Last updated: June 2026
1. Data controller
The controller responsible for the processing of personal data is Pledge Avocats,
whose registered office is located at 75, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris, France.
Contact: contact@pledge.law - Tel.: +33 (0)1 45 74 53 10
2. Data collected
We collect only the data strictly necessary for the purposes described below:
- Contact form: last name, first name, email address, phone number, message.
- Professional correspondence: data necessary for the requested legal service.
- Technical data: IP address, browser type, pages viewed (for security purposes and anonymised audience measurement).
3. Purposes of processing
- Responding to your contact and information requests.
- Managing the client relationship and carrying out the assignments entrusted to us.
- Complying with our legal and professional/ethical obligations.
- Ensuring the security of the website and improving our service.
4. Legal basis
Processing operations are based, depending on the case, on your consent (Article 6.1.a GDPR), performance of a contract (Article 6.1.b), compliance with legal obligations (Article 6.1.c), or the firm's legitimate interest (Article 6.1.f).
5. Recipients of the data
The data is intended exclusively for the lawyers and staff of Pledge Avocats, who are bound by professional secrecy. No data is transferred to third parties for commercial purposes. Technical subcontractors (hosting, email) may be involved strictly within the scope of their mission, under our supervision and in accordance with confidentiality commitments.
6. Retention period
- Data from the contact form: 3 years from the last exchange.
- Client data: for the duration of the engagement, plus the statutory limitation periods and the minimum retention period for lawyers' files (at least 5 years).
- Connection data: 12 months maximum.
7. Your rights
In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and the amended French Data Protection Act (Loi Informatique et Libertés), you have a right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and portability of your data, as well as the right to issue directives regarding the fate of your data after your death.
To exercise these rights, contact us at contact@pledge.law
enclosing proof of identity.
You may also lodge a complaint with the CNIL, the French data protection authority (www.cnil.fr).
8. Cookies
The Pledge Avocats website uses only technical cookies that are strictly necessary for its proper functioning. No third-party audience measurement, advertising or profiling cookies are set without your prior consent. Should such tools be added in the future, a consent banner will be presented to you.
9. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data against unauthorised access, loss, alteration or disclosure.
10. Contact
For any question relating to this policy: contact@pledge.law.