1. DATA
We provide legal advice to businesses, private entrepreneurs and (to a limited extent) private individuals and are, as a rule, data controllers of the personal data we receive from clients, business partners, counterparties, authorities, etc.
2. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
We typically receive information about individuals from our clients, business partners, counterparties, public authorities, other advisors (e.g. banks, accountants and real estate agents), etc. as a basis for our legal advice and case handling.
3. TYPES OF PERSONAL DATA
Among other things, we collect the following personal data: (i) name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, dates of birth and other general personal data, (ii) bank details, (iii) any information about family relationships and relationships with other closely associated persons and (iv) information about financial circumstances. Contact details from persons related to our business clients are processed as personal data.
In some cases, we process so-called sensitive personal data, such as information on religious affiliation, criminal records and health conditions.
Finally, in order to fulfil our obligations under the Danish Act on Measures to Prevent Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (the Danish Money Laundering Act, we collect identity information in the form of copies of identification documents, etc., which contain, among other things, social security numbers, passport numbers, etc. We also process the social security number of individuals to the extent that the social security number is required by public authorities such as the Danish Business Authority, including the Central Business Register (CVR) and the Public Owners Register, the Danish Tax Agency, the Danish Land Registry Court or others for the purpose of identifying specific individuals as part of our advice and case handling.
4. THE PURPOSE OF THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
Personal data is only collected to the extent it is relevant (or required) for the assignment that we may perform on behalf of our clients and business partners in the context of our advice and case handling.
5. LEGAL BASIS FOR THE PROCESSING
The agreement entered into with our clients and business partners to provide legal advice form the basis for our collection and processing of personal data. In certain cases, the collection and processing of personal data will be based on applicable law and/or administrative provisions.
6. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We disclose personal information to third parties if this is relevant and objectively justified in the light of the assignment that we have undertaken to solve on behalf of our clients. Third parties include among others, for example, the courts, the counterparties attorney and the Danish Business Authority.
7. THE RIGHTS OF DATA SUBJECTS
Under the GDPR, individuals for whom we process data have a number of rights, including (i) the right to know what personal data is being processed about them, (ii) the right to rectify and update such personal data, (iii) the right to obtain, on request, the erasure of such personal data where we are not required or entitled to retain it by law or for any other legitimate purpose, and (iv) the right to withdraw consent to the processing of sensitive personal data that may have been given to us.
The above rights may be limited as a result of specific obligations and rights imposed on us by law to process and store certain personal data. Access to personal data may also be restricted for reasons of privacy, confidentiality or trade secrets and intellectual property rights.
It is possible at any time to ask us for a printout of the personal data stored, updating of personal data recorded, objection to the processing of personal data or request for the erasure of personal data. However, the extent to which we can provide such material may be limited as mentioned above. The request must be in writing and must include name, address, telephone number and email address. The request must also be signed by the person to whom the personal data relates. The request may be sent by post or e-mail. Our contact details are available on our website at www.viggerseriksen.com.
If the objection is justified, we will stop processing and delete the data concerned, unless we are obliged to keep them by law or by the nature of the advice and/or case handling to which the personal data relates.
Complaints about our processing of personal data can be submitted to the Danish Data Protection Authority: Carl Jacobsens Vej 35, 2500 Valby, Denmark (www.datatilsynet.dk).
8. SECURITY
To protect from unauthorized access to your personal data, we use IT solutions that automatically ensure that all data is accessible only to relevant people.
In addition, we have internal procedures and policies regarding information security. These procedures and policies contain instructions and actions to protect your data from being destroyed, lost, altered, disclosed and from unauthorized access or sharing.
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