Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 1, 2024

Anchin Block & Anchin LLP, including its subsidiaries, divisions, and affiliates (“Anchin,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), is committed to the privacy and security of your information. The purpose of this Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is to provide you with information about Anchin’s collection, use, disclosure, and retention of your information. It also describes options you have concerning your information.

About This Privacy Policy

Except as otherwise provided, this Privacy Policy applies to our interactions with our clients, employees, applicants, business contacts, and visitors including but not limited to:

• Use of our websites and Client Portal
• Visits to our offices or attendance at one of our events
• Phone and email communications
• Social media interactions on our websites and other third-party websites like Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, and X (formerly known as Twitter), including job-posting sites
• Viewing our online advertisements or emails
• Through our authorized service providers

Your Consent

By using our website or otherwise submitting your information to us, you consent to our collection, use, disclosure, and retention of your information as described in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. If you do not consent to the collection, use, disclosure, and retention of your information as described in this Privacy Policy or to the Terms of Use or other policies and procedures incorporated herein, please do not use our websites or provide us such information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites accessible through our website or other applications.

Information We Collect

We generally collect personal information (“PI” or “personal information”) from the following sources: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and/or website usage information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our website. In some instances, we may also collect information about you from other sources such as social media, contact and business research databases, media outlets, industry associations, or prior employers.

1. Personal Information Provided Directly by You

If you choose to inquire about or engage our services or inquire about and/or accept employment with us, you may need to provide certain personal information. Examples include:

• Name
• Mailing address
• Email address
• Home and/or business phone number
• Information about your education and employment history
• Bank account information (e.g., for bill payment or direct deposit)
• Online account credentials (e.g., username and password to your account with us)
• Demographic information (e.g., gender, race, age)
• Health or medical information (e.g., for accommodation or leave management)
• Information reflecting consumer’s preferences, characteristics, and behaviors

If you choose to correspond with us via email, our client portal, or through third-party sites, we retain the content of your messages and/or submissions together with your email address and our responses in accordance with our document retention policy and our confidentiality obligations are governed by professional standards.

2. Other Information We May Collect

In connection with your application for or employment with us, we may collect information about you from other sources such as service providers and past employers and other references. In connection with your use of our website and services, your visits to our facilities, or your other interactions with us, we may also collect information related to the services or products you have purchased previously, your geolocation, and/or audio, electronic, or visual information related to you such as in voicemails.

In some instances, we may collect information that qualifies as “sensitive personal information” or “sensitive personal data” under applicable law. Specifically, we may collect:

• social security, driver’s license, state identification card, or passport number;
• log-in, financial account, debit card, or credit card number, in combination with any required security or access code, password, or credentials allowing access to an account;
• precise geolocation;
• racial or ethnic origin, citizenship or immigration status, religious or philosophical beliefs, or union membership;
• content of mail, email, and text messages (unless we are the intended recipient of the communication);
• health information;
• information from a known child; and
• information regarding sex life or sexual orientation.

Children’s Information. Our website is designed and intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect or solicit PI from children under 13 years of age. We are concerned about the safety of children when they use the Internet and will never knowingly request PI from anyone under the age of 13. The forms on our website, however, are capable of collecting online information from children under the age of 13 who furnish it without prior parental consent and without our knowledge that the individual submitting it is under the age of 13. If the parent or guardian of a child under 13 believes that the child has provided us with any PI, the parent or guardian of that child should contact us and ask to have this PI deleted from our files. If we learn that we have obtained PI about a child under 13 in our files, we will delete that information from our existing files so that it is not in retrievable form. We urge parents to instruct their children to never give out their real names, addresses or phone numbers without their permission when online.

3. Website Use Information

We use cookies, pixels, session replay, and other web technologies such as those provided by Google Analytics to collect and store certain types of information when you use our websites. These technologies may uniquely identify and recognize your browser or device and transmit information back to our server or those of our service providers. These technologies may enable functions such as remembering your user preferences, improving the quality of your visit, recording the website pages you view, remembering the name or address you entered during a visit, or delivering ads that are targeted to your interests and browsing activity.

