Privacy policy

Professional Law Firm “Constat,” legal entity code 305218949, headquarters address Laisvės pr. 10, LT-04215 Vilnius (hereinafter referred to as we, us, our, or Constat), values the privacy of our website visitors at https://constat.lt/ (hereinafter referred to as the Website). To ensure transparency, this privacy policy describes our information handling practices when you use the Website’s content and services.

The terms used in this privacy policy are defined according to the Personal Data Legal Protection Law of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter referred to as ADTAĮ), unless otherwise clearly specified in this privacy policy.

All your personal data is processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (hereinafter referred to as the Regulation), ADTAĮ, the Republic of Lithuania’s law on the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing, and other legal acts regulating personal data protection.

CONSENT TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

By browsing the Website, you confirm that you have properly acquainted yourself with the Website’s Privacy Policy, therefore, please take time to review this Privacy Policy. We may modify this Privacy Policy in the future, thus we encourage you to review this document regularly. When your consent is required for us to process your personal information, we will ask for your consent to collect, use, and disclose your personal information as described below.

If you disagree with any aspect of this privacy policy, you should immediately stop accessing or using the Website.

INFORMATION ABOUT CONSTAT

The Website is managed by the Law Firm Association “Constat,” legal entity code 305218949, headquarters address Laisvės pr. 10, LT-04215 Vilnius. All necessary information about the data we use, this privacy policy, or other rules we apply for personal data protection can be obtained by contacting us via email at info@constat.lt.

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Personal information is data that can be used directly or indirectly to identify you or to contact you. Our privacy policy covers all personal information that you voluntarily provide to us in any way and that we receive from our partners. This privacy policy does not apply to anonymous data, as it cannot be used to identify you.

We may share your personal information with companies or institutions directly related to Constat and use it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The listed entities may also combine your personal information with other information to provide and improve our Services and content.

By providing personal data to us, you are responsible for the accuracy, completeness, and relevance of these personal data. When you provide personal data about other individuals (e.g., your relatives), you are responsible for the accuracy, completeness, and relevance of such personal data, as well as for such person’s consent for their personal data to be provided to us. When you provide such data, we may ask you to confirm that you have the right to provide it (e.g., during a phone call, filling out forms on our Website). If necessary (for example, when such a person inquiries about the receipt of his personal data), we will indicate you as the data provider.

Except in cases described in this privacy policy, Constat will not provide, sell, rent, or lend any personal information to any third party.

COLLECTED PERSONAL INFORMATION

We collect personal information so that you can use our Website and services. When we require certain personal information from you, it is because the laws require us to collect this information, or it is important for the specified purposes. You may freely choose whether to provide us with the requested personal information, however, we may not be able to provide Services to you as efficiently or offer you all our services or Website functionalities if you decide not to share certain information with us.

We collect personal information when you use or request information about our services. We may also collect personal information from you without using the Website, for example, when you contact us regarding services.

We collect the following types of information:

• Personal data (name, surname, represented company, position);
• Contact data (email, residential addresses, phone numbers);
• Other data you provide when forming and executing legal services or representation agreements with us;
• Personal data that Constat must process due to applicable legal obligations;
• Other data we collect from legitimate sources providing legal services.

Regardless of the method of data collection, this data will only be processed to the extent necessary to ensure proper provision of legal services, related objectives, as well as compliance with legal obligations binding us.

PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA FOR EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT PURPOSES

When you submit your data for employment opportunities at Constat, your personal data will be processed for recruitment purposes, based on your consent expressed by providing this data.

We inform you that, in order to assess your application, we may contact your referees, as specified by you, to inquire about your qualifications, professional skills, and business characteristics. We may only inquire about such information from your current employer with your separate consent.

If after considering your application, we choose a candidate who better meets our requirements, we may ask for your separate consent to keep and use your personal data obtained during the recruitment for the purpose of carrying out other recruitment activities and to contact you regarding such opportunities.

If we receive such consent from you, the aforementioned personal data will be stored for three years from the date of consent. Having given such consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the data processing based on consent prior to its withdrawal. Should you exercise this right, we will take immediate action to destroy your personal data.

