With the present Notification Valchev and Borisov Law firm provides information about your personal data which may be processed in connection with the law firm’s activity. We process your personal data in order to fully protect your legal rights and interests. We ensure the protection of your data by applying all appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent unauthorized access, unauthorized or malicious use, loss or premature deletion of information.
The present Noticаtion of confidentiality applies to the overall activity of Valchev and Borisov Law firm.
Information about Valchev and Borisov Law firm.
Valchev and Borisov Law firm., with BULSTAT: 175725992, registered under Sofia City Court company case No. 397 /2009, with seat and address in Sofia 1309, 137 Todor Aleksandrov Blvd., fl. 6, telephone/fax: +359 2 987 36 15, represented by attorney-at-law Borislav Valchev – Мanaging partner.
Definitions
For the purposes of the present Notification, the definitions below have the following meaning, according to 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 (General Data Protection Regulation):
„Personal data“ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, psychic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;
„Processing“ means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;
„Controller“ means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law;
„Processor“ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller;
„Recipient“ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.
Personal data we process
The personal data usually processed in connection with the activity of the law firm are as follows:
Name: first name, middle name, surname;
Personal identification number /PIN/;
Address: permanent and current;
Position, education, qualification, length of service;
Bank account number;
Contact details: phone number, e-mail;
Other personal data related to the legal services provided by the law firm.
Collecting of personal data
Valchev and Borisov Law firm collects personal data in different ways. In some cases, personal data are provided by third parties. In this regard, we would like to inform you that we may be able to perform an action that you are addressing to us, not as an controller but as a personal data processor.
We collect personal data directly from you:
when you contact us to participate an activity which is provided for by law or by contract;
We collect personal data from third parties:
when we are needed to carry out our activity of providing legal services and protecting the interests of our clients;
when a public authority carries out an inspection, including when receiving a request for data.
Purpose of the processing of personal data
Your personal data is processed for the following purposes:
Preparation of legal protection and assistance contracts, authorization;
Providing the legal services we are required;
Performance of contractual obligations towards our clients and partners;
Communicate with our clients;
Providing the information our clients require from us;
Providing legal protection and assistance;
For the purposes of implementing employment contracts, permanent employment contracts and traineeships;
Establishment and/ or prevention of unlawful actions or actions in contradiction with our terms of service;
To protect the lawful interests of the law firm;
To fulfill our legal obligations;
Other activities related to the activity of the law firm.
Legal basis for the processing of personal data
For performance of contracts and in the context of pre-contractual relations
We process your personal data in order to protect your rights and legitimate interests, as well as to perform the contractual and pre-contractual obligations and to exercise the rights under the contracts signed with you.
To fulfill legal obligations and in view of a legitimate interest
We process your personal data in order to comply with obligations, for example:
Fulfillment of obligations in connection with the Consumer Protection Act and provision of information to the Consumer Protection Committee or third parties provided for in the Consumer Protection Act;
provision of information to the Commission for personal data protection related with obligations stipulated in the legislation on the protection of personal data;
obligations stipulated in the Accounting Law and the Tax-Insurance Procedure Code, the Labor Code and other related normative acts, in relation to the keeping of correct and lawful accounting;
Providing information to the court and third parties in the course of proceedings before a court, in accordance with the requirements of procedural and substantive legal acts applicable to the proceedings.
After consent has been given
In some cases, personal data are processed only after prior written consent. Consent is a separate ground for the processing of your personal data and the purpose of the processing is stated in the consent itself. The consent may be withdrawn at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of consent-based processing prior to its withdrawal. Withdrawal of consent can be done, personally in our office, or electronically, in compliance with the requirements of the Electronic Document and Electronic Signature Act, in the following email: office@valchevandborisov.com
Recipients (categories of recipients) of personal data
Observing the legal requirements Valchev and Borisov Law firm may disclose your personal data to:
Service providers (lawyers, accountants, auditors, IT providers, software and other services, financial and credit institutions). Such disclosure only occurs when there is good reason to do so and, on the basis of a written agreement, the recipients ensure an adequate level of protection.
