PRIVACY POLICY – DFR LEGAL

July 1, 2023

This Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as: the Policy) sets out the rules for the processing of personal data by the law firm Dębski Furmańska Radomska Radcowie Prawni spółka partnerska (hereinafter referred to as: the Law Firm), the rights of persons, which these data concern and provides information about IT data – the so-called cookies – used within the website www.dfrlegal.pl

  1. Pursuant to Art. 13 section 1 and 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Regulation on data protection) (hereinafter referred to as: the Regulation) and Polish regulations adopted in connection with the Regulation, the Law Firm indicates the following:

  1. 1. PERSONAL DATA CONTROLLER: The administrator of your personal data is Dębski Furmańska Radomska Radcowie Prawni spółka partnerska with its registered office in Warsaw, address: ul. Branickiego 15, 02- 972 Warszawa, e-mail address: office@dfrlegal.pl, tel. 607 880 045/696 997 581.

  1. 2. PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION INSPECTOR: There is no Personal Data Protection Inspector appointed in the Law Firm.

  1. 3. PURPOSE AND BASIS OF PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING: The goal of the Law Firm is to provide clients with the high quality legal services. Taking into account the above, the Law Firm makes every effort to protect processed personal data against: (i) disclosure to unauthorized persons, (ii) processing in violation of applicable law and (iii) damage or destruction. The Law Firm processes personal data in accordance with the requirements of generally applicable law regarding the processing of personal data, in particular in accordance with the Regulation.

  2. The following grounds for the processing of personal data contained in Art. 6 Regulations apply to the processing of personal data in connection with provision of the legal services:

  3. (a) processing is necessary to perform a contract for the provision of services to which the data subject is a party, or to take action at the request of the data subject before concluding the contract (Article 6(1)(a) and (b) of the Regulation) – for the purpose of providing legal advice and preparing legal opinions and other documents at the request of clients, in person or through other cooperating entities;

  4. (b) processing is necessary to fulfill the legal obligation of the administrator (Article 6(1)(a) and (c) of the Regulation) – for the purpose of recruitment, provision of ex officio legal assistance and fulfillment of other legal obligations of the Law Firm;

  5. (c) processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the administrator (Article 6(1)(f) of the Regulation) – to ensure information security or prevent fraud.

  6. 4. RECIPIENTS OF PERSONAL DATA: The recipients of your personal data may be entities permanently or ad hoc cooperating with the Law Firm (including, among others, legal advisors, lawyers, trainees of these professions, entities providing accounting, postal and IT services), as well as external providers of certain services (e.g. hosting) and administrative bodies, state services and courts.

  7. Your personal data is processed at the office of the Law Firm and in its offices in other Polish cities. Personal data is not transferred to countries outside the European Union. In the event of transfer of personal data to third countries located outside the EU, the Law Firm will apply appropriate instruments to ensure security of your personal data. In connection with cooperation with its suppliers and other law firms, the Law Firm may entrust the processing of your personal data to the above-mentioned entities. However, in each case, these entities will be obliged to keep your personal data confidential and to process it in accordance with the provisions on personal data protection and the relevant instructions of the Law Firm.

  8. 5. DATA PROCESSING PERIOD: Your personal data will be stored for a period no longer than necessary to provide legal assistance services, and after this period they will be processed for settlement purposes – in accordance with the provisions of tax law and until the expiry of the limitation periods for claims related to provision of legal assistance or limitation of obligations arising from legal provisions, as well as until an objection is raised regarding the processing of data for marketing purposes.

6. RIGHTS OF PERSONS TO WHOM THE DATA CONCERN: You have the right to access your data (Article 15 of the Regulation), the right to rectify or supplement it (Article 16 of the Regulation), to delete it (Article 17 of the Regulation), to limit processing (Article 18 Regulation), the right to transfer data (Article 20 of the Regulation) and the right to object (Article 21 of the Regulation). If you wish to exercise individual rights, please send an appropriate request by e-mail to: office@dfrlegal.pl.

The transfer of personal data to the Law Firm for the purpose of processing takes place on a voluntary basis, however, refusing to provide data or using the rights described above may hinder or prevent the proper provision of legal assistance or establishing contact. Some of the rights described above may not apply to data processing as part of the provision of legal assistance.

