Within the framework of its activities, hw&h processes your personal data (“personal data”).
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, either directly (examples : first and last name) or indirectly (examples : your postal address, your social security number, etc…), whether the identification of the natural person can be carried out from a single piece of data (example : surname) or from crossing of a set of data (example : a person with such a diploma and such a work position).
Processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means (examples : collection, recording, organization, storage, adaptation or alteration, use, transmission, erasure, etc…)
In order to comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of April 27th 2016 on the protection of personal data (“GDPR”) and with Act n°78-17 “Loi Informatique et Libertés” (on Information Technology, Data Files and Civil Liberties), hw&h has implemented technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data and your privacy. Hw&h processes your personal data within the GDPR, the LIL and the provisions of this Personal Data Protection Charter (“Charter”). To learn more about your rights and the protection of Personal Data, you may check the website of the National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (“CNIL”) (www.cnil.fr)
The Charter is supplemented by the Policy on the use of cookies used on our website, accessible at www.hwh.eu.
The hw&h law firm, an association of attorneys (“hw&h”) located at 39, rue Pergolèse, 75116 Paris, Siret number 34805456000019, is the data controller.
You can join us by phone at 33 (0) 1 45 01 29 35, by e-mail at dataprotection@hwh-avocats.com or by post at the above-mentioned address.
The present Charter is likely to be updated, according to the legislative and regulatory evolutions as well as the processing set up by hw&h. When these modifications require your consent, we will inform you before implementing them.
→ The processing of your personal data
1. Opening and management of client accounts
Hw&h processes personal data of its clients or their employees when opening a client account as well as for the purpose of its management.
The personal data collected are mainly :
| Categories | Personal Data | |
| Identification data : | Client which is a natural person : | First and last name, coordinates and address |
| Client which is a legal entity : | First and last name of the contact(s) | |
| Professional life : | Client which is a natural person : | If appropriate, function |
| Client which is a legal entity : | Function, coordinates, professional address of the contact(s) | |
| Payment data : | If appropriate, payment data | |
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2. Management of client’s cases
During the management of the cases entrusted by its clients, hw&h processes personal data of its clients and/or their employees.
The extent and the nature of the personal data collected varies from case to case. Most of the time, these personal data are information that you agree to share with us for the purposes of compiling and processing your case.
For most of the cases, the personal data communicated are identification data and data relating to professional life (first and last name, coordinates, professional address, function, etc.).
Nevertheless, you should be aware that we may obtain additional information about you, particularly when the case relates to labor law, criminal law, medical law or more generally civil liability. On occasion, we may collect and/or store sensitive personal data about you.
You can question us to find out what information we hold about you under the terms of Article 9 of the Charter.
3. Personal data of third parties in connection with the management of client’s cases
During the management of the cases entrusted by its clients, hw&h also processes personal data of third parties, especially contractual partners of its clients, persons against whom its clients have a dispute, and/or relating to multiple intervening parties (correspondents, experts, court officers, employees of administrative authorities, etc.).
The extent and the nature of the personal data collected varies from case to case. Most of the time, these personal data are information obtained from :
- our clients ;
- third parties concerned and/or their lawyer ;
- public data, in particular accessible on the internet (databases, directories, websites, etc.) ;
- courts, administrative authorities and institutions ;
- decisions rendered by courts, administrative authorities and institutions as well as their enforcement.
For most of the cases, the personal data obtained are identification data and data relating to professional life (first and last name, coordinates, professional address, function, etc.).
Nevertheless, you should be aware that we may obtain additional information about you, particularly when the case relates to labor law, criminal law, medical law or more generally civil liability. On that occasion, we may collect and/or store sensitive personal data about you.
You can question us to find out what information we hold about you under the terms of Article 9 of the Charter.
4. Subscription to the newsletter
Hw&h invites you to subscribe to its newsletter.
For that purpose, you must fill in your email address, then tick the appropriate box and click on « I would like to receive news from hw&h by email ».
5. Punctual communications
Hw&h is likely to address to its clients punctual communications or to offer them the possibility to participate in our events (trainings, webinars, meetings, etc.).
