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What is GDPR?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a unified data protection law that came into effect on May 25, 2018, in the EU, replacing the European Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC.
The law strengthens the protection of personal data belonging to EU individuals and gives them more control over the use of their personal data within the EU and internationally. GDPR aims to unify the regulatory environment for businesses handling the personal data of EU individuals.
Who does GDPR affect?
GDPR applies to all businesses that process personal data for EU residents. Businesses can be defined as either a data controller or a data processor: a data controller collects and oversees the management of personal data, and data processor processes personal data on behalf of a data controller.
GDPR also expands the definition of “personal data” to include categories of information such as location data, online identifiers (such as an IP address), and other electronic metadata that was not included in previous data protection laws within the EU. Businesses that do not protect the personal data of EU individuals in accordance with GDPR rules are susceptible to significant fines.
How does Wakeel360 address GDPR?
We believe that GDPR is an important means to ensuring the rights of individuals to control access to their personal information, and we are committed to supporting our customers in meeting their GDPR requirements. We have updated our product and business operations to comply with GDPR guidelines, meeting our requirements as both a data controller and data processor. These updates are reflected in our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy:
EMEA Terms of Service (for customers using eu.app.Wakeel360)
North American Terms of Service (for customers using app.Wakeel360.com)
Privacy Policy
Wakeel360’s EU Terms of Service explicitly acknowledge our role as a data processor for law firms. Wakeel360 will continue to fulfill that role while providing tools and customer service to help law firms meet their responsibilities as data controllers. As part of our update to our Terms of Service, customers subject to our North American Terms of Service affected by GDPR can rely upon the Data Protection Addendum listed in Exhibit B to help meet their compliance documentation requirements.
Wakeel360’s Privacy Policy also identifies how personal data is collected and kept secure, and how data subjects may contact Wakeel360 regarding their information.
Wakeel360’s industry-leading security measures protect data stored within and transmitted from the Wakeel360 product. Wakeel360 also provides advanced security features to ensure customers are properly equipped to protect any data stored within Wakeel360.
For general information on GDPR, please visit the Information Commissioner’s Office website.
These articles also provide information on how GDPR may impact your law firm:
What does GDPR Mean for Law Firms? (Artificial Lawyer)
Companies and their lawyers brace for wide-ranging EU data-privacy law (ABA Journal)
Law firms need to up their game on new data regulations (Global Legal Post
Why Wakeel360?
We’re more than just a tech company. We’ve got goals, hopes, and dreams, just like you. We want to serve a better solution to a centuries old profession and do some good in the world while we’re at it—permanently.
We know our technology changes lives. If that’s something that speaks to you—you belong here, too.
Message from our CEO
At Wakeel360, we believe—on a foundational level—that we have a responsibility to change the world around us with our words, our choices, and our actions. We envision a world in which our legal and judicial systems promote justice in the truest sense of the word—a world in which it is easy for anyone who needs legal services to access them; for lawyers to have the freedom to practice the way they want; and for underrepresented groups in our society to get the advocacy they deserve.
Being the market leader for legal technology means that we have an added responsibility to set the tone for the next generation—and to help ensure that the technology shaping legal experiences is also serving the greater good. That is why, this year, we have revised our company’s mission statement to better reflect our vision for the future.
Historically, our mission has been to transform the practice of law, for good. While this mission has served as an important North Star for our company, we want to take it a step further. Over the past year, we saw the issues facing the legal industry become magnified, and we quickly realised that our mission could do more to reflect our broader ambitions. To better support the permanent changes we experienced as a global community in 2020, Wakeel360 is expanding its mandate to include how society engages with, delivers, and experiences legal services. We are extremely excited to announce that our mission statement has evolved: As of today, Wakeel360’s mission is to transform the legal experience for all.
By focusing on the legal experience, Wakeel360’s new mission encompasses every stakeholder within our legal and judicial systems—from legal professionals to legal organisations, clients, and consumers. This encompasses more than improving our software products; it’s about the larger impact we can have on the legal experience, on a global scale.
At the core of our philosophy is the belief that the future of legal services is cloud-based and client-centred, and that fostering these advancements will drive positive social change. By centralising and simplifying business operations for law firms and enabling legal professionals to connect with clients anywhere, anytime, we can transform the ways in which legal services are sought out and delivered. This is an opportunity for a paradigm shift, requiring solicitors to adopt a client-centred approach to pricing, packaging, and delivering legal services. We believe doing this will break down barriers to legal services for consumers and make it easier for clients and law firms to work together more thoughtfully and effectively. It’s time to create a more inclusive legal community and a more equitable legal system.
On behalf of everyone at Wakeel360, we are thrilled to be on this journey of transforming the legal experience for all—with you.
Sincerely,
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