Data Protection Policy

Bouzoubaa Avocats places special importance on respecting your privacy and protecting your personal data. The paragraphs below lay out the “Policy on the Personal Data” collected by Bouzoubaa Avocats.

The term, “Personal Data” means any information regarding an identified or identifiable natural person.

Who is the data controller ?

Your Personal Data is collected by the law firm of Bouzoubaa Avocats, whose contact information is as follows:

• Mailing address: 375, route d'El Jadida, 3ème étage, bureau 12, 20250 Casablanca Maroc;

• Telephone number: +212 (0) 522 25 00 63;

If you have questions regarding the use of your Personal Data or our Personal Data Policy, you may contact our “Data Protection Officer“:

• By writing to the following address: Data Protection Officer, Bouzoubaa Avocats, 375, route d'El Jadida, 3ème étage, bureau 12, 20250 Casablanca Maroc;

• E-mail: dpo@bouzoubaa-avocats.com

Which data is collected ?

Bouzoubaa Avocats may collect the following data about you:

• Personal identifiers: including your family name, first name, title, address, birthdate, postal code, the city you live in, your e-mail address, company, position, and your telephone number;

• Information regarding the processing of emails and communications sent to you, such as the date and time emails are received, the date and time they are opened, information regarding your interactions with the content sent.
Based on your interactions with Bouzoubaa Avocats, the collection of certain data may be mandatory, while other data is optional. When collection is mandatory, Bouzoubaa Avocats will let you know at the time of collection. If you do not provide the Personal Data requested, we will not be able to supply you with all of the products or services offered by Bouzoubaa Avocats

How is the data collected used ?

Bouzoubaa Avocats collects your personal data based on your consenting to a contractual relationship between you and Bouzoubaa Avocats, and/or to pursue its legitimate interests in improving its service, customer relations. In this context, Bouzoubaa Avocats collects and uses your data for several purposes:

• Communicating with you by e-mail or post as part of the missions you entrust to us;

• Sending you information and news about Bouzoubaa Avocats;

• Sending you customer alerts, legal monitoring alerts, information about training, invitations connected to legal or business news, satisfaction surveys;

• Managing your application for a job, collaboration, or internship offer;

• Fulfilling legal or administrative obligations imposed by law.
If your personal data is processed for different purposes, Bouzoubaa Avocats will inform you of this and, when the law requires, obtain your consent beforehand.

Under what circumtances is your personal data collected ?

Interactions with Bouzoubaa Avocats and the www.bouzoubaa-avocats.com website

When processing a file sent to Bouzoubaa Avocats, applying for a job posted on the website, www.bouzoubaa-avocats.com, signing up for alerts/newsletters, Bouzoubaa Avocats collects data concerning you. This may include your family name, first name, title, address, birthdate, postal code, the city you live in, your e-mail address, and your telephone number;

Social networks

Bouzoubaa Avocats has a presence on LinkedIn and other social networks. By clicking on buttons, you can press “like” messages posted by Bouzoubaa Avocats on LinkedIn. The information suggested by these actions may possibly be used by the social network concerned. Therefore, you should read their confidentiality policy in order to find out any possible consequences in detail.

Personal data transfer

We do not transfer any of your personal data outside Morocco.

Personal data retention period

Personal Data is retained for a period not to exceed the period necessary to the purposes for which they were collected and processed.

Your rights

In accordance with the Moroccan Regulation, you have the right to view and access your personal data, correct it, and have it deleted. You also have the right to limit and/or oppose the processing of your personal data. You have, among others, the right to portability of your data.

You also have the right, at any time, to withdraw your consent to the processing and use of data in the future.

For any questions on this subject or to exercise your aforementioned rights, please contact our DPO: dpo@bouzoubaa-avocats.com

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority. In Morocco, the data protection authority is the Commission Nationale de contrôle de la protection des Données à Caractère Personnel (CNDP), mailing address: Angle Boulevard Annakhil et Avenue Mehdi Ben Barka, immeuble Les Patios, 3ème étage, Hay Riad - Rabat Maroc; telephone: (212) 5 37 57 11 24; website: www.cndp.ma.

Data transmission to third parties

Bouzoubaa Avocats certifies that it does not transmit your data to third parties unless required to do so by law or regulations, or if we have your express authorisation to do so. Any distribution or sale of your Personal Data is excluded.

Cookies

Browsing on the www.bouzoubaa-avocats.com website may involve the use of “Cookies” if you continue browsing without changing your browser settings. Cookies consist of a small quantity of data installed by your browser on your hard drive. Once recognised, they help us to get information about the characteristics of your visit to our site (browser type, etc.).

Bouzoubaa Avocats does not use cookies to collect personal information. Most browsers let you disable cookies or receive a warning before a cookie is stored on your hard drive. Please refer to the instructions for your browser or the help screen to find out more on what to do. You can also consult www.allaboutcookies.org.

Security

Bouzoubaa Avocats takes all useful precautions, and the appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the security of your Personal Data and prevent it from being distorted, damaged, or accessed by unauthorised third parties.

Competent jurisdiction and applicable law

This Confidentiality Policy is subject to Moroccan law. In the event of a dispute and if an amicable agreement cannot be reached, the courts in the jurisdiction of the Court of Casablanca will be considered competent, notwithstanding multiple defendants or the introduction of third parties.