PRIVACY POLICY
LAST UPDATE March 8th 2019
- GENERAL INFORMATION
- Wemimo Ogunde & Co is a leading full service Nigerian law firm well reputed for its litigation and dispute resolution practice.
- References in this Policy to “we”, “us” or “Wemimo Ogunde” are references to “Wemimo Ogunde & Co.”
- Reference in this Policy to “Personal Data” means any information that identifies, or could reasonably be used to identify, a living individual, either on its own or together with other information.
- Protection of your Personal Data is our priority. This Policy governs the manner in which we will collect, process, disseminate, use and store Personal Data provided by you (hereinafter referred to as a “User” or “you” or “your”) on our database when you use our services, products, software or interact with any icon on wemimo-ogunde.com (our “Website”). By using our Website, you hereby consent to the data practices described in this Policy. If you do not agree (whether in whole or in part) to this Policy, we kindly request that you stop using the Website.
- WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO AND HOW TO CONTACT US?
- The Website and all its related products, services and software are operated by Wemimo Ogunde & Co.
- Wemimo Ogunde & Co is a Nigerian law firm duly registered under Part B of the Companies and Allied Matters Act CAP C20 Laws of the Federation 2004 with its address at No 18, Oyetola Idowu Street, off Coker Road, Ilupeju Lagos, Nigeria.
- If you have any questions about this Policy, kindly contact us by sending an e-mail to info@wemimo-ogunde.com.
- COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
- Wemimo Ogunde & Co may collect, save and store a User’s Personal Data. Such Personal Data we collect may include:
- basic information about you such as name, title, age, affiliation with the firm etc.; and
- contact information such as physical address, email address, fax and telephone number(s)
- Information about a User’s computer hardware and software may also be automatically collected by Wemimo Ogunde & Co. This information can include: a User’s IP address, browser type, domain name, access times, operating system, cookie information and referring website addresses. This information is used by Wemimo Ogunde & Co for the operation and maintenance of quality of the use of its Website and to provide general statistics regarding use of the services. In order to understand how Users generally use our Website and to improve our services, Wemimo Ogunde & Co may also collect information on your use of our Website, such as pages visited, links clicked, text entered, and mouse movements.
- If you directly disclose any Personal Data through the use of our Website, this information may be disclosed to our lawyers who, by virtue of their professional capabilities, need to know such information in order to provide the services.
- Wemimo Ogunde & Co may collect, save and store a User’s Personal Data. Such Personal Data we collect may include:
- DATA PROTECTION PRINCIPLES
Wemimo Ogunde & Co complies with the data protection principles set out below. When processing Personal Data, it ensures that such Personal Data is:
- processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner;
- collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes;
- kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary; and
- processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data.
- USE OF PERSONAL DATA
- Wemimo Ogunde & Co uses your Personal Data provided on our Website to deliver services and products to you.
- Typically, Wemimo Ogunde & Co uses your Personal Data to deliver the following services:
- manage our business relationship with you or your organisation;
- act in compliance with our legal obligations;
- comply with court orders and other legal requirements;
- communicate with you with respect to legal developments, announcements, events and other services which may be of interest to you;
- issue reviews or marketing materials;
- gather information regarding your preferences to improve the quality of our interaction with you, such as through website analytics or the tracking of our publications; and
- any other purpose for which you have given consent.
- Wemimo Ogunde & Co may also contact you to participate in surveys on the services currently rendered by us or on potential new services that may be offered by Wemimo Ogunde & Co.
- Wemimo Ogunde & Co does not sell, rent or lease our Users’ Personal Data to third parties.
- Wemimo Ogunde & Co may also disclose Personal Data when we are required to do so under law or we believe it is appropriate to comply with the law (e.g. court order); to enforce or apply this Policy or any of our other policies or agreements; to initiate, render, bill, and collect amounts owed to us; to protect or enforce our rights; to protect our Users from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of the services; or if we believe that an emergency involving the danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires or justifies disclosure of Personal Data.
- USE OF COOKIES
- Our Site may use “cookies” to help our Users personalise their online experience on our Website. A cookie is a text file that is placed on a User’s hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to a User’s computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to a User, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to that User. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that a User has returned to a specific page. This simplifies the process of recording your Personal Data. When you return to our Site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customised.
- You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Services.
- CHANGES TO THE POLICY
- Wemimo Ogunde & Co may change the provisions of this Policy at any time, and will always post the most up-to-date version on our Website. It is your duty to regularly review this Policy for any changes made.
- GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
- This Policy is governed by Nigerian law and any dispute that arises between a User and Wemimo Ogunde & Co in respect of this Policy shall be brought and finally resolved in the Nigerian courts.