For that purpose, hw&h processes your first and last name, function, coordinates and personal address. All these information are personal data of a professional nature.
6. Personal data of our correspondents, service providers and suppliers
During the management of the cases entrusted by its clients and/or for the needs of the performance of its activities, hw&h processes personal data of its correspondents, service providers and suppliers as well as, if necessary, of their employees.
Personal data collected are mainly :
| Categories | Personal Data | |
| Identification data : | Correspondents, service provider or supplier which is a natural person : | First and last name, coordinates and address |
| Correspondents, service provider or supplier which is a legal entity | First and last name of the contact(s) | |
| Professional life : | Correspondents, service provider or supplier which is a natural person : | Function, if appropriate specialty(ies) or field(s) of intervention |
| Correspondents, service provider or supplier which is a legal entity | Function, coordinates and professional address of the contact(s) and if applicable specialty(ies) and/or field(s) of intervention of the contact(s) | |
| Payment data : | If appropriate, payment data | |
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7. Directories and contact lists
Hw&h is likely to constitute directories and contact lists, particularly of its correspondents fand service providers.
For that purpose, hw&h processes your first and last name, function, coordinates and professional address and if appropriate specialty(ies) or field(s) of intervention. All these information are personal data of a professional nature.
8. Employment
Hw&h processes your personal data when you apply for an offer of partnership, work or internship.
For that purpose, hw&h processes information that you share with us, particularly personal data relating to your identity, academic and/or professional background contained in your resume and cover letter.
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→ Purpose(s) and legal basis of the processing of your personal data
Processing of your personal data is carried out by hw&h for the following purposes and according to the following legal basis :
| Processing | Purpose(s) | Legal basis | |
| Opening and management of client accounts | Carry out the task of providing advice and assistance and/or representation entrusted. | Art. 6§1b) and c) GDPR : | Processing is necessary for the performance of the contract and for the compliance with a legal obligation, including ethical one. |
| Administer and manage the client account. | Art. 6§1f) GDPR : (legitimate interest) | Processing is necessary to manage its client accounts | |
| Management of client’s cases | Carry out the task of providing advice and assistance and/or representation entrusted. | Art. 6§1b) and c) GDPR : | Processing is necessary for the performance of the contract and for the compliance with a legal obligation, including ethical one. |
| Art. 6§1f) GDPR : | Legitimate interest (when the personal data is about employees of our clients). | ||
| Personal data of third parties in connection with the management of client’s cases
| Carry out the task of providing advice and assistance and/or representation entrusted. | Art. 6§1c) GDPR : | Processing is necessary for the compliance with a legal obligation, including ethical one. |
| Art. 6§1f) GDPR : (legitimate interest) | Processing is necessary to carry out the task hw&h is entrusted with. | ||
| Processing of sensitive data in relation to client’s cases | Carry out the task of providing advice and assistance and/or representation entrusted | Art. 9§2f) GDPR : | Processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. |
| Subscription to the newsletter | Send you our latest news. | Art. 6§1a) GDPR : | Processing is lawful because you gave consent to it. |
| Punctual communications | Offering you the opportunity to participate in presential or distance trainings. | Art. 6§1a) GDPR : | Processing is lawful because you gave consent to it. |
| Personal data of our correspondents, service providers and suppliers
| Carry out the task of providing advice and assistance and/or representation entrusted. | Art. 6§1b) and c) GDPR : | Processing is necessary for the performance of the contract and for the compliance with a legal obligation, including ethical one. |
| Perform the contract concluded with our correspondents, service providers and suppliers.
| Art. 6§1b) GDPR : | Processing is necessary for the performance of the contract. | |
| Art. 6§1f) GDPR : (legitimate interest) | Processing is necessary to carry out the task it is entrusted with and/or the contract (when the data concerns the employees of correspondents, service providers and suppliers. | ||
| Directories and contact lists | Have lists of contact (correspondents, court officers, experts, etc.) adapted according to the specificities of the cases handled. | Art. 6§1f) GDPR : (legitimate interest) | Processing is necessary to be able to quickly contact interlocutors and specialized service providers. |
| Employment | Process your application | Art. 6§1f) GDPR : (legitimate interest) | Processing is necessary to process your application. |
→ Transfer of your Personal Data
Your personal data are transmitted to recipients who need to have access to it. Your personal data may principally be transferred to :
| Our teams |
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| Our correspondents and court officers |
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| Courts, administrative and public authorities |
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| Our service providers and suppliers |
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Your Personal Data are shared internally only with team members and personnel members in charge of the case entrusted. Hw&h limits as much as possible the transfer of your Personal Data to third parties.
