Privacy and cookie statement

This privacy and cookie statement explains how and why we process personal data. We respect your privacy and make sure, within the limits of the law, that personal information you give us or that we obtain in another way is treated confidentially.

Personal data means any information relating to a person. Information that says something about an individual indirectly is personal data as well.

What follows fulfils our obligation under the GDPR to inform the people whose personal data we process.

Data controller and contact

We are Liaise Lawyers, a partnership under Dutch law. We process personal data in order to provide our services, to improve them, to communicate with you and for marketing purposes.

Our offices are at De Lairessestraat 158, 1075 HM Amsterdam. You can reach us by email (secretariaat@liaiseadvocaten.nl) or by telephone (+31 (0)20 675 88 21).

Personal data we process

In providing our services we may process the following personal data:

• contact details: name, postal and email address, telephone number, Chamber of Commerce number, VAT number, bank account number, website and other business and contact details;
• correspondence: letters, emails and telephone communications;
• matter information: information about our legal services and the factual, legal and other information relating to the substance of a case, which, for the avoidance of doubt, covers everything we do for you;
• client information: information about you or your business;
• billing information: data used to calculate and record fees and disbursements, to make payments and to collect outstanding invoices.

We process the personal data set out above where you have given it to us, where we have obtained it in the course of providing our services, where third parties such as opposing parties have disclosed it to us, or where it is available from public sources.

If you complete the contact form on our website, we process the following personal data:

• your name and email address;
• the message you send us through the contact form.

Purposes for which we process personal data

We process the personal data set out above for the following purposes:

• entering into a client relationship;
• providing our legal services, including advising and conducting court and other proceedings;
• making referrals and acting as an intermediary;
• making and receiving payments and collecting invoices;
• complying with our obligations under legislation and under the rules of our profession;
• marketing and communications;
• recruitment and selection, including job applications.

Legal bases for processing personal data

We process the personal data set out above on the following legal bases:

• the processing is necessary to perform the agreement with our clients and to account for the way we have performed it;
• the processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation;
• the processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests or those of a third party.

Cookies

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to see how visitors use our website, and cookies are placed for that purpose. Google uses this information to monitor how our website is used and to provide us with reports about it. We have configured Google Analytics with privacy in mind: the IP address is pseudonymised, for instance, before it is passed to Google. We have also entered into a data processing agreement with Google, under which Google may not share this data with third parties or use it for other Google services. We have set the maximum retention period for the cookies placed through this service at fourteen months, which means the data can no longer be read once that period has passed. We process your personal data through Google Analytics on the basis of our legitimate interest in general statistics about visitors to our website.

You can read the Google privacy policy for more information, and Google explains its Analytics opt-out on a separate page.

Do we share your data with other parties?

We share your personal data with third parties as far as our services require it and in line with the purposes set out above. We may share data to obtain an expert opinion, for use in court or other proceedings, to correspond with the other side or with third parties, or to collect an outstanding invoice.

We may also give your personal data to a third party, such as a supervisory authority or another body vested with public authority, where the law obliges us to do so.

We conclude a data processing agreement with every third party that processes your personal data for us and on our instructions.

How long do we keep your personal data?

We do not keep your personal data for longer than the law permits or requires. This means, among other things, that we will not keep it beyond the statutory period or beyond what is necessary for the purpose for which we hold it.

Security of your data

We have taken appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data against loss and against use that conflicts with data protection law. We keep up to date with developments in the technical security of personal data and will take every security measure the law requires to prevent personal data being lost or used unlawfully.

Your rights

You can ask us for:

• access to the personal data we hold about you;
• rectification or completion of your personal data, if you believe what we hold is inaccurate or incomplete;
• erasure of certain personal data;
• transfer of your data to another party.

You can also object to our processing of your personal data.

The website of the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) sets out the rights you can exercise under data protection law in more detail. You also have the right, where it applies, to lodge a complaint with that authority.

Changes to this privacy statement

We reserve the right to change this privacy statement. We recommend checking the most recent version on this page from time to time, so that you stay aware of any changes.

Questions or complaints?

If you have a question or a complaint about the way we process your personal data, do get in touch. We are happy to help. You can email us at secretariaat@liaiseadvocaten.nl.

Version: May 2025