PRIVACY POLICY AND PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION OF ALONGSIDE LIMITADA

ALONGSIDE LIMITADA is committed to complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ensuring the protection of personal data and strengthening the relationship of trust that binds it to the client.

This Privacy Policy and Personal Data Protection Policy consists of providing the information we collect and how we may use it, as well as the security standards adopted to protect your identity and personal data.

ALONGSIDE LIMITADA reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy and Personal Data Protection Policy, so we invite you to regularly consult this document.

Please note that this Privacy Policy and Personal Data Protection Policy applies only to information collected by ALONGSIDE LIMITADA, and does not extend to information you may have submitted on other sites or social platforms managed by other entities or organizations.

See here the Privacy Policy and Personal Data Protection Policy of ALONGSIDE LIMITADA

Data Controller

ALONGSIDE LIMITADA, Tax ID 517 337 223, located at Avenida dos Extremos, nº62, r/c, 4705-136 Braga

1. Personal Data

Under the GDPR, personal data is considered to be all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (referred to as the "data subject"). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier, such as name, identification number, location data, IP address (internet protocol), cookies, electronic identifiers, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person. Personal data also includes the set of distinct information that can lead to the identification of a particular person.

2. Data Subject

The data subject is the natural person to whom the data relates and who used the ALONGSIDE LIMITADA website.

3. Categories of Personal Data and Purposes

The data is collected and processed for different purposes. Among others, we collect and process data for the reserved area and for registering occurrences in the whistleblowing channel, as well as to contact you.

ALONGSIDE LIMITADA requests the express consent of the user of its website before using personal data for purposes other than those provided for in this Privacy Policy and Personal Data Protection Policy.

By providing your personal data to ALONGSIDE LIMITADA, the data subject authorizes that they be processed in accordance with this Privacy Policy and Personal Data Protection Policy.

4. Retention Period and Method

ALONGSIDE LIMITADA processes and retains your personal data in accordance with the purposes for which they are collected and processed, and only for the period of time necessary to fulfill the purposes that motivated their collection.

Under the law, ALONGSIDE LIMITADA may have to retain data for a minimum period: 1 year, for traffic and location data for the purposes of investigating, detecting, and prosecuting serious crimes; 10 years, for information to the Tax Authority for accounting or tax purposes. The reports received are kept and preserved for a period of at least five years and, regardless of this period, during the pendency of judicial, administrative, or disciplinary proceedings related thereto.

The information you provide when visiting our website is protected within the scope of the implementation of various security measures, namely, through conditional access and safeguarding the confidentiality of information.

We warn, however, that when providing personal information online, there is a risk that third parties may intercept and use this information, which in terms of security of any information you disclose online, you will do at your own risk.

For your privacy, we advise you not to include personal data, particularly sensitive or confidential data, in the emails you send us. Please do not send us credit card numbers or any sensitive personal information via email.

5. Use of Cookies

We may use technologies such as "cookies" to record session information and access details of our web page that allow us to continue improving our services and provide better and more useful features to users/visitors of our site. Cookies are pieces of information that are normally used by many sites for record-keeping purposes that can help remember, for example, your preferences. A cookie, by itself, does not personally identify any user/visitor. If you wish, you can disable all cookies. You can also make your computer warn you about the use of cookies. In both cases, you have to adjust your browser settings.

6. Your Consent

By using our website, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Personal Data Protection Policy.

7. Rights of the Data Subject

Since we want to ensure that you are aware of your rights and under the applicable legislation, we want to inform you that:

• Your personal data belongs to you. As such, you have the right to access, rectify, limit, delete, and object to the processing of the same as well as to obtain them from ALONGSIDE LIMITADA, Tax ID 517 337 223, located at Avenida dos Extremos, nº62, r/c, 4705-136 Braga;
• We will make every effort to keep your personal data updated and protected according to the best standards practiced by the industry.
• You have the right to file a complaint with the competent data protection authority. In Portugal, this authority is the National Data Protection Commission ("CNPD"). More information about CNPD can be obtained through the website www.cnpd.pt.
• You may withdraw, at any time, the consent you have given for the processing of your personal data, within the framework of the GDPR, which does not prejudice the lawfulness of the processing of personal data that has been carried out so far, based on the consent you have previously given.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy and Personal Data Protection Policy or if you wish to exercise any of your rights mentioned above, please contact us through:

• Email of the Data Protection Officer: dpo@noveltechservices.eu.