LSSP AGNIESZKA JANUSZKIEWICZ GDPR PRIVACY NOTICE

LSSP Agnieszka Januszkiewicz is committed to protecting the privacy and security of our clients’ personal information.

This privacy notice describes how we collect and use personal information about our clients in accordance with the UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018, and the EU GDPR, as applicable depending on where you, or your data, are located. It applies to all clients, prospective clients, former clients, and contacts of LSSP Agnieszka Januszkiewicz.

LSSP Agnieszka Januszkiewicz is a “data controller”. This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal information about you. We are required under data protection legislation to notify you of the information contained in this privacy notice.

Data Protection Principles

We will comply with data protection law. This says that the personal information we hold about you must be:

  1. Used lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent way.

  2. Collected only for valid purposes that we have clearly explained to you.

  3. Relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes.

  4. Accurate and kept up to date.

  5. Kept only as long as necessary for the purposes we have told you about.

  6. Kept securely.

The Kind of Information We Hold About You

We will collect, store, and use the following categories of personal information about you:

  • Identity Data: Information to verify your identity, such as name, title, gender, and copies of your passport, driving licence, or utility bills.

  • Contact Data: Billing address, home address, telephone numbers, and work/personal email addresses.

  • Financial Data: Bank account details for invoicing and payments.

  • Matter-Related Data: Information provided during our contractual relationship relevant to the provision of legal support, litigation coordination, and translation services.

We may also collect “special categories” of more sensitive personal data, such as information about your health, ethnicity, or trade union membership, where necessary to establish, exercise, or defend a legal claim, in reliance on Article 9(2)(f) of the UK GDPR and EU GDPR (or their equivalent domestic legal bases, as applicable).

How We Will Use Information About You

We will primarily use your personal information to perform the contract we have entered into with you and to comply with legal obligations, including those owed to the Court. Typical situations include:

  • Setting you up as a client and taking instructions.

  • Advising you and managing your matter, including coordination with external professionals.

  • Invoicing and business management (accounting and auditing).

Data Sharing

We may share your data with third parties where required by law or where it is necessary to administer the contractual relationship with you. This includes:

  • Affiliated Polish advocates or other correspondent lawyers.

  • Experts, technical specialists, and external translators.

  • Courts, tribunals, and opposing parties in litigation.

  • Our accountants, bookkeepers, and IT service providers.

Website Visitors and Cookies

When you visit our website, we collect information via cookies, including analytics data through Google Analytics. This helps us understand how visitors use our site so we can improve it. The cookie banner on our website allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies before they are set.

Google Analytics may involve the transfer of your data to Google LLC in the United States. Where this occurs, the transfer is safeguarded in accordance with Google’s own data protection terms and, where applicable, Standard Contractual Clauses.

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. For more detail on the specific cookies used on our site and their purposes, please see our separate Cookie Notice [insert link if you have one, or state “available on request”].

International Transfers

As we operate between Poland and the UK, your personal data may be transferred between the EEA and the UK in the course of our work. Both jurisdictions currently benefit from mutual adequacy arrangements, which permit these transfers to take place without additional safeguards. Where we share your data with any other third country, we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses or an applicable adequacy decision.

Data Security and Retention

We have put in place measures to protect the security of your information. We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including legal and reporting requirements. We will store your data for at least 7 years after our contract with you comes to an end.

Your Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have the right by law to:

  • Request access to your personal information.

  • Request correction of inaccurate information.

  • Request erasure of your personal information where there is no good reason for us to continue processing it.

  • Object to processing or request the restriction of processing of your personal information.

  • Request the transfer of your information to another party.

Contact and Complaints

Agnieszka Januszkiewicz oversees compliance with this privacy notice. If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at:

LSSP Agnieszka Januszkiewicz Grodzisko 75, 95-030 Rzgów, Poland Email: info@lssp.uk Website: www.lssp.uk

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the relevant supervisory authority for data protection issues, such as the ICO in the UK or UODO in Poland. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach a regulator.