1. INTRODUCTION
Birkhammar Advokatbyrå AB (website url address: https://birkhammar.se) appreciates your business and trust. We are Sweden based company, providing law services. Please read this Privacy Policy, providing consent to both documents in order to have permission to use our services.
2. DATA COLLECTED
DATA STORAGE LOCATION
We are Sweden based company and operate web servers hosted in Sweden. Our hosting provider Loopia AB adheres to the EU/US “Privacy Shield”, ensuring that your data is securely stored and GDPR compliant. For more information on Loopia AB privacy policy, please see here: Loopia Privacy Policy.
REGISTRATION DATA
If you register on our website, we store your chosen username and your email address and any additional personal information added to your user profile. You can see, edit, or delete your personal information at any time (except changing your username). Website administrators can also see and edit this information.
PURCHASE DATA
To receive service support, you have to have purchase our services.
CONTACT FORM
Information submitted through the contact form on our site is sent to our company email, hosted by Loopia AB. Loopia adheres to the EU/US “Privacy Shield” policy and you can find more information about this here: Loopia Privacy Policy.
These submissions are only kept for customer service purposes they are never used for marketing purposes or shared with third parties.
JETPACK ANALYTICS
We use Jetpack Analytics for WordPress on our site for anonymous reporting of site usage. So, no personalized data is stored.
CASES FOR USING THE PERSONAL DATA
We use your personal information in the following cases:
- Verification/identification of the user during website usage;
- Providing Service Assistance;
- Sending updates to our users with important information to inform about news/changes;
- Customize the website to make your experience more personal and engaging;
- Guarantee overall performance and administrative functions run smoothly.
3. EMBEDDED CONTENT
Pages on this site may include embedded content, like YouTube videos, for example. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged-in to that website. Below you can find a list of the services we use:
The Facebook page plugin is used to display our Facebook timeline on our site. Facebook has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from Facebook and your IP is not sent to a Facebook server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: Facebook Privacy Policy .
YOUTUBE
We sometimes use YouTube videos embedded on our site. YouTube has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from YouTube and your IP is not sent to a YouTube server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: YouTube Privacy Policy.
4. COOKIES
This website uses cookies, and this document contains information on how the website handles cookies.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored in your browser when you visit various websites through your computer, mobile, or tablet. These text files consist of letters and numbers, so they do not provide any personal information. However, each cookie is unique to your browser and is used to improve the experience of the page and ensure that the website functions correctly.
According to the Electronic Communications Act (ECA), anyone who visits a website with cookies should receive information that the website contains cookies and the purpose of their use. The visitor should also consent to how cookies are used on the website and how they can opt out of them.
Cookies can be categorized as follows:
- Session cookies are temporarily stored in your browser when you visit a website and are deleted when you close the browser.
- Persistent cookies remain in your browser until you actively delete them.
- First-party cookies are stored when you visit a website.
- Third-party cookies are placed on your computer by another company. For example, these are the type of cookies that enable you to receive ads for products you have previously clicked on or searched for.
Birkhammar Advokatbyråo uses cookies from Google, among others, to improve the user experience of the site by collecting statistics, analyzing, and increasing understanding of how the website is used.
Learn more about how Google uses cookies.
Disabling cookies
If you do not want the website to store any cookies, you can adjust this in your browser’s security settings. The process for changing these settings may vary, and you can find the best information for this through your browser’s help pages. However, the website’s functionality will be limited when cookies are disabled.
5. WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR DATA
If you are not a registered client for our site, there is no personal information we can retain or view regarding yourself. If you are a client with a registered account, your personal information can be accessed by:- Our system administrators.
- Our supporters when they (in order to provide support) need to get the information about the client accounts and access.
6. THIRD PARTY ACCESS TO YOUR DATA
We don’t share your data with third-parties in a way as to reveal any of your personal information like email, name, etc.
7. HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA
When you submit a support ticket or use the contant form, its metadata is retained until (if) you tell us to remove it. We use this data so that we can recognize you and approve your comments automatically instead of holding them for moderation
8. SECURITY MEASURES
We use the SSL/HTTPS protocol throughout our site. This encrypts our user communications with the servers so that personal identifiable information is not captured/hijacked by third parties without authorization.
In case of a data breach, system administrators will immediately take all needed steps to ensure system integrity, will contact affected users and will attempt to reset passwords if needed.
9. YOUR DATA RIGHTS
GENERAL RIGHTS
If you have a registered account on this website or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we retain, including any additional data you have provided to us.
You can also request that we erase any of the personal data we have stored. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. In short, we cannot erase data that is vital to you being an active customer (i.e. basic account information like an email address).
If you wish that all of your data is erased, we will no longer be able to offer any support or other services to you.
GDPR RIGHTS
Your privacy is critically important to us. Going forward with the GDPR we aim to support the GDPR standard. Birkhammar Advokatbyrå permits residents of the European Union to use its Service. Therefore, it is the intent of Birkhammar Advokatbyrå to comply with the European General Data Protection Regulation. For more details please see here: EU GDPR Information Portal.
10. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
Birkhammar Advokatbyrå may post links to third party websites on this website. These third party websites are not screened for privacy or security compliance by Birkhammar Advokatbyrå, and you release us from any liability for the conduct of these third party websites.
All social media sharing links, either displayed as text links or social media icons do not connect you to any of the associated third parties, unless you explicitly click on them.
Please be aware that this Privacy Policy, and any other policies in place, in addition to any amendments, does not create rights enforceable by third parties or require disclosure of any personal information relating to members of the Service or Site. Birkhammar Advokatbyrå bears no responsibility for the information collected or used by any advertiser or third party website. Please review the privacy policy and terms of service for each site you visit through third party links.
11. RELEASE OF YOUR DATA FOR LEGAL PURPOSES
At times it may become necessary or desirable to Birkhammar Advokatbyrå, for legal purposes, to release your information in response to a request from a government agency or a private litigant. You agree that we may disclose your information to a third party where we believe, in good faith, that it is desirable to do so for the purposes of a civil action, criminal investigation, or other legal matter. In the event that we receive a subpoena affecting your privacy, we may elect to notify you to give you an opportunity to file a motion to quash the subpoena, or we may attempt to quash it ourselves, but we are not obligated to do either. We may also proactively report you, and release your information to, third parties where we believe that it is prudent to do so for legal reasons, such as our belief that you have engaged in fraudulent activities. You release us from any damages that may arise from or relate to the release of your information to a request from law enforcement agencies or private litigants.
Any passing on of personal data for legal purposes will only be done in compliance with laws of the country you reside in.