Disclaimer

The LCL Alliance is an international alliance among Altana, Breyer Rechtsanwälte, Peckar & Abramson, PC, and PS Consulting. Each firm maintains its independence and this alliance does not constitute a partnership and is not a legal entity.

The purpose of this website is to provide information regarding the qualifications and experience of LCL Alliance lawyers.

The information contained in the LCL Alliance (collectively “LCL”, the “LCL International Alliance” or the “Alliance”) website is provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice on any subject matter.

The content of this website contains general information and may not reflect current legal developments, verdicts or settlements. LCL Alliance expressly disclaims all liability in respect to actions taken or not taken based on any or all the contents of this site. Any prior results that are described on our site do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Readers of our website should not either take or refrain from taking any action based on any information contained on our website without first seeking legal advice. Furthermore, the jurisdictions in which our attorneys are licensed to practice law are indicated on each attorney’s biography.

Any information sent to LCL Alliance via Internet e-mail or through the LCL Alliance website is done so on a non-confidential basis.

The transmission of the LCL Alliance site, in part or in whole, and/or communication with the Alliance via Internet e-mail through this site does not constitute or create an attorney-client relationship between the Alliance or its Member Firms and any recipients. The firm does not endorse, and is not responsible for, any third-party content that may be accessed through this website.

The information provided does not, nor is it intended to, constitute legal advice. Readers should not take or refrain from taking any action based on any Information contained herein without first seeking legal advice.

As always, we are pleased to share insights and updates related to legal issues of interest.

Legal notice

The website www.lclalliance.com is published by:

Altana law firm
45 rue de Tocqueville
75017 Paris
France
publication director: Mr. Christophe Lapp – clapp@altanalaw.com – +331 79 97 93 00

Breyer Rechtsanwälte law firm
Breyer Rechtsanwälte PartmbB
Flughafenstrasse 32
70629 Stuttgart
Germany
Publication director: Dr. Jur. Wolfgang Breyer – info@breyer-rechtsanwaelte.de – +49 711 341800-0

Peckar & Abramson law firm
1325 Avenue of the Americas
10th Floor
New York, New York USA 10019
Publication director: Mr. Steven M. Charney – scharney@pecklaw.com – +1 212 382 0909

PS Consulting
58, Avenue de Wagram
75017, Paris
France
Publication director: Mr. James Perry – jperry@ps-consulting.fr – +33 1 47 66 47 29

The website is hosted by GWP, Inc.
32 Park Street
Montclair, NJ USA 07042
Publication director: Mr. Eric Lanel – elanel@gwpinc.com +1 973 746 0500

Privacy Policy

1. Preamble

The LCL Alliance is an international alliance among ALTANA, Breyer Rechtsanwälte, Peckar & Abramson, PC, and PS Consulting.

LCL Alliance is not a legal entity. Each firm composing the LCL Alliance is acting as data controller of its own data processing and is solely liable for its own processing of personal data (hereafter “the Data Controllers”), or as applicable, as joint Data Controllers.

Personal data may be collected through the website www.lclalliance.com (hereafter “the Website”), and the Privacy Policy sets out the conditions under which the Data Controllers, collect and process personal data of the visitors of the Website (hereafter “the Internet Users”).

The Data Controllers are committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of the Internet Users.

When applicable, the Data Controllers respect the data protection regulation, notably the Act n°78-17 of 6th January 1978 as amended (hereafter “French Data Protection Law” or “FDPA”) and the Regulation (UE) 2016/679 of 27th April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (hereafter the “GDPR”).

The Data Controllers may update the Privacy Policy at any time. Updates to the Privacy Policy will be accessible on the Website.

