Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

Allen, Allen & Co ("the Firm", "we", "us") is a law firm headquartered in Nassau, The Bahamas, serving clients at home and internationally. Protecting the privacy and confidentiality of our clients, website visitors and enquiries sits at the heart of what we do.

2. Information we collect

We collect personal information only where it is needed to serve you:

• Enquiry details. The name, email address, phone number, subject and message you give us when you contact us through the website, by email or by telephone.
• Engagement details. Where we accept an engagement, the information required to deliver legal services, including the identity-verification documents required by anti-money-laundering and know-your-client rules.
• Technical data. Standard server logs such as IP address, browser type and pages visited, used to keep the website secure and to understand how it is used.

3. How we use your information

We use the information we collect to respond to your enquiries, provide legal services and manage our engagement with you, meet legal, regulatory and anti-money-laundering obligations in the jurisdictions where we operate, keep this website secure and running well, and, where you have opted in, send you updates about the Firm. We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it for advertising.

4. Legal bases

Where data-protection laws (such as the Bahamian Data Protection (Privacy of Personal Information) Act, the EU General Data Protection Regulation or similar legislation) apply, we process personal information on the bases of: performing or taking steps towards a contract with you; compliance with legal obligations; our legitimate interests in operating and protecting the Firm; and, where relevant, your consent.

5. Confidentiality and cross-border sharing

As a law firm, strict professional confidentiality governs everything you tell us. Where an enquiry or matter involves our operations in more than one country, information may be shared within the Firm's network of offices and partner firms in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, always on a confidential basis and only to the extent needed to serve you or to comply with the law.

6. Service providers

We rely on trusted service providers, for example for email delivery, hosting and practice management, who process personal information on our behalf under contractual confidentiality and security obligations. They may not use your information for their own purposes.

7. Security and retention

We apply technical and organisational safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information we hold. We keep personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy, to meet legal and professional record-keeping obligations, and to resolve disputes.

8. Your rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to: request access to the personal information we hold about you; ask for corrections; request deletion or restriction of processing; object to processing based on legitimate interests; and withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details below. We may need to verify your identity before responding.

9. Cookies and analytics

This website uses only essential, functional techniques (such as session handling for the contact form's security features). We do not use advertising cookies. If we add analytics in future, this policy will be updated before they are switched on.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version will always be posted on this page.

11. Contact us

For any privacy question, request or concern, contact us at info@allenallenandco.com or by post to 85 Dowdeswell Street, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. See also our Terms & Conditions.