The Privacy Policy below identifies the information collected, and ways of collecting and processing it.

When using this website, you must be aware of and accept this Privacy Policy.

SECTION 1 – Owner and data controller

Company name: Quartz Cottage, Unipessoal Lda

Tax Number: 517725843

Address: Av.Paulo VI 8 RC Esq. 2040-364 Rio Maior

Mail: info@lapinteriordesign.com

SECTION 2 – Collected data

The user completes and sends registration or contact forms on this website, providing the following data:

  1. Name
  2. Adress
  3. Phone number
  4. Company name
  5. Email

This website employs cookies to anonymously gather statistical information and/or enhance the user experience while utilizing this website.

SECTION 3 – Purpose of collected data

The purpose of collecting data on this website is as follows:

  1. To initiate contact with users and respond to their inquiries;
  2. To send service proposals and/or other information about services and/or our own products upon user request
  3. To establish future communication, including sending updates about services and commercial campaigns;
  4. To fulfill legal obligations.

The collected data serves the aforementioned purposes. It is essential for each user to verify the accuracy of their data and keep it updated. This enables the website administrator to implement appropriate measures for its processing.

Completing the forms on this website entails a request for explicit consent from the data owner for the transmission and processing of data as described above. By providing any personal information, the user’s consent is obtained for the processing of their personal data. This consent covers one or more of the purposes mentioned above. The website owner is authorized to process the collected personal data within the necessary scope and duration to achieve its objectives.

In alignment with prevailing legal regulations and its policy, the website owner explicitly states that it neither solicits nor encourages the submission or transmission of personal data related to philosophical or political beliefs, party or union affiliations, religious convictions, private life, racial or ethnic origins, or data pertaining to sexual life.

Consequently, the website owner retains the right to reject the collection or reception of information that jeopardizes fundamental rights or appears to be unlawful. The website owner bears no responsibility for such data processing.

Given the specific purpose of processing the collected information, the website owner reserves the right to cancel any order if the requisite data necessary for managing the associated process is not collected. This action absolves the website owner from any associated liability.

SECTION 4 – Conservation of personal data

Accordingly, we inform you that the website owner may retain the personal data collected for any process. This retention period will align with the purpose of the data collection. Additionally, the data may be reserved for future processes or for continued communication of promotions or updates regarding actions, services, or products. This is done while respecting your right to request the deletion of your data (right to be forgotten) at any time, as outlined in the following point.

SECTION 5 – Rights of the personal data holder

The duration for storing and preserving personal data will differ based on the choices made by interested parties. However, this period will always be equal to or less than the duration stipulated by law. Nevertheless, the data subject can request at any time:

  1. The access of all information held by the person responsible for this website about the holder;
  2. The elimination of all information held by the person responsible for this website about the holder whenever one of the following reasons is applicable:

– The data is no longer necessary for the purpose that motivated its collection or processing;

– The holder withdraws consent, when consent is the legal basis;

– The holder opposes the treatment and there are no prevailing legitimate interests that justify its maintenance or

– The personal data must be erased to comply with a legal obligation.

3. The rectification of the information held by the person responsible for this website about you;

4. Portability, limitation and/or opposition to treatment, the holder must communicate his request in writing to the owner of this website, identifying himself by his full name and sufficient identification elements to allow his proper identification and subsequent processing of his request.

All orders must be made through the addresses and forms identified in point 1 of this Privacy Policy.

Additionally, the holder may always file any complaints he deems necessary with the competent authority for this purpose.

SECTION 6 – Security in the processing of personal data

The person responsible for this website processes and electronically stores the collected data, and when necessary, uses physical support (paper).

To safeguard personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, unauthorized alteration, dissemination, access, or any form of unlawful processing, the website owner has implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures. Only employees and authorized subcontractors, in accordance with the owner’s discretion, have access to personal data. They are bound by confidentiality obligations.

In case of a security breach leading to accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure, or unauthorized access to personal data, the website owner commits, as per applicable laws, to promptly inform the competent authorities. This communication will take place without undue delay, preferably within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach.

Additionally, the website owner commits to notifying the affected data subjects of any breach of personal data, following the requirements of relevant legislation.

