Privacy Policy

Casa dos Amados is committed to protecting the personal data entrusted to us. For this reason, all personal information is treated and protected with the utmost care and always in accordance with the applicable law: EU Regulation 2016/679, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This Privacy Policy explains who we are, the purposes for which we may process your personal data, how we process it, to whom we may disclose it, such as customers and/or other companies, where it may be transferred or accessed, and your rights. We will process your data according to the purposes outlined below. Casa dos Amados is the responsible entity for processing personal data.

Data Collection and Processing

The processing operations carried out by Casa dos Amados comply with the fundamental principles of data protection and privacy, ensuring the proper functioning of processes, trust with customers and partners, as well as a positive public image: lawfulness, fairness, and transparency, limitation of purposes, data minimization, accuracy, storage limitation, integrity, confidentiality, and transmission. This Data Protection Policy applies exclusively to the collection and processing of personal data for which Casa dos Amados is responsible in the context of services and products provided to its clients, suppliers, and employees, as well as in all situations where personal data is processed by Casa dos Amados.

Personal Data

Personal data refers to any information of any nature and regardless of the medium, including sound and image, related to an identified or identifiable individual.

An individual is considered identifiable if they can be identified, directly or indirectly, through reference to a name, identification number, location data, electronic identifiers, or one or more specific elements of their physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity.

Grounds for Lawfulness

Casa dos Amados ensures that all personal data is processed lawfully, in strict compliance with the lawfulness grounds imposed by the GDPR. These grounds for lawfulness are met when at least one of the following situations applies:
The data subject has given consent for one or more purposes that require it; the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, or for pre-contractual steps at the request of the data subject; the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the data controller is subject; the processing is necessary for the protection of vital interests of the data subject; the processing is necessary for the performance of tasks carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the data controller; the processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the data controller or a third party.

Purposes of Processing

In general, the personal data collected is processed for the management of the contractual relationship, the provision of contracted services, the adaptation of services to the needs and interests of the Client/User, including for purposes such as access to specific features of services, content suggestions, and marketing and information actions.

•Human Resources Management
This includes data processing necessary for the establishment, performance, and termination of an employment contract, management of working hours, absences and vacations, salary processing and other benefits, interaction with the Tax Authority and Social Security, promotions and career development, training, performance evaluation, representation expenses, and communication with employees, as well as disciplinary action.

•Internal and Business Management
This includes activities such as project planning, recording of working hours, management of company assets, provision of centralized services to improve operational efficiency, conducting audits and investigations, implementing management controls, using internal databases, document management, insurance, prevention, and preparation and management of conflicts.

•Workplace Safety, Hygiene, and Health
This includes activities related to workplace safety, hygiene, and health, the protection of employees and company assets, employee authentication, and access management.

•Provision of Services and Information
In order to provide you with our services efficiently, your personal data will be processed. Your data may also be used for providing information requested by you and may be processed for third-party services, only with your express consent.

•Commercial and Marketing Purposes
Your personal data is also processed for commercial and marketing purposes, if you have authorized it, through the presentation of offers or updates that may be of interest to you.

•Compliance with Legal Obligations
This includes the processing of personal data strictly necessary for complying with legal obligations, such as the disclosure of data following court orders, cooperation with regulators, and defending Casa dos Amados’ legitimate interests.

•Protection of Vital Interests

This refers to the use of your data for protecting vital interests.
Your data will only be used if one of the following situations is verified:
1] You provided consent by signing or accepting an online or paper form.
2] The data is necessary for fulfilling the legal obligations of the contract entered into with Casa dos Amados.
3] The data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which Casa dos Amados is subject, such as disclosing data to the Tax Authority and Social Security, as well as other authorities.
4] The data is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by Casa dos Amados, provided that these do not override the interests, rights, freedoms, and guarantees of the data subject.

Data Transfer to Third Parties
Except as described below, the personal information you provide to Casa dos Amados will not be shared outside of Casa dos Amados, its subsidiaries, or controlled affiliates, without your permission.

Providing information or services by Casa dos Amados may sometimes involve the transfer or access to personal data by partners and subcontractors. Casa dos Amados ensures that it will only work with entities that provide sufficient guarantees of implementing appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure compliance with applicable laws. The categories of partners and subcontractors include: Disclosure to Suppliers: Casa dos Amados hires other companies to provide services on our behalf. We provide these companies with only the essential personal information they need to perform these services. These companies, and their employees, are prohibited from using your personal information for other purposes. Disclosure to Distributors: Upon your request, we may share your personal information with the companies that distribute our products. In such cases, we provide these companies with only the essential personal information they need to respond to your request, and these companies, and their employees, are prohibited from using that information for other purposes. In some cases, we may seek your permission to share your information with distributors for marketing purposes, solely to fulfill your request. However, we will not share your information for marketing purposes unless we have your express consent to do so. Your data may also be transferred to official entities to comply with legal obligations.

Casa dos Amados only transfers personal data to entities located outside the EU when required by legal obligations or when compliance with national and EU legal standards is ensured.

Casa dos Amados does not sell, buy, or otherwise commercially exploit personal data.

Personal Data

Personal data provided by the data subject may require explicit consent, depending on the purpose for which it is intended. In such cases, consent is given freely, specifically, informatively, and explicitly by the data subject, through each of the different means of interaction with Casa dos Amados. The data subject may at any time request the withdrawal of any consent given for the respective processing. Withdrawal can be made using our contact form, correctly filled out, with clear identification of the data subject. The withdrawal of consent regarding a specific processing of personal data does not affect the lawfulness of the processing already carried out based on that consent.

Security

Casa dos Amados is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use various security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, and disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide in computer systems with limited access, located in facilities with restricted access.

Reviewing Your Personal Information

You can request to review and correct your personal information collected through our websites, or ask Casa dos Amados to stop providing it, by using our correctly filled contact form. We may take steps to verify your identity before granting access to your personal information. You can help us maintain the accuracy of your information by notifying us of any changes to your address, phone number, or email address.

Rights of Data Subjects

Data protection legislation grants the data subject the right to be informed about the purposes and processing of their data, as well as the right to access, rectify, erase, limit the processing, and the portability of their data, and also the right to object to automated individual decisions. To exercise the above rights, the data subject should contact us via http://www.casadosamados.pt/contactos.

Retention Period of Personal Data

Unless a specific legal requirement exists, personal data will be stored only for the time strictly necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. The retention period for the data depends on the purpose for which the information is processed.