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    GENERAL PART

    1. This privacy policy (the Policy) contains information about the processing of personal data performed by the Professional Law Partnership ADON legal (ADON legal). ADON legal processes personal data of its clients and related persons, visitors of the website www.adon.legal (the Website), of persons who submit inquiries or otherwise communicate with ADON legal, of subscribers to newsletters and of job applicants.T
    2. ADON legal processes personal data in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) (the GDPR), the Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data of the Republic of Lithuania, the Law on Electronic Communications of the Republic of Lithuania, the Law on the Bar of the Republic of Lithuania and other applicable legal acts. The terms used in this Policy have the meaning defined in the GDPR.
    3. The controller of your personal data is ADON legal, legal entity code 304981870, registered office address J. Jasinskio g. 12, Vilnius, the Republic of Lithuania, tel. +37060420624, e-mail info@adon.legal. In case any questions regarding this Policy or your personal data arise, please contact ADON legal.
    4. ADON legal processes personal data only where at least one of the following legal bases applies: (a) the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract (Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR); (b) the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which ADON legal is subject (Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR); (c) the processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by ADON legal or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR); (d) you have given your consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR). Special categories of personal data and personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences are processed only where this is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or where otherwise permitted by law (Articles 9 of the GDPR). The specific purposes and legal bases of processing are described in the respective sections of this Policy.
    5. ADON legal does not take decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which would produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you.
    6. Personal data are stored no longer than is necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy. Upon expiry of the applicable retention period, personal data are deleted or anonymised, unless their further storage is required by law or is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, in which case the data are stored until the end of the respective proceedings and the expiry of the applicable limitation period.
    7. This Policy may be updated. The new version of the Policy shall be published on the Website (www.adon.legal).

    PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES

    1. ADON legal processes personal data of its clients (as well as employees or other representatives of the clients) and other persons whose data must be processed in order to provide legal services. Personal data of clients who are natural persons are processed on the basis of the legal services agreements concluded with them (Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR). Personal data of employees and other representatives of the clients and of other persons are processed on the basis of the legitimate interest of ADON legal and its clients to provide and receive legal services (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR). Personal data are also processed for compliance with the legal obligations of ADON legal (Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR) arising from the Law on the Bar of the Republic of Lithuania, the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing of the Republic of Lithuania and other applicable legal acts.
    2. ADON legal may process the following personal data of the clients (their employees or other representatives) and other persons:
      1. Identification data (name, surname, represented person, citizenship, personal identification code, date of birth, data of identity documents, position held, etc.);
      2. Contact details (address, e-mail, phone number, etc.);
      3. Data relating to the legal matter (the content of documents and correspondence, data on contracts, property, transactions, disputes, court and administrative proceedings, etc.);
      4. Financial data (invoicing details, bank account details, payment data, etc.);
      5. Where required by law, client due diligence data (data of identity documents, beneficial ownership, status of a politically exposed person, source of funds, etc.);
      6. Special categories of personal data and data relating to criminal convictions and offences – only where such data are necessary for the provision of legal services in the relevant matter;
      7. Other data necessary for the provision of the relevant legal services.
      8. Personal data of the clients and other related persons processed for the provision of legal services may be obtained directly from the clients or from other legitimate sources, such as the State Enterprise Centre of Registers and other public registers and databases, courts, pre-trial investigation institutions, bailiffs, notaries, state and municipal institutions, counterparties of the clients and their representatives, other legal entities and publicly available sources.
    3. Information entrusted to ADON legal in the course of its professional activities constitutes attorney-at-law’s professional secrecy protected by the Law on the Bar of the Republic of Lithuania. Where personal data of persons other than the client are obtained in the course of the provision of legal services, ADON legal may not provide such persons with individual information about the processing of their data if this would breach professional secrecy or prejudice the rights and legitimate interests of the client (Article 14(5)(d) of the GDPR); such persons are informed about the processing by means of this Policy.
    4. ADON legal shall store the personal data of its clients and other persons related to the provision of legal services for the term of validity of the respective legal services agreements and for an additional 3-year term after the expiry of the said agreements, unless applicable legal acts require otherwise.
    5. ADON legal is an obliged entity under the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing of the Republic of Lithuania and when providing certain services (e.g. when assisting clients in transactions concerning real estate, securities, or buying and selling of companies, the establishment or management of legal entities or the management of funds or other assets) ADON legal is required to identify the client and its beneficiaries, to collect the related data and documents and to store them for 8 years from the end of the business relationship or the transaction.

