlighet med Vägledande regler för god advokatsed, under en period av tio år från dagen för ärendets avslutande, eller den längre tid som påkallas av ärendets natur. Trots det sagda kan vi även därefter komma att lagra namn, personnummer (eller motsvarande uppgift) och uppdragsbenämning för fysisk person som är klient eller motpart för att möjliggöra erforderliga jävskontroller i enlighet med vår Advokatsamfundets regelverk.

Uppgifter som behandlas i syfte att utveckla, analysera och marknadsföra Advokatbyråns verksamhet sparas under en tid om ett år efter den senaste kontakten. Om du avanmäler dig från nyhetsbrev eller liknande kommer uppgifterna omedelbart att raderas.

Personuppgifter om jobbsökande kommer att sparas under den aktuella rekryteringsprocessen. Därefter raderas personuppgifterna såvida du inte samtycker till att vi lagrar dem under längre tid.