Types of Cookies

• First- and Third-Party Cookies: First-party cookies are generally placed on your computer or device by the website you are visiting. For example, we may use a first-party cookie to improve the security of our websites. Third-party cookies are placed on your computer or device by a source other than our websites in order to enable third-party features such as advertising, analytics, videos, or interactive content.
• Essential or Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are necessary for our websites to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually set in response to actions taken by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.
• Performance and Functionality Cookies: Although these are non-essential cookies, they help our websites perform and function as designed. For example, performance and functionality cookies may help our websites display videos, enable chat sessions, or remember your prior use.
• Analytics Cookies: These cookies track your usage of our websites. The information these cookies collect can be used for various purposes such as understanding how visitors use our websites, content customization, or advertising and marketing.
• Advertising Cookies: Advertising and marketing cookies perform functions such as helping customize your experience on our websites, personalizing ads based on your activities and interests, measuring the effectiveness of ads, and preventing ads from reappearing. Information from these cookies may be shared with third parties or third parties may place these cookies on your computer or device.

Our websites use essential, functional, and performance cookies to function and perform as designed; analytics cookies to understand how you use our websites, to improve their functionality, and for other related purposes; and advertising cookies to help us with our advertising and marketing activities including showing you relevant ads when you visit our websites. We and our third-party partners and service providers may collect and track information about your online activities over time and across different websites, applications, and devices.

4. Information System Use Information

Along with the website use information described above, we may also collect information regarding your use of Anchin’s information systems, including without limitation your browsing history, search history, and interactions with our computers, mobile devices, applications, and databases.

Why We Collect Your Information

In general, we use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To Operate Our Websites: We may use your information to enable use of and administer our websites.
• To Provide Services: We may use your information to provide you the services you request.
• For Internal Use: We may use your information to conduct our business, including, without limitation, to: review and improve client experience; provide customization to meet specific needs; assess trends, interests, and the demands of clients; carry out our obligations and enforce our rights, including those arising from any contracts entered into between you and us; or process your application for or manage your employment with us.
• To Communicate with You: We may use your information to communicate with you, including to send you messages about the availability of our websites, security, or other service, employment, or business transaction-related issues. We may also send you administrative or account-related information to keep you updated about your account and our websites.
• To Provide Client Support: We may use your information to provide client service and engage in quality control activities concerning our properties and services.
• To Enforce Compliance with Our Terms and Agreements or Policies: When you access or use our websites, you are bound to our Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy. To ensure you comply with them, we process your information by actively monitoring, investigating, preventing, and mitigating any alleged or actual prohibited, illicit, or illegal activities on our website. We also process your information to investigate, prevent, or mitigate violations of our internal terms, agreements, or policies, and/or to enforce our agreements with third parties and business partners.
• To Ensure the Security of the Services: We may process your personal information as necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, security, and safety of Anchin, our employees and clients, our information systems, and the public. Keeping you safe requires us to process your personal information, such as your device information, activity information, and other relevant information. We use such information to, among other things, combat spam, malware, malicious activities or security risks; improve and enforce our security measures; and to monitor and verify your identity so that unauthorized users do not gain access to your information.
• To Maintain Legal and Regulatory Compliance: We are subject to certain laws and regulations which may require us to process your information. We may also use your information to respond to law enforcement requests, as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations, and for other lawful processes or public safety purposes.
• To Engage in Marketing Activities: We may process your contact information, information about your interactions on our websites or other information systems, or information we collect from or about you from other sources, to send you marketing communications and keep you updated about our services and industry insights; provide you with information about our events or other materials; and deliver you targeted marketing.
• In Connection with Your Application for or Employment with Us: We may collect and process your information in connection with evaluating your application for employment, verifying your identity and work eligibility status, managing your work performance and compliance with workplace policies and procedures, administering pay and benefits, and managing requests for accommodations or leaves of absence.
• Transactions: We may use your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us is among the assets transferred.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose your information for the same reasons that we may use it as described in this Privacy Policy, which includes disclosing it to our affiliates and non-affiliated third parties, as we deem necessary to carry out those purposes. The following chart describes the categories of personal information we have collected or may collect about you and, for each category, identifies the categories of third parties to whom we may disclose that information and the purposes for which we may do so.

