Privacy & Personal Information Protection Policy

Who we are

Damaris W. Gitonga & Co. Advocates is a law firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. Our website address is: http://dwgadvocates.co.ke.

Purpose

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to outline how DWG & co Advocates collects, uses, communicates, or discloses Personal Data that is shared with or disclosed to the firm in the course of you and other persons interacting with or accessing our website and services.

We reserve the right to amend this Policy from time to time, for any reason.

Definitions

“Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

An “identifiable natural person” means a person who can be identified directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social or social identity.

Collection

a) Generally, DWG & co. Advocates collects information that may contain your Personal Data when you voluntarily provide it to us either by filling in a form on this website, contacting us, or subscribing to our publications. We may also obtain your data from the web browser or operating system that you use to access our website.

b) The information collected may include your name, contact details, business, or other Personal Data that we may require to offer you or services, by statutory or contractual obligations.

c) Prior to or at the time of collecting your Personal Data, we will:

disclose the purpose for which we are collecting the Personal Data and how we will make use of it
inform you of your rights regarding the Personal Data collected
inform you of any third parties to whom we transferor share the data with, and the safety measures that are in place to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the data
where we need to collect your Personal Data from third parties, notify you, as far as practicable, of the intention to do so.
inform you of the consequences of failing to provide all or any part of the data requested

Use

We use the data collected in several ways including but not limited to:

a) Client engagement and service delivery
b) Marketing and advertising our services
c) Communicating with you; sending reminders, updates, etc.
d) Carrying our surveys on our services and delivery channels

Sharing and protection of information

We may be required to share your Personal Data with third parties and service providers who provide us services on our behalf. Such disclosure will only be made with your prior consent or otherwise, where permitted by law or in connection with legal proceedings.

We have put in place reasonable security safeguards to help us protect your Personal Data against un-authorized access, unauthorized alteration, disclosure, or destruction. There is, however, no complete security of data transmission over the Internet. Despite our efforts, we cannot therefore, guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, or to or from our website and online based services.

Your Rights

You have rights under the law in relation to your Personal Data.These are summarized below.

The right to:

Be informed on how your Personal Data will be used
Access your Personal Data
Correct any misleading or false part of your Personal Data
Rectify any inaccurate, outdated, incomplete or parts of your Personal Data and to the removal or destruction of any portions or parts of your Personal Data that are excessive, irrelevant, unlawfully obtained or that you no longer authorize us to retain
Not to be subjected to a decision that is solely based on automated processing which produces legal effects that significantly affect or concerns you
Delete misleading or false part of your Personal Data
Object to the processing of all or any part of your Personal Data
Receive your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format
Transmit the Personal Data from us to another data controller or data processor without hindrance
In some instances, to withdraw your consent for the specific purpose that you had given the consent. Unless where the law does not allow, we will, upon receipt of the notice to withdraw the consent from you, cease to process your information for the specified purpose

Contact

Should you require more information regarding this Privacy Policy and how it might affect, please get in touch with us through our email address, info@dwgadvocates.co.ke .