Terms and conditions

Terms of use of the website www.patlageanu.ro

The terms of use and all documents referred to in this document set out the terms and conditions under which you are permitted to use our website www.patlageanu.ro (our website). By using our website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use.

The terms of use are valid from February 20, 2023.

Please read these Terms of Use carefully. We recommend printing a copy to add to your archives, as well as copies of future versions of this as it will be updated over time. WE DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO CLAUSES 14 (EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY), 15 (INDEMNIFICATION), 16 (WAIVER CLAUSES) AND 17 (AGE RESTRICTIONS).

If for any reason you do not agree to these Terms of Use or do not wish to be bound by them, you must not access or use our website.

Content

  • Details about us
  • Your responsibility to others who access our website using your device or internet connection
  • Other documents governing the use of our website
  • Availability of our website
  • Changes we may make to these Terms of Use and other documents
  • Your account details
  • Ownership of materials on our website
  • Information and content on our website provided on an independent basis
  • Permitted uses of our website materials
  • Prohibited uses of our website
  • Viruses and other types of harmful content
  • Links to other websites
  • Links to our website
  • EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
  • INDEMNIFICATION
  • LIMITATIONS
  • AGE RESTRICTIONS
  • Applicable law and jurisdiction
 
1. Details about us
(a) Alis-Damiana Patlageanu – Law office, with headquarters in Bucharest, Gral Dona Nicolae str. no. 22-24, ground floor, sector 1 (Cabinet) operates the website.
(b) The office is in professional collaboration and constant partnership with Anca-Elena Iancu – Law Firm, respectively with Laura Popescu – Law Firm and in permanent or punctual collaboration relationships with other professionals.
(c) Our contact telephone number is 0724955976 and our contact email address is office@patlageanu.ro
 
2. Your responsibility to people who access our website using your device or internet connection
You must ensure that anyone who accesses our website from your computer or devices, or who is permitted or permitted to access our website from your computer or devices, or who uses your internet connection, are aware of these Terms of Use and any other document referred to in these Terms and that such persons also agree to abide by these Terms of Use. If for any reason such persons do not agree to these Terms of Use, they must not access or use our website and you must not permit them to do so.
 
3. Other documents governing the use of our website
3.1. In addition to these Terms of Use, your use of our website is also governed by the following documents:
(a) Our Privacy Policy. Our privacy policy governs our use of your information. The policy sets out the types of information, the reasons we collect it, how we use it, where we may share it, under what circumstances and for what reasons and any other relevant information about the use and /or the processing of your data and your rights in relation to your data.
(b) Our Cookie Policy. Our cookie policy governs the use of cookies and similar technologies on our website. This sets out the types of cookies we use, the purposes for which we use them, the circumstances in which we may place cookies on your computer, device or browser and other relevant information relating to cookies, such as the method by which you can change your browser preferences and settings to accept or reject cookies.
(c) The privacy and cookies policy is available here: [insert link to privacy policy]
3.2 By accessing and using our website, you agree to comply with the terms and conditions contained in these Terms of Use, and accept that we will process your personal data in accordance with our privacy policy and use cookies and technologies similar in accordance with our cookie policy.
3.3 If you do not agree to the terms set out in these Terms of Use, you must not use our website.
 
4. Availability of our website
4.1 We do not warrant and do not give any guarantees that:
(a) the website will be available at any time or from any geographical location;
(b) your access to the Site will be continuous or uninterrupted; or
(c) the website will be accessible or optimized for all browsers, computers, tablets, phones or viewing platforms.
4.2 We reserve the right to suspend all or part of the access to the website for any reason, including for commercial or operational reasons, such as improving the appearance or functionality of the website, updating content, periodic maintenance or solving any problems that we could meet.
5. Changes We May Make to These Terms of Use and Other Documents
5.1 We reserve the right to periodically update these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, the Cookie Policy and any other document referred to in any of them. We may change the Terms of Use and other documents for any reason, including to:
(a) reflect any changes in the way we conduct our business;
(b) consider any changes we make to our website, including, but not limited to, any new features or functionality we provide, any adjustments to the means by which we provide you with notices or any changes made the content, purpose or availability of the website;
(c) accurately describe our current data processing activities so that you are aware of our latest practices;
(d) notify you of any changes in the way we use cookies or similar information collection technologies; or
(e) we ensure that our documentation complies and will continue to comply with all current and future applicable laws, regulations and guidance.
5.2 If this is required by law, we will inform you of any changes to these Terms of Use or the other documents to which they refer, by publishing an announcement on the website and/or by posting an updated version of these Terms of Use or other such documents on our website with a new effective date indicated at the beginning thereof.
5.3 If you choose to continue to access our website after we have updated our Terms of Use, you agree to be bound by those updated versions. You will be notified in advance of any updates. You also agree that by continuing to access our website after the privacy policy and/or cookie policy has been updated, the practices set out in those updated policies will apply to the processing of your data and the use of cookies and similar technologies.
5.4 You must check these Terms of Use and all other documents it refers to each time you access our website to ensure that you are aware of the terms that apply at that time.
5.5 The date on which these Terms of Use and/or any other documents (including our privacy policy and cookie policy) were last modified is set out at the top of that document as the “effective date” of the document.
 
