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Privacy Policy 

 

Balancefokus Accounting Solutions, Lda. (hereinafter "Portugal Accounting") recognises the importance of protecting your personal data. For that reason, we have developed a set of safety measures that aim to protect the personal data of all our partners, employees, and clients, as well as all users of our website www.portugal-accounting.com.

In this Privacy Policy, we explain what is the purpose of the data we collect online, how we treat this information, whom we share it with, for how long we keep it as well as ways to get in touch with us and exercise your data protection rights.

All users should carefully read this Privacy Policy and decide, freely and voluntarily, if they want to provide their personal data to Portugal Accounting. The user guarantees that he/she is a legal adult and all data shared online is true, complete, and updated, and he/she is responsible for any damage or loss, direct or indirect, that may result from the non-observance of such obligation. If you have any questions regarding the way we treat and protect your personal data, you may contact Portugal Accounting using the e-mail info@portugal-accounting.com.


SCOPE

This Privacy Policy applies to all personal data collected through the website www.portugal-accounting.com.


RESPONSIBILITY

Your data will be treated by Portugal Accounting (Balancefokus Accounting Solutions, Lda., NIF 510953514, with headquarters at Rua 25 de Abril, nº 158 -1ºD, 2460-162 Alfeizerão, Portugal), based on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You may contact Portugal Accounting regarding any question related to this Privacy Policy through the email info@portugal-accounting.com.


PROCESSING PURPOSES AND LEGAL BASE

Personal data processed on the website www.portugal-accounting.com includes:

  • Data collected in the contact form: e.g., name and email. Portugal Accounting processes this data in order to respond to requests from potential clients or institutional partners. Providing the information requested in the scope of the above-mentioned contact forms is mandatory, without them it is not possible to serve the requested purposes.

  • Data obtained through website browsing: e.g., visited web pages, interest in content, access times, device type. Portugal Accounting processes a limited quantity of user data for web optimization purposes. This data is processed in order to improve user experience and manage the provided services. For this purpose, we use third-party analytics providers, including Google Analytics. You may opt-out of Google Analytics by clicking here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

  • Portugal Accounting may also use remarketing and behavioural targeting services in the interest of the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offer, namely Google Ads Remarketing and Facebook Remarketing. If you wish to opt-out of interest-based advertising through Google Marketing Services, you may use Google's settings and opt-out options: http://www.google.com/ads/preference. For more information and the ability to control your Facebook preferences, please visit https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences.


RETENTION PERIOD

Portugal Accounting keeps and processes personal data only for the time necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, with possible contacts during this period by email, telephone, or SMS.


CONSENT

By agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you are giving Portugal Accounting permission to process your personal data specifically for the above-mentioned purposes. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, although that right does not withdraw the consent previously provided in regards to the compliance of a contract or other legal obligations to which Portugal Accounting is subject.

In order to withdraw your consent, you may contact us through the address: Balancefokus Accounting Solutions, Lda., Rua 25 de Abril, nº 158 -1ºD, 2460-162 Alfeizerao, Portugal; or the email: info@portugal-accounting.com.


DATA DISCLOSURE

Portugal Accounting may share your personal data with other Leisure Launch group companies in order to provide complementary services. 
Leisure Launch group companies will only receive the personal data required for procured services and/or for marketing purposes within the instructions provided by Portugal Accounting, strictly complying with all legal standards regarding personal data protection, information security and other applicable guidelines. 
For more information about these recipients, you may contact us through the address: Balancefokus Accounting Solutions, Lda., Rua 25 de Abril, nº 158 -1ºD, 2460-162 Alfeizerao, Portugal; or the email: info@portugal-accounting.com.


USER RIGHTS

While Portugal Accounting keeps or processes personal data all users may, at any time and free of charge, exercise the following rights:

  • Access right – the right to ask for a copy of the information we have on you;

  • Rectification right – the right to correct all data that you consider inaccurate or incomplete;

  • Right to be forgotten – you may request that the data we have on you be deleted from all our records;

  • Right to restriction of processing – when certain conditions apply, you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data;

  • Portability right – the right to have your data transferred to another organization;

  • Right to object – the right to object to certain types of processing;

  • Right to object to automated processing, including profiling;

  • Right to judicial remedy – in case Portugal Accounting refuses your request according to the access right, we will explain the reason.

The above-mentioned rights may be exercised through the address: Balancefokus Accounting Solutions, Lda., Rua 25 de Abril, nº 158 - 1ºD, 2460-162 Alfeizerao, Portugal; or the email: info@portugal-accounting.com.


COMPLAINTS

Users that want to file a complaint regarding the way their personal data is being processed by Portugal Accounting, or the way their complaint has been handled, have the right to complain directly to Portugal Accounting or the Portuguese supervisory authority: Comissao Nacional de Proteccao de Dados, Av. D. Carlos I, 134 – 1.º, 1200-651 Lisboa, Portugal, Telephone: (+ 351) 21 392 84 00, Fax: (+ 351) 21 397 68 32, Email: geral@cnpd.pt.


PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION MEASURES

Portugal Accounting applies several technical and organizational measures adequate to protect the user's personal data, including the use of safe servers, firewalls, and data encryption.


COOKIES POLICY

Our website www.portugal-accounting.com uses session cookies, which are small information files sent from the website server to the user’s browser and stored on their computer. These temporary cookies remain in the cookie archive only during the use of the website. Those cookies will be used only by Portugal Accounting to analyse web traffic patterns, allowing us to identify problems and provide a better user experience.

 

CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

Portugal Accounting may review the Privacy Policy of www.portugal-accounting.com whenever it is necessary to fulfil legal or technological requirements. Any changes will be disclosed on this online page.

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CONTACTS AND QUESTIONS

If you have questions regarding our Privacy Policy, you may contact us through the address: Balancefokus Accounting Solutions, Lda., Rua 25 de Abril, nº 158 -1ºD, 2460-162 Alfeizerao, Portugal; or the email: info@portugal-accounting.com.

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Last updated: 1 August 2024

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