Terms and conditions

Legal Provisions

The use of and/or browsing of lawyer-in-romania.com (hereinafter the “Website”) by users constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions of use, which govern the relationship between the user and the Andreea Țărălungă Individual Law Office (hereinafter the “LAW OFFICE”).

The LAW OFFICE created this Website as a source of information, in compliance with the applicable legal provisions concerning copyright and confidentiality, as well as the advertising rules laid down by Law No. 51/1995 on the organisation and practice of the legal profession and by the Statute of the Legal Profession, as subsequently amended and supplemented.

Using or visiting the Website implies the users’ acceptance of the terms and conditions described below.

Limitation of Liability

The LAW OFFICE will make all reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of the Website and will use all due care to correct errors and omissions as quickly as possible. Nevertheless, the LAW OFFICE shall not be held liable for any inaccuracies, errors or omissions in the information provided. The user expressly accepts that the LAW OFFICE shall under no circumstances be held liable for any direct or indirect, minor, major or incidental damage, including, without limitation, loss of profit, goodwill or other intangible assets, resulting from the use of information on the Website or from any other matter connected with this Website. The content of this Website is provided for information purposes, does not constitute advertising and may not be interpreted as an offer to enter into a contract for specific legal services.

The Website and all information contained in, downloaded from or accessed through it are made available without warranties of any kind, including as to fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement of third-party rights. The LAW OFFICE shall not be liable for any problem or malfunction affecting networks or telephone lines, online internet systems, servers, internet access providers, equipment, computers, software or any other element that may damage personal computers as a result of using this Website.

The LAW OFFICE reserves the right to modify, restrict access to, or temporarily or permanently discontinue any part of this Website or any information contained in it, without assuming an obligation to notify users. Such changes shall take effect when published on this Website. Visitors to and users of this Website accept and agree to use the information at their own risk. The LAW OFFICE shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages caused by the use of this Website.

The information contained on this Website: (i) is of a general nature only and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any individual or entity; (ii) is not necessarily exhaustive, accurate or up to date; (iii) may sometimes refer to external websites over which the LAW OFFICE has no control and for which it assumes no responsibility; and (iv) does not constitute, and cannot replace, specialist legal advice in any area of law.

The LAW OFFICE does not and will not guarantee that a document available online is an exact reproduction of an officially adopted text.

Privacy Policy.

Processing of Personal Data

The LAW OFFICE respects the right to privacy of individuals who visit the Website and contact us electronically. When you interact with us, you may provide information that helps us identify you, such as your name, email address and telephone number. Certain information that helps us identify you is also necessary for the performance of the legal assistance agreements we enter into with you, as well as for sending legislative news and invitations to conferences and other events in the form of newsletters. In addition, the LAW OFFICE collects certain information about its collaborators and employees in accordance with the law. This information is known as “personal data”. This Privacy Policy complies with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, repealing Directive 95/46/EC (hereinafter the “GDPR”).

Legal Bases for Processing

In the LAW OFFICE’s activities, personal data processing based on the consent of data subjects may take various forms, depending on the specific activities carried out and the purposes pursued. For example, the personal data of individual clients are processed for promotional purposes (the sending of legal alerts/newsletters by email) on the basis of the clients’ freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous consent, lawfully obtained.

B. Processing necessary for entering into and performing a contract [Article 6(1)(b) GDPR]

This type of processing occurs, for example, where a new individual client initiates the conclusion of a legal assistance agreement. The LAW OFFICE will also process the contact details of a new collaborating lawyer for the purpose of entering into a collaboration agreement.

C. Processing necessary for compliance with a legal obligation [Article 6(1)(c) GDPR]

The processing of personal data on the basis that it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation presupposes the existence of a mandatory legal provision applicable to the LAW OFFICE. In such a case, processing is necessary in order to comply with that legal obligation.

1. Under the legislation on preventing and sanctioning money laundering and preventing and combating terrorist financing (Law No. 656/2002 on preventing and sanctioning money laundering and establishing certain measures for preventing and combating terrorist financing), lawyers have certain obligations to implement specific customer due-diligence measures and report suspicious transactions. The processing of personal data necessary to comply with these obligations is based on a legal obligation.

2. Lawyers are required to maintain certain specific records concerning their activities, such as the Electronic Register of Documents Drafted by Lawyers. The processing of personal data for this purpose is based on compliance with a legal obligation.

3. Some of the data processing activities carried out by the LAW OFFICE’s Finance and Accounting Department, such as withholding and paying social security contributions for support staff and keeping records of employees’ leave, are based on legal obligations laid down by employment law.

D. Processing necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest [Article 6(1)(e) GDPR]

Under Article 39 of Law No. 51/1995, lawyers are indispensable partners of the justice system in the practice of their profession. Consequently, a lawyer’s professional activity is carried out for the administration of justice and therefore serves a public interest. In this case, the basis on which the LAW OFFICE processes personal data is Article 6(1)(e) GDPR. In carrying out professional activities for the administration of justice, a lawyer processes the personal data of opposing parties or third parties. The basis for such processing is neither the consent of the data subjects nor the legal assistance agreement entered into with the client. Its legal basis is the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

Children’s Personal Data

The LAW OFFICE does not knowingly request or collect personal data from children. If the LAW OFFICE discovers that it has inadvertently collected personal data from a child, it will delete those data as soon as possible. Nevertheless, the LAW OFFICE may collect personal data from children where the parents or legal representatives have expressly consented to this.

