Privacy Policy – Nextlaw Referral Network

We at Nextlaw Referral Network LLC, Nextlaw Ventures LLC (collectively, “Nextlaw”, “us”, “our”, or “we”) are strongly committed to transparency, and we want you (“you” or “your”) to understand how we collect, use, share and protect your personal information, as well as how you can manage the personal information we collect. This Privacy Notice applies to your interactions with us or your use of our websites (www.nextlawnetwork.com, www.nextlawventures.vc), products, services, or features, either online or offline (collectively, the “Services”). Please see Section 11 for contact details of our Data Protection Officer and the Nextlaw entities covered by this Privacy Notice, who will be acting as data controllers for the purposes of EU and UK data privacy laws.

By using our Services, you acknowledge the terms of this Privacy Notice. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Notice, please do not use our Services. If you do not understand, or if you have questions about, this Privacy Notice, please contact us before using, or continuing to use, our Services.

We reserve the right to change our Privacy Notice from time to time by posting the changes here. If we choose to amend this Privacy Notice, we will update the Effective Date at the top of this Privacy Notice when we post the updated version. We may also provide you with notice by prominently posting on our websites, via email or both, if we make any significant changes to this Privacy Notice. We may also highlight those changes at the top of this Privacy Notice and provide a prominent link to it for a reasonable length of time following the change. Your use of our Services after we have informed you in one of these ways that we made changes to our Privacy Notice will mean that you have accepted those changes.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT
HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
WHY WE USE PERSONA INFORMATION
HOW WE SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOW WE PROTECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
DATA TRANSFERS
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
YOUR CHOICES
THIRD PARTY WEBSITEAND APPS
EUROPE / UNITED KINGDOM
AUSTRALIA
CONTACT US

1. TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect two basic types of information from you when you provide it to us or when you use or interact with our Services: personal information and non-personal information.

Personal information includes all information that relates to you or which are opinions about you personally and either identifies or may be used to identify you personally (collectively, “personal information”). We may collect the following types of personal information from you depending upon the device you are using and how you interact with us or use or interact with our Services, such as your:

Contact Information. Name, mailing address, email address, phone number, and other contact information.
Demographic Information. Age and gender.
Device Information. IP address, browser type and version, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, device type and device identifiers.
Audio Information. When you speak with customer service representatives, we may record the conversation for training and quality assurance purposes. If we intend to record the call, we will also notify you prior to doing so.
Employment Information. Place of employment and position.
Logon ID and Password. For access to Nextlaw extranets, and other client services or platforms, where applicable.
Account Information. If you create an account, we may store and use your name, email address, zip or postal code and other personal information you may provide with your account. You can modify some of the personal information associated with your account. If you believe that someone has created an unauthorized account, you can request its removal.
Nextlaw Labs Application Information. If you apply to partner with Nextlaw Labs, we may collect information via our application that may include personal information.

To see all of the categories of personal information we collect, click here.

Non-personal information includes information that does not personally identify you or information that has been anonymized (collectively, “non-personal information”). When we combine non-personal information with personal information, we treat the combined information as personal information.

You can always refuse to provide your personal information, except that it may prevent you from engaging in our Services or receiving responses to your inquiries or other information of interest.

2. HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

We need to collect personal information from you in order to provide you with our Services, as well as to improve your experience. You may provide us with personal information in several ways, including, for example when you:

Visit our website or use our Services;
Register for any app or website accounts;
Correspond with us in any way, including through surveys and promotions;
Sign up to receive our newsletter or promotional information;
Ask for customer service, support or other assistance; or
Interact with us in any other way, online or offline, including through our Services.

Cookies

Like many websites and apps, we use “cookies”, which are small text files that are stored on your computer or equipment when you visit certain online pages that record your preferences and actions. They collect and store information when you visit our website about how you use it through which it is possible to record your use of the website, as well as provide you with a better service and experience when browsing and for analytics. The data we collect through these technologies will also be used to manage your session. The information does not usually identify you directly, but it can give you a more personalized web experience.

For more information about cookies, how we use them, and how you can manage them, please see our: Cookie Notice.

Cookie Opt-out. You can set your browser or device to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you delete your cookies, if you opt-out from cookies, or if you set your browser or device to decline these technologies, some Services may not function properly. Our Services do not currently change the way they operate upon detection of a Do Not Track or similar signal.

