Privacy Policy

ELMC Legal Partners Law Firm is fully informed and has taken all necessary actions regarding the collection, use, disclosure, and retention of personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the relevant Greek and German legislation (Law 4624/2019, Law 3471/2006), following the relevant privacy policy and committing simultaneously to ensure, protect, and process them in every way. Visitors of the website www.elmclaw.com and users of our services are obliged to carefully read the terms and conditions of protection of their personal data.

What are Personal Data?

The term "personal data" refers to information about individuals, such as full name, postal address, email address, contact phone number, etc., which identify or can identify the identity of the visitor/user.

What is Personal Data Processing?

Any action or series of actions carried out, with or without the use of automated means, on personal data or sets of personal data, 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.

Is it mandatory to provide your Data?

The provision of Data to ELMC Legal Partners Law Firm may be necessary to achieve the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy or may be optional.

Information We Collect

The website www.elmclaw.com collects the following data regarding users:

• Information voluntarily submitted by the visitor/user. We may collect data provided by the user when choosing to provide us with your personal information through the website www.elmclaw.com, even when sending us an email inquiry. We may retain the content submitted through contact forms for the necessary period. The information submitted through these forms is used exclusively for customer service purposes.
• Technical data automatically collected from all visitors to the website www.elmclaw.com. During visits and navigation on our website, the user's internet protocol address and connection data are automatically recorded. However, identifiable elements of the user's physical identity are not disclosed, but are used exclusively for statistical purposes of visitation. Additionally, cookies are collected (for more information on how we use cookies, refer to the relevant section).
• Information we collect from third parties.

The visitor/user of the Website should not disclose data that does not serve, under any circumstances, the purposes of processing, as defined in this Privacy Policy.

Data Controller

The Data Controller is lawyer Eleni Liapaki. Contact information: 61 Alexandras Avenue, 11474, Athens, telephone: 2103826370, fax: 2103837446, and email: liapaki@elmclaw.gr.

Why do we use your Personal Data?

The website www.elmclaw.com uses your data in order to (a) respond to your requests for information about the services we provide, (b) improve and maintain its professional activity and services, (c) collect statistics on page visits, (d) detect, prevent, and address fraud or other illegal activities, (e) protect rights, either its own or of third parties. It may use your data in other ways beyond those provided, always, however, with prior notice and your consent. The retention period of the data is strictly necessary.

Aggregate Data and Non-Personal Data

ELMC Legal Partners Law Firm may disclose aggregate reports that do not contain personal data to existing or prospective clients and partners in order to demonstrate the use of the website, identify industry and advertising trends, and for general publicity purposes.

Links

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the visitor/user's access to other websites linked to by the links on this website. These websites have their own Privacy Policy.

Visitor/User Rights

Regarding the protection of personal data concerning you, according to the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the following rights:

• Right of access to the personal data concerning you and undergoing processing.
• Right to rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data concerning you held by the Website.
• Right to erasure of your personal data.
• Right to restriction of processing of your personal data.
• Right to data portability, meaning the right to receive the data concerning you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit those data to another controller.
• Right to object to the processing of your personal data. An exception is provided when there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms.
• Right to withdraw consent given to the law firm regarding the processing of personal data at any time.

To exercise your rights, you can:

• Contact ELMC Legal Partners Law Firm (free of charge) or
• the supervisory authority of your habitual residence or
• depending on the registered office of the law firm, address either the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (1-3 Kifisias Avenue, 11523, Athens, GR, telephone: +30 2106475600, email: complaints@dpa.gr) or the Bavarian State Authority for Data Protection Supervision (Promenade 18, 91522 Ansbach, telephone: +49 (0) 981 180093-0).

Updates to the Privacy Policy – Contact

The Privacy Policy may be updated periodically. It is recommended that the visitor/user regularly reads this section. The continued use of the website implies the visitor/user's consent to the updated privacy policy. If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, you can contact us at: liapaki@elmclaw.gr or chalvatzaki@elmclaw.com.

For more information, you can visit the website of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority at www.dpa.gr or alternatively the website of the Bavarian State Authority for Data Protection Supervision at www.lda.bayern.de.