Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy



Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy



Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy

Data Controller

The Law Office of Maja Bilić Paulić, headquartered in Zagreb, Kružna Street 48, OIB: 30230813265 (hereinafter "Law Office of Maja Bilić Paulić," "Office," "we," or "us") hereby informs you, in accordance with Articles 12, 13, and 14 of 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 (General Data Protection Regulation, hereinafter "GDPR"), of the following: who is the data controller (the person responsible for processing personal data), who the data recipients are (persons to whom data is transferred in accordance with contractual and legal provisions), which personal data we process, for what purposes, and how long we retain the data.

The Office acts as the data controller within the meaning of the GDPR and, through this Privacy Policy (hereinafter "Policy"), provides insight into the procedures related to the collection and processing of personal data.

TYPES OF PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED

The Law Office of Maja Bilić Paulić collects and processes personal data about you (e.g., data that can directly or indirectly identify you, such as name, surname, academic title, OIB, date of birth, residence/permanent address, phone number, email address, employer name, IP address (hereinafter: "Personal Data") in the following situations:
  • when you are our client,
  • when you request a service quote from us,
  • when we process data in accordance with legal obligations arising from laws regulating legal services, such as the Law on Legal Profession, the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, the Accounting Act,
  • when you contact us via an informational contact form or email,
  • when you visit our website and use certain functionalities.

The Law Office of Maja Bilić Paulić will not collect Personal Data unless you provide it voluntarily, except for certain Personal Data collected through information systems and programs used for the operation of our website, where transmission is essential for the use of web communication protocols. If you do not wish to provide Personal Data (except for data related to the use of web communication protocols collected when visiting our website), you can still access our website; however, you will not be able to contact us directly via the informational contact form.

BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH CLIENTS

Clients of our Office are individuals with whom we have entered into an agreement for the provision of legal services related to representation and legal advice (“Client” or “Clients”).

As a law firm, we are obligated to maintain confidentiality regarding all information pertaining to the Client and the subject matter of representation, safeguarding such information in the Client's best interest.

We retain data for ten (10) years following the termination of the business relationship and the execution of the transaction or for five (5) years if it concerns the authorized person and their deputy or the Client’s risk assessment. After these periods, we delete personal data and destroy documentation in accordance with data protection regulations. Should a Client wish for documentation to be retained beyond this period, they must notify the Office accordingly.

During the course of the business relationship with the Client, the Law Office of Maja Bilić Paulić may acquire or generate confidential information. The Office commits not to share this confidential information with third parties without the explicit consent of the Client. Additionally, the Office commits to taking necessary precautions to maintain the confidentiality of this information.

The Law Office of Maja Bilić Paulić will not list the Client as a reference, which may include basic project information related to the representation, without the Client’s explicit prior written consent.

The Office complies with the applicable anti-money laundering laws of the Republic of Croatia. To remain in compliance with all legal provisions, we may request additional proof of the Client’s identity in accordance with applicable regulations.

The Office is obligated to notify the relevant authorities of any potential cases of money laundering and is not liable for any damages incurred by the Client as a result of fulfilling legal obligations.

Under its obligations based on the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act, the Law Office of Maja Bilić Paulić collects personal data from individuals with whom it establishes a business relationship or conducts a transaction.

The collected data includes: name and surname, ID copy, residence, date of birth, identification number, and nationality for individuals; for legal entities, it includes the entity name, headquarters, identification number, legal form, and representative’s name, identification number, address, email, and phone number. For all Clients, we collect information such as the purpose and nature of the business relationship, the Client’s business activity, the source of funds involved in the business relationship, and the timeline of establishing the business relationship.