    RESPONDING TO INQUIRIES

    1. When you contact ADON legal by e-mail, telephone, LinkedIn or other social networks or through the Website, ADON legal shall process the received personal data in order to properly administer the received inquiries, ensure the quality of the provided services and, if necessary, protect the rights and legitimate interests of ADON legal and other persons.
    2. ADON legal processes personal data contained in your inquiry on the basis of its legitimate interest to respond to inquiries and to ensure the quality of its services (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR) and, where the inquiry concerns the conclusion of a legal services agreement, in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into such agreement (Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR).
    3. The following personal data may be processed upon receipt of your inquiry: name, surname, e-mail address, telephone number and any other data you have provided in your inquiry. When submitting inquiries, ADON legal recommends you comply with at least the minimum requirements for the protection of personal data, – if it is not necessary to disclose certain information, do not provide such information.
    4. The total storage period of personal data specified in the inquiry shall be up to 3 years from the date of the last communication regarding the inquiry. Your personal data may be stored for a longer term than the aforementioned if it is necessary for the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of ADON legal (or other persons), proper administration of inquiries, handling of complaints or settlement of disputes, as well as in any other cases required by applicable legal acts.

    BROWSING THE WEBSITE

    1. Each time you visit the Website, the following technical data may be automatically collected: IP address, access date and time, pages visited, browser type and version, device operating system data, information about the internet provider, approximate location derived from the IP address, language settings and other similar data. Technical data necessary to ensure the operation and security of the Website (server log data) are processed on the basis of the legitimate interest of ADON legal (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR). All other data are collected by using cookies and (or) similar technologies only with your consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and the Law on Electronic Communications of the Republic of Lithuania), except for cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of the Website.
    2. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. ADON legal uses cookies to ensure the efficient and safe operation of the Website as well as to analyse the habits of Website visitors. This way, the Website can be better adapted to the needs of visitors.
    3. Your consent to the use of cookies is requested through the cookie banner displayed when you first visit the Website, where you can accept or refuse non-essential cookies by category. Non-essential cookies are not set until you have given your consent. You may withdraw or change your consent at any time via the cookie settings on the Website. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
    4. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies and to delete them. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain useful up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies on the website www.allaboutcookies.org, www.whatarecookies.com and https://commission.europa.eu/cookies-policy_en.
    5. The cookies used on the Website are provided below (the list is updated whenever the cookies used on the Website change):
      • cmplz_functional – a strictly necessary consent management cookie used by the Complianz cookie consent management system to store your choice regarding the use of functional cookies and to enable the Website to remember your consent status, it is not transferred to third parties, it does not require consent, stored for 1 year.
      • cmplz_preferences – a strictly necessary consent management cookie used to store your choice regarding preference cookies; the cookie itself is not used to analyse your behaviour or to display advertising, it is not transferred to third parties, it does not require consent, stored for 1 year.
      • cmplz_statistics – a strictly necessary consent management cookie used to store information on whether you have accepted or refused the use of statistics cookies, it is not transferred to third parties, it does not require consent, stored for 1 year.
      • cmplz_marketing – a strictly necessary consent management cookie used to store your choice regarding the use of marketing cookies; the cookie itself does not display advertising or profile you, it is not transferred to third parties, it does not require consent, stored for 1 year.
      • cmplz_consented_services – a strictly necessary consent management cookie used to store your choices regarding specific services used on the Website, e.g. which services you have or have not consented to, it is not transferred to third parties, it does not require consent, stored for 1 year.
      • cmplz_policy_id – a strictly necessary consent management cookie used to store the identifier of the cookie policy version to which your choice relates, it is not transferred to third parties, it does not require consent, stored for 1 year.
      • cmplz_banner-status – a strictly necessary consent management cookie used to store the status of the cookie banner, e.g. whether you have already made your choice or closed the banner, so that the same banner is not displayed again, it is not transferred to third parties, it does not require consent, stored for 1 year.
      • _ga – a non-essential statistics cookie used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique Website visitors and to collect statistical information on the use of the Website, the data is transferred to third parties, stored for 2 years (the Chrome browser may limit the storage period of first-party cookies to 400 days).
      • _ga_106ENZ19BP – a non-essential Google Analytics 4 statistics cookie used to maintain the session state and to link your actions on the Website to the relevant session, the data is transferred to third parties, stored for 2 years (the Chrome browser may limit the storage period to 400 days).
      • _gat_UA-155222039-1 – a non-essential statistics cookie used to limit the rate of requests to Google Analytics servers so that an excessive number of requests is not sent within a short period, the data is transferred to third parties, stored for approximately 1 minute.
      • _gid – a non-essential statistics cookie used by Google Analytics to distinguish visitors and to collect short-term information about the use of the Website and your visited web pages, the data is transferred to third parties, stored for 1 day.
      • pll_language – a functional cookie used by the Polylang multilingual plugin to store the language code of the last page visited so that the Website can display the appropriate language version, it is not transferred to third parties, stored for 1 year.
      • AEC – a third-party security cookie used by Google to detect spam, fraud and abuse and to help ensure that interactions with Google services are legitimate and secure, the data is transferred to third parties, stored for 6 months.
      • SOCS – a functional cookie used by Google to store the status of your choice regarding the use of Google cookies so that this choice is remembered during subsequent visits, the data is transferred to third parties, stored for 13 months.
      • SEARCH_SAMESITE – a third-party functional and security cookie set on the Google domain, related to the management of cookies sent between different websites and helping to ensure the more secure operation of Google services, the data is transferred to third parties, stored for 6 months.
      • __Secure-ENID – a functional cookie used by Google to store your preferences and other information related to the use of Google services, e.g. language or search preferences, the data is transferred to third parties, stored for 13 months.
      • __Secure-BUCKET – a non-essential functional cookie used by Google to assign users to different groups when testing and gradually rolling out features of Google services and optimising their performance, the data is transferred to third parties, stored for 6 months.
    6. Where Google Analytics is used, the data may be transferred to Google LLC in the United States of America. Such transfers are carried out on the basis of the adequacy decision of the European Commission on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and (or) the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission. You may prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by refusing analytical cookies.
    7. Please note that essential and analytical cookies are required for the proper functioning of the Website. If you opt out of these cookies, ADON legal cannot grant the functioning of the Website.

