Privacy Policy

1.1El Hachem Law Firm (the "Firm", "we", "us" or "our") is committed to handling information collected through this website (the "Website") responsibly and in accordance with applicable law and professional obligations.

1.2This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through the Website only. It does not govern information provided to the Firm in the course of a professional engagement, which is handled under the applicable engagement documents and the Firm's professional obligations of confidentiality.

1.3For Website-related information, the Firm is responsible for determining how such information is collected, used, stored and handled.

2.1The Firm may collect information in the following ways:

• —Information you provide directly, including your name, organisation, role, email address, telephone number, inquiry type, and the content of any message submitted through a contact form or sent to an email address published on the Website.
• —Technical information collected when you access the Website, such as IP address, browser type, device information, approximate location derived from technical data, pages visited, date and time of access, and interaction with Website functionality.

2.2The Firm does not seek to collect confidential, privileged or sensitive information through the Website. You should not transmit such information before a formal engagement has been accepted in writing.

3.1The Firm may use information collected through the Website for the following purposes:

• —to respond to and manage Website enquiries;
• —to assess prospective matters and determine whether the Firm may be able to act;
• —to conduct conflict-of-interest checks and related engagement assessment;
• —to operate, maintain, secure and improve the Website;
• —to maintain appropriate records of communications and enquiries; and
• —to comply with legal, regulatory and professional obligations applicable to the Firm.

3.2The Firm does not sell information collected through the Website and does not use such information for unrelated third-party marketing.

4.1Before accepting any engagement, the Firm conducts conflict-of-interest checks in accordance with its professional obligations and internal procedures.

4.2Information provided through the Website in connection with a prospective matter may be used for conflict-checking and engagement-assessment purposes. Use of information for those purposes does not mean that the Firm has accepted an engagement or assumed any obligation to act.

5.1The Firm treats Website communications responsibly. However, communications sent before a formal engagement is accepted may not benefit from the professional confidentiality protections applicable to an accepted client engagement.

5.2You should not submit confidential, privileged, commercially sensitive, personal sensitive or otherwise sensitive information through the Website or by email before an engagement has been accepted in writing.

6.1The Firm uses reasonable organisational and technical measures intended to protect information collected through the Website against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

6.2No method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is entirely secure. The Firm does not guarantee absolute security of information transmitted through the Website or by email.

6.3The Firm does not guarantee that information transmitted through the Website will be free from interception, unauthorized access, corruption, delay, loss, or other internet-related risks.

7.1The Website may use cookies and similar technologies to enable Website functionality, improve performance, understand visitor interaction and support Website administration.

7.2The Firm may use analytics services to compile aggregated statistical information about Website usage. This information is used to maintain and improve the Website and is not used by the Firm to identify individual visitors for unrelated purposes.

7.3Most browsers allow users to manage or disable cookies. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of certain parts of the Website.

8.1The Firm may use third-party providers for Website hosting, technical support, security, analytics, email delivery and related website administration services.

8.2Such providers may process information on the Firm's behalf. The Firm does not disclose information collected through the Website to third parties for their own independent marketing purposes.

8.3The Firm may disclose information where required by law, regulation, court order, competent authority, professional obligation, or where reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of the Firm, its clients or others.

9.1Website hosting, email, analytics or related technical services may involve storage or processing of information outside Lebanon, depending on the systems and service providers used.

9.2Where information is handled through such systems, the Firm seeks to use service providers and arrangements consistent with reasonable confidentiality and security expectations for a professional services website.

10.1The Firm retains information collected through the Website for no longer than reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including responding to enquiries, assessing prospective matters, maintaining conflict-check records, operating the Website, and complying with legal, regulatory and professional obligations.

10.2Where an enquiry does not result in an engagement, the Firm may retain related information for a reasonable period having regard to conflict-management, professional, risk-management and recordkeeping requirements, after which it may be deleted, archived or anonymised.

11.1Subject to applicable Lebanese law and the Firm's professional obligations, you may contact the Firm to request access to, correction of, or deletion of information collected through the Website relating to you.

11.2The Firm will consider such requests in accordance with applicable law and professional obligations. The Firm may be required or entitled to retain certain information notwithstanding a request, including for conflict-management, legal, regulatory, professional, risk-management or recordkeeping purposes.

12.1The Website may contain links to third-party websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites, which are governed by their own privacy practices.

12.2The Firm is not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of third-party websites.

13.1The Firm may make available a controlled-access client environment for engaged clients. Any such environment may be subject to separate privacy notices, security controls, access terms and engagement documentation.

13.2This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected through the public Website unless expressly stated otherwise.

14.1The Firm may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time by publishing an updated version on the Website. Amendments take effect upon publication, and the "last updated" date will be revised accordingly.

14.2You should review this Privacy Policy periodically to remain informed of how the Firm handles information collected through the Website.

15.1This Privacy Policy is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Lebanon.

16.1Questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of information collected through the Website may be directed to El Hachem Law Firm at info@elhachemlaw.com or at El-Areed Street, Etoile Center, Ain el Remmaneh, Beirut, Lebanon.