Privacy and cookies

Porto, 28 February 2020

PRIVACY AND PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY

 

Privacy Policy

 

Terms and Conditions

Around Europe Advisors, Lda. recommends a careful reading of the Terms and Conditions below. By accessing and using this website, the user declares to have read, understood and accepted the Terms and Conditions presented, without the need for any further act or consent.

Access to and use of other Around Europe platforms are likewise governed by these Terms and Conditions to the extent applicable and as adapted.

The Terms and Conditions may be changed at any time, and the changes are considered be inforce since the date they are updated on the website. Further access and use of the website or platforms by the user will be considered as an explicit sign that the user has read, understood and accepted the new changes to the Terms and Conditions.

Privacy Policy

Around Europe Advisors, Lda. is committed to respect the privacy of its users and for this reason the following Privacy Policy has been drawn up with the aim of duly informing users about the functioning of this website and how their personal information is handled.

References in this Privacy Policy to "Around Europe Advisors", "Around Europe", "we", "us" or "our" refer to Around Europe Advisors, Lda.

Any change to our Privacy Policy, subsequent to your active submission of personal data, and that questions the purposes for which you provided them, can be found on this page.

Retention of personal information

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council - all personal data provided will be subject to computerized processing and will be held by us.

After the personal information you have voluntarily provided to us has been collected, we will store and maintain it until further notice, or for the minimum period necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or processed or for the period of time allowed by the (Portuguese) National Commission of Data Protection. The conservation of this information allows us to continue to provide you with personalized services without interruption.

Any user will be free to choose whether or not to provide any personal information. By providing your personal data, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of it between Around Europe and its collaborating companies in accordance with the rules set out herein, namely not to use information related to users and which has been provided by them without your permission, except for the purposes for which it is intended.

In accordance with the Data Protection Regulations, the holder of the personal data provided may, at any time, exercise their right to oppose marketing communications, rectification and cancellation of any personal data provided, which right may be exercised through the email: info@aroundeurope.pt.

Security and use of information

Around Europe is committed to ensure the privacy of visitors to its website.

In addition to ensuring the confidentiality and absolute secrecy of the data to which we have access, we undertake to use it for the strict purpose for which it was collected and never sell, rent, or make available to third parties any personal data sent by users of our website.

Around Europe Advisors, Lda. respects the most correct and effective practices in the field of security and protection of personal data, and all required measures are applied according to current technical knowledge to prevent the loss, misuse, alteration, unlawful intrusion and subtraction of personal data. Nevertheless, it is important to note that no method of communication or electronic storage is totally secure, so we cannot guarantee that they will not be viewed by third parties.

Cookie Policy

Cookies used on our website serve to improve your performance and user experience. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that assist the collection of information about your device and your user experience.

This information is used to record visits and statistics about user activity on the website.

The holders of this domain do not use the information stored in these files for commercial purposes with third parties, nor do cookies store data that can be used for marketing purposes.

By browsing this website, you consent to the use and storage of cookies on your device. Most browsers automatically accept cookies. You can prevent them from being stored on your device by setting your browser not to accept cookies. Cookies stored on your device can be deleted at any time.

What is the purpose of cookies?

Cookies help you to get the most out of our website. They help to determine the usefulness, interest and number of uses of websites, enabling faster and more efficient navigation and thus eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information.

What types of cookies do we use?

Essential cookies:

They allow you to navigate the website and use its applications, also allowing access to secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, the services you have requested cannot be provided.

Analytical Cookies:

They are used to analyze how users use the website and monitor its performance. This allows us to provide a high-quality experience by customizing our offering and quickly identify and correct any problems that have been identified. These cookies are only used for statistical analysis and creation purposes, without ever collecting personal information.

Functionality Cookies:

They store your preferences regarding the use of the website, so that it is not necessary to reconfigure the website each time you visit it.

Cookies can be:

Permanent - They remain stored, for a variable time, at the level of the internet browser on your access devices (laptop, mobile phone and tablet) and are used whenever the user makes a new visit to the website. In general, they are used to direct navigation according to the user's interests, allowing us to provide a more personalized service.

Session - They are temporary, remain in the cookies of your internet browser until you leave the website. The information obtained allows us to identify problems and provide a better browsing experience.

Cookie management - Certain cookies are deleted as soon as you close the tab or browser (depending on which browser you use), certain cookies are renewed each time you visit, and certain cookies are deleted after a period of time.

You can configure the devices and browsers you use to reject all or some of the cookies.

The most common method is anonymous browsing.

