Privacy Policy

Last updated: 9/4/2024

Maria Nikolaou of Nikolai is a Piraeus attorney with a Piraeus Bar Association (A.M./D.S.P. 4244), registered office and law firm in Athens, at 40 Mavromichali Street, P.C. 10680, tel. 210 3388529, 6951711001 and e-mail m.nikolauu@gmail.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Attorney“, the “Law Firm” or “we“). Any reference in this Privacy Policy to the “Website” refers to the website of the Lawyer and the Law Firm at www.nikollaw.gr.

We respect the privacy and protection of personal data (hereinafter “personal data” or “data“) of visitors and users of our Website (hereinafter “users” or “you“) and the processing we carry out is in accordance with the applicable European and Greek legislation, namely the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) and the Greek implementing law n. 4624/2019, as well as with the decisions and opinions of the Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) and the European institutions.

This Privacy Policy applies solely to users of our Site. In it, we seek to explain how we collect, process and disclose your personal data in this case.

We point out that you should carefully read this Privacy Policy, which has been written in the simplest possible way in order to facilitate your understanding, so that you can decide of your own free will whether you wish to provide your personal data to the Lawyer for the reasons set out below.

The controller of your personal data within the meaning of the GDPR is the Lawyer, whose details are detailed at the beginning of this document. This means that the latter is responsible for the processing and protection of your personal data.

For issues relating to the protection of your data, you can contact us directly at tel. 210 3388529 and e-mail m.nikolauu@gmail.com.

Α. Data that you provide to the Lawyer yourself

(a) When you use the Website, you are given the opportunity to fill in a contact form with identification (full name) and contact details (email address), as well as a short message about why you wish to contact us and/or any specific requests you may have. We collect this data in order to identify you and contact you, after assessing that your request has been submitted truthfully and in good faith. The legal basis for their processing is the execution of the contract between us, which is the Terms of Use of the Website (hyperlink), which you accept unconditionally by using it and before submitting any request (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR).

(b) In addition, another possibility provided through the Website is to request the scheduling of an appointment with the Lawyer and/or her associates, by filling in the relevant form with your identification (name) and contact details (full name), email address, subject and a short message with details of the case and/or any specific requests you may have for the Lawyer and/or her associates. We collect this data in order to identify you, contact you and then schedule our appointment if we consider that your request has been made truthfully and in good faith and that in principle we can take on your case. The legal basis for the processing is the execution of the contract between us, which is the Terms of Use of the Website (hyperlink), which you accept unconditionally by using the Website and submitting any request (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR).

B. Automatically collected data

(a) When you visit the Site, certain information is automatically collected by our server and recorded in log files. This data may include information about your device and browser, your network connection, your IP address, etc. The temporary storage of the IP address is necessary to enable the Site to be displayed on the user’s computer. We store the above data to ensure the functionality of the Site, security, availability, integrity and confidentiality of the information from accidental or illegal acts or incidents. The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

(b) We also collect information automatically through the use of cookies or similar technologies. For more information about cookies, please visit our Cookie Policy .

• We reserve the right to use your data under (A) and (B) to ensure that we comply with our legal obligations pursuant to Article 6 para. 1(c) GDPR (e.g. disclosure of user data in order to provide our contribution to law enforcement bodies, etc.) and to safeguard and defend our legal and contractual rights, including the security of our Website and the information and information systems of other users and Internet users in general, the reputation of the Lawyer, her associates and the Law Firm, etc., which are part of our legitimate interests, in accordance with Article 6(6) of the Lawyers’ Act. 1(f) of the GDPR.

Your data is not transferred to third parties, except in the following cases:

(a) Suppliers who are required to have access to users’ personal data in order to provide their services (e.g. IT service providers, hosting service providers, etc.). All our suppliers are bound by specific agreements (contracts between the controller and the processor) that ensure the protection of your data.

(b) Authorised partners who have access to users’ personal data only when necessary (e.g. to process your requests) and are bound by specific confidentiality agreements.

