NOVA Legal Privacy Policy

NOVA Legal, a law firm based in Portugal, is committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of its clients, as well as visitors to its website. This Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as the “Policy”) regulates the collection, processing and use of personal data, as well as the exercise of the rights of its holders, under the terms of the applicable legislation on the protection of personal data.

1. Identification of the Person Responsible for Processing
2. Personal Data Collected
3. Purposes and Grounds for Processing
4. Sharing Personal Data
5. Retention Period
6. Data Subjects’ Rights
7. Personal Data Security
8. Changes to the Privacy Policy

1. Identification of the Person Responsible for Processing

The person responsible for processing personal data is NOVA Legal, with registered office at Avenida General Humberto Delgado, 20, 1.º, 4800-158 Guimarães, with the email address nova@novalegal.pt.

2. Personal Data Collected

NOVA Legal collects the personal data necessary to manage its clients and provide the contracted services, as well as to contact and communicate with visitors to its website. This data may include:

• Full name;
• Address;
• Email address;
• Telephone number;
• Contact details;
• Personal identification data (e.g. tax identification number, civil identification number, date of birth);
• Information on the contracted services;
• Information on the use of the website, including IP address, type of browser used, pages visited and time spent on the site.

3. Purposes and Grounds for Processing

The personal data collected by NOVA Legal is used for the following purposes:

• Client management and service provision: personal data is used to manage the contractual relationship established with clients, provide the contracted services and invoice them;
• Communication and contact with clients and visitors to the website: personal data is used to contact clients and visitors to the website, provide information about the services and respond to requests for information;
• Compliance with legal obligations: personal data is used to fulfil legal obligations, such as tax and accounting obligations, and to respond to requests from public or judicial authorities
• Improvement of services and the website: personal data is used to analyse the use of the website and services, with a view to improving the user experience.

Personal data is processed on the following legal grounds:

• Contract performance: processing is necessary for the performance of a contract concluded with the data subject or for pre-contractual steps at the request of the data subject;
• Compliance with legal obligations: processing is necessary for the fulfilment of legal obligations to which the person responsible for processing is subject;
• Legitimate interest: processing is necessary for the pursuit of the legitimate interests of the person responsible for processing, provided that the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject are not overridden;
• Consent: processing is carried out on the basis of the data subject’s consent.

4. Sharing Personal Data

NOVA Legal may share its clients’ personal data with third parties in the following cases:

• With service providers: NOVA Legal may share personal data with service providers that provide support services, such as accounting, IT or marketing services;
• With public or legal authorities: NOVA Legal may share personal data with public or legal authorities when this is necessary to fulfil legal obligations or to respond to requests from them, provided that such sharing is legally required;
• With other entities: NOVA Legal may share personal data with other entities when this is necessary for the performance of the contract entered into with the data subject, or to safeguard NOVA Legal’s legitimate interests, provided that such sharing is legally permitted.

NOVA Legal ensures that its service providers respect the appropriate security measures for the protection of clients’ personal data.

5. Retention Period

Personal data will be kept by NOVA Legal for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, unless there is a legal obligation to keep it for a longer period.

6. Data Subjects’ Rights

Data subjects have the right to access, rectify, erase, limit, oppose the processing of and port their personal data, under the terms of the applicable legislation on the protection of personal data. They may also withdraw their consent at any time, without jeopardising the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent previously given.

Data subjects may exercise their rights by writing to NOVA Legal at the email address or address indicated at the beginning of this Policy.

7. Personal Data Security

NOVA Legal adopts appropriate security measures to protect its clients’ personal data, including physical, technical and organisational measures to prevent the loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorised access or disclosure of personal data.

8. Changes to the Privacy Policy

NOVA Legal reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time, without prior notice, in accordance with the applicable legislation on the protection of personal data.