Privacy Policy | Dikko & Mahmoud

1. Introduction

1.1. Dikko and Mahmoud is a full-service law firm registered under the Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria providing world class and well-tailored legal services and solutions to local and international clients.
1.2. We recognize that in the course of pursuing our objectives we collect personal data from our vast clientele, vendors, business associates, other third parties and visitors to our website.
1.3. This privacy policy is made in demonstration of our commitment to safeguard personal data. The policy sets out how Dikko and Mahmoud (the “Firm”) collects, uses, shares, and otherwise processes Personal Data. At Dikko and Mahmoud we are highly conscious of our data protection obligation under the law and the trust you repose in us by releasing your personal data to us.
We are committed to safeguarding this data and we take full responsibility for ensuring that the systems and processes we use to process your personal data are compliant with relevant data protection laws as applicable to us.
1.4. Our staff are required to comply with this Privacy Policy and associated firm’s policies in dealing with your personal data and are mandated to complete continuing data protection trainings that are appropriate to their role. By visiting and accessing our platform you are consenting to the terms and conditions of this policy.

2. Definition

2.1. In this policy the following words are defined as follows
i. personal data means any information (either in isolation or in combination with other information
collected by us) that enables you to be identified as a natural person either directly or indirectly “we”, “us”” or “D&M” “the firm” refers to Dikko and Mahmoud.

3. How Do We Obtain Personal Data

3.1. We obtain your personal data when you;
i. Retain our legal services and you provide us with information that is relevant and necessary to
provide those services.
ii. Register to attend our events;
iii. Contact our customer support team or fill our online forms;
iv. When you use our website or one of our online services we collect information about your visit
and how you interact with our website;

4. The Type Of Data We Collect

4.1. As a law firm, we collect the following types of personal data from site visitors, clients, prospective clients, suppliers and other third parties during our professional activities:
i. Basic data: Name, gender, title, organization, job responsibilities, phone number, mailing address, email address, contact details and certain special kinds of data including hobbies and interests.

ii. Special kinds of data: Under certain circumstances and in the course of our professional dealings or recruitment process, we may request for such specific data like religious or other beliefs, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, health data and details of trade union membership, information considered to be confidential to you.

iii. Client service data: Personal Data received from clients in respect of employees, customers or other individuals known to clients, invoicing details and payment history and client feedback.
iv. Marketing data: product interests and preferences.
v. Transaction data: Personal Data contained in documents, correspondence or others provided by or relating to transactions conducted by our clients.
vi. Compliance data: Government identifiers, passports or other identification documents, dates of birth, beneficial ownership data and due diligence data.

vii. Job/internship applicant data: Data provided by job applicants or others on our sites or offline means in connection with employment and internship opportunities.

viii. Device data: Computer Internet Protocol (IP) address, unique device identifier (UDID), cookies and other data linked to a device and data about usage of our site.

5. How We Use Your Personal Data

When we obtain your personal data either directly, indirectly or through a third party, we will only use your personal data in the fulfillment of our professional activities which includes
contractual, legal and regulatory obligations. The purposes for which we Personal Data are as follows:

To provide legal advice and other services to our clients.

To manage the Law firm’s business operations and relationship with you or your organization in connection with the delivery of professional services or procurement of goods and services or as your employer or former employer including processing payments, accounting, billing and collection and in other related services.
To improve our website to make it more user friendly and intuitive to site users and visitors.
To protect the security of our site and ensure the effective functioning of our site from fraud, identity theft and other cybercrimes that may arise from the misuse of our site.
To consider prospective job applicants for employments and individuals/organizations for contract opportunities
For any purpose which is in the reasonable interest of the firm or any third party provided that such interest does not override your interest or your fundamental rights.
For any purpose relating to the foregoing or any purpose for which you provided the personal data to the firm.

6. Legal Basis For Processing Your Data

6.1. The legal basis for processing your personal data is solely dependent on your consent, to discharge our contractual and legal obligations.

7. How Do We Get Your Consent ?

7.1. Your consent is given when you voluntarily surrender any of your documents or information to us to enable us to provide professional legal services to you. Also, we get your consent when you visit our website or sign up for any of our events, webinars or subscribe to our email alerts and newsletters. If we ask for any special categories of personal data, we will either ask you directly for your express consent. Also, if you have given us your express consent, we may process your
personal data for additional purposes.

8. How Do I Withdraw My Consent ?

8.1. You may withdraw your consent at any time you wish to. However, note that such withdrawal of consent shall not affect your data already processed by us before the withdrawal.

9. Sharing Your Personal Data

9.1. We are a multi jurisdiction law firm with offices in Abuja and Kano. As such your personal data may be shared among all the offices within Dikko & Mahmoud. Our staff are required keep to a standard level of care in protecting your personal data.
9.2. We may also share your personal data with third parties such as our affiliates, service providers and suppliers, sub-contractors where it is expediently so and subject to your consent. In such circumstance we shall ensure that the third parties observe this privacy policy.

9.3. Where we share or transfer your personal data, we shall endeavour to ensure strict compliance with this privacy policy and due compliance with relevant applicable
data protection laws

10. Keeping Your Personal Data Secure

10.1.We will take the appropriate legal, technical, and organizational steps to protect your personal data against unauthorized or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, or damage.

11. How Do We Keep Your Personal Data Secure ?

11.1.We have an internal security procedure that governs how we store and access your personal data. We may also store your personal data on our own technology systems or those of our vendors or in paper files.

12. Retaining Your Personal Data Secure ?

12.1.We will delete your personal data when it is no longer reasonably required for the Authorized Uses or you withdraw your consent (whichever is applicable), If we are not legally required or otherwise authorized to continue to hold such data. We may retain your personal data for additional period to the extent that we deem it necessary to assert or defend legal claims during any relevant retention period.

13. Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data

13.1.Kindly note that you have certain rights against us when you make your personal data available to us. the rights as granted to you by law are;
i. Right to be informed of the manner in which your data will be processed.
ii. Right to deletion of personal data. You have the right to request that we should delete your
Personal Information. Kindly note that this right is a limited one which applies where the data is no longer required in relation the purpose for which it was collected and processed by us, or the

processing has no legal justification. The exceptions to this right include where the applicable law requires us to retain a historical archive for public interest or such other related purposes, for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
iii. The right to limit our processing of your personal data.
iv. Right to correct or rectify any Personal Information that You provide to us which may be incorrect, out of date or inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information You think is incomplete.
v. Right to object to processing of your personal data. You have the right to object to the processing of Your Personal Information in certain circumstances. Please note that where You object to us processing Your Personal Information, we might be unable to provide services to You.
vi. Right to withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process Your personal data.
13.1.1. In addition to your rights under applicable data protection laws and where we are authorized or required by law and by our professional obligations, we will provide you, upon request with a copy of your

14. Links To Other Websites

This Privacy Policy only applies to your activities within our site and does not cover other third-party links and services that are connected to us directly or indirectly

15. Privacy Policy Changes

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time as required by law or as our privacy practices change. The effective date of our Privacy Policy is 20th of January 2023. If we update this privacy policy, we will ask for your consent to the changes if required by law.

16. Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments, or requests about our Privacy Policy, kindly contact our Data Protection Officers.
Email: info@dikkoandmahmoud.com
Tel: +234 (0) 7011299994, +234 (0) 64891143