1. Who we are:

We are Green & Associates Solicitors of 12 South Mall Cork. You can contact us at this address by post or by email at info@greensolicitors.ie

Our data protection representative is Elea and may be contacted at info@greensolicitors.ie REF DATA REQUEST or by post at the address above.

1. Why we process your data, the lawful basis for processing your data and who we share it with
2. For people who view and interact with our website, we process data:

• to respond to your query when sent through our ‘contact us’ form
• To sign up for our newsletter when you request a subscription through our website

The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in the administration and operation of our legal services and our legitimate interest in marketing and promoting our firm’s legal services. We always include an unsubscribe button in our communications, so you can opt out of receiving such communications anytime.

We share this data with our client relationship management system provider. They may only process this data to provide us with their services and no other purpose.

We will retain this data for as long as it is reasonable to provide the advice or information requested.

1. For our potential clients, we process data:

• to market the services of our firm
• To provide you with legal updates and newsletters to which you have subscribed

The legal basis for processing this data is processing necessary for the purpose of the legitimate interests of our firm in promoting our services. We always include an unsubscribe button in our communications, so you can opt out of receiving such communications anytime.

We share information such as your name and email address with our newsletter services provider who sends out our newsletters. This provider is not permitted to use this data other than on our behalf.

We will retain this data for a reasonable period to provide the requested legal services to solicitors and barristers that we liaise with on client matters; we process data:

• In order to liaise with you about our client matters

The legal basis for processing this data is processing necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by our firm in representing our clients.

We share the information you provide with our practice management system to store your contact information with our client file. We may also send you emails through our email service provider.

We will retain this data for the period necessary to provide the legal service to our client.

1. For job applicants to the firm, we process data:

• to recruit new employees
• to ascertain your suitability for a specific role

The legal basis for this processing is processing necessary for the legitimate interests of our firm in recruiting new staff. Please see the privacy notice in the job advertisement for further information about how we process applicant data.

We share the information you provide in your application with our contracted recruiter to make a shortlist of candidates. This recruiter is not permitted to use this data other than on our behalf. We may also email you about your application through our service provider.

We will retain this data until the recruitment process is completed or for longer with your consent.

1. Your rights relating to personal data

You have the following rights under the GDPR, in certain circumstances and subject to certain exemptions, about your data:

• right to access the data – you have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you and other information about our processing of that personal data.

• right to rectification- you have the right to request that any inaccurate data held about you be corrected, or if we have incomplete information, you may request that we update the information to complete it.

• right to erasure – you have the right to request that we delete personal data about you. This is sometimes referred to as the right to be forgotten.

• right to restriction of processing or to object to processing – you have the right to request that we no longer process youryou data for particular purposes or to object to our processing of your personal data for specific purposes.

•. Right to data portability – you can request us to provide you, or a third party, with a copy of your data in a structured, commonly used machine-readableToIn order to exercise any of the rights set out above, please get in touch with u at the contact details at the start of this privacy notice.

If we are processing personal data based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of the before processing which took place prior to its withdrawal.

If you are unhappy with how we process personal data, we ask you to contact us so that we can rectify the situation.

You may complain with a supervisory authority. The Irish supervisory authority is the Data Protection Commission.

1. The requirement to process personal data

You may browse our website without providing us with any personal data, which will not affect your ability to view our website.

Suppose you do not provide us with your information for the abovementioned purposesto. In that case, we cannot send your our newsletter, respond to your queries through our contact us form, liaise with you on client matters or assess your suitability for a role within our firm.