Privacy Policy of AMLEGALS
1. Overview
At AMLEGALS, we prioritize the confidentiality and protection of the personal information you share with us. We handle your data in compliance with all relevant data protection laws applicable to both you and our organization. This Privacy Policy outlines our commitment to safeguarding your personal information and details how we collect, use, and protect your data. For the purposes of this policy, sensitive personal information is included under the umbrella of personal information. This document covers how we handle information pertaining to:
- Visitors to our website
- Clients utilizing our services
- Individuals applying for jobs
- Interns
- AMLEGALS consultants (retained legal professionals)
- Our current employees
This Privacy Policy is intended to help you understand:
- The types of personal information we gather and how we collect it
- The reasons for collecting your personal information
- The steps we take to ensure the security and privacy of your data
- How you can access and update your personal information
2. Gathering Personal Information
“Personal information” refers to any data that can uniquely identify an individual. We may collect your personal information as mandated by laws and regulations, as well as when you engage with our services, apply for a position, or are employed or retained by AMLEGALS. The specific information we collect depends on your association with us. Additionally, we may obtain personal data from external sources, including publicly accessible records. The types of information we may collect include, but are not limited to:
- Your full name, current employer, job title, mailing address, phone number, date of birth, and email address
- Records of your visits to our offices, including dates and times of meetings
- Information related to your interactions with our website or electronic communications and updates we send
- For employees, consultants, and interns: financial details such as bank account information and biometric data like fingerprints
- Communications you have with us, including emails, letters, and other forms of contact
- Account-related details, such as payment history, outstanding balances, or received payments
3. Utilization of Your Information
AMLEGALS will not share, use, distribute, or disclose your personal information to third parties unless it is necessary for providing services related to your engagement or employment with us, or as required by law. We may disclose personal information to third parties in the following situations:
- With Your Consent: When you have explicitly agreed to share your information in a specific manner.
- Legal Obligations: When we are legally required to disclose information to comply with laws, regulations, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of AMLEGALS, our clients, or others.
- Relevant Disclosures: When it is pertinent to share information with our clients, your employer or place of business, or your professional advisors.
- Third-Party Service Providers: We may engage external service providers to perform tasks that involve data processing, such as archival, auditing, legal and financial consulting, technology services, website management, research, banking, payment processing, client interactions, data processing, insurance, forensic analysis, litigation support, and security services.
Please note that some third-party recipients of your personal information may be located outside your country or the country where the information was originally provided. While these third parties are typically bound by privacy and confidentiality obligations, you acknowledge that, where legally permissible, these obligations may differ from or be less stringent than the privacy laws in your jurisdiction of origin.
4. Protecting Your Personal Information
AMLEGALS is dedicated to securing the personal information we collect from you. We implement industry-standard security measures to guard against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your data. To ensure the integrity and proper use of your information, we maintain comprehensive physical, electronic, and managerial safeguards. Although no system can be entirely secure, we strive to minimize the risk of security breaches to a level that is appropriate for the sensitivity of the data involved.
5. Your Rights Concerning Your Information
You are entitled to the following right regarding your personal information:
- Right to Removal: You can request the deletion of your personal information from AMLEGALS’s systems at any time by contacting us at dataprivacy@amlegals.com. We will endeavor to remove your data promptly upon receiving your request. However, please note that complete deletion cannot be guaranteed as some information may remain in archival or backup records. For AMLEGALS employees, interns, and consultants, such requests may affect your relationship with AMLEGALS.
6. Policy Updates
As technology and data governance practices evolve, AMLEGALS may update this Privacy Policy to reflect these changes. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about any modifications to its terms.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to access the personal information we hold about you, believe that your information needs to be corrected or updated, desire to delete some or all of your data, or wish to object to the processing of your information on legitimate grounds, please reach out to us. Contact us with the subject line “Data Privacy” at dataprivacy@amlegals.com.