Online Analytics

We also use various types of online analytics, including Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), on our Services. Google Analytics uses cookies or other tracking technologies to help us analyze how users interact with and use the Services, compile reports on the related activities, and provide other services related to website and app activity and usage. The technologies used by Google may collect information such as your IP address, time of visit, whether you are a return visitor, and any referring website or app. The information generated by Google Analytics will be transmitted to and stored by Google and will be subject to Google’s privacy policies. To learn more about Google’s partner services and to learn how to opt-out of tracking of analytics by Google click here.

Offline Interactions and Other Sources

We also may collect personal information from other sources (such as our partners or third party service providers) or from our offline interactions with you for the purposes listed in the How We Use Personal Information section below, including to enable us to verify or update information contained in our records and to better customize the Services for you.

Social Media Integration

Our Services may, from time to time, contain links to and from social media platforms. You may choose to connect to us through a social media platform, such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter, and when you do, we may collect additional information from you, including the information listed in the Types of Information We Collect section above. Please be advised that social media platforms may also collect information from you. When you click on a social plug-in, such as Facebook’s “Like” button or Twitter’s “Tweet” button, that particular social network’s plugin will be activated and your browser will directly connect to that provider’s servers. When you leave our website(s), we do not have control over the collection, use and sharing practices of social media platforms and encourage you to review their usage and disclosure policies and practices, including the data security practices, before using the social media platforms.

Surveys

From time to time, and subject to your consent where required by applicable local law, we may provide you with the opportunity to participate in surveys, some of which might be sponsored or conducted by a third party. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary. If you choose to participate, we will request certain personal information from you. If there is a third party sponsor involved in the survey, we may provide certain personal information with the third party sponsor. Please make sure to review the sponsor’s privacy policy and be aware that any surveys offered by us may be governed by specific rules and terms and conditions that are separate from and in addition to this Privacy Notice. By participating in any such surveys you will become subject to those rules, including but not limited to receiving emails containing survey communications.

3. HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may use personal information to do any or all of the following:

provide you with our Services;
facilitate your interactions and transactions with us;
respond to your requests, communications, suggestions, comments, inquiries, and requests (including your feedback about our Services);
administer our relationship with you, including creating and managing your account;
maintain and improve our Services;
measure performance;
develop new products, features, and services;
better understand the preferences of our customers;
provide personalized Services, including content and ads;
provide you with, and improve, relevant marketing offers or information from us or relevant third parties;
facilitate your participation in our surveys and promotions;
respond to legally binding requests from law enforcement, regulatory authorities, or other third parties;
defend, protect or enforce our rights or applicable terms of service or to fulfill our legal or contractual obligations;
to prevent fraud or the recurrence of fraud;
assist in the event of an emergency; or
comply with applicable law.

We may also combine your personal information collected through various sources, including information collected through our Services, and develop a customer profile that will be used for the purposes above.

We may retain personal information for as long as we need to use the information for the purposes listed above, including, for backup, archival, accounting, and/or audit purposes.

We may use personal information to create non-personal information. We may use non-personal information for any legitimate business purpose.

4. WHY WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will use your personal information for a number of reasons:

you have given us your consent for a particular purpose (for example, where you have given us your consent to send you electronic marketing);
in order to fulfill our contract to provide products or Services to you;
when the processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests or those of a third party, provided we have balanced these against your rights and interests; and

in order to comply with a legal obligation (for example, responding to government or law enforcement information requests).

Our legitimate interests for using personal information are:

to ensure effective administration and management of your relationship with us, including providing our Services;
to understand how our customers use our Services and to manage our Services;
to carry out research and analysis on what Services or products our customers want or how they would like us to improve our Services and products;
to understand how our customers use our Services and identify any issues in how the Services are used and how we can improve the customer’s usage experience;
to tell our customers about the various products and Services we can offer (provided you have not unsubscribed from receiving such marketing and promotional information from us);
to understand and respond to inquiries and feedback;
to receive information from other Nextlaw member legal practices for shared clients;
to better tailor and personalize the promotions and benefits that we can offer to our customers;
to ensure our systems and premises are secure;
to develop relationships with business partners;
to ensure debts are paid;
to operate suppressors to exclude you from direct marketing if you unsubscribe;
to share data in connection with acquisitions and transfers of our business;
to manage our supply chain;
to prevent, detect, or investigate unauthorized use of our Services and ensure we comply with the law and our policies; and
to manage any dispute and accidents and take legal or other professional advice.

5. HOW WE SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION

We do not sell or rent personal information.

