Athens, 20 January 2025
Saranti and Partners Law Firm ("We" "Us") is a law partnership registered in Greece (Athens Bar Association number: 81047) with its office located at 53 Solonos Street, Athens, Greece
We prioritize your privacy and are committed to protecting any personal data you provide to us. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data in compliance with applicable law, including the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR"). Please review this policy periodically for updates.
1. Personal Data We Collect
We may collect and process the following data, as well as revelant to the below information:
- Personal and Contact Information: Name, company, job title, email, phone number, and postal address.
- Financial Information: Bank account details, credit/debit card numbers, and payment-related data.
- Identification and Background Data: Information for business acceptance processes.
- Event Participation Data: Information provided for attending events or meetings.
- Preferences and Website Usage: Preferences for newsletters, communication settings, website interaction data (e.g., pages viewed, response times, downloads). See our Cookies Policy for more details.
- Technical Data: IP address, browser type, device information, and online activity data.
- Client-Related Data: Information provided by clients or generated during service delivery, including special categories of data.
- Social Media Interactions: Data from your interactions with us on social media platforms.
- Other Information: Any additional information you choose to provide.
If you provide information about others (e.g., employees or advisers), please ensure they are aware of this policy and have consented to the disclosure.
2. How We Collect Personal Data
We collect personal data through:
- Direct interactions: Communication, legal services, or recruitment processes.
- Third-party sources: Public records or as part of services to our clients.
- Website monitoring: Usage data and communication through our website.
3. Use of Personal Data
We use your data:
- For Contractual Obligations: Registering you as a client, providing legal services, processing payments, or recruitment.
- For Legitimate Interests: Legal advice, client relationship management, compliance checks, fraud prevention, service improvement, and communications (e.g., newsletters and announcements).
- For Legal Compliance: Maintaining records, anti-money laundering checks, or legal obligations.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your data based on:
- Legitimate business interests.
- Contractual necessity.
- Legal obligations.
- Consent (where applicable).
5. Data Retention
We retain personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law.
6. Sharing Personal Data
We may share your data with:
- Service providers (e.g., foreign legal advisors, translators).
- Courts, law enforcement, or public authorities as required.
- Third parties for performance reviews, rankings, or feedback collection.
- In case of a business sale or transfer.
- Aggregated, non-identifiable data for analysis.
In case that we transfer your personal data to service providers which are located outside the European Union and the European Economic Area, we will do so in full compliance with the data protection legislation and on the basis of an adequacy decision issued by the European Commission or other sufficient safeguards, including the execution of model clauses with the services providers receiving your personal data.
7. Your Rights
You have the following rights:
- Access: Request a copy of your data.
- Rectification: Correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Erasure: Request deletion of your data under certain conditions.
- Restriction: Limit processing of your data.
- Objection: Object to data processing in specific scenarios.
- Portability: Obtain and transfer your data to another entity.
- Withdraw Consent: Revoke consent for data processing at any time.
To exercise your rights, contact us at [email protected]. You may also lodge a complaint with the Greek Data Protection Authority (Greek Data Protection Authority 1-3 Kifissias str., Post Code: 115 23, Athens, T: +30 210 64 75 600, F: +30 210 64 75 628).
8. External Links
Our website may include links to third-party sites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices. Please review their policies before providing any data.
9. Policy Updates
This policy may be updated periodically. The latest version will be posted on our website.
10. Contact Us
For questions about this policy or to exercise your rights, contact us at [email protected].