Privacy Policy

Before using our website, please read carefully the present Privacy Policy. The mere access to this site signifies your unreserved acceptance of the terms of the present policy, as well as the unreserved processing of your personal data by us, as mentioned below. In case you do not agree with the following terms, you should not make use of our website.

Prelude

“Konstantinos Psathas Law Firm” which has its address in Athens (4, Dimokritou Street), e-mail: info@kplawfirm.gr, tel: 210 3612301, (hereinafter mentioned as “Law Firm”), with DPO Officer Konstantinos Psathas (Lawyer), taking into consideration the protection of the website’s visitors, informs you of the way and the purpose it processes your personal data, according to the EU Regulation 2016/679 and the relevant national law, as they are disposed based on the use of the website www.kplawfirm.gr.

1. From which sources do we collect your personal data?

Upon your visit to the website www.kplawfirm.gr through the web browser you use.
From the contact form contained in the sub-section “Contact” of the website www.kplawfirm.gr.
By e-mail and other correspondence and communication means, such as cross- platform voice over IP and instant messaging software applications (what’s up, viber etc.), with the purpose of being informed of our services.
From other sources (e.g. social media platforms).

2. Which kind of personal data do we collect?

We only collect your personal data that are absolutely necessary, relevant and suitable for the purpose they are required for. These data are subject only to defined and lawful processing with the purposes of information and of the suitable and precise delivery of our services to our clients:

Identification data: indicatively name, surname, father’s name, mother’s name,
Communication data: indicatively, e-mail address, telephone number (cellphone or/and mobile phone), social media contact details, instant messaging applications’ contact details,
Other data that you provide us with, in addition to the above, in the frame of their collection from the abovementioned sources (indicatively: age, profession, residence place, C.V. etc.),
Technical information for the PC or other portable device; necessary information about the device you use to have access to our website, such as the Internet Protocol address (IP), the operational system and the type (and version) of the browser, the geolocation, the duration of your visit to each section of the website etc.
Statistical details concerning the visit and use of the website: information that is collected by the cookies on your browser. For more information, you can refer to our Cookies Notice.

3. For which purposes and reasons do we process your personal data?

For your correct and effective information on the delivery of our legal services. The legal ground for the processing of your data is the performance of the contract for the delivery of our legal services and your consent.
For supporting our prospect clients: We use your personal data to respond to your inquiries or to your demands for legal support, that you submit through our website. The legal ground for the processing of your data is your consent.
For our compliance with the present legal framework: We use your personal data for reasons of compliance with the current legislation. The legal ground for processing your data is the legal obligation.
For updating you about the developments and achievements in our field of expertise: We use your personal data for sending you our newsletter through e-mail, internet, SMS, cross-platform voice over IP, instant messaging software applications and social media platforms. At your subscription in the newsletter list, by submitting your e-mail in the relevant space and by pressing the button “Submit”, you give us your express and unreserved consent for receiving our newsletter for the above purposes. In the relevant messages that you receive from us, you will have the choice to ask for your deletion from the relevant newsletters list. The legal ground for processing your data is your consent.
In order to enhance your user-experience in our website, as well as for statistical purposes (read Chapter 13, as well as our Cookies Notice). The legal ground for processing your data is our legitimate interest.

4. Who are the recipients of your personal data?

The employees and colleagues of the Law Firm, who are responsible for the processing and reviewing of your contact form applications.
Third parties – service providers which process personal data on our behalf, such as companies which cater for the hosting, administration, security and preservation of your data, companies that manage and host our website and generally cater for the development of our website, companies that undertake the distribution of our newsletter, as well as third party- service providers that work on market research and data analytics.
Third parties to which we are obliged according to orders, judicial decisions and enforced laws, with the purpose of protecting the legitimate interest of a natural person or the Public or in cases of investigation and deterrence of illegal actions.
Third parties to which the transfer of your data is necessary, in order to pursue or defend our rights.
Other third parties in case you have given your express consent.

5. How do we protect your personal data?

Our Law Firm applies suitable physical, electronic, organizational and technical measures during the collection, storage and processing of your personal data, which secure their safety, ensure the confidentiality of their processing and minimize (but do not preclude) random or unlawful destruction, random loss, tampering, prohibited transfer or access and any other kind of unlawful processing.
Additionally, we protect the security of your data during their transfer to us using encryption methods that are provided by safety protocols such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

6. Are your personal data transferred to third countries?

The personal data we collect, and process are stored in Greece and in countries of the E.U. However, in case we need to transfer and store your data in another country, we check if a satisfactory level of protection is ensured according to the European Commission by this third country, or if the necessary guarantees are provided for their processing from the recipient, according to law, or if the recipient has adopted the European compulsory regulations or adheres to the Privacy Shield between E.U. and U.S.A. and Switzerland – U.S.A.

