Your privacy and security of your personal data are very important to us at Law Firm Jonuška&Jonuška (herainafter – We or Us).

This privacy policy (hereinafter – Privacy Policy) is designed to explain how We collect, store, use and otherwise process your personal data when you use our Website http://www.jonuska.legal (hereinafter – Website) or social media accounts, or by e-mail or phone, or obtained by us in connection with the performance of contracts with our partners or clients an employee or a representative of whom you are.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time unilaterally, in our sole discretion. Be sure to periodically check this page to ensure that at all times you are aware of any changes to this Privacy Policy. Changes of the Privacy Policy come in to force on the day they are published on the Website. Because of this reason, as you visit the Website you have to make sure that you are aware of the latest version of the Privacy Policy that is posted on the Website. If you continue to use the Website after the effective date of the changes, We will consider it as your agreement with the new Privacy Policy.

What kind of personal data do We collect?

We process data about your use of our website. The usage data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. We obtain such data through the use of cookies and similar technologies. We process such data to have a better understanding of how you use our website and services. This data is processed on the basis of your consent.

We process your data for the purposes of providing legal services. We may collect the following information for the purpose of providing and administering legal services – personal data of a data subject (hereinafter – Client) who enters into a contract for legal services with Us: data contained in such contract; personal data disclosed by the Client; data that will be collected by Us from other sources, such as publicly available sources, registers, etc., during the provision of services. The legal basis for processing this data refers to processing necessary for the compliance with obligations subject to a contract and/or law, and/or for the purposes of legitimate interest or for the performance of a contract and/or in order to take steps at the Client’s request prior to entering into a contract for legal services. The personal data processed for the purpose of providing and administering legal services will be stored for 10 (ten) years as of the fulfilment by us of your last assignment, except where a longer period is established by laws and/or other regulations. For the purposes of providing and administering the services, we process special categories of your personal data only with your express consent and / or in order to file, enforce or defend your legal claims.

For the direct marketing purposes, we process your name and email address by sending you our messages and/or other information via email. We process this data on the basis of your consent. In addition, if we have already provided services to you and you have not objected to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes, we will process the personal data on the basis of a legitimate interest, namely to maintain and improve relationships with the existing clients. If you have not objected to the processing of your data for direct marketing purposes, we will process this data until the date of termination of legal services, and if you are not our client and have simply given your consent to receive direct marketing messages, we will keep your data for 3 (three) years after the day of your consent.

For the purpose of communicating with you, we process your name, surname, email address, phone number and contents of communication. We process this data on the basis of consent and store it for 2 (two) years starting from the date of the last communication with you. If you are our client, we will store this information until the date of termination of legal services. We may process any other personal data you may provide to us at any time by contacting us by e-mail or phone or by visiting our office. This data will be processed on the basis of your consent and will be stored for 2 (two) years from the date of your consent.

How is your personal data processed?

Your personal data will be processed in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Legal Protection of Personal Data and other regulations. When identifying the means of personal data processing and in the course of such processing, We undertake to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures for protecting your personal data from accidental or unlawful destruction, damage, modification, loss, disclosure or any other kind of illegal processing and to adopt proper measures taking into account the risks around your personal data processing.

In cases where during the performance of a contract for legal services the data are not obtained directly from the Client, the notification obligation will not apply because of the lawyer’s (i) statutory duty of confidentiality, and (ii) the right to receive and collect information (special categories of personal data including) and to perform processing operations on such information.

Which cookies are used on this Website?

A cookie is an information that a Website server sends to a web browser and your browser store on your device. This information is sent to the Website server each time a browser requests you to open a page from the server. This allows the web server to set up and monitor the web browser.

The Website may use scripts, which are software code used to ensure the functionality of the Website. This code can be run on our server or on your device.

The Website may also use a pixel tag, which is used to track the flow of visitors to the Website through small, invisible text or an image stored on the Website.