(c) Public or independent authorities, such as the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Directorate of Cybercrime, the Data Protection Authority (DPAA), etc., when such transfer is necessary for our compliance with a law or to prevent illegal acts against us or users of the Site or the Internet.

• (d) Third party partners who place cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party service providers. These partners have access to cookie-related information which may in certain circumstances constitute personal data (for more information on cookies, please see the Cookie Policy hyperlink).

We keep your personal data for the shortest possible period of time, taking into account the principle of limitation of storage time. In particular, we will keep your data for the time necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, namely to contact you and schedule our appointment, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Finally, we retain log files for a period of no longer than 31 days.

5.1 Your personal data is stored on the Lawyer’s servers within the European Economic Area (EEA) and is not transferred outside the EEA. However, some cookies are placed by our partners (third party providers) who provide us with their services and for efficiency reasons, some of our partners’ servers may be located outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Therefore, information collected using cookies may be transferred outside the EEA. We assure you that this information is transmitted with adequate safeguards and in complete security. For more information about cookies, please visit the Website’s Cookie Policy .

5.2 We always process your data in a completely confidential manner and we are bound by a duty of confidentiality with regard to such data, in accordance with the provisions set out in the applicable legislation. To this end, we adopt technical and organisational measures to guarantee the security of your data and to prevent any accidental or unlawful access, alteration, deterioration, destruction or other processing, based on the state of technology, the nature of the data and the risks to which they are exposed.

The Website may have links, including hyperlinks, by clicking on which you will be directed to third party websites. Please refer to their respective privacy policies for information on how they use your personal data. The Lawyer is not responsible for the processing of personal data carried out by the linked websites.

7.1 We want to ensure that you are able to exercise your legal rights in relation to your personal data. To this end, we inform you that for as long as we retain your data, you have the right to exercise your rights free of charge. However, where your requests are manifestly unfounded, excessive or repetitive, we may charge you a reasonable fee. In particular, you are entitled to:

(a) Access: the right to obtain confirmation of the processing or not of your data by the Lawyer and the right to access them.

(b) Correction.

(c) Deletion: Right to request the deletion of your data. You may request that your data be deleted:

– The data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed and there is no longer a legitimate reason for keeping it,

– You withdraw the consent given or object to the processing carried out in accordance with the terms of the law,

– The data have been unlawfully processed,

– The data must be erased in order to comply with a legal obligation of the Lawyer as Data Controller; or

– The data relates to a child.

(d) Limitation of processing: Right to restrict the processing of your data if:

– Their accuracy is questioned so that we can verify the accuracy of the personal data,

– The data have been unlawfully processed, but you object to the deletion of the data,

– It is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, but you still need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims or there is another legitimate purpose of processing or other legal basis; or

– You have exercised your right to object and are awaiting verification.

(e) Portability: The right to receive your data that you have provided to the Lawyer in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and to transfer it to another Data Controller without objection, where the legal basis for the processing is consent or contract performance and the processing is carried out by automated means.

(f) Objection: the right to object at any time to the processing of your data, where the legal basis of the processing is the legitimate interests of the Lawyer, including profiling.

(g) Withdrawal of consent.

The Lawyer will examine your request and reply within one month of receipt or, taking into account the complexity of the request and the total number of requests, will inform you of the extension of the deadline for reply for a maximum of two additional months.

7.2 For any issue that may arise regarding the processing of your personal data and the exercise of your above rights, you may contact the Lawyer by telephone at 210 3388529 and by email at m.nikolauu@gmail.com .

7.3 In the event that you are not satisfied with our processing of your data or our response to your exercise of the above rights, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority (DPA): 1-3 Kifissias Avenue, P.O. Box: 115 23, Athens, Greece.

We reserve the right to unilaterally modify this Privacy Policy at any time, always in compliance with applicable law or whenever we deem it necessary. With respect to your data, the Policy posted at the time of your visit to the Site will apply. In the event of a modification, we will change the date of the “Last Updated” at the beginning of this Policy.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the protection of your data, please do not hesitate to contact us at m.nikolauu@gmail.com .