Privacy & Cookies Statement.

Welcome to MiRo Legal Advisory's Privacy & Cookies Statement.

MiRo Legal Advisory FZ-LLC and affiliatesrespect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy & Cookies Statement explains how we handle your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you access it from) and informs you of your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

This Privacy & Cookies Statement is presented in a layered format so you can easily navigate to the specific sections set out below. Please refer to the Glossary to help you understand the meaning of certain terms used in this Privacy & Cookies Statement.

1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHO WE ARE

Purpose of this Privacy & Cookies Statement

This Privacy & Cookies Statement aims to inform you how MiRo Legal Advisory collects and processes personal data relating to you or your personnel in the context of providing legal services to you or your business, through your use of this website and through any other interactions we may have, as further detailed in paragraph 3 below.

This website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

It is important that you read this Privacy & Cookies Statement together with any other privacy notice or policy we may provide on specific occasions when we collect or process personal data about you, so that you are fully aware of how and why we use your data. This Privacy & Cookies Statement supplements other privacy notices and is not intended to override them.

Controller

MiRo Legal Advisory is the data controller and is responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as MiRo, we, us or our in this Privacy & Cookies Statement).

Changes to the Privacy & Cookies Statement and Your Duty to Inform Us of Changes

We keep our Privacy & Cookies Statement under regular review. It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and up to date. Keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling such connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the Privacy & Cookies Statement of every website you visit.

2. THE DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

Personal data (or personal information), means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, which we have grouped together as follows:

• Identity Data includes first name, maiden name, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth, gender, signature(s), ID number(s) and photographic identification data.
• Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.
• Employment Data includes employment and job application details, such as employment history, qualifications and equality monitoring information.
• Financial Data includes bank account and payment card details.
• Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you, as well as other details of products and services you have purchased from us.
• Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access our website. It also includes the media access control (MAC) address of the device you use when logging in to our guest Wi-Fi service.
• Profile Data includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.
• Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products and services.
• Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and third parties, as well as your communication preferences.

We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic information, for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law, as it does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or link Aggregated Data with your personal data in way that could directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data and handle it in accordance with this Privacy & Cookies Statement.

If you fail to provide personal data

Where we are required to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of our engagement with you (as set out in our engagement letter and terms of business), and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the services specified in the engagement letter.

3. HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including:

• In the course of providing legal and/or professional services to you (or your business) where we will in almost all instances act as a controller. In certain cases, we may handle your data on your behalf and according to your instructions.
• When we communicate with you by email or other electronic correspondence, by telephone or using video conferencing software. You may give us your Identity, Contact and Financial Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or other means. This includes personal data you provide when you:
  • make a request for our services;
  • create or access a user account on our website;
  • subscribe to our publications;
  • request marketing to be sent to you;
  • complete a survey; or
  • provide us with feedback.
  • network (for example, at in-person or virtual events);
  • through your use of our guest Wi-Fi service;
  • by virtue of our access to CCTV footage;
  • otherwise through providing our legal services and operating our business.
• We also collect data from and about you via our website:
  • Through your actions (for example, when you submit a subscription form, a job application or any other actions on our website).
  • Through automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and usage patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and similar technologies.
  • Through third parties or publicly available sources. We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources.
  • Technical Data from analytics providers (such as Google); advertising networks and/or any search information providers;
  • Contact, Financial and Transaction Data from providers of technical, payment and delivery services;
  • Identity and Contact Data from data brokers or aggregators based inside or outside the UAE;
  • Identity and Contact Data from publicly available sources;
  • Any other means by which MiRo collects personal data via its website.

4. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to do so. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• Where we need to perform a contract we are about to enter into with you or have already entered into.
• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests as a legal services provider (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. These legitimate interests include managing our relationship with our clients, prospective clients and their staff, hosting clients and visitors at our offices, virtual and in-person events and ensuring appropriate standards and compliance with policies, practices or procedures.
• Where we need to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
• Where processing of "special category data" is necessary in the context of legal claims or where another legal ground (other than explicit consent) is available to us under applicable data protection legislation.
• Where our legal services require us to process "special category data" and we have obtained your explicit consent to do so. If we seek and obtain your consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

Unless otherwise noted above, we do not generally rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data. In any event, you have the right to withdraw consent to receive marketing at any time by contacting us.

Purposes for which we will use your personal data

We have set out below, in a table format, a description of the ways we plan to use your personal data, along with the legal bases we rely on to do so. Where applicable, we have also identified what our legitimate interests.

We may process your personal data under more than one lawful basis, depending on the specific purpose for which we are using it. Please contact us if you would like more information about the specific legal basis we rely when more than one applies, as outlined in the table below.