A. WHO ARE WE?
This website at prism.cms.law (the “Website”) is owned and operated by Prism Chambers, a duly registered law firm under the laws of Mauritius, having its registered office address at Level 7, IconEbene, Rue de L’Institut, Ebene 80817, Mauritius.
Please see the Legal Information page for information about Prism Chambers.
B. APPLICATION OF THE PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Notice describes our policy in relation to the collection, use, and controlling of your personal information that you make available to us, or, that we collect from you when using our Website.
By using our Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The data that we collect are used for improving our Website only. Your information shall not be shared with other party except as described in this Privacy Notice.
Our Privacy Notice must be read together with any other legal notices or terms and conditions available to you on the other pages of our Website.
In this Privacy Notice, references to “we”, “us” or “our” means Prism Chambers. References to “you” and “your” are to users of our Website.
C. COOKIES
Our Website uses cookies to collection information and to improve the functionality of our Website. You have the option to either accept or refuse cookies. However, your experience on certain areas in our Website may be limited in case you refuse cookies on the Website . We may also collect necessary non-personal information automatically through cookies and similar technologies when you visit our Website.
Please also refer to our Cookie Notice which explains the use of cookies and other web tracking devices via our Website.
D. INFORMATION COLLECTION AND DISCLOSURE
Whenever you visit our Website, we collect information that your browser sends to us that is called Data Log. This Data Log may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address, browser version, pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.
For a better experience while using our Website, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name and email address. The information that we collect will be used to contact or identify you.
E. SHARING WITH CMS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS
Prism Chambers is in close association with CMS Legal Services EEIG network that coordinates member firms globally (the “Member Firms”). CMS Legal Services EEIG has its head office at: Neue Mainzer Straße 2–4, 60311 Frankfurt, Germany.
We may share your personal data with Member Firms to provide you with legal services involving foreign law or otherwise as necessary for the purposes described above. The contact email address for CMS EEIG is: [email protected]. Its contact telephone number is: +49 69 717 010, its Ust-ID is: DE 257 695 176 and it is registered on Handelsregister A in Frankfurt am Main with the registration number: HRA 44853.
Prism Chambers, CMS Legal and the Member Firms are independent entities. Where Prism Chambers shares personal information with CMS Legal and the Member Firms, they shall equally act as controllers.
Prism Chambers may share your personal information with CMS Legal and Member Firms:
- if you ask us to do so in an online form;
- if you tick the relevant box on Law-Now or RegZone, in order to receive information about services and events provided by CMS Legal or Member Firms; or
- where we need to do so in order to provide the services or information that you have requested or to organise and/or manage an event that you have registered to attend.
When CMS Legal or a Member Firm would like to use your personal information for a new purpose, they will let you know about this first.
F. THIRD PARTIES
Your personal information shall not be made commercially available to any third party, except as described in policy of if we are required to do so by law. Any disclosure of information, other than for legal and regulatory reasons, shall only be made with your prior approval.
We may require the services of third parties in relation to the maintenance, performance and analysis of our website. During the course of providing such services, the third parties may have access to your information as collected on our website. The third parties shall only access your information for operation of their services on our website. Your information shall not be used by the third parties for any purpose other than the purpose listed herein on our behalf.
Our Website provide sharing buttons that you can click on in order to share content from our Website on social media channels. We do not use these buttons to share your Personal Information with social media providers. When you click on a sharing button the relevant social media provider will gather personal information directly from you. Please read the privacy notice of any social media provider with which you intend to share content before clicking on the corresponding sharing button.
G. WEBSITE SECURITY
Prism Chambers is committed to protecting your privacy. Our Website is equipped with the appropriate security measures to ensure that your information is protected.
H. YOUR RIGHTS
In accordance with the Mauritius Data Protection Act 2017, you shall have the right to:
- access (i.e. to a copy) your information stored on the Website;
- obtain confirmation whether your personal data is being processed;
- agree or dissent to being subject to automated individual decision making where applicable;
- request rectification, erasure or restriction of processing of your data for the purposes of the Website; and
- object to any processing or storage for the purposes of the Website.
A written request should be provided to us on the following email: [email protected]. We shall use reasonable means to verify the identity of the person making such request.
I. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
- To contact you - we may collect your personal information, which you choose to provide when you fill in forms on our Website to request a service. We may use this personal information to respond to your queries, and/or provide the services and/or information that you have requested.
- Publications – we will only send you publications when you have subscribed and provided us with your general consent or have expressed specific interest to us in a certain type of information or legal area. Prism Chambers will not send you any marketing related material.
- Law-Now / Regzone – where you choose to subscribe to the Law-Now and/or RegZone portal(s), we use personal information that you provide during the subscription process to set-up and maintain your Law-Now/RegZone account and to send you relevant Law-Now/RegZone content by email. This will consist of information on legal and business issues that are relevant to your preferences. We will also tell you about our events and seminars. Within RegZone, you have the option to receive invitations to our events. If you want to receive such invitations, you can let us know by ticking the relevant box on the subscription form.
Your agreement to the use of your personal information for these purposes is optional. If you decide not to subscribe to Law-Now and/or RegZone, we will not send you Law-Now and/or RegZone communications, but your use of our Website will remain otherwise unaffected. You can change your Law-Now/Regzone preferences at any time by logging into your account.
- Recruitment – where you apply for an opportunity on our Website, you will be directed to our dedicated recruitment website. In this case you will be provided with specific information about how your Personal Information will be handled in connection with your application at the time that you submit your Personal Information.
- Business purposes – we may use your personal information for our business purposes including but not limited to the following:
- To respond to your inquiries;
- To analyse how our Website is being used;
- To improve our services and the user experience on our Website;
- To send you publications, or other communications as per your consent;
- To investigate any complaint you may make; and
- To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights;
J. STORAGE TIMEFRAME
Unless a specific duration of data storage is specified in this Privacy Notice, we will only process your data as long as this is necessary for the respective purposes. After the respective processing purpose ceases to apply and retention obligations end, your data will be routinely deleted.
This means for example, that we store your user account data (login, profession, name etc.) until you delete it. In some cases, we are obliged to store your data for longer in order to comply with statutory retention periods. For information on how long Cookies are stored, please refer to our Cookie Notice.
Any data which is no longer deemed necessary in relation to the purpose for which they were collected will be erased promptly.
K. AMENDMENTS TO THE PRIVACY NOTICE
Our Privacy Notice may be amended from time to time without requirement of prior notice. Any changes in our privacy policy will be effective immediately upon being posted on the website. You are kindly advised to consult our Privacy Notice for any amendment.
L. CONTACT US
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, please send us an email on [email protected].
