Data controller

• Bruno Gherardi EI, lawyer, practising under the trading name Valenor
• 5 rue Veillon, 06000 Nice, France
• Email: contact@valenor-avocats.com

The firm has not appointed a Data Protection Officer. Any request concerning your data may be sent to the address above.

Data collected

Contact form

• Surname and first name
• Email address
• Telephone number
• The content of your message and any information provided about your tax situation

We invite you to include in the form only such information as is useful for an initial discussion. Supporting documents and detailed information may then be provided through a secure channel.

Exchanges by email or telephone

• Contact details and information provided when you contact the firm directly

Browsing data

• Technical data (browser type, pages viewed, length of visit, source of visit), collected only with your consent in the case of non-essential cookies

Purposes and legal bases

• Responding to your enquiries and arranging an initial meeting: performance of pre-contractual measures taken at your request (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR)
• Managing client relationships and carrying out the engagement entrusted to the firm: performance of a contract (Article 6(1)(b))
• Complying with the lawyer's legal and professional obligations, in particular with regard to anti-money laundering and the retention of files: legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c))
• Measuring website audience and improving its content: consent (Article 6(1)(a))
• Ensuring the security and proper functioning of the website: legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f))

Retention periods

• Enquiries not followed up: 3 years from the last exchange
• Client files: for the duration of the engagement, then 5 years from its end, in accordance with the limitation rules applicable to the lawyer's liability
• Data collected for anti-money laundering purposes: 5 years from the end of the business relationship
• Cookies and trackers: a maximum of 13 months from the time they are placed
• Cookie consent: 6 months, after which you will be asked for your choice again
• Google Analytics statistical data: 14 months

Recipients of data

• Maître Bruno Gherardi, the sole recipient of requests sent via the website
• The technical service providers involved in operating the website, strictly within the limits of their functions: Webflow, Inc. (hosting and forms), Google Ireland Limited (audience measurement and mapping)
• Authorities or courts, only where required by law

Your data is never sold or transferred to third parties for commercial purposes.

Transfers outside the European Union

• Webflow and Google may process certain data in the United States.
• These transfers are governed by the EU-US Data Privacy Framework adequacy decision of 10 July 2023, for certified companies, and by the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) adopted by the European Commission.

Cookies

What is a cookie?

• A cookie is a small file placed on your device when you visit a website. It enables your browser to be recognised and certain information to be retained.

Strictly necessary cookies

• These ensure the functioning and security of the website and record your cookie preferences.
• They are exempt from consent in accordance with Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act (loi Informatique et Libertés).

Audience measurement cookies (Google Analytics 4)

• The website uses Google Analytics 4, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, to compile visitor statistics.
• These cookies are placed only once you have given your consent.
• Google Analytics 4 neither logs nor stores the IP addresses of users located in the European Union. The data collected does not enable the firm to identify you directly.
• Data may be transferred to and stored in the United States, within the framework described above (Data Privacy Framework and Standard Contractual Clauses).
• For further information: policies.google.com/privacy

Third-party content (Google Maps)

• The Contact page includes a Google Maps map. Displaying it may lead Google to place cookies and collect browsing data.
• This content is loaded only after you have given your consent. Otherwise, the firm's address can be found directly on the page.

Managing your consent

• On your first visit, a banner managed by the Finsweet Cookie Consent tool allows you to accept, refuse or customise non-essential cookies.
• Refusing is as easy as accepting, and refusing has no effect on your access to the website.
• You may change your choices at any time via the cookie settings link at the bottom of the page.
• You may also configure your browser to block or delete cookies.

Your rights

In accordance with the GDPR and the amended French Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, you have the following rights:

• Right of access to your data
• Right to rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Right to erasure, subject to the lawyer's statutory retention obligations
• Right to restriction of processing
• Right to object to processing based on legitimate interest
• Right to portability of the data you have provided
• Right to withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out beforehand
• Right to set out instructions regarding the use of your data after your death

The exercise of certain rights may be limited by professional secrecy or by the legal obligations to which the lawyer is subject.

Exercising your rights

• By email: contact@valenor-avocats.com
• By post: Bruno Gherardi, Valenor, 5 rue Veillon, 06000 Nice, France
• You will receive a reply within one month, which may be extended by two months in the case of a complex request. Proof of identity may be requested where there is reasonable doubt.

Complaints to the CNIL

• If you consider that your rights have not been respected, you may lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL), 3 place de Fontenoy, TSA 80715, 75334 Paris Cedex 07, France, or online at www.cnil.fr.

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