Your personal data is processed to carry out the activities provided for in the Bar Act, the Legal Aid Act, and other regulatory acts, as follows:

• Clients

  Clients are all persons to whom legal services are provided under a legal services agreement. Clients are also considered to be all other persons with whom the attorney is in pre-contractual relations, as well as persons who have made an inquiry to the office.

  The personal data collected is determined by the type of specific legal services provided to them. This is usually ordinary personal data, such as identification data, contact details. 

  Depending on the specific case and only provided that this is assigned by the client, data on employment or professional status, civil status data, sensitive data such as health status, racial or ethnic origin, political or trade union affiliation, etc. may be processed. 

  These data are processed on the basis of Art. 6, para. 1, lit. "b" of the General Data Protection Regulation, namely for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, or to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract, on the basis of Art. 6, para. 1, lit. "c" of the General Data Protection Regulation, namely compliance with a legal obligation, as law firms are obliged to keep an archive, on the basis of Art. 6, para. 1, lit. "f" of the General Data Protection Regulation, namely protection of the legitimate interests of the controller, expressed in legal defense in case of claims, 

  and also on the basis of Art. 9, para. 2, lit. "f" of the General Data Protection Regulation - for the purpose of establishing, exercising, or defending legal claims.

• Periods for processing personal data

  Pursuant to Art. 47, para. 1 of the Bar Act, the lawyer is obliged to keep case papers for a period of 5 years from their completion.

  Personal data collected in the course of legal consulting services are stored for a period of 5 years from the provision of the service.

  Personal data of potential clients who have not requested the provision of legal services are stored for up to 1 month from the end of the correspondence.

  
  

• Job or internship applicants

  The personal data of job or internship applicants that are processed are identification data, contact details, education and professional experience data, data on competences and skills. 

  The data are collected from the submitted resume, diploma for higher education, student book, certificates of participation in seminars or training completed, or other documents certifying the educational and qualification degree of the candidate, submitted by them at their discretion to prove their eligibility for the respective position.

  The legal basis on which these personal data are processed is Art. 6, para. 1, lit. "b" of the General Data Protection Regulation, namely steps taken by the data subject to enter into a contract. It is possible that the basis for processing is Art. 6, para. 1, lit. "a" of the General Data Protection Regulation, namely consent to process personal data for the purpose of participating in a new selection process.

• The storage period of personal data of the candidate is 6 months from the completion of the selection procedure. In case the candidate has provided explicit consent, their personal data may be processed for a longer period, for the purpose of participating in subsequent selection procedures. In this case, the storage period cannot be longer than the period for which the candidate has provided consent.