Privacy Policy

Last updated: 20/04/2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Martínez-Echevarría Advogados handles personal data collected through the website https://martinezechevarria.pt/, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and applicable Portuguese legislation.

1. Responsible for treatment

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

Martínez-Echevarría Advogados
NIF: 980416868
Address: Avenida Aida, n.º 353-B, 2765-187 Estoril, Portugal
Telephone: +351 218 937 140
E-mail: portugal@martinezechevarria.com

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the processing of your personal data, you can contact us at the e-mail address above.

2. Personal data we may collect

Through this website, we may collect the following categories of personal data:

  • Identification and contact data, such as name, e-mail address and telephone number;
  • Information included in the messages you send us via the contact form or by e-mail;
  • Professional data, when you contact us on behalf of a company or organization;
  • Technical and browsing data, including IP address, online identifiers, device type, browser, language, pages visited, duration of visit and interactions on the website;
  • Consent preferences regarding cookies and similar technologies.

3. Purposes of processing

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

  • Management of contact and information requests, to respond to requests sent via the website form, by e-mail or by other means of contact made available;
  • Provision of pre-contractual information and management of the professional relationship, when the contact is related to the possible contracting of legal services or the monitoring of matters submitted to the firm;
  • Sending informative communications and newsletters, when the user requests them or when there is an appropriate legal basis for doing so;
  • Compliance with legal and regulatory obligations, including legal duties applicable to professional activity, security, fraud prevention, the exercise or defense of rights and compliance with administrative obligations;
  • Website improvement, statistical analysis and security, including audience measurement, website usage analysis, technical incident detection and security reinforcement;
  • Protection of forms against spam and abuse, using Google reCAPTCHA to distinguish humans from automated programs;
  • Management of spontaneous applications, if there is a section or contact address for recruitment.

4. Legal grounds

The processing referred to above is based, depending on the case, on the following grounds of lawfulness:

  • Carrying out pre-contractual procedures at the request of the data subject;
  • Compliance with legal obligations to which the company is subject;
  • Legitimate interests of the Company, namely for security, prevention of abuse, administrative management, defense of rights and improvement of the website, provided that the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not prevail;
  • Consent of the data subject, when legally required, namely for the sending of certain electronic communications or for the use of analytical and preference cookies that are not strictly necessary.

Where processing is based on consent, consent may be withdrawn at any time, without compromising the lawfulness of the processing carried out up to that date.

The use of Google reCAPTCHA on the website forms is based on the Company’s legitimate interest in protecting the website and its forms against spam and abuse (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

5. Data recipients

Your personal data may be communicated to:

  • Group companies or associated offices, when this is necessary for the proper management of the request or the professional relationship;
  • Service providers acting on behalf of the Company, namely providers of hosting, technological maintenance, IT support, web forms, statistical analysis, electronic communications or cybersecurity;
  • Google Ireland Limited, as provider of the Google reCAPTCHA service used on the website forms, which analyses technical data about the visit (IP address, browser and interaction with the page) to distinguish humans from automated programs and protect the website against spam;
  • Public entities, administrative, judicial, regulatory or supervisory authorities, whenever this is a legal obligation or necessary for the exercise or defense of rights.

All third parties processing data on behalf of the Company are subject to contractual duties of confidentiality, security and data processing in accordance with the applicable legislation.

6. International data transfers

As a rule, data is processed within the European Economic Area. However, the use of certain technology providers may involve international data transfers, including to third countries.

If the website uses Google Analytics, certain usage data and online identifiers may be processed by Google entities. Whenever international transfers occur, the Company will seek to ensure that adequate guarantees exist under the terms of the GDPR, namely through an adequacy decision, standard contractual clauses or other legally admissible mechanism.

Google reCAPTCHA, used on the website forms, may involve the processing of technical data about the visit by Google in the United States, under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. For more information, please see Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

7. Storage periods

Personal data will be kept only for the period necessary for the purposes for which it is collected, and thereafter for the periods legally required or necessary for the exercise or defense of rights.

In general terms:

  • Contact data and requests for information: for the time needed to respond to the request and follow up on the subsequent interaction;
  • Data relating to potential clients or professional contacts: for the period necessary to manage the relationship and, if applicable, for the legal limitation periods;
  • Data for sending newsletters or consented communications: until withdrawal of consent or opposition;
  • Navigation and analytics data: for the periods defined in the Cookies Policy and/or in the settings of the tool used.

8. Data subjects’ rights

Under the terms of the applicable legislation, the data subject may exercise, where applicable, the following rights:

  • Right of access;
  • Right to rectification;
  • Right to erasure;
  • Right to restriction of treatment;
  • Right to object;
  • Right to data portability;
  • Right to withdraw consent, when the processing is based on that ground.

You can exercise your rights by emailing portugal@martinezechevarria.com.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the National Data Protection Commission (CNPD), without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

9. Navigation data and Google Analytics

This website may use Google Analytics for statistical and usage analysis purposes, only to the extent that the user authorizes it through the cookie management mechanism, when such consent is legally required.

Google Analytics makes it possible to collect information on the use of the website, such as pages visited, duration of the visit, traffic source, type of device and general browsing interactions.

The Company undertakes not to use Google Analytics to collect or transmit clearly identifiable data, such as names, e-mails, telephone numbers or other unnecessary or prohibited personal data.

10. Security

The Company adopts appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure or access, taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation, the nature of the data and the risks for data subjects.

11. Links to third-party websites

The website may contain links to external websites. The Company is not responsible for the privacy practices, content or policies of third parties. It is recommended that you read their policies before providing any personal data on those websites.

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy

The Company may update this Privacy Policy at any time, whenever necessary to reflect legislative, regulatory, technical or operational changes. The latest version will always be available on this website.