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privacy policy

Your privacy is important to us.

This website is part of ACATEL – Acabamentos Têxteis, S.A., hereafter referred to as ACATEL. This privacy notice explains how we use the personal information we collect about you when you use this website.

About this Privacy Policy

ACATEL respects your preferences regarding the collection and use of your Personal Data.

“Personal Data” means 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, electronic identifiers, or to one or more specific elements of that natural person’s physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.

ACATEL respects your preferences regarding the processing of Personal Data that it collects. This Policy (“Policy”) lets you know how ACATEL collects and uses your Personal Data, how you can control its use, and describes our practices regarding information collected on other sites that link to or reference this Policy (such as websites, software applications, social media and electronic messaging), as well as offline marketing and sales activities (collectively, “Communication Channels”).

Communication Channels may provide links to other platforms outside the ACATEL universe. We encourage you to check the privacy policies of those websites, services, social networks or applications before providing your Personal Data.

What information do we collect about you?

We do not collect information about you on our website.

We ask that you do not send or share with ACATEL, any sensitive personal information such as racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, as well as genetic data, biometric data, data concerning health or data concerning sex life or sexual orientation.

Website usage information is collected using cookies, but does not specifically identify you, and the following data is or may be collected:

  • IP address.
  • Geographic location.
  • Information about the device that is accessing the website, including browser type and version, operating system, screen resolution, preferred language, information contained in the HTTP headers, and agent version.
  • The search engine that you used to find and access the website.
  • Date and time of activity on the website, as well as web pages and content visited and clicked on.

It is important to emphasize that this usage information does not deliberately identify you and if it does, it will be anonymized immediately.
By providing information you are giving your informed and unambiguous consent to the automated processing of data about you.

Some of the data requested are mandatory, being identified, and the lack or inaccuracy of the answers given may compromise the service provided.

How do we use information about you?

The data collected is used to manage your use of the website and to provide you with information about other products and services that we think may be of interest to you.

We use the information collected from the website to customize your future visits.

ACATEL does not share your information for marketing campaigns with outside companies nor does it transfer your Personal Information to a third country.

Although the information you provide is generally treated as private at ACATEL, the data collected will be used in accordance with the regulations on the protection of personal data, throughout the processing; it may, however, be necessary to transfer Personal Data privately to other bodies, in particular the judiciary, and when processing your request, we may send your data to and also use information from credit and fraud prevention agencies.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a European Union Supervisory Authority regarding the protection of your Personal Data. ACATEL, will collaborate with the Control Authority by providing it with all information that, in the exercise of its powers, is requested by the Control Authority.
The information collected on this website does not involve automated decision making, including profiling.

No comparisons, interconnections or any other form of interrelating the information recorded are made on this website.

Because your data may circulate on an open network, it runs the risk of being seen and used by unauthorized third parties.

ACATEL only accepts requests for information from users who are at least 16 years of age. The ACATEL Communication Channels are not directed to underage users. If you know of any registration made by a minor, please notify us so that we can proceed immediately to remove the registration of the same.

We will not share your personal data.

Access and correction of your information

We want to be sure that the information we retain about you is accurate and reliable.

We rely on the data subject to provide us with accurate and complete information and to update the data in relation to any changes in the information provided.

The holder has the right to withdraw his consent at any time, without compromising the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent previously given and the right to request ACATEL, access to Personal Data concerning him, as well as their rectification or erasure, and the limitation of processing as far as it concerns the User, or the right to object to the processing, as well as the right to data portability.

The Personal Data necessary for the performance of the contract to which the User is party, for the fulfilment of legal obligations to which the Person Responsible for Treatment is subject and those that are necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by ACATEL are not included in the previous point.

Without prejudice to legal or regulatory provisions to the contrary, the Personal Data will be kept only for the minimum period necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or for their subsequent processing, after which they are deleted or, if it is in the interest of ACATEL, processed for statistical purposes, anonymized, and it is not possible to identify the Data Controller.

Consent is required for the further processing of Personal Data for a purpose other than that for which the data has been collected, prior to such processing the Controller shall provide the Data Subject with information about that purpose and any other relevant information.

You have the right to request a copy of the information we hold about you. If you would like to request a copy of part or all of your information held by ACATEL, please email us at [email protected] or write to us at Rua do Barreiro Nº 310, Gilmonde, 4755-230 Barcelos, Portugal.
If requests made by the data subject are manifestly unfounded or excessive, in particular due to their repetitive nature, ACATEL, under the legal framework in force, may require the payment of a reasonable fee taking into account the administrative costs of providing the information or communication, or of taking the measures requested, or refuse to act on the request.

Other Websites

This website may contain links to other websites. This privacy notice only applies to this website. You should read the privacy policies of the other websites.

Security

ACATEL, applies appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk for maintaining on file the Personal Data and during the transmission of the same.

ACATEL has a computer system capable of resisting, with a given level of confidence, accidental events or malicious or illicit actions that compromise the availability, authenticity, integrity and confidentiality of the Personal Data stored or transmitted, as well as the security of the related services offered by or accessible through these networks and systems.

Contacts

The Data Controller of this website is ACATEL, and can be contacted at the postal address Rua do Barreiro Nº 310, Gilmonde, 4755-230 Barcelos, Portugal or alternatively at +351 253 839 340 and [email protected] (Email).

The Data Protection Officer (DPO) can be contacted via the controller’s postal address or alternatively by email at [email protected].

If you believe that ACATEL, has not adhered to this statement, have any questions about our privacy policy or the information we hold about you, please contact us at [email protected].
We will respond to questions within 30 days.

Changes to this privacy notice

Our privacy policies are reviewed regularly and any changes will be posted on this website. The last update is May 13, 2022.