Your privacy is important to us. We respect it and are committed to protecting it. Below, we explain our privacy practices and how your information is collected and used to optimise your experience on this website.
1 - What is personal data?
Personal data is all information of any nature, collected in any type of medium, relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. It is considered identifiable the set of information that can lead to the identification of a certain person, namely by reference to an identifier (such as an identification number or a location data).
Our company only collects data that is adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary for the purposes for which it is processed.
2 - What kind of personal information do we collect?
We sometimes request personal identification data when you request a service, answer a survey, participate in a contest, exchange correspondence with us or perform other actions. You can always decide whether you want to proceed with any action that requests personal information.
However, if you do not wish to provide the requested data, you may not be able to complete the desired action. Similarly, when you visit our website, we will collect information known as "clickstreams" (IP address, domain name, etc).
This information, combined with the data you have provided us with, enables us to personalise your visits.
3 - What personal data do we process and how do we collect it?
To fulfil the various purposes, we may collect the following data:
identification data;
contact data (such as mobile phone, address or e-mail) banking, financial and transaction data (such as IBAN or tax identification number);
location data (such as IP address);
As a rule, our company does not collect special data, such as health data or data relating to offences or criminal offences.
4 - Why do we use personal data?
All data collected and processed by our company is based on one of the following conditions of legitimacy:
Consent: when the collection is preceded by your express, specific and informed consent, through written support or via the web. We collect your consent, for example, for purposes related to the subscription of newsletters, provision of a service, etc. Execution of a contract or pre-contractual steps: This condition will be fulfilled when we process your data for the purpose of managing funding and cooperation programmes and protocols or supply and service contracts. Compliance with legal obligations: when the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation. This includes, for example, the communication of data to other public (national and Community), tax or judicial bodies.
5 - What is the data conservation period?
Our company processes and keeps your data only for the period necessary to pursue or complete the purposes of the processing for which they are intended, in compliance with the maximum periods necessary to comply with contractual, legal or regulatory obligations.
As a general rule, and where a contract exists that legitimises the processing of your data, our company will keep such data for as long as such contractual relationship continues. Other circumstances exist, such as the fulfilment of legal or regulatory obligations (for example, for the purposes of fulfilling tax obligations, personal data relating to invoicing must be kept for a maximum period of ten years from the performance of the act), as well as the pendency of a judicial process, which may legitimise the keeping of your data for a longer period of time.
6 - What are your rights?
Right of access: right allowing you to obtain information regarding the processing of your data and its characteristics (in particular the type of data, the purpose of processing, to whom your data may be disclosed, storage periods and which data you must provide compulsorily or optionally).
Right of rectification: you may request that your data be rectified, requiring it to be accurate and up-to-date.
Right to erasure of data or "Right to be forgotten": you may request that your data be erased when you consider that there are no valid grounds for storing it and that there is no other valid ground for justifying such processing (such as performance of a contract or compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation).
Right to Limitation: you may request the suspension of processing or the limitation of processing to certain categories of data or purposes.
Right to Portability: you may request that your data be sent in a digital format and in a commonly used format that allows the re-use of your information. Alternatively, you may request the transmission of your data to another entity that becomes responsible for the processing of your information.
Right to object: you may object to certain purposes provided that there are no legitimate interests overriding your interests. An example of this right is the right to object to direct marketing purposes.
How can you exercise your rights?
All the rights described above may be exercised, subject to the limitations provided for by applicable law, by means of a written request through our website, in the contact section, or by sending an e-mail to [email protected]
7 - How do we protect your personal information?
To ensure the security of your information, we have established a series of security measures. Your data is stored on secure networks, which can only be accessed by a limited number of persons who have special access rights and undertake to respect and maintain the confidential nature of such information.
Notwithstanding these measures, when you provide personal information on the Internet there is a risk that it may be intercepted and used by third parties outside of our control. Although we make every effort to protect your personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of the data you make available over the internet.
8 - Who has access to your personal information and to what extent?
Apart from our company and for the purposes described above, we do not sell, exchange or transfer your personal information to third parties in any form whatsoever. Your personal information may be transferred to external subcontractors to provide us with certain services and may be used for better technical assistance. We require such subcontractors to keep personal information secure and confidential. We also require these contractors to use personal information only on behalf of M&A Digital.
You may, at any time, opt out of allowing us to share your personal information with third parties. Such request should be made through our website, in the contact section, or simply by sending an e-mail to [email protected].
9 - Links
To improve our services, we may include links to third party websites. M&A Digital is not responsible for the privacy practices of such websites. We recommend that you read their privacy statements, as they may differ from ours. M&A Digital cannot be responsible for the content and activities of third party Web sites.
10 - Cookies
This website uses technology widely known in the industry as "cookies". A cookie is a unique text file that a website sends to your browser software. Cookies allow the personalisation of the information displayed based on your browsing preferences. We use cookies to personalize content or to "remember" you when you register for products or services. If you do not want us to install cookies in your browser, you should set your browser to reject cookies. Rejecting cookies will affect your ability to use some of the services on our website.
M&A Digital also uses cookies to track website visits. The information collected in this way helps us to optimize the browsing experience and the performance of the site itself.
11 - Changes to Privacy Policy
In the future, we may choose to modify or update this policy, either due to changes in legislation or in order to cover new developments on the Internet. We therefore reserve the right to make any such modifications and request that you visit this page regularly as these changes may affect you as a visitor to our site.
12 - Contact us
To clarify any questions regarding this policy or privacy aspects of our products/services, please contact us:
M&A Digital
Marques Associados Digital, Lda.
Rua Canhas, 19 B
3810-075 Glória
Aveiro - Portugal
e: [email protected]
t: +351 231 516 719
(Call to the Portuguese landline)