Privacy policy

Data controller

  • SCP CANIS LE VAILLANT AVOCATS
  • 125 avenue des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris
  • RCS Paris 494 971 732
  • Represented by Maître Xavier Canis, co-manager
  • Email: contact@canis-avocats.com

The firm processes the personal data collected on this website in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 (GDPR) and French Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on information technology, data files and civil liberties (loi Informatique et Libertés).

Data collected

Contact form

  • First name and surname
  • Email address
  • Telephone number
  • Subject and content of the message

Mandatory fields are indicated on the form. Please do not send any confidential or sensitive information about your situation through this form: such information will be exchanged in a secure setting once the matter has been accepted.

Browsing data

  • IP address (not stored by Google Analytics 4)
  • Browser and device type
  • Pages viewed, length of visit, traffic source
  • Information placed by cookies, subject to your consent

Purposes and legal bases

Responding to contact requests

  • Purpose: to answer your questions and arrange a possible initial meeting
  • Legal basis: steps taken at your request prior to entering into a contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR)

Audience measurement

  • Purpose: to analyse website traffic and improve its content
  • Legal basis: your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR)

Website security and proper functioning

  • Purpose: to ensure the availability of the website and prevent fraudulent use
  • Legal basis: the firm’s legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR)

Compliance with legal obligations

  • Purpose: to meet the lawyer’s professional and regulatory obligations, in particular regarding anti-money laundering
  • Legal basis: legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c) GDPR)

Retention periods

  • Contact requests not followed up: 3 years from the last exchange
  • Client data: for the duration of the relationship, then archived for 5 years from the end of the engagement, corresponding to the limitation period for the lawyer’s professional liability
  • Audience measurement cookies: 13 months maximum
  • Google Analytics 4 statistical data: 14 months maximum
  • Record of your cookie choices: 6 months

Recipients of the data

  • The lawyers and staff of SCP CANIS LE VAILLANT AVOCATS, within the limits of their respective duties
  • Webflow, Inc., hosting provider for the website and the contact form data
  • Google Ireland Limited and Google LLC, for audience measurement if you consent to it

No data is sold or transferred to third parties for commercial purposes.

Transfers outside the European Union

  • Webflow, Inc. and Google LLC are established in the United States.
  • These transfers are governed by the European Commission’s adequacy decision of 10 July 2023 on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, for certified companies, and by the standard contractual clauses 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 allows your browser to be recognised and certain information about your browsing to be collected.

Strictly necessary cookies

  • They ensure the technical operation of the website and store your cookie preferences.
  • They do not require your consent (Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act – loi Informatique et Libertés).

Analytics cookies

  • The website uses Google Analytics 4, a service provided by Google, to measure its audience.
  • These cookies are only placed once you have given your consent.
  • Google Analytics 4 does not store the IP addresses of users located in the European Union.
  • Data may be transferred to and stored in the United States, under the conditions described in the section on transfers.
  • Find out more: policies.google.com/privacy

Managing your consent

  • On your first visit, a banner managed by the Finsweet Cookie Consent tool allows you to accept, reject or customise non-essential cookies.
  • Rejecting cookies is as easy as accepting them and does not prevent you from browsing the website.
  • You can change your choices at any time via the cookie management link at the bottom of the page.
  • You can also configure your browser to block or delete cookies.

Your rights

In accordance with the GDPR and the French Data Protection Act (loi Informatique et Libertés), you have the following rights:

  • Right of access to your data
  • Right to rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data
  • Right to erasure of your data
  • Right to object to processing based on legitimate interest
  • Right to restriction of processing
  • Right to data portability
  • Right to withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before its withdrawal
  • Right to set out instructions regarding the handling of your data after your death

These rights may be exercised within the limits laid down by the regulations, in particular where the retention of data is required by a legal obligation or covered by professional secrecy.

Exercising your rights

  • By email: contact@canis-avocats.com
  • By post: SCP CANIS LE VAILLANT AVOCATS, 125 avenue des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris
  • You will receive a response within one month of receipt of your request. This period may be extended by two months for complex requests, in which case you will be informed in advance.
  • Where there is reasonable doubt as to your identity, you may be asked to provide proof of identity.

Complaints to the CNIL

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

Updates

The firm may amend this policy at any time, in particular to reflect legal or technical developments. The version in force is the one published on the website.