Privacy Policy

Who we are

Suggested text: Our website address is: https://alphaandpartners.com.ng/.

Comments

Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

This Privacy Policy describes the Practices of ALPHA & PARTNERS with respect to Confidential and Personal Information collected through our Websites and Blogs.

This Policy applies to all Confidential and Personal Data processed by ALPHA & PARTNERS but does not apply to information provided by Clients in the course of our Attorney- Client Relationships or which is protected by confidentiality, Attorney-Client privilege and other applicable protection.

This Policy is made in line with our Compliance with the Data Protection and Privacy Laws of Nigeria as well as other applicable International Data Protection Laws and Policies. Nothing in this Policy should be understood as creating an Attorney-Client relationship with visitors to the ALPHA & PARTNERS Sites.

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO?

ALPHA & PARTNERS is a Full-Service Law Firm Registered under the Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria whose registered address is at 19, Town Planning Way, Ilupeju Lagos, Nigeria.

The Site and our Services are operated by ALPHA & PARTNERS, therefore references in this policy to “we” “us” or “our” are references to

ALPHA & PARTNERS.

HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL DATA.

We collect personal data that you voluntarily provide when you visit our Sites. As a law firm primarily based in Nigeria, we collect data from Clients, Staff, Colleagues, Interns, Job Applicants And Third-Party Website Visitors In the following circumstances;

Subscription to Our Newsletters, Advisories, Articles, Products And Services;
In the course of our Recruitment Process;
When a Consultation session is booked online via our website;
When your Company or Third-Party Companies provides services to us as our vendors;
When our Website is assessed.

SCOPE OF PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT.

The Personal Data that we collect and process may include:

Basic Information such as your name, designation and age;
Contact Information such as physical address, telephone number, email address, other communication preferences and passwords;
If you undergo our Recruitment Exercises, we may gather additional information about you such as your resume, cover letter, job experiences, work history, reference information, education information, information required to complete a background check and any other information you elect to provide us (for instance career objectives, awards or professional memberships)
Technical Information such as the IP Address of your device, the type of browser, device, operating system and the type of information obtained from a visit to our website and blogs.
Confidential information such as information provided to us by or on behalf of our clients or generated in the course of providing legal services.

HOW WE USE THE PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED THROUGH OUR SITES.

We use personal data collected in connection with our professional services and authorized uses only. We use the personal data in the following circumstance;

We use the personal data collected through our sites to contact you;
To provide you with the information that you have requested, to provide additional information which we believe may be of interest to you;
Providing legal and advisory services to our clients;
In compliance with our legal obligation;
To enhance and improve the functionality of our sites;
For security and supervisory purposes; and
For any purpose relating to the aforementioned or for any purpose for which you provided the personal data to ALPHA & PARTNERS

SHARING OF PERSONAL DATA.

We may share your personal data with third parties in the following circumstances:

When authorized by you;
With third party service providers retained to perform services on our behalf. These service providers are not authorized to use or disclose the information except as necessary to provide services to us;
If we are required to do so by law or pursuant to legal process, or in response to a request from law enforcement authorities or other government officials;
When we believe disclosure is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial fraud or theft, or in connection with an investigation of a suspected or actual illegal activity.

Irrespective of whatever reason why we may share your data, we shall at all times ensure that a standard data protection policy is always in place as required of us by the Data Protection laws of Nigeria and other applicable International data protection laws and policies.

HOW DO WE PROTECT PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED THROUGH OUR SITES?

Our sites are designed with your security and privacy in mind. We take the following measures to protect your personal data:

We protect your personal and confidential data during transmission using encryption protocols and Software;
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection, storage and disclosure of your personal date;
Our sites offer security features to protect them against unauthorized access and loss of data.

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND CHOICES.

Under the applicable law, you may have a number of rights, including:

The right not to provide your Personal Data to us;
The right of access to your Personal Data;
The right to request rectification of inaccuracies;
The right to request the erasure, or restriction of Processing, of your Personal data;
The right to object to the Processing of your Personal data;
The right to withdraw consent;
The Right to lodge complaints with the Data Protection Authorities.

In addition to the rights listed above, and where we are authorized or required by the applicable data protection law, and by our professional obligations, we will provide you upon request, with a copy of your personal data and will correct any errors identified by you. Except as provided above, we will not use your data for any automated decision making or profiling.

PRIVACY POLICY MONITORING AND REVIEW.

This Privacy Policy is effective from …………….. 2021. We reserve the right to amend this policy at intervals to reflect current legal trends or our processing practices. Such changes will be operative upon the date any updated versions of our Privacy Policy is Uploaded to our sites.

HOW TO CONTACT US

For enquires regarding our Privacy Policy, Please Contact:

Email: alphapartnersnig@yahoo.co.uk

COOKIE POLICY

Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your computer or other device when you visit a website. They are generally used to make websites work, to keep track of your movements within the website, to remember your login details, and for similar activities.

There are different types of cookies, and they can be distinguished on the basis of their origin, function and lifespan. Important characteristics of cookies include the following:

First party cookies are cookies that are stored by the website you are visiting, while third party cookies are stored by a website other than the one you are visiting. Please note that we do not control the collection or further use of your data by third parties.
Necessary cookies are necessary to allow the technical operation of a website (e.g., they enable you to move around on a website and to use its features).
Performance cookies collect data on the performance of a website such as the number of visitors, the time spent on the website and error messages.
Functionality cookies increase the usability of a website by remembering your choices (e.g. language, region, login, and so on).
Targeting/advertising cookies enable a website to send you personalized advertising.
Session cookies are temporary cookies that are erased once you close your browser while persistent or permanent cookies stay on your device until you manually delete them or until your browser deletes them based on the duration period specified in the persistent cookie file.

We may use cookies to:

distinguish between users;
improve the use and the functionality of our websites;
tailor our websites and services to your needs and preferences; and
Analyze how our website is used and compile anonymous and aggregate statistics.

We do not use the collected information to create user profiles.

Most internet browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. Depending on your browser, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, or you can set it to refuse them. Please refer to the ‘help’ button (or similar) on your browser to learn more about how you can do this.

Disabling cookies may impact your experience on our websites.

If you use different devices to access our websites, you will need to ensure that each browser of each device is set to your cookie preference. By using our Website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device. If you want to restrict or block any of the above cookies, you should do this through the web browser settings for each browser you use and, on each device, you use to access the internet. Please be aware that some of areas of our Website may not function properly if your web browser does not accept cookies. However, you can allow cookies from specific websites by making them “trusted websites” in your web browser.