Privacy policy

We know how important your privacy and your personal data are to you. We protect the privacy and confidentiality of the users of the Site. This document (hereinafter referred to as the “Privacy Policy”) is intended to inform you of our policy regarding the information we obtain about you. It sets out the conditions under which we may collect, store, transfer, use or otherwise process the information we collect from you or that you provide to us.

Our Privacy Policy ensures the implementation of the requirements of European Union law, including in particular the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as the “GDPR”) of 25 May 2018. European law requires us to inform users of their rights and our obligations towards them in the processing and control of their personal data.

Indication of the data administrator

The controller of your personal data processed via this website at karasek.law (“Website”) and the contact forms available on this Website and e-mail correspondence sent to the addresses indicated on this Website is Iwona Karasek-Wojciechowicz, Law Firm, Rynek Dębnicki 6/3, 30-319 Kraków, NIP: 6281447746 (hereinafter referred to as the “Controller”).

In matters related to personal data protection, please contact us at: office@karasek.law

Why and how do we process users personal data?

We process your personal data collected via the Website, the contact forms provided therein and during electronic correspondence as part of our legitimate interest – Article 6, paragraph 1, letter f of the GDPR for the purpose of:

  • Responding to inquiries made via email or the contact form on the Site, including questions and issues relating to our business activities and other correspondence with you.
  • Sending you marketing communications based on our legitimate interest, if we have your consent to marketing communications.
  • Using anonymous data from Internet tags (cookies) to measure traffic on the Site (e.g. what our Site users click on the most and least, when traffic increases, etc.)

What data do we process?

When you visit us, you leave behind: your IP address (the Internet address of the computer, phone, tablet or other device you use to visit us). The IP may indicate the country, city or other geographical area in which the device is located; the path you have taken to our site; and browser information. We obtain this information automatically; some of it can be blocked by blocking cookies in your browser. You can decide about the content of the data you provide to us via email and contact form.

How long do we plan to store user data?

We will only store your personal data for as long as required for us to provide you with the services you have requested and/or for us to comply with other legal provisions, including for the period required by our tax authorities and/or to support or defend claims in court.

In particular, we will store data sent to us in an inquiry and correspondence preceding the conclusion of a legal aid agreement and correspondence conducted for other purposes for no longer than 6 years from the end of the year in which we received it, which is related to the basic limitation period for claims, unless there is a special basis for their further processing (in particular when we conclude a legal aid agreement with you, because then the purpose and basis for their processing will change). If the purpose and basis for data processing change, we will inform you of this in accordance with the GDPR.

Your rights

As an entity protected by European Union law, in particular a European Union citizen, you have the following rights:

  • the right to information (for example, what information is used, how and for how long, and your user rights)
  • the right to access (to view your data),
  • the right to rectify your data (to be able to correct it if it is incorrect),
  • the right to have your data deleted when there is no longer a legitimate basis for using it (also known as the “right to be forgotten”)
  • the right to restrict processing when its processing is no longer necessary to its full extent,
  • the right to data portability (the ability to share information with other organisations),
  • the right to object to the processing of your data,
  • rights regarding automated decision-making and profiling. In matters relating to the exercise of these rights, you can contact us by email at office@karasek.law

Data subjects also have the right to lodge a complaint regarding the processing of their personal data with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office.

Who do we share user data with?

We do not share your personal data with anyone, especially for marketing purposes, except that we may share this data (documents with data) with our external collaborator or law firm collaborators if, in our opinion, this is necessary for the valuation and determination of the time/date of a potential order, always after previously binding such collaborator with a confidentiality obligation and a personal data processing agreement. We could entrust your data obtained from the Site to our IT service providers if the Site crashes or another technical need arises. We may entrust our marketing agency with anonymous data regarding traffic on the Site (i.e. cookies).

Cookies

We sometimes use information we collect through automated systems when you visit the Site (i.e. cookies). Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer’s hard drive by your web browser when you visit a website. They allow information collected on one website to be stored until it is needed on another website, allowing the website to provide you with a personalized experience, and allowing the website owner to gather statistics about how you use the site so that it can be improved. These files cannot be used to infect your device with viruses or other malware. We store basic, anonymous user information (such as an identifier provided by the Site) and information that is used to enhance your experience of the Site, and is needed to optimize and properly display content on the pages.

When you first visit the Site, you will be asked if you want us to use cookies. If you choose not to accept cookies, we will not use them during your visit, except to record that you have not consented to their use for any other purpose. If you choose not to use cookies or prevent their use via your browser settings, you will not be able to use all of the features of the Site.

The website may use the following types of cookies:

  • Essential cookies – necessary for the proper functioning of the Site. They can only be disabled by changing the settings in your browser, but this may affect the proper functioning of the Site.
  • Analytical cookies – are used to analyze user behavior on the Site. By conducting such analyses, we can observe trends in the interest of people visiting the Site in the information we publish and improve the convenience of using the Site.

As a user of the Site, you can stop providing this information to the Site at any time by deleting the cookies saved on your end devices by the Site. To do this, you should change the settings of your current web browser. To do this, you can also configure your browser to block the installation of cookies for websites selected by you or for all websites. Such settings may result in the loss of the ability to use some of the Story functionalities that require the installation of cookies.anie plików cookies dla wybranych przez Ciebie stron internetowych lub dla wszystkich stron internetowych. Takie ustawienia mogą spowodować utratę możliwości korzystania z niektórych funkcjonalności Story wymagających instalacji plików cookies.

Job application and employment

From time to time, we may post job/cooperation opportunities on the Site. If you send us information in connection with an application for (co)employment, we may store it for the duration of the recruitment process and, in justified cases, after its completion, for the period necessary to process any claims (i.e. until the end of the limitation period).

Other matters

Persons under the age of 18 may use the Site only with the consent of a parent or guardian.

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy due to changes in law, technology or the way the Site operates.

The current text of the Privacy Policy can always be found on the Site.