This website, accessible from the URL address www.sagasser.com (hereinafter the “Site”) is published by the Sagasser law firm, practicing in Paris as a société d’exercice libéral par actions simplifiée, located at 79 avenue Marceau, 75116 Paris, France, registered with the Paris Register of Commerce and Companies under number 797 852 084 (hereinafter the “Firm”). The Firm can be reached by telephone at +33 1 56 59 92 61 or by e-mail at paris@sagasser.com.
The Site’s publication director is Bernd Sagasser, Managing Partner of the Firm.
The Site’s host is www.fisolution.de, FIS Internet Solution, number DE281060475, telephone: +49 661 20617347.
CONDITIONS OF USE
Any person accessing and/or using the Site and/or sending an e-mail to the Firm or one of its members via a “mailto” link or otherwise (a “User”) declares and warrants that he/she has read and understood (i) these legal terms and conditions of use of the Site (ii) the Firm’s privacy policy and (iii) that he/she accepts them in full and without reservation.
The Site and the data, information, documents and publications accessible, represented or downloadable from the Site are intended for general, non-contractual and non-exhaustive information about the Firm and may not under any circumstances be considered as constituting legal advice, an offer of services, canvassing or solicitation.
PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING MEMBERS OF THE FIRM
Personal data relating to members of the Firm which are made accessible on the Site may not be used for commercial prospecting purposes by a User without the prior written consent of the member of the Firm concerned. In particular, each User agrees not to collect and/or process, whether automatically or manually, such personal data for the purpose of sending advertising messages or solicitations of any kind whatsoever that are not directly related to the activities of the Firm and its members.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Unless otherwise stated, intellectual property rights relating to the Site and its components (in particular texts, photos, images, databases and software) belong to the Firm and Marccus Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH.
The reproduction and/or representation by the User of elements covered by intellectual property rights made accessible via the Site is strictly prohibited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the User is authorized to display the pages of the Site on his/her screen and is authorized to reproduce the elements covered by intellectual property rights on the Site on a temporary basis for technical reasons exclusively inherent in the User’s consultation of the Site.
SECURITY / ACCESSIBILITY
No transmission of personal data over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Consequently, the Firm cannot guarantee the security of data transfer to the Site by Users.
The Site is reserved for the private use of each User, who remains solely responsible for the use he or she makes of information obtained from the Site. Under no circumstances may Cabinet be held liable for any direct or indirect damage suffered by the User as a result of the User’s use of this information. Cabinet cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness or relevance of the information made available on the Site.
The Firm endeavors to keep the Site continuously accessible, but cannot guarantee this, and is under no obligation to the User to do so.
The creation and publication of a hypertext link to the Site, to any of the Site’s pages or to documents downloadable from the Site is prohibited without the prior express consent of the Firm.
CONFIDENTIALITY POLICY // PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
The firm attaches the utmost importance to respecting the confidentiality of data concerning its customers and prospects. It complies with the national and European legislation and regulations in force and, in particular (i) the French Data Protection Act no. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 as amended by Act no. 2018-493 of June 20, 2018 (the “Act”) and (ii) Regulation EU2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 (the “European Regulation”).
The person responsible for processing personal data is the Firm.
The processing of personal data (as this term is defined in the Law), in particular those concerning natural persons acting on behalf of legal entities, may take place (i) with the specific consent of the person concerned, (ii) for the purposes of the Cabinet’s performance of assignments contractually entrusted to it by a customer and (iii) for the satisfaction of the Cabinet’s legitimate interests.
As part of the Firm’s legitimate interests, it may in particular process the personal data collected in the context of its administrative and commercial management and the management of its relations with its customers and prospects, in particular in order to (i) inform them of developments in law, practice and business trends likely to be of interest to them, (ii) keep them informed of the Firm’s activities and developments concerning them, (iii) send them invitations to events/actions organized by the Firm and (iv) implement the commercial prospecting operations inherent in the development of the Firm’s business.
In addition, the data collected on the Site is processed by Cabinet in order to provide services or information to Users, to respond to their questions and requests, to ensure the operation and security of the Site, to improve its operation, to adapt it to Users’ requests, and for statistical purposes that respect Users’ anonymity.
The Firm uses all appropriate technical and operational means to ensure the security of the personal data it processes, and to prevent any unauthorized access to such data.
The Firm stores and processes personal data only for the time required to carry out the operations for which they were collected, and for the time required to carry out compatible subsequent processing in compliance with the Law and the European Regulation and, more generally, with the regulations in force.
The data collected will be kept by the Firm for a period of time in accordance with the provisions of the Law and the European Regulation. In particular, data may be processed :
EXERCISING THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WHOSE PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY THE FIRM
By contacting the firm at the following address: paris@sagasser.com or by post at its registered office: 79 avenue Marceau 75116 Paris, any person has the right to access personal data concerning him or her, as well as the right to demand its rectification and/or deletion and/or to object to its processing in order to satisfy the firm’s legitimate needs. These rights are exercised without prejudice to Cabinet’s right to retain the data collected (i) for the purposes of satisfying Cabinet’s legal and regulatory obligations and (ii) for the evidential purposes mentioned above.
In order to exercise these rights, data subjects may be asked to provide proof of their identity by producing a valid form of identification.
Where the only legal basis for data processing is consent expressed outside the framework of a fee agreement, such consent may be revoked at any time by the person concerned.
Every individual has the right to receive personal data held by the Firm. This information will be sent to the person whose personal data is being processed and/or to the new data controller designated by that person, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
Lastly, any individual may lodge a complaint with the CNIL or with the competent authority of the European Union country in which he or she resides.
DATA TRANSFERS
In accordance with the European Law and Regulations, personal data collected by the Firm may be transferred to entities in foreign countries, in particular to the Firm’s foreign offices, whether or not the structures concerned have legal personality and whether or not they have a capital link with the Firm, provided that (i) the entities concerned are located within the European Union or (ii) the country of destination of the personal data is the subject of an adequacy decision by the European Commission, (iii) or the Firm has put in place appropriate safeguards to ensure the protection of the rights and freedoms of the person whose personal data is processed, such as binding internal rules, standard contractual clauses approved by the competent authorities, a code of conduct or a certification mechanism duly approved by the competent authority.
Details of the appropriate safeguards, if any, put in place by the Firm may be obtained by writing to the Firm by post or electronically using the contact details given above.
CONSEIL NATIONAL DES BARREAUX CONSUMER OMBUDSMAN
In accordance with the provisions of articles L.612-1 et seq. of the French Consumer Code, you may, in the event of a dispute, have free recourse to the Consumer Mediator of the Conseil National des Barreaux (CNB), whose contact details are as follows: CNB, Médiateur à la consommation, 180 boulevard Haussmann – 75008 Paris.