Privacy Notice

PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE

The confidentiality of visitors to https://barbashyn.law/ (referenced herein with “Site”) is important to Us, and We strive to protect it. This Privacy Notice (referenced herein with “Notice”) describes how We collect, use and share your personal data when You visit the Site. Please also note that this Notice only applies to the use of your personal information obtained by Us.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Barbashyn Law Firm (referenced herein with “We” or “Us”) is an international law firm from Ukraine, conducting its operations through a number of business entities, including presence in Kyiv (Ukraine), Tallinn (Estonia), and Lisbon (Portugal). The firm is the owner of the Site and the data controller for the information processed in accordance with this Notice.

THE AIMS OF COLLECTING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Our primary goal in collecting personal information from You is to help Us:

managing the Site.
deliver our services;
improve, develop and market new services;
handling requests regarding our services made by You on the Site or through other means of communication (email, mobile phone, etc.).
investigate or settle inquiries or disputes;
comply with any applicable law, court order, other judicial process, or the requirements of a regulator;
enforce our agreements with You;
protect the rights, property, or safety of Us or third parties, including our other clients and users of the Site or our services;
conducting traffic analysis on the Site (using cookie files) and improving the Site’s performance;
use as otherwise required or permitted by law.

THE DATA THAT MAY BE COLLECTED

To achieve our goal within the scope of providing services to You, We may process personal data that You provide to Us, depending on the nature of your request to Us, which may include:

name, surname;
contact information including an email address and social media account where appropriate;
passport details (including series, passport number, issuing authority, and date of issue) and/or identification code;
payment information;
relevant information as required by Know Your Client and/or Anti-Money Laundering regulations and as part of our client intake procedures. This may possibly include evidence of source of funds, at the outset of and possibly from time to time throughout our relationship with clients, which We may request and/or obtain from third party sources;
other information relevant to provision of Services;
user’s IP address used to connect the device to the Internet and other personal and technical information You provide to Us while using the Site;
metadata (such as the date and time of a person’s call to the company, cookies).

We only collect personal data that is consciously and voluntarily provided by You as the data subject for the purpose of using the services of the Site. When using the Site, We may automatically collect information related to your use of the Site.

LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA

We process your personal data based on certain legal grounds, namely:

your consent as the data owner;
to perform a contract in which You are a party, or to take steps at your request prior to entering into such a contract;
to provide You with services in accordance with your request or agreement on the pricing policy for the requested services;
to fulfill obligations imposed on Us by law;
to protect your vital interest;
to protect our legitimate interests, except where these legitimate interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms requiring the protection of personal data.

THE CONDITIONS OF PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING

We may process your data if:

You are our client or service provider (or interested in becoming one);
You work for our client or service provider, or for someone who uses our services;
You are a potential client (or You work for a client) to whom We want to say about our services or offer them;
You approach Us with a request for Services;
You are our employee, contractor, or interested in working with Us;
You use the Site.

Before disclosing to Us the personal data of another person, You must obtain the consent of that person for both disclosure and processing of their personal information in accordance with this Notice.

In order to respect the confidentiality of minors, We consciously do not collect, store, or process personal information provided over the Internet through our Site by individuals under the age of 18. If We become aware that a child under the age of 18 has provided Us with personal information without parental consent, We take steps to delete such information.

THE RETAINMENT OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to provide quality services or until We receive a request for the deletion of personal data.

Upon cessation of the use of personal data, they will be anonymized in such a way that they cannot be identified.

Your information may be stored for a longer period if there are significant legal grounds, such as required by law or court decision, or for the protection or assertion of legal claims.

We may delete your personal data at your request at any time. You may also withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING PERSONAL DATA

All Site Users have the following rights:

the right to know the sources of collection, the location of their personal data, the purpose of their processing, and the location of the Data Controller;
the right to know the sources of collection, the location of their personal data, the purpose of their processing, and the location of the Data Controller;
the right to correct their personal data;
the right to delete their personal data, provided there are no breaches of obligations and no need to retain the data;
the right to restrict or block the processing of their personal data if the User objects to such processing, doubts the accuracy of their data, believes that their processing is illegal, or if it is necessary to establish, exercise, or defend the User’s rights in court;
the right to receive personal data provided by the User to Us (in a structured, widely used, and machine-readable format) and reuse them elsewhere or ask Us to transfer them to a third party of the User’s choice;
the right to withdraw consent to the processing;
the right to file a complaint with Us regarding any processing of their personal data or to contact the supervisory authorities in the country where the User lives or works;
the right to demand the cessation of the processing of their personal data, and We will do so, except for the presence of legal and compelling reasons for such processing;
the right to opt-out of the processing of their personal data for analytical or marketing purposes.

Please note that some of these rights may be restricted if We have a legitimate interest or a legal obligation to continue processing data, or if the data may be exempt from disclosure due to legal professional privileges or obligations to maintain professional secrecy.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA TO THIRD PARTIES

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties. This does not include trusted third parties who assist Us in operating our Site, conducting our business, or servicing you, as long as these parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also disclose your information if We believe that disclosure is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other purposes.

On the Site, there may be links to other websites (solely for informational purposes). When You follow a link to other websites, the terms of this Notice will not apply to those websites. Therefore, We recommend that You review the privacy notice of each website before providing any personally identifiable information.

COOKIE NOTICE

Our Site uses cookies. Cookies are text files that contain a small amount of information, which are sent to the web browser and stored on the user’s device.

By using cookies, We only collect anonymous statistical data to improve the user experience of the Site. We do not collect any data that would allow the identification of the user.

Types of cookies that We use:

strictly necessary cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the Site and for providing services requested by the user. Strictly necessary cookies help facilitate your navigation on the site, ensure the security of the site, and allow You to access various site services.
analytical cookies help Us understand the behavior of our users and enable Us to improve Site navigation and the content. For this purpose, We use analytical tools such as Google Analytics.

You can opt out of accepting cookies by adjusting settings in your browser to disable cookie settings. However, please note that our Site may not function properly if all cookies are disabled.

If You have not configured your browser to reject cookies, Our system will generate them when You enter our Site.

We reserve the right to opt out of cookies on our Site, change their types and functions, or add new cookies to our Site. Therefore, We reserve the right to change the provisions of this cookie usage text at any time. Any changes made to this text will take effect upon publication on the Site.

UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE

We may update this Notice by posting a new version on our Site. If We update this Notice in a way that significantly changes how We use your personal data, We will bring these changes to your attention where reasonable and possible. Otherwise, We recommend that You periodically review this Notice to be aware of any other revisions.

DATA CONTROLLER INFORMATION

Name of the company: Barbashyn Law Firm

Address :Ukraine, 01001, Kyiv city, Volodymyrska street, building 10, office 3.5

If You have any questions about this Privacy Policy or want to exercise your rights set out in this Privacy Policy, please contact Us by:

sending an email to: info@barbashyn.law;
or calling Us on: +38 067 67 44 721.