6. Your account details
6.1 If we provide you with account information, such as your username, identification number, account code and/or password, you must keep this information confidential and secret and not disclose it to anyone. All account information is provided for the use of the account holder only, and not for any other person. You are responsible for any consequences of unauthorized access to your account due to any disclosure of your account information to any third party.
6.2 Where we give you the option to select your own login information, including a password, we recommend that you provide unique login information for your own use of this website and not use information from other accounts that you have on other websites or any easily discoverable information about you. You are responsible for any consequences of unauthorized access to your account due to the disclosure of your login information to any third party.
6.3 Use of another user’s account without permission is prohibited. When creating your account, you must provide accurate and complete information. You agree not to solicit, collect or use other people’s login information. We prohibit the creation and you agree not to create an account for anyone other than yourself. You also confirm that all information you provide to us upon registration and at any other time will be true, accurate, current and complete. You agree to update your information as necessary to maintain the truth and accuracy of the information stored on this website.
6.4 We reserve the right to withdraw access to the account without prior notice for any actual or suspected breach of these Terms of Use or any other document referred to in them, including but not limited to cases where we suspect that this account has been accessed without authorization, or any of your login information has been disclosed without authorization.
6.5 If you know or suspect that the confidentiality of your login information has been compromised, for example by disclosing that information to a third party, you must change your password immediately. If you cannot change your password, you must notify us immediately by e-mail at office@patlageanu.ro.
 
7. Ownership of materials on our website
7.1 All trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, copyrights and other intellectual property rights on our website and its content are either owned by us or licensed to us. All these rights are protected by Romanian intellectual property laws, and all rights are reserved by us. Any use of the website and its content, unless expressly authorized herein, is strictly prohibited. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by us.
7.2 Trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos and other marks owned by third parties and used or displayed on or through our website (collectively “Third Party Marks”) may be trademarks of their respective owners, who may or not to endorse us or be affiliated with or connected to us. Except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use or in the terms provided by the owner of a third-party trademark, no statement in these Terms of Use or on our website shall be construed as granting, by inference or others, any license or right to use any of our trademarks or any third-party trademarks that are used or displayed on the Site, without prior written permission. We will exclusively benefit from any benefit generated by the use of our marks.
8. Information and content on our website provided on an independent basis
8.1 Our website is made available to provide you with general information about us, our business and any products or services we offer from time to time. We do not make our website available for other purposes, except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use.
8.2 The content of our website is not intended as advice. You should not rely on any content on our website for any purpose and you should seek independent professional advice before deciding to base any action on any content available on our website.
8.3 We make no warranty, express or implied, that any content or materials available on our website are accurate, complete or periodically updated.
9. Permitted uses of our website materials
9.1 The content on our website is provided for your personal, private and non-commercial use only. You may print or distribute the content on our website for personal, private and non-commercial purposes, and you may make others in your organization aware of the content on our website. You may not extract, reproduce or distribute the content of our website for other purposes without our prior written consent.
9.2 Whenever you print, download, distribute or transmit content from our website to others, you must not add to or delete or change any text on our website, you must not change any images, in in any way, do not remove any accompanying text from such images, materials or graphics, and you must ensure that all content transmitted to a third party is an accurate representation of the content as it appears on our website.
9.3 You may not use any data extraction or data mining technology, or any other similar third party tools to extract or reproduce any data or content from our website without our prior written consent.
9.4 Whenever you transfer any content or materials from our website to anyone, you must credit us as the author of such content or materials (or other authors, whenever they have been credited by us) at the time that you transmit such content or materials.
10. Prohibited uses of our website
10.1 You may not reproduce, duplicate, copy or resell any part of our website or any content on our website, except as expressly permitted in these Terms of Use.
10.2 Without our prior written consent, you may not access, interfere with, destroy or disrupt in any way
• our website or any component thereof,
• our systems,
• any hardware or equipment or any of the networks on which our website is hosted,
• any software we use to create or modify the website or to make the website available to you
• or any hardware, equipment, network, server, software or technology owned or operated by us or any third party.
10.3 You must only use our website for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. It is forbidden to use our website:
(a) for any purpose that is illegal or otherwise violates any applicable local, national or international laws or regulations;
(b) for any fraudulent purpose;
(c) for making any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or direct or indirect marketing to anyone by any means;
(d) for uploading, hosting or transmitting viruses, malware, adware, spyware, worms, Trojan horses, loggers, logic bombs or other harmful programs or code that could affect the use or operation of our website, hardware or our systems
(e) for communicating with or harming children; or
(f) in any way or for any purpose that violates these Terms of Use or the terms of any of the documents to which these Terms of Use refer.
10.4 It is prohibited to submit any information about you if you are under 18 or about any other person who is:
(a) under the age of 18; or
(b) if they are 18 years of age or older, unless you have obtained their prior written consent to submit information about them.
10.5 You are prohibited from submitting information to us that is considered “sensitive personal information”. “Sensitive personal information” is information about you or any other person that reveals your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, or that is genetic data, biometric data, health information, life sex or sexual orientation.
10.6 If you accidentally or intentionally provide us with such information, you will be deemed to have consented to the processing of such information on the basis of Article 9(2)(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016 / 769).
 
