PRIVACY POLICY
AND THE USE OF COOKIES
ON THE "https://switalski.law" WEBSITE

INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

  1. This Privacy Policy sets out the rules for the processing of personal data obtained through the Website, operating at the following address: https://switalski.law (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”).
  2. The owner of the Website is Mateusz Świtalski, conducting business activity under the name of: Mateusz Świtalski Kancelaria Radcy Prawnego, Lwowska 2/4, 61-131 Poznań, Poland NIP: 6692563945, REGON: 520395326, e-mail address: info@switalski.law (hereinafter referred to as the “Law Firm”).

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION

  1. The Website enables visitors (hereinafter referred to as the “Users”) to contact the Law Firm via the contact form (hereinafter referred to as the “Form”) and subscribe to the Newsletter.
  2. The Law Firm is the administrator of the personal data provided by Users via the Form or as a result of subscribing to the Newsletter.
  3. Users’ personal data are processed by the Law Firm in accordance with 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 (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”).
  4. The Law Firm applies appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the protection of the personal data being processed.
  5. Users provide their personal data and consent to their processing on a voluntary basis. The provision of personal data is not a statutory or contractual requirement, but it is a necessary condition for the effective submission of the Form to the Law Firm or subscribing to the Newsletter.
  6. Consent to the processing of personal data provided by the User may be withdrawn at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
  7. If the User is under 16 years of age, consent to the processing of User’s personal data must be provided by User’s parental authority or guardianship.
  8. Users’ personal data may be made available to entities processing personal data at the request of the Law Firm in the field of technical, organizational, IT, legal and accounting support, as well as payment service providers, as well as institutions and bodies authorized to obtain them based on legal provisions, e.g. the police, court, prosecutor’s office.
  9. The User, to who the person data relates, shall have the following rights:
    • the right to access User’s data and to receive a copy thereof, in accordance with Article 15 of the GDPR;
    • the right to rectify User’s data, in accordance with Article 16 of the GDPR;
    • the right to erasure of User’s data (“right to be forgotten”), in accordance with Article 17 of the GDPR;
    • the right to restrict User’s data, in accordance with Article 18 of the GDPR;
    • the right to data portability, in accordance with Article 20 of the GDPR.
  10. In order to exercise the above-mentioned rights, please contact the Law Firm at the address for service or e-mail address indicated in the Introductory Provisions of this Privacy Policy. The User may also send an appropriate request to the Law Firm via the Form.
  11. The User also has the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority – the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection (PL. Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych) at the address Stawki 2, 00-193 Warsaw, if they believe that the processing of their personal data violates the GDPR.

CONTACT FORM

  1. Contacting the Law Firm via the Form requires the User to provide the following personal data:
    • name and surname,
    • e-mail address.
  2. In the detailed part of the Form, the User formulates a message/question to the Law Firm in the most precise and concise manner possible, ensuring the anonymization of the data provided.
  3. The purpose of filling out the Form is to provide the Law Firm with basic information regarding the case in order to obtain legal consultation. Filling in and sending the Form is voluntary and non-binding, in particular, the mere fact of filling in and sending the Form does not give rise to any financial or other obligations on the part of the User or the Law Firm. The conditions for obtaining a legal consultation regarding the case are agreed directly with the Law Firm.
  4. The Law Firm processes personal data provided by Users only for the purpose of contacting the User in the described matter and responding to the received message, after obtaining the prior consent of the User.
  5. Users’ personal data is processed based on Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR, i.e. in connection with the User’s consent to such processing.
  6. Users’ personal data will be processed until the purpose of their processing ceases to exist or until the User withdraws their consent.

NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION

  1. The Law Firm offers interested Users to send a Newsletter containing information materials on topics e.g. related to the legal aspects of running a business, the activities of the Law Firm, etc.
  2. The Newsletter is sent on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR.
  3. Subscribing to the Law Firm’s Newsletter via the Website requires the User to provide the following personal data:
    • e-mail address.
  4. Providing the above-mentioned data is voluntary, but necessary to subscribe to the Newsletter.
  5. Users’ personal data will be processed:
    • until the User unsubscribes from the Law Firm’s Newsletter,
    • until the expiry of the limitation period for claims.

COOKIES

  1. The Website uses the mechanism of cookies (hereinafter referred to as “Cookies”).
  2. Cookies are text files that are stored on the electronic end device (hereinafter referred to as the “Device”) of the Website User.
  3. Cookies contain, in particular, the IP address assigned to the User’s computer or the external IP address of the Internet provider, the domain name, the type of browser, the time of access, the type of operating system.
  4. Cookies used by the Law Firm are safe for the User’s Device. These files make it possible to adapt the Website individually to the User’s requirements. In particular, it is not possible for viruses or other improper software to get into the Users’ Devices in this way.
  5. The Law Firm uses the following types of Cookies:
    • Internal cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the Website’s ICT system;
    • External cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the ICT systems of the websites of the Law Firm’s partners, service providers or service recipients (hereinafter referred to as “External Websites”);
    • Session Cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the Website or External Websites during one session of a given Device. At the end of the session, the files are deleted from the User’s Device;
    • Persistent cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the Website or External Websites until they are manually deleted. Files are not automatically deleted at the end of the Device session, unless the configuration of the User’s Device is set to delete Cookies after the end of the Device session.
  6. The Law Firm cooperates with the following External Websites that may place Cookies on the User’s Devices:
    • Google Analytics,
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn,
    • Facebook.
  7. The Law Firm is not responsible for the security of Cookies from External Websites.
  8. The Law Firm has the right to use Cookies for the following purposes:
    • Improvement and facilitation of access to the Website – the Law Firm may store information about the User’s preferences and settings regarding the Website in Cookies in order to streamline, improve and accelerate the provision of services within the Website;
    • Statistical data – the Law Firm and External Websites use Cookies to collect and process statistical data concerning the Website, such as e.g. visitor statistics, statistics of Users’ Devices or statistics of Users’ behaviour. This data is collected for the purpose of analyzing and improving the Website.
  9. The User has the option of restricting or disabling access to Cookies on their Device. Changes to the settings referred to above can be made by the User using the settings of the web browser.
  10. Restricting the use of Cookies may affect some of the functionalities available on the Website.
  11. The User may delete Cookies at any time using the functions available in the web browser they use.

CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

  1. The Law Firm reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time.
  2. Changes come into force when they are published on the Website.