HOW YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IS USED

The primary purpose of collecting your personal information is to provide you with secure and efficient legal services and to further improve our Website to ensure a better user experience. Generally, personal information is used in the creation, development, management, provision, and enhancement of our services, website, content, and advertising. Based on a contract with you, we may use this information in the following ways:

Providing Services:

• We process your personal information to provide you with legal services.

Customer Service:

• We process your personal information when you contact us to resolve any inquiries, disputes, or problems. We may process your information based on another customer’s request. Without processing your personal information for such purposes, we cannot respond to your inquiries.

Research and Development:

• We process your personal information to better understand how you use and interact with our Website. Without such data processing, we cannot ensure the continued smooth use of our Website.

Ensuring Network and Information Security:

• We process your personal information to ensure security, monitor and verify identity, combat spam or other malicious software or security risks, and comply with applicable security laws, regulations, and other legal acts. Without processing your personal information, we cannot ensure the security of our Website or fulfill legal obligations.

Engaging in Marketing Activities:

• Depending on your preferences, we may send you newsletters and other marketing communications to inform you about our events; conduct targeted marketing; provide promotional offers. We use information about your use of our Website and your contact information for marketing communications. You can opt out of our marketing communications at any time.
• Without your permission, we will not use your personal information for purposes other than those disclosed to you. Occasionally, we may ask for your permission to allow us to share your personal information with third parties. You can refuse to share your personal information with third parties or allow us to use your personal information for any purposes that are incompatible with the purposes for which we originally collected or later received your authorization. If you decide to restrict the use of personal information, certain features or services may be inaccessible to you.

INFORMATION FROM THIRD PARTY SOURCES

Occasionally, we may receive information about you from third party sources, as required or permitted by applicable laws, e.g., from public databases, credit bureaus, joint marketing partners, and social media platforms.

COLLECTION AND USE OF AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED INFORMATION

Each time you use our Website or services, we may automatically collect the following information, which may be considered personal information along with other information about you:

• Technical information, including the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer or other device to the Internet, browser type and version, timezone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform; and
• Information about your visit, including the dates and times you access certain pages, duration of visits, page interaction information. We may also collect information on how your device interacts with our Website, including pages accessed and links clicked. We may use identifiers to recognize you when you come to the Website via an external link, for example, a link displayed on a third party’s website.

SHARING INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES

Access to personal information may be limited to those who genuinely need it to perform their tasks and duties, and we share it with third parties who have a legitimate purpose for accessing it. We do not sell or rent your personal information. Your information may be accessible to us using data processors or when we share it under these circumstances:

• We share your information with authorized institutions responsible for preventing money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to provide services in compliance with legal requirements;
• If we are required to disclose or share your personal information to fulfill any legal requirement or duty arising from our provision of services;
• We engage data processors, such as companies providing data center services, online or internet activity analysis services, advertising, marketing services, software development, provision, support, and development companies, information technology infrastructure services, communication services, and other service providers, to whom your personal information is disclosed only to the extent necessary to provide their services. For sending newsletters and other information, we engage specialized service providers.

Please note that any third party may have its own privacy policy, and we are not responsible for their actions, including but not limited to their personal data storage practices. The privacy practices of third parties apply to the information they collect. We encourage you to learn about the privacy practices of those third parties.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We make all reasonable efforts to protect your personal information. However, we cannot guarantee that your data will not be lost, misused, unlawfully accessed, or altered. There are security measures that you should also take. When visiting our Website, it is important to correctly provide your email and other data that you submit to us.

Additionally, we cannot ensure or guarantee the security or confidentiality of information that you transmit to us or receive from us over the Internet or wireless connection, including emails, phones, or SMS, as we do not have the ability to protect that information until it reaches us. If you have reason to believe that your data is no longer secure, please contact us using the contact details provided at the end of this privacy policy.

STORAGE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your personal information will be stored only as long as necessary to achieve the purposes for which we collected it, including any legal, accounting, or reporting obligations or for resolving disputes.

We inform you that your personal data submitted for recruitment purposes will be stored until the end of the specific recruitment process unless we have received separate consent to store it for a longer period.

