Last updated: March 2025
Giuliana Pitthan Law Firm is committed to protecting your privacy and to the transparent treatment of your personal data. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, store, and protect the information you provide to us, in compliance with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD – Law No. 13.709/2018) and other applicable regulations.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of personal data:
- Identification data: full name, CPF (Brazilian tax ID), RG (identity document), date of birth, nationality, and identity documents.
- Contact data: e-mail, telephone, WhatsApp, and address.
- Professional and family data: information necessary for the provision of legal services, such as family composition, ancestry, asset situation, and data related to your case.
- Browsing data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on the website when you access our site.
- Communication data: content of messages sent by e-mail, WhatsApp, or contact forms.
2. How We Use Your Data
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
- Provision of legal services and advisory in the areas of Italian citizenship, family law, inheritance and succession, criminal defense, and immigration.
- Communication with you regarding your case, appointments, documents, and procedural updates.
- Sending requested information, responses to inquiries, and client support.
- Compliance with legal and regulatory obligations, including professional secrecy and the duties of an attorney.
- Improvement of the browsing experience on our website and analysis of use for statistical purposes.
- Protection of the law firm's rights in judicial or administrative proceedings.
3. Sharing of Data
Your personal data may be shared only in the following situations:
- With your consent: when you expressly authorize the sharing.
- To comply with legal obligations: with public authorities, courts, consulates, and competent bodies, when required by law.
- With service providers: with partners who assist us in the provision of services (e.g., translators, notaries, agents), always with guarantees of confidentiality and compliance with the LGPD.
- Professional secrecy: we strictly respect the professional secrecy provided for in the Statute of the Brazilian Bar Association. We do not share client information with third parties without legal basis or authorization.
4. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Ensure the proper functioning of the website and the security of browsing.
- Analyze the use of the website in an aggregated and anonymous manner, to improve the user experience.
- Remember browsing preferences when applicable.
You may configure your browser to refuse cookies or to be notified when a cookie is sent. Disabling cookies may affect some functionalities of the website.
5. Your Rights (LGPD)
In compliance with the LGPD, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
- Confirmation and access: confirm the existence of processing and access your data.
- Correction: correct incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated data.
- Anonymization, blocking, or deletion: request the anonymization, blocking, or deletion of unnecessary, excessive, or unlawfully processed data.
- Portability: request the portability of data to another service provider, when applicable.
- Information about sharing: obtain information about with whom we share your data.
- Revocation of consent: revoke consent when processing is based on consent.
- Opposition: oppose processing carried out on the basis of one of the hypotheses that dispense with consent.
To exercise your rights, contact us at giuliana@giulianapitthan.com.br. We will respond to your request within the timeframe established by the LGPD.
6. Security
We adopt appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. This includes:
- Use of secure channels for the transmission of sensitive information.
- Restricted access to data, only for authorized persons.
- Storage in a controlled environment, with backups and protections against loss or leakage.
- Respect for professional secrecy and the attorney's duty of confidentiality.
No method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. Although we strive to protect your data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
7. Data Retention
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, including compliance with legal, regulatory, and professional obligations. Data relating to judicial and administrative proceedings are retained in accordance with the applicable statute of limitations and other legal requirements.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or in the legislation. The most recent version will always be available on this page, with the date of the last update indicated at the top. We recommend that you consult this policy regularly.
9. Contact for Privacy Matters
For questions, requests related to your personal data, or to exercise your rights under the LGPD, please contact:
Giuliana Pitthan Law Firm — Brazil · Italy
This policy was prepared in compliance with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (Law No. 13.709/2018) and with best practices for data protection in the legal profession.