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→ Specific information related to Social Networks
We use on our website www.hwh.eu plug-ins provided by operators of Social Networks LinkedIn and Twitter (hereinafter referred to as « Social Networks »). You can recognize these plus-ins by their logos, specific to each of the Social Networks.
These plug-ins do not collect your Personal Data as soon as you do not click on them.
When you click on one of these logos, you are redirected to one of the LinkedIn or Twitter pages, allowing you to share or view our news. During this operation, the plug-in establishes a direct link between your browser and the server of one of these Social Networks using, in particular, your IP address. Hw&h is jointly responsible with each of the plug-ins providers for the processing of your Personal Data. Your personal data is therefore processed by :
- the operators of the Social Networks, which are mainly likely to obtain the information according to which you consulted our website ; if necessary they can link this information to your LinkedIn and/or Twitter account ;
- hw&h, which is mainly likely to know the audience of its news published on the Social Networks.
The legal basis of the processing of such Personal Data is article 6§1f) GDPR, namely our legitimate interest in knowing the audience of our publications.
You will find more information about the processing of your Personal Data and the way in which they are protected by the operators of the Social Networks by consulting their privacy policy :
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| https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?_l=fr_FR
| Please be aware that the processing of your Personal Data for LinkedIn is carried out by the Irish Company LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, located Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2 (Ireland). |
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| https://twitter.com/fr/privacy#update
| Please be aware that the processing of your Personal Data for Twitter is carried out by the Irish Company Twitter International Company, located One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07 (Ireland). |
→ Retention period
Subject to the rights granted to you, hw&h retains your Personal Data for the following periods of time :
| Retention period : principle | Principle : hw&h retains the Personal Data processed in the course of :
Once the case is closed and/or the contract has expired, it is archived. Personal Data and the corresponding data carriers that are no longer useful are then destroyed and/or anonymized. It should be noted that the limitation period may be extended by the duration of any interruptions or suspensions of the limitation period. |
| Retention period(s) imposed by legal obligations or the specificity of the subject :
| By exception, hw&h is likely to retain all or part of your Personal Data for a superior period than the above-mentioned period :
These data are then archived. Personal Data and the corresponding data carriers that are no longer useful are then destroyed and/or anonymized. |
| Retention period of Personal Data whose processing is based on your consent : | By exception, hw&h retains your Personal Data whose processing is based on your consent – as long as you do not withdraw it, for a maximum period of 5 years. Beyond this period, hw&h will again seek for your consent to these processings. |
| Retention period of Personal Data whose processing is based on our legitimate interest : (excluding the processing of data from third parties during the management of the cases and/or applications received and/or from the employees of our correspondent lawyers, service providers and suppliers) | By exception, hw&h retains your Personal Data for a maximum period of 3 years from the last active contact with you. |
| Retention period of Personal Data collected during the recruitment process : | By exception, hw&h retains your Personal Data during the recruitment process. At the end, your Personal Data will be deleted, unless you explicitly agree to their retainment for a maximum period of 2 years from the date we obtained them. |
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→ Additional information
| Profiling and automated decision-making | Your Personal Data is not subject to automated action or automated decision-making by hw&h. |
| Assignment & licensing | We do not sell or lease your Personal Data, whether free of charge or against payment |
| Transfer outside the European Union
| Hw&h strives to keep your Personal Data within the European Union. Nevertheless, it is possible that your personal data may be transferred to third parties located outside the European Union, either for the purposes of processing the case entrusted, or because of the location of some of our IT service providers. If it is the case, we provide appropriate guarantees for the transfer of your Personal Data, by signing standard contractual clauses. |
→ Security
Hw&h strives to take the necessary precautions to maintain the confidentiality and security of your Personal Data to prevent accidental or unlawful alteration, destruction, loss, disclosure or unauthorized access to such data.
