SPB recommends that you carefully and fully read this Privacy Policy.
1. INTRODUCTION:
The security and privacy of your personal data are of utmost importance to SPB.
This Privacy Policy has been prepared to inform holders of personal data and users of our website about how personal data is treated.
As a data controller, SPB will collect the data strictly necessary for the purposes authorized by data holders, undertaking not to use it for purposes other than those for which the holders were informed or consented.
By accessing and using our website, the user declares to have read, understood and accepted this Privacy Policy, without the need for any act or expression of prior or subsequent consent.
By making their personal data available to SPB, the data subject acknowledges and consents to its processing in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
Our Privacy Policy may be changed at any time and without the need for prior notice or authorization, considering that updates come into force from the moment they are published on the website.
Your subsequent access and use of our website is considered an indication that you have read, understood and accepted all changes to the Privacy Policy.
2. RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESSING AND CONTACTS:
The responsible for collecting and processing your personal data, under the terms of the Law, is SPB.
For any doubts or questions related to data protection and the processing of your personal data, as well as to exercise any of your rights, you can contact SPB through the following means:
- Telephone: +351 962 312 025
- Letter: Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, 1749-016 - Lisboa
- Email: secretariado@spb.pt
3. THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA:
The personal data collected by SPB is limited to that strictly necessary for the purpose of the processing.
SPB will inform which data is mandatory or optional. If any mandatory data collection is not provided, we reserve the right to cease any and all communications or commercial relationships with the user.
The provision of incorrect or inaccurate data is the sole responsibility of the user and the data subject.
The personal data we collect are those we request when visiting on our website, sending requests via the contact form, provided on the website and/or subscribing to the newsletter.
Personal data is obtained based on the information provided by our website users.
4. LEGAL BASIS AND PURPOSES OF PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA:
In certain cases the personal data will be processed based on the express and specific consent of the data subject, provided for this purpose. We may also process data necessary, in particular, to execute a contract or comply with legal obligations.
You may, at any time, change your settings regarding the privacy of your personal data, by contacting SPB
Whenever the personal data is processed on the ground of the data subject consent, the holder of personal data may also withdraw, at any time, the consent given, for any of the intended purposes, when applicable, by contacting SPB
However, the withdrawal of consent does not compromise the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the consent previously given. Likewise, the subsequent processing of the same data will not be compromised on any other legal basis, such as execution of a contract or compliance with legal obligations to which SPB is subject.
5. PERIOD OF STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA:
SPB retains personal data for the retention periods identified above and only for the period of time necessary to comply with the obligations to which it is legally subject. For additional information regarding retention periods, you may request details via email.
Once the maximum retention period has been reached, personal data will be securely destroyed.
6. SHARING OR TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA:
SPB may use subcontractors for the maintenance, hosting and management of its computer systems and equipment, under the terms permitted by the legislation that regulates the processing of personal data, with these entities being obliged to maintain confidentiality and guarantee security regarding personal data to be that, for this purpose, have access, and must not use this data for any other purposes, or for their own benefit, nor relate it to other data they possess.
Personal data may also be made available to courts and other competent authorities, in strict compliance with the provisions of the law.
The personal data collected will be processed within the European Union.
7. DATA SUBJECT’S RIGHTS:
Under the General Data Protection Regulation, the data subject has the right to request the controller to access personal data concerning him or her, as well as to rectify or erase it.
The data subject also has the right to demand, in certain circumstances, limitations on the processing of personal data, as well as the right to object to the processing and the right to ask the data portability.
You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, cancellation, limitation of treatment, opposition to treatment, portability or withdrawal of consent by contacting SPB
SPB will respond to your characteristics in the shortest possible time.
You can also lodge a complaint with the National Data Protection Commission (CNPD), located at Rua de São Bento, n.º 148, 3.º, 1200-821 Lisbon, about the way in which SPB collects and processes your personal data.
8. PRIVACY OF MINORS:
SPB does not knowingly collect or process personal data from minors under 18 years of age by inserting them on the website. If we become aware that we have unintentionally collected personal information from a data subject under the age of 18 on the website, such information will be deleted from the records.
9. GENERAL
SPB will store your personal data on paper and electronic media and applies the necessary technical and organizational measures to ensure an appropriate level of security, including protection against unauthorized access, accidental loss, destruction, or damage.
SPB uses cookies on the website, considering them small text files with relevant information that the access device (computer, mobile phone / smartphone or tablet) loads, through the internet browser, when a website is visited by the user.
The cookies used by SPB allow us to improve the performance and browsing experience of its users, increasing, on the one hand, the speed and efficiency of response and, on the other, eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information.
The placement of cookies not only helps the website to recognize the user's device the next time they visit it, but it is also essential for its functioning.
The cookies used on the website do not collect personal information that allows the user to be identified, but only store generic information, namely the form or location/country of access and the way the user uses the website, among others.
Cookies only retain information related to the user's preferences and the user can, at any time and through their internet browser, decide to be notified about the receipt of cookies, as well as block their entry into their system.
Refusal to use cookies may result in the impossibility of accessing some areas of the website or preventing the use of some of its features.
SPB uses different types of cookies, as described below:
ESSENTIAL COOKIES - some cookies are essential to access specific areas of the website, allowing navigation and use of its applications, as well as access to secure areas of the website, through login. Without these cookies, services that require them cannot be provided.
FUNCTIONAL COOKIES - functional cookies allow us to remember the user's preferences regarding navigation on the website, thus not needing to reconfigure and personalize it each time they visit it.
ANALYTICAL COOKIES - These cookies are used to analyze the way the user uses the website, allowing you to highlight articles or services that may be of interest to you, and monitor the performance of the website, knowing which pages are most popular, what is the connection method between pages which is most effective or to determine why some pages are receiving error messages. These cookies are used only for statistical creation and analysis purposes, without ever collecting personal information.
Cookies can be:
PERMANENT COOKIES – are stored on access devices (computer, cell phone, smartphone or tablet), at the browser level, and are used whenever the user visits the website again. In general, they are used to direct navigation according to the user's interests.
SESSION COOKIES - are temporary, are generated and are available until the session ends. The next time the user accesses their internet browser, the cookies will no longer be stored. The information obtained allows you to manage sessions, identify problems and provide a better browsing experience.
The user may disable part or all of the cookies at any time. Each browser has its own configuration process for this configuration.
SPB may also use cookies when opening newsletters/emails for statistical purposes, allowing us to know if and when they are opened and to check clicks through links or advertisements within the newsletter.
The user always has the possibility of deactivating the sending of newsletters/e-mails.