1. No Rights Reserved & Public Domain Dedication

In view of prevailing screening and vetting requirements — and with the formal exception of logos, photographs, and other editorially protected images — all content displayed on this website (www.carlosramires.eu) is hereby made available for the public’s free, legitimate, and personal benefit, in whatever form such benefit may arise, yet provided, that no such use is made that could misrepresent the author’s statements, opinions, or views, or cause him any liability or reputational harm.

Reproduction, adaptation, transformation, or redistribution is, therefore, expressly permitted without the need for citation or attribution, free of all copyright or licensing restrictions, and, even more so, irrespective of the regulatory, personal, or commercial context in which such use may be pursued.

2. Illustration Purposes Only

Kindly note that as the content of this website is intended for illustrative purposes only, it will not reflect any legal amendments that might be enacted after its date of publication.

It must not, therefore, be taken or relied upon as any form of legal advice under any circumstances.

3. Public Announcement and Moral Rights

For the purposes of legal certainty, and for all effects admissible under the applicable domestic and international legal orders, it is hereby formally declared that the permissions and “concessions of use” set forth herein are hereby issued freely, consciously, and in good faith, under the doctrinal and statutory framework governing “public declarations” within Romanic legal systems, and the doctrines of “acceptance by performance” and “promissory estoppel” within Common Law jurisdictions — including, inter alia, Article 225 of the Portuguese Civil Code and the principles affirmed in Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. [1892] (UK) — with the express intention of conferring upon all beneficiaries the highest attainable degree of legal assurance regarding the lawfulness of any subsequent use of the content herein provided, and of pre‑emptively excluding or neutralising any potential claims, objections, or liabilities that may arise in connection with alleged infringements of intellectual property rights.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is further declared that none of the aforesaid “concessions of use” shall entail or imply the waiver, loss, limitation, or transfer of any moral rights — namely the right to authorship, the right of revocation with "ex nunc" effects, and the right to the integrity of the work — as provided for in Article 56 of the Portuguese Copyright and

Related Rights Code (“Código do Direito de Autor e dos Direitos Conexos”) and under the principles governing freedom of will established by the Berne Convention (1886), the TRIPS Agreement (1994), and the WIPO Copyright Treaty (1996).

4. Accessibility & Plagiarism Notice

Please be advised that, due to digital accessibility requirements and, in particular, for the purpose of supporting digital Braille systems and other neurodiversity‑assisting technologies, all content provided herein will also be displayed in full HTML format and, consequently, may be readily detectable online by anti‑plagiarism and detection algorithms such as “Turnitin”, “iThenticate”, “Ouriginal”, or “GPTZero”.

In certain circumstances, this may trigger accidental or false‑positive automated plagiarism flags and potentially expose you to unwarranted embarrassment or reputational harm.

While we regret any inconvenience that such automated detections may cause, we kindly invite you to address these risks in accordance with proper academic and professional practices so as to safeguard yourself against any unintended reputational impact.

5 Spoofing, OSINT and Impersonation

Kindly note that all personal, sensitive, or GDPR‑relevant data that would traditionally be expected to appear on a website has been intentionally removed in order to safeguard the confidentiality of our clients’ assignments — particularly when involving highly sensitive matters or potential litigation — and to adhere to “surface minimisation” principles as recommended by recognised cybersecurity authorities such as CERT‑EU (Cybersecurity Mitigation Measures Against Critical Threats), the ENISA Threat Landscape, the UK Government Cyber Security Policy Handbook, and the NCSC Guidance.

Accordingly, all forms of data‑crossing, profiling, Open‑Source Intelligence (OSINT), spoofing, scraping, background checks, or other predatory, intrusive, or malicious data‑collection activities — whether automated or manual — are hereby strictly prohibited until otherwise and specifically authorised, regardless of any automated, implied, or “one‑size‑fits‑all” form of consent that might be claimed to exist, particularly when arising from generic “privacy policy” consents, website visits, software‑installation protocols, cookies, or other online mechanisms designed to harvest broad or uninformed consent, all of which will not be accepted or recognised under any circumstances.

Please rest assured that any personal or institutional details required for legitimate purposes will be provided with the utmost pleasure, under an appropriate, controlled, and purpose‑bound environment.

For all mandatory legal‑compliance screening or vetting requirements — such as those provided under the AML/CFT Regulations — please note that these may only be undertaken where a specific and informed preliminary purpose has been clearly established, or following a formal decision to proceed with a contractual engagement.

6. Consent & Data Protection Safeguards

Please accept our public consent for the keeping and processing of the personal data made available on this website for reference or initial‑consideration purposes only. Kindly note, however, that such consent does not exempt or absolve you from your overarching obligations to hold, process, and maintain these details in absolute compliance with applicable privacy and data‑protection requirements.

GDPR principles of purpose limitation, lawfulness, proportionality, and data minimisation — as well as the strict requirements governing free, specific, and informed consent — do not allow this consent to be extended any further at this stage, nor to be harvested, implied, or retroactively claimed through any standard contractual clauses, bundled terms of service, or broad, automated agreements that might be said to have arisen from our ongoing interactions.

Accordingly, should we be invited to use your proprietary communication platforms or vendor portals for the purposes of our exchanges, and should such use be deemed compliant with your internal privacy‑risk assessments, this shall not

under any circumstances, imply or constitute any broader consent insofar as the use and processing of our data is concerned.

7. GDPR, UKSC and CJEU

In accordance with the GDPR Regulations and the principles affirmed by the UKSC in RTM v. Sky Betting and Gaming [2025] EWHC 111 (KB) and by the CJEU in Orange România SA v. ANSPDCP (Case C‑61/19), it must be formally accepted and understood that:

a) The sharing, transmission, or processing of such details for any purpose other than initial consideration — including any background checks, screening requirements, automated vetting, or AML compliance to which they might lead — is strictly disallowed and prohibited, unless expressly authorised under our personal handwritten or eIDAS electronic signature.

b) No GDPR consent will be accepted or recognised — nor shall it be deemed lawful — if acquired under any such automated or bundled circumstances.

c) Where, for the avoidance of doubt, such consent may be claimed to exist, it is hereby formally withdrawn.

Should you or your team be inadvertently unable to comply with this request, we would be grateful if you could inform us promptly so that appropriate redress measures may be discussed and adopted

We sincerely appreciate your cooperation and understanding.