→ Your rights
1. The withdrawal of your consent
In accordance with article 7§3 of the GDPR, when the processing of your Personal Data is based on your consent, you can, withdraw it at any time and without motive, by contacting hw&h according to the terms indicated in article 9.3 of the Charter, or by following the unsubscribe link inserted at the bottom of our newsletters.
The withdrawal of your consent is effective for the future.
2. Additional rights
You also have the following rights :
| Right of access : | In accordance with article 15 of the GDPR, you have the right to :
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| Right to rectification : | In accordance with article 16 of the GDPR, you have the right to obtain the rectification of inaccurate personal data about you. |
| Right to object : | In accordance with article 21 of the GDPR, you have the right to object, at any time, to processing of your personal data which is based on our legitimate interest. If you object to processing of your personal data :
Your objection is effective for the future. |
| Right to erasure : | In accordance with article 17 of the GDPR, you have the right to obtain from hw&h the erasure of your personal data. When the legal basis of the processing is :
In the last two hypothesis, your personal data will be retained as an archive. |
| Right to restriction of processing :
| In accordance with article 18 of the GDPR, you have the right to obtain from hw&h restriction of processing where one of the following applies :
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| Right to data portability : | In accordance with article 20 of the GDPR, you have the right to receive your personal data which you provided to hw&h, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to a third party. |
| Right to define conditions | In accordance with article 85 I. of the LIL, you have to right to define conditions that will apply to your personal data after your demise. |
Right to lodge a complaint | You have the right to lodge a complaint or request with the CNIL (https://www.cnil.fr/fr/plaintes) or any other competent authority. |
3. Les modalités d’exercice de vos droits auprès de hw&h
To exercise any of your rights, simply send us your request :
- by email, at the following address : dataprotection@hwh–avocats.com ;
- by post, at the following address : Personal Data protection department – hw&h, 39 rue Pergolèse, 75116 (France).
No payment will be required to exercise your rights, other than the possible costs of sending your requests, except in the case of repetitive and manifestly ungrounded requests. After receiving your request :
- your personal data vos données personnelles transmises à cette occasion sont conservées par notre service « protection des données personnelles » ; ces données ainsi que nos correspondances subséquentes seront conservées sous forme d’archives pour une durée de 5 ans à compter du traitement définitif de votre demande ;
- nous sommes susceptibles de vous demander des informations complémentaires pour confirmer votre identité ; ces données complémentaires seront supprimées une fois votre identité confirmée.
The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is article 6§1 f) of the GDPR, namely our legitimate interest. Our legitimate interest here is to be able to prove that we have processed your request.
4. Les modalités d’exercice de vos droits auprès des exploitants des Réseaux Sociaux
Regarding the joint processing of your personal data by hw&h and the operators of Social Networks, you can address your requests either to hw&h or to one of the operators. In the latter case, you can address your requests :
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| Through the online form, accessible by clicking here |
| By post to the following address : LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Legal Dept., (Privacy Policy and Terms of Use), Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2 (Ireland). | |
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| Through the online form, accessible by clicking here : |
| By post to the following address : Twitter International Company, Attn : Data Protection Officer, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07 (Ireland). |
Cookies are used when users (« the Users » or « the User ») access and navigate on our Website hwh.eu (« the Website »).
In order to comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of April 27th 2016 on the protection of personal data (“GDPR”) and with Act n°78-17 “Loi Informatique et Libertés” (on Information Technology, Data Files and Civil Liberties), hw&h wishes to inform you of the terms of use and management of cookies used on the Website by this Policy (« the Policy »).
The Cookie Policy is supplemented by the Personal Data Protection Charter, accessible at www.hwh.eu.
- Definition and cookies purposes
A cookie is a file that is deposited on the hard drive of your terminal (computers, smartphones, tablets, etc.) when you access websites and navigate on the Internet.