11. Computer Viruses and Other Harmful Content
11.1 We do not warrant that our website is free of malicious software.
11.2 We will not be responsible for any bugs or viruses on our website or any software that may be transferred to your computer from our website or any consequences of its presence or operation such programs.
11.3 You must ensure that you have up-to-date and effective anti-virus protection on your computer or any other browsing device.
11.4 You may not upload or introduce to our site any viruses, malware, spyware, adware, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, time bombs, keyloggers or other harmful or malicious programs or code.
11.5 You may not use third parties, software or technologies to attempt to gain unauthorized access to our website, servers, systems, hardware, software or data.
11.6 It is prohibited to attempt to carry out denial of service attacks on our website.
11.7 It is forbidden to carry out any action that contravenes the laws in force.
11.8 We may report any breach or suspected breach of this clause 11 (Viruses and other Harmful Content) to the appropriate authorities and disclose your identity.
 
12. Links to Other Websites
12.1 Links to third party content or websites may appear on our website from time to time. We are not responsible for the content of any websites accessible through any link(s) on our site. Any content on third-party websites is beyond our control, and we do not warrant that such content is appropriate for use or viewing, legal or correct.
12.2 Any third party website accessible through a link on our website may collect and process your information. We are not responsible for any data processing activities carried out by a third-party website that is linked to our site, and we do not assume responsibility for this information. You should check the privacy policy of such third party to determine how they may use your information before deciding to use the website and its features.
 
13. Links to our website
13.1 You are prohibited from publishing links to our website on other websites owned by you without our prior written consent.
13.2 Where you have obtained consent to publish links to our site:
(a) you may post links to our website on other websites owned by you, provided that those websites and the use of any links to our website comply with these Terms of Use;
(b) whenever you post a link to our website on any other site, you agree that you will do so in a manner that is appropriate and not in any way that is defamatory or disparaging of us, likely to cause harm to us or our business; and
(c) it is forbidden to publish links to our website to suggest any form of partnership, collaboration, affiliation, business relationship with us if this affiliation does not exist and in any case, a prior written consent.
13.3 We may withdraw our permission to publish links to our website at any time. If we withdraw your permission to post links to our website and notify you of this, you must immediately remove any link to our website.
 
14. EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
14.1 We do not limit our liability to you where it would be unlawful for us to do so, for example for death or personal injury caused by our negligence. If applicable law does not permit all of the limitations of liability below to apply, the limitations will apply only to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
14.3 IN NO EVENT AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE (INCLUDING OFFICERS IN EMPLOYMENT, COLLABORATION, PATRONAGE, AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS) BE LIABLE TO YOU. FOR NO LOSS, DAMAGES (WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, ACTUAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR OTHERWISE), COSTS, LIABILITIES OR PENALTIES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, INDEMNIFICATION, PENALTIES, DAMAGES FOR VIOLATION OF RIGHTS PROVIDED BY LAW, OR OTHERWISE, PROVIDED FOR WHETHER OR NOT IN CONNECTION WITH OR REGARDING:
 (a) USE OF OUR WEBSITE;
(b) ANY CORRUPTION OR LOSS OF DATA;
(c) ANY INABILITY TO ACCESS OUR SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY INTERRUPTIONS, SUSPENSIONS OR WITHDRAWALS OF OUR SITE (WHETHER CAUSED);
(d) ANY USE OF ANY CONTENT OR MATERIAL ON OUR SITE, INCLUDING ANY DECISIONS YOU MADE BASED ON SUCH CONTENT OR MATERIAL;
(e) ANY LOSS OF SAVINGS, PROFITS, SALES, BUSINESS OR REVENUE;
(f) ANY DAMAGE TO REPUTATION
(g) ANY OTHER SECONDARY, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT LOSSES,
AND EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF REPAIR OR CORRECTION FOR SUCH LOSS, DAMAGE, COST, EXPENSE OR PENALTIES.
14.4 WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY FOLLOWING OUR ADVICE TO APPLY A FREE UPDATE OR FOR DAMAGES WHICH HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY YOU. BECAUSE THE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS WERE NOT CORRECTLY FOLLOWED OR THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS RECOMMENDED BY US WERE NOT FOLLOWED.
14.5 You expressly agree that we shall not be liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal content or conduct of any third party and that the risk of injury or damage to the foregoing rests entirely on your actions.
14.6 YOU AGREE THAT IN THE EVENT THAT YOU SUFFER DAMAGES OR LOSSES OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OUR ACTIONS OR OMISSIONS, THOSE DAMAGES WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID GROUND FOR BLOCKING ANY USE OF THE WEBSITE, SERVICES, PROPERTIES, PRODUCTS OR ANY OTHER CONTENT OWNED BY US.
14.7 To the extent that any of the provisions of this clause 14 (EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY) are unenforceable as total exclusions of liability, they shall be construed as limitations of liability, limiting our liability to you to the fullest extent permitted by law.
 
15. INDEMNIFICATION
15.1 You (and also any third party for or on whose behalf you manage an account or activity on our website) agree to defend us (at our request), indemnify us against any claim, liability, damage, expense, including, without limitation, legal fees and costs, arising out of or in any way related to any of the following (including as a result of your direct activities on the website or those performed on your behalf):
(a) your uploading of material to, access to or use of the Website;
(b) violation or alleged violation of these Terms of Use;
(c) violation of third-party rights, including, without limitation, violation of any right of intellectual property, publicity, privacy, property or right to privacy;
(d) violation of any laws, rules, regulations, codes, statutes, ordinances or orders of any governmental and quasi-governmental authority, including without limitation all regulatory, administrative and legislative authorities; or
(e) any misrepresentation by you of the content of the website
15.2 You will cooperate fully when requested by us in the defense of any claim. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you.
 
16. LIMITATIONS
16.1 THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS”, “AS AVAILABLE” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS” BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING:
(A) THE SERVICE;
(B) WEBSITE CONTENT;
(C) USER CONTENT; OR
(D) SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE WEBSITE.
IN ADDITION, IT MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, INTEGRATION WITH ANY SYSTEM AND SECURITY AGAINST VIRUSES.
16.2 WE DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SERVICE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THE SERVICE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, VIRUSES. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES THAT THE INFORMATION (INCLUDING ANY INSTRUCTIONS) ON THE SERVICES IS CORRECT, COMPLETE OR USEFUL. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF OF THE WEBSITE IS LAWFUL IN ANY PARTICULAR JURISDICTION AND WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM SUCH WARRANTIES. CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS LIMIT OR DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR OTHER WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE TO YOU. AND FOR THESE TERMS OF USE.
16.3 BY ACCESSING OR USING THE WEBSITE, YOU REPRESENT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR ACTIVITIES. THEY ARE LAWFUL IN EACH JURISDICTION IN WHICH YOU ACCESS OR USE THIS SERVICE.
16.4 WE DO NOT ENDORSE ANY CONTENT ON THIS SITE AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGES (ACTUAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHERWISE), INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE NATURE BASED ON OR RESULTING FROM ANY CONTENT DISPLAYED ON THIS SITE.
 
17. Age Restrictions on Use of Our Site
17.1 Our Website and any products or services available on or through the Website are not intended for use by persons under the age of 18.
17.2 IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE, YOU MUST NOT USE OUR SITE, PURCHASE OR ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE ANY OF OUR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, OR PROVIDE US WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT YOU. OR ABOUT ANYONE ELSE.
17.3 We do not intentionally process data about any person who has not reached the age of 18.
 
18. Law and Jurisdiction
18.1 These terms of use, all documents to which they refer and any disputes arising out of or in connection with them or any other documents to which they refer, whether contractual or non-contractual, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Romanian law.
18.2 The Romanian courts have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or dispute arising out of or in connection with these terms of use and any documents to which they refer.