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The following Privacy Notice was designed for www.furtunalaw.ro and it will be reviewed and updated periodically according all applicable laws and regulations.
The purpose of this Privacy Notice is to easily inform you regarding:
- The definitions of the terms provided by the GDPR
- Who is www.furtunalaw.ro
- Where can you find us and how can you contact us
- What personal data may Furtună și Asociații process about you
- How your personal data are collected by Furtună și Asociații
- The purposes and legal basis of the processing
- The disclosure of your personal data to third parties
- Which are your rights and how can you effectively exercise them
- Children’s personal data – you must be over 16 years old
- What security precautions does Furtună și Asociații take to protect you
- Links to other websites
- Changes to the Privacy Notice
- Information concerning Data Protection Supervisory Authority
1. The definitions of the terms provided by the GDPR
ANSPDC represents The Romanian National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing, the independent public authority which is established by the Romanian State;
Personal data represents any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;
Processing represents any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;
Restriction of processing represents the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future;
Controller represents the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by the European Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law;
Processor represents a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller;
Recipient represents a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether it is a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with the European Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing;
Third party a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data;
Consent of the data subject represents any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her;
Data Breach represents a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, personal data. This means that a breach is more than just losing personal data.
2. Who is www.furtunalaw.ro
www.furtunalaw.ro is the official website of Furtună și Asociații SPARL, a Romanian law firm,member of the Bucharest Bar (Bucharest Bar Decision no.227/2018) and registered in Romania under the unique fiscal number: RO 38819607.
According to the GDPR regulation, we (Furtună și Asociații) are considered data controller in connection with the personal data processed through our website www.furtunalaw.ro.
3. Where can you find us and how can you contact us
Our office is located in Bucharest, 56 Dionisie Lupu, floor 1, Unit 4, District 1, Romania.
You can contact us at the following:
e-mail: [email protected]
tel: +4 031 425 67 49
4. What personal data may Furtună și Asociații process about you
In general, we collect your personal data directly from you or with your prior approval, so that you have control over the type of information you provide to us.
Personal data collected by Furtună și Asociații may include data such:
a. technical standard internet login information which may include: only a truncated version of your IP address, information about your computer or device used to access www.furtunalaw.ro (device type, operating system, screen resolution, language, the country you are located in, web browser type, etc.) and your preferences regarding the cookies that process your personal data;
Your IP is captured and stored in an anonymized format by suppressing the last octet, so your full IP address never reaches our servers, and we never have access to it.
b. aggregate statistic data such as: the city from where your traffic is coming from, customer demographics or interests and behavior. These data may reveal from your activity on our website;
5. How your personal data are collected by Furtună și Asociații
Your personal data may be collected by Furtună și Asociații in two ways:
a. We may automatically collect some technical information about connection and the device used to access www.furtunalaw.ro, such as a truncated version of your IP address, operating system type, browser type, screen resolution, and so forth.
In general, we use cookies to collect the information mentioned above, which are essential for our website’s functionality and security.
If you want to know more about all the cookies implemented on our website, please check out Cookie Policy.
All the collected personal data mentioned above are stored on our hosting provider server, and they have taken high-security measures to respect the provisions of Regulation no. 679/2016 on the protection of natural persons 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) – GDPR.
b. All personal data provided by Google Analytics’ cookies integrated in our website will be collected only after obtaining your consent using Cookiebot.
We will keep all information collected using cookies according to our Cookie Policy;
6. The purposes and legal basis of the processing
All the information collected through our website, is processed for the following purposes:
a. we process your technical standard internet login information, as defined above, because some of them are essential for our website to be functional while others help us to offer you the best experience by displaying its content in the best shape for your device.
The technical data is processed to facilitate your access to our website (e.g., to adjust our website for your device), to recognize and stop any misuse and so forth.
Furtună și Asociații processes your technical data on the legal basis stipulated in art. 6 para. 1 letter f) of the GDPR, which allows us to process personal data when it is necessary for the purpose of our legitimate interests – website functionality.
b. we may collect data regarding your activity to improve our services as well as for marketing purposes.
We may collect analytic aggregated statistic data as defined above, using cookies created by companies such as Google Analytics.
According to Google Analytics policy, “Google Analytics is a simple, easy-to-use tool that helps website owners measure how users interact with website content.
As a user navigates between web pages, Google Analytics provides website owners JavaScript tags (libraries) to record information about the page a user has seen, for example, the URL of the page.
The Google Analytics JavaScript libraries use HTTP Cookies to “remember” what a user has done on previous pages/interactions with the website.”
The aggregated information does not identify you personally. This information is gathered and expressed in a summary form for purposes such as statistical analysis.
Through cookies, based on visitor’s activity on our website, we collect standard information and details of visitor behavior patterns for being able to offer them a better experience.
Cookies are stored on your device, and you have full control over their use.
You may deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings of your web browser. Cookies that are already stored may be deleted at any time.
For more information related to the data processed by each cookie, please check our Cookie Policy.
Furtună și Asociații processes the aggregated statistic data on the legal basis stipulated in Art. 6 para. 1 letter a) of GDPR – the data subject’s consent.
