Privacy Policy
Last updated: January 14, 2025
Benches Law ("we", "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of our website visitors. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Italian privacy law.
1. Data Controller
The Data Controller is Benches Law, located at Via Tomacelli 132, 00186 Rome, Italy. For any privacy-related matters, contact us at: [email protected]
2. Data Collected
We collect the following categories of data:
• Contact information: name, surname, email address, phone number, company
• Navigation data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, time spent
• Cookies and similar technologies: as described in our Cookie Policy
3. Legal Basis and Purpose of Processing
We process your personal data based on:
• Explicit consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR): for marketing communications and non-essential cookies
• Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR): to improve our services and website security
• Contract performance (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR): to respond to your requests and provide legal services
Specific purposes:
• Respond to contact requests
• Provide legal advice
• Improve user experience
• Aggregate statistical analysis (only with consent for Google Analytics)
• Marketing and advertising (only with consent for Google Ads)
4. Google Analytics and Google Ads
With your explicit consent, we use:
• Google Analytics (GA4): to analyze website usage. Data is anonymized and IP is masked.
• Google Ads: to show relevant advertisements.
Both services may involve data transfers to non-EU countries (United States). Google applies Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission to ensure adequate protection.
You can withdraw consent at any time via cookie settings.
5. Data Sharing
Your data may be shared with:
• Service providers: hosting, email, analytics (Google)
• Competent authorities: when required by law
• Professional partners: only to provide requested legal services and with your consent
We do not sell or transfer your personal data to third parties for marketing purposes.
6. International Transfers
Some of our service providers (e.g., Google) may be located in non-EU countries. In these cases, we adopt appropriate measures to ensure data protection, including Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.
7. Retention Period
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected:
• Contact data: until consent withdrawal or 2 years from last contact
• Analytics data: in aggregated and anonymous form for 26 months (GA4)
• Legal data: according to applicable limitation periods (generally 10 years)
8. Your Rights
Under GDPR, you have the right to:
• Access: obtain confirmation of processing and a copy of your data
• Rectification: correct inaccurate or incomplete data
• Erasure: request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten")
• Restriction: limit processing in certain circumstances
• Portability: receive your data in structured format
• Object: object to processing for legitimate reasons
• Withdraw consent: withdraw consent at any time
• Complaint: file a complaint with the Data Protection Authority
To exercise your rights, contact us at: [email protected]
9. Security
We adopt appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, loss, destruction, or alteration, including:
• SSL/TLS encryption
• Limited data access on a "need-to-know" basis
• Staff training on data protection
• Regular backups
10. Changes to Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. The "Last updated" date at the top indicates when it was last modified. We encourage you to review this page regularly.
11. Contact
For any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data processing practices, contact us:
Benches Law
Via Tomacelli 132
00186 Rome, Italy
Email: [email protected]