ARBinBRIEF Privacy Notice

ARBinBRIEF is an initiative operated by a team of individual international arbitration lawyers.

You can reach us in relation to privacy matters at arbinbrief@gmail.com.

This Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal data and may be updated from time to time. You can always find the latest version on our website.

Last updated: 10 November 2023 

What and Who?

We collect personal data from: 

Why?

We collect personal data for the purposes of: 

We process personal data with your consent, and on the basis of legitimate interests in sharing our resources with the public, contributing to greater gender and geographic diversity of international arbitration, and increasing support for ARBinBRIEF.

Sharing

We may use third party service providers (such as Eventbrite, Mailchimp, Zoom, LinkedIn, Anchor.fm and others) to process the personal data of attendees and potential attendees of our events for the purposes of:

Personal information provided by you directly to a third party website or social media platform (e.g., Eventbrite, LinkedIn) will be handled by them according to their own privacy policy, in addition to our use set out in this Privacy Notice.

We may share speaker personal data with organisations supporting the marketing of our events or ARBinBRIEF in general, for example by hosting or linking to our videos, or providing marketing support for our events. ARBinBRIEF videos are hosted on other websites including our YouTube channel and on the website of Delos Dispute Resolution.

We may disclose your personal data if we are under a duty to do so in order to comply with any legal obligation, or to defend our legal interests.

International Transfers

In order to carry out the processing activities outlined in this Privacy Notice, it may be necessary to transfer your personal data outside the EU to a jurisdiction that is not recognised by the European Commission to ensure an adequate level of protection, or to an international organisation. In those circumstances, we take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Notice. By providing your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storage and processing.

Retention 

We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose(s) of its processing and/or to comply with our legal obligations. We endeavour to delete or anonymise event attendee information within 12 months of an event.

Data protection rights

You may have individual rights to exercise in relation to your personal data. Depending on the circumstances, these may include:

The extent of your rights may depend on applicable law, the nature of the personal data, and the type of processing.

You can exercise your rights by contacting us at arbinbrief@gmail.com

You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. You will find a list of EU national data protection authorities here.