Privacy policy

Introduction

Welcome to our website www.plus-partners.net (the “Website“), operated by PFP LAW o.p. d.o.o. (“we,” “us,” or “PFP Law”). This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect and obtain from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us in relation to your use of the Website. We aim for full transparency on how we gather, use, and share your personal data. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat them.

The Website contains presentations of independent law offices from multiple countries, which formed the Plus Partners Legal Network—a cooperation between independent law offices from multiple countries, with the goal of enhancing their online visibility and accessibility. Each participating law office remains an independent entity, with no shared legal responsibility, and any advice or service provided is the sole responsibility of the respective law office offering it. Purpose of the Website is to provide you with basic information regarding the Plus Partners Legal Network and is for informational purposes only. We operate the Website for these informative purposes only and by doing so, we may collect your personal data which we do not, however, share with either members of the Plus Partners Legal Network or other third parties.

The data controller is PFP Law o.p. d.o.o., Bleiweisova cesta 30, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Reg. No: 6098797000, T: +386 8 205 21 11, E: info@pfp.law.

Purposes for which personal data are processed; Legal bases for processing; Retention period

This Policy applies in the following cases:

  • If you visit the Website.
  • If you contact us or request information from us.

We may collect and process the following data about you:

  • When you visit the Website, the web server hosting the website automatically stores log files of the web server (e.g. IP address—a number that identifies a particular computer or other device on the internet, operating system and browser type, time of visit, and so on). We do not process the data collected in this way separately and do not link them to other data. The purpose of collecting data when you visit the Website is to ensure network and information security, i.e. to enable the detection and prevention of unauthorised access that may compromise the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of stored or transmitted data and the security of related services accessible through these networks and systems. The legal basis for processing your personal data is our legitimate interest to secure our networks. Data are stored for 30 days after the visit of the Website. In the event of a dispute (judicial or other proceeding, for example an inspection procedure), the data will be kept for the duration of the dispute (processing is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by the controller). After the retention period, we will effectively and permanently delete or anonymize your personal data so that you can no longer be identified.
  • When you send us an email regarding technical issues or website functionality concerns. In doing so, we process your e-mail address, so that we can respond to your questions, or any additional information that we may ask for and you provide to us (e.g., additional information to diagnose, investigate, and resolve the issue). You can also provide your first and last name, but this information is optional. The legal basis for processing your personal data is our legitimate interest to ensure the proper functioning, security, and maintenance of the website (enhance website functionality, and fix recurring issues that may affect usability) and to adequately and promptly process your message, which also serves your interest in receiving a reply from us (providing customer support or troubleshooting the issues raised, ensuring the user’s concerns are addressed promptly). We may keep a record of that correspondence. Retention period depends on the type of comments and questions. We will retain your data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which they were collected, but will normally not exceed 90 days after the matter for which you contacted us has been resolved, provided that no further questions or issues related to that matter arise. We may retain data for a longer period if required by law and, in the event of a dispute (judicial or other proceeding, for example an inspection procedure), the data will be kept for the duration of the dispute (processing is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by the controller). After the retention period, we will effectively and permanently delete or anonymize your personal data so that you can no longer be identified.
  • If you send us an email regarding our legal services, we will process your e-mail address. We need your email address so that we can respond to your inquiry— processing is necessary in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract. You can also provide your first and last name, but this information is optional. Any communication initiated by you may be recorded and retained for our records. Retention period depends on the type of your inquiry. We will retain your data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which they were collected, but will normally not exceed 90 days after the matter for which you contacted us has been resolved, provided that no further questions or issues related to that matter arise. We may retain data for a longer period if required by law and, in the event of a dispute (judicial or other proceeding, for example an inspection procedure), the data will be kept for the duration of the dispute (processing is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by the controller). After the retention period, we will effectively and permanently delete or anonymize your personal data so that you can no longer be identified.
  • If you send us an email regarding services of other Law Offices from the Plus Partners Legal Network, we will not forward your email without your prior consent. Rather, we shall instruct you to contact directly the respective Law Offices, either through their respective contact details or by email, provided by us. We need your email address so that we can respond to your inquiry— processing is necessary in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract. You can also provide your first and last name, but this information is optional. Any communication initiated by you may be recorded and retained for our records. Retention period depends on the type of your inquiry. We will retain your data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which they were collected, but will normally not exceed 90 days after the matter for which you contacted us has been resolved, provided no further questions or issues related to that matter arise. We may retain data for a longer period if required by law and, in the event of a dispute (judicial or other proceeding, for example an inspection procedure), the data will be kept for the duration of the dispute (processing is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by the controller). After the retention period, we will effectively and permanently delete or anonymize your personal data so that you can no longer be identified.

As a general rule, when reporting a malfunction of the Website, comment, question or inquiry about our services or services of other Law Offices from the Plus Partners Legal Network, you are not obliged to provide personal data. However, if you do not provide the details, we will not be able to contact you or answer to your report, comment, inquiry, etc.

Users of personal data; Transfer of personal data to a third country or international organization; Automated decision-making; Cookies; Links

The contractual processor (Website operator) maintains and hosts the Website for us. When you visit the Website, personal data are transferred to the Website operator for the operation of the Website. We will not disclose your personal data obtained by visiting the Website to third parties, unless otherwise provided by law.

