Legal notice, terms of use and privacy policy

1. Website owner and regulated profession

In accordance with Spanish Law 34/2002 on information society services and electronic commerce (LSSI-CE), the following information is provided for this public website:

• Owner and data controller: Lorenzo Palliser Barber, trading as Palliser Law Firm / Palliser Advocats
• Tax ID (NIF): 41500022H
• Professional address: Carrer des Forn 24, 07730 Alaior, Menorca, Illes Balears, Spain
• Contact: [email protected] · +34 971 379 062 · privacy: [email protected]
• Regulated profession: lawyer (abogado), professional title obtained in Spain; practising member no. 3573 of the Il·lustre Col·legi d’Advocats de les Illes Balears (ICAIB), admitted on 17 February 1999. Current status can be checked in the official ICAIB directory.
• Professional rules: General Statute of the Spanish Legal Profession, the Spanish Legal Profession’s Code of Conduct and the applicable ICAIB rules.

2. Scope and terms of use

This notice governs the public website balears.me. The client portal, mobile application and other Palliser services may have their own terms and privacy information. Website content is general information and does not create a lawyer-client relationship, replace advice on a specific matter or constitute a binding offer.

Professional services are provided only after conflict and identity checks, acceptance of the scope and fees, and, where appropriate, signature of an engagement letter. Prices, taxes and reimbursable third-party costs are stated in the relevant proposal. Users must use the website lawfully and must not interfere with its security or operation.

3. Personal data: purposes and legal bases

The contact form collects your name, email address, optional property location and message. These data are used to answer your enquiry, take steps at your request before a possible engagement and, if a professional relationship starts, manage that relationship. The legal bases are Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (pre-contractual steps or contract), Article 6(1)(c) (legal obligations) and Article 6(1)(f) (website and communications security). Consent is used only where it is specifically requested for an optional purpose.

The web server and security provider may generate limited technical logs, such as IP address, user agent, requested URL, timestamp and security events, to deliver and protect the service. This website does not use behavioural advertising, profiling, automated decisions or web analytics.

Fields marked as required are necessary to answer the enquiry; without them the form cannot be sent. Do not use the form for identity documents, tax information, health data or other confidential documents. Use the secure channel that the Firm provides after contact.

4. Recipients, international transfers and retention

Contact submissions are processed by Formspree, Inc. as a technical processor and hosted through its infrastructure in the United States. Formspree states that it uses EU Standard Contractual Clauses for these transfers. Its security information is available online. Data may also be processed by the Firm’s hosting, security and email providers under data-processing terms. They are not sold.

Information is disclosed to public authorities, courts, notaries, registries or other professionals only when required by law or necessary for a matter you have instructed. An initial enquiry that does not become a client matter is normally deleted or anonymised no later than one year after it is closed, unless it must be retained to establish, exercise or defend legal claims. If a client relationship begins, the relevant file is retained for the statutory and professional limitation and record-keeping periods. Security logs are retained only for the period needed to operate and protect the service or investigate an incident.

5. Your data-protection rights

You may request access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability or objection, and withdraw any consent without affecting prior lawful processing. Write to [email protected], identifying the request; additional proof of identity will be requested only when reasonably necessary. You may also lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD). No data protection officer has been appointed because the statutory conditions requiring one do not apply to this public website.

6. Cookies and external services

The public website does not set analytics, advertising or profiling cookies. It uses locally hosted fonts and icons. A strictly necessary local-storage preference remembers for up to six months that the technical cookie notice has been acknowledged; Cloudflare may also use short-lived security cookies only when a security challenge requires them. Full details are provided in the cookie and technical storage policy.

Google Maps, app stores and other third-party sites are opened only when you choose an external link. From that point, the third party applies its own privacy and cookie terms.

7. Intellectual property, liability and applicable law

Unless otherwise stated, the website’s texts, design, code, trademarks and images belong to the owner or are used under licence. They may not be commercially reproduced without authorisation.

Information is reviewed periodically, but laws and administrative criteria can change and each case depends on its facts. The owner does not exclude liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, including professional liability arising from an accepted engagement. Links to third-party sites are provided for convenience and do not imply control of their content.

Spanish law applies. Any dispute will be submitted to the legally competent courts; mandatory consumer jurisdiction is preserved. Consumers may also use the ICAIB citizen services and complaint channels.