Privacy Policy

Parsons is an international law firm. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency in how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you engage with our services or visit our website.

1. Who We Are

Al references to Parsons or “the Firm” refers to one or more of the “Parsons Affiliated Entities” which are separate but connected entities practising law from offices in London, United Arab Emirates and Nigeria.

The Firm is the data controller for the purposes of data protection laws, meaning we are responsible for deciding how and why your personal data is processed.

References to ‘processing’ contained within this Privacy Notice can mean any operations performed on personal data, for example collection, storage, recording, alteration, retrieval, restriction or erasure.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of personal data:

• • Contact Information of our clients or contacts
• • Professional Information such as Job title, employer details, and professional background
• • Identification documents (which may include information relating to your date and place of birth) and/or other governmental identification numbers for the purposes of complying with the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations and related regulatory or legislative requirements
• • Details of your current and previous employment, directorships and shareholdings
• • Details of your bank account for the purposes of billing and collections.

Please refer to our Cookies Policy for details of the information we collect when you visit our website.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

• • Provision of Legal Services
• • Maintaining and developing our relationships with clients and third parties
• • To send newsletters, updates, and promotional materials, subject to your preferences
• • To fulfill legal, regulatory, and professional requirements
• • To enhance user experience and functionality of our website monitoring and analysing our business, including monitoring the use of our website
• • Placing and maintaining our insurances
• • Recruitment
• • Sending communications to our Alumni.

We process your personal data based on your consent, the necessity for the performance of a contract, compliance with legal obligations, and our legitimate interests.

4. Data Protection Principles

We comply with current data protection laws which stipulate that personal data we hold about you must be:

• (a) used lawfully, fairly and in a transparent way;
• (b) collected only for valid purposes that we have clearly explained to you, and not used in any way that is incompatible with those purposes;
• (c) relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes;
• (d) accurate and kept up to date;
• (e) kept only for as long as necessary for the purposes we have told you about; and
• (f) kept securely.

In this context, personal data (or personal information), means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data which has been anonymised.

5. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. However, we may share your data with:

• • Other entities within the Parsons group for internal administrative purposes.
• • Third-party vendors who assist in hosting, IT services, marketing, and other functions.
• • Legal Authorities when required by law or to protect our rights and interests.
• • Legal Counsel, correspondent law firms, other legal specialists, consultants or experts (including arbitrators/mediators and notaries).
• • Our Accountants or Auditors for auditing and accounting purposes.

We ensure that any third parties with whom we share your data provide adequate safeguards to protect your privacy.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Specific retention periods are determined based on the nature of the data and applicable legal requirements.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• • The right to request copies of your personal data.
• • The right to request rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• • The right to request erasure of your personal data under certain conditions.
• • The right to request restriction of processing in specific circumstances.
• • The right to receive your data in a structured, commonly used format and transfer it to another controller.
• • The right to object to processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing.
• • The right to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.

8. Security Measures

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

9. International Transfers

As an international law firm, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside your jurisdiction. We ensure that such transfers comply with applicable data protection laws and that adequate safeguards are in place to protect your data.

Whilst we try and operate to the highest standard across each of the jurisdictions in which we have a presence, there may be local requirements which require us to take an alternative approach, however, we will always take reasonable steps to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and security of your personal data.

10. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Any updates will be posted on our website with an updated effective date.

If you believe that the Firm has not complied with your data protection rights, you can complain to your national supervisory authority for data protection in your jurisdiction. Details of these can be found on our Terms and Conditions page.

We review this Privacy Notice regularly and reserve the right to revise it or any part of it from time to time to reflect changes in the law, information security and technology practices or in the way in which we process your personal data.

11. Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or want to submit a written complaint to us about how we handle your personal data, please contact us at []