Privacy Policy – BMFS | Porto Law

BMFS ADVOGADOS, SP, RL (hereafter “BMFS | Porto Law”), legal person number 515510106, with registered offices at Rua do Bonjardim, n.º 432, 3.º Direito Frente B, 4000-116 Porto, would like to thank your interest in the BMFS | Porto Law Newsletter, in the contact request and / or in the application for a recruitment process in our law office.

 

BMFS | Porto Law will be responsible for the processing of your personal data.

 

We confer particular importance to the protection of your privacy and the personal data you provide to us. Therefore, the processing of your personal data will be carried out in strict compliance with the legislation in force at any given time, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation, and the technical and organizational measures that give an adequate degree of protection to the personal information you have been implemented.

 

Please note the principles by which we govern the processing of personal data at BMFS | Port Law.

 

1. General Information

 

For the purpose of sharing the BMFS | Porto Law Newsletter, we will collect your e-mail address.

 

As regards the request for contact with BMFS | Porto Law, you will be asked to share your name, e-mail address, telephone contact and contact request content.

 

Regarding applications for recruitment process at BMFS | Porto Law, we will collect different kind of information, including, for example, your contacts, as well as information regarding your work experience, skills and training. In addition, you will certainly send us various documents, such as letters, references or your CV. By providing us with such information, we will be legally entitled to process your data for the purposes of analyzing your profile and to provide you with an answer as to whether or not any current or future vacancies may be of your interest to you or fit your profile.

 

BMFS | Porto Law will not ask for any special categories of personal data (for example, personal data relating to race or ethnic origin, political opinions, philosophical or religious beliefs, trade union membership, health data, or life or sexual orientation data), so you should avoid providing such information.

 

2. Purposes of Data Processing

 

BMFS | Porto Law will process your personal data for the following purposes:

 

a) Recruitment Process Management: We will process your personal data in order to assess your suitability for any current and specific job vacancies or, in the case of generic application, for general vacancies, to provide information about vacancies and to communicate with you. This processing is based on the need for pre-contractual steps at your request, by submitting your application for a job vacancy to our company, and your consent.
b)BMFS | Porto Law Newsletter: We will process your personal data for the purpose of sending you, at your request, the BMFS | Porto Law Newsletter. This processing is based on your consent.
c)Contact Request: We will process your data for the purpose of analyzing your contact request and communicating with you. This processing is based on your consent..
d)Compliance with Legal Obligations: We will use your data to comply with legal obligations. This processing is based on the need to comply with applicable law.
e)Lawsuits or Complaints: We will use your personal data in this case to defend ourselves or bring legal actions or claims. This processing is based on our legitimate interest (safeguarding our rights in the event of a dispute).

 

3. Data Processing

 

Your personal data will be processed by BMFS | Porto Law solely for the purposes identified above and will not be shared with third parties, except as otherwise required by law or regulation, or a court or administrative order.

 

4. Data Storage

 

Your personal data will be retained for an appropriate period in view of the different purposes identified above. BMFS | Porto Law understands that the retention of your data for a period of 3 (three) years is appropriate, unless legal or regulatory provision or, furthermore, a judicial or administrative order imposing a longer retention period.

 

5. Data Security

 

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data against unauthorized access or manipulation. Obviously, security measures will be improved in the light of possible technological advances.

 

6. Your Rights

 

Applicable law entitles you, as the data subject, with the right to access, to rectification, to erasure, to restriction, to data portability, to object and to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.

 

Your rights shall be exercised according to and for the proposes provided for with the applicable legislation. In order to exercise your rights, you shall send a written communication to the abovementioned address.

 

7. Cookies

 

What are cookies?

 

“Cookies are small software tags that are stored on access devices through the browser, retaining only information related to preferences and not including personal data.

 

What are cookies for?

 

Cookies help to determine the usefulness, interest and number of uses of websites, enabling faster and more efficient browsing and eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information.

 

What kind of cookies are there?

 

There are two cookie groups that can be used:

• Permanent cookies – These are cookies that are stored at the browser level on access devices (PC, mobile and tablet) and are used whenever you revisit a website. They are generally used to direct navigation. to the user’s interests, allowing to provide a more personalized service.
• Session cookies – These are temporary cookies that remain in the browser cookie file until you leave the website. The information obtained by these cookies is used to analyze web traffic patterns, allowing you to identify problems and provide a better browsing experience.

 

For what purposes?

 

• Strictly Necessary Cookies – Allows website navigation and application usage, as well as access to secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, the required services cannot be provided.
• Analytical Cookies – These are used anonymously for the purpose of creating and analyzing statistics in order to improve the functioning of the website.
• Functionality cookies – Store user preferences regarding the use of the site so that you do not have to re-configure the site each time you visit it.

 

How can you manage cookies?

 

You will be asked for your express consent to use cookies. Notwithstanding, browsers allow the user to accept, refuse or delete cookies and also inform the user whenever a cookie is received, namely by selecting the appropriate settings in their browser. User consent may be withdrawn through this mechanism. You can set cookies in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser.

 

However, disabling cookies may prevent some web services from functioning properly, partially or totally affecting website navigation.