Black tie legal services
Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy outlines how Black-Tie Legal Services, herein referred to as “we,” “us,” or “our,” collects, uses, discloses, and protects your personal information. We are committed to ensuring the privacy and security of your data, reflecting our dedication to maintaining your trust.
When you engage with our legal services or visit our website, you provide us with various types of personal information, including but not limited to your name, contact details, date of birth, and any other data you choose to share with us directly. We also collect information related to your legal matters, such as case details, documents, and correspondence, which are essential for us to provide effective legal representation. Additionally, we may gather payment information necessary for processing transactions, as well as technical data about your interaction with our website, including IP addresses, browser types, and access times.
Our primary use of your data is to deliver and manage the legal services you have requested. This includes communicating with you regarding your case, managing appointments, and providing updates. Payment information is utilized to handle billing and transactions securely. We also use your data to enhance our services, analyze website usage patterns, and improve our offerings. In some instances, we may need to use your information to comply with legal obligations or protect our rights, as well as those of our clients and other parties.
We ensure that your personal information is treated with the utmost confidentiality and do not sell or rent your data. However, we may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us in fulfilling our services, such as payment processors or IT support, under strict confidentiality agreements. Additionally, we may disclose your data to legal authorities if required by law or to protect our legal rights or the safety of others. Any sharing of your information will be done with your explicit consent if required.
To protect your personal data, we implement rigorous security measures designed to safeguard against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Despite these measures, no security system is entirely foolproof, and we cannot guarantee absolute protection against all possible breaches.
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have specific rights regarding your personal data. These rights may include the ability to request access to your data, correct inaccuracies, delete information under certain conditions, restrict processing, or object to certain types of processing. To exercise these rights, please contact us at [Insert Contact Email]. We will respond to your requests by applicable laws and regulations.
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance user experience and analyse site usage. Cookies help us remember your preferences and provide a more personalized experience. You may manage cookie settings through your browser, but disabling cookies may impact your ability to use some features of our site effectively.
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Any revisions will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this policy regularly to stay informed about how we are protecting your personal information.
For any questions, concerns, or requests related to this Privacy Policy or our data handling practices, please contact us at:
We follow this Policy by applicable laws, including but not limited to the Information Technology Act, 2000, and the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011. It is clarified that for this website, the laws of the Republic of India shall be applicable law (Applicable Law).
By using our website, you (the User) are hereby consenting to the collection of your information by us. However, it is clarified that we do not ask, solicit, expect, induce, and/ or request you to share sensitive personal data or information. For this Policy, the term ‘sensitive personal data or information’ shall mean and include personal information which consists of information relating to:
(i) password
(ii) financial information such as bank account credit card debit card or other payment instrument details
(iii) physical, physiological, and mental health conditions
(iv) sexual orientation
(v) medical records and history
(vi) biometric information
(vii) any detail relating to the above clauses as provided to body corporate for providing service; and (viii) any of the information received under above clauses by body corporate for processing, stored or processed under lawful contract or otherwise; provided that any information that is freely available or accessible in public domain or furnished under the Right to Information Act, 2005 or any other law for the time being in force shall not be regarded as sensitive personal information.
By using our website, and clicking on the ‘I Agree’ button at the bottom of the Disclaimer on the homepage of the website, the User agrees to the terms of this Policy as if set out in the Disclaimer itself.
In this Policy, and wherever so relevant, the words ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ shall be deemed to mean Blacktie, and the words ‘its’, ‘you’ and ‘you’re’ shall, wherever the context so requires, mean and include the user using our website.
- Introduction
Black Tie Legal Services, Holds your privacy and the protection of your personal information in the highest regard. This Privacy Policy is designed to inform you about how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your data. By engaging with our legal services or visiting our website, you agree to the practices outlined in this policy.
- Information We Collect
To deliver our legal services effectively and to enhance your experience with us, we may collect the following categories of information:
- Personal Identification Information: This encompasses your full name, contact information (such as email address and phone number), date of birth, and other personal details that you provide directly to us.
- Legal Matter Information: Detailed information pertinent to your legal issues, including case specifics, legal documents, and related correspondence.
- Payment Information: Billing details and payment transactions required for the processing of services rendered.
- Technical and Usage Data: Data about your interaction with our website, including IP addresses, browser types, operating systems, and access times. This also includes information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies.
- Use of Your Information
Your information is utilized in the following ways:
- Provision of Services: To offer and manage the legal services you have requested and to maintain effective communication throughout the legal process.
- Communication: To contact you regarding updates, provide responses to inquiries, schedule appointments, and convey important information related to your case.
- Payment Processing: To handle financial transactions, including billing, invoicing, and payment collection.
- Service Improvement: To analyse usage patterns and feedback to enhance our website and service offerings continually.
- Legal Compliance: To fulfil our legal obligations and protect our rights, as well as those of our clients and third parties.
- Sharing of Your Information
We are committed to maintaining your confidentiality and do not sell or rent your data. However, your information may be shared under the following circumstances:
- With Service Providers: To third-party vendors who assist us in providing our services, such as payment processors, IT service providers, and legal consultants. These parties are bound by confidentiality agreements and are obligated to protect your data.
- With Legal Authorities: If mandated by law or required to protect the rights, property, or safety of Black-Tie Legal Services, our clients, or others. This includes responding to legal processes, such as subpoenas or court orders.
- With Your Consent: Should you provide explicit consent for us to share your information for specific purposes, we will do so by your instructions.
