This data is used to provide information on the rights of affected persons (our clients and other natural persons), whose personal data is processed by our law firm Law Service, s.r.o., with its registered office at Stráž 223, 960 01 Zvolen, IČO: 36 861 723, entered in the Commercial Register of the District Court. of the Court Banská Bystrica, Section: Sro, File No .: 15908 / S, as an operator (hereinafter also referred to as the “Operator”) in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to processing personal data and on the free movement of such data, repealing Directive 95/46 / EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (hereinafter referred to as the “GDPR Regulation”), Act no. 18/2018 Coll. on the Protection of Personal Data and on Amendments to Certain Acts (hereinafter referred to as the “ZoOOÚ”), Act no. 586/2003 Coll. on Advocacy and on Amendments to Act No. 455/1991 Coll. on Trade Licensing (Trade Licensing Act) as amended (hereinafter referred to as the “Advocacy Act”), as well as other regulations.

When processing personal data, our management office proceeds in accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the Slovak Bar Association (hereinafter referred to as the “SAK”), which explains the processing of personal data by lawyers in more detail. You can get acquainted with the SAK Code of Conduct on the SAK website www.sak.sk.

Our law firm performs activities that consist mainly of:

• In the performance of advocacy in accordance with the Advocacy Act - representing clients in proceedings before courts, public authorities and other legal entities, defence in criminal proceedings, providing legal advice, writing documents on legal acts, processing legal analyzes, managing clients property and other forms of legal advice and legal assistance if provided on a continuous and remunerated basis;
• In the performance of various legal, status and contractual obligations;
• In protecting our legitimate interests as well as the interests of our clients and others.

What is personal data and what is meant by the processing of personal data?

Personal data within the meaning of the applicable legislation is data relating to an identified natural person or an identifiable natural person who can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by a generally applicable identifier, another identifier such as first name, surname, identification number, location data, or an online identifier, or based on one or more of the characteristics or traits that make up its physical identity, physiological identity, genetic identity, mental identity, economic identity, cultural identity, or social identity.

Processing of personal data means a processing operation or set of processing operations involving personal data or personal data files, in particular the acquisition, recording, organization, structuring, storage, alteration, retrieval, browsing, use, transmission, dissemination or otherwise, regrouping or combining , restriction, deletion, whether carried out by automated means or by non - automated means.

Which legal basis do we use when processing your personal data?

We are only entitled to process your personal data in a lawful manner and in such a way that your fundamental rights are not violated. We process your personal data on the basis of (at least one of) the following legal bases:

• Based on your consent to the processing of your personal data for at least one specific purpose, and only if it is not possible to process personal data on another legal basis;
• The processing of your personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract (e.g. a contract for the provision of legal services, employment contract) to which you (our client) are a party, or to take action before concluding a contract based on your request (pre-contractual relations);
• The processing of your personal data is necessary for the fulfilment of our legal obligation as an operator, especially for the fulfilment of obligations arising from law regulations (especially the Advocacy Act), accounting regulations, the Archives and Registries Act, as well as for fulfilling obligations in relation to state authorities;
• The processing of your personal data is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests which we pursue or which are pursued by a third party, and we use this legal basis in particular:
• To send newsletters to our clients in order to provide information on legislative changes or legal news, as well as to send holiday greetings;
• To monitor the traffic of our website, to improve the functioning of our website (through “cookies”), but so that when using this purpose, it does not unduly interfere with your rights;
• To monitor the exterior and interior of the building where our law firm is located, in order to protect our property from destruction, damage or theft, as well as to protect the health and safety of persons located on the premises of our law firm.

The purpose of personal data processing

We process your personal data to the extent and in the manner defined by the following categories of purposes:

1. Exercise of the profession (provision of legal services)
   Fulfilment of the legal obligation according to Art. 6 par. 1 letter (c) the GDPR (in relation to specific categories of personal data, these may be additional conditions under Article 9 (2) (f) of the GDPR) and, where applicable, the performance of the contract under Article 6 (2). 1 letter b) GDPR

   • Related regulations
     Advocacy Act, Bar Code, Civil and Commercial Code, and other legislation

2. Provision of non-legal services
   Performance of the contract pursuant to Article 6 para. 1 letter b) GDPR or, where applicable, the fulfilment of the legal obligation pursuant to Art. 6 par. 1 dog. c) GDPR

   • Related regulations
     Public Sector Partners Register Act, e-Government Act, Civil and Commercial Code, Non-Residential Lease Act, and other legislation

3. Ensuring compliance with legal regulations and regulations of the Slovak Bar Association
   Fulfilment of the legal obligation according to Art. 6 par. 1 dog. c) GDPR, the legitimate interest of lawyers or third parties pursuant to Art. 6 par. 1 letter f) GDPR, public interest according to Art. 6 par. 1 letter e) GDPR or defending legal claims under Art. 9 par. 2 letter f) GDPR

4. • Related regulations
     Advocacy Act, Bar Code, Act on Protection against Money Laundering, Anti-Social Reporting Act, GDPR, and other legislation

5. Purpose relating to the protection of legitimate interests
   The legitimate interest of lawyers or third parties under Art. 6 par. 1 letter f) GDPR

   • Related regulations
     GDPR, Civil and Commercial Code, Criminal Code, Criminal Code, Civil Dispute Code, Civil Non-Dispute Code, Administrative Judicial Code, Administrative Code, Offenses Act, and other legislation

6. Marketing purposes (sending newsletters, cookies)
   The consent of the person concerned pursuant to Art. 6 par. 1 letter (a) the GDPR or the legitimate interest of lawyers or third parties pursuant to Article 6 (1) (a) f) GDPR

7. • Related regulations
     Advocacy Act, Electronic Communications Act, Advertising Act, Consumer Protection Act, Civil Code, and other legislation

8. Statistical purposes, archival purposes in the public interest and purposes of historical and scientific research
   Art. 89 GDPR

   • Related regulations
     Law on Archives, and other legislation

9. Personnel and wages (especially for employment purposes)Fulfilment of the legal obligation according to Art. 6 par. 1 dog. c) GDPR, legitimate interest according to Art. 6 par. 1 letter (f) the GDPR, where applicable, the performance of the contract pursuant to Article 6 (2). 1 letter (b) GDPR (in relation to specific categories of personal data, these may be additional conditions under Article 9 (2) (b) of the GDPR)

   • Related regulations
     Labour Code, Advocacy Act and other legislation

10. Accounting and tax purposes
    Fulfilment of the legal obligation according to Art. 6 par. 1 dog. c) GDPR

    • Related regulations
      Special laws in the field of accounting and tax administration, and other legislation

What personal data do we process?

If you are our client, we most often obtain your personal data directly from you.

In this case, obtaining your personal data is voluntary. Depending on the specific case, the non-disclosure of personal data to clients may have an impact on our ability to provide quality legal advice or, in exceptional cases, our obligation to refuse to provide legal advice.

We may also obtain personal information about our clients from publicly available sources, from public authorities or from other persons.

If you are not our client, we most often obtain your personal data from our clients or from other public or legal sources such as by requesting from public authorities, extracts from public registers, obtaining evidence in favour of the client, etc. In such a case, we may obtain personal data about you without informing and also against your will on the basis of our legal authorization and obligation to practice advocacy in accordance with the Advocacy Act.

Contact details for the Operator:

LawService, s. r. o. | Law Firm
Stráž 223, 960 01 Zvolen
Slovak Republic

Tel.: +421 45 5240 200
Fax.: +421 45 5240 291
E-mail: kancelaria@lawservice.sk