Privacy Notice
Lex Graeca Ltd (the “Company”) is a company registered under the laws of England and Wales providing publishing services (Greek legislation translated into English). This privacy notice explains how our Company uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.
The Company is committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of visitors to its website and its customers, and to safeguarding the personal data which are processed. It implements the relevant requirements of the GDPR and the relevant English laws (UK GDPR).
This Privacy Notice outlines when and why the Company collects personal data, which data it collects and how it uses that data, the limited conditions under which it may disclose that data to others, and how that data is kept secure.
The Company may be contacted in its capacity as Data Controller of the data under the European General Data Protection Regulation (Reg. (EU) No 2016/679) and the relevant English law (the UK GDPR) by writing to Lex Graeca Limited, 18-24 Brighton Road, London, CR2 6AA, UK or by sending an email to info@lexgraeca.com.
How do we collect your data?
Visitors to this website are not obliged to provide personal data. Most of the data we have about you is provided directly by you:
- via the contact form (name, surname, email address, phone number).
- by subscribing to the blog (name, surname, email address). The website features a blog providing information about legal translation, the translation of legislation, events, news or commentary. Anyone interested in receiving such updates can subscribe to the blog by providing their email.
Data are also collected via Cookies but you are not personally identifiable from that data. Please see our Cookies Policy.
The legal basis for processing your data is either a legitimate interest that the company has or consent. If consent is the basis of processing, you are entitled to withdraw your consent at any time.
How do we use your data?
Our company collects your data so we can:
- respond to requests sent via the contact form
- regularly send you blogposts after you have subscribed
- respond to legal requirements
Lex Graeca does not use your personal data for marketing purposes.
How long do we retain your data?
Data provided will be retained for as long as you are subscribed to the blog, or for the statutory period to comply with tax obligations and to defend the Company’s legitimate interests.
Upon expiry of that time period, the data are deleted unless the legislative and regulatory framework specifies otherwise or where required to defend the Company’s rights before a court or other competent authority.
How do we store your data?
Recognising the importance of personal data security, we have taken all suitable organisational and technical measures to ensure the security and protection of your data from all forms of random or unlawful processing. We use cutting-edge, state-of-the-art methods to ensure the maximum possible level of security. Those measures are reviewed and amended as necessary.
Third parties
When we use third party service providers, we enter into agreements which oblige them to implement suitable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data.
Other third parties may be given access to your personal data to the extent required for the following purposes:
- complying with a government request, court ruling or applicable law,
- preventing illegal uses of our website or breaches of the terms and conditions of use of the website and our policies,
- defending ourselves against third party claims, and
- helping prevent or investigate cases of fraud (such as counterfeiting).
Your data may also be sent to other third parties when and only when you have expressly given your consent.
Your data protection rights
You have the following data protection rights:
- the right to access your personal data, and information relating to the processing thereof.
- the right to correct inaccurate personal data.
- the right of erasure/right to be forgotten.
- the right to data portability in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
- the right to restrict processing of your personal data to the cases expressly specified by law.
- the right to object to/withdraw consent for processing of your personal data to the cases expressly specified by law.
Please contact Lex Graeca on info@lexgraeca.com if you have any concerns about how the Company processes your personal data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office.
Breaches of personal data
In the event of a security breach of personal data, due to theft or unlawful access for example, the Company will notify the ICO within 72 hours of this security breach. This will include all of the information necessary to clarify the circumstances under which this happened. Notification will be done electronically via the relevant online portal.
Google Analytics
Based on the company’s legitimate interest (i.e. its interest in analysis, optimisation and economic performance of its online offer pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR and the corresponding provisions of the UK GDPR) Lex Graeca uses a third-party service, Google Analytics, which is Google LLC’s web analysis service. Google Analytics collects standard internet log data and details of visitor behaviour patterns. This is done to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. The data are only processed in a way which does not personally identify any individual person. Lex Graeca neither makes nor allows Google to make any attempt to ascertain/establish the identities of those visiting our website.
For more information see the Cookies Policy.
Social media features
This website also includes social media features such as share or like buttons. These features are provided by third-party social media platforms themselves (LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook). If and when data are collected in this way, they are processed in accordance with the privacy policy of the respective social media platforms.
Privacy policies of other sites
Our website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website. If you click on a link to another website, you should read the privacy policy for that site.
Latest version
Lex Graeca keeps its privacy notice under regular review and places new updates on this website. This Privacy Notice was last updated on 31 May 2021.