Privacy Policy
This policy is aligned with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, EU 2016/679) and with Chadian law no. 007/PR/2015 of 10 February 2015 on the protection of personal data.
1. Data controller
The controller of data collected on this site is Cabinet Thomas Dingamgoto, represented by its Managing Partner, Maître Thomas Dingamgoto — Rue 6420, Porte 1296, Carré 30, Quartier N’Djari, 8th Arrondissement, B.P. 1003, N’Djamena, Chad; contact@thomasd-avocats.com.
The firm’s Compliance Officer acts as the data-protection point of contact. The processing of data is conducted in line with the lawyer’s professional secrecy — general, absolute and unlimited in time — and with the firm’s internal policies on confidentiality, data protection and information security.
2. Data collected
The firm only collects data strictly necessary for the following purposes:
- Contact form: name, company, email, phone, matter and message;
- Newsletter: email address;
- Browsing: technical and audience-measurement data, where applicable.
3. Purposes
Data is processed to respond to contact and meeting requests, send the newsletter to subscribers, ensure the site’s operation and security, and improve content.
4. Legal bases
Processing is based, as the case may be, on consent (newsletter), on the firm’s legitimate interest (responding to requests, site security) and on the performance of pre-contractual measures taken at the data subject’s request.
5. Recipients
Data is intended for authorised members of the firm only. It may be processed by the site’s technical providers (hosting, email and booking tools) acting as processors and bound by confidentiality. Data is never sold or shared with third parties for commercial purposes.
6. Retention
Requests sent through the site are kept for the time needed to process them, then archived or deleted within three (3) years of the last contact. Newsletter data is kept until consent is withdrawn (unsubscribe).
7. Transfers outside Chad
As hosting and certain tools may be located outside Chad (notably within the European Union), data transfers may occur. They are governed by appropriate safeguards in accordance with the GDPR and Chadian law no. 007/PR/2015.
8. Your rights
In accordance with the GDPR and Chadian law no. 007/PR/2015, you have the rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection, restriction and, where applicable, portability of your data, and the right to withdraw consent at any time.
These rights — exercised in a manner consistent with professional secrecy and the firm’s legal obligations — may be exercised with the Compliance Officer at contact@thomasd-avocats.com or at the firm’s postal address. You may also lodge a complaint with the competent national data-protection authority in Chad, the Agence Nationale de Sécurité Informatique et de Certification Electronique (ANSICE), designated to that effect by article 6 (new) of Ordinance no. 009/PCMT/2022 of 31 August 2022 amending law no. 006/PR/2015, and — for individuals in the European Union — with the supervisory authority of their country of residence.
9. Security
The firm implements appropriate technical and organisational measures: multi-factor authentication on professional access, encryption of sensitive data at rest and in transit, regular backups, access management based on the need-to-know principle, and restriction of administrative rights.
10. Contact
For any question regarding this policy: contact@thomasd-avocats.com.
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