PURPOSES, LEGAL BASIS OF PROCESSING, AND POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT PROVIDING PERSONAL DATA

When you provide your Personal Data, we will limit the processing of your Personal Data to the purpose for which it was collected, in accordance with the terms of this Policy. The processing of your Personal Data includes:
  1. Taking steps upon your request before entering into a contract (e.g., responding to questions and comments, fulfilling requests, sending offers, receiving offers, communicating with you, processing an open job application or job inquiry),
  2. Executing a contract to which you are a party (e.g., providing legal services, granting access to certain areas and features on the website),
  3. Investigating suspected fraud, harassment, physical threats, or other violations of any law, rule, or regulation, site rules, or third-party rights; or investigating any suspicious behavior that we consider inappropriate,
  4. Complying with legal obligations to which the Office is subject (e.g., for disclosures required by law, other regulations, or court orders),
  5. For purposes related to or in connection with legal proceedings, establishing, defending, or exercising legal rights,
  6. Conducting data analytics or delivering communications via electronic tools (email, social network), whether automated or not, in accordance with appropriate legal bases, based on legitimate interest or the consent provided by the data subject.

Providing Personal Data for the purposes mentioned from points 1 to 5 is voluntary, but any refusal to provide such data may prevent the Office from entering into a contract with you, responding to your requests, providing you with legal services, receiving and processing your application, and complying with the legal obligations to which the Office is subject.

Providing Personal Data for the purposes described in point 6 is also voluntary. Not providing such Personal Data or objecting to the processing of Personal Data on relevant grounds related to your particular situation may prevent the Office from conducting data analytics or communicating with you in certain situations. We may still contact you for administrative purposes, such as confirming an application or processing further requests from you.

If you have provided consent for a specific purpose, you may withdraw your consent at any time, in which case the Office will no longer process your personal data for the specified purpose.

RECIPIENTS

Your Personal Data may be disclosed, in close connection with the purposes mentioned above:
  • to entities necessary for sending mail and email, removing duplicate information from recipient lists, data analysis and support, and providing customer services, which typically process Personal Data on behalf of the Office as data processors, such as cloud service providers (as defined in Article 6 below);
  • to entities maintaining our IT systems;
  • to entities providing accounting services, who are subject to an appropriate contractual confidentiality obligation; individuals authorized by the Office to process Personal Data, who are subject to an appropriate legal confidentiality obligation (authorized accounting personnel of the Office);
  • to associates of the Office, who are subject to an appropriate contractual confidentiality obligation;
  • to relevant services and public authorities when required by applicable law or in good faith (e.g., for compliance with legal provisions or during legal proceedings involving the Office, for the protection and defense of the rights or property of the Office or, in urgent circumstances, for the protection of the personal safety of the Office’s clients or the public);
  • to business partners for their purposes only in accordance with appropriate legal grounds.

TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA TO THIRD COUNTRIES

The law firm Maja Bilić Paulić does not transfer Personal Data to data processors or sub-processors located in third countries.

RETENTION

The law firm Maja Bilić Paulić will process your Personal Data only for the duration necessary to achieve the purposes described in Article 4 of these Rules. Beyond the aforementioned period, the Office will retain your Personal Data for the time necessary or permitted in accordance with applicable laws (e.g., accounting documents that form the basis for data entry in journals and ledgers are retained for at least 11 years in accordance with the Accounting Act, 10 years in accordance with the Law on Advocacy, and 5 or 10 years under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Act).

YOUR RIGHTS

The Office informs you that, in accordance with and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you have the right to request access to and correction or deletion of your Personal Data, to request restriction of processing related to your Personal Data, to object to processing activities, and to file a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority (in the Republic of Croatia, the Agency for Personal Data Protection). You also have the right to know the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your Personal Data has been or will be disclosed, especially recipients in third countries.

DATA PROTECTION MEASURES

The security of your Personal Data is extremely important to us. Therefore, we have implemented appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures, as well as taken technical and organizational measures to protect the data we collect. Due to the nature of the internet, we cannot guarantee that communication between you and us or information stored on our website or servers will be completely secure from unauthorized access by third parties.

GOVERNING LAW / JURISDICTION

All matters related to our website and these Rules are governed by Croatian law. You agree that the courts of the Republic of Croatia shall have exclusive and local jurisdiction over any procedure related to this website and these Rules.

COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES OF THE CROATIAN BAR ASSOCIATION

The law firm Maja Bilić Paulić is approved and regulated by the Croatian Bar Association. This site complies with the Code of Advertising, Promotion, and Website Usage for Lawyers, adopted on October 27, 2018, and amended by subsequent regulations. Information about the Code of Attorney Ethics can be found on the Croatian Bar Association's website at http://www.hok-cba.hr/. The Code, along with other regulations it references, governs the operations of the Office.

PARTIAL NULLITY

If any provision of these Rules is null, voidable, or unenforceable, that provision will not apply to the extent that it is null, voidable, or unenforceable, while this will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Rules.

CHANGES AND UPDATES TO OUR RULES

The Office reserves the right to amend or update these Rules at any time and without prior notice. Please check periodically for any changes or updates to our Rules, which will be posted here and will display the updated effective date on the first page of the Rules if any changes or updates are made.

COOKIE POLICY AND PURPOSE OF COLLECTING COOKIES

CATEGORIES

Cookies are small files saved on your computer that indicate which parts of our Site you have visited. Cookies also provide insight into user behavior so we can improve website communication:

FIRST CATEGORY – STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES

These cookies are essential to enable browsing of our websites and using their features. Without these cookies, you cannot use our website. The ou-mbp.hr website collects strictly necessary Elementor cookies to ensure the website displays correctly on visitors' devices.

SECOND CATEGORY – PERFORMANCE COOKIES

These cookies collect information about how you use our site—for example, which subpages you visit most. This data may be used to optimize our websites and make navigation easier. These cookies do not collect personally identifiable data. All data collected by these cookies are aggregated and anonymous. The ou-mbp.hr website collects Google Analytics performance cookies to understand how visitors interact with the website.

THIRD CATEGORY – FUNCTIONALITY COOKIES

These cookies enable websites to remember your choices during browsing. For example, we may store your geographical location in a cookie to ensure that we display the website localized for your area. We may also remember personal settings such as text size, fonts, and other customizable site elements. The data these cookies collect will not personally identify you and cannot track your activity across websites outside of this one. Non-essential cookies are only activated upon visitor consent. If a visitor consents to such cookies, Google Analytics analysis (with an anonymization feature) is enabled. We collect log information and information about the number of visitors to specific sections of our website. Google analyzes website usage, and cookies allow visit analysis by assigning a unique randomly generated ID to your device, which identifies your device on future visits. The lifetime of cookies is two (2) years. When visiting our site for the first time, a notification will prompt you to consent to the use of Google Analytics. If you consent, we will store a cookie on your computer, and the notification will not appear while the cookie remains valid. Once the cookie expires or if you actively delete it, the notification will reappear during your next visit, prompting consent again.

The ou-mbp.hr website collects cookies following the following privacy principles:

  • We do not use your data for unspecified purposes.
  • We do not send your data to third parties.
  • We ensure that your data is securely stored.
  • We never sell, lend, or publicly disclose your personal data.
  • We do not transfer your personal data to a third country or international organization.

You can prevent the placement of cookies at any time by modifying your browser settings. You may also withdraw your consent for web analysis by downloading and installing Google’s Browser Plugin. This plugin communicates via JavaScript to Google Analytics, indicating that information about your visit should not be collected and processed. Google recognizes the installation of this browser plugin as a valid objection against personal data collection. If you delete, format, or reinstall your system, you will need to reinstall the browser plugin to disable Google Analytics again.

For more information on Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Analytics Terms of Use, Google’s Data Protection Basics, and Google’s Privacy Policy.

You may withdraw your consent for web analysis at any time by clicking the following link: [cookies_revoke].

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions or comments regarding these Rules for our website, you may contact us via our online form available at www.ou-mbp.hr/kontakt/, via email at info@ou-mbp.hr, or by phone at +385 99 612 1987.

Last modified: April 16, 2023.

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