GDPR

Our law firm processes personal data of clients or third parties solely for the purpose of providing legal services, accounting and tax purposes and archiving.

The scope of the personal data processed depends on the purpose. If the provision of the legal service requires it, our law firm is also entitled to process special categories of personal data within the meaning of Section 16 of the Personal Data Protection Act.

or the provisions of the law on which processing of your personal data is based

THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES

• performance of the contract and pre-contractual measures pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR and Section 13(1)(b) of Act No. 18/2018 Coll. on the Protection of Personal Data, as amended

• compliance with legal obligation pursuant to Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR and Section 13(1)(c) of Act No. 18/2018 Coll. on the Protection of Personal Data, as amended (in particular Section 18(6) of Act No. 586/2003 Coll. on Advocacy and on Amendment and Supplementation of Act No. 455/1991 Coll. on Trade Licensing (Trade Licensing Act), as amended)

PROCESSING OF SPECIFIC CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA (Section 16 of the Personal Data Protection Act)

• the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of a legal claim, pursuant to Article 9(2)(f) of the GDPR and Section 16(2)(f) of Act No. 18/2018 Coll. on the Protection of Personal Data, as amended

• compliance with legal obligation (archiving purpose) pursuant to Article 9(2)(j) of the GDPR and Section 16(2)(k) of Act No. 18/2018 Coll. on the Protection of Personal Data, as amended

PURSUING AND DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS OF OUR LAW OFFICE

• the legitimate interest of the controller pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR and Section 13(1)(f) of Act No. 18/2018 Coll. on the Protection of Personal Data, as amended When we defend and pursue legal claims of our law firm (legal costs, attorney's fees), we rely on our legitimate interest.

ACCOUNTING AND TAX OBLIGATIONS

• compliance with legal obligation pursuant to Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR and Section 13(1)(c) of Act No. 18/2018 Coll. on the Protection of Personal Data, as amended

ARCHIVING PURPOSE

• compliance of legal obligation pursuant to Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR and Section 13(1)(c) of Act No. 18/2018 Coll. on the Protection of Personal Data, as amended

We disclose the personal data of our clients and other natural persons only to the extent necessary and always while maintaining confidentiality in accordance with the relevant legislation and the internal regulations of the Slovak Bar Association. We disclose personal data to representing or cooperating attorneys, our accounting or tax advisors, the server storage provider, and public authorities (courts, authorities of the Financial Administration of the Slovak Republic, the prosecutor's office, the Police Force of the Slovak Republic, municipalities, etc.).

When processing personal data, we strive not to transfers personal data to third countries outside the European Economic Area (EU, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein). Email communications and electronic copies of all legal documentation relating to our business remain stored on servers located in the Slovak Republic with backups within the EU. We use global and verified cloud service provider.  

To determine the retention period of Your personal data we follow the provisions of Act No. 395/2002 Coll. on archives and registers as amended, Act No. 586/2003 Coll. on Advocacy as amended, as well as internal regulations of the Slovak Bar Association (Resolution of the Presidium of the Slovak Bar Association No. 29/11/2011).

The period of the retention:

• incoming mail book and outgoing mail book
10 years from the date of receipt or posting of the last recorded mail

• client file
10 years from the date on which the conditions for the deposit of the file in the archives are fulfilled

There are some exceptions, resulting from legal regulation, preventing us from shreding the personal data or prolonging the retention period:

• the file containing the original documents obtained from the client cannot be shredded;

• the file to be handed to State Archive cannot be shredded either

• it is not possible to shred the file if there is any pending proceeding before a court, a state administration authority, law enforcement authorities or the Slovak Bar Association, if the proceeding is related to the content of the client's file

PURSUING AND DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS OF OUR LAW OFFICE

The retention period of personal data processed in connection with legal claims of our law office lasts for the duration of proceeding or till an out-of-court settlement agreement is settled or until the claim is extinguished according to the law.

ACCOUNTING AND TAX OBLIGATIONS

The retention period of personal data processed for tax and accounting purposes is governed by the provisions of Act No. 431/2002 Coll. on Accounting, as amended, and lasts for 10 years.

• OUR CLIENTS

As a rule, we obtain personal data of our clients directly from them or from publicly available sources, from public authorities and public registers.

• PERSONS WHO ARE NOT CLIENTS OF OUR LAW FIRM

We generally obtain personal data of persons who are not our clients from our clients or from publicly available sources (Commercial Register, Register of Public Sector Partners, etc.), but also on the basis of the law from other sources: by requesting it from public authorities, by consulting court and administrative files and information systems, etc.

In this case, we obtain personal data of third persons on the basis of the Advocacy Act regardless of third person´s will and without the obligation to inform him/her about the commencement of the processing of personal data (Section 20 (5) of the Personal Data Protection Act).

• the right to access to Your personal data pursuant to Article 15 of the GDPR and Section 21 of the Personal Data Protection Act. This right includes the right to information whether we are processing Your personal data, the right to access to that data and the right to obtain a copy of Your personal data we are processing if technically feasible;

• the right to rectification and completion of personal data pursuant to Article 16 of the GDPR and Section 22 of the Personal Data Protection Act if we process incorrect or incomplete personal data;

• the right to erasure of Your personal data (right to be forgotten) pursuant to Article 17 of the GDPR and Section 23 of the Personal Data Protection Act; this right may be limited by the controller if it is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression or the right to information, or for compliance with an obligation under the law, or for the reason of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.;

• the right to restriction of the processing of personal data pursuant to Article 18 of the GDPR and Section 24 of the Personal Data Protection Act;

• the right to data portability pursuant to Article 20 of the GDPR and Section 26 of the Personal Data Protection Act if the processing of personal data is based on the legal basis of consent or the performance of a contract;

• the right to object to data processing pursuant to Article 21 of the GDPR and Section 27 of the Data Protection Act if the processing is based on a legitimate interest, public interest or for direct marketing purposes, including profiling;

• the right to object to automated individual decision-making pursuant to Article 22 of the GDPR and Section 28 of the Data Protection Act;

• the right to initiate proceedings according to section 100 of the Personal Data Protection Act.

A data subject is any natural person whose personal data is processed by our law firm. The above rights of data subjects may be restricted in accordance with the provisions of the Advocacy Act due to the attorney's duty of confidentiality.

Our law firm does not carry out automated individual decision-making in connection with the processing of personal data of data subjects.

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The processing of this data takes place in accordance with Section 55(5) of Act No. 452/2021 Coll. on Electronic Communications. The data will not be shared with third parties or transferred to third countries or international organisations.