Privacy Policy

Who is the controller of your personal data, and what are our company’s contact details?

bpv Braun Partners s.r.o. Attorneys at Law, ID No.: 27948994, with its registered office at Ovocný trh 1096/8, Prague 1, Postal Code 11000, registered in the Commercial Register maintained by the Municipal Court in Prague under file no. C 128700, tel.: +420 224 490 000, e-mail: info@bpv-bp.com (hereinafter referred to asthe “Company”), hereby, in its capacity as data controller in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to asthe “Regulation”or“GDPR”), informs natural persons about the processing of their personal data in connection with the practice of law.

The Company hereby informs visitors to the websitewww.bpv-bp.com(hereinafter also referred to asthe “Website”) that files commonly known as cookies may be stored on their devices (e.g., computers) when they visit the Website.

This information notice does not apply to the processing of data relating to legal entities, including the name, legal form, and contact details of a legal entity, which do not constitute personal data within the meaning of the GDPR.

What personal data do we process about you?

Our Company processes the following categories of personal data:

a) identification and contact information;
b) financial information (e.g., billing information, payment details);
c) information contained in the legal file;
d) information from mutual communications (whether in person, in writing, by telephone, or otherwise);
e) contact information required to register for an event organized by the Company (e.g., business breakfast, client party) and information regarding (non)attendance at a specific event organized by the Company;
f) recordings (photographs and/or video recordings) may be made at events organized by the Company;
g) if you are our client or have given your consent to receiving commercial communications (e.g., newsletters and invitations to Company events), information regarding your preferences for receiving such communications;

h) information about the language version of the Website you have selected.

Our Company intends to process up-to-date and accurate personal data. If there have been any changes to your personal data, please let us know and provide us with your current information. You can contact us either by email at info@bpv-bp.com or by mail at our registered office address.

Are you required to provide your personal information?

The provision of the data listed under (a) through (d) in the section “What data do we process about you?” is mandatory, as this data is necessary for the fulfillment of contractual obligations and/or for the fulfillment of obligations imposed on our Firm by law in connection with the practice of law. Without the processing of this data, legal advice cannot be provided; therefore, its provision is a contractual and legal requirement of the Firm.

The information listed under (e) in the section “What information do we process about you?” is required if you register for any of the events organized by the Company, as we cannot confirm your participation in the event without it.

Photographs and videos taken at Company events are intended to capture the atmosphere of the event, not to directly focus on individual participants. Photographs or videos of specific individuals are taken only if you specifically ask the photographer or videographer to do so or if you actively cooperate with the filming.

The information listed under (g) in the section “What information do we process about you?” is voluntary.

The data listed under (h) in the section “What data do we process about you?” is necessary to ensure the operation and basic functions of the Website, specifically to display the selected language version of the Website.

Where does the personal data come from?

The personal data processed by the Company as described above is obtained from the following sources:

a) the data was provided to our Company by our client, their representative, or you yourself, e.g., when entering into a contract with the Company or during its performance;
b) the data comes from public sources, lists, and registers compatible with the purpose, such as the Commercial Register, Trade Register, and Insolvency Register;
c) the data originates from a file maintained by a state authority in the course of proceedings (e.g., judicial, administrative, criminal);

d) We collected this data using files called cookies (for more information on cookies, see the section “What are cookies?”).

For what purpose do we process your personal data?

Our Company processes your personal data for the following purposes:

a) performance of a contract concluded with you or with our client,
b) maintaining and developing our relationship with you;
c) fulfilling our legal obligations in connection with the practice of law;
d) for direct marketing purposes, particularly in the form of sending commercial communications (e.g., newsletters and invitations to the Firm’s events), namely (i) based on our legitimate interest, if you are our client and have not yet objected to such processing, or (ii) based on your consent, if you are not our client or, even if you are, you have objected to such processing;
e) to promote our services externally (applies exclusively to clients and their employees and associates with whom this has been individually agreed);

f) ensuring the operation and basic functions of the Website, specifically the display of the selected language version of the Website; for more information on cookies, see the section below titled “What are cookies?”;

g) processing your request or inquiry.