YOUR RIGHTS

Upon receiving your email request, we may take steps to verify your identity before fulfilling the request to protect your privacy and security.

Right to Withdraw Consent: You have the right to withdraw your consent to process your personal information collected based on your consent at any time. Your withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of consent-based data processing before its withdrawal.

Right to Access and Correct Your Personal Information: You have the right to request that we provide you with a copy of the personal information we hold about you. You may also request that we correct or update any personal information we hold about you that is inaccurate.

Right to Request Data Deletion: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information that: (a) is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed; (b) was collected in the context of processing that you previously consented to but later withdrew; or (c) was collected considering processing activities to which you object, and there are no significant legitimate grounds for our data processing. The foregoing is limited by applicable data protection laws.

Right to Data Portability: If we process your personal information based on a contract with you or based on your consent, or if the processing is carried out by automated means, you may request to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and to have us transmit your personal information directly to another data controller, if technically feasible, unless exercising this right adversely affects the rights and freedoms of others.

Automated Individual Decision-Making, Including Profiling: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing of your personal information, including profiling, which has legal or similarly significant effects on you, except for exceptions applicable under relevant data protection laws.

Right to Lodge a Complaint: If you believe we have violated your rights, we encourage you to first contact us at info@constat.lt to try to resolve the issue amicably. You may also file a complaint about how we process your personal information with the relevant data protection authority. You can file a complaint in the EU member state where you live, work, or where an alleged infringement of data protection laws occurred.

COOKIES

The Website may use a browser feature called a “cookie” to collect information anonymously and track user patterns on the Website. A cookie is a small text file that contains a unique identification number that identifies a customer’s browser, but not the customer personally, each time the customer visits websites using cookies. Cookies indicate which pages of the Website are visited and how many people visited each one. This helps improve the visitor experience on the Website. Cookies also help identify your computer so that your preferences can be saved for future visits. If cookies are disabled in the browser, some features of the Website may be partially or completely non-functional.

The legal basis for our use of cookies is a legitimate interest to ensure the technical functionality of the Website. In cases where cookies are used to remember your preferences and accumulate statistics, the legal basis for such cookie use is your consent.

Access to statistical data about the accumulated data is available to our employees who are responsible for analyzing this data and improving the website. Our partners, who provide content management tools for the Website or hosting services for the Website, may also access these technical records.

We use the following cookies:

Cookie Name	Type	Purpose	Storage Period
CookieLawInfoConsent	Essential	Records the user’s consent status for the use of cookies.	1 year
_GRECAPTCHA	Essential	Used by Google reCAPTCHA for protection against spam to verify if the user is human.	1 year
_fbp	Marketing	Used by Facebook to display advertisements to users who have previously visited the site.	1 year
_ga	Analytical	Used by Google Analytics to identify users and analyze website traffic.	1 year
_ga_B7G8GEXMMJ	Analytical	An additional Google Analytics cookie used to collect data about user behavior on the site.	1 year
_gid	Analytical	Used by Google Analytics to differentiate users.	1 day
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement	Essential	Records whether the user has consented to the use of marketing cookies.	1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics	Essential	Records whether the user has consented to the use of analytical cookies.	1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional	Essential	Records whether the user has consented to the use of functional cookies.	1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	Essential	Records whether the user has consented to the use of necessary cookies.	1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others	Essential	Records whether the user has consented to the use of other types of cookies (not categorized).	1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance	Essential	Records whether the user has consented to the use of performance cookies.	1 year
viewed_cookie_policy	Essential	Records whether the user has already seen and acknowledged the cookie policy.	1 year

 

HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy or if you have complaints, please first contact us at info@constat.lt or by writing to us at the address: Laisvės pr. 10, LT-04215 Vilnius. You can also file a complaint about how we handle your personal information with the relevant data protection authority.

FINAL PROVISIONS

We may periodically change this privacy policy to accurately reflect how we process your personal data. Upon making significant changes, we will notify you on the Website or by other appropriate communication methods, such as email, so that you can review these changes before continuing to use our Website. If any provision of the privacy policy is deemed invalid or unenforceable, this shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of the privacy policy.

This Privacy Policy is applicable from 2025-04-14