Legal notice & privacy policy

General

The Law Office Mucalo website at www.mucalolaw.hr (“Website”) is provided by Attorney at Law Igor Mucalo, personal identification no. (OIB): 43754406917, with the seat of office at Amruševa 8, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia (“Mucalolaw” or “we”). Mucalolaw is duly registered with the Croatian Bar Association under the applicable Croatian Legal Profession Act. 

By entering the Website, you confirm that you have read, understood and agree with this Legal Notice & Privacy Policy.

This Legal Notice & Privacy Policy as well as all matters related to your use of this Website and its content are governed by the law of Republic of Croatia and any dispute arising therefrom shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the court in Zagreb, Croatia.

We reserve the right to amend or update this Legal Notice & Privacy Policy at any time and without prior notice. The current version shall be published on the Website. 

Legal notice

The content of the Website is for general informational purposes only and may not be comprehensive, accurate or up to date.

The content of the Website does not represent our legal or any other advice, our offer for providing legal services, our invitation to establish a client-attorney relationship or our advertisement of legal services.

Your access to, or use of, the Website will not create any contract, or business or professional relationship, between you and Mucalolaw.

Any liability of Mucalolaw for damages or any other consequences that may arise from your use of the Website or its content is explicitly excluded.

All intellectual property rights on the Website and its content are reserved by Mucalolaw.

Privacy policy

In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) and other applicable data protection legislation, Mucalolaw as the data controller may collect, process and use, certain personal data of its clients, suppliers, business partners, job applicants, and other persons.

We take the security of your personal data very seriously. We maintain (and require our service providers to maintain) appropriate organizational and technical measures designed to protect the security and confidentiality of any personal data we process, including strict control of access to our office premises.

Which personal data we may collect and process and why?

We may collect and process personal data of our clients, their contact persons, representatives, owners, shareholders, and affiliates (including their name, surname, address, telephone/mobile no. e-mail address, personal identification number (OIB), passport number or other identification number, employment data, bank account and other payment details, and other personal data provided). The purpose of collecting and processing of such data is the provision of the requested legal services and our compliance with the mandatory legal requirements, such as accounting, tax or anti-money laundering obligations. For the same reasons, we may collect and process the personal data of other persons involved in legal proceedings in which we act and represent our clients (e.g. opposing parties, interveners, judges, court experts and interpreters, public notaries, other public officials, etc.).  

We may also collect personal data of our suppliers, business partners, persons who contact us by e-mail, telephone, Website or otherwise to request an offer for the provision of legal services, file a job application, offer products or services or for any other reason, in which case we will only collect and process the personal data you provided. The purpose for the collection and the processing of such data concluding and performing of the respective contract with you (or negotiating the conclusion of such contract), and our compliance with the mandatory legal requirements, such as accounting, tax or anti-money laundering obligations.

Our Website uses cookies to improve your user experience. Necessary technical cookies are automatically stored on your browser as they are vital for your use of our Website. Without them, your use of our Website is not possible. These necessary cookies do not store any personal data. Our Website also uses third-party cookies (Google Analytics) that help us analyze and understand how you use our Website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies which may affect your browsing experience.

Who has access to personal data we collect?

When required by applicable law, we will allow access to your personal data to courts or other public authorities. Also, in accordance with the purpose of collecting and processing of particular data, we may provide access to such data to third parties who provide us with data processing and other services related to the purpose for which such data was collected (e.g. attorneys at law we cooperate with, accounting firms, IT support providers, etc.). Such recipients will be bound by confidentiality agreements not to disclose any such data.

In certain cases, your personal data may be transferred to third countries, in which case suitable measures will be applied to ensure the level of protection of personal data in accordance with the GDPR.

How long do we keep personal data?

We will retain the data only for the time necessary to achieve the purpose for which it has been collected or for the time required or permitted by applicable law. Pursuant to the Croatian Act on Legal Profession, we are required to keep the data on clients, opposing parties and other persons related with the case in which we provided legal services, for a minimum of 10 years from the final judgement. Data received by job applicants is retained for 6 months. Data received by suppliers and business partners is retained within the time limits prescribed by law or until the expiry of the applicable statute of limitations.

Which rights do you have?

In respect of your personal data we collect and process, you have the following rights:

• right to information regarding the processing of your data; 
• right to access your data; 
• right to receive your data in a structured, commonly-used and machine-readable format, and to transmit them to another controller; 
• right to request the rectification of inaccurate data and completion of incomplete data; 
• right to request erasing of your data, if it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or processed; 
• right to request restriction of processing of your data; 
• right to object to the processing of your data; 
• when we process your data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw you consent at any time, however such withdrawal of consent will not affect the previous lawfulness of processing; 
• right to file a complaint to the Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency if you believe we have violated your rights. 

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us by e-mail at: office@mucalolaw.hr or by telephone at +385 (0)1 4828 539. We will process your request in accordance with the GDPR and other applicable data protection laws.