GDPRCompliance with the rules governing the protection of personal data of clients and other natural persons is important for our law firm. These terms explain how we process personal data when providing legal services in our law office: Advokátska kancelária SLÚKA a partneri, s.r.o., with registered seat at Hviezdoslavova 41, 052 01 Spišská Nová Ves ("controller"). If you have any questions, you can contact us via e-mail: sluka@advokat-pravnik.sk. When processing personal data, we are primarily governed by the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data ("GDPR"), which also regulates your rights as the data subject, also by the provisions of the Act no. 18/2018 Coll. on Personal Data Protection (Section 78), Act no. 586/2003 Coll. on Legal Profession (Section 18), as well as other respective generally binding regulation. We adhere to the Code of Conduct adopted by the Slovak Bar Association ("SAK"), which explains in details processing of personal data by attorneys. You can familiarize yourself with the SAK Code of Conduct on the website: www.sak.sk/gdpr. When collecting and processing personal data, we respect the following principles: • the principle of necessity and adequacy - we process personal data only in extent necessary to pursuing legal profession • the principle of legality, justice and transparency - we are informing the data subjects about appropriate legal frame and about appropriate data retention period • the principle of purpose limitation - we are preserving and processing personal data only for defined purposes while observing the restrictions set by these purposes • the principle of data security - we are taking measures to ensure the correctness, completeness and confidentiality of collected personal data • the principle of minimizing retention period - we are respecting the data retention period according to the defined processing purposes. Personal data we process: • personal data of clients and other natural persons to the extent necessary for the purpose of practicing law in accordance with Act no. 586/2003 Coll. on the Legal profession, generally binding legal regulation for protection of the personal data and fulfillment of legal, professional and contractual obligations • personal data of job applicants and employees in accordance with respective legal regulation and for the purposes defined by law (in particular by the Labor Code, Social Insurance act, Health Insurance Act, Income Tax Act and other respective generaly binding legal regulation • personal data of suppliers, employees of suppliers for the purpose of implementing mutual rights and obligations from commercial relations • personal data of business partners (natural persons) and their employees. Reasons for processing personal data: • provision of legal services to clients and the exercise of the legal profession itself • fulfillment of legal, professional and contractual obligations • protection of our legitimate interests, as well as the interests of our clients and other persons • employment relationships • relations with service suppliers and business partners • providing information about us. Purposes and legal grounds of personal data processing: Providing legal services • legal ground: fulfillment of a legal obligation according to the Art. 6 (1) (c) of GDPR, fulfillment of the contract according to the Art. 6 (1) (b) of GDPR or authorized under Art. 6 (1) (f) of GDPR • professional regulation: Act No. 586/2003 Coll. on the Legal Profession, Rules of Professional Conduct of Lawyers, Act No. 40/1964 Coll. Civil Code, Act no. 513/1991 Coll. Commercial Code, Act No. 160/2015 Coll. Civil Dispute Procedure, Act No. 161/2015 Coll. Civil Non-dispute Procedure, Act 162/2015 Coll. Administrative Court Procedure, Act no. 300/2005 Coll. Criminal Code, Act No. 301/2005 Coll. Code on Criminal Procedure, Act No. 297/2008 Coll. Anti-Money Laundering Act, Act no. 305/2013 Coll. about e-Government Provision of non-legal services • legal ground: fulfillment of the contract according to Art. 6 (1) (b) of GDPR, fulfillment of the legal obligation according to Art. 6 (1) (c) of GDPR or authorized under Art. 6 (1) (f) of GDPR • related regulation: Act No. 315/2016 Coll. on Register of Public Sector Partners, Act No. 305/2013 Coll. on e-Government, Act No. 40/1964 Coll. Civil Code, Act no. 513/1991 Coll. Commercial Code, Act no. 116/1990 Coll. On Lease and Sublease of Non-residential Premises Ensuring compliance with respective legal regulation and professional regulation of Slovak Bar Association • legal ground: fulfillment of a legal obligation according to Art. 6 (1) (c) of GDPR, legitimate interests of lawyers or third parties according to Art. 6 (1) (f) of GDPR, public interest according to Art. 6 (1) (e) of GDPR or defending legal claims under Art. 9 (2) (f) of GDPR • related regulation: Act No. 586/2003 Coll. on the Legal Profession, Rules of Professional Conduct of Lawyers, Act No. 297/2008 Coll. ANti-Money Laundering Act, Act no. 583/2008 Coll. on the Prevention of Crime and Other Anti-social Activities, GDPR Accounting/tax and HR/payroll purposes • legal ground: fulfillment of a legal obligation according to Art. 6 (1) (c) of GDPR, legitimate interest according to Art. 6 (1) (f) of GDPR and fulfillment of the contract according to Art. 6 (1) (b) OF GDPR • related regulation: Act No. 595/2003 Coll. on Income Tax, Act no. 563/2009 Coll. Tax Code, Act no. 431/2002 Coll. on Accounting and Other Laws in the Field of Accounting and Tax Administration; Labor Code, Act on Legal Profession and others Communication with potential clients who contact the controller by the electronic contact form on its website • legal ground: consent of the data subject according to Art. 6 (1) (a) of GDPR, legitimate interest of lawyers according to Art. 6 (1) (f) of GDPR • related regulation: Act No. 586/2003 Coll. on Legal Profession, Rules of Professional Conduct of Lawyers |