7. RIGHT TO MAKE A COMPLAINT: If you consider that the processing of your personal data violates the provisions of the Regulation, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority – the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection (Office for Personal Data Protection, ul. Stawki 2, 00-193 Warsaw).

8. RIGHT TO WITHDRAW CONSENT: If the processing of your personal data is based on consent, you may withdraw this consent at any time. However, withdrawal of consent will not affect data processing that took place before its withdrawal.

9. TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA TO THIRD COUNTRIES: The Law Firm does not intend to transfer your personal data to a third country or international organization, except when it is necessary for the proper performance of the contract for the provision of legal assistance.

  1. 10. AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING AND PROFILING: Your personal data will not be processed in an automated manner and will not be subject to profiling. We do not perform automated decision-making.

  • 11. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY: Any changes introduced in the future by the Law Firm to the Privacy Policy will be published on the website dfrlegal.pl, will apply only for the future and will enter into force after accepting the modified Privacy Policy, about which you will be notified in the appearing window (pop-up windows). Wherever possible, we kindly ask you to check our website regularly for updates to our Privacy Policy.

COOKIES POLICY – DFR LEGAL

July 1, 2023

The cookie policy has been prepared in accordance with the obligations arising from legal provisions.

  2. 1. INFORMATION ABOUT COOKIES: The website www.dfrlegal.pl uses cookies. When you use the website of Dębski Furmańska Radomska Radcowie Prawni spółka partnerka (hereinafter also referred to as: the Law Firm), the Law Firm collects information about your visit and how you navigate the website. For this purpose, we use cookies.

Cookies are small text files created and sent automatically by visited websites. The information contained in these files is saved on the user’s computer or other device (e.g. tablet, smartphone) and can only be used by the website from which it was sent. Cookies usually contain the name of the website they come from, their storage time on the end device and a unique number.

  • 2. INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENTITY PLACING COOKIES: The entity that places cookies on the website user’s end device and obtains access to them is Kancelaria – Dębski Furmańska Radomska Radcowie Prawni spółka partnerska with its registered office in Warsaw, address: ul. Branickiego 15, 02-972 Warszawa, e-mail address: office@dfrlegal.pl, tel. 607 880 045/696 997 581. Cookies placed on the user’s end device may also be used by entities cooperating with the Law Firm.

  • 3. PURPOSES OF USING COOKIES: Cookies are used for the following purposes:

  1. (a) adapting the content of the Law Firm’s websites to user preferences and optimizing the use of websites; in particular, these files make it possible to recognize the user’s device and properly display the website, tailored to its individual needs, including remembering whether the user has consented to displaying certain content in the future;

  • (b) adapting the Law Firm’s website to devices and browsers with various parameters;

  • (c) creating statistics and analyzes that help understand how users use websites, which allows improving their structure and content.

  • 4. TYPE OF COOKIES USED: The Law Firm’s website uses the following types of cookies:
  2. (a) Necessary cookies – this type of cookies is crucial for the proper operation of the website and enables the correct use of the services available on the website;

  • (b) Analytical cookies – they allow measuring the number of visits and their course, which allows improving the operation of the Law Firm’s website, collecting information on how the website is used and remembering the settings selected by the user;

  • (c) Session cookies – this is temporary information stored in the browser’s memory until it is closed. These cookies are necessary for certain applications or functionalities to function properly;

  • (d) Persistent cookies – thanks to these files, the use of frequently visited websites is easier, as they ensure, among others: optimal navigation, remember the selected resolution, content layout, etc. This information remains in the browser’s memory for the time specified in the cookie parameters or until it is deleted by the user. This type of cookie allows information to be transferred to the server each time a website is visited.

  • 5. MANAGING COOKIES BY THE USER:

  1. (a) Most browsers, both on computers and smartphones, accept cookies by default. The user can make appropriate changes to his browser settings at any time. We reserve, however, that the inability to save and read cookies through the Law Firm’s website may result in the website being incorrectly displayed in the browser. The Law Firm reserves that disabling the use of cookies necessary for authentication processes, security or maintaining user preferences may make it difficult, and in extreme cases even impossible, to use the Law Firm’s website.

  • (b) Due to the fact that the web browser allows the use of cookies on the user’s device by default, upon the first visit to the Law Firm’s website, please consent to the use of cookies;

(c) In order to manage the storage and access to cookies, you should change the settings of your web browser. More information about cookies is available in the “Help” section in the menu of a given web browser.