This is our Privacy Policy according to GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016).

Here we explain how we collect, use, share and process your personal data in connection with your use of our website and social media. This Privacy Policy does not apply for our legal services offered under a different privacy policy.

This Privacy Policy applies to individuals in the European Economic Area.

At BBW LAW, we are committed to protecting and securing your personal data.

‘Personal Data’ is any data that could be used, alone or in combination with other data, to identify you as an individual.

1. Data we collect

We only collect the data you provide to us via our contact forms available on our website, when you correspond with us via email, telephone, letter, via our social media pages or otherwise.

Here are the types of personal data we may collect and process about you: contact data: this is the data you provide us when you write to us, including via our website forms, such as name or business email address, communication data: the actual content of any communication you sent to us.

2. Why and how we use your data

We may use your personal data  to communicate with you and respond to your emails or messages.

If you contact us, for instance via the contact form available on our website, by sending us an email or a letter, we may process personal data about you, such as contact data, communication data, company data.

We process this data in order to be able to respond properly to your request or query . We have a legitimate interest (Article 6 (1) f) of GDPR) for processing this data.

We may also process your personal data to manage the security of our websites and systems. We may collect contact data, communication data and data about your device, for security and operations management, to help keep our websites systems secure. We have a legitimate interest (Article 6 (1) f) of GDPR) for processing this data.

We may also process your personal data to comply with applicable laws and regulations, for instance to unsubscribe you from our newsletter, to keep records or when we need to defend a legal claim.

3. Sharing with third parties

We will only share personal data about you where disclosure is required by law, to protect our rights or protect your safety or the safety of others.

4. Protection of data

We want you to feel confident about the personal data you share with us and are committed to protecting the information we collect. While no service can be absolutely secure, we have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the personal information that we collect and process about you.

For example, we use encryption when transmitting information between your system and ours and only authorized persons are permitted to access personal data, and they may only do so to perform business functions.

Our website is secured through SSL.

5. How long we keep your data

We will keep your data only for as long as it is either legally required, if the case is such, or needed for the purposes it was collected for, in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights, or for archiving purposes.

At the end of the retention period, we will delete the data.

6. Your rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights in relation to your personal information:

• the right to access the personal information ;

• the right to have your personal information rectified, for example if it is incomplete ;

• under specific circumstances and subject to applicable law, the right to restrict or object to the processing of your personal information, or request that your personal information is erased;

• under specific circumstances and subject to applicable law, the right to receive a copy of the personal information which you have provided to us ;

• where you have provided personal information based on your consent, or voluntarily, the right to withdraw your consent at any time, without prejudice to the legality of the processing done before your withdrawal;

• the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority ;

• you also have the right to opt out, free of charge, at each and any time of receiving marketing communications from us,

To exercise each of the above-mentioned rights you may  contact us at office@bbw.law.

7. External links

If any parts of our website link you to other websites or applications, (Linkedin, Facebook or Instagram), such do not operate under this Privacy Policy. We therefore recommend you examine the privacy policies posted on those other online platforms to understand their procedures for processing of personal data.

8. International transfers

We do not expect your data processed as per this policy to be transferred outside the EU., EEA or countries not recognized as having an adequate level of protection.

In case such transfer will however occur, we are committed to taking all necessary security and legal precautions to ensure the safety and integrity of personal data which is being transferred.

9. Complaints

If you have any complaints regarding our compliance with this Privacy Policy, please Contact Us first.  at office@bbw.law. We will investigate and do our best to resolve complaints regarding use and disclosure of personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and in accordance with applicable law.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority about our collection and use of personal data about you. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority.

10. Data controller contact details

The data controllers are:

Irina Bora law office, established by decision 2069/01.11.2016 of the Bucharest Bar , fiscal code 19898515;

Ioana Banu law office, established by decision 703/17.04.2018 of the Bucharest Bar, fiscal code 32524828;

Loredana van de Waart law office, established by decision 212/26.01.2021 of the Bucharest Bar, fiscal code 20554213,

all with headquarters located at 14 Alecu Russo Street, sector 2, 020523, Bucharest, Romania.