Privacy Policy

This privacy policy regulates the treatment of users’ personal data, collected under the website www.belegal.pt (hereinafter “website”). Careful and thorough reading of this document is recommended. The availability of your personal data implies knowledge and acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.

Maria Dinis da Fonseca, Lawyer with professional license 1463E, is responsible for the processing of personal data for the purposes of applying the General Data Protection Regulation.

Collection and Processing of Personal Data:

  1. Personal data is subject to lawful, transparent and fair treatment towards the user, with respect for the principle of good faith and with absolute confidentiality;
  2. Personal data are collected for specific, explicit and legitimate purposes, and cannot be further processed in a manner incompatible with such purposes;
  3. The personal data collected is accurate and updated whenever necessary;
  4. The personal data collected are adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purposes for which they are collected and processed;
  5. The personal data collected is kept in such a way that it allows the identification of the data holders only for the period necessary for the purposes for which they are processed;
  6. Personal data are collected and processed in order to guarantee the safety of the user, including protection against their unlawful or unauthorized treatment, as well as against their loss, destruction or accidental damage, taking appropriate measures;

Form and Term

Your personal data may be collected through the website, by telephone, electronically or on paper, during the provision of services, through the use of our website, when contacting or requesting information from us, or in the course of contacts and contractual relationships they maintain with our associates or customers.

The time period during which your data is stored and preserved varies according to the purpose for which it was collected. Since, whenever it does not result from a legal requirement, the data will be stored and preserved for the period of time necessary for the purpose that motivated its collection and treatment. Once this period is reached, your data will be safely destroyed.

Purpose and Deadline

All personal data entrusted by you will be used to:

  1. The provision of legal services, which may include the processing of personal data of third parties on behalf of our clients, to provide information that they request from us, in pursuit of our legal obligations, judicial or administrative orders, to the extent of their suitability and need;
  2. Audit, monitor and improve the use of our website;
  3. Recruitment processes.

Lawfulness, use and sharing

The data provided for compliance with the contract for the provision of legal and related services are based on that same contract.

The data provided for compliance with archival and billing duties are based on these same legal duties.

All information entrusted by the user will be used for the purposes mentioned, in the practice of acts specific to lawyers, issuing bills of expenses and fees, invoices, receipts and credit notes.

The data provided may be shared with third parties, namely, our employees, consultants and professional auditors or other entities, suppliers or service providers with whom we have contracted certain services, such as word processing, translations, copies, IT service providers, third parties involved in the course of services we provide to clients and with their prior consent, such as lawyers, enforcement agents, local consultants and others, to fulfill the aforementioned purposes. In these cases, the duty of confidentiality of all parties involved will be ensured, by contract.

If it is necessary to transfer data to third countries under the General Data Protection Regulation, you will be asked for consent.

We may, in certain situations, be notified to disclose personal information in response to requests by supervisory authorities to fulfil the requirements of the RGDP (Data Protection Regulation) or in compliance with a legal duty.

Confidential Data Holder Rights

The holder of personal data may request, at any time, the exercise of his rights of access, updating, rectification, deletion, limitation, opposition or elimination of his personal data and, when applicable, the right to portability thereof.

To exercise any of the rights mentioned above, the user must make a written communication to the controller through: Email: maria.dinisdafonseca@belegal.pt Address: Rua Latino Coelho, no57, 1o Dto, 1050-133 Lisbon.

You can always file a complaint with the CNPD (National Data Protection Commission).

Safety and Confidentiality

We are committed to ensuring the security of personal data collected and processed, applying and maintaining technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, alteration, sharing or unauthorized access and against any other unlawful form of processing.

A commitment is also made to guarantee the confidentiality of the personal data collected and processed, adopting measures towards limited access to personal data and only within the scope of the communicated purposes, without any distribution or availability of your information to any commercial partner.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

This privacy policy may be changed at any time, in particular due to relevant legislative changes. Any changes will be previously notified to our customers and users by email or by notice on the website.