Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to Adamastor, Cultural Association. We are committed to ensuring confidentiality and privacy when collecting and processing the data of our Customers and Users, in compliance with our obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation. To that end, we have developed this Privacy Policy.
General scope
The Adamastor, Cultural Association is responsible for this Privacy Policy. It covers this website and any other websites, microsites, forms and documents that refer to it.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, the following definitions apply:
Customer: any entity that purchases our services; and
User: any visitor to this website or to other websites and microsites referring to this policy, and/or any subscriber to our electronic content mailing list (Newsletter).
The Adamastor, Cultural Association reserves the right to update or amend its Privacy Policy at any time, including to reflect legislative changes. Users are therefore advised to visit this page regularly.
Consent
By using this website, you consent to the collection and use of information.
The Adamastor, Cultural Association may amend, add or remove any of the privacy policies on its website (www.adamastor.org.pt) at any time by updating the content of this page.
Data collected
The Adamastor, Cultural Association collects data from its Customers and Users through forms provided for that purpose, in digital and/or physical format.
The Adamastor, Cultural Association is responsible for collecting and processing this data and determines the categories of data collected, how it is processed and the purposes for which it will be used.
All automated and non-automated procedures for collecting, organising, storing, modifying and transferring personal data are considered “personal data processing”.
Use of data
The data collected is used to communicate with Customers and Users, process requests for information, carry out statistical analysis and undertake direct marketing.
We may use your personal data to send unsolicited correspondence about products or commercial offers that may interest you. We do not sell or trade your data.
The user expressly authorises Adamastor, Cultural Association to send information about products and services that may interest them, using their personal data for direct marketing through any communication channel, including email, telephone, SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, Messenger or other automated calling methods. We will not sell or share our customer database with third parties.
Access to data
We will not disclose any personal data of our Customers and Users to third parties without their consent.
We will take reasonable precautions to ensure that employees or collaborators with access to personal data receive appropriate training in its correct processing, in accordance with this policy and legal data protection obligations. In the event of non-compliance.
Data storage
We store our Customers' and Users' data on our servers in Portugal. These servers are protected and maintained to high security standards and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.
Data retention period
The retention period for Customers' and Users' personal data varies according to its purpose.
The personal data of Users of our website and microsites will be retained while their use remains active and deleted when that use ends.
Personal data provided for our email content mailing list will be stored until its use ends. Customers and Users may unsubscribe from alerts at any time using the unsubscribe option in the Newsletters.
Customer data and other specific data retained to comply with legal obligations may be kept for up to 10 years, in accordance with Article 130 of the Portuguese Corporate Income Tax Code, after which it will be deleted.
Data security
We have taken the necessary technical and organisational measures to protect your data adequately against unauthorised processing and access.
We make all reasonable and appropriate efforts to prevent unauthorised or unlawful use of users' personal data, as well as its loss, destruction or damage. However, we cannot provide an absolute guarantee regarding Users' data. Whenever a personal data leak, loss or breach is likely to pose a high risk to our Customers' and Users' rights and freedoms, we will:
Notify the supervisory authorities within 72 hours of becoming aware of the incident;
Inform the affected data subject(s) in a timely manner.
We protect users' personal data through: (1) certificate-based encryption for all website communications; (2) password access to the website; and (3) restricted access to personal data, for example, access only for employees or staff of Adamastor, Cultural Association who need it for the purposes described above.
External links
The website, microsites and social media platforms of Adamastor, Cultural Association may contain links to other websites and email addresses of companies or associations that do not belong to Adamastor, Cultural Association.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites and email addresses.
If a User follows a link from the website, microsites or social media platforms of Adamastor, Cultural Association to another website and provides personal data there, the processing of that data will be subject to that website's privacy statement.
Cookies
The website of Adamastor, Cultural Association uses cookies in certain areas.
Cookies are files that store information on a user's hard drive or browser, allowing websites to recognise them and know that they have visited before.
Users can configure their browser to refuse cookies. However, the website or parts of it may then not function correctly.
Cookies are used to monitor and analyse website use, helping us identify and better serve the User.
Users' rights
Under personal data protection law, users have the right to obtain information about their personal data. They have the right to know which personal data has been processed by Adamastor, Cultural Association, and may also ask for data to be corrected, supplemented, blocked or deleted in whole or in part if it is incomplete, inaccurate or irrelevant for processing purposes.
Users should notify us of updates to their data by emailing info@adamastor.org.pt.
If, at any time, you wish to be removed from the database of Adamastor, Cultural Association you may exercise this right by contacting us by email at info@adamastor.org.pt.