Privacy Policy

Who We Are

ANGLO–NILE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES LTD is a private limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 16569632.

Our registered office is: 71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom.

For the purposes of UK data protection law, ANGLO–NILE will normally act as the data controller for personal information collected directly through this website, through communications with us, or in connection with services provided by the company, unless we tell you otherwise.

ICO Registration

ANGLO–NILE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES LTD is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office for data protection purposes.

Scope

This policy applies to personal information received through our website, contact forms, email, telephone communications, video meetings, correspondence and documents sent to us in connection with an enquiry or legal service.

It may also apply to information lawfully received from another person or organisation while we are dealing with a legal matter. This can include information concerning family members, parties to proceedings, beneficiaries, witnesses, buyers, sellers or other persons connected with a client matter.

What We Collect

The information we collect depends on the nature of your enquiry and the service you ask us to provide.

It may include your name, date of birth, nationality, address, telephone number and email address; passport or identity information; family and relationship information; property, inheritance or financial information; contracts, powers of attorney, certificates, court papers and other legal documents; correspondence with you; payment and invoice information; and information concerning the legal matter for which assistance is requested.

When you use our website, limited technical information may also be collected, including your IP address, browser, device information and information generated by cookies or similar technologies where applicable.

We aim to collect only the information reasonably required for the purpose for which it is being processed.

Legal Matters

Legal files can contain information of a particularly sensitive nature. Depending on the matter, this may include information concerning health, religion, family circumstances or other special category personal data.

A matter may also contain information relating to criminal proceedings, allegations or other information subject to additional protection under UK data protection law.

We process this information only where it is relevant and where there is a lawful basis for doing so, including where processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for another purpose permitted by law.

Where It Comes From

Most personal information is provided directly by you when you contact us, send documents, request advice or instruct us to provide a service.

Where necessary and lawful, information may also be received from your lawyer or representative, another party connected with the matter, a court, governmental authority, public register or document supplied to us in connection with a legal procedure.

Why We Use It

We may use personal information to respond to enquiries, assess whether we can assist, prepare a quotation, open and manage a client matter and provide the legal or document-related service requested.

We may also use information to prepare, review, translate or arrange legal documents; coordinate practical procedures in Egypt; communicate with professionals, authorities or other organisations connected with a matter; issue invoices and administer payments; maintain business records; protect legal rights; prevent misuse or fraud; and comply with legal, regulatory, tax and accounting requirements.

Legal Basis

The lawful basis we rely on depends on why the information is being processed.

This may include taking steps at your request before entering into a contract, performing a contract with you, complying with a legal obligation, or pursuing a legitimate interest such as managing our business, maintaining secure systems, administering client matters or protecting legal rights.

Where consent is required by law, we will request it separately. Where processing depends on consent, you may withdraw that consent, although this will not affect processing that took place lawfully before withdrawal.

Confidentiality

Client documents and information are handled confidentially. Access is limited to people and organisations who require the information for a legitimate purpose connected with the service or procedure being carried out.

Depending on the circumstances, particular information may also be protected by professional duties of confidentiality, legal professional privilege or other legal protections.

Sharing

Where reasonably necessary for the service being provided, personal information may be shared with lawyers and legal professionals in Egypt, translators, notaries, courts, governmental authorities, ministries, embassies, consulates, registries or other bodies involved in the relevant procedure.

Information may also be shared where appropriate with postal or courier providers, accountants, professional advisers, banks, payment providers and suppliers that provide hosting, email, communications or other technology used in operating our business.

Information is shared only where there is an appropriate reason for doing so and only to the extent reasonably required for that purpose or where disclosure is otherwise required or permitted by law.

UK–Egypt Transfers

A significant part of our work concerns Egyptian law and procedures carried out in Egypt. It may therefore be necessary to transfer or make personal information available from the United Kingdom to lawyers, translators, authorities, courts, service providers or other relevant recipients in Egypt.

Depending on the matter, this information may include identity documents, powers of attorney, contracts, civil status records, court papers and other information required to complete the client’s instructions.

Where a transfer is treated as a restricted international transfer under UK data protection law, we take steps to use an appropriate lawful transfer mechanism, safeguard or other route permitted under the applicable rules, having regard to the circumstances of the transfer.

Security

We use appropriate organisational and technical measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorised access, accidental loss, alteration or improper disclosure.

Access to client files and sensitive information is restricted according to operational need. However, no method of transmitting information over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Retention

We do not retain personal information for longer than reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

Retention periods may vary according to the nature of the legal matter, the type of information, applicable limitation periods, accounting and tax requirements, professional or legal obligations and the need to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.

When there is no longer a proper reason to retain information, it may be securely deleted, destroyed or anonymised as appropriate.

Children

Our website is not intended for children to instruct the company independently.

Family, inheritance and other legal matters may nevertheless require us to process information concerning a child. Where this occurs, we handle that information with particular care and limit its use to what is relevant and necessary for the legal matter or procedure concerned.

Cookies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate correctly, maintain security, improve performance and understand how visitors use the site.

Where consent is legally required for a non-essential cookie or tracking technology, it should not be activated until the appropriate choice has been made by the visitor.

Further information about the technologies used on this website may be provided through our Cookie Policy and the cookie controls displayed on the site.

Marketing

Communications necessary to respond to your enquiry or manage a legal matter are service communications and are not treated as optional marketing messages.

If we send optional newsletters or promotional communications, we will do so only where permitted and will provide an appropriate way to unsubscribe.

Your Rights

Depending on the circumstances and the lawful basis being relied upon, UK data protection law may give you rights concerning your personal information.

These may include the right to request access to your personal information, correct inaccurate information, request erasure in appropriate circumstances, restrict certain processing, object to certain processing, request data portability where applicable, and withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

These rights are not absolute. In some circumstances we may be entitled or required to retain information, including where it is needed to comply with a legal obligation or to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.

Requests concerning your personal information may be sent to contact@anglonile.com.

Complaints

If you have a concern about how we have handled your personal information, please contact us first so that we have an opportunity to review the matter.

You may also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the independent UK authority responsible for data protection.

External Links

Our website may contain links to websites operated by other organisations. Those organisations are responsible for their own privacy practices and we recommend reviewing their privacy information before providing personal data to them.

Updates

We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, systems, legal obligations or data processing practices change.

The latest version will be published on this page together with the date on which it was last updated.