Archer Law appreciates your confidence in the firm and will handle your personal information carefully. Information provided to Archer Law is not shared with third parties. 

The protection of your personal data and privacy is of great importance to Archer Law. This Privacy Policy describes which personal data Archer Law processes if, for example, you make use of its legal services, for which purpose it processes data, and which rights you have. It goes without saying that Archer Law processes your personal data with due care and in accordance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the corresponding Dutch implementing legislation (hereinafter, the “Privacy Act”).

Archer Law recommends that you read the Privacy Policy carefully and save a copy for your own records.

1. Controller

The controller for processing the personal data:

Mienk Praktijk B.V., trading as Archer Law
Keizersgracht 555
1017 DR Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Chamber of Commerce registration number: 58559736

If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data, please contact office@archerlaw.nl.

2. What data are being processed, for what purpose, and on what basis?

Archer Law may process your personal data in a number of situations, for example, if you use its legal services as a client, receive its e-mail newsletter, or apply for a job with the firm. Below is a description of the situations in which Archer Law processes personal data, for what purposes and on what legal basis.

i. Clients

If you use Archer Law’s services, it will process personal data. These include your name, address details, e-mail address, and telephone number, and/or details of your employees, business relations, counterparty, bank account, etc. Under the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Prevention) Act, Archer Law may be required to process additional information, including a copy of your identity document.

Archer Law uses this personal data to perform the agreement you have concluded with it, to invoice its services, to collect claims, and to comply with obligations under applicable laws and regulations.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data is: necessary (i) for the performance of the agreement with its clients, (ii) for the protection of its legitimate interests, or those of a third party, and/or (iii) to comply with a legal obligation to which it is subject.

ii. Email newsletter and invitations to seminars/meetings

Archer Law regularly sends its clients an email newsletter unless they object. You can also subscribe to the email newsletter via the form on the website. In the newsletter, Archer Law will keep you informed of developments in its field of expertise and may invite you to seminars or other meetings.

Of course, you can unsubscribe at any time. This can be done, for example, by using the unsubscribe link in the newsletter or by sending an email to office@archerlaw.nl. 

For sending the e-mail newsletter, Archer Law processes your name and e-mail address. The legal basis for this processing of personal data is that it is necessary to fulfil its legitimate interests in marketing.

iii. Applicants

If you apply for a job at Archer Law, it will process the personal data you provide, including your CV and motivation letter. This personal data is used exclusively for the selection and application process. The legal basis for this processing of personal data is the necessity to fulfil its legitimate interests in assessing your application.

iv. Other business relationships, including suppliers

Archer Law also processes personal data of other business relations, including fellow lawyers, advisers, suppliers, or other partners of the firm. It processes data in order, for example, to keep relations informed of developments within the firm, its activities and meetings, or to send the e-mail newsletter.

The legal basis for this processing of personal data is: necessary (i) for the fulfilment of the agreement with its suppliers/partners and/or (ii) for the protection of its legitimate interests in the area of relationship management and marketing.

3. How safe is your personal data?

In accordance with the Privacy Act, Archer Law has taken appropriate technical and organisational measures to secure your personal data against loss or any other form of unlawful processing.

4. To whom does Archer Law provide personal data?

In the course of its services, Archer Law may share personal data with third parties. This may be necessary, for example, as part of implementing the agreement it has with you or to comply with a legal obligation it has.

If Archer Law shares your personal data with third parties that process that data on its behalf (data processors), it will ensure that it has entered into a data processing agreement with these third parties, which obliges the data processors to comply with all obligations under the Privacy Act and this Privacy Policy. Examples of data processors are the hosting provider, suppliers of (financial) administration, document management systems, e-marketing solutions, translation agencies, bailiffs, collection agencies, etc. For questions about these data processors, please send an email to office@archerlaw.nl.  

5. How long does Archer Law keep your personal data?

Archer Law does not process your personal data longer than necessary for the purpose for which it is processed. If it no longer needs to process the personal data, it will delete or anonymise the personal data, unless (i) it is required by law (e.g., tax legislation) or (ii) by a legal obligation to provide evidence to keep certain personal data longer. In which case, only the personal data that are specifically necessary for that purpose will be retained for a longer period. On the advice of the Dutch Bar Association (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten), it is necessary to retain certain personal data in its files for up to 20 years. If there is a (prospective) dispute or (legal) procedure, Archer Law may also keep your personal data for a longer period.

6. Transmission outside the EEA

Some of Archer Law’s suppliers may be located outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”), including the United States. If these suppliers process your personal data on its behalf, Archer Law will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, in accordance with the GDPR, that provide an equivalent and adequate level of protection for your rights and freedoms. Archer Law does this, for example, by ensuring the supplier is bound by the European Commission-approved Standard Contractual Clauses. For more information on the safeguards for transfers outside the EEA, please contact office@archerlaw.nl. 

7. Exercise of your rights

Requests to access, rectify, erase, restrict, or receive your personal data or other questions regarding the processing of your personal data can be addressed to office@archerlaw.nl. 

In the unlikely event that Archer Law cannot comply with your request, it will always provide a more detailed explanation. If you wish to receive your personal data from Archer Law, and the firm agrees, it will transfer this personal data to you or another party designated by you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable form.

If you wish to withdraw your consent or object to the (further) processing of your personal data, please contact @archerlaw.nl. In response to your objection, Archer Law will delete your personal data unless it is required to retain it on compelling legitimate grounds or due to a statutory obligation. If the latter is the case, Archer Law will inform you and explain its rationale.

If you have any complaints about how Archer Law processes your personal data or handles your requests, you can also contact office@archerlaw.nl. If this does not lead to a solution, you can of course always make use of your right to submit a complaint to the Authority for the Protection of Personal Data (www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl) or appeal to the competent court.

8. Amendments

This Privacy Policy may be amended. If we make changes, we will post the revised version on our website or by email at least one month before it takes effect. We recommend that you review the Privacy Policy regularly. If you do not agree to the changes, you may request that we delete your personal data.

Amsterdam, 1 January 2026