Privacy Policy

1.Introduction

Crosby Law Associates ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to safeguarding your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you visit our website, [crosbylawassociates.in] (the "Site"). By using our Site, you consent to the practices described in this policy.
This Policy shall be construed to be provided in compliance with the Information Technology Act 2000 and the rules framed thereunder (as amended from time to time) ("IT Act"). The words and expressions used in this Policy but not defined herein will have the meaning assigned to them under the IT Act.

2.Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

Personal Information: When you interact with us—such as by filling out a contact form, scheduling a consultation, or subscribing to our newsletter—we may collect personal information including your name, email address, phone number, and any other details you provide.

We may collect the following types of information ("Personal Information"):

o contact information, such as your name, job title, postal address, including your home address, business address, telephone number, mobile phone number, fax number and email address;
o further business information necessarily processed in a project or client contractual relationship with CLA or voluntarily provided by you, such as instructions given, payments made, requests and projects;
o your password for the Website or other password protected platforms or services, where you have one;
o information collected from publicly available resources, integrity data bases and credit agencies;
o information about relevant and significant litigation or other legal proceedings against you or a third party related to you and interaction with you which may be relevant for antitrust purposes, if legally required for compliance purposes;
o information about your health for the purpose of identifying and being mindful of any disabilities or special dietary requirements you may have, which we may ask in connection with the registration for and provision of access to an event or seminar. Any use of such information is based on your consent. If you do not provide such information, we will not be able to take relevant precautions;
o information about your experience, qualifications, desired position within CLA, which you may provide in connection with any application made to CLA. Any use of such information is based on your consent;
o other personal data regarding your preferences notwithstanding its relevance to the legal services that we provide; and/or

Non-Personal Information: We may collect non-personal information automatically as you navigate through our Site. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, and information about your use of the Site (such as the pages you visit).

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use your Personal Information for the following purposes only ("Permitted Purposes"), including:

i. we may use to verify whether you are entitled to access and use the website and the services made available through the Website. This Personal Information may also be used to enable CLA to enhance your experience of the Website.
ii. to provide legal advice or other services or things you may have requested, including online or legal technology services or solutions as instructed or requested by you or your organisation;
iii. to manage and administer your or your organisation's business relationship with CLA, including processing payments, accounting, auditing, billing and collection and support services;
iv. to comply with our legal obligations (such as record keeping obligations), compliance screening or recording obligations (including obligations under antitrust laws, export laws, trade sanction and embargo laws and for anti-money laundering, financial and credit check and fraud and crime prevention and detection purposes), which may include automated checks of your contact data or other information you provide about your identity against applicable sanctioned-party lists and may contact you to confirm your identity in case of a potential match or recording interaction with you which may be relevant for compliance purposes;
v. to analyse and improve our services and communications with you;
vi. to protect the security of and manage access to our premises, information technology and communication systems, online platforms, websites and other systems and to prevent and detect security threats, fraud or other criminal or malicious activities;
vii. for insurance purposes;
viii.to monitor and assess compliance with our policies and standards;
ix.to identify persons authorised to trade on behalf of our clients, customers, suppliers and/or service providers;
x. to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations and requests anywhere in the world, including reporting to and/or being audited by national and international regulatory bodies;
xi. to enable vendors and service providers to provide various services subscribed to by you including contact information verification, payment processing, customer service, website hosting, data analysis, infrastructure provision, information technology services, and other similar services, CLA may disclose your Personal Information to its affiliates, group companies, consultants, vendors and contractors under confidentiality restrictions;
xii. to comply with court orders and exercise and/or defend CLA's legal rights; and
xiii. for any purpose related and/or ancillary to any of the above or any other purpose for which your Personal Information was provided to us.
xiv. In addition, the processing may be based on your consent where you have expressly given that to us.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We do not sell or trade your personal information. We may share your information in the following circumstances:

We may share your Personal Information in the following circumstances:

i. we may share your Personal Information between the other CLA entities on a confidential basis where required for the purpose of providing legal advice or other products or services and for administrative, billing and other business purposes;
ii. If we have collected your Personal Information in the course of providing legal services to any of our clients, we may disclose it to that client, and where permitted by law to others for the purpose of providing those services;
iii. we may disclose your contact details on a confidential basis to third parties for the purposes of collecting your feedback on the firm’s service provision, to help us measure our performance and to improve and promote our services;
iv. we may share your Personal Information with companies providing services for money laundering checks, credit risk reduction and other fraud and crime prevention purposes and companies providing similar services, including financial institutions, credit reference agencies and regulatory bodies with whom such Personal Information is shared;
v. we may share your Personal Information with any third party to whom we assign or novate any of our rights or obligations;
vi. we may share your Personal Information with courts, law enforcement authorities, regulators or attorneys or other parties where it is reasonably necessary for CLA to exercise or defend a legal or equitable claim, or for the purposes of a confidential alternative dispute resolution process;
vii. we may also instruct service providers within or outside CLA, domestically or abroad, e.g. shared service centres, to process personal data for Permitted Purposes on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions only. CLA will retain control over and will remain fully responsible for your Personal Information and will use appropriate safeguards as required by applicable law to ensure the integrity and security of your Personal Information when engaging such service providers; and
viii. we may engage third-party service providers to assist with various aspects of our business, such as website hosting, analytics, and marketing. These parties are obligated to protect your information and use it solely for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.