Information about "Incognito Browsing" and Cookies management in Chrome browser:

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en

Information about "Private Browsing" and Cookies management in Firefox browser:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

Information about "Private Browsing" and Cookies management from Safari browser:

https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=en_US

Information about "Private Browsing" and Cookies management from the Internet Explorer browser:

https://support.microsoft.com/pt-pt/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

You can also get more information on how to control cookies here:

https://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-control-cookies/

To manage cookies in your Chrome browser:

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647

To manage cookies in the Firefox browser:

https://support.mozilla.org/pt-PT/kb/ativar-e-desativar-cookies-que-os-websites-utiliza

To manage cookies in your Safari browser:

https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=pt_PT

To manage cookies in your Internet Explorer browser:

https://support.microsoft.com/pt-pt/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

For information on how to delete cookies in other browsers:

https://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-delete-cookies/

If you choose to block or delete cookies in this area, you will be restricting a significant portion of the features made available which may result in unexpected behaviour of the website.

For more information about cookies and their use, we suggest you to consult the following links, which are only available in English:

http://www.allaboutcookies.org

https://www.aboutcookies.org

To control the collection of cookie information from third parties, you can do so here:

http://optout.aboutads.info

http://www.youronlinechoices.com/your-ad-choices

TrustArc Preference Manager

DNT (Do Not Track) is a standard that is not adopted by default by many third-party cookies. To find out if your browser navigation is being monitored and to change your settings, click here:

https://allaboutdnt.com/

Copyright and Industrial Property

All data, trademarks and content in general on this website may be protected under the general terms of law and national and international legislation for the protection of Intellectual Property. Reproduction for personal use is permitted, but unauthorized modifications, imitations, loans, rentals, transmissions or sale of any content on this website are forbidden.

All rights not expressly granted by us are reserved. Thus, all texts, images, illustrations, photos, advertising, trademarks and other elements of the content of this website may be protected by law, and any copying, reproduction, dissemination or transmission, use, modification, sale, publication, distribution or any other use, total or partial, whatever the means used, is expressly prohibited.

Exceptions to this prohibition are the free uses authorized by law, namely the right to quote, if its origin is clearly identified.

Permission is granted to use documents (such as Publications, News and Videos) from this website, if copyright notice appears on all copies. The use of these documents shall be for informational purposes only and not for commercial or personal purposes and shall not be copied or placed on any computer network or broadcast in any other media, and no modifications shall be made to the documents. Violation will be subject to legal action.

Even if the personal data provided to us is under the terms of our privacy policy, we understand that all information communicated to us through the internet (including suggestions, material or ideas) will be our property and exclusive use, although restricted. Such information will not have to be treated by us as confidential.

Some parts of the website may contain images that are the subject of copyright rights of their suppliers (such as image bank photos).

Any file that is made available to be downloaded from the website has the copyright of the operator who provides it. The terms of use of these files are established by the operator who makes it available, so we recommend reading them.

Links

To facilitate their accessibility, links to other websites on the Internet will be added. If you choose to use the links to those websites, you must review and accept the rules of that website before using it. We cannot guarantee the quality of these websites, nor do we assume any responsibility for the content or other functionality of these websites.

The company's website is not responsible for the content or the theme of any other website, including any website that has given access to its portal or whose access has been obtained through its portal.

Use and Risk

Neither Around Europe Advisors, Lda. nor any other party involved in the creation, production, maintenance or implementation of the website may be held liable for any damages or injury in terms of civil liability (including, but not limited to, consequential damages, loss of profits and moral damages, caused directly or indirectly), arising as a result of the correct or incorrect use of the website and its contents by the user, access to the user's computer and computer system by third parties, virus, etc.

Although you are committed to the security of your website and put in place the appropriate technical, physical and logical protection measures, we do not guarantee or declare that the files available for download from the website are free of virus, worms, trojan horses, scripts or any other code or program that contain destructive or harmful properties. The information on the website must be considered in its informative aspect. Despite efforts to keep the contents updated and reliable, they may present inaccuracies, typographical errors or be outdated and may be changed at any time without prior notice. Therefore, its use in decision making is not recommended.

RAL - Alternative dispute resolution

In the event of a dispute, the consumer may resort to an Alternative Dispute Resolution Body:

CNIACC - Centro Nacional de Informação e Arbitragem de Conflitos de Consumo of the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa– Campus of Campolide
1099-032 Lisboa
Telephone: +351 213 847 484

E-mail: cniacc@fd.unl.pt
More information: Consumer Information Portal www.consumidor.pt