Categories of Information	Disclosure Recipients and Purposes
Identifiers and Contact Information	Third parties as directed by you. We may disclose your information to the third parties to whom you direct.
Protected Classification Information	Our business partners. For example, we might disclose your information to one of our business partners for purposes of collaborating on providing services to you, or to invite you to an event we are organizing. Where applicable, we encourage you to review each such business partner’s privacy statement before signing on with them.
Commercial Information	Third parties that perform services on our behalf. For example, we may disclose information to certain service providers, including data analytics providers, marketing companies, professional service providers, information technology providers, debt collectors, payroll and benefits managers, and data storage companies. We might also authorize our service providers to collect personal information on our behalf.
Education Information	Governmental entities, legal service providers. We may disclose your information in order to comply with the law and in the course of providing our products and services. We may also disclose information if a government agency or investigatory body submits a request.
Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity Information	Successors to all or portions of our business. If all or part of our business is sold, we may disclose information in preparation for or as part of that transaction.
Geolocation Data	Our business partners. For example, we might disclose your information to one of our business partners for purposes of collaborating on providing services to you, or to invite you to an event we are organizing. Where applicable, we encourage you to review each such business partner’s privacy statement before signing on with them.
Audio, Electronic, Visual, Thermal, Olfactory, or Similar Information	Third parties that perform services on our behalf. For example, we may disclose information to certain service providers, including data analytics providers, marketing companies, professional service providers, information technology providers, debt collectors, payroll and benefits managers, and data storage companies. We might also authorize our service providers to collect personal information on our behalf.
Professional and Employment-Related Information	Governmental entities, legal service providers. We may disclose your information in order to comply with the law and in the course of providing our products and services. We may also disclose information if a government agency or investigatory body submits a request.
Sensitive Personal Information	Successors to all or portions of our business. If all or part of our business is sold, we may disclose information in preparation for or as part of that transaction.
Consumer Profile

Social Media Networks

Our website may use social media plugins (e.g., Facebook, X, and LinkedIn) to enable you to easily share information with others. When you visit our website, the operator of the social plugin can place a cookie on your computer, enabling that operator to recognize individuals who have previously visited our website. If you are logged into the social media website while browsing our website, the social plugins allow that social media website to share data about your activities on our website with other users of their social media website. For example, Facebook Social Plugins allow Facebook to show your likes and comments on our pages to your Facebook friends. Facebook Social Plugins also allow you to see your friends’ Facebook activity on our website. We do not control any of the content from the social media plugins. For more information about social plugins from other media websites you should refer to those sites’ privacy and data/information sharing statements/policies.

Do Not Track

“Do Not Track” is a privacy preference that you can set in your Internet search browser that sends a signal to a website that you do not want the website operator to track certain browsing information about you. However, because our website is not configured to detect Do Not Track signals from a user’s computer, we are unable to respond to Do Not Track requests.

Security/Protecting Your Information

We take appropriate precautions to protect information under our control from misuse, loss, or alteration. Our security measures include industry-standard physical, technical, and administrative measures to prevent unauthorized access to or disclosure of your information, to maintain data accuracy, to ensure the appropriate use of your information, and to otherwise safeguard that information. However, no system for safeguarding information is 100% secure and, although we have taken steps to protect your information from being intercepted, accessed, used, or disclosed by unauthorized persons, we cannot fully eliminate the possibility of such events occurring. Please recognize that protecting your information is also your responsibility. We ask you to be responsible for safeguarding the password, security questions and answers, and other authentication information you use to access our website or use our services.

Data Retention

We reserve the right to retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

We may retain your information for longer if it is necessary to comply with our legal or reporting obligations, resolve disputes, enforce contracts, address other legitimate business needs, or as permitted or required by applicable law. We may also retain your personal information in a deidentified or aggregated form so that it can no longer be associated with you. To determine the appropriate retention period for your personal information, we consider various factors, such as the amount, nature, and sensitivity of your information; the potential risk of unauthorized access, use or disclosure; the purposes for which we collect or process your personal information; and applicable legal requirements.

