Privacy Notice
1. Introduction
This Privacy Notice (the “Notice”) describes how Grant, Henry & Rhooms (“we”/ “us”/ “our”) collect, store, and use the information provided to us by persons using our website (the “Website”). This part of the Website is used to inform visitors to the Website, how we treat with their personal data.
It is important that you understand what information we gather and store, and how we use this information. It is also important that you understand your rights in relation to the information we collect, store, and use. How we collect, store, and use your information is governed by the Data Protection Act, 2020 of Jamaica, and any related current or future legislation or regulations (collectively the “Act”).
Your use of our Website for accessing legal resources, or booking legal consultations (the “Services”), constitutes your consent to us to use your information.
2. Key Terms
“Data controller” means any—
- a. person or
- b. public authority,
who, either alone or jointly or in common with other persons determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal data are, or are to be, processed, and where personal data are processed only for purposes for which they are required under any enactment to be processed, the person on whom the obligation to process the personal data is imposed by or under that enactment is for the purposes of this Act a data controller.
“Data subject” means a named or otherwise identifiable individual who is the subject of personal data, and in determining whether an individual is identifiable account shall be taken of all means used or reasonably likely to be used by the data controller or any other person to identify the individual, such as reference to an identification number or other identifying characteristics (whether physical, social or otherwise) which are reasonably likely to lead to the identification of the individual.
“Personal data” means information (however stored) relating to—
- (a) a living individual or
- (b) an individual who has been deceased for less than thirty years, who can be identified from that information alone or from that information and other information in the possession of, or likely to come into the possession of, the data controller and includes any expression of opinion about that individual and any indication of the intentions of the data controller or any other person in respect of that individual.
3. Access to Services
In order to access the Services, we may request certain information from you, which may include Personal data. Once you have provided that information, and we have collected that information, we have become the Data controller, and you have become a Data subject.
4. Use of Information
As stated above, we may ask for your personal information, which may include Personal data. We request this information to provide legal services and advice, comply with legal and regulatory obligations, process payments and manage billing, respond to inquiries and communicate with you, improve our services and Website, and maintain internal records and administration. We may require you to provide us with certain Personal data, including but not limited to, your name, phone number, email, address.
5. Legal basis for Processing
We process your personal data based on one or more of the following legal grounds:
- ● Your consent
- ● The necessity of processing for legal representation or advisory services
- ● Compliance with legal obligations
- ● Legitimate interests pursued by our firm, provided they do not override your rights.
6. Security of Personal Data
Grant, Henry & Rhooms has implemented an information security programme that contains administrative, technical, and physical controls that are designed to reasonably safeguard your Personal data.
7. Rights of a Data Subject
As a Data subject, you will have certain rights under the relevant data protection legislation, including but not limited to, the right to be informed, by us, of the Personal data we have collected for you, the purpose for which the Personal data is being processed, and to whom the Personal data is, or may be disclosed. You will also have the right to request that we, in reasonable circumstances, cease processing of your Personal data, or, that we do not begin processing. You may also request that we rectify any inaccuracies in any Personal data.
8. Disclosure of Personal Data
While all Personal data provided by you will be treated securely, we may share your Personal data, only to the extent absolutely required for you conduct of your matter, with courts, regulatory authorities, or government agencies, third-party service providers, such as banks or payment processing companies, opposing counsel or legal entities, where necessary for case management, and any other parties with your explicit consent. In accordance with the Act, we may also be required to disclose your Personal data. This disclosure may be required in the interest of national security, for the prevention detection or investigation of crime, for the apprehension or prosecution of offenders, or for the assessment or collection of any tax or duty, or of any imposition of a similar nature.
9. Retention of Data
We retain Personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill legal obligations, provide services, or as required by professional and regulatory standards.
10. Access to full Data Protection Policy
If you would like to read our full Data Protection Policy, a request for same to be sent to you, may be made by contacting us via email at info@ghrlegal.com, or by calling us at 876-676-6926.
11. Changes To This Notice
We may update this Notice from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this part of the Website periodically for any changes. Any changes will be immediately applicable after they are posted to the Website.