Cookies can be used, on one hand, to store various information, such as telles que des éléments de personnalisation d’un site or your browsing habits and, on the other hand, to read the information stored. Only the issuer of a cookie is likely to read the information contained therein. However, the issuer of a cookie cannot access the content of your terminal.
- The data controller
The hw&h law firm, an association of attorneys (“hw&h”) located at 39, rue Pergolèse, 75116 Paris, Siret number 34805456000019, is the data controller.
You can join us by phone at 33 (0) 1 45 01 29 35, by e-mail at dataprotection@hwh-avocats.com or by post at the above-mentioned address.
- Types of cookies used on our Website
We use cookies when you access and navigate on our Website. Among these cookies :
- one is essential to the functioning of the Website ;
- the others are statistics cookies that provide us with information on the Website traffic.
3.1. Essential cookies
This cookie is essential to the functioning of the Website and cannot be disabled :
| Cookie name | Retention period | Purpose | Cookie is placed by |
| qtrans_front_language
| End of browser session
| This cookie is necessary to enable multi-lingual support | Hw&h |
The legal basis of the processing is article 6§1f) of the GDPR, namely our legitimate interest to offer Users the possibility to consult the Website in different languages.
3.2. Statistics cookies
These statistics cookies are deposit on your terminal with your prior consent :
| Cookie name | Retention period | Purpose | Cookie is placed by |
| _ga | 13 month | Used by Google Analytics to registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the Website.
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| _gat | 1 minute | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate
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| _gid | 1 day | Used by Google Analytics to count and track pageviews
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The provider of these cookies is « Google Analytics », a web analysis service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (« Google »). The responsible for users in the EU/EEA is Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, Ireland, 1600.
When you log in and navigate on the Website, the information generated by the cookies is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
The legal basis of the processing is article 6§1a) of the GDPR, which is your consent.
- Consent management
When you first visit the Website, a cookie banner displays on the terminal screen. Using this banner, you can accept or refuse performance cookies by clicking on the appropriate box. These performance cookies will not be deposited on your terminal if you refuse them.
Your consent is given for a maximum period of 13 months. At the end of this period, the banner will display again so that you can confirm or reconsider your choice. In the meantime, you can modify your consent at any time directly from the banner. bannière.
- Optimization of your privacy
In addition to the cookie banner, you will find below some recommendations to optimize privacy when you navigate on the Internet :
5.1. Setup your web browser
Most web browsers are configured so that cookies are automatically activated, regardless of their purposes.
However, you can modify these settings to be informed of the presence of cookies. You can thus accept or refuse all or part of the cookies. These settings are specific to each web browser; therefore, we invite you to check the help center of the web browser you are using. You will find additional information on the management of cookies by the main web browsers on the following links :
You should know that :
- the web browser settings do not enable specific consent to each of the cookie purposes ;
- the web browser you are using, uses cookies itself when you navigate on the Internet, including when you navigate on our Website ;
- navigating using the mode « private browsing » does not necessarily prevent the deposit of cookies ;
- if you set your web browser to refuse all cookies, it is possible that your navigating on the Website may be altered.
5.2 Delete cookies stored on your devices
All web browsers allow you to delete cookies stored on the devices you use to navigate on the Internet.
These settings are specific to each web browser; therefore, we invite you to check the help center of the web browser you are using.
Please note that deleting cookies will result in a new display of the cookie banner when you log on to the Website again.
5.3. To go further
Other tools can be used to reduce tracks of your browsing on the Internet :
- Some search engines claim not to use or use fewer cookies than others, such as DuckDuckGo or Qwant ;
- Many extensions enable you to block different trackers. For example, DoNotTrackMe, Disconnect or Ghostery for the browser Chrome, or Betterprivacy for the browser Firefox ;
- The CNIL and other organizations give you recommendations and tools to control the deposit of cookies on your devices ; for example, you can check the following pages :
https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies-les-outils-pour-les-maitriser
https://linc.cnil.fr/fr/cookieviz-une-dataviz-en-temps-reel-du-tracking-de-votre-navigation
- Modifications
The present Policy may be updated, according to legislative and regulatory changes as well as the evolution of cookies used on the Website. When these modifications required your consent, we will inform you before implementing them.
Version of January 6, 2021
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