We collect personal information to respond to your requests that may include, for example, providing Blockchain & Fintech legal consultancy, verifying your identity, sending messages related to the services, promoting our services, maintaining our own accounts and records, to support and managing our employees, for marketing activities.

We collect data from the following sources:

• The Data Subject directly (e.g. from information entered into Website forms or sent through email);
• The Data Subject indirectly (e.g. information collected when you browse our Website such as IP address and Operating System).

The data we collect may include:

• Identity data – your name;
• Contact data – billing address, email address or phone numbers;
• Financial data – bank account, payment card details, etc.;
• Employment data – details of place of work, occupation/title, work experience and education;
• Representative data – legal representative or proxy of such;
• Transaction data – details about payments to and from you and other details of services you have purchased from us;
• Marketing and communications data – your preferences in receiving marketing from us, as well as your communication preferences;
• Information about your project and other general information you have decided to share with us.

In order to ensure the proper performance of the services and the obligations arising from contracts with us, we are entitled to process any information available in public registers and records to which we have access.

We may also request additional information, but only with your explicit permission or in case this information is necessary for the performance of the services you have requested. You are the sole owner of your personal information.

By using our services, you expressly consent to your personal information being collected and processed by us while you warrant their accuracy and reliability. You also represent that you have been informed about the type of personal data we collect and process, the purposes for which it will be used and your right to access, rectify or erase the personal data collected.

We use your personal data to provide you with the opportunity to access the Website, access the services, process your requests and enquiries, offer you additional services, improve user experience, improve our Website, improve customer service, for promotional and marketing activities, and generally fulfil our commitments to you and to provide you with the service you expect. You expressly consent to your personal data being provided to third parties when it is necessary for the performance of the business relationship between you and Lime Legal.

You have the right to refuse your personal data being used by us for commercial, advertising or marketing purposes. If you do not want your data to be used by us for commercial, advertising or marketing purposes, you can contact us at the contact details published at https://lime.legal/ or use the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you. We may use your information to create aggregated statistics that are anonymous and to perform based statistical analysis. Also, a necessary part of your information may be used to enforce the contract, if any, between us and to prevent possible harm to persons or property.

We use cookies to collect certain information from all users, including visitors to the Website who do not use the services provided by us. Cookies provide information about the use of the service and user data that we might use to personalize your user experience as well as track patterns of user traffic. Cookies also allow us to remind you of your previous activities and to offer similar services and events. Also, we use information collected through Cookies to develop statistical analytics about your use of the service, such as the amount of time users spend on the Website and the pages they visit most frequently. These aggregate statistics do not include any personal information.

We use Google Analytics to collect statistical information about Website users, such as the website from which you come to our Website, the country you are in, your language, your online behaviour, the browser you use, the web, etc. This information does not include personal data and you cannot be identified by it. We collect the above data to analyse what type of Users use the Website and how they use it, which helps us personalize the Service.

We also use Facebook Ads cookies – but we do not have access to personal data that could be collected and processed by Facebook through such cookies.

When you access the Website, at the bottom of the page you will be given the opportunity to reject or accept the use of the cookies. Once you choose your preferred option the field would not be shown again.

By agreeing to use the services and/or clicking “Accept Cookies” on the Website, you explicitly express your consent to the use of Cookies, and you represent that you have been given the opportunity to refuse the storage of or access to the information. If you want to change your preferences at a later stage, you can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. Please note that some parts of the Website may become inaccessible or not function properly if you disable or refuse cookies.

By visiting https://lime.legal/, the Website may automatically collect non-personally identifiable information about you in several ways, which include but are not limited to tracking your activities through your IP address, computer settings, most-recently visited URL, Operating System, date and time, your preference and choices and saved options subject to your browser settings. Lime Legal uses your IP Address for support and website maintenance.

We ensure the security of the data you send us with standardised electronic and managerial procedures. Where it is appropriate, we use SSL encryption to enhance the security of the transmission of sensitive data. Internally, data is stored on controlled servers with restricted access. Your information may be stored and processed in certain locations where we are located, strictly in accordance with applicable privacy laws and data protection. Inquiries and complaints related to this Privacy Policy can be sent to the contact email addresses published on https://lime.legal/.

We will not disclose your personal data to any unrelated third party. We may disclose your personal information to third parties only with your explicit consent or where the disclosure is necessary for the performance of obligations under a business relationship between you and Lime Legal.

Depending on the product or service involved, and certain restrictions on confidential information, personal customer data and information may be disclosed to:

• Persons who, on Lime Legal’s behalf, maintain equipment and software used to process your personal information;
• Banks handling payments made by and to you;
• Persons to whom Lime Legal has delegated the performance of part of the activities or obligations related to a specific service we owe to you; Data processors who, on the basis of a contract with us, process your personal data on behalf of Lime Legal;
• Persons providing consultancy services in various fields: lawyers, accountants, marketing agencies, etc.;
• Other third parties providing services to Lime Legal.

Exceptions are present also where disclosure is required by law in the public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defence of rights in a court of law, e.g. where certain information is provided to lawyers, collection agencies, customs or other government authorities, or to law enforcement authorities to address potential violations, other breaches of contract, or unlawful conduct. We may also disclose information required by court order or other laws, or to prevent possible harm to persons or property.

As noted above, we compile statistics about the use of the services from data collected through Cookies. These statistics do not contain personal information and may be published or made available to third parties.

The service, as well as third-party materials that are posted on the Website, contain links to and may allow you to visit other electronic pages (“Third Party Electronic Pages “). If you choose to visit any of these Third Party Pages by “clicking on” a link or navigating to a Third Party Page, you will be redirected to the relevant third-party page. The fact that we provide a link to an electronic page through the service, or by posting a banner or other advertisement, or by offering you the opportunity to interact with, or provide personal information to a third party is not a warranty, permission, or representation of our affiliation with the said third party and should not be considered as consent to their privacy policies and practices and information security practices.

You have the right to access, require correction, amendment or deletion of portions of your personal data stored by us. It is not possible to request the immediate deletion of personal data in every circumstance, for example, if there is a regulatory obligation to maintain the personal data. You may also request a limitation of the processing of personal data where the processing may violate applicable regulations. In case you withdraw your consent, it will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide you with certain products or services.

We will try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month and, in that case, we will notify you.

We will retain your data for as long as necessary to provide our services or for as long as the law requires us to. Personal data for which there is no explicit legal obligation for storage will be deleted after achieving the purposes for which the personal data was collected and processed.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

If you have any questions and/or complaints regarding the processing of your personal data and/or the exercise of the above rights, you may contact us at the contact email addresses published on https://lime.legal/.

You have the right to request that your personal data be transmitted or transferred to another controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. Lime Legal will only carry out a direct transfer of the data if this is technically feasible.

You have the right to lodge a complaint directly with the supervisory authority, the competent authority being the Commission for Personal Data Protection, address 2 Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov Blvd., Sofia 1592, Bulgaria (www.cpdp.bg).

Lime Legal does NOT carry out profiling as the processing of your personal data is not automated.

This Privacy Policy may be amended unilaterally by Lime Legal, of which we will give appropriate notice. You agree that any additions or modifications to this Policy will be effective to you upon notice from us.

You agree that all statements made by us in connection with the amendment of this Policy will be sent to the e-mail address you provided or by posting in an appropriate place on the Website.

If you do not agree with the revised content, you should stop the use of the services immediately. Continuing to use the services is considered acceptance of the changes to the Privacy Policy.

Effective date: 10.05.2023

Last modified: 10.05.2023