2. Details of the data processing

The Data controllers process the Internet User’s data as follows:

Data controller	Purposes	Data collected	Legal ground of processing	Data retention	Recipient
All firms of the LCL Alliance	Management of newsletter subscriptions	Name, company, title, email address, phone number	Consent	The data is retained for a three-year period from the date of collection or last contact, except if the data subject prior unsubscribes	-members of each data controllers’ firm, -subcontractors of each data controller, in charge of IT security
All firms of the LCL Alliance	Management of events subscriptions	Name, company, title, email address, phone number	Performance of contract	The data is retained for the duration necessary to the performance of the event, and for a three-year period from the last	-members of each data controllers’ firm, -subcontractors of each data controller, in charge of IT security

3. Rights of the Internet Users

As to the protection of their personal data, the Internet Users can exercise the following rights:

• Right of information
  • The Internet Users have the right to obtain the following information:
    • The legal ground for processing of their personal data;
    • The purposes of the processing;
    • The categories of personal data concerned;
    • The recipients of the personal data;
    • The transfers of personal data to a third country;
    • The existence of automated decision-making and the right to object to automated processing when the decision about the person is based solely on automated processing which produces legal effects concerning him or her.

• Right of access
  • The Internet Users have the right to obtain the communication of personal data concerning them as well as information related to the origin of these data, except if the exercise of this right is contrary to the principles of professional secrecy.

• Right to rectification
  • The Internet Users have the right to request that incomplete or inaccurate personal data be rectified, completed or updated without undue delay.

• Right of erasure
  • The Internet Users have the right to obtain the erasure, without undue delay, of their personal data when it is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or when they withdraw consent on which the processing is based.

• Right of withdrawal
  • The Internet Users have the right to withdraw consent, at any time, to the processing operations carried out by data controllers and based on that consent.

• Right to obtain limitation of processing of personal data
  • The Internet Users have the right to obtain the limitation of processing of personal data concerning them when (i) the accuracy of the persona data is contested by the Internet User, for a period enabling the Data Controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data, (ii) the processing is unlawful, (iii) any Data Controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by Internet User for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, (iv) the Internet User has objected to processing.

• Right to data portability
  • When the processing is based on the consent of the Internet User, or on the contract concluded with any Data Controller, and the processing is carried out by automated means, the Internet Users have the right to receive the personal data concerning them which they have provided to Data Controllers, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those personal data to another controller without hindrance from the Data Controllers.

• Right to object
  • The Internet Users have the right to object, at any time, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to processing of personal data by the Data Controllers, unless there are compelling legitimate grounds or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
    The Internet Users have the right to object, at any time, to the processing of personal data by Data Controllers for direct marketing purposes.

• Right to lodge complaints
  • In any case, the Internet Users have the right to lodge a complaint with the French Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés (CNIL) or any other local supervisory authority, if they believe their rights have been infringed.

• Right to decide what shall be done with their data after death
  • The Internet Users have the right to decide what happens to their personal data after their death by providing general guidelines to Data Controllers that they shall comply with. By default, the successors of the deceased shall have the possibility to exercise the rights set out in this Privacy Policy in the name and on behalf of the deceased.

4. Security and confidentiality

The Data Controllers shall ensure security and confidentiality of the Internet Users’ personal data, by the implementation of appropriate technical and organizational measures.

The data controllers implement measures to prevent personal data, from being distorted, damaged, destroyed or disclosed to unauthorized third parties.

Despite the efforts put in place by the Data Controllers in this regard the Internet Users are informed that no computer system, be that for hosting, storage, transmission, etc., can be considered as infallible.

5. Data transfers and use of data processors

As far as the Data Controllers are located in Europe, the data collected by said Data controllers are located in within the European Union and shall not be transferred outside of the European Union.

As far as the Data controllers are located outside of the European Union, the Internet Users are informed that their data is processed outside of the European Union, in the relevant country of the Data Controller (e.g. in the United States of America).

Each Data Controller is liable for framing the data transfers it carries out.

Each data controller is also liable for the use of data processors, and for properly contractually framing the use of said data processors, in compliance with the European and French data protection regulation, where applicable.

The Data Controllers shall ensure that their data processors implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure the protection of Personal Data of the Internet Users.

In the event the use of a data processor implies the transfer of data that where originally located in the European Union to a country that does not ensure an adequate level of protection, the concerned data controller shall conclude standard contractual clauses as provided by the European Commission, or any other mechanism that may replace them.

6. Contact

In order to exercise the rights mentioned in article 2 of this Privacy Policy, the Internet Users can submit their request, or any question related to the Privacy Policy to the concerned data controller via the following electronic address:

• privacy@altanalaw.com
• info@lclalliance.com
• info@breyer-rechtsanwaelte.de
• jpapantonio@pecklaw.com
• jperry@ps-consulting.fr