Except as disclosed in this Privacy Notice, we do not share personal information with any companies other than our subsidiaries, affiliates, business partners, suppliers, vendors, service providers, and contractors, including our and their directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, advisors or other representatives.

Our business partners, suppliers, vendors, service providers, and contractors include IT service providers, financial institutions and payment providers, customer relationship management vendors, other cloud-based solutions providers, lawyers, accountants, auditors and other professional advisors. We contract with them to ensure that they only process your personal information under our instructions and ensure the security and confidentiality of your personal information.

We may share personal information with our third party service providers, suppliers, vendors, and business partners to help us:

with the uses described in the How We Use Information section above;
in the operation, management, improvement, research and analysis of our Services;
with our marketing and promotional projects, such as sending you information about products and services you may like and other promotions (provided you have not unsubscribed from receiving such marketing and promotional information from us); and
comply with your directions or any additional consent you have provided us.

We may also share personal information with others as follows:

Nextlaw member firms: including their management, lawyers, staff and contractors in order that they may provide legal services;
Law firms: including Nextlaw member firms, other local law firms, barristers, expert witnesses and arbitrators/mediators;
Your company or organization in relation to us providing legal services; or
Companies whose products or services we sell through our Member Center.

We may share personal information with law enforcement and regulatory authorities or other third parties as required or permitted by law for the purpose of:

responding to a subpoena, court order or other legal processes;
defending, protecting or enforcing our rights;
assisting in the event of an emergency; and
complying with applicable law.

In accordance with applicable law, we may also transfer or assign personal information to third parties as a result of, or in connection with, a sale, merger, consolidation, change in control, transfer of assets, bankruptcy, reorganization, or liquidation. If we are involved in defending a legal claim, we may disclose personal information about you that is relevant to the claim to third parties as a result of, or in connection with, the associated legal proceedings.

To see all of the categories of personal information we share, click here.

We share non-personal information with third parties as reasonably necessary to meet our business needs.

6. HOW WE PROTECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

We are concerned about ensuring the security of your personal information. We aim to provide secure transmission of your personal information from your equipment to our servers. We have processes to store personal information that we have collected in secure operating environments. Our security procedures mean that we may occasionally request proof of identity before we disclose your personal information to you. We try our best to safeguard personal information once we receive it, but please understand that no transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you suspect an unauthorized use or security breach of your information, please contact us as soon as possible.

7. DATA TRANSFERS

We are a global business. As such, information we collect may be transferred to, stored, and processed in any country or territory where one or more of our business partners or service providers are based or have facilities which may be a different to your home country. While other countries or territories may not have the same standards of data protection as those in your home country, we will continue to protect personal information that we transfer in line with this Privacy Notice requiring that our business partners or service providers adhere to this Privacy Notice and the applicable privacy regulations in your home country.

8. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our Services are not for children or those under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children or other persons who are under 16 years of age. Individuals who are children or those under the age of 16 should not attempt to provide us with any personal information. If you think we have received personal information from children or those under the age of 16, please contact us immediately.

9. YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

We do not share personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes without your consent. California residents under 18 years old, in certain circumstances, may request and obtain removal of personal information or content about you and posted on our Services. Please be mindful that this would not ensure complete removal of the content posted on our Services by you. To make any request pursuant to California privacy law, please contact us

10. YOUR CHOICES

We offer you certain choices in connection with our Services.

Access to your personal information

You have the right to request access to the personal information that we collect, use, and disclose about you. You also have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your access right. To submit a request, please contact us.

Deleting your personal information

You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to some exceptions. Once we have received and confirmed your request, we will delete (and direct our partners and service providers to delete) your personal information, unless an exception applies. You have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your deletion right. To submit a request or designate an authorized agent to make a request, please contact us.

Updating / correcting your personal information

The accuracy of the personal information we have about you is very important. You have a right to request that we update or correct the personal information we have about you. You have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your deletion right. To submit a request to update or correct your information or designate an authorized agent to make such a request, please contact us using the information below.

Email Communications

You may have the opportunity to receive certain communications from us related to our Services. If you provide us with your e-mail address in order to receive communications, you can opt-out of marketing emails at any time by following the instructions at the bottom of our emails and adjusting your email preferences. Please note that certain emails may be necessary for the operation of our Services. You will continue to receive these emails, if appropriate, even if you unsubscribe from our optional communications.

