Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) provides information on how Koushos Korfiotis Papacharalambous LLC, and our affiliate company KKPLAW Limited (“KKP”, “we”, “our”, “us”) collects and processes your personal data when you visit our website (www.kkplaw.com) and when providing services as described on our website and in this Policy.

The aim of this Policy is to explain important information about the security of your data, legal bases and the purposes according to which KKP processes your personal data as a website visitor or client (“your”, “you”, “data subject”). While the protection of your data is a priority, we assure you that, as advocates, we also commit to safeguarding all confidential and secret information and evidence entrusted to us by our clients under our obligation to abide by the advocates Code of Conduct Regulations.

 

1. THE DATA WE PROCESS ABOUT YOU

Personal data means any information about a physical person from which that person can be directly or indirectly identified. It does not include information concerning legal persons and data where the identity has been removed (anonymised data).

KKP process many different categories of personal data, including but not limited to:

  • Technical Data, such as internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, browser plug-in types and versions, cookies, and other related technology on the various devices you use to access this website.
  • Contact Data, such as addresses, email address and telephone numbers.
  • Identity Data, such as names, marital status, date of birth, identity, passport.
  • Financial Data, such as, bank account and payment card details.
  • Special categories of data, such as health related data, trade union membership, religious belief, ethnic origin or other personal data classified as special category in Article 9 of GDPR.
  • Any other type of personal information that you voluntarily choose to provide to us or we may be required to obtain in the course of our professional capacity.

 

2. LEGAL BASES OF PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

  1. Due to the nature of our services and responsibility placed upon us when providing legal consulting, corporate administration and legal services, we collect and process personal data mainly in order to:
    • Perform our obligations in accordance with any contract that we may have with you.
    • Fulfil our or a third party's legitimate interest to process personal data.
    • Carry out our legal obligation to use your personal information to comply with any legal obligations imposed upon us.
  2. KKP may process special categories of personal data where necessary to comply with specific legislation, other regulations, and for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, for example, to provide advice on a personal injury claim or in connection with a criminal trial.
  3. Where required, we will obtain all appropriate consents in accordance with the law.

 

3. HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We may share some of your personal data with different categories of third-parties in order to perform our legal obligations, such as:

  • Government or regulatory authorities including for anti-money laundering (AML), conflict, reputational and financial checks
  • Courts and corporate Registrar
  • Authorised Credit Institutions
  • Insurance companies
  • Tax authorities

When it comes to carrying out our obligations with regard to our legal consulting and advocacy services, third parties may include arbitrators, mediators, clerks, witnesses, opposing party lawyers.

KKP may also share personal data with other third-party service providers (such as IT advisors, auditors etc). These service providers (processors) may process personal data only under our instructions. When engaging with such processors we to set out the safeguards and the parties’ obligations to comply with the applicable EU data protection law.

 

4. YOUR RIGHTS

KKP informs you that as a data subject, you have the right to request access, rectification, restriction, erasure, a right to object. We do not use any method of carrying out automated decision-making without human intervention, including profiling, in a way that produces legal effects concerning you or otherwise significantly affects you. Please note that these rights are not absolute and are subject to specific conditions and exceptions.

 

5. TRANSFER OF DATA

KKP does not transfer personal data outside the EEA. If required to do so, we will undertake to implement all legal transfer mechanisms required by Cyprus and EU data protection law, and to inform the data subjects in advance.

 

6. DATA RETENTION

KKP typically retains Personal Data for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy and as otherwise specified in record retention periods specifically determined by legislation.

 

7. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES LINKS

While browsing the website you may find links to third party websites. Please be informed that these third-party websites maintain their own Privacy Policy. We do not control these websites and have no responsibility for their privacy policies or statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

 

8. SECURITY

At KKP we have implemented all appropriate technical and organisational measures. Our software and procedures are developed to protect personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Please be assured that all authorised persons at KKP with responsibility over personal data, are bound by high internal security standards. All electronic systems used by KKP for data processing are set to separate permissions given to each KKP department over control and use of personal data.

 

9. COOKIES

Cookies are bits of electronic information that a website can transfer to your hard drive to help tailor your visit to that website. The website uses strictly necessary cookies that are required for the operation of the website.

Cookies we use

  • PHPSESSID – Expires when the user's browser is closed.
    Used to store a simple message when a form is submitted that can be displayed on a different page.
    For example, if an enquiry form is completed incorrectly, a message will be stored and presented to the user to indicate the errors in the submission.
    When an enquiry form is submitted successfully, a message is stored and presented to the user thanking them for their enquiry.
    No personal information is stored in this cookie.

  • CookieConsent – Expires 1 year from set/update.
    This cookie is simply used to allow a user to suppress the displaying of the cookie information notice on each page of the web site.

You can choose to block cookies by changing the settings on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of the Website. Please be informed by using this website, you agree to the use of the cookies as described in this Policy.

 

10. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY 

KKP may modify this Policy at any time as needed, for example, to comply with changes in laws, regulations or guidance introduced by the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection. Please check back to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

 

11. CONTACT US 

If you have any questions or want to exercise your rights set out in this Policy, please contact us:

 

20 Costi Palama Street
Aspelia Court, 2nd-4th floors,
Nicosia 1096, Cyprus.

 

Tel.: +357 22 664555
Fax: +357 22 677485
Email: info@kkplaw.com

 

Supervisory Authority

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, which is the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection:

1 Iasonos str., 1082 Nicosia
P.O.Box 23378, 1682 Nicosia
Tel: +357 22818456
Fax: +357 22304565
Email: commissioner@dataprotection.gov.cy






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