This privacy statement explains how we collect, store and use your personal data in compliance with applicable data protection law including, where relevant, (as amended from time to time) the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“EU GDPR”), the EU GDPR as it forms part of the law of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland by virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and as amended by the Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc).
RUS-CATANICIU.RO is a global law firm with its headquarters in Cluj-Napoca. RUS-CATANICIU.ROP controls the collection and processing of any personal data that you provide to us in relation to this website. Where services are provided to you by other entities within the RUS-CATANICIU.RO, the entity providing the service will be the data controller. This notice applies to all such entities. This notice applies to all entities listed in our office directory.
Terms used in this privacy statement have the meanings given to them in the EU GDPR unless otherwise stated. Any reference to:
For the avoidance of doubt, this privacy statement.is not a contract and does not itself create any legal rights or obligations.
If you have any questions about us processing your personal data, contact us via our website form.
We may collect personal data:
When we collect personal data directly from you it is your decision whether to provide data. If you do not provide data, it may hinder your use of, or make it not possible to use, our services or products, not allow you to remain in contact with us, to enter into contracts/agreements with us, to participate in our programmes, or to exercise your rights. If you provide information to us about another person, you must ensure that you comply with any legal obligations that may apply to your provision of the information to us, and allow us, where necessary, to share that information with our service providers.
How we use your personal data depends on the nature of your relationship with us. How we use your personal data and our legal basis for doing so, including where applicable our legitimate interest is explained below.
We will only use your personal data when applicable law allows us to. Depending on the nature and purposes of processing being carried out, our basis for processing may include:
Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data, although we will obtain your consent before sending third party direct marketing communications to you, or where your consent is otherwise required under applicable law. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the details set out under “Contacting Us” below.
We do not sell your personal information. We do not envisage your personal data will undergo any automated decision making.
To the extent that our processing of your personal data is subject to data protection legislation other than the EU or UK GDPR, the relevant legal basis are explained in the Supplementary Provisions.
Visitors to our website, microsites and users of our Client Portal
When you visit our website or microsites, we automatically collect, store and use technical information about your equipment and your interaction with our website. This information is sent from your computer to us using cookies.
We process personal data including login credentials to provide access to and manage our premium tools and restricted areas. We do so either because you have consented to their use or because we have a legitimate interest in:
Thought leadership, briefings, podcasts and events
We collect personal data which is provided by you when you sign up to receive news services or briefings, attend an event or interact with us as a client. This includes contact information including name, email, telephone number and address; professional information including marketing preferences and other relevant information including meal preferences, feedback and survey responses. This information is stored in our customer relationship management systems.
We process information in connection with our thought leadership, briefings, podcasts and events:
Depending on our relationship with you, our legal basis for processing may be:
Former RUS-CATANICIU.RO people
If you have previously been employed by, or have been a partner at, RUS-CATANICIU.RO, we may continue to process personal data that was collected before and during your working relationship with us. This data includes contact and biographical information, financial information, compensation and benefits information, employment/personnel records (including job title, contract information, training records, renumeration, performance information), photographs, webinars and podcasts.
We may process this data because we have a legitimate interest in maintaining records, to provide you with references, to publicise our activities, and to conduct data analytics studies to review and better understand our workforce. We may also use this information to establish, exercise or defend legal claims and to comply with our regulatory and legal obligations (including in relation to applicable tax and employment law).
We may continue to process special category data, including race, ethnicity and health-related information, where necessary and permitted by applicable law, to fulfil our legal obligations or exercise rights in connection with employment, social security or social protection law; to establish, exercise or defend legal claims or where it is in the public interest to do so.
We do not share personal data with third parties following your employment, contractual relationship or partnership with us except as necessary to fulfil ongoing legal or contractual obligations
Clients and those whose personal data we process in connection with our professional services
When our clients engage us to provide legal advice and services, business may collect personal data, including name, contact information, financial information and other information relevant to the services we provide. This information may be collected directly from you, supplied by your organisation or provided by another source. We use this information for the purposes of:
We use information about our clients (and their representatives) to fulfil our contractual, legal and regulatory obligations or because we have a legitimate interest in processing the information to provide our services and manage our business relationships.
When we provide legal advice and services to clients, we may also process the personal data of individuals whose information is relevant to the matter(s) on which we are instructed for example, when we advise on a business transaction, a regulatory investigation or we represent a client in a legal dispute. When we process personal data collected from or on behalf of our clients to provide legal advice and services, we process this data subject to obligations of client confidentiality and legal professional privilege, as well as the terms of our engagement with our client.
We only process special category data where processing is necessary to provide our clients with advice regarding their obligations or rights in the field of employment or social security; where we are subject to a legal obligation to do so or where it is necessary to do so to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
Applicants, work experience, open days
When you apply for a job, for work experience or an internship, to attend an open day or a vacation scheme, we will ask you for information relevant to your application. We ask all applicants to apply via our recruitment system where a specific privacy statement is available. We do not accept applications submitted by other means.
Visitors to our premises
If you visit one of our buildings, we may collect information that we need to identify you, to create a record of your visit and for visitor pass use (if issued) and to complete necessary security checks. We may also collect your image on CCTV. We use this information to maintain physical security and manage access to our offices. If you use our guest Wi-Fi, we will collect relevant information to maintain the security of the Wi-Fi service. We process information about visitors to our premises to comply with legal obligations and because we have a legitimate interest in maintaining the security of our network and buildings.
People who contact us
We collect contact and related information when you contact us via our website, by email or by telephone. We process this information because we have a legitimate interest in responding to enquiries.
Suppliers and other third parties
If you provide goods or services to us, we maintain contact information, information regarding the goods or services you provide to us and billing and financial information, including billing address, bank account and payment information. We use this information to manage our supplier relationships and to comply with our contractual and legal obligations. We may also use this information to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.