Privacy Policy – Raul Serafim

Your privacy is important to us.
This Privacy Policy aims to disclose how Raul Serafim & Associados LDA processes Personal Data and ensures its privacy, security, and integrity during the performance of its activities.

“Personal Data” refers to information relating to the user that can be used to identify them personally (either directly or indirectly).
By submitting your data, you are accepting our privacy policy.

1. Data Controller
The Data Controller is Raul Serafim & Associados LDA, which provides services and/or supplies products, determining for this purpose and without limitation:

The Personal Data to be processed in the context of providing services and/or supplying products;

The purposes for which the Personal Data are processed; and

The means to be applied for the processing of Personal Data.

2. Identity and Contact Details of the Data Controller
The data collected on this website are processed by Raul Serafim & Associados LDA, Tax ID (NIF): 507017242.
The information collected on our website is managed and controlled exclusively by us.
We offer sufficient guarantees regarding the protection of your personal information, which is managed in accordance with current personal information protection legislation, as well as this privacy policy.

3. Legal Basis for Data Processing
Through this website, we may collect personal data transmitted via the contact form with your consent.

4. Purposes
Your data are collected for the following purpose:

Unsolicited applications (job applications) sent through our website.

5. Lawful Basis
With reference to the “Principle of Lawfulness” enshrined in current data protection laws, Raul Serafim & Associados LDA only processes Personal Data when there is a lawful basis that legitimizes the processing.

The lawful bases include:

Consent: When the Data Subject has given their consent through a free, specific, informed, and explicit expression of will, by which they accept—via a statement (written or oral) or an unequivocal positive act (by checking an option)—that their Personal Data be subject to processing.
Pre-contractual measures or performance of a contract: When processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the Data Subject is a party or for pre-contractual measures at their request.
Compliance with a legal obligation: When the processing of Personal Data is necessary to ensure and guarantee compliance with legal obligations to which the Controller is subject under the laws of a Member State and/or the European Union.
Protection of vital interests: When data processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the Data Subject or another natural person.
Legitimate Interests: When processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the Controller, other Controllers, or Third Parties, provided that the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not override those interests.

6. Sharing Personal Data
Raul Serafim & Associados LDA, within the scope of its activity, may share data with third parties; however, it will only do so under the terms set forth in this section of the Data Protection and Privacy Policy.

Processors (Subcontractors): Your Personal Data may be shared with service provider companies. These companies are bound to Raul Serafim & Associados LDA by a written contract and may only process Personal Data for the specifically established purposes. They are not authorized to process Personal Data, directly or indirectly, for any other purpose for their own benefit or that of a third party.
Other Controllers and/or Third Parties: Personal Data may be shared internally with other entities associated with Raul Serafim & Associados LDA, which will comply with the applicable data protection rules based on the purposes assigned to the processing.
At your request and/or with your consent: Your Personal Data may be shared with other entities.
Compliance with legal and/or contractual obligations: Your Personal Data may also be transmitted to judicial, administrative, supervisory, or regulatory authorities, as well as to entities that lawfully perform data collection actions, fraud prevention and detection, market research, or statistical studies.

7. Your Rights

Right to be informed – You have the right to obtain clear, transparent, and easily understandable information about how we use your data and what your rights are. This is why we provide all this information in this Privacy Policy.
Right of access – You have the right to obtain a copy of your data and certain information about how those data are processed. This right allows you to be aware of and confirm that we use your data in accordance with data protection laws. We may refuse to provide the requested information if doing so would reveal another person’s Personal Data or negatively impact another person’s rights.
Right to rectification – If your data are incorrect or incomplete, you may ask us to proceed with the respective rectification/correction.
Right to erasure (Right to be forgotten) – Allows you to request the erasure or deletion of your data, provided there are no valid grounds for us to continue using them or if their use is unlawful. This is not a general right to erasure, as exceptions are allowed (for example, whenever those data are necessary for the defense of a right in a judicial proceeding).
Right to restriction of processing – You have the right to “block” or prevent the future use of your data while we evaluate a request for rectification or as an alternative to erasure. Whenever processing is restricted, we can still store your data but cannot use them further. We maintain lists of people who have requested the “blocking” of future use of their data to ensure this restriction is respected in the future.
Right to data portability – You have the right to obtain and reuse certain Personal Data for your own purposes across various organizations. This right applies only to the data you have provided to us and which we process with your consent via automated means.
Right to object – You have the right to object to certain types of processing, for reasons related to your particular situation, at any time such processing occurs, for the purposes of the legitimate interests of Raul Serafim & Associados LDA or third parties. We may continue to process those data if we can demonstrate “compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms” or if the data are necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

You may, at any time, exercise the rights enshrined in the Personal Data Protection Law and other applicable legislation in writing via email: [INSERT EMAIL HERE]

8. Retention Period of Personal Data
We retain Personal Data only for the period/time necessary to fulfill the specific purposes for which they were collected. However, we may be required to store some Personal Data for a longer period, taking into account factors such as:

Legal obligations under current laws to retain Personal Data for a certain period;
Statutes of limitations under current laws;
Litigation; and
Guidelines issued by competent data protection authorities.

During the Personal Data processing period, we guarantee that they are treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Once the data are no longer necessary, we will proceed with their secure deletion.

9. Security
Personal Data will be processed only within the context of the purposes identified in this Policy, in accordance with the internal policies of Raul Serafim & Associados LDA, and using technical and organizational measures designed according to the risks associated with the specific processing of Personal Data. We use appropriate security measures to ensure the protection of your Personal Data and prevent access by unauthorized persons. We periodically review our security policies and procedures to ensure our systems are safe and protected. However, since the transmission of information over the Internet is not completely secure, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Website.

10. Confidentiality
We recognize that the information you provide may be of a confidential nature. In the scope of its activity, Raul Serafim & Associados LDA does not sell, rent, distribute, or otherwise make Personal Data commercially available to any third party, except in cases where it needs to share information with Service Providers for the purposes established in this Policy or with Third Parties for the purpose of complying with its legal obligations. We will preserve the confidentiality of your data and protect them in accordance with our Privacy Policy and all current laws.

11. Changes to this Privacy Policy
Raul Serafim & Associados LDA will periodically update this Privacy Policy. Whenever it does so, the new version will be published on the website and will take effect immediately; therefore, we advise you to consult it regularly.

12. Contacts
If you need more information, please contact us at the following email: [INSERT EMAIL HERE]