Privacy policy
ALTHÉIA places particular importance on protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. This privacy policy explains our practices concerning the collection, use and sharing of information that you may provide through our website or during our professional dealings.
Collection and use of personal data
In the course of providing legal advice, we may collect and process personal data relating to you, particularly when you:
- Visit our website
- Contact us using the contact form
- Become a client of our firm
- Attend our events
- Subscribe to our newsletter
The data we collect may include:
- Your first and last names
- Your contact details, including postal address, email address and telephone number
- Your occupation and company
- Information relating to your legal and tax position
- Other information you provide in connection with our services
These data are collected and processed on the following legal bases
- Performance of our agreement to provide legal services
- Compliance with our legal and professional obligations
- Your consent, where required
- Our legitimate interest in developing and promoting our business
Data retention
We retain your personal data for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes for which they were collected, together with the applicable statutory limitation and retention periods.
Client data are generally retained for the duration of the contractual relationship and for five years after it ends, corresponding to the limitation period for professional civil liability claims.
Security and confidentiality
ALTHÉIA implements appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access.
Our lawyers and staff are bound by professional secrecy and strict confidentiality obligations in relation to information entrusted to them.
Sharing of your data
We may share your data with:
- Other legal professionals, including lawyers, French civil-law notaries and judicial enforcement officers, in connection with your matter.
- Administrative or judicial authorities where required by law.
- Third-party service providers acting on our behalf, including IT and archiving providers.
These third parties have access only to the personal data necessary to perform their services and must process them in accordance with our instructions and this privacy policy.
Your rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the French Data Protection Act (loi Informatique et Libertés), you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
- The right of access and rectification
- The right to erasure, also known as the right to be forgotten
- The right to restriction of processing
- The right to data portability
- The right to object
- The right to withdraw your consent at any time
- The right to give instructions on what should happen to your data after your death
To exercise these rights or ask any question about the processing of your data, you may contact ALTHÉIA at: contact@altheia-avocats.fr
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), the French data protection authority.
Cookies
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Changes to the privacy policy
ALTHÉIA reserves the right to amend this privacy policy at any time. We encourage you to consult it regularly to stay informed of any updates.
Last updated: 03/08/2026