Despite the measures described above, users are advised to take supplementary security precautions. These include maintaining an active firewall, updated anti-virus, and anti-spyware software. Prudent usage when accessing third-party platforms is also recommended. Users should verify and confirm the presence of a digital certificate and the authenticity of the address. The website owner bears no responsibility for incidents not attributable to them or for non-compliance with specified safety practices.

SECTION 7 – Communication of personal data to third entities

The owner of this website will not, under any circumstances, sell or transfer the information and personal data they have access to, to third parties.

In the course of its operations, the owner of this website may enlist subcontractors to provide specific services, which could entail these entities accessing the personal data of users or customers in certain scenarios.

Should such a situation arise, the data subject provides consent for this sharing. The owner of this website commits to implementing necessary and appropriate measures to ensure that these entities possessing access to personal data are reputable and provide high-level guarantees. These safeguards will be established and upheld through a written contract between the owner of this website and the subcontractor(s).

Any subcontractor with whom the owner of this website shares data will assume responsibility for processing users’ personal data, acting on behalf of the owner and in accordance with their instructions. These subcontractors are committed to implementing required technical and organizational measures to protect personal data from destruction, accidental or unlawful loss, alteration, dissemination, unauthorized access, or any other unlawful processing. The subcontractors are also accountable for ensuring proper usage of the data and adherence to legal requirements.

While the above paragraph’s stipulations apply, the owner of this website retains responsibility for processing personal data in accordance with legal regulations and within the confines of permissible usage.

SECTION 8 – Access to third party websites

The Privacy Policy does not extend to third-party websites or support channels that users may access through this website. When visiting another website from this one, it is important to consistently review the relevant Privacy Policy and ensure alignment with its terms before sharing personal data.

The owner of this website assumes no responsibility for the Privacy Policy or the processing of personal data applicable to third-party websites. Additionally, they are not accountable for the content presented on those websites.

SECTION 9 – Cookies

When users access the pages of this website, cookies and/or “web beacons” may be employed. The cookies, if used, are linked exclusively to the browser of a specific computer, tablet, or mobile phone.

Cookies used on this website may originate from this website itself, coming from various servers it operates, or from third-party servers that provide services and install cookies and/or “web beacons” (such as statistical cookies or certain external content cookies). Users can locate and remove cookies in their computer according to the instructions provided by their browser.

Cookies play a crucial role in identifying whether a browser (and presumably the individual utilizing that browser) that accesses different pages of a website is the same browser (and presumably the same individual) that visited a specific page. A common illustration of this is during the login process. When a user logs in to a website, a unique identifier is stored in a cookie within the browser. This identifier is later used to recognize the specific login that requested a particular page, thereby enabling the presentation of customized information or specific functionalities for that user.

This website employs cookies to enhance the user’s experience and consultation of the website, particularly in the following scenarios:

  1. Sharing content on social networks;
  2. Display of third-party content (e.g., videos);
  3. Gathering statistics.

We do not use cookies to:

  1. Collect information that identifies you personally;
  2. Gather sensitive information about you;
  3. Transmit information that identifies you to third parties.

Further details regarding the use of cookies in each of the aforementioned cases are provided below:

  1. Social network cookies

For the convenience of users who wish to share our content on their social media accounts like Facebook and Twitter, buttons for these functionalities are included on our pages.

Cookies related to these functionalities are generated and introduced on our pages by Facebook (Facebook Privacy Policy) and Twitter (Twitter Privacy Policy).

The privacy implications of these features depend on the social networks that users of this website utilize, as well as the privacy settings they configure in each of these networks.

2. Cookies for anonymous statistics on visitors to this website

This website utilizes cookies to gather statistics on visits, including anonymous data about the number of visits received, the technology used to access the site, viewed pages, and their durations, among various other anonymous statistical metrics.

This information aids in the continuous enhancement of the visitor experience on this website.

The software employed to collect these statistics is Google Analytics.

For this category of cookies, Google Analytics is utilized – Google Privacy Policy.

If you wish to prevent your visits to websites and blogs from being tracked by Google Analytics, please visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

For additional information about cookies, including how to ascertain which cookies are in use, and how to manage and delete them, refer to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

Last updated: April 18, 2023