Privacy Policy
(Articles 8, 13, 14, and 21 of the General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR)
I – Preamble
This document specifies the terms under which Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA, a company headquartered at IC 2, KM 108, São Jorge, Calvaria de Cima Parish, Porto de Mós Municipality, with a share capital of €8,000,000.00 (Eight million euros) and registered at the Commercial Registry Office of Porto de Mós, under the unique corporate tax number and registration number 500591563, processes the information collected and used in its applications. All of these rules comply with national legislation.
II – Content
What is personal data?
Who is responsible for data processing?
What information do we collect about you?
How do we use the information about you?
Right of access
Right to rectification
Right to erasure of data (“right to be forgotten”)
Right to restriction of processing
Right to data portability
Right to object
Can I withdraw my consent later?
Under what circumstances are data communicated to other entities (third parties and subcontractors)?
Marketing
Cookies
Other websites
What measures has Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA taken to ensure the security of your personal data?
Changes to this privacy statement
Contacts
I – What is personal data?
When we refer to personal data, we mean any information, of any nature and regardless of its support, including sound and image, relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
An identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identification number or to one or more specific elements of his or her physical, physiological, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity.
Who is responsible for data processing?
The entity responsible for the collection and processing of personal data is Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA, which provides you with the service and which decides which data is collected, the means of processing the data, and the purposes for which they are used.
What information do we collect about you?
We collect information about you when you register on our website or place an order to purchase products or services. We also collect information from you when you voluntarily complete questionnaires, use the chat tool, participate in competitions, or provide feedback. Website usage information is collected using cookies.
How do we use the information about you?
The collected data is used to process your request, manage your account, and, if you agree, to send you information about other products and services that we think may be of interest to you by email. We use the information collected from the website to personalize your future visits to our website. If you agree, we will send your personal information to various companies within the Mekkin Holding group so that they can offer you their products and services. Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA does not share your information for marketing campaigns with companies outside the group.
When processing your request, we may send your data to, and also use information from, credit agencies and fraud prevention agencies.
Thus, you can request from us at any time:
- Access to the information we have about you;
- Rectification of the information if it is incorrect or incomplete;
- To delete or restrict the processing of your personal data;
- If the processing depends on your consent or agreement and is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive the previously provided personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
Your requests will be handled with special care so that we can ensure the effectiveness of your rights. You may be asked to provide proof of your identity to ensure that the sharing of personal data is only done with its holder.
You should be aware that in certain cases (for example, due to legal requirements) your request may not be immediately fulfilled.
In any case, you will be informed of the measures taken in this regard, within a maximum period of one month from the moment the request is made.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the National Data Protection Commission https://www.cnpd.pt/
Right of access
The data subject has the right to obtain from Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed and, if so, access to his or her personal data and access to the information provided for by law.
If you want more than one copy of your personal data being processed, Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA may subject this service to payment of a fee for administrative costs, as defined in the company’s Privacy Manual.
Right to rectification
The data subject has the right to obtain from Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA, without undue delay, the rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data concerning him or her.
Right to erasure of data (“right to be forgotten”)
The data subject has the right to ask Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA to erase his or her data, without undue delay, and Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA is obliged to erase personal data when one of the following reasons applies, namely:
- a) The personal data are no longer necessary for the purpose for which they were collected or processed;
b) The data subject withdraws consent for data processing (where processing is based on consent) and there is no other legal basis for such processing;
c) The data subject objects to the processing, and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing;
Right to restriction of processing
The data subject has the right to obtain from Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA the restriction of processing if, namely, one of the following situations applies:
- a) The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA to verify its accuracy;
b) The processing is lawful, and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of their use instead; - c) Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
- d) If the data subject has objected to processing, pending verification of whether the legitimate grounds of Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA override those of the data subject.
Right to data portability
If processing depends on the data subject’s consent and that consent has been provided by automated means, the data subject has the right to receive the personal data concerning him or her and which he or she has provided to Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA, in a structured, commonly used, and readable format.
Right to object
In cases where data processing is carried out for the purpose of legitimate interests pursued by Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA; or 2) data processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes; or 3) profiling, the data subject may also, at any time, object to the processing of his or her personal data.
Can I withdraw my consent later?
If consent is legally required for the processing of personal data, the data subject has the right to withdraw consent at any time, although this right does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out based on consent given before its withdrawal or subsequent processing of the same data, based on another legal basis, such as performance of a contract or legal obligation to which Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA is subject.
Under what circumstances are data communicated to other entities (third parties and subcontractors)?
In the course of its activities, Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA may use third parties to provide certain services. Sometimes, the provision of these services involves access, by these entities, to personal data of our customers. When this happens, Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA takes appropriate measures to ensure that the entities accessing the data are reputable and offer the highest guarantees at this level, which will be duly enshrined and safeguarded in a contract to be signed between Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA, and the third party(ies).
Thus, any entity subcontracted by Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA will process the personal data of our customers, on behalf of Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA, under the obligation to adopt the necessary technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against destruction, accidental or unlawful loss, accidental alteration, dissemination or unauthorized access, and against any other form of unlawful processing.
In any case, Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA remains responsible for the personal data provided to us.
Marketing
We would like to be able to send you information about products and services from the companies of the Mekkin Holding group that may be or become of interest to you. If you have previously given your consent, you can always choose to unsubscribe. You have the right at any time to opt-out of being contacted for marketing campaigns by clicking Disagree.
Cookies
These are small text files stored on your computer that serve to collect information about your device and information about your usage experience. This information is used to record the number of visits made and compile statistical information about website activity.
Types of Cookies according to the entity that manages them:
- Own cookies: a cookie managed by this domain/website.
- Third-party cookies: a cookie managed by another domain/website.
- Persistent cookies: cookie information is permanently stored on your device.
- Session cookies: cookie information is not permanently stored on your device.
Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA uses session cookies and first-party cookies, as well as persistent cookies and third-party cookies.
Other websites
This Website contains links to other websites. This privacy statement applies only to this Website. You should read the privacy policies of other websites.
What measures has Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA taken to ensure the security of your personal data?
Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA is committed to ensuring the protection and security of the personal data provided to us, having approved and implemented rigorous rules in this matter. Compliance with these rules is an unavoidable obligation of all those who legally access them.
Given the great concern and commitment that Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA demonstrates in defending privacy issues, several security measures have been adopted, of a technical and organizational nature, to protect the personal data provided to us against its dissemination, loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorized access or processing, and against any other form of unlawful processing. In this sense, on all our websites, the personal data collection forms require encrypted Browser sessions, and all the personal data you provide us about yourself is securely stored in Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA systems, which, in turn, are in a Datacenter of the Company itself, covered by all physical and logical security measures, which we consider essential to protect your personal data.
Despite the security measures adopted by Blocotelha – Steel Constructions, SA, we are obliged to alert all those who browse the Internet that they should adopt additional security measures, namely, ensure that they use a PC and a Browser updated in terms of security patches appropriately configured, with an active firewall, antivirus, and anti-spyware, and ensure the authenticity of the sites they visit on the internet, avoiding websites whose reputation they do not trust.
Changes to this privacy statement
Our privacy policies are regularly reviewed, and any changes will be published on this Website.
Contacts
If you wish to exercise any right provided by law or by this privacy policy, and also if you have any questions about our privacy policy or the information we have about you, use the email address dpo@mekkin.pt