Privacy Policy
The Privacy Policy of Eric Nwaka Esq.
Who We Are
A private practice Lawyer, Legal Consultant and owner of the website address: https://www.ericnwaka.com.
CONSENT
By using my website, and those of companies used to provide services on behalf of Eric Nwaka Esq., you consent to the collection, use, storage, transmission and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Technology and Privacy Policy (the “Policy”). In the Policy, “You” means you, the user, visitor and client (“You” and “Your”), while We and Us means Eric Nwaka Esq.
WEBSITE STATISTICS
When you visit our websites, and those of companies that provide services on behalf of Eric Nwaka Esq. (the “Websites”), Eric Nwaka Esq. and our service providers may collect your IP address. We may record what pages you visit and for how long, how you arrived at our site, where approximately you are located (according to IP addresses), what kind of operating system you are on, if you are using a cell phone or tablet to access the site, and what types of media you view on our site.
We may collect anonymous statistics about how visitors use our website to better tailor the knowledge information we provide to meet our visitors’ needs. We may use this information to manage our website, develop valuable knowledge publications, seminars and events and to ensure we are keeping our technology upgraded to sufficiently meet your needs.
COOKIES
Eric Nwaka Esq. does not use cookies. The companies and service providers that provide services on behalf of Eric Nwaka Esq. may use cookies, and this use is governed by each service provider’s terms of service and privacy policy. Your acceptance of the Policy also constitutes your acceptance of the terms of use and privacy policies of the Eric Nwaka Esq. service providers.
VOLUNTARILY PROVIDED PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use forms so you may voluntarily provide us with your personal information. If you provide us with your personal information, we may use your personal information to provide services and to understand how you use our website and online tools. By completing our forms, you provide us with your consent to use the information in this manner.
We will use the information for the purposes for which you requested. In some cases, we may provide your information to a third party we engage to assist us in the provision of services to you.
EXTERNAL LINKS
We may have links on our website to other sites and resources that provide information or materials we feel interests you. We are not responsible for the different content or security of those sites or the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information on those sites. We also disclaim any responsibility for the information or your reliance on the information contained on web pages and sites accessible through external links.
EMAIL POLICY
We communicate with you regarding our services, publications and events in various ways, including by email. If you received an email from us, your email address is either listed with us as someone who has expressly shared this address for the purpose of receiving information in the future or you have an existing relationship with us. We respect your time and want to ensure we only send information to you that you will find valuable. We will always permit you to unsubscribe or opt-out of receiving these emails.
EMAIL STATISTICS
We collect statistics about how you use our email communication to better tailor the information we provide to your needs. These statistics include when you open our emails, forward them, click through links, and download files. If you use a link in an email from us that directs you to a page on our website, we will be able to associate your email address with that specific visit to our website.
EMAIL AND WAIVER OF CONFIDENTIALITY
Email is an inherently vulnerable form of communication. When information is transmitted by email, it is broken into packets of data that flow between servers over the internet. Technologies exist that allow interested parties to spy, sniff and sort through packets of information transmitted by email without your consent.
While Eric Nwaka Esq. will make commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the security and confidentiality of information transmitted by email, you waive your expectation of confidentiality on any and all information transmitted between you, Eric Nwaka Esq. and any person or entity delivering services for or on behalf of Eric Nwaka Esq.
LOCATION AND TRANSMISSION OF DATA
You consent to your personal information and any related data collected by Eric Nwaka Esq. and any person or entity delivering services on behalf of Eric Nwaka Esq. being stored, duplicated or located on servers located outside of Nigeria. You also consent to your personal information and any related data being transmitted outside of Nigeria, even when transmitted between destinations located within Nigeria. Personal information and data located or transmitted outside of Nigeria will be subject to the laws of other jurisdictions.
CONSENT AND OPTING OUT
If you provide us with your personal information for the purposes of receiving emails, opening a file or receiving legal services, you have “opted-in” to our communications and accepted the terms of this Policy.
If we send you an announcement, invitation, message or service related email and you do not “opt-out” of receiving emails or the specific type of communication, including commercial electronic message, you are deemed to have accepted and consented to this Policy. You may opt-out of receiving commercial electronic messages by using the unsubscribe mechanism included in the email.
If you are a client or prospective client of Eric Nwaka Esq., you may opt-out of and decline your acceptance of this Policy by delivering written notice of your intent to opt-out and decline the Policy to Eric Nwaka Esq. If you opt-out and decline your acceptance of this Policy, Eric Nwaka Esq. may, at its sole discretion, end any client and solicitor relationship that may exist between You and Eric Nwaka Esq. or change the fee or quote to reflect the additional costs incurred by Eric Nwaka Esq. in delivering services using alternate terms, policies or service providers.
What Personal Data We Collect And Why We Collect It
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact Forms
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this website or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your Contact Information
When you use or subscribe to one of our services, such as purchasing a physical product or a digital subscription, signing up to an email newsletter, entering a competition, joining one of our online communities or participating in any of our research projects, we will ask you to provide information such as your name, email and/or postal address so that we can provide you with the services requested.
Additional Information
How We Protect Your Data
As a result of client-attorney protection provided by law, we do not share the personal information of our clients.
Despite the above, we work with service providers to perform some tasks on our behalf. This might include: analysis, payments, marketing, etc and including tagging and blending non-personal website user data to provide aggregate demographics on our audiences. We may share your personal data with these providers to perform the necessary tasks. However, they are obliged not to disclose or use it for any other purposes. Any third-party processing of your data on our behalf will be subject to security and confidentiality obligations consistent with this privacy notice and applicable laws.
What Data Security Procedures Do We Have In Place?
We make sure that we have appropriate security measures to protect your information and make sure that, when we ask another organisation to provide a service for us, they have appropriate security measures and follow the same high standards of security and data protection as we do.
If we transfer any information out of Nigeria or the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region, it will only be done with the relevant protection (stated under Nigerian Law) being in place.
What Automated Decision Making And/Or Profiling We Do With User Data
When you visit our website, we collect information about your web visits, such as how long you visited, what pages you looked at, your IP address and where you were when you visited, what sort of device you were using when you visited (such as a mobile phone or type of desktop PC, Mac etc).
Behavioural data
When you visit our website, we collect data on your online behaviour (e.g. time spent on the website, items clicked on, etc.).
When you contact us, we will collect information about what services you have bought from us.
When you register for a newsletter or take part in research, we may collect data about your preferences, tastes and interests.
“Special” categories of data
How To Contact Us
Thank you for reading our Privacy Policy. If you would like to contact us to understand more about our privacy policy or wish to contact us concerning any matter relating to individual rights and your personal information, then please write to us at info@ericnwaka.com.