Babalakin & Co. (“Firm”, “we”, “us” or “our”) is a full-service law firm in Nigeria providing first class legal services to its
clients across its three offices located in Lagos, Abuja and Port- Harcourt. The registered office of the Firm is at 1261A
Adeola Hopewell Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.
In the process of providing legal services to you, certain personal data may be disclosed by you to us. As a Firm, we are
committed to protecting personal data disclosed to us and ensuring privacy of your personal information.
This privacy policy reaffirms our pledge to securing your personal data and in line with the Nigeria Data Protection Act
(NDPA) 2023 and other laws regulating privacy and protection of personal data in Nigeria as well as upholding internationally
acceptable privacy standards. As it is our practice, we are committed to protecting and securing every personal information
provided by you as far as permitted by the applicable data protection laws and regulation.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website,
www.babalakinandco.com (the “Website”).
By accessing and using our Website, it is an indication that the privacy policy has been read and understood and that you
consent to the privacy practices described in this policy.
Our privacy policy contains detailed information about:
• Who we are
• Data processing principles
• Information We Collect
• How We Collect Information
• How We Use Your Information
• Cookies & Tracking Technologies
• Your Rights & Choices
• Security Measures
• Third-Party Links
• Data Sharing/Disclosure
• Changes to this Policy
• Data Retention
• Contact
While processing your personal information, we will ensure to comply with the established data processing principles prescribed
in the NDPA and other laws regulating privacy and protection of personal data in Nigeria.
It is important for you to note that, we may process your personal data for more than one of the underlisted lawful basis of
processing, given the nature of your instruction and the purpose of processing your personal data.
To this end, we may rely on the following legal basis to process your data;
• Where you have consented to the use of your personal data for one or more specific purposes.
• Where the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or in order to take steps at your
request prior to entering into a contract.
• Where the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation that we are subject to.
• Where the processing is necessary to protect your vital interests or those of another person.
• Where the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of an
official public mandate vested in us.
• Where the processing is necessary for the purpose of our legitimate interests as data controllers or of a third party.
Upon your request, we will communicate to you the specific legal basis for processing your personal data.
The information we collect from you in the course of providing legal services to you, or when you request certain information
from us, or when you decide to access our services includes:
3.1 Personal Information: Full name, title, place of work or employer, residential address, email address,
nationality, national means of identification, telephone number, billing instructions and payment information, photo
identification, other information voluntarily provided by you through your interaction with us via any medium, as well as any
other personal information required to enable us comply with our legal obligations under law.
3.2 Non-Personal Information/Technical Data: IP address, Time and date of access, Brower type and version,
pages visited on our website, device information, operating system.
3.3 Other Information: Information provided to us based on the specific nature of service and your terms of
engagement with us, such as information relating to any legal matter, contract or transaction. Provided that our obligation in
respect of ensuring privacy of personal data relate to natural persons to whom those data relate.
3.4 Cookies & Tracking Technologies: information on cookies and similar tracking technologies (see more
details below).
Upon your consent, we collect information in the following ways:
4.1 Directly from you: By submitting online forms, or contacting us (whether physically, via emails, telephone
conversations, our website or our social media platforms).
4.2 Automatically: Through cookies, log files, and analytics tools.
We use the collected data for the following purposes:
• Providing legal services based on your instructions to us and the terms of our engagement.
• Respond to inquiries from you.
• Improving our website’s functionality and user experience.
• Processing transactions and customer support.
• Sending marketing and promotional communications (with your consent).
• Ensuring security and fraud prevention.
• Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
Cookies are small data files stored by a website via your browser. The essence of these cookies is to enhance your
experience when you access or use the website or application as well as enable us remember your preferences or navigation
history and activities.
We use cookies and similar technologies to identify you, enhance your experience and customize our services to suit you
better. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.
6.1 Essential Cookies: Required for website functionality.
6.2 Analytics Cookies: Help us understand user behavior.
6.3 Marketing Cookies: Used for personalized and direct marketing.
You reserve the right to accept, decline or customize the cookies by modifying your browser setting.
If we collect your personal data and process same for the purpose of providing our services to you, there are a number of rights
you are entitled to exercise (as data subject) as outlined in the NDPA.
7.1 The Right of Access: When we collect your personal data, you have the right to request access to your
personal information as well as other relevant information to enable you ascertain that your information is processed
lawfully. We will provide you with a copy of your information held with us, upon your request. Provided that you will be
charged a reasonable fee upon request for excessive copies of such personal information.
7.2 The Right to be Informed: For transparency and accountability, you have the right to be informed about the collection of your personal data
as well as the purpose/means of processing.
7.3 The Right to Erasure You have the right to request that your personal information held with us be erased from our system. This is
also referred to as the right to be forgotten. This right enables you to ask that we delete your personal information in circumstances where you have
withdrawn consent, objected to the processing or where it is required by law that we erase same. Please note that this right is not absolute and we will
inform you in circumstances where we are unable to comply with this request.
7.4 The Right to Rectification: You have the right to correct, complete or update the information we have collected from you that is inaccurate,
incomplete and or outdated.
7.5 The Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data shared with us in certain circumstances such as,
where such data has been shared with a third party or such data is being used for direct marketing purposes. We will inform you where it is practicable and lawful
for us to do so or otherwise.
7.6 The Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we have relied on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw such
consent. Please note that, such withdrawal of consent will not render unlawful any processing that has been carried out prior to such withdrawal.
7.7 The Right to Data Portability: You have a right to request that your personal information held with us be transferred to you or to any third
party of your choice, in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
7.8 The Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have a right to lodge a complaint to the relevant supervisory authority.
While processing your personal data, we are dedicated to ensuring the security of your personal information from data breaches, data loss, unauthorized access,
amongst others. To ensure that we safeguard your personal information that we collect, we implement appropriate technical and organizational measures such as
encryption, firewalls, access controls, to protect your data.
However, please note that no method of storage or transmission of data over the internet is absolutely secure. Thus, we do not assure you of 100% security
of your personal data, although we will work to put measures in place to protect your personal information.
This website may link you to other third-party websites which may collect your personal data. The third-party websites will function in line with their privacy policy which is entirely different and not connected to us. Kindly note that we have no control over their collection, usage or storage of the personal data they may collect. Please ensure to review their policies before providing any information.
We do not share/sell your personal information. However, we may share your personal data with:
• Regulatory bodies when required by law.
• Third-party service providers assisting in website management.
• Law enforcement agencies if required for legal purposes.
Please note that third parties are bound by confidentiality agreement.
We may update this privacy policy from time to time, to reflect the current status of our services and in compliance with the requirements of the applicable data
protection laws and regulations. Please note that any changes and update of this policy will be posted on this page and marked with the new "Effective Date" of
the updated policy.
Your continuous access to this website and our services after the update or change of this policy as described above, is an indication of your acceptance of the
updated policy and intention to be bound by same. Kindly check our policy occasionally to stay abreast with the most recently updated version.
The personal information we collect will be stored for such period necessary to complete the purpose for which such data was collected and processed. The retention of your personal data by us is determined by a number of factors such as, the purpose for which the data was collected and the length of time required to complete that purpose; the terms of engagement between you and us; the statutorily required retention period where applicable; and the receipt of a request for erasure of your personal data in line with your rights.
