Protection of personal data

Protection of personal data

The attorney-at-law, as the administrator of personal data provided to him by the client based on the contract, undertakes to process personal data in accordance with legal regulations, in particular Act No. 85/1996 Coll. (Law on Advocacy) and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals concerning the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC.

Personal data administrator

Legal basis for processing

• Agreement on the providing of legal services
• The providing of personal data is the obligation of the data subject - the client (hereinafter referred to as the "client"), which arises from the above-mentioned agreement.

Purpose of the processing

The providing of legal services under an agreement concluded with the client.

Recipients of personal data

• Public authorities (e.g. courts, administrative authorities)
• Information system maintenance providers
• Other recipients according to the needs and instructions of the client

Period of processing personal data

Personal data will be processed for the period of validity of the above-mentioned agreement and after its termination, they will be disposed of according to the valid legal regulation, especially Act No. 85/1996 Coll. (Advocacy Act), Act No. 499/2004 Coll. (Law on Archiving and Records Management and on Amendments to Certain Acts) and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (GDPR Regulation).

Client rights

The right of access to personal data means that the client has the right to obtain information from the administrator – attorney-at-law on whether he processes his personal data and, if so, what data it is and how it is processed. The client also has the right to the administrator – attorney-at-law to correct inaccurate personal data concerning him without undue delay. The client has the right to add incomplete personal data at any time.

In other words, the right to delete personal data represents an expressed obligation of the administrator - attorney-at-law to destroy personal data that he processes about the client if certain conditions are met and the client requests it.

The client has the right to the administrator - attorney-at-law in the certain cases to limit the processing of his personal data. The client has the right at any time to object to the processing, which is based on the legitimate interests of the administrator - lawyer, third party or is necessary for the fulfilment of the task performed in the public interest or the exercise of public power.

The right to data portability gives the client the possibility to obtain personal data provided to the administrator in a common and machine-readable format. He may then pass this information on to another administrator or, if technically possible, request that the administrators pass it on to each other.

The right to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time does not apply, as the client's data are processed due to the performance of the agreement concluded with the client, not based on consent to the processing.

In the event that the client is in any way dissatisfied with the processing of his personal data by the administrator – attorney-at-law, he can file a complaint directly with him or contact the Office for Personal Data Protection.

More information on the client's rights is available on the website of the Office for Personal Data Protection. (https://www.uoou.cz/6-prava-sub-projektu-udaj/d-27276)