Legal notice and privacy
Last updated: 20 October 2026
Legal notice
1. Identification
This website belongs to Joana Ribeiro Pinho, a lawyer registered with the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados, Portugal) under professional licence 71560P.
Professional address: Rua Dr. José Correia Pacheco, n.º 74, 2nd floor, Room C, 4580-128 Paredes, Portugal
Tax number (NIF): 264139941
Contact: joanaribeiropinho-71560P@
2. Nature of the information
The information on this website is general and for information only. It is not legal advice and does not create a professional relationship between visitors and the lawyer. Every situation needs its own analysis, carried out in a consultation.
3. Professional rules
The lawyer's practice is governed by the Statute of the Portuguese Bar Association (in Portuguese), approved by Law no. 145/2015 of 9 September and amended by Law no. 6/2024 of 19 January. The content of this website is for information only, respects professional secrecy and the ban on soliciting clients, and contains no promise of results and no reference to specific clients or cases.
4. Professional secrecy
All information shared with the lawyer, by any means, is covered by the duty of professional secrecy set out in Article 93 of the Statute of the Portuguese Bar Association.
5. Intellectual property
The texts, photographs, logo and other graphic elements of this website belong to Joana Ribeiro Pinho or are used with permission. Reproducing them, in whole or in part, requires written permission, except for personal, non-commercial use.
6. External links
Links to WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn open third-party services, which have their own terms of use and privacy policies.
7. Applicable law
Use of this website is governed by Portuguese law.
Privacy policy
1. Scope
This policy describes how personal data collected through this website, and through contacts started from it, is handled. Data processed as part of a legal engagement may be subject to its own rules, which are communicated to the client.
2. Data controller
Joana Ribeiro Pinho, with the identification details given in the legal notice.
3. Data processed
- Name, email, phone, subject and message sent through the contact form.
- Data shared by people who get in touch by phone, WhatsApp or email.
- Technical access data, such as IP address, date and time and browser type, logged by the hosting provider for the security and operation of the website.
On the form, your name, email and message are needed to reply to your request, and phone is optional. Without them the request cannot be handled this way, but you can still get in touch by phone or email.
Please do not send sensitive data, such as health data, through the form. Such information is handled at the consultation, through a suitable channel.
4. Purposes and legal bases
| Purpose | Data | Legal basis (GDPR, Art. 6(1)) |
|---|---|---|
| Replying to contact and booking requests | Name, email, phone, subject and message | Consent and pre-contractual steps at the data subject's request, points (a) and (b) |
| Providing legal services | Data needed for the engagement | Performance of a contract and compliance with legal obligations, points (b) and (c) |
| Security and operation of the website | Technical access data | Legitimate interest, point (f) |
5. Processors and recipients
- Cloudflare, for website hosting.
- Web3Forms, for forwarding form messages to the lawyer's email.
- Google (Gmail), the email service where messages are received.
On the contact page, the Google Maps map is only loaded when the visitor clicks "Show map". From then on, Google receives technical access data and may store cookies in the browser, as the controller of its own processing, under the Google privacy policy.
Data is only disclosed to other bodies, such as courts or public authorities, where required by law or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
6. International transfers
Some of these providers may process data outside the European Economic Area. In those cases, processing relies on the safeguards set out in the GDPR, such as adequacy decisions or standard contractual clauses.
7. Retention
- Contact requests: for as long as needed to reply to the request.
- Professional relationship: for the duration of the engagement and the applicable legal periods.
- Technical data: for the period set by the hosting provider.
8. Your rights
You may request access to, rectification, erasure or portability of your data, restriction of processing, and object to processing based on legitimate interest. You may also withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting processing carried out before then.
To exercise these rights, write to joanaribeiropinho-71560P@
9. Complaints
You may lodge a complaint with the Portuguese data protection authority (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados) at cnpd.pt.
10. Security
The website is served only over an encrypted connection (HTTPS). Appropriate technical and organisational measures are in place to protect data against unauthorised access, loss or disclosure.
11. Cookies
This website does not use analytics, advertising or social media cookies. Google cookies can only be stored if the visitor chooses to show the map on the contact page. Your language choice is stored only in your own browser and can be cleared in your browser settings. The hosting provider may use mechanisms strictly necessary for the security of the website.
12. Changes
This page may be updated for legal or technical reasons. The date of the last update is shown at the top.