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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 5 July 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how the personal data of the users of this website and of those who contact the firm are processed, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), Law No. 58/2019 of 8 August, and other applicable legislation.

1. Data controller

The controller of your personal data is:

Paulo Silva Silva — Advogado
Portuguese Bar Association · Professional ID No. 46829-P · NIF 228319528
Passeio de Neptuno, n.º 23, Parque das Nações, 1990-193 Lisboa
E-mail: paulosilvasilva.adv@gmail.com · Phone: 916 055 901

2. What data we collect

  • Contact details you provide voluntarily: name, e-mail address and the content of the message you send us through the contact form, by e-mail or by telephone.
  • Data provided in connection with a legal matter: the information you provide to us for the purpose of analysing or handling your case.
  • Browsing data: technical data collected automatically by the server and by embedded third-party content (for example, IP address and browser information), to the extent necessary for the operation and security of the website.

We do not collect special categories of data through the website and we ask that you not include such data in initial contact messages.

3. Purposes and lawful bases

Your data are processed for the following purposes, on the following bases (Article 6 of the GDPR):

  • Responding to contact and consultation requests — on the basis of your consent [Article 6(1)(a)] and/or pre-contractual steps requested by you [(b)].
  • Provision of legal services, should a mandate be established — on the basis of performance of the contract [(b)] and compliance with legal obligations [(c)].
  • Security, operation and improvement of the website — on the basis of the controller's legitimate interest [(f)].

4. Retention period

  • Contacts that do not give rise to a mandate: retained for a maximum period of 12 months after the last contact and, once that period has elapsed, deleted.
  • Client data: retained for the duration of the mandate and, after its termination, for the period necessary to comply with the legal, contractual, tax and professional-conduct obligations applicable to the legal profession, including the statutory periods for document retention and limitation.

5. Disclosure to third parties and processors

We do not sell or transfer your data. The following processors and providers may access the data, strictly to the extent necessary:

  • Hostinger — hosting of the website and e-mail.
  • Google — when the site displays the map and the fonts (Google Maps and Google Fonts).
  • FormSubmit — processing and forwarding of the messages submitted through the site's contact form to the controller's e-mail address.

Data may also be disclosed to public authorities where there is a legal obligation, always safeguarding the lawyer's professional secrecy.

6. International transfers

Some providers (in particular Google) may process data outside the European Economic Area. Such transfers, where they occur, rely on the mechanisms provided for in the GDPR, namely the EU-US Data Privacy Framework adequacy decision or standard contractual clauses.

7. Professional secrecy

The data you entrust to us within a client relationship are protected not only by data-protection law but also by the lawyer's professional secrecy, an essential and permanent duty of the legal profession.

8. Your rights

You may, at any time, exercise the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability and objection (Articles 15 to 21 of the GDPR), as well as withdraw the consent given, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out beforehand. To do so, contact us using the details indicated in point 1.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority: National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) — www.cnpd.pt.

9. Security

We adopt appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data against unauthorised access, loss, alteration or disclosure.

10. Changes

This Policy may be updated. The version in force is the one published on this site, with the date indicated at the top.

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