1. About this Policy
Averites Attorneys at Law (hereinafter “Averites”, “we” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy and personal data. This Policy explains how Averites collects, uses, stores and protects personal data in connection with your use of https://averites.com website (hereinafter the “Website”), your communications with us, subscriptions to our materials, participation in events or applications for vacancies.
This Policy applies to the Website and communications connected with it. Once the provision of legal services begins, the processing of certain data may also be governed by the relevant client engagement agreement, Averites’ professional obligations and separate notices.
2. Legal Bases for Processing Your Personal Data
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. We process such data in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On Personal Data Protection” and other applicable legislation. Where the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to a particular processing activity, we also comply with its requirements.
As a general rule, we process your personal data on the basis of your consent. In certain cases, however, processing may also be necessary to take steps before entering into a contract or to perform a contract, to comply with a legal obligation, or to pursue legitimate interests, provided that such interests are not overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms.
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before its withdrawal. Please note that, even after you withdraw your consent, we may continue to process personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations or to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights, where such processing is required or otherwise permitted by applicable law.
3. Who Is Responsible for Personal Data
The controller of personal data is Averites Attorneys at Law. We determine the purposes and means of the processing described in this Policy.
4. Personal Data We May Process
• Contact and identification data: your first name, last name, email address, telephone number and any other contact details you provide.
• Professional data: your place of work, position, area of activity and details of the company you represent.
• Enquiry data: the content of messages, requests and correspondence, as well as any documents or other information you choose to provide to us.
• Applicant data: your CV, education, work experience, qualifications and other information provided in connection with a vacancy.
• Technical data: your IP address, device and browser type, operating system, date and time of access, pages viewed, referral source, security logs and cookie identifiers.
We obtain data directly from you, automatically when you use the Website and, in certain cases, from lawful public sources or third parties where necessary and permitted by law.
5. Purposes of Processing Personal Data
Averites may use personal data for the following purposes:
• to ensure the proper, secure and stable operation of the Website, maintain it, protect it against misuse and make further improvements;
• to handle enquiries and requests, determine whether we are able to accept an engagement, conduct potential conflict-of-interest checks and, where necessary, carry out KYC procedures;
• to prepare commercial proposals, enter into and perform contracts, provide legal services and maintain business communications;
• to send legal updates and insights, Averites news and invitations to events, on the basis of your consent or another legal basis provided by law;
• to review applications for vacancies and conduct recruitment processes;
• to comply with legal and regulatory requirements, maintain internal records, and establish, exercise and protect the lawful rights and interests of Averites, our clients and other persons.
6. Recipients of Personal Data
Access to personal data is limited to persons who need it for the relevant purpose. Where appropriate, personal data may be disclosed to:
• Averites group companies, including our representative office in the United Kingdom, which are required to maintain confidentiality;
• providers of hosting, IT support, cybersecurity, email, CRM, analytics, recruitment and event management services that act on our instructions;
• professional advisers, banks, insurers and other persons where disclosure is justified by the nature of an enquiry or the provision of services;
• courts, law enforcement, regulatory and other public authorities where disclosure is required or permitted by law;
• a successor in connection with a reorganisation or the transfer of the relevant part of our business, subject to appropriate confidentiality requirements.
7. Retention and Security
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, the performance of contracts and legal obligations, the resolution of disputes and the protection of rights. At the end of the relevant retention period, personal data is deleted, anonymised or placed in an archive with restricted access. We may retain it for longer where necessary to comply with legal or contractual obligations, resolve disputes, protect our rights or pursue other lawful purposes.
You may contact us at any time to request the deletion of your personal data, withdraw your consent or unsubscribe from marketing communications. We will comply with a deletion request unless continued retention or processing is required or permitted by applicable law.
Averites implements appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, loss or destruction. Personal data is stored on secure servers, access to which is limited to authorised persons to the extent necessary for the performance of their duties.
8. Your Rights
Subject to applicable law, you have the right to:
• obtain, personally or through an authorised representative, information about the sources from which your personal data was collected, its location and the purposes of processing, as well as the location of the controller or processor;
• be informed of the conditions governing access to your personal data, including the third parties to whom it is disclosed;
• access your personal data and review its contents, except where otherwise provided by law;
• submit a reasoned objection to the processing of your personal data;
• request the rectification, amendment or destruction of personal data where it is inaccurate or processed unlawfully;
• request the protection of personal data against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction or damage, and against the dissemination of inaccurate information that may harm your honour, dignity or business reputation;
• set restrictions on the processing of personal data when giving consent and withdraw such consent at any time;
• receive information about the mechanisms used for automated processing of your personal data and be protected against automated decisions that produce legal effects for you;
• lodge a complaint with the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights or a court, and use any other remedies available under applicable law.
9. Mailing Lists and Third-Party Resources
You may unsubscribe from our mailing list by using the link in any email or by contacting us. After you unsubscribe, we may retain a minimal record of your preference to ensure that we do not send you further marketing communications.
The Website may contain links to third-party resources. Averites does not determine how those resources process personal data, and we therefore recommend that you review their privacy policies.
10. Changes and Contact Details
We reserve the right to review and update this Policy periodically, including in response to changes in legislation, our internal processes or the functionality of the Website. The effective version date will appear in the “Last updated” line at the beginning of this page. Where required by law or warranted by the nature of a change, we will provide reasonable notice of material changes.
If you have any questions about this Policy or wish to exercise your rights in relation to personal data, please contact us using the details below:
AVERITES ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Email: info@averites.com