Privacy policy

Legal framework and processing basis

Personal information is handled with regard to applicable Egyptian rules, including Personal Data Protection Law 151 of 2020 and its executive regulations. Processing purposes and limits depend on the enquiry or engagement and relevant professional and legal obligations.

The consultation form requests consent through a separate, initially unselected checkbox. You may contact the firm with questions or to withdraw previously given consent, subject to any other lawful retention or processing basis.

Scope and responsible firm

Mekawy Law Firm manages the content of this website and handles enquiries addressed to the firm. The office is at 9 Ahmed Sokarno Street, behind El Tawfikeya Club, Mohandessin, Agouza, Giza, Egypt.

This notice covers website use and enquiries. Where legal services are agreed, the engagement terms and professional obligations govern the handling of matter information and documents alongside the applicable provisions of this notice.

Browsing information

You can browse the website and read its materials without creating an account. The hosting service may process technical visit information, including IP address, browser and device type, requested pages, access time and diagnostic data.

This information is used to operate the service, understand performance, investigate faults and protect the website. Technical logs may be created when you open a page or download available materials, such as contract forms, pleadings and legislative documents, even if you do not contact the firm or enter information into a form.

The legal reference guide provides bibliographic information and introductions without book files or download links. Browsing it does not require an account or contact details. Its search function runs in the browser and does not send the search term to the firm through that function. Requests for website pages remain subject to the logging described above.

The consultation request form

When you submit a consultation request, the form sends your name, telephone number, email address, subject and summary to the office mailbox for review and follow-up. Provide what is needed to understand the enquiry and agree how to share documents. Acceptance of an instruction and its scope remain subject to a separate engagement.

Information you choose to share

When contacting us by telephone, email or another available channel, you may provide your name, contact details, capacity, the parties' names and a description of the matter. Assessing an instruction may require further information or documents, with sharing arrangements agreed with you.

Initially, provide only what is needed to understand the enquiry. Agree a suitable channel before sending confidential documents, identity records or detailed financial or health information. If you share another person's data, explain your capacity and authority to do so.

Purposes of enquiry information

The firm uses enquiry information to understand and answer requests, arrange meetings, check capacity and conflicts where appropriate, and discuss the scope of work, documents and instructions required.

If an instruction is accepted, matter information is used to assess the issues, perform the agreed work and document and follow up its progress. Any additional purpose requiring separate consent is addressed on that basis.

Access and sharing

Within the firm, enquiry and matter information is circulated to those who need it for the work. Where an instruction requires information to be provided to a court, administrative body or another party, disclosure is limited by the work, authority and applicable obligations.

Hosting and email providers may process technical data or correspondence to operate their services. Service and storage locations vary and may be outside Egypt. Sharing matter documents through any service requires attention to confidentiality and the safeguards applicable to the information and its transfer.

Cookies and visit measurement

This website uses basic hosting statistics derived from page and file request logs. Logs may include IP address, request time, requested page and browser type. Statistics help understand website use and performance. Visit totals do not necessarily represent the same number of people because visits may repeat and some requests may come from automated programs.

The website's configuration prevents externally hosted measurement scripts that the hosting service may inject into pages from executing. This version does not run advertising or marketing tracking tools. Hosting server request logs remain in use for operation, statistics and security. Previously stored cookies can be managed in your browser settings. The firm reviews disclosures and user choices before adding any new optional measurement tool.

Retention and the end of a purpose

Retention of correspondence, documents and records depends on the collection purpose, the instruction, professional and legal obligations, and the need to evidence actions or protect rights. Technical records and backups also follow the arrangements of the service storing them.

When retention is no longer needed, the firm considers what can be deleted, destroyed or restricted, while preserving records that must be retained for a legitimate reason. You may contact us about your information or request deletion where retention is no longer necessary.

Information security and sending documents

The website uses HTTPS to protect information in transit between the browser and the site. Document protection also depends on access permissions, storage and sharing methods, and the security of the device used.

Before sending matter documents, agree a suitable channel with the firm and verify the recipient. If you suspect information has reached an unintended recipient or your data has been used without authority, contact the firm so the issue and appropriate response can be assessed.

Enquiries, access, correction and deletion requests

You may contact the firm to ask how your information is handled or request access, correction, deletion, restriction of use or withdrawal of previously given consent, depending on the request and applicable law.

We may ask for proportionate information to verify identity or authority and protect other people's confidentiality. We consider relevant obligations and rights and explain what can be done and any reasons a request cannot be fulfilled. Withdrawal of consent does not remove retention or processing required on another lawful basis.

Links to other services and platforms

The website links to the firm's accounts, press material and official bodies and services. When you select an external link, the destination service handles browsing and communication data under its policies and settings.

If you contact us through a social platform or messaging app, consider how that service handles messages and attachments. Agree a suitable channel with the firm for matter documents and sensitive information.

Updates to this notice

The firm reviews this notice when enquiry handling, website tools or service providers change. The update date at the top identifies the version displayed.

For privacy questions or requests, contact info@mekawylawfirm.com with enough information to understand the request. Avoid unnecessary sensitive information in the email subject.