On what legal basis do we process your personal data?

We process your data because:

1. processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party (e.g., a legal services agreement);
2. processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which our Firm, as the data controller, is subject in the course of providing legal services (e.g., maintaining a legal file);
3. The processing is necessary for the purposes of our Company’s legitimate interests, which include, for example:

• performance of the contract entered into with our client;
• handling your questions and/or requests,
• to support our business activities, primarily by sending electronic marketing communications (such as newsletters and invitations) to our clients who have not yet objected to such processing;
• ensuring the operation of the Website, including the processing of personal data through technical cookies (for more information on cookies, see the section“What are cookies?”);
• the establishment, exercise, or defense (including enforcement) of any legal claims by the Company;
• records of our Company's events;
• you have given your consent to this processing, such as consent to receive marketing communications electronically (e.g., newsletters and invitations to our Company’s events) if you are not our client or, even if you are, you have previously objected to this processing of your personal data.

How is your personal data processed?

Your personal data is/will be processed both automatically and by our employees or our contractual partners. However, our Company does not and will not use your personal data to make decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, in accordance with Article 22(2) of the Regulation.

Who might have access to your personal data?

In justified cases and to the extent necessary, your personal data may be disclosed to:

– IT service providers or other contractual partners that our firm uses to provide legal services;
– postal service providers or couriers, limited to your name and address, if you are the recipient of a shipment;
– (permanent) collaborating attorneys who participate in providing legal advice to the client;
– translators and translation agencies;
– marketing consultants and marketing agencies – in the event that it has been individually agreed with the client that the Company may use the client’s identification data for its marketing purposes;
– experts and expert institutions;

– to entities and/or authorities specified by law in cases where the Company is required by law to provide such data (e.g., under certain measures against money laundering and terrorist financing), or to other entities in cases where it is necessary to protect the Company’s legitimate interests, provided that the disclosure is in accordance with our duty of confidentiality;

– If necessary to provide legal advice to a client and if such transfer is consistent with our duty of confidentiality, our Firm is authorized to transfer personal data to the extent necessary to a cooperating attorney or law firm abroad, particularly within the framework of cooperation among the law firms that make up the bpv Legal alliance. Within the scope of this cooperation, personal data may be transferred exclusively within the European Union, in particular to Belgium, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania;
– if agreed with you, our Firm may transfer your contact and identification data to rating agencies (e.g., Chambers, Legal 500) for the purpose of providing a reference regarding our Firm and its collaborating attorneys;
– if you are our client and this has been individually agreed with you, our Firm may publish your identification data in its promotional materials.

Our Company does not intend to transfer your personal data to a third country (a country outside the EU) or to an international organization. Furthermore, our Company will never, under any circumstances, disclose your personal data to other entities for further commercial use!

How long will we process your data?

We will only process your personal data for as long as is strictly necessary.

Processing for the time strictly necessary means:

a) processing for the duration of the contractual relationship with you or with our client;
b) processing for the period specified by legal regulations governing the practice of law;
c) processing for the period specified by other legal regulations;
d) processing after the termination of the contractual relationship between our Company and you or our client for the duration of any limitation periods for any potential claims of our Company, you as a natural person, other data subjects, and/or our client;

e) processing for the time necessary to handle your request and, subsequently, for the duration of the statute of limitations for any related claim.

We will also retain your personal data for the duration of any legal proceedings to which such data may be relevant.

If you are our client, your personal data will be processed for direct marketing purposes based on our Company’s legitimate interest for the duration of the legal advisory services provided by our Company and, following the termination of such services, for a period of 3 years, but no longer than until you object to such processing.

If we process your personal data for direct marketing purposes based on your consent, we will process it for the period specified in the consent you provided and, if no period is specified in the consent, for a period of 3 years from the date you provided consent, but no longer than until you withdraw your consent, provided you do so before the expiration of the period for which you granted us consent.

We retain personal data processed via cookies for the duration of each cookie’s validity (for more information on cookies, see the section“What are cookies?”)

What are your rights regarding the processing of your personal data?