Email Marketing and Opt-Out

To the extent required by the United States’ Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act), or other similar domestic and international laws, all of the commercial emails sent to you by us will include an unsubscribe link. You can remove yourself at any time from our mailing list by clicking on the unsubscribe link. Please note that changes to your email marketing preferences may not be effective immediately.

Applicable Law

This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under or out of this Privacy Policy shall lie exclusively with the state and federal courts within New York. If any provision of this Privacy Policy is found to be invalid by a court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Privacy Policy, which shall remain in full force and effect.

Notice to Site Users Located Outside the U.S.

Anchin operates in accordance with the laws of the United States. When you access our website from outside the United States, we may transfer the PI that we collect from you to a location outside of your jurisdiction, including the United States. The data protection laws in these jurisdictions may not provide you with the same protections as those of your jurisdiction. By using our website, you acknowledge that these laws may provide a different standard of protection and you consent to the transfer of your personal data to other jurisdictions, including the U.S.

Contact Us

If you have additional questions you may call us at (888) 523-2603 or reach us by email: [email protected]. You can write to us at: Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP, 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036, Attn: Privacy.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

From time to time, we may change our privacy policies. We will notify you of any material changes to our Privacy policies by posting an updated copy on our website. Please check our website periodically for updates. You can determine if this Privacy Policy has been revised since your last visit by referring to the “Effective Date” at the top of this page. Your use of our website constitutes your acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Policy as amended or revised by us, and you should therefore review this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure that you are aware of its terms.

CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS RESIDENTS

This section applies only to California and Texas residents. It supplements and amends the information contained in the Privacy Policy with respect to such individuals. The other provisions of the Privacy Policy continue to apply except as modified in this section. IF YOU DO NOT CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, USE, AND DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION, PLEASE DO NOT PROVIDE US WITH SUCH INFORMATION.

Shine the Light [Only California Residents]

If you are a California resident, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you to request information regarding the disclosure of your personal information by Anchin to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. Requests may be made one time per calendar year. If applicable, this information would include the categories of information and the names and addresses of those businesses to which we disclosed such information for the immediately preceding calendar year (e.g., requests made in 2024 will receive information regarding 2023 disclosures). You may submit your request using the contact information in this Privacy Policy.

Eraser Law [Only California Residents]

If you are a California resident under the age of 18 and a registered user of any site where this Privacy Policy is posted, California law permits you to request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. You may submit your request using the contact information in this Privacy Policy. Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.

Your Rights

You may have certain rights related to your personal information, subject to certain exceptions. Specifically:

Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose the following to you upon receipt of your verifiable consumer request:

• The categories of personal information we have collected about you
• The categories of sources from which we collected that information
• The business or commercial purposes for collecting, selling, or sharing that information
• The categories of personal information we sold or disclosed for a business purpose
• The categories of third parties to whom we sold or disclosed that information
• The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you

If you previously provided us with your personal information, and that information is available in a digital format, you may have the right to obtain a copy of the information in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the information to another person without hindrance.

Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information from our records, subject to certain exceptions. Upon receipt of a verifiable consumer request, and as required by applicable law, we will delete and direct any service providers to delete your personal information. We are not required to comply with deletion requests if we, or our service providers or contractors, need the subject information in order to:

• Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, provide a good or service requested by you or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between us and you.
• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for that activity.
• Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
• Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law.
• Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act pursuant to Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1546) of Title 12 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us and compatible with the context in which you provided the information to us.
• Comply with a legal obligation.
• Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

Right to Correct. You have the right, subject to certain limitations, to request that we correct any inaccurate personal information we maintain about you. Upon receipt of a verifiable consumer request, and as required by applicable law, we will take appropriate steps to respond to your request.

