Privacy Policy

Marta Martins Baptista, Attorney at Law, R.L, (MMBLEGAL) is committed to protecting the privacy of users of the website, and for this purpose prepared this Privacy Policy in order to make known its commitment and respect for the rules on privacy and protection of personal data that collects and processes in compliance with the legislation on the protection of personal data.
WE ADVISE YOU TO READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY TO KNOW AND ACCEPT THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH YOU MAKE AVAILABLE YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND AUTHORIZE THEIR COLLECTION, USE AND DISCLOSURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES DEFINED HEREIN.
1. SCOPE OF APPLICATION

This Privacy Policy applies exclusively to the collection and processing of personal data that is made by MMBLEGAL for informational and commercial purposes, thus allowing the promotion of its activity of insurance mediation, aiming, also, that the use of the website runs smoothly and without inconvenience.

2.  PERSONAL DATA
2.1. WHAT IS PERSONAL DATA?

Personal data is information of any nature and medium, including sound and image, relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
An identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identification number or to one or more factors specific to his/her physical, physiological, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.

3. RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TREATMENT

MMBLEGAL is the entity responsible for collecting and processing the personal data of the Users, deciding the categories of data to be processed, which treatment to give them, and the purposes for which they are used.

4. TYPE OF DATA COLLECTED

MMBLEGAL will collect the following categories of personal data:
a)  User data, namely:
(i) first name, 
(ii) surname, 
(iii) email, 
(iv) telephone.

5. HOW WILL WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

MMBLEGAL will use the personal data you provide to us for the following purposes:
To review and respond to your messages and requests for information;
For the operations and management of the WEBSITE;
For the adaptation, improvement and modification of services, in particular by identifying trends of use, or to determine the effectiveness of promotional campaigns.

These operations of processing personal data are an essential tool for your satisfaction and for the activity of MMBLEGAL and are performed in accordance with applicable law and best practices.

Your personal data will not be reused for other purposes that are not previously identified or that have no connection with those purposes for which they were initially collected.

6.  WHAT ARE THE GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING THE PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT?

The personal data that MMBLEGAL treats have specific grounds, depending on the purposes for which they are intended.
In the following table you can see which are the grounds according to the purposes identified above:

BASIS

PURPOSE

To analyse and respond to your messages, customer support and information requests

Consent for that specific purpose

For the operations and management of the WEBSITE

Consent to that specific purpose (cookies)
Legitimate interests pursued by MMBLEGAL

For the adaptation, improvement and modification of the services, namely through the identification of trends of use, or, to determine the effectiveness of promotional campaigns

Consent to that specific purpose (cookies)

7. WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT?

The personal data that MMBLEGAL collect and process are only those necessary and appropriate for the purposes stated above.
MMBLEGAL will collect and process the following personal data:

DATA

PURPOSE

To review and respond to your messages and requests for information

Name, Email and Phone

For the operations and management of the WEBSITE

Cookies data

For the adaptation, improvement and modification of the services, namely by identifying usage trends, or, to determine the effectiveness of promotional campaigns

Data from cookies

8. HOW DO WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

We will collect your personal data through the forms on the WEBSITE, but also through the WEBSITE and the communication it makes with your equipment and the e-mail messages you send us.

Your personal data is collected through your device as follows:
• Through your subscription to the Newsletter;
• Through your browser;
• Through cookies;
• Through pixel tags and other similar technologies;
• IP address;
• Through your user data.

MMBLEGAL is committed to processing your data in accordance with the law and in a legitimate manner.

MMBLEGAL will not sell, rent or share your personal data with third parties, except in cases clearly identified in this Privacy Policy
MMBLEGAL services are not aimed at minors, not being treated personal data of minors intentionally.

The data mentioned are collected only after the consent of users has been obtained and are treated in accordance with law, being stored in databases properly secured and protected, and in no case are used for any purpose other than that for which consent was obtained.

9. "COOKIES"
WHAT ARE COOKIES?

"Cookies" are small pieces of information that can help identify your browser and can store information, for example, User settings and preferences.

10. WHAT ARE PIXEL TAGS AND OTHER SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES?

10.1. Pixel tags (also known as web beacons and clear GIFs) may be used in connection with some Services to, for example, track the actions of Service users (including email recipients), measure the success of our marketing campaigns and compile statistics about Service usage and response rates.

10.2. To learn more about pixel tags and other similar technologies we use you should refer to our Cookie Policy.

11. HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

11.1. Your personal data is kept secure by adopting a range of technical and organisational security measures to ensure that only those employees and processes who are required to access the personal data are able to access it in accordance with the rules we have put in place for this purpose.

