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Privacy and Data Protection Policy

How the firm handles personal data received through this site, under Brazilian Law 13.709/2018 (LGPD) and the professional privilege of the legal profession.

In force since 1 August 2026

This site stores no data. The contact form does not send information to a server: when you press the button, the data you typed is passed to your own e-mail application or to WhatsApp, and only reaches the firm if you complete the sending. There is no database, automatic registration or tracking cookie on this domain.

01

Controller and data protection officer

The controller of personal data processed in connection with this site is Bernardi & Bernardi Advogados Associados, with offices at Av. Franklin Roosevelt, 23, suite 603, Centro, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, 20021-120, Brazil.

The data protection officer, for the purposes of article 41 of the LGPD, may be contacted at bernardi@bernardiadvogados.adv.br.

02

Data processed

Only the data the individual chooses to provide when making contact is processed:

Identification and contact data: name, company, e-mail and telephone.
Information about the matter: sector, nature of the request and the description the individual chooses to send.
Communication data: the content of messages exchanged by e-mail, WhatsApp or telephone.

We recommend that the description sent through this channel be brief and contain no confidential documents, sensitive data or information covered by a duty of confidentiality. The appropriate channel for such material is agreed once the professional relationship begins.

03

Purposes and legal bases

Responding to the enquiry and assessing the matter — preliminary procedures related to a contract to which the individual is a party (art. 7, V, LGPD).
Checking for conflicts of interest before accepting a matter — compliance with regulatory duties and the regular exercise of rights (art. 7, II and VI).
Providing legal services to the engaging client — performance of a contract (art. 7, V).
Sending the Regulatory Alert, when requested — consent of the individual, revocable at any time (art. 7, I).
04

Sharing

Data is never sold, transferred or used for advertising. Sharing occurs only where necessary for the purpose that prompted the contact, in the following cases:

Correspondent lawyers and firms, including Villemor Amaral Advogados under the institutional alliance, where the matter requires joint action.
Experts, technical consultants and other professionals indispensable to conducting the matter.
Public bodies, administrative authorities and the courts, where the practice of law so requires or by legal determination.

All parties involved are bound by a duty of confidentiality equivalent to the firm's own.

05

Professional privilege

Beyond the LGPD, information received is protected by the professional privilege set out in art. 7, II of Brazilian Law 8.906/1994 and in the Bar's Code of Ethics — protection that applies even if the enquiry does not become an engagement, and that survives the end of the professional relationship.

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Retention and deletion

Enquiries that do not result in an engagement are kept only for the period needed to record the conflict-of-interest check. Data relating to matters actually handled is kept for the legal retention periods applicable to case and tax records, after which it is deleted or anonymised.

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Rights of the individual

Under art. 18 of the LGPD, the individual may at any time request:

Confirmation that processing exists, and access to the data.
Correction of incomplete, inaccurate or outdated data.
Anonymisation, blocking or deletion of unnecessary data or data processed in breach of the law.
Portability, information on sharing, and withdrawal of consent.

Requests should be sent to the data protection officer at the e-mail address in item 01 and are answered within the legal deadlines. Compliance may be limited where retention of the data is required by professional privilege or by a legal obligation of the firm.

08

Security

The firm adopts technical and administrative measures consistent with the confidential nature of legal practice, including access control, encryption in transit on the site and an internal confidentiality policy applicable to all professionals and staff.

09

Cookies and browsing

This site uses no tracking, advertising or profiling cookies. The contact section embeds a map provided by Google, which may record browsing data under that provider's own privacy policy; it loads only when the section is displayed.

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Changes and contact

This policy may be updated to reflect regulatory changes or changes in the firm's practice, always stating the date it takes effect. Questions, requests and complaints regarding the processing of personal data should be addressed to bernardi@bernardiadvogados.adv.br. Individuals may also petition the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority.

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