Period for storing personal data
Valchev and Borisov Law firm store the particular documents and related personal data within the time limits provided by the law (Accounting Law and the Tax-Insurance Procedure Code, etc.) More detailed information on a particular type of documents and personal data can be obtained through a request addressed to the Law firm.
Protection of the personal data
To ensure data protection to our clients, we apply all necessary organizational and technical measures, in accordance with national and European legislation. Guarantee:
ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of processing systems and services;
the ability to restore the availability and access to personal data in a timely manner in the event of a physical or technical incident;
regularly testing, assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of technical and organisational measures for ensuring the security of the processing.
For the sake of maximum security when processing, transferring and storing your personal data, we may use additional security mechanisms such as encryption, pseudonymisation, etc.
Your rights in relation with the processing of your personal data
Access to personal data and information:
You have the right to require of us:
Information if the personal data related to you are processed, information about the purpose of the processing, the categories of personal data concerned and the recipients or categories of recipients of the personal data, the period for which the personal data will be stored, or if that is not possible, the criteria used to determine that period and other.
a message in an intelligible form containing your personal data being processed and any available information about its source.
Right to rectification:
You have the right to obtain from us without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.
Right to erasure („right to be forgotten”)
You have the right to obtain from us the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:
the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;
you withdraw your consent on which the processing is based, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing;
you object to the processing and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or object to the processing;
the personal data have been unlawfully processed;
the personal data have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which we are subject;
If your personal data are necessary to Valchev and Borisov Law firm to fulfill a legal obligation that requires the processing and / or the establishment, exercise or protection of legal claims, the right to erasure as stated in this Section shall not apply.
Right to restriction of processing:
You have the right to obtain from us restriction of processing where one of the following applies::
the accuracy of the personal data is contested by you, for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
the processing is unlawful and you opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of their use instead;
we no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
you have objected to processing pending the verification whether our legitimate grounds override yours.
Where processing has been restricted, such personal data shall, with the exception of storage, only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.
Right to object:
You have the right to object against the processing of your personal data if there is a legal basis for this.
Right to data portability:
You have the right to receive the personal data concernin you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from us, where:
the processing is based on consent or on a contract; and
the processing is carried out by automated means.
Right to withdraw your consent
Your consent may be withdrawn at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of consent-based processing prior to its withdrawal. Withdrawal of consent can be done either personally at the law firm’s office at: Sofia 1309, 137 Todor Aleksandrov Blvd., fl. 6, or electronically, in accordance with the Electronic Document and Electronic Signature Act, to the following email: office@valchevandborisov.com
Right to lodge a complaint:
If you believe that we are violating the applicable regulations, please contact us to clarify the matter. Of course, you have the right to complain to the Commission for Personal Data Protection or to the relevant regulatory body within the EU.
Applications relating to the above rights shall be filed in person or by an explicitly authorized person by a notarized power of attorney. An application may also be made electronically, in accordance with the Electronic Document and Electronic Signature Act.
Upon your request, we are obliged to take action within one month and, if necessary, this period may be extended by a further 2 months, taking into account the complexity and the number of requests. Valchev and Borisov Law firm will inform you of any such extension within one month of receipt of the request, and will state the reasons for the delay.
If Valchev and Borisov Law firm do not take action at your request, we will notify you without delay and at the latest within one month of receipt of the request for reasons not to take action, as well as the possibility of complain to supervisory authority and seeking legal protection.
The exercise of your rights is completely free.
Information about automated decision-making, profiling
In its activity Valchev and Borisov Law firm do not use automated decision-making, profiling, within the meaning of General Data Protection Regulation.
Updating the Notification of confidentiality
The present Notification of confidentiality is current as of 20.09.2018.
It may be amended due to an amendment of the applicable legislation, at the initiative of Valchev and Borisov Law firm, our clients, to competent authorities as well as for other reasons.
We ask you to periodically review this Notification to get to know its most up-to-date version.
How you can contact us
Valchev and Borisov Law firm., BULSTAT: 175725992, with seat and address in Sofia 1309, 137 Todor Aleksandrov Blvd., fl. 6.
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