11.2. To protect your personal data we only use data centre providers who offer us adequate and documented security measures, namely, guarantees that your personal data is stored on servers which are kept in controlled environments with limited access.

11.3. Similarly, when you browse the WEBSITE, we protect your data with encryption, such as Transport Layer Security (TLS, is a security protocol that protects telecommunications over the internet) and your password is stored using a one-way hash, meaning that it cannot be retrieved (or disclosed) by anyone, including MMBLEGAL, and can only be reset.

11.4. Although we take the care and precautions we deem appropriate to protect the personal data you provide to us and we collect, you should be aware that no security system is impenetrable.

12. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

12.1. Your personal data will be kept for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it is intended, as listed in this Privacy Policy.

PURPOSE

MAXIMUM TIME

For membership application

7 years

To register in the online shop

7 years

To analyse and respond to your messages, customer support and requests for information

2 years

To be able to send you newsletters or other publications that you have requested and/or that may be of interest to you

7 years

For the operations and management of the WEBSITE

2 years

For the adaptation, improvement and modification of the services, namely by identifying trends of use, or, to determine the effectiveness of promotional campaigns

2 years

12.2. If the law determines a specific or mandatory period, the data will be kept for that period. In all other cases, personal data will be kept at most during the times indicated above, periods that MMBLEGAL believes as sufficient to fulfill the purposes.

12.3. After the conservation period, all personal data collected will be deleted.

13. HOW YOU CAN EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS:

13.1. Before we explain how you can exercise your rights, it is worth knowing what they are. Thus, the legislation grants you the right to request us to exercise the following rights:
Access: the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed and, if so, the right to access your personal data;
Rectification: the right to obtain the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him/her and to have incomplete personal data completed
Erasure: the right to obtain the erasure of your personal data when one of the grounds listed in the legislation applies;
Limitation of processing: the right to obtain limitation of processing where one of the grounds listed in the law applies;
Opposition: the right to oppose at any time the processing of personal data concerning you;
Portability: the right to receive personal data concerning him/her in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.

13.2. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority (in Portugal, the National Commission for Data Protection at www.cnpd.pt)

13.3. For the purpose of exercising the above rights should contact the MMBLEGAL through the following e-mail mbadv@mmblegal.pt.

13.4. If you request us to delete some or all of your personal data, some of the services requested may not be provided and MMBLEGAL will keep only the personal data necessary to comply with legal obligations to which it is bound.

14. WHEN DO WE COMMUNICATE DATA TO THIRD PARTIES?

14.1. The MMBLEGAL may use third parties for the provision of certain services, such as maintenance, technical support, marketing, billing or payment management and they may have access to some of the personal data, in particular, the data necessary for the contractual purposes.

14.2. The MMBLEGAL ensures that entities that have access to data are credible and offer high guarantees of protection, never being transmitted to them data beyond what is necessary for the provision of the contracted service, remaining, however, the MMBLEGAL as responsible for the personal data provided.

14.3. MMBLEGAL may also communicate your data to the following entities:
Companies in the business group to which MMBLEGAL belongs and with which it has business partnerships for the creation and offering of benefits; or,
Other partners outside its business group (with prior authorization from you).

14.4. The MMBLEGAL may also transmit data to third parties under investigations, enquiries and legal proceedings and / or administrative or similar nature, provided that it is duly ordered by a court order to that effect.

15. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

15.1. The WEBSITE may contain links to other websites which may collect treat your personal data, and this treatment is the sole responsibility of the owners of these websites, not having MMBLEGAL any responsibility for their policies and / or practices.

16. DATA TRANSFERS OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION

16.1. If data transfers may occur to third countries that do not belong to the European Union, MMBLEGAL will comply with the legal rules, particularly with regard to the suitability of the destination country in relation to the protection of personal data and requirements, which are applicable to such transfers, not being transferred personal data to jurisdictions that do not offer guarantees of safety and protection.

17. MINORS

17.1. The WEBSITE is not directed to minors under 16 years old, so we request that these minors do not provide us with personal data through the WEBSITE, application, social networks and social media or emails.

18. SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA

18.1. MMBLEGAL appreciates that you do not send and do not make known to us any sensitive personal data, i.e. information revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic information, biometric information, data relating to health or data relating to a natural person's sex life or sexual orientation.

18.2. Should you still send or make known such categories of personal data to us, it will be deleted immediately.

19. CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY

19.1. The MMBLEGAL reserves the right to adjust or amend this Privacy Policy at any time and these changes will be publicized.

20. CONTACT DETAILS

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy please contact us in writing via e-mail mbadv@mmblegal.pt

Latest version
31/03/2023