    DIRECT MARKETING

    1. ADON legal may process your name and e-mail address and send you newsletters by e-mail with relevant legal information (which, in no case, may be considered as legal advice) as well as news related to ADON legal activities and events.
    2. For the aforementioned direct marketing purpose your personal data may be processed only on the basis of your consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR) which is expressed by subscribing to newsletters on the Website. You have the right to withdraw your consent and unsubscribe from newsletters at any time. You can do this by clicking the link at the bottom of the received newsletter or by informing ADON legal in writing (e. g. by e-mail) on the contacts provided in this Policy. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
    3. ADON legal shall store your personal data processed for the direct marketing purpose for 3 years from the date of your consent, unless such consent is withdrawn before the end of this term. In order to ensure that your refusal is respected, ADON legal may keep a record of the withdrawal of your consent (unsubscription) for the same term.
    4. Clients of ADON legal whose contact details have been obtained in the context of the provision of legal services and who have not objected to the processing of their personal data for the direct marketing purpose may also receive e-mails about similar legal services offered by ADON legal or other news related to ADON legal. Such processing of personal data is carried out on the basis of the legitimate interest of ADON legal (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR) and in accordance with the Law on Electronic Communications of the Republic of Lithuania in order to inform its clients about similar legal services provided by ADON legal. The clients can opt-out from the newsletters sent to them at any time.

    RECRUITMENT

    1. ADON legal may process your personal data for recruitment purposes if you have provided any information about yourself (e. g. your CV, motivational letter, etc.) to ADON legal in order to apply for a job position, whether in response to a published vacancy or on your own initiative. When submitting your personal data, ADON legal recommends you comply with at least the minimum requirements for the protection of personal data and do not disclose excessive information not related to the recruitment.
    2. In case of recruitment process ADON legal processes personal data of candidates on the basis of the consent that the candidates have expressed by active submission of their personal data, which they may withdraw at any time by writing to info@adon.legal.
    3. ADON legal shall store your personal data submitted for recruitment purposes until completion of a recruitment process, unless you express a separate consent for a longer period. In cases, when ADON legal does not recruit new employees and you provide any information about yourself (e. g. your CV, motivational letter, etc.) to ADON legal, you express your consent for ADON legal to process your personal data for up to 1 year.

