TERMS AND PRIVACY POLICY

These General Terms of Use (hereinafter referred to as "Terms") regulate the relationships concerning the provision of services offered to users through the website iy-partners.com, owned by the Law Firm "IVANOV AND YORDANOVA," with the company registration number 181000087, headquartered at 24 Shipka Street, Apt. 4, Sofia (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), with a correspondence email address: ivanov@iy-partners.com.

The website iy-partners.com is exclusively governed by these General Terms. Different terms are not applicable, even if the Company does not expressly object to their validity.

I. BASIC CONCEPTS
  1. iy-partners.com is an electronic page (website) that allows every user to view and become acquainted with the informational content it contains.
  2. "User" within the scope of these General Terms refers to any capable natural person or duly and validly registered legal entity. No registration or identification is required for visiting the iy-partners.com website. iy-partners.com No registration or identification is required for visiting the iy-partners.com website.
  3. "Site / website / web and mobile application" – an internet resource expressed in files, programs, text, sound, images, and/or other materials accessible through the domain iy-partners.com.
  4. These General Terms and the Privacy Policy are published on the iy-partners.comwebsite and are considered accepted by the User upon entering the site.
II. TERMS OF USE
  1. By entering the iy-partners.com website, the User declares that they are familiar with these General Terms and the Privacy Policy and undertakes to comply with them in their use of the website, any link, and section thereof, as well as with the emergence, development, and termination of any legal relationship resulting from the use of this website.
  2. The commitment to the General Terms applies to both the current configuration of the website and all changes made to it in the form of additional modifications, removals, or additions of new links, sections, functionalities, and others.
  3. The Company reserves the right to unilaterally change, modify, and supplement these General Terms and the Privacy Policy without expressly notifying the User. All changes in the General Terms and the Privacy Policy introduced by the Company will be published on the iy-partners.com website, and every User has free access to them. The changes take effect immediately upon publication. It is the User's responsibility to familiarize themselves with the General Terms and the Privacy Policy before each use of iy-partners.com.
  4. If the User explicitly declares rejection of the changes by duly submitting written notice to the email address ivanov@iy-partners.com, it is considered that the contractual relationship between the parties is terminated.
  5. The Company may change or terminate any aspect, service, or feature of the website at any time, including but not limited to content, as well as equipment (hardware and software) necessary for access or use.
  6. The Company is not responsible for any losses, direct or indirect damages, missed profits resulting from changes in terms and services, as well as any other changes in the content of the website.
  7. All rights reserved. The entire information system, resources, and materials are subject to protection under the Copyright and Related Rights Act and are the property of the Company.
  8. The User's right of access does not include the right to copy or reproduce information and use objects of intellectual property, except for insignificant information intended for personal use, provided that the lawful interests of intellectual property rights holders are not harmed and that copying or reproduction is done for personal use.
  9. The Company makes every effort to maintain the website in good technical condition, to keep the content accurate and true, without excluding the possibility of objectively occurring inconsistencies or omissions. The Company does not guarantee that the provided services are free from computer viruses and malicious attacks by third parties that may disrupt the normal operation of computer systems. The Company is not responsible for the consequences, including any damages (caused to software, hardware, or telecommunication facilities and/or loss of data), arising from or in any way related to the access, use, or inability to use this website. All information on the website is provided in accordance with the current Bulgarian legislation.
III. PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY
  1. Terms:
    * "personal data" - any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (data subject) within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulation");
    * "identifiable natural person" - a person who can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by an identifier such as name, identification number, location data, online identifier, or one or more specific features specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person;
    * "data subject" - any natural person using this website;
    * "processing of personal data (Processing)" - any action or set of actions that can be performed on personal data by automated or other means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or otherwise making data available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction;
    * "profiling" - any form of automated processing of personal data using those data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that person's professional performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements;
    * "pseudonymization" - the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person (anonymization);
    * "electronic statement" within the meaning of the Electronic Document and Electronic Certification Services Act - a verbal statement presented in digital form through a generally accepted standard for conversion, readability, and presentation of information;
    * "electronic document" within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 - any content stored in electronic form, especially textual or audio, visual, or audio-visual recordings;
    * "cookies" - small text files stored by the Internet server on the hard drive of each User, allowing the recovery of information about the User by identifying them to the respective system.
  2. Principles
    * In its processing of personal data, the Company adheres to the principles of lawfulness, fairness, and transparency, minimizing data collection, accuracy in the timely deletion or correction of inaccurate personal data, and storage limitation. Personal data is collected for specific, explicitly stated, and legitimate purposes, and the collected personal data is not processed further in a manner incompatible with these purposes.                                      
    * Personal data is stored in a form that allows the identification of the data subject for a period no longer than necessary for the purposes for which the personal data is processed.
    * Personal data is processed in a manner that ensures an appropriate level of security, including protection against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction, or damage, by applying suitable technical or organizational measures ("integrity and confidentiality").
  3. The Company takes due care and is responsible for protecting User information in accordance with applicable national and European legislation, which becomes known to it in connection with the provision of services and/or the use/visit of the iy-partners.com website—subject to these General Terms and their included Privacy Policy.
  4. Each User provides personal data for the purpose of using the services provided by the website.
  5. Each User provides personal data for the exercise of the rights and legitimate interests of the Company, including judicial proceedings, concerning the protection of the User's personal data, in connection with providing, upon request, the stored and processed personal data to competent and supervisory state and administrative authorities, including judicial authorities.
  6. The Company is obliged to inform each User when providing the User's processed personal data in accordance with applicable legislation.
  7. The processing of the User's provided personal data through the platform occurs upon obtaining explicit consent for this, on a legal basis, and/or legitimate interest.
  8. Cookies. Storage period: Up to 6 (six) months from the last use of the website. 
    21.1. The data storage period continues proportionally until the final conclusion of any dispute or proceeding before all instances in case of a legal dispute or proceeding requiring data retention and/or a request from a competent state authority. In cases of changes in applicable law, the storage periods are extended and/or reduced accordingly to the changes.
  9. The Company may provide statistics generated through the use of the website to third parties in accordance with this Policy and General Terms. The data provided to third parties is pseudonymized—personal data is processed in such a way that it can no longer be associated with a specific data subject/User.
  10. According to this Policy, each User has the right: 
    23.1. to be informed in detail about the processing of personal data (Right to information); 
    23.2. to confirm whether their personal data is being processed, to access it, and to receive information about its processing and related rights (Right of access—exercised through the provided contacts); 
    23.3. to restrict the processing of personal data if the grounds provided in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 are present (Right to restriction of processing); 
    23.4. to request the Company to provide the personal data collected from them and related to the User in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format and to provide this data to another administrator at their discretion (Right to data portability); 
    23.5. to object to the processing of data based on legitimate interest (Right to object); 
    23.6. to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority: Commission for Personal Data Protection.
  11. The Company is not responsible for the accuracy of the data provided by the User, does not conduct checks in this regard, and does not guarantee the actual identity of the individuals who provide the data. In all cases of doubt, fraud, and/or misuse, the User should immediately notify the Company.
  12. Each User can address their questions and requests related to exercising their rights for the protection of personal data to the Company at the following email address for correspondence: ivanov@iy-partners.com. 
  13. Each User can delete or prevent their browser from receiving cookies from a specific or all websites used by them. Information: aboutcookies.org. 
The parties agree that if any clause (or any clauses) of these General Terms and the Privacy Policy is found to be invalid, this will not invalidate these General Terms and the Privacy Policy, other clauses, or their parts. The invalid clause will be replaced by the mandatory provisions of the law or established practice.
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