Privacy Policy

Last update: 26 September 2018

This Privacy Policy regulates the processing of personal data carried out on the www.horacio1945.com website (hereinafter also referred to as the ‘website’).
Website users should carefully read this Privacy Policy whenever they intend to use the website, as it may be modified without prior notice (check the date of the update at the beginning of the text).

1. Definition

1.1 Personal data means information of any nature and on any medium, 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 factors specific to his or her physical, physiological, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.

2. Responsible for Treatment and National Control Authority

2.1 The organisation responsible for collecting and processing users’ personal data, namely the categories of data collected, how they are processed and the purposes for which they are used, is PRC Cerâmica, Lda., taxpayer 506853772 with registered office at Paço, 4860 Arco de Baúlhe e Vila Nune, Braga, hereinafter referred to as PRC.

2.2 National supervisory authority
The national supervisory authority is the National Data Protection Commission (CNPD):
Av. D. Carlos I, 134 – 1.º 1200-651 Lisboa; geral@cnpd.pt

3. Types of Personal Data and Purposes of Processing

3.1 Cookies: This website uses cookies to improve its service. Some cookies are essential to guarantee the functionalities provided, while others are intended to improve performance and the user experience. Cookies allow status information to be recorded while you browse and when you return to a particular website, maintaining HTTP sessions. You should not continue to access our website after the cookie alert if you do not agree to their use. For more information on the cookies used by this website and how to manage and modify them, please consult our Cookie Policy.

3.2 Contact form: if you wish to contact PRC directly via the website, you must fill in the form provided for this purpose, which can be found in the menu under ‘Contacts’. You will be asked for some personal details such as your name, email address and location. The collection of this data is only intended to make it possible to respond to your request and provide you with the information you need.

3.3 Newsletters: PRC offers visitors to its website the possibility of subscribing to a free newsletter service. The purpose of this service is to bring to the attention of its subscribers relevant information within the areas of interest covered by the services provided by PRC. In order to take advantage of this service, you must provide your email address. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter service at any time by following the instructions at the end of each newsletter.

3.4 The User guarantees that the personal data provided to PRC is true and is responsible for communicating any changes to it.

4. Data Retention Period

4.1 Browsing data will only be stored until the cookies expire within the period indicated in our Cookie Policy and will not be used for purposes other than those indicated therein.

4.2 The data you send us via the forms available on the website will be used solely and only for contact purposes so that we can provide you with information on a one-off basis and as requested. This data will be deleted at a later date and will not be processed or stored for future contacts or newsletters. To receive updates on our products and services, you must subscribe to the newsletter.

4.3 The email address you provide to receive our newsletters will be stored until you unsubscribe.

5. Providing Data to Third Parties

5.1 Your personal data may be disclosed to third party service providers who assist PRC in carrying out its business, such as website hosting services, brand management and product promotions. As far as possible, PRC endeavours to ensure that the entities that have access to personal data are credible and offer high guarantees of protection, and that no data is transmitted to them beyond what is necessary for the provision of the contracted service.

5.2 In addition, your personal data may be disclosed to third parties in order to: Satisfy requirements imposed by law or by the competent governmental or judicial authorities; Satisfy requirements necessary to institute or sustain legal proceedings or the defence in a legal action; Your personal data may also be communicated to the police or judicial authorities, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and upon a formal request by the authorities, for the purposes of preventing fraud against us (anti-fraud services).

6. Storing Your Personal Data

The personal data collected and processed by PRC is stored on servers with limited access, located in controlled facilities.

7. Data Transfers Abroad

In the event that the provision of certain services by PRC involves the transfer of users’ personal data outside Portugal, PRC will strictly comply with the applicable legal provisions, in particular with regard to determining the suitability of that country with regard to the protection of personal data and the requirements applicable to such transfers.

8. Security measures

To prevent unauthorised disclosure or access and to ensure appropriate use of users’ personal data, PRC uses appropriate and reasonable physical, technical and administrative procedures to safeguard the information it collects and processes, in order to protect personal data against its dissemination, loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorised processing or access, as well as against any other form of unlawful processing.
To this end, in addition to using the HTTP protocol over an additional layer of security using the SSL/TLS protocol (HTTPS), its system encrypts information to ensure that it is not intercepted when transmitted over the network and has implemented authentication / access control systems (login and password) and the use of firewalls.

9. Cookies

This website uses cookies to improve its service. Some cookies are essential to ensure the functionalities provided, while others are intended to improve performance and user experience. You should not continue to access our website after the cookie alert if you do not agree to their use. For more information on the cookies used by this website and how to manage and modify them, please see our Cookie Policy.

10. Data Subject Rights

  • In accordance with current legislation, users have the right to access and rectify their personal data, as well as the right to request its deletion, object to its processing and obtain its limitation or portability to the extent applicable.

    You can also object to your data being used for the purpose of creating your customer profile; in this case, you will not be able to benefit from personalised offers or services. In addition, you can ask to stop receiving our communications for marketing and advertising purposes at any time. These rights can be exercised by contacting PRC directly,

    by post: Paço, 4860 Arco de Baúlhe e Vila Nune, Braga, PRC.
    by e-mail: geral@prc.pt

11. Link to social networks

We allow you to connect to social networks, but we are not responsible for their privacy and security policies. We recommend that you check them.
These are links to social networks external to PRC that are subject to their own Privacy Policies. These networks may record information about users’ activities on the Internet, including on our website.
We recommend analysing the terms of use and privacy policies of these social networks to find out exactly how they use users’ personal data, as well as the procedure for deleting or limiting the processing of such data.

12. Children

PRC does not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of eighteen. If you are under the age of eighteen, please do not provide us with personal data. If you believe that a minor has provided personal data to #PRC, please contact us and we will endeavour to delete this personal data from our databases.

13. Applicable Law

In the event of any dispute or claim of any nature relating to this website, Portuguese law shall apply, irrespective of any conflict of applicable laws. Without prejudice to lodging a complaint with the national supervisory authority identified in 2.2, the parties agree that all legal actions or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Privacy Policy shall fall within the jurisdiction of the Portuguese courts and agree to submit any dispute relating to this matter to the jurisdiction of the Judicial Court of the Cabeceiras de Basto District.

14. Updates to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is subject to change. The date of the last update to this document is indicated in the legend ‘Updated on’ in the header of this document. Changes to this Privacy Policy will take effect when they are published on the website.

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