Privacy Policy and Cookies

1. Personal Data Controller

The controller of personal data collected via the bdglaw.pl website is Ihor Budihai, conducting a sole proprietorship under the business name BDG LAW Law Firm of Attorney-at-Law Ihor Budihai, ul. Wilcza 29a lok. 7, 00-544 Warsaw, Poland, NIP (Tax ID): 5272890111 (hereinafter: the "Controller").

You can contact the Controller regarding all matters related to the processing of personal data via e-mail at: kancelaria@bdglaw.pl.

2. Purposes and legal grounds for data processing

Your personal data is processed for the following purposes:

• Answering inquiries sent via e-mail or phone (legal basis: Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. f of the GDPR – legitimate interest of the Controller).
• Providing legal services, taking steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract (legal basis: Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. b of the GDPR).
• Fulfilling legal obligations incumbent on the Controller, including accounting and tax obligations (legal basis: Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. c of the GDPR).
• Website traffic analysis using Google Analytics (legal basis: Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. a of the GDPR – user consent).

3. Recipients of personal data

Personal data may be transferred to entities processing it on behalf of the Controller, including IT service providers (hosting) and entities providing accounting services (in the case of concluding an agreement for the provision of legal services). When using analytical tools, information about the use of the website may be transferred to Google LLC.

4. Data retention period

Data processed for the purpose of handling an inquiry will be stored for the period necessary to provide an answer or until an effective objection is raised. If the inquiry results in the conclusion of an agreement, the data will be processed for the duration of the agreement, and then for the time required by law (including tax law) and until the expiry of the limitation period for possible claims (usually up to 10 years due to the specific nature of providing legal assistance).

5. Rights of the data subjects

In connection with the processing of personal data, you have the right to:

• Access your data and request its rectification.
• Request erasure of data ("right to be forgotten") or restriction of its processing.
• Data portability.
• Object to the processing of data based on the legitimate interest of the Controller.
• Withdraw consent at any time (to the extent that data is processed on the basis of consent), without affecting the lawfulness of processing before its withdrawal.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority (the President of the Personal Data Protection Office in Poland) if you consider that the processing of your data violates the provisions of the GDPR.

6. Cookies and Google Analytics

The bdglaw.pl website uses cookies. These are small text files saved on the user's end device.

We use the Google Analytics tool provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. This tool relies on cookies and is used to create anonymous statistics that help us understand how users use our website. The data collected in this way (such as anonymized IP address, browser type, time spent on the website) does not allow for direct identification of a specific person.

Consent to the use of cookies can be withdrawn or changed at any time by appropriately configuring the settings of your web browser.

7. Changes to the Privacy Policy

The Controller reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy due to possible changes in the law or the development of website functionality.