Privacy policy

Law firm FRANKO KOTLAR, ANA VIDOV & partners, limited liability company, with headquarters in Zadar, Zrinsko-Frankopanska ulica 38, Zadar, OIB: 79236535774 (hereinafter “Law firm Kotlar, Vidov & partneri d.o.o.” or “we” ) as a data processing manager collects, processes and uses certain personal data of its clients, job candidates and other persons who contact us regarding the provision of legal services or otherwise, and we ensure that the data is processed in accordance with the applicable regulations on the protection of personal data data.
This Privacy Policy describes our practices regarding the collection, processing and use of personal information.

Data being processed
Law firm Kotlar, Vidov & partneri d.o.o. collects, processes and uses personal data in the following cases:

1. Business cooperation with parties

Law firm Kotlar, Vidov & partneri d.o.o. collects personal data of parties and contact persons of our parties and related persons, in order to fulfill obligations from contracts on representation and provision of legal services. The data in question may include name, surname, address, OIB, employment data, assets and other personal data that the parties themselves provide us with, and which are necessary in order to be able to provide the desired services.

Also, Law firm Kotlar, Vidov & partneri d.o.o. collects personal data about parties when such processing is necessary to comply with our legal obligations, such as accounting and tax obligations, or obligations based on the Law on Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism.

Providing the above personal data is necessary so that we can provide you with the desired service.

The law firm Kotlar, Vidov & partneri d.o.o. also processes the personal data of other persons in connection with business cooperation with the parties, and only if this is necessary for the needs of the legitimate interests of our parties in connection with the legal services we provide (e.g. data necessary for conducting the procedure ). Such personal data refer primarily to opposing parties, but may also include other persons such as interveners, interested persons, witnesses, contact persons, etc.

As lawyers, we are obliged to keep, as a lawyer’s secret, all information related to the parties and the subject of representation, all in the interest of the party. Also, all employees are obliged to protect the confidentiality of our clients’ data.

2. Contact via e-mail or contact form

Law firm Kotlar, Vidov & partneri d.o.o. collects personal data of people who ask us to send them an offer or contact us via e-mail or contact form on our website. We also collect data from people who send us open job applications or respond to a job vacancy.

In this case, we only process personal data that you yourself have provided for this purpose.
If you have given your consent for the processing of personal data for a specific purpose, you have the right to withdraw it at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that was based on consent before consent was withdrawn.

Website of the Law Firm Kotlar, Vidov & partneri d.o.o. is static and does not use cookies to collect data.

Data recipients

When it is in accordance with the purpose for which certain data is collected and processed, Law Firm Kotlar, Vidov & partneri d.o.o. may provide access to your data to third parties that provide us with support in processing data and performing the activities for which the data were collected (accounting, IT support). In this case, third parties guarantee the confidentiality and protection of personal data in accordance with the applicable regulations on the protection of personal data by means of special contractual provisions.

Also, Law firm Kotlar, Vidov & partneri d.o.o. may allow the processing of your data by competent services and public authorities when required by applicable law.

In certain cases, your personal data may be transferred to third countries (e.g. if our parties are domiciled/headquartered in third countries), with the application of all appropriate and appropriate measures to ensure the level of personal data protection guaranteed by the General Regulation on the Protection of Personal Data.

Data storage period
Law firm Kotlar, Vidov & partneri d.o.o. keep the data for as long as is reasonably necessary to achieve the purpose for which the personal data was collected or for the time required or permitted in accordance with applicable laws, after which the collected data is deleted.

We keep data on parties, contact persons, counter-parties and other persons related to a particular case in connection with which legal services are provided for at least 10 years from the final conclusion of the proceedings, in accordance with Article 11, paragraph 2 of the Law on Advocacy.

Data on job candidates who applied for a job vacancy or sent an open job application and were recorded in the candidate database are kept for 12 months from the end of the competition, i.e. the registration of the open application in the candidate database.

Rights of respondents
At any moment you have pra