Opt-Out of the “Sale” or “Sharing” of Personal Information or Use of Such Information for “Targeted Advertising” or “Profiling”: We engage in common marketing and advertising practices to provide more relevant content and ads to users of our websites and services. Certain of these practices may involve the “selling” or “sharing” of personal information, as those terms are defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (“CCPA”), or the use of such information for “targeted advertising” or “profiling,” as those terms are defined in the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”). We do not sell personal information under the more commonly understood meaning of that word – i.e., providing personal information to third parties in exchange for money. Nor do we have actual knowledge of selling or sharing personal information of minors under the age of 16. To opt-out of the selling or sharing of your personal information, or use of that information for targeted advertising or profiling, please submit your request here or by calling us toll-free at (888) 523-2603, or by emailing us at [email protected]. Note: We also treat Global Privacy Control browser signals as opt-out of sale/sharing requests and process these requests in a “frictionless manner” (as defined under the CCPA).

Right to Consent to or Limit Use or Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information: You may have the right, subject to certain exceptions, to consent to or request limitations on the use and disclosure of your sensitive personal information, as that term is defined under applicable law. If you would like to make a request to limit, please do so here, or by calling us toll-free at (888) 523-2603, or by emailing us at [email protected]. Upon receipt of a verifiable consumer request, and as required by applicable law, we will take appropriate steps to respond to your request. Additionally, where required by applicable law, we will process your sensitive personal information only with your consent.

Right Against Discrimination: You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of the rights described in this section. For example, we generally will not provide you a different level or quality of goods or services if you exercise these rights.

Submitting Consumer Rights Requests

To submit a consumer rights request, please submit your request here, or by calling us toll-free at (888) 523-2603, or by emailing us at [email protected]

Verification: We reserve the right to only respond to verifiable consumer requests. A verifiable consumer request is one made by:

• The consumer who is the subject of the request,
• A consumer on behalf of the consumer’s minor child, or
• A natural person or business entity authorized to act on behalf of a consumer.

To verify your identity, we may ask you to verify personal information we already have on file for you. If we cannot verify your identity from the information we have on file, we may request additional information from you, which we will only use to verify your identity, and for security or fraud-prevention purposes. Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. Additionally, you will need to describe your request with sufficient detail to allow us to review, understand, assess, and respond.

Authorized Agents: You may authorize a natural person or business entity to act on your behalf with respect to your rights under this section. Unless you have provided the authorized agent with a qualifying power of attorney, you must provide your authorized agent written permission, signed by you, to act on your behalf and verify the authorized agent’s identity with us. We reserve the right to deny requests from persons or businesses claiming to be authorized agents that do not submit sufficient proof of their authorization. We may not be able to respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you.

Our Response: You may have the right, subject to applicable law, to submit up to two (2) requests per year free of charge. We reserve the right to charge a fee to process or respond to your request if it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that a request warrants a fee, we will attempt to notify you as to why we made that decision and provide a cost estimate before completing your request. We will endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) calendar days of receipt, but we may require an extension of up to forty-five (45) additional calendar days to respond and we will notify you of the need for the extension. If you have an account with us, we will deliver our written response to that account. If you do not have an account with us, we will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option. In the event we deny your request, in whole or in part, we will explain the bases for that denial.

Appeal of Our Response: In the event you believe we have erroneously denied your request, in full or in part, you may, within 60 days of receipt of that denial, submit an appeal here, by calling us toll-free at (888) 523-2603, or by emailing us at [email protected] In your appeal submission, please explain why you believe our decision to deny your request was incorrect and please provide any additional information you believe we should consider in connection with your appeal. Within 60 days of receipt of your appeal, we will advise you in writing of any action we have taken, or refrained from taking, in response to your appeal, along with an explanation of why we have taken, or refrained from taking, such action.

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA and UK RESIDENTS

The following section applies solely to individuals located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or United Kingdom (“UK”). This “EEA Section” supplements and amends the information contained in the Privacy Policy. The other provisions of the Privacy Policy continue to apply except as modified by this EEA Section. Any terms defined within the EU or UK General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) have the same meaning when utilized within this EEA section. Anchin is the data controller for purposes of processing personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted.

Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP
3 Times Square
New York, NY 10036.

For questions regarding this Policy or your personal data, please contact [email protected]

Links to Third Parties’ Websites and Third-Party Integrations: The Site may provide links to websites or resources outside of our website for your informational purposes only. It may also provide links to third party integrations. Third party integrations are websites or platforms that synchronize with our website to provide you with additional functionality, tools, or services such as maps, sending requested information, etc. You acknowledge and agree we are not responsible for the availability of third party sites, resources, or integrations and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, goods, services or other materials on, available through, or provided by such sites, resources, or integrations. We are not responsible for the privacy or other practices of such sites or platforms and cannot guarantee the security of personal information that you provide to, or is collected by, such sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and terms and conditions on those linked sites.

Embedded Content: The website contains embedded content (e.g., videos). Embedded content may place third party cookies on your device that track your online activity to enhance your experience or assess the success of their application. We have no direct control over the information these cookies collect, and you should refer to their website privacy policy for additional information.

Collection of Personal Data: We collect the following personal data. In general, you are not required to provide this personal data; however, if you choose not to provide certain requested information, you may be unable to access, or we may be unable to provide, certain services, products, information or content. We will note when the provision of your personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation that applies to us or you, or the provision of data is a contractual obligation. We will also advise you of the consequences if you choose not to provide your personal data.

We process the following personal data in reliance on the lawful bases and for the purposes set forth below. In general, we may process your personal data for one or more purposes and in reliance on one or more lawful bases such as your affirmative consent, our legitimate interests, to enter or perform a contract with you, or to comply with legal obligations.

Where we rely on legitimate interests to process your personal data, you may object by contacting us at [email protected]

1. Client and prospective client personal data: This consists of identity and contact data; professional, employment, and education data; and information necessary to provide our services. The purposes for processing this information include exploring potential engagement; preparing to enter an agreement to provide requested services; providing professional services; enabling use of our website; complying with record-keeping and reporting obligations; for internal operational uses such as fraud prevention, billing, and security; for client development and outreach; investigating claims or allegations, establishing or defending legal claims; to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us is among the assets transferred. We process this data in reliance on the following lawful bases:
   • To enter or perform a contract for professional services.
   • For our legitimate interests including data analytics and research; corporate governance, internal audits and reporting, record-keeping; marketing; communicating with you; fraud prevention and security; billing; investigating claims or allegations, establishing or defending legal claims; complying with legal obligations to which we are subject.
   • For compliance with legal obligations under member state national legislation.
   • Based on your affirmative consent.
2. Marketing and Advertising data: This information includes your preferences, characteristics, and behaviors; interactions with our website, social media, or advertisements; contact and demographic information; requests for information; and information related to your use of our professional services. The purposes for processing this information include developing marketing and advertising campaigns and programs; or sending communications related to our products and services; conducting market research and analytics; client development; record-keeping; for investigating claims or allegations, establishing or defending legal claims; to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us is among the assets transferred. We process this data in reliance on the following lawful bases:
   • For our legitimate interests in marketing to potential clients; analytics; research and development; record-keeping; corporate governance; and the purposes set forth above.
   • Based on your affirmative consent.
3. Usage and Technical data: This includes information related to your interaction with Anchin’s information and communications systems, websites, advertisements, or social media including, without limitation, your browsing history, search history, geolocation, device identifiers, IP address. The purposes for processing this information include developing marketing and advertising campaigns and programs; or sending communications related to our products and services; conducting market research and analytics; client development; corporate governance; record-keeping; fraud prevention and security; ensuring compliance with our website terms; investigating claims or allegations, establishing or defending legal claims; to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us is among the assets transferred. We process this data in reliance on the following lawful bases:
   • To enter or perform a contract with you.
   • For our legitimate interests in developing and conducting marketing campaigns; data analytics, research and development; record-keeping; fraud prevention and security; to ensure compliance with our website terms; investigating claims or allegations, establishing or defending legal claims and the purposes set forth above.
   • Based on your affirmative consent.
4. Financial information: This includes data related to billing and payment for professional services; information necessary for providing the requested services (e.g., financial accounts, income, assets). The purposes for processing this information include providing requested services; marketing; corporate governance; record-keeping; fraud prevention and security; compliance with legal obligations; investigating claims or allegations, establishing or defending legal claims; to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us is among the assets transferred. We process this data in reliance on the following lawful bases:
   • To enter or perform a contract with you.
   • For our legitimate interests in record-keeping; fraud prevention and security; investigating claims or allegations, establishing or defending legal claims; compliance with legal obligations.
   • Based on your affirmative consent.
5. Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information: This includes information collected through CCTV, email, cameras, voicemail. The purpose(s) for processing this information include providing the services you requested; developing marketing and advertising campaigns and programs; serving you ads or sending communications related to our products and services; conducting market research and analytics; client development; record-keeping; fraud prevention and security; ensuring compliance with our website terms; corporate governance; investigating claims or allegations, establishing or defending legal claims; to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us is among the assets transferred. We process this data in reliance on the following lawful bases:
   • To enter or perform a contract with you.
   • For our legitimate interests in record-keeping; fraud prevention and security; investigating claims or allegations, establishing or defending legal claims and the purposes set forth above.
   • Based on your affirmative consent.
6. Special category data: This data relates to race, ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, political opinions, trade union membership, health, sex life, or sexual orientation and genetic or biometric data. The purposes for processing this data include rendering professional services; complying with our legal obligations; record-keeping; investigating claims or allegations, establishing or defending legal claims. We process this data in reliance on the following lawful bases:
   • Based on your explicit consent.
   • For the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
   • To fulfill our or your rights and responsibilities in the area of employment, social security, and social protection law.

