Privacy Policy

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to provide information on how ZAB Dalderis&Repšs SIA (hereinafter, the Firm or DARE Legal) processes the personal data of natural persons, and to inform individuals of their rights in relation to the processing of personal data.

The Firm processes personal data in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR), the Personal Data Processing Law and other applicable laws and regulations.

This Privacy Policy applies to the processing of personal data carried out in connection with the Firm's activities and the provision of legal services, as well as the use of the Firm's website dare.legal (hereinafter, the Website).

The controller of personal data is:

• ZAB Dalderis&Repšs SIA
• Registration No. 40203535764
• Registered office: Miera iela 2, Rīga, LV-1001, Latvia
• Email: info@dare.legal
• Phone: +371 26 444 126

For questions concerning the processing of personal data or the exercise of your data protection rights, you may contact the Firm using the contact details provided above.

The Firm may process your personal data if you:

• Contact the Firm by email, by phone, through the communication channels indicated on the Website, or in any other way;
• Seek legal services from the Firm;
• Are a client of the Firm or a client's representative, employee, officer, beneficial owner or another person associated with a client;
• Are an opposing party, its representative or another person whose data are processed in connection with the provision of legal assistance;
• Cooperate with the Firm as a service provider, business partner or other third party;
• Apply for employment or an internship at the Firm;
• Visit or use the Website;
• Provide your personal data to the Firm in any other way.

Depending on the specific situation, the Firm may also process personal data that have not been received directly from you but have been obtained from the Firm's clients, business partners, publicly available sources, state and municipal registers, courts, public authorities and other persons and sources, to the extent permitted by the applicable laws and regulations.

Depending on the type of cooperation and the purpose of the personal data processing, the Firm may process the following categories of personal data:

• Identification data, such as name, surname, personal identity number or date of birth;
• Contact details, such as email address, phone number and address;
• Information about the company or organisation represented by the person, the person's position and authority to represent it;
• Information necessary for the provision of legal services and the handling of the specific matter or transaction;
• Information and documents necessary for client identification, due diligence and the performance of obligations laid down in laws and regulations;
• Financial and payment information;
• Information provided in correspondence and other communications;
• Information contained in employment or internship applications, including CVs and other submitted documents;
• Technical information that may be collected through the use of the Website.

When providing legal services, the Firm may in certain cases also process special categories of personal data or other data of a sensitive nature, where the processing of such data is necessary for the provision of legal assistance, for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or for the performance of other obligations laid down in laws and regulations.

The Firm may process personal data for the following purposes:

• Providing legal services and representing clients;
• Communicating with existing and prospective clients;
• Identifying clients and persons associated with them and carrying out due diligence;
• Conducting conflict of interest checks;
• Concluding and performing contracts;
• Preparing invoices, administering payments and complying with accounting requirements;
• Protecting the rights and legitimate interests of the Firm and its clients;
• Ensuring communication and correspondence;
• Recruitment and the assessment of internship applications;
• Ensuring the operation, security and functionality of the Website;
• Performing other obligations laid down in the laws and regulations applicable to the Firm.

Depending on the specific situation, the legal basis for the processing of personal data may be:

• Taking steps at your request prior to entering into a contract;
• The conclusion and performance of a contract;
• Compliance with a legal obligation applicable to the Firm;
• The protection of the legitimate interests of the Firm, its client or another person;
• The establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
• Your consent, where the processing of personal data in the specific case is based on consent.

Where the processing of personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the personal data processing carried out before the withdrawal of consent.

The Firm does not disclose personal data to third parties, except where this is necessary for the provision of legal services, for ensuring the Firm's operations, for the performance of obligations laid down in laws and regulations, or for the protection of the rights and interests of the Firm or its clients.

Depending on the specific situation, personal data may be transferred to:

• Courts, arbitral tribunals, state and municipal authorities and other competent institutions;
• Sworn notaries, sworn court bailiffs, experts, interpreters and translators, and other providers of professional services;
• Other advocates and legal service providers, including abroad, where this is necessary for the performance of a specific client engagement;
• Providers of accounting, information technology, data storage, communications and other services to the Firm;
• Other persons, where there is an appropriate legal basis for the transfer of the data.

Personal data are transferred only to the extent necessary to achieve the relevant purpose.

In providing legal assistance, the Firm complies with the requirements of professional secrecy and confidentiality applicable to advocates.

In certain cases, for example when providing legal services in cross-border matters or using certain service providers, personal data may be transferred to recipients outside the European Union or the European Economic Area.

In such cases, the Firm ensures that the transfer of personal data is carried out in accordance with the applicable data protection framework and that appropriate personal data protection mechanisms are used.

The Firm retains personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which the data were obtained and processed, or for as long as required by the applicable laws and regulations.

When the retention of personal data is no longer necessary and there is no other legal basis for their further processing, the data are deleted, anonymised or otherwise securely destroyed.

The Firm implements appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure, access or any other form of unauthorised processing.

Access to personal data is granted only to those persons who need it for the performance of their work duties or the provision of a specific service.

Under the applicable data protection laws and regulations, you have the right to request information about the processing of your personal data and access to your personal data, and, in certain cases, to request the rectification or erasure of your data or the restriction of their processing, to object to the processing of your data, and to exercise the right to data portability. Where the processing of personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time.

These rights may be restricted in the cases provided for by laws and regulations, including in order to ensure compliance with the requirements of professional secrecy and confidentiality applicable to advocates or to protect the rights and legitimate interests of other persons.

To exercise your rights, you may contact the Firm using the contact details provided in this Privacy Policy. Where necessary, the Firm may ask you to provide additional information to verify your identity.

If you believe that the processing of your personal data does not comply with the requirements of the applicable laws and regulations, you have the right to contact the Firm to clarify the matter.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, the Data State Inspectorate of the Republic of Latvia.

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The Website may contain links to third-party websites. The Firm is not responsible for the content of those websites or for the processing of personal data carried out on them.

When visiting third-party websites, we recommend reviewing the privacy and data protection policies of the relevant website.

The Firm has the right to update or amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, including to reflect changes in the Firm's activities, personal data processing procedures or the applicable laws and regulations.

The current version of the Privacy Policy is always available on the Website.