Cookies/ Beacons

If you wish to minimize information collected by cookie or beacon, you can adjust the settings of your device or browser. You can also set your device or browser to automatically reject any cookies. You may also be able to install plug-ins and add-ins that serve similar functions. However, please be aware that some Services may not work properly. In addition, the offers we provide when you visit us may not be as relevant to you or tailored to your interests.

Network Advertising Initiative

Certain websites you visit may provide options regarding advertisements you receive. If you wish to minimize the amount of targeted advertising you receive, you can opt-out of certain network advertising programs through the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) Opt-Out Page. Please note that even if you choose to remove your information (opt-out) you will still see advertisements while you’re browsing online. However, the advertisements you see may be less relevant to you. For more information or to opt-out of certain online behavioral advertising, please visit http://www.aboutads.info.

Additionally, many advertising network programs allow you to view and manage the interest categories that they have compiled from your online browsing activities. These interest categories help determine the types of targeted advertisements you may receive. The NAI Opt-Out Page provides a tool that identifies its member companies that have cookies on your browser and provides links to those companies.

Do Not Track

Some devices and browsers support a “Do Not Track” (or, DNT) feature, a privacy preference that you can set in certain web browsers, which is intended to be a signal to websites and services that you do not wish to be tracked across different websites or online services you visit.

Please note that we cannot control how third party websites or online services you visit through our website respond to Do Not Track signals. Check the privacy policies of those third parties for information on their privacy practices.

11. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES AND APPS

The Services may contain links to other websites or apps operated by third parties. Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Notice do not apply to information gathered through these third party websites and apps. When you leave our website(s) we have no control over, and are not responsible for, the actions and privacy policies of third parties and other websites and apps.

12. EUROPE / UNITED KINGDOM / CANADA

This section only applies if you are a resident of a member state of the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, or Canada.

International Transfers

In addition, the personal information we collect from you may be transferred to and stored by, IT vendors who operate on our behalf. We also transfer information to a number of providers of business applications – such as CRM and marketing applications – as well marketing service providers. These providers are primarily located in the United States.

The United States does not benefit from a decision issued by the EU Commission and/or United Kingdom authorities regarding protection afforded to personal information. Adequacy of data protection is instead ensured by standard data protection clauses (including any additional safeguards as required by EU / UK data protection laws) we have in place with that third party. A copy may be requested via our Data Protection Officer.

Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary for the purpose for which they were initially collected. The criteria we use to determine the retention period is as follows:

whether there are contractual or legal obligations that exist that require us to retain the information for a period of time;
whether there is an ongoing legal claim that relates to any business (or otherwise) relationship you have with us, or that is otherwise related to your relationship with us; and
whether any applicable law, statute, or regulation allows for a specific retention period.

Your Privacy Rights

You may have – in accordance with applicable EU data protection laws – the following rights when it comes to our handling of your personal information:

Right of access – you may have the right to request a copy of the personal information we have about you and to request supporting information explaining how the personal information is used;
Right of rectification – you may have the right to request that we rectify inaccurate personal information about you;
Right of erasure – you may have the right to request that we erase personal information about you;
Right to restrict processing – in some situations, you may have the right to request that we do not use the personal information you have provided (for example, if you believe it to be inaccurate);
Right to data portability – you may have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit such information to another controller;
Right to withdraw consent – where we process your personal information based on consent (including direct marketing consents), you have the right to withdraw consent at any time. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on consent before its withdrawal. Furthermore, even in case of a withdrawal we may continue to use your personal information as permitted or required by law; and
Right to object – where we are processing your personal information based on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) you may challenge this. However, we may be entitled to continue processing your personal information based on our legitimate interests or where this is relevant to legal claims. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights or in case you should have any concerns about how we process your personal information, please contact us using the information below.

Data Protection Officer Contact Information

You may contact our Data Protection Officer with any issues or questions you have regarding our processing of personal information.

EMAIL
dpo@dentons.com

POSTAL ADDRESS
Group DPO
Dentons
1 Fleet Place
London
EC4M 7WS

13.AUSTRALIA

This section only applies if you are a resident of Australia.

International Transfers

In addition, the personal information we collect from you may be transferred to and stored by, IT vendors who operate on our behalf. We also transfer personal information to a number of providers of business applications – such as customer relationship management and marketing applications – as well marketing service providers. These providers are primarily located in the United States.