Newsletters and Emails

If you provide us with your email address—whether because you have asked to receive our communications and news by voluntarily subscribing to the newsletter, because you are a client of our firm, because you are included in our database following previous correspondence, because your email address was selected from a database to which you subscribed, or because your address appears on public websites—the contact details you provide may be used to send you newsletters.

We may also use your email address to send you communications concerning conferences and events that we organise (for example, confirmation emails when you register for or unsubscribe from a particular registration or activity), as well as certain service-related notices (for example, notices regarding updates to our Privacy Policy, interruptions or changes to our online services or technical support policies, or other related changes).

Rights of Data Subjects

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

A. Right of access, meaning the right to obtain confirmation from the LAW OFFICE as to whether personal data concerning you are being processed and, where that is the case, access to those data and the following information:

– the purposes of the processing;
– the categories of personal data concerned;
– the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed;
– where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored or, if that is not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
– the existence of the right to request that the LAW OFFICE rectify or erase personal data or restrict the processing of personal data concerning the data subject, or the right to object to such processing;
– the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority;
– where the personal data have not been collected directly from the data subject, any available information as to their source.

B. Right to rectification, meaning the right to obtain from the LAW OFFICE, without undue delay, the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you.

C. Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”), meaning the right to obtain from the LAW OFFICE the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay and the LAW OFFICE’s obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:

– the personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or processed;
– you withdraw the consent on which the processing is based under Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, and there is no other legal ground for the processing;
– you object to the processing under Article 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object under Article 21(2);
– the personal data have been unlawfully processed;
– the personal data must be erased to comply with a legal obligation imposed on the LAW OFFICE under EU law or the domestic law applicable to it.

D. Right to restriction of processing, where:

– you contest the accuracy of the data, for the period during which the LAW OFFICE verifies their accuracy;
– the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead;
– the LAW OFFICE no longer needs the personal data for processing purposes, but you require them for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
– you have objected to the processing under Article 21(1) GDPR, while it is being verified whether the controller’s legitimate grounds override those of the data subject.

E. Right to data portability, meaning the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the LAW OFFICE in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the LAW OFFICE, where the processing is based on consent under Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, or on a contract under Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means.

F. Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.

To exercise these rights, you may submit a written, dated and signed request by email to office@lawyer-in-romania.com or at the LAW OFFICE’s premises: Calea Moșilor 298, Block 48, Apartment 22, District 2, Bucharest, Romania.

You also have the right to bring proceedings before the courts.

On the Website, users are responsible for all activities arising from their voluntary provision of their name, email address and telephone number. The LAW OFFICE cannot be held liable for errors arising from a user’s negligence regarding the security and confidentiality of their name, email address and telephone number. A user’s personal data may be used by the LAW OFFICE and its collaborators only for the stated purposes of this Website. Personal data may, however, be disclosed to the authorities empowered to verify commercial transactions or to other authorities entitled to carry out checks justified by law, if requested in accordance with the applicable regulations.

Technologies Used

The Website does not use cookie technologies or modules or server log files (it does not monitor IP addresses or activity on your servers), and it does not automatically place information on your computer (it does not use pixel tags, clear GIFs or similar technologies).

Transfer of Personal Data

The LAW OFFICE will never disclose your personal data to a third-party company or organisation intending to use them for direct marketing purposes unless you have given your prior express consent.

For strictly technical reasons, your data may be disclosed to external collaborators operating in the IT and communications sector—for example, to a software solutions provider for hosting the Website or for sending newsletters on behalf of the LAW OFFICE. In such cases, we will ensure that those partners safeguard the security and confidentiality of your information.

We may disclose your personal information if required by law or where, in our good-faith opinion, such action is reasonably necessary to comply with legal procedures, respond to requests or claims, or protect the safety or rights of the LAW OFFICE, its clients or the public at large.

The LAW OFFICE does not transfer the personal data of data subjects outside the European Economic Area.

Data Security

The LAW OFFICE takes all organisational and technical measures necessary to protect the confidentiality and security of your personal information collected through the Website and from other sources, including special categories of personal data and personal information collected from children. These efforts include, but are not necessarily limited to:

– storing your personal information in secure, encrypted operating environments that are not available to the public and may be accessed only by employees or contractors authorised by the LAW OFFICE;
– using Google Drive cloud technologies supplied by a reputable company that fully meets the GDPR compliance and security requirements;
– verifying the identity of registered Website users before allowing them to access their personal information.

How Can You Contact Us?

If you have any questions, complaints or comments concerning this Privacy Policy or our information-collection practices, please contact us at office@lawyer-in-romania.com or at the premises of the Andreea Țărălungă Individual Law Office: Calea Moșilor 298, Block 48, Apartment 22, District 2, Bucharest, Romania.

Copyright

The content of the Website is protected by copyright laws. All materials contained on this Website—including, without limitation, all articles, texts, photographs, logos and designs—are protected by copyright laws and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted or published without the LAW OFFICE’s express written consent. The Website is the property of the LAW OFFICE. Users undertake not to copy texts, portions of texts or graphics for commercial use.

It is strictly prohibited to use this Website for the purpose of destroying, interrupting or altering it, its content or its security, or to discredit or harass members of the LAW OFFICE, its clients and/or the services offered.

Newsletter and Email Alert Registration

If a user chooses to register to receive legal alerts, email notifications or newsletters, the LAW OFFICE will use the user’s personal data to provide the requested service. If the user wishes to unsubscribe from legal alerts, emails or newsletters, the LAW OFFICE will remove the user from the mailing list together with all personal data. If you have any questions or wish to request permission to use materials from this Website, please contact us at office@lawyer-in-romania.com.