    DATA TRANSFER

    1. ADON legal may share certain personal data with other recipients where this is necessary for the provision of legal services, compliance with legal obligations or the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of ADON legal and its clients, for example: clients of ADON legal and their representatives; counterparties of the clients and their representatives; courts, pre-trial investigation institutions, law enforcement agencies, bailiffs, notaries; state and municipal institutions, registers, companies and organizations; other attorneys-at-law, law firms and legal advisers (including foreign advisers), experts, translators and other persons engaged in the relevant matter; payment service providers; auditors, accountants and professional civil liability insurers; the Lithuanian Bar Association, to the extent provided for by law. Personal data are disclosed only to the extent necessary and subject to attorney’s-at-law professional secrecy.
    2. ADON legal also uses the services provided by third parties acting as data processors (such as providers of IT infrastructure, data centres, servers and cloud services, e-mail and document management systems, website design and administration services, , accounting services, etc.) that may require access to your personal data to the appropriate extent. In this case, ADON legal concludes data processing agreements with such data processors in accordance with Article 28 of the GDPR and ensures that the data processors comply with the obligations of confidentiality and adequate personal data protection.
    3. ADON legal also uses the services provided by third parties acting as data processors (such as providers of IT infrastructure, data centres, servers and cloud services, e-mail and document management systems, website design and administration services, , accounting services, etc.) that may require access to your personal data to the appropriate extent. In this case, ADON legal concludes data processing agreements with such data processors in accordance with Article 28 of the GDPR and ensures that the data processors comply with the obligations of confidentiality and adequate personal data protection.
    4. As a general rule, ADON legal processes personal data within the European Economic Area (EEA). Personal data may be transferred outside the EEA only where this is necessary for the provision of legal services (e.g. in matters involving foreign authorities or counterparties) or where a service provider used by ADON legal is located outside the EEA, and only where: (a) the European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision with respect to the relevant country or framework (Article 45 of the GDPR), including the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework; (b) appropriate safeguards are in place, such as the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission (Article 46 of the GDPR); or (c) the transfer is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or another derogation under Article 49 of the GDPR applies. You may obtain information on the safeguards applied by contacting ADON legal.

    DATA SECURITY

    1. ADON legal implements appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access, including access control, secure storage and encryption of data, backup procedures, confidentiality obligations of employees, attorneys-at-law and assistant attorneys-at-law bound by professional secrecy, and the selection of data processors providing sufficient guarantees of compliance with the GDPR.
    2. In the event of a personal data breach which is likely to result in a risk to your rights and freedoms, ADON legal shall notify the State Data Protection Inspectorate and, where the breach is likely to result in a high risk, you, in accordance with Articles 33 and 34 of the GDPR.

    RIGHTS OF DATA SUBJECTS

    1. Subject to the conditions and exceptions set out in the GDPR and other applicable legal acts, you have the following rights:
      • The right to be informed about the processing of your personal data, which ADON legal implements by means of this Policy;
      • The right of access to the personal data. You have the right to receive confirmation that ADON legal processes your personal data as well as the right to access your personal data processed and information about the purposes of processing, the categories of data being processed, the categories of data recipients, the period of data processing and the sources of data, and to receive a copy of the personal data undergoing processing;
      • The right to rectification. If you think that data processed by ADON legal is inaccurate or incorrect, you have the right to request this data to be modified, clarified or corrected;
      • The right to erasure (right to be forgotten). When there are circumstances specified in Article 17 of the GDPR (when the processing of personal data is unlawful, the personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected, you withdraw your consent and there is no other legal basis for the processing, etc.), you have the right to request ADON legal to erase your personal data;
      • The right to restriction of processing. When there are circumstances specified in Article 18 of the GDPR (when the processing of personal data is unlawful, you contest the accuracy of the data, etc.), you also have the right to request ADON legal to restrict the processing of your data;
      • The right to data portability. You have the right to receive the personal data which you have provided to ADON legal and which are processed on the basis of your consent or a contract by automated means in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and to transmit those data to another controller;
      • The right to object to the processing of your personal data which is based on the legitimate interest of ADON legal or a third party, unless ADON legal demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. Where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object to such processing at any time, in which case the data shall no longer be processed for such purposes;
      • The right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. If ADON legal has no other legal basis for the processing of personal data, it will cease processing of personal data after the withdrawal of the consent provided by you;
    2. The rights of data subjects may be restricted to the extent necessary to protect attorney’s-at-law professional secrecy and the rights and freedoms of the clients of ADON legal and other persons, in accordance with Articles 15(4) and 23 of the GDPR, the Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data of the Republic of Lithuania and the Law on the Bar of the Republic of Lithuania. In particular, ADON legal may refuse to provide information the disclosure of which would breach professional secrecy.
    3. For the implementation of the aforementioned rights of data subjects, as well as for all other matters related to the processing of personal data, please contact ADON legal in writing at the contacts specified in this Policy. In order to protect your data, ADON legal may ask you to confirm your identity before acting on your request.
    4. ADON legal shall respond to your request without undue delay and in any event within 1 month of receipt of the request. This period may be extended by 2 further months where necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of requests, in which case you will be informed of the extension and its reasons.
    5. In case you deem that your rights have been violated, you have the right to file a complaint to the State Data Protection Inspectorate (Valstybinė duomenų apsaugos inspekcija), L. Sapiegos g. 17, LT-10312 Vilnius, tel. +370 5 271 2804, +370 5 279 1445, e-mail ada@ada.lt, website https://vdai.lrv.lt. However, in all cases ADON legal recommends you contact it first in order to find a mutually appropriate and effective solution of the problem.

    This Policy was last updated on 7 October 2026.