Automated decision-making or profiling is not carried out.

Our website is hosted on the server infrastructure of a contractual processor Webflow, Inc, 398 11th Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (“Webflow”) based in the United States and does not use cookies. Webflow is certified under the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Additionally their DPA contractual clauses as its transfer mechanism to export data from Europe. Webflow’s Data Processing Addendum includes the EU Standard Contractual Clauses, the UK’s International Data Transfer Agreement and includes the contractual requirements placed on processors under the GDPR. Their Data Processing Agreement is available to all customers regardless of their plan selection and incorporated by reference in their Terms of Service by default. You can find Webflow's current privacy policy at https://webflow.com/legal/eu-privacy-policy

On the Website, there are links to websites of the Plus Partners Legal Network law offices (“Law Offices”) from multiple countries, including countries outside of EEA/EU—Serbia, Bosnia and Hercegovina. When you click on links, they will direct you to their respective websites. Clicking on these links results in a call to the respective provider's (law office’s) servers and the respective provider of their website sends a cookie to the user's browser, if the website is using cookies. If the browser accepts the cookie, the cookie is stored on the browser. Once you are redirected to their websites, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy, or the Website’s Terms of Service, and we do not have control over your relationship with them. We have no influence on the extent and the further use of the data collected by the respective Law Offices and are not responsible for their privacy practices.

When you directly contact the Law Offices, based on their contact details, published on the Website, or provided by us (in an email, based on your inquiry), we do not have control over your relationship with them. You should refer to respective Law Office or their website to obtain information on their privacy policies.

Law Offices use these data in accordance with their own privacy policies and business practices. You can find detailed information concerning the scope, type, duration, and purpose of the data processing and your rights in the data protection notices of the respective website provider, at their website (commonly under section “Privacy Policy/Cookies Policy”). We encourage you to read their privacy statements. If you do not find the privacy policy on their websites, you should contact the Law Offices directly for more information.

Your rights

You have the following rights in accordance with the GDPR/applicable data protection law: Serbian Data Privacy Law (Official Herald of RS, no. 87/2018) and related bylaws.

Right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. The right to withdraw consent applies only to the processing of personal data that is processed on the basis of your consent, and not to the processing of data that are processed on the basis of other lawful grounds. Please note that processing of personal data of website visitors is not based on consent.

Access to personal data. You are entitled to request and receive confirmation from us regarding whether your personal data is being processed, including copies, reproductions and printouts and, if so, to obtain access to such data along with the following information: the purposes of the processing; the categories of personal data concerned; the recipients or categories of recipients of the personal data, if any; where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period; the existence of the right to request from us rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing your personal data or to object to such processing. To confirm whether personal data is being processed in relation to an individual, requests can be sent to our address(es) from section “Contact,” below.

Right to rectification of your incorrect or incomplete personal data. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

Right to erasure of personal data concerning you, if the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed; if you withdraw your consent on which the processing is based (and there is no other legal ground for the processing); if the personal data have been unlawfully processed; if the personal data have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in European Union or a Member State law to which we are subject. There may be circumstances in which your right to erasure cannot be exercised, as the processing of your personal data remains necessary: for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information; for compliance with a legal obligation, which requires processing by European Union or a Member State law to which we are subject, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest, or in the exercise of official authority vested in us; for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

Right to restriction of processing. If you contest the accuracy of the personal data (restriction applies for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the personal data); if the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead; if we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; if you objected to processing (restriction pending the verification whether our legitimate grounds override yours).

Right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on our or third party's legitimate interests, including profiling based on those provisions. In such a case, we will no longer process the personal data unless we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. Where, based on our legitimate interests, personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data will no longer be processed for such purposes.

Right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and the right to transmit those data to another controller.

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. If you believe that the processing of your personal data breaches data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority. In Slovenia, the supervisory authority is Informacijski pooblaščenec, Dunajska cesta 22, 1000 Ljubljana, phone: 01230 97 30, email : gp.ip@ip-rs.sl.
In Serbia this is:
Commissioner for information of public importance and personal data protection of Republic of Serbia
Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 15, Belgrade 11120, Republic of Serbia
Tel : +38111 3408 900
Email : office@poverenik.rs

We will process your requests regarding the rights mentioned above free of charge. However, if a request is clearly unfounded or excessive particularly due to its repetitive nature we may either charge a reasonable fee based on the administrative costs of providing the requested information, communication, or action, or decline to act on the request.

Exercise of your rights

To exercise your rights concerning the processing of your personal data, please contact us using one of the methods outlined in section “Contact.” We will respond to your requests regarding the rights described in section “Your rights” within one month of receipt. If necessary, considering the complexity and number of requests, this period may be extended by up to two additional months. In such cases, we will inform you of the extension and the reason for the delay within one month of receiving your request.

Protection of your personal data

We take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal data is processed securely and in compliance with the applicable data protection law.

However, while we strive to protect your personal data, transmitting information over the internet is not entirely secure. Although we implement strong security measures, we cannot guarantee complete security for data transmitted to our Website/to us. Any transmission is at your own risk.

Contact

Inquiries, comments, and requests concerning this Privacy Policy are encouraged and should be directed to e-mail address or phone number or address.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Any future changes will be published on the Website and, where appropriate, communicated via email. We encourage you to check this page regularly for updates.