Privacy Policy

Contacting Us

When you contact us (e.g., via email or a contact form), the personal data provided (e.g., email address, message content, technical metadata) will be stored and processed strictly for handling your inquiry and follow-up communication.

Legal Basis:

• Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, if your request relates to the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
• Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in properly managing and responding to incoming inquiries.

Your data will be deleted once your request has been fully resolved, provided no statutory retention obligations apply.

Marketing Communications & Newsletters

Direct marketing or newsletter distribution is not provided from our side.

Cookies & Tracking Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies (small text files stored on your device).

• Necessary Cookies: Essential for the basic functions and security of the website.
  Legal Basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest) / applicable local ePrivacy implementation.
• Analytical & Marketing Cookies / Third-Party Services: Deployed exclusively if you give your explicit consent via our Cookie Consent Banner.
  Legal Basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (Consent).

You can manage or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time via the Cookie Settings link or your browser settings.

Legal Bases for Data Processing

We process personal data strictly in accordance with applicable legal provisions. Depending on the processing activity, data is processed on the following bases:

• Consent: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR
• Contractual Necessity: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR
• Legal Obligation: Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR
• Legitimate Interests: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, provided your rights do not override these interests.

Data Subject Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of Access (Art. 15 GDPR): Request information about your processed personal data.
• Right to Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): Request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right to Erasure / "Right to be Forgotten" (Art. 17 GDPR): Request deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
• Right to Restriction of Processing (Art. 18 GDPR): Request the restriction of data processing.
• Right to Data Portability (Art. 20 GDPR): Receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
• Right to Object (Art. 21 GDPR): Object to processing based on legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) at any time.
• Right to Withdraw Consent (Art. 7(3) GDPR): Withdraw consent at any time with future effect.
• Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority (e.g., Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados – CNPD in Portugal or your local EU supervisory authority).

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.