Privacy policy & GDPR
Data controller
Paulina Zilkova, law firm, as the data controller is obliged to protect the personal data that the company processes.
The processing of your personal data takes place in accordance with applicable legislation and the terms below.
Any questions regarding the processing of personal data can be directed to lawyer Paulina Zilkova at info@zilkovalegal.eu.
Purpose and legal basis
Paulina Zilkova law firm processes information for the following purposes:
creation and handling of cases, including as an adviser, legal aid, or as an appointed lawyer;
b) investigation of legal matters and preparation of legal notes;
c) communication with clients, business partners, other parties, or public authorities;
d) compliance with legal obligations, including in relation to the Money Laundering Act, the Accounting Act, etc.;
e) storage for reasons of being able to document work done;
f) website maintenance.
The legal basis for the treatments follows:
The Data Protection Regulation of 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the Data Protection Regulation), article 6, paragraph 1, letter b, the contract rule.
Article 6 of the Data Protection Regulation, subsection 1, letter c, the rule on legal obligations.
Article 6 of the Data Protection Regulation, subsection 1, letter f, the balancing of interests rule.
Article 9, subsection of the Data Protection Regulation 2, letter f, the rule that legal requirements.
Act on supplementary provisions to the regulation on the protection of natural persons in connection with the processing of personal data and on the free exchange of such information No. 502 of 23 May 2018 (hereinafter referred to as the Data Protection Act), 11, subsection 2 on private individuals' processing of social security numbers for use in the registration of deeds, processing of money laundering documentation, etc. purposes.
Categories of personal data
The personal data that is most often processed is general information such as:
a) contact information such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, contact information on social media, etc.;
b) financial information, social information, credit rating information, and legal information;
c) portrait photos and video recordings;
d) the information that is sent via the contact form, SMS, e-mail, or via social media.
The sensitive information processed from time to time is health information and trade union membership information.
Other categories of information are CPR numbers, which are obtained via passports, driving licenses, or health cards.
Recipients or categories of recipients
Lawyer Paulina Zilkova is subject to a duty of confidentiality in accordance with the Administration of Justice Act and the lawyer's ethical rules. Lawyer Paulina Zilkova therefore only shares information about a client if the client has given own consent or due to obligations under legislation.
Information may be shared with counterparties and their advisers, external advisers, and public authorities, including the courts, municipalities, regions, insurance companies, agencies, and publicly owned companies.
Where your information comes from
Personal information regarding the client, counterparties, or other persons, comes from the client, is obtained via public registers or social media, or from the third parties mentioned above.
Storage of personal data
Your personal data is only stored for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purpose of the processing.
All personal data is stored for 10 years from the end of the case. The purpose of the storage is to be able to document the rules of legal ethics, the rules of the Administration of Justice Act, the rules on money laundering, the rules on bookkeeping and annual accounts as well as the rules on data protection have been complied with. In addition, and most importantly, there is a lawyer's liability in connection with the advice received, which runs for up to 10 years. In order to be able to document that the legal work provided has been carried out properly, all cases are stored for 10 years.
Upon receipt of a request for insight or a request for deletion, a concrete assessment will be made and, if possible, with reference to the above considerations, deletion of the information in question will be carried out.
All cases are stored digitally. Physical documents are deleted after use. Original documents are kept until a digital copy has been taken, after which the documents are returned to you.
Client's rights
When Paulina Zilkovas law firm collects information about the client, the client has a number of basic rights according to the data protection rules, which the client can make use of.
Client s rights include the right to request access to and rectification or deletion of client s personal data, restriction of and objection to processing, as well as the right to receive client s data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format (data portability).
The rights mentioned above may be subject to conditions and restrictions. Whether the client, as a registered user, can request e.g. having client s personal data deleted will in all cases depend on a specific assessment.
If the client is dissatisfied with our processing of personal data, the client can submit a complaint to Paulina Zilkova law firm at info@zilkovalegal.eu.
The client can also submit a complaint to the Danish Data Protection Agency via their website datatilsynet.dk.
