IOC Law respects the privacy of people who visit our website, contact us or communicate with us about our services. This notice explains the types of personal information we may collect and how we use it.

Information We Collect

We may collect your name, organisation, role, contact details, the contents of an enquiry or correspondence, information required to assess a proposed engagement, and technical information generated when you use the website. We may also record your communication preferences and cookie choices.

Please do not send confidential or privileged information through the website unless IOC Law has confirmed that it can receive it.

How We Collect Information

We collect information directly when you use a contact form, send an email, telephone us or communicate through an approved messaging channel. We may receive information from professional contacts, counterparties, advisers, public records or service providers where this is lawful and relevant. The website may also collect limited technical information through cookies and similar technologies.

How We Use Information

We may use personal information to respond to enquiries, carry out conflict and client checks, decide whether we can accept a matter, provide legal services, manage professional relationships, administer the website, maintain security, comply with legal and professional obligations and send updates where permitted.

We rely on the legal basis appropriate to the activity. This may include taking steps at your request before an engagement, performing an engagement, complying with a legal obligation, pursuing legitimate interests in operating and protecting the practice, or obtaining consent where consent is required.

Sharing Information

We may share information with authorised members of IOC Law, technology and hosting providers, professional advisers, local counsel and other specialists involved in a matter, and regulators or public authorities where disclosure is required or permitted. We require service providers to handle information appropriately and use it only for the relevant service.

International Transfers

Some advisers or service providers may access or store information outside the country in which it was collected. Where transfer restrictions apply, we take steps intended to ensure that an appropriate legal basis and safeguards are in place.

Retention And Security

We retain information for as long as reasonably required for the purpose for which it was collected, to meet legal and professional obligations, to establish or defend legal rights and to maintain appropriate business records. We use organisational and technical measures intended to protect information from unauthorised access, loss, misuse or alteration.

Your Rights

Depending on the applicable law, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction or transfer of personal information, to object to certain uses, or to withdraw consent. These rights may be subject to legal and professional limitations, including duties concerning legal claims, confidentiality and record retention.

Contact Us About Privacy

To ask a privacy question or exercise an applicable right, use the contact form on the IOC Law website. We may ask for information needed to verify your identity and understand the request.