Privacy Policy

The company ELEMENTUM PORTUGAL LDA (hereinafter referred to as “https://www.elementum.pt/”) as the entity responsible for the website https://www.elementum.pt/ values the privacy of its members and accordingly undertakes to respect such privacy, guaranteeing the secrecy and protection of the data registered by users.

This Privacy Statement is intended to ensure users’ Security and Privacy, and only the data necessary for service provision are requested and collected, according to the explicit information on the website. Users have the full freedom to access, correct or delete their data.

1. IDENTIFICATION OF THE CONTROLLER

• Company:ELEMENTUM PORTUGAL LDA
• Taxpayer Identification Number (NIF):510034217
• Contact details of the Data Protection Officer: [email protected]

1. INFORMATION AND CONSENT

The Personal Data Protection Law (hereinafter “PDPL”) and the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, hereinafter “GDPR”) ensure the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data.

Pursuant to the law, “personal data” are considered any information, of any nature and regardless of the respective medium, including sound and image, relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, hence this protection does not cover data pertaining to legal persons.

Upon acceptance of this Privacy Policy, the user provides his or her informed, express, free and unambiguous consent to inclusion of the personal data supplied through the website https://www.elementum.pt/ in a file controlled by Armando Pinto, the processing of which pursuant to the PDPL and GDPR complies with the appropriate technical and organisational security measures.

https://www.elementum.pt/ maintains a database with records of its customers. The data held in this database are only the data provided by the customers themselves at the time of registration, and are collected and processed automatically, under the terms approved by the National Data Protection Commission, by Armando Pinto, as the entity responsible for the corresponding file.

Under no circumstances will information be requested regarding philosophical or political beliefs, trade union or party membership, religious faith, private life and racial or ethnic origin, nor data relating to health and sexual life, including genetic data.

Under no circumstances will we carry out any of the following activities using the personal data provided to us via this website:

• Transfer to other persons or other entities without the prior consent of the data subject

1. PURPOSES OF PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING

The personal data that we process through this website will solely be used for the following purposes:

• (i) Communicating with customers and clarifying doubts;
• (ii) Processing requests for information;
• (iii) Processing complaints;
• (iv) Statistical analysis activities;
• (v) Checking, maintaining and developing statistical analyses and systems;
• (vi) Direct marketing communications (if consent has been given for processing of personal data for this purpose);
• (vii) Preventing and combating fraud;
• (vii) Requesting comments on purchased products or services;
• (ix) Conducting satisfaction surveys.

Armando Pinto guarantees the confidentiality of all data provided by his customers. Although Armando Pinto collects and processes data in a secure manner which prevents loss or tampering, using the most advanced techniques for this purpose, please be advised that collection on open networks allows the circulation of personal data under unsecure conditions, with the risk that such data may be seen and used by unauthorised third parties.

The https://www.elementum.pt/ website provides a chat feature which lets users pose questions and thus gain greater benefit from the full range of services offered by Armando Pinto. If users supply personal data to Armando Pinto via the aforementioned chat, such data will not be used for any purpose other than that requested by the user.

Moreover, the user consents to information relating to the service contracted with Armando Pinto being accessed so that services in addition to those contracted may be offered to him or her.

When personal data are collected, except in the fields indicated otherwise, the user may voluntarily provide personal data without the lack of a response implying a reduction in the quality or quantity of the corresponding services (unless otherwise indicated). Nonetheless, the lack of a response regarding data deemed mandatory will imply inability to access the service for which the data were requested.

If a user disagrees with the foregoing conditions, Armando Pinto will not be able enter into contract with the user via his web page.

1. TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA

In order to fulfil the purpose of this website, Armando Pinto will transfer your personal data to other entities which will process such data for the following purposes:

• Provision of the contracted services.

The entities to which Armando Pinto will transfer your personal data for processing under the terms mentioned above will be of the following nature:

• Third-party entities related to the provision of the contracted services.

1. STORAGE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

The data collected by Armando Pinto may be transferred to and stored in a location outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). When you submit your personal data, you are agreeing to this transfer, storage and processing.

All information provided to Armando Pinto is stored securely on our servers and/or servers belonging to our service providers, which may be located in countries outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). We take all reasonably necessary measures to ensure that your data are processed securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

1. SECURITY MEASURES

Armando Pinto declares that he implements and will continue to implement the security measures of a technical and organisational nature necessary to guarantee the security of personal data provided to him in order to prevent their alteration, loss, unauthorised processing and/or access, taking into account the current state of technology, the nature of the data stored and the risks to which they are exposed.

Armando Pinto guarantees the confidentiality of all data provided by his customers, both during registration and during the process of purchasing/ordering products or services. The collection and processing of data is carried out securely and in a way that prevents loss or tampering. All data will be placed on a Secure Server (128 bit SSL) that encrypts/encodes (converts into a code) such data. Users may check that their browser is secure if the padlock symbol appears or if the address begins with https instead of http.

Personal data are processed with the level of protection legally required to guarantee their security and prevent their alteration, loss, unauthorised processing or access, taking into account the state of technology, and the user is aware and accepts that security measures on the Internet are not impregnable.

Armando Pinto, whenever he accesses any personal data, undertakes to:

• Store such data using legally required security measures of a technical and organisational nature that guarantee their security, thus preventing alteration, loss, unauthorised loss or access, according to the state of technology at any time, the nature of the data and the possible risks to which they are exposed;
• Use the data exclusively for the purposes previously specified;
• Certify that the data are processed solely by staff whose intervention is necessary for the provision of the service, and that these staff are bound to the duty of secrecy and confidentiality. Given that the information may be disclosed to third parties, the latter must be required to adhere to due confidentiality in compliance with the provisions of this document.

1. COMMERCIAL AND PROMOTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

One of the purposes for which we process personal data provided by users is to send electronic communications with information relating to commercial and promotional communications.

Whenever we send a communication of this kind, it will be addressed exclusively to users who have given their prior and express authorisation.

Pursuant to the provisions of Decree-Law no. 7/2004, of 7 January, if a user wishes to no longer receive commercial or promotional communications from https://www.elementum.pt/ he or she may request that they no longer be sent by sending an email to: [email protected]

1. EXERCISE OF RIGHTS

Pursuant to the provisions of the PDPL and the GDPR, users may at any time exercise their rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and processing, by making a request using any of the following methods:

• Email: [email protected]

If at any time a user wishes to no longer be part of the [email protected] database he or she may exercise this right using these contacts.

Last Update: 07 April 2021