Privacy Policy

Last updated: 10/14/2026

1. Introduction

Mário Ferreira Advogados values the privacy and data protection of its clients and visitors. This policy describes how we collect, use, retain and protect your personal information, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and applicable national legislation.

2. Data Controller

The controller of your personal data is:

  • Mário Ferreira Advogados
  • Address: Rua José Florindo, 44C, 2750-400 Cascais
  • Email: mario.ferreira-4651l@advogados.oa.pt
  • Phone: +351 214 848 390

3. Data we collect

We collect the data you provide directly, namely:

  • Name
  • Email
  • Phone number
  • Legal area of interest
  • Messages sent through the contact form

4. Purposes and Lawful Basis

Your data is processed for the following purposes and on the following lawful bases:

  • Respond to your requests and questions — based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
  • Provide the requested legal services — based on performance of a contract or pre-contractual steps (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).
  • Comply with legal obligations to which the firm is subject — based on compliance with a legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR).

5. Retention Periods

Your personal data is retained only for the period necessary to pursue the purposes for which it was collected, or for the legally required period. In particular:

  • Contact requests not converted into clients: up to 12 months after the last contact.
  • Client and case data: for the legal period applicable to law practice (as a rule, 5 years after case closure, without prejudice to longer legally provided periods).

6. Processors and Recipients

To provide services and operate the website, we use processors that process data on our behalf and under our instructions, namely:

  • Website hosting and infrastructure services.
  • Contact form submission service (Web3Forms).
  • Embedded maps services (Google Maps).

Your data is not sold or transferred to third parties for marketing purposes.

7. Data Subject Rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

  • Right of access to your personal data.
  • Right to rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Right to erasure (right to be forgotten).
  • Right to restriction of processing.
  • Right to object to processing.
  • Right to data portability.
  • Right to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent previously given.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at mario.ferreira-4651l@advogados.oa.pt.

8. Right to Complain to the CNPD

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (CNPD), the competent supervisory authority in Portugal:

  • CNPD — Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados
  • Website: https://www.cnpd.pt
  • Address: Av. D. Carlos I, 134, 1.º, 1200-651 Lisboa
  • Phone: +351 213 928 400
  • Email: geral@cnpd.pt

9. Security

We adopt appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, loss, destruction or alteration.

10. Contact

For questions about this policy, please contact:
mario.ferreira-4651l@advogados.oa.pt