We use the following cookies on our website:

a) Functional. These cookies are used to ensure that the entire Website will function properly and to identify you when you return to the Website. This allows the data controller to provide content tailored to your needs and to remember the information that is relevant to you. The data collected using these cookies is processed on the basis of your consent. These cookies cannot be disabled;

b) Statistics. These cookies allow the Data Controller to identify and count the number of visitors on the Website and to monitor how visitors use the Website. This helps the Data Controller to improve the performance of the Website, for example, to make sure that visitors of the Website are able to easily find what they are looking for. The data collected using these cookies is processed on the basis of your consent;

c) Marketing. We use buttons (“like”, “pin”) to share and promote the Website on social networks Facebook and LinkedIn. These buttons use source code from Facebook and LinkedIn that uses cookies. These social network buttons can store and organize certain information for ad serving purposes (you may see personalized ads).

How is your personal data you make available to us via social media networks used?

We currently have accounts on the following social networking sites:

• An account on Facebook – “jonuska.jonuska”. You can find its Privacy Policy at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation;

• An account on LinkedIn – “jonuska-jonuska“. You can find its Privacy Policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

We kindly ask you to get acquinted with the information regarding the processing of your personal data. “Facebook” and “LinkedIn” are located in United States of America.

Who we share your personal data with?

Personal data made available to Us in connection with our provision of legal services may be disclosed to the following persons for the purpose of providing such services (i) to courts, bailiffs, national or local authorities, agencies and/or organisations, or (ii) to our partners in other countries or to certain professionals (e.g. auditors, lawyers, translators, etc.), or (iii) to opposing parties before which We represent the Client, or (iv) to any other parties, including providers of certain services, such as IT, translation, courier and similar services.

We may share your personal data with a variety of third-party service providers who provide services and process personal data on our behalf. These service providers have access to your information only to perform these tasks and are contractually bound to implement appropriate organizational and technical security measures to protect your personal data, and only to process personal data following our instructions and to the extent necessary to provide their services to us. We must disclose your personal data to fraud and crime prevention agencies for the purpose of assessing the risk of crime, fraud and money laundering and this is a condition of us entering into any contract with you. In this case your personal data is disclosed under the regulatory requirements. We may disclose your information to courts, law enforcement agencies, and governmental authorities that may request relevant information.

Your rights and obligations

By implementing your rights, we are seeking to ensure transparency while processing personal data. The rights, which you have, as a data subject, are described below:

I. you have the right to be informed and request access to your personal data that we process about you. You may be entitled to request copies of your personal information, to know for what purposes your personal data is processed, the period for which personal data will be stored etc.;

II. you have the right to request that we amend or update your personal data where it is inaccurate or incomplete;

III. you have the right to request that we temporarily or permanently stop processing all or some of your personal data;

IV. you have the right to object to us processing your personal data where we no longer have a legitimate or legal need to process it;

V. you have the right to request that we delete your personal data;

VI. you have the right to request a copy of your personal data in a machine-readable format and the right to transmit that personal data for use in another party’s service.

In any case, above mentioned rights are not absolute and the implementation of your rights depends on some certain conditions indicated in regulatory acts.

While we are processing your personal data for the direct marketing purpose, you could be assigned to a proper category of customers. Therefore, you have the right to demand human intervention, to express your views or disagree with such a decision making.

If you are going to implement your rights, you should contact us via email at info@jonuska.legal, but before that, you have to prove your personal identity using electronic communication that allow proper identification of you in accordance with the procedure established by legal acts.

We will provide you with the information as soon as possible and not later than within one calendar month from the day of your application. We provide information to you free of charge, but if the requests are going to be manifestly unfounded or excessive, in particular because of their repetitive character, we may charge a reasonable fee with regard to administrative costs or refuse to act on your request.

You have the right to file complaints about data processing activities, but first of all we will try to resolve all the misunderstandings directly with you. If you will be unhappy with our reply, you have the right to lodge the complaint to a competent data protection authority such as State Data Protection Inspectorate (https://vdai.lrv.lt/en/).