Your Privacy Rights

In addition to the Your Choices section above, you have – in accordance with applicable Australian data protection laws – the following rights when it comes to our handling of your personal information:

Right of access – you may have the right to request a copy of the personal information we have about you and to request supporting information explaining how the personal information is used;
Right of rectification – you may have the right to request that we rectify inaccurate personal information about you; and
Right to withdraw consent – where we process your personal information based on consent (including direct marketing consents), you have the right to withdraw consent at any time. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on consent before its withdrawal. Furthermore, even in case of a withdrawal we may continue to use your personal information as permitted or required by law.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights or in case you should have any concerns about how we process your personal information, please contact us using the information below.

Data Protection Officer Contact Information

You may contact our Data Protection Officer with any issues or questions you may have regarding our processing of personal information.

EMAIL
dpo@dentons.com

POSTAL ADDRESS
Group DPO
Dentons
1 Fleet Place
London
EC4M 7WS

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to your local data protection authority, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). However, we would appreciate the chance to deal with any concerns first and ask that you contact us to give us a chance to address your concerns or queries.

14. CONTACT US

We welcome questions, comments, and feedback on this Privacy Notice and our management of personal information. If you have questions, concerns, or feedback, you can always contact us in the following ways. For your protection, we may need to verify your identity before assisting with your request, such as verifying that the information used to contact us matches the information that we have on file.

Email	dpo@dentons.com
Mail	Group DPO Dentons 1 Fleet Place London EC4M 7WS

California Consumer Privacy Act Appendix

To learn more about the categories of personal information we collect, how we collect it, why it is collected, and with whom we share the information, please see the chart below.

Category	What we collect	How we collect it	Why we collect it	With whom we share it
Identifiers	Name, mailing address, email address, phone number, and other contact information. For more information please see the Types of Information We Collect section above.	Collected online or offline when you directly provide it to us, through your use of our Services, or from third parties.	We collect this information for the purposes listed in the How We Use Information section above.	Shared with our affiliates, partners, vendors, and service providers as described in the How We Share Information section above.
Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))	Name, mailing address, email address, phone number, and contact information. For more information please see the Types of Information We Collect section above.	Collected online or offline when you directly provide it to us, through your use of our Services, or from third parties.	We collect this information for the purposes listed in the How We Use Information section above.	Shared with our affiliates, partners, vendors, and service providers as described in the How We Share Information section above.
Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law	Age and gender. For more information please see the Types of Information We Collect section above.	Collected online or offline when you directly provide it to us, through your use of our Services, or from third parties.	We collect this information for the purposes listed in the How We Use Information section above.	Shared with our affiliates, partners, vendors, and service providers as described in the How We Share Information section above.
Commercial information	Transactional information such as the products or services purchased. For more information please see the Types of Information We Collect section above.	Collected online or offline when you directly provide it to us, through your use of our Services, or from third parties.	We collect this information for the purposes listed in the How We Use Information section above.	Shared with our affiliates, partners, vendors, and service providers as described in the How We Share Information section above.
Biometric information	Not Collected	N/A	N/A	N/A
Internet or other similar network activity	IP address, browser type and version, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, device type and device identifiers For more information please see the Types of Information We Collect section above.	Collected online when you directly provide it to us, through your use of our Services, or from third parties.	We collect this information for the purposes listed in the How We Use Information section above.	Shared with our affiliates, partners, vendors, and service providers as described in the How We Share Information section above.
Geolocation data	Collected via IP address. For more information please see the Types of Information We Collect section above.	Collected online when you directly provide it to us, through your use of our Services, or from third parties.	We collect this information for the purposes listed in the How We Use Information section above.	Shared with our affiliates, partners, vendors, and service providers as described in the How We Share Information section above.
Sensory data	When you speak with customer service, we record the conversation. For more information please see the Types of Information We Collect section above.	Collected when you directly provide it to us.	We collect this information for the purposes listed in the How We Use Information section above.	Shared with our affiliates, partners, vendors, and service providers as described in the How We Share Information section above.
Professional or employment-related information	Place of employment and position. For more information please see the Types of Information We Collect section above.	Collected online or offline when you directly provide it to us, through your use of our Services, or from third parties.	We collect this information for the purposes listed in the How We Use Information section above.	Shared with our affiliates, partners, vendors, and service providers as described in the How We Share Information section above.
Non-public education information	Not Collected	N/A	N/A	N/A
Inferences drawn from other personal information	Information generated from your use of our Services reflecting your preferences	Collected online or offline when you directly provide it to us, through your use of our Services, or from third parties.	We collect this information for the purposes listed in the How We Use Information section above.	Shared with our affiliates, partners, vendors, and service providers as described in the How We Share Information section above.