- Data Security
We implement rigorous technical and organizational measures to safeguard your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Despite our efforts to ensure the security of your data, no system is entirely immune to breaches, and we cannot guarantee absolute protection.
- Your Data Rights
Depending on applicable data protection laws, you may have certain rights regarding your data:
- Right to Access: The ability to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: The ability to request corrections to any inaccurate or incomplete data we hold.
- Right to Erasure: The ability to request the deletion of your personal data under certain conditions, subject to legal constraints.
- Right to Restriction: The ability to request the limitation of data processing in specific scenarios.
- Right to Object: The ability to object to the processing of your data for particular purposes, such as direct marketing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at [Insert Contact Email]. We will respond to your request by applicable laws and regulations.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our website utilizes cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve user experience and analyse site usage. Cookies help us to remember your preferences, enhance functionality, and provide tailored content. You may adjust your browser settings to manage or disable cookies; however, this may affect your ability to use certain features of our website.
- Updates to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be revised periodically to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will post any updates on this page and indicate the revised effective date. We encourage you to review this policy regularly to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.
- Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests related to this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Black Tie Legal Services
[C-43 Main Road Main Kanti Nagar 3rd Floor, opposite Sai Property, Krishna Nagar, Delhi, 110051]
We are committed to addressing any concerns you may have and ensuring the protection of your personal information.
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Information We Collect
At the outset, you are free to refrain from sharing your information with us. There is no obligation on you to share any information with us in order to access the website. Save and except for your name and e-mail address which may be shared with us of your own free will and volition only if you expressly choose to do so, we do not collect any other information. Since we do not ask, solicit, expect, induce and/ or request you to share sensitive personal data or information with us (as set-out above), please note that we are under no obligation to protect such sensitive personal data or information even if shared by you of your own free volition.
We request you to refrain from writing to us when such correspondence contains sensitive personal data or information under Applicable Law.By entering your name and e-mail address, and of your own free volition providing us any other document through this website or through any submission form as may be contained on this website, you agree to share such information and/ or document with us of your own free volition, and Blacktie shall in no way be said to have solicited, induced or otherwise requested you for providing us such information.
Why We Collect Your Information
You may share your name and e-mail address with us in order to enable us to send you a newsletter by e-mail titled ‘Lex Lumis´ (Newsletter) which, inter-alia, contains the latest amendments to laws currently in force in the Republic of India and regulatory policy and the latest developments thereof, when such developments affect commercial dealings and also off-shore transactions. We do not collect your information for any other purposes except to facilitate learning. Being a responsible law firm, we are wholly committed to following the laws of the Republic of India, and the guidelines applicable to advocates as set-out by the Bar Council of India.
The information collected by us is not to make any inducements towards you, nor to solicit any work or invite work, nor can it under any circumstances be said to be us advertising ourselves to you. You may also submit your curriculum vitae (CV) to us through the appropriate mechanism provided for on the website. However, it is expressly clarified that submission of your CV does not mean that we shall review it, nor does it under any circumstance imply that we shall write back to you either rejecting your proposal to work for us, or accepting it.
Replying to any CVs received will be at Blacktie’s sole discretion, and you explicitly agree that you shall have no right or remedy in that regard. Submission of a CV does not also mean any solicitation, inducement or offer to work with us or for us or for any person(s) (either legal or natural) on our behalf. In the event that you choose to submit your CV to us, you agree to the conditions set-out in this paragraph.
Data Security
The security, integrity and confidentiality of your information is extremely important to us. We have implemented technical, administrative and physical security measures that are designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, use and modification. From time to time, we review our security procedures to consider appropriate new technology and methods.
However, please be aware that despite our best efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. However, we may be required to share the aforesaid information with government authorities and agencies for the purposes of verification of identity or for prevention, detection, investigation including cyber incidents, prosecution and punishment of offences. Your use of our website expressly specifies that you agree and consent that we may disclose your information stored by us in accordance with this Policy if so required under Applicable Law.
Controlling User Information
We provide you with the ability to exercise certain controls and choices regarding our collection of your information. At any time should you wish not to receive the Newsletter from us, you may click on the ‘Unsubscribe’ button hyperlinked on the bottom of the e-mail sent by us. In doing so, you will be directed to our website where you would have to type in your name and e-mail address once again and click on ‘Unsubscribe’. Once you have unsubscribed to our Newsletter, we shall not send you any further correspondence, unless you request us to do so by once again subscribing to the Newsletter. It is clarified, however, that the procedure to unsubscribe may take at least 30 (thirty) days to be fully effected, and you expressly agree to be bound by such time-line.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
From time to time, we may change this Policy to accommodate new technologies, industry practices, regulatory requirements or for other purposes. This Policy shall be updated accordingly, and we request you to read it every time before clicking on the ‘I Agree’ button on the Disclaimer. We take no responsibility whatsoever to apprise you of any change in this Policy.
Comments and Questions
If you have any comment or question about this Policy, please contact us on info@blacktielegalservice.com and we will take your suggestions into advisement and try to answer any such question you may have. However, such correspondence shall under no circumstances be said to be us giving you legal advice. Should you require any legal advice, we would recommend that you seek independent legal counsel in that regard, and not rely on this e-mail address to correspondent with us for legal advice or opinion. It is clarified that no correspondence between us and you through the e-mail address mentioned above shall be deemed to create an attorney-client relationship between us and you.
Our website may also contain links to other sites not owned or controlled by us and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our website and to read the privacy policies of other sites that may collect your personal information.
Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.