Last updated: April 15, 2026

This Privacy and Cookies Policy explains how the Gandarez, Moreira & Associates, LLC, with NIPC 510281710, collects, uses, stores, and protects the personal data of website users privatelawyers.eu, as well as the rights to which they are entitled under applicable law.

Data controller

The entity responsible for processing the personal data collected through the website is:

Gandarez, Moreira & Associates, LLC
Trade name: PrivateLawyers
NIPC: 510281710
Business registration: registered with the Lisbon Commercial Registry
Address: Av. da República, 15, 5º, 1050-185 Lisboa, Portugal
Email: geral@privatelawyers.eu
Phone: (+351) 213 501 900 (national landline rate)

If you have any questions regarding this Policy or the processing of your personal data, please contact us using the contact information provided above.

Personal information we may collect

Depending on the user’s interaction with the website, PrivateLawyers may collect and process the following categories of personal data:

  • name;
  • email address;
  • phone number or contact information;
  • city;
  • the content of messages sent via the website's forms;
  • information provided in requests for quotes;
  • information provided in job applications or recruitment inquiries;
  • technical browsing data, including IP address, device type, browser, and technical logs related to the use of the website;
  • data collected through strictly necessary cookies and, if used, other cookies that require consent.

How we collect data

Personal data may be collected when the user:

  • fill out and submit contact forms;
  • request a quote;
  • submit an application through the “Careers” page;
  • contact PrivateLawyers by email or phone;
  • browse the website;
  • accepts, where applicable, the use of cookies that are not strictly necessary.

Purposes of the processing

PrivateLawyers processes personal data for the following purposes:

  • respond to requests for contact, information, and quotes;
  • manage communications with customers, prospects, and applicants;
  • review applications and recruitment processes;
  • ensure the operation, security, and technical management of the website;
  • comply with legal, regulatory, tax, or administrative obligations;
  • exercise or defend PrivateLawyers' rights in the event of a dispute.

Legal basis

The processing of personal data is carried out on the following legal grounds, as applicable:

  • pre-contractual steps, when the user requests contact, a quote, or a proposal;
  • performance of the contract, when a service agreement is entered into;
  • compliance with legal obligations;
  • PrivateLawyers’ legitimate interests, specifically in managing the website, ensuring security, responding to inquiries, and organizing the recruitment process;
  • the data subject’s consent, whenever legally required, particularly for cookies that are not strictly necessary, should they be used.

Sharing data with third parties

Personal data may be disclosed to third parties that provide services to PrivateLawyers, only to the extent strictly necessary, namely:

  • website hosting and maintenance providers;
  • technology and IT service providers;
  • email and communications service providers;
  • accounting, legal, or administrative consultants;
  • public authorities, where there is a legal obligation or a legitimate request.

PrivateLawyers seeks to ensure that any third parties processing data on its behalf provide adequate guarantees of confidentiality and data protection.

International data transfers

Whenever a service provider is located outside the European Economic Area or uses infrastructure outside that area, PrivateLawyers will ensure that such transfers take place only with adequate safeguards and in accordance with legally permissible terms.

Data retention

PrivateLawyers retains personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and, where applicable, for the periods required by law.

In particular:

  • Data related to contact requests and quotes will be retained for the period necessary to process the request and for any subsequent commercial follow-up;
  • Recruitment-related data will be retained for the period necessary to review and close the relevant file, unless there is a legal obligation or the data subject has consented to further retention;
  • Data necessary to comply with legal obligations may be retained for the periods required by law.

Security

PrivateLawyers implements appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against loss, destruction, alteration, unauthorized access, or any other form of unlawful processing.

However, no transmission or storage system is completely secure, so PrivateLawyers cannot guarantee absolute security, although it does take reasonable and appropriate protective measures.

Rights of data subjects

In accordance with applicable law, the data subject may exercise the following rights, where applicable:

  • right of access;
  • right to rectification;
  • right to erasure;
  • the right to restrict processing;
  • right to object;
  • right to data portability;
  • the right to withdraw consent, where the processing is based on that ground, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out prior to such withdrawal.

You may request to exercise these rights by email geral@privatelawyers.eu.

If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the law, you may also file a complaint with the National Data Protection Commission (CNPD).

Cookies

The website privatelawyers.eu uses cookies that are strictly necessary for its operation, security, navigation, and the management of cookie preferences.

Strictly necessary cookies do not require prior consent, as they are essential for the basic functioning of the website.

If analytical, functional, marketing, or third-party cookies that are not strictly necessary are implemented, their use will be subject to the user’s prior, free, specific, and informed consent, via the cookie management tool available on the website.

You can configure or block cookies at any time through your browser, although this may limit certain features of the website.

Changes to this Policy

PrivateLawyers reserves the right to update this Privacy and Cookies Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on this page, along with the date of the update.