Privacy Policy
Hogan & Hogan Cornerstone is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, utilise our services, or interact with us as an entrepreneur or DGA in Ireland seeking expert guidance on business sales, acquisitions, valuation, tax strategies, and financial optimisation. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the site or use our services.
Information We Collect
We may collect personal information from you in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when you:
- Directly provide information: When you complete contact forms, request services, subscribe to newsletters, or engage in consultations regarding services such as selling or acquiring a business, company valuation, tax-efficient dividend strategies, holding structures, Box 2 taxation, business succession, MBO financing, and extracting money from your BV optimally. This may include your name, email address, phone number, company name, and specific details related to your business or financial situation.
- Engage with our online platform: Information related to your use of our site, such as IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages, and operating system. This data is primarily analytical and helps us understand how our site is used and how we can improve our services.
How We Use Your Information
Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and tailored experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain our business and financial advisory services.
- Process your inquiries, requests, and deliver the services you have requested, such as specific advice on business valuation or tax strategies.
- Improve user experience and the quality of our online platform and services by analysing usage patterns.
- Communicate with you about services, updates, and promotional offers (with your consent where required).
- Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory obligations.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information will not be sold, rented, or traded to third parties.
- Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, and marketing assistance.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred.
Data Security
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.
Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)
As an individual in Ireland accessing our services, you have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) concerning your personal data:
- The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the address provided below.
Third-Party Websites
Our site may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave our site, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of your information.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the "Last Updated" date of this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the site or our services after the date such revised Privacy Policy is posted.
Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Hogan & Hogan Cornerstone
Grange Erin,
Cork, Cork,
Cork
Ireland