We will process your personal data for the purpose(s) for which we collect it and for further purposes only if we deem them compatible with that original purpose. Please note, we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent when required or permitted by law.

Sharing Your Personal Data

We share your personal data with the following categories of third parties as required or permitted by law and as necessary to achieve the processing purposes listed above.

• Within Anchin. We share your data with workforce members or contractors who have a need to know based on job role and responsibilities.
• Related entities and affiliates. For example, we may share your personal data with affiliates that offer services we think may be of interest to you such as life insurance or cyber security services.
• Business partners.
• Service providers, vendors, and contractors who provide us with services such as IT support; security; cloud storage; marketing, advertising, and analytics support.
• Regulatory authorities, public and judicial bodies, law enforcement and related third parties in connection with investigations, legal proceedings or court orders, legal reporting obligations or as necessary to protect the vital interests of you or others.
• Professional Advisors including lawyers, consultants, and auditors.
• Third parties in relation to evaluating or conducting a merger, acquisition, sale or transfer of our assets.
• Third parties as directed by you.

Data Subject Rights: Under the GDPR, you have certain rights, subject to limitations. These include the right to:

1. Obtain confirmation as to whether we are processing your personal data, receive access to the personal data and information about that processing, and obtain a copy of the personal data.
2. Request correction of incomplete or inaccurate personal data we hold about you.
3. Request a restriction on the processing of your personal data in certain limited circumstances.
4. Object to the processing of your personal data carried out in the public interest, based on our legitimate interests of those of a third party, or for purposes of direct marketing.
5. Request the erasure or deletion of your personal data.
6. Receive your personal data, which you provided to us, in a structured commonly used machine-readable format and to transmit that personal data to another data controller where processing is based on your consent, pursuant to performance of a contract, or where the processing is performed by automated means.
7. Not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces a legal effect concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.
8. Lodge a complaint with the appropriate authority in your jurisdiction.
9. Withdraw your consent without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]

Transfers: We may transfer your personal data out of the EEA or UK to third parties or companies affiliated with us for certain purposes listed above, including processing. When we transfer your personal data to a recipient in a third country, we endeavor to ensure it receives a similar degree of protection as provided by the data protection laws of your jurisdiction. For more information on the mechanism we use to transfer your personal data, please contact us at [email protected]

Contact Us: If you have any questions regarding this EEA Section or your personal data, you may contact us at: [email protected]