Under the terms set forth in the Regulation, you may exercise the following rights in connection with the processing of your personal data:

a) RIGHT OF ACCESS – the right to access your personal data and the right to obtain a copy of the personal data being processed (provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others);

b) RIGHT TO RECTIFICATION – the right to have inaccurate personal data concerning you corrected. 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;

c) RIGHT TO ERASURE – the right to have your personal data erased if any of the following situations arise:

(i) the personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed;
(ii) you have withdrawn the consent on which the processing of your personal data was based, and there is no other legal basis for processing it;
(iii) you have objected to the processing of your personal data and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for such processing, or you have objected to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes;
(iv) Your personal data has been processed unlawfully;
(v) Your personal data must be erased to comply with a legal obligation under European Union or Member State law to which our Company is subject;
(vi) Your personal data was collected in connection with the provision of information society services;

d) RIGHT TO RESTRICTION OF PROCESSING – the right to request that our Company restrict the processing of your personal data if:

(i) you contest the accuracy of your personal data, for a period necessary to allow our Company to verify the accuracy of such personal data;
(ii) the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of your personal data and request instead the restriction of its use;
(iii) our Company no longer needs your personal data for the stated purposes of processing, but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
(iv) you have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the Regulation, pending verification of whether the Company’s legitimate grounds override your legitimate grounds;

e) RIGHT TO DATA PORTABILITY – the right to have your personal data, which is processed on the basis of consent or a contract and by automated means, transferred;

f) RIGHT TO OBJECT – the right to object, free of charge, to processing carried out on the basis of the Company’s legitimate interest, in particular to direct marketing carried out on the basis of the Company’s legitimate interest. You may submit your objection either by email to info@bpv-bp.com or by mail to our Company’s registered office. In the case of electronic commercial communications sent based on our legitimate interest, you may also object by clicking on the relevant link in the commercial communication sent to you;

g) RIGHT TO BE NOTIFIED OF HIGH-RISK DATA BREACHES – the right to be notified in the event of a data breach involving your personal data, where such a breach is likely to result in a high risk to your rights and freedoms; and

h) RIGHT TO WITHDRAW PREVIOUSLY GIVEN CONSENT – You may withdraw your previously given consent at any time, effective for the future, by sending an email to info@bpv-bp.com or by mailing a letter to our Company’s registered office. You may also withdraw your consent to receive electronic marketing communications by clicking on the relevant link in the marketing communication sent to you;

(i) THE RIGHT NOT TO BE SUBJECT TO A DECISION BASED SOLELY ON AUTOMATED PROCESSING – the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you;

j) RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT – the right to lodge a complaint if you believe that the processing of your personal data has violated or is violating the Regulation; you may lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, which in the Czech Republic is the Office for Personal Data Protection, located at: Pplk. Sochora 27, 170 00 Prague 7, website: www.uoou.cz

To exercise your rights under the Regulation or if you have any questions or concerns regarding the processing of your personal data, you may contact our Company in writing at its registered office address or by email at info@bpv-bp.com. We would also like to inform you that our Company has not appointed a Data Protection Officer.

What’s the deal with these so-called cookies?

Cookies are small text files that your browser stores and that are used to make your experience on our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure.

Our websitewww.bpv-bp.comusesonly so-called technical cookies, which are strictly necessary to ensure its operation and basic functions.

It is not necessary to obtain the website visitor’s consent to store technical cookies.

The following overview lists the cookies that are and/or may be used on the Website:

Please note that your personal data may be processed through the use of cookies in accordance with this “Privacy Notice.”

All common browsers allow you to delete existing cookies, prevent them from being stored, or, conversely, allow them to be stored. These actions are typically performed in your browser settings, and the specific procedure depends primarily on your browser and its version. If you are unsure how to perform any of these actions, please refer to your browser’s help section. You can also find information about specific browser settings at the addresses listed below:

• microsoft.com for Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge;
• google.com for the Google Chrome browser;
• mozilla.org for the Mozilla Firefox browser;
• opera.com for the Opera browser;
• apple.com for the Safari browser.

Please note, however, that if you disable all cookies—including technical cookies—we cannot guarantee that you will be able to use all the features of our Website or that the Website will display properly.