Privacy Notice for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulations
1. Who we are:
We are Kirwan McKeown James LLP of 3, Clanwilliam Square, Grand Canal Quay - Dublin 2 - Ireland. You can contact us at this address by post or by email at info@kmj.ie.
Our data protection representative is Alan Kirwan.
2. Why we process your data, the lawful basis for processing your data and who we share it with
A. For people who view and interact with our website, we process data:
to respond to your query when sent through our ‘contact us’ form
to deal with any matters you instruct us in respect of following such query.
The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in the administration and operation of our legal services as well as our legitimate interest in marketing and promoting our firm’s legal services. You can always opt out of receiving such communications at any time.
We share this data with our client relationship management system provider. They may only process this data for the purpose of providing us with their services, and no other purpose.
We will retain this data for as long as we are legally obliged to retain same, in most cases for a minimum of six years, and will destroy such personal data usually after seven years, but in some cases we may be obliged to retain such personal data for a longer period and even in limited circumstances, indefinitely.
B. For our potential clients, we process data in order to market the services of our firm
The legal basis for the processing of this data is processing necessary for the purpose of the legitimate interests of our firm in promoting our services. You can opt out of receiving such communications at any time.
We share information such as your name and email address with our newsletter services provider who sends out our newsletters. This provider is not permitted to use this data other than on our behalf.
We will retain this data for a period of no more than six years.
C. For solicitors and barristers that we liaise with on client matters, we process data in order to liaise with you about our client matters
The legal basis for the processing of this data is processing necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our firm in representing our clients.
We share the information you provide with our practice management system in order to store your contact information with our client file. We may also send you emails through our email service provider.
We will retain this data for as long as we are legally obliged to retain same, in most cases for a minimum of six years, and will destroy such personal data usually after seven years, but in some cases we may be obliged to retain such personal data for a longer period and even in limited circumstances, indefinitely.
D. For job applicants to the firm, we process data:
to recruit new employees
to ascertain your suitability for a specific role
and, in respect of successful applicants, for the purposes of maintaining adequate and accurate employment data.
The legal basis for this processing is processing necessary for the purpose of the legitimate interests of our firm in recruiting new staff and maintaining records regarding employees. Please see the privacy notice in the job advertisement (if relevant) for further information about how we process applicant data.
We share the information you provide in your application with our contracted recruiter in order to make a shortlist of candidates. This recruiter is not permitted to use this data other than on our behalf. We may also send you emails about your application through our email service provider.
We will retain this data for as long as we are legally obliged to retain same, in most cases for a minimum of six years after your employment has ended or for two years after you have been an unsuccessful applicant, and will destroy such personal data usually after seven years, or three years as applicable.
3. Transfers of data outside the European Economic Area
In the event that we may transfer data relating to our clients; potential clients; or employees to a service provider located outside the EEA we will put safeguards in place for this transfer by entering into European Commission approved standard contractual clauses with the provider.
4. Information received from third parties and the source of that data
In certain circumstances we may obtain personal data from third parties in connection with our work as legal services providers. These may be Government Authorities or other professional advisers or other third parties.
5. Your rights relating to personal data
You have the following rights under the GDPR, in certain circumstances and subject to certain exemptions, in relation to your personal data:
right to access the data - you have the right to request a copy of the personal data that we hold about you, together with other information about our processing of that personal data.
right to rectification- you have the right to request that any inaccurate data that is held about you is corrected, or if we have incomplete information you may request that we update the information such that it is complete.
right to erasure - you have the right to request us to delete personal data that we hold about you. This is sometimes referred to as the right to be forgotten.
right to restriction of processing or to object to processing - you have the right to request that we no longer process your personal data for particular purposes, or to object to our processing of your personal data for particular purposes.
right to data portability - you have the right to request us to provide you, or a third party, with a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used machine readable format.
In order to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at the contact details at the start of this privacy notice.
If we are processing personal data based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of processing which took place prior to its withdrawal. It also does not prevent the retention of such personal data as we may be required to retain for our legitimate interests or as may be required by law.
If you are unhappy with how we process personal data, we ask you to contact us so that we can rectify the situation.
You may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The Irish supervisory authority is the Data Protection Commission.
6. Requirement to process personal data
You may browse our website without providing us with any personal data and this will not affect your ability to view our website.
If you do not provide us with your information for the purposes described above, we cannot respond to your queries sent through our contact us form, liaise with you on client matters or assess your suitability for a role within our firm.
7. Automated decision-making and profiling
We do not use any personal data for the purpose of automated decision-making or profiling.