Please note that you can choose at any time to withdraw your consent, without affecting the processing already performed, by accessing the section “Change your consent” which is located in our Cookie Policy , or by changing your web browser as described in our Cookie Policy.
7. The disclosure of your personal data to third parties
Our employees:
Our employees and associate lawyers who have access to your personal data have been trained to respect its confidentiality.
Business development:
We will not share your personal data with any third parties for the purposes of direct marketing.
We are trying to do the best in our industry, so sometimes we may choose to collaborate with other companies to perform certain business-related functions such as sending e-mails, IT maintenance, hosting or Google Analytics’ features. In this case, we provide them only with the information that they need to perform their specific job.
For example, we may use:
a. for Hosting: Romarg SRL – if you want to know more about their privacy policy, you can find it here.
b. for monitoring website activity: Google Analytics, – if you want to know more about their activity, please check our Cookie Policy.
Legal Requirements:
Your personal data may be communicated to governmental authorities and/or law enforcement agencies if such processing is required under the applicable law.
8. Which are your rights and how can you effectively exercise them?
Furtună și Asociații, as a controller, ensures technical and organizational measures to be sure that your rights (as a data subject) are respected:
Right of access
You have the right to obtain the confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you are being processed by us, and, where that is the case, access to your personal data and information on how they are processed
Right to data portability
You have the right to receive some of your personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and you have also the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from us, where technically feasible.
Right to object
You have the right to object to processing of your personal data, when processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us. You have the right to object at any time if your personal data are being processed for direct marketing purposes.
Right to rectification
You have the right to obtain from us without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. The rectification shall be communicated to each recipient to whom the data was sent unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate (demonstrable) efforts.
Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)
You have the right to obtain from us the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay and we have the obligation to erase your personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies: your personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed; you withdraws consent on which the processing is based and there is no other legal ground for the processing; you objects to the processing and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing; your personal data have been unlawfully processed; your personal data have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation; your personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to obtain from us restriction of processing where one of the following applies: you contest the accuracy of your personal data, for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of your personal data; the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of your personal data and request the restriction of their use instead; we no longer need your personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; you has objected to processing pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
The processing of personal data obtained through the website www.furtunalaw.ro is carried out in compliance with the provisions of the GDPR regulations.
For any information or requests in accordance with your rights, please contact us at the following email address: [email protected]
9. Children’s personal data
Furtună și Asociații does not collect any Personal Data from children under the age of 16.
So, if you are under 16 please do not submit to us any Personal Data.
10. What security precautions does Furtună și Asociații take to protect you?
We have assumed the responsibility to implement proper technical and organizational measures regarding the protection of privacy and security of your personal data. We have taken all reasonable measures to protect your Personal Data from damage, loss, misuse, unauthorized access, alteration, destruction, or disclosure, as following:
a. people who have access to our filing system are only those nominated by Furtună și Asociații. To accesses the system, they use individual accounts and passwords which are periodically changed.
b. our employees, collaborators and service providers who are in contact with personal data must act in accordance with the principles and policies regarding to the processing of personal data. They were informed and they have assumed to respect of the GDPR by signing the Data Processing Agreements or as an effect of the law.
c. our employees and collaborators access personal data for the performance of their professional duties and only in accordance with the stated purpose of data collection.
d. computers from which the filing system is accessed are password-protected and have antivirus, antispam and firewall security updates.
e. personal data is printed only by authorized users, if it is necessary to perform our activity or to fulfill our legal obligations.
Please also select carefully what personal data do you choose to submit thinking that the internet or e-mails aren’t impenetrable spaces, and a technical error can cause an unhappy event.
11. Links to other websites
On our website you can find links to other organizations. This Privacy Notice do not cover the personal data processed by them.
If you decide to access other organization’s links, we encourage you to carefully read their Privacy Notices which should be found on their websites.
12. Changes to the Privacy Notice
Believing that we are constantly developing our services, we are confident that our platform may soon have new functions, so our Privacy Notice will be updated accordingly.
In order to keep you informed, we always publish the latest version of the Privacy Notice on our website. The current version of this Privacy Notice was updated at 23.03.2020.
We assure you that the way we collect and process your personal data is in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR Regulation.
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact to us at: [email protected]
13. Information concerning Data Protection Supervisory Authority
If you consider that your rights provided by Regulation no. 679/2016 have been violated, you can address directly to us or to our Data Protection Supervisory Authority: Romanian National Authority for the Supervision of the Processing of Personal Data (Autoritatea Naţională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal) ”ANSPDC” by submitting a complaint.
Contact details of the authority:
Link for compliances: https://www.dataprotection.ro/?page=Plangeri_pagina_principala
Contact link: https://www.dataprotection.ro/?page=contact&lang=ro
Website: https://www.dataprotection.ro/
Address: 28-30, G-ral. Gheorghe Magheru, Sector 1, cod postal 010336, Bucharest, Romania
Tel: +40.318.059.211 or +40.318.059.212
Fax: +40.318.059.602