7. Concerning hyperlinks to other websites, social media plug-ins and third-party advertisements

Our website may include hyperlinks to other websites or applications or/and third-party advertisements. The above third parties may collect and submit information concerning you when you interact with their content or their applications, in any way. We are not responsible for the incorrect or unlawful processing of your personal data from the above third parties. We are not liable and have not undertaken any liability for these third parties by any means. Any third parties are governed by their own privacy policy about which you can get informed by visiting their website.

8. For how long are your personal data stored?

In general, we store your personal data for as long as it is needed in order to a) support your need to be informed about our legal services, b) comply with our obligations stemming from the applicable legislation and c) defend or declare our rights.

Concerning your Personal Data whose processing has the goal of informing you and in relation to developments and achievements in our working field, these data are stored until the revocation of your consent.

The storage time of the data will be decreased or increased accordingly to whether a shorter or longer storage time is stipulated by law or by regulatory acts.

9. To which personal data do you have access?

You have access to all personal data which you have already provided us, a file of which you can receive after submitting your written application.

10. What rights do you have for the protection of your personal data?

Right to transparent information. You have the right to know who processes your Data, which are these data and for which reason.
Right of access. You have the right to know the categories of personal data that we keep and process, their origin, the purposes of their processing, the categories of their recipients, their storage time, and your relevant rights.
Right to rectification. You have the right to ask the rectification or/and the completion of your personal data, so as for your data to be complete and accurate.
Right to restriction of processing. You have the right to ask for the restriction of your personal data processing.
Right to object and revocation of consent. You have the right to object to any further processing of your personal data that are stored by us.
Right to erasure (“Right to be forgotten”). You have the right to ask for the erasure of your personal data that we store, in the case that your consent for their storage by us is the only legal ground for their processing.
Right to data portability. You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, machine-readable format or the transfer of your data to another controller.

In any case, we have the right to decline your request for limitation of the processing or erasure of your personal data if the processing or the storage of the data is necessary for the establishment, exercise or support of our legitimate rights or the fulfillment of our obligations.

Τhe exercise of the right to data portability does not encompass the erasure of the data from our files.

The exercise of the above rights only has effect in the future and does not concern data processing that is already completed.

In any case, you preserve the right to submit a written complaint at the responsible supervisory authority, if you believe that the processing of your personal data takes place in a way that is in breach of the applicable legislation. For more information, you can visit the website www.dpa.gr.

11. How can you exercise your rights?

Every request concerning your personal data and the exercise of your rights must be addressed in written form and sent by post to: Konstantinos Psathas (‘Konstantinos Psathas Law Firm”), 4, Dimokritou Street, Athens, P.C. 106 71, or at the electronic address: info@kplawfirm.gr.

12. Does automated decision-making including profiling take place during the processing of your Personal Data?

With the term “automated decision-making” is meant any processing of personal data according to automated processing, by which personal aspects are evaluated regarding exclusively the subject (natural person), and which has legal effects for this natural person and takes place for the fulfillment of a purpose (decision-making).

With the term “profiling” is meant any kind of automated data processing that concerns the use of personal data for the evaluation of certain personal aspects of a natural person, especially the analysis or the prediction of aspects that concern work efficiency, financial status, health, personal preferences, interests, credibility, behaviour, location, or the transportation of the natural person.

We inform you that no automated decision-making or profiling takes place according to automated processing of your Data, with the exception of the case of “cookies” of our website (see Chapter 13 “Cookies”), which takes place after your information and consent.

13. Concerning cookies, log files and relevant technologies

We use cookies which store information for the user of our website, with the purpose of enhancing its functionality, as well as the improvement of the browsing experience at the best possible degree and the delivery of our services. For more information about cookies, which cookies we use and how to modify the settings, please read our Cookies Notice.

In addition, we collect information concerning statistical information on the browsing of our website and the communication means between the website and third computer programs and hardwares. This information is collected automatically through log files and relevant technologies. In synopsis, log files keep a record of events, activities, messages and communication between many communication hardware systems and the operating system.

These submissions help us manage technical issues and preserve the efficiency and security of our website.

14. Which is the applicable law?

Applicable law is the Greek law, as it is enforced according to the General Regulation for the Protection of Personal Data EU 2016/679, and in general the national and European legislative and regulatory framework for the protection of personal data.

Competent courts for the applicability and interpretation of the present policy, as well as for any dispute that may arise with reference to Personal Data are the Courts of Athens.

We do not bear any responsibility for the accuracy of the information (including the personal data) that you provide to us and any subsequent incomplete or inaccurate provision of information or delivery of our services due to these inaccuracies, for this reason you should take care that the information you provide to us is true, accurate, complete and updated.

“Konstantinos Psathas Law Firm”, according to its enforced Privacy Policy, in the context of the applicable legislative and regulatory framework, may revise or amend the present policy, without prior notification, which (policy) will be updated and available at the present website (www.kplawfirm.gr), before any changes in the processing of your data take place.

The 1st of May 2024; ver. 1.1