Introduction
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, establishes the rules on the protection of personal data of natural persons, being directly applicable in the legal order of all Member States, and imposing a series of duties that are aimed, in particular, at public legal persons. In Portugal, Law 58/2019 of 8 August is still in force, which ensures the implementation of the GDPR.
Horse Vet Algarve is committed to protecting the personal data of its users – particularly those who have dealings with it. That is why it has drawn up this Privacy and Data Processing Policy.
The Privacy Policy applies to data collected and processed by Horse Vet Algarve in the course of its duties.
Personal Data
‘Personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. In turn, an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, especially through a referent such as a name, location data, specific elements of physical or physiological integrity, etc.
The specific types of personal data processed by Horse Vet Algarve are directly related to its duties, including name, email address, telephone number and mobile phone number.
With relevance to this Policy, there are also other concepts that need to be defined. Specifically:
a) Processing – means an operation or set of operations which is performed on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, erasure or alteration;
b) Controller – means the natural person, legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data;
c) Consent – corresponds to a free, specific, informed and explicit expression of will by which the data subject accepts, by means of a declaration or an unequivocal positive act, that personal data concerning him or her will be processed.
Basis and purpose of processing personal data
Horse Vet Algarve collects and processes personal data in order to fulfil its duties, namely for the following purposes:
- Compliance with legal obligations;
- Responding to contacts;
- Collecting activity indicators and information.
On the other hand, processing will only take place to the extent that it can be based on one of the lawful grounds laid down in the Law and the GDPR, namely the fulfilment of a legal or contractual obligation or the consent of the data subject, who is necessarily free, specific, informed and unequivocal to proceed with the collection and processing of this data for the specific purpose for which it is intended.
In addition, all data processing operations will be carried out in strict compliance with the applicable legal principles, specifically in terms of their circulation, loyalty, transparency, minimisation, etc.
Sharing and disclosure of data
Horse Vet Algarve only shares personal data with third parties if it has legal grounds to do so, such as the consent of the data subject, the fulfilment of legal obligations, or the exercise of functions in the public interest.
Outside of these situations, we do not transmit, sell or exchange your personal data with third parties, and it will only be stored and processed within the Clinic’s technological infrastructure.
Data retention
Horse Vet Algarve only keeps the personal data collected and processed for the period of time provided for in the applicable legislation or, if there is no legal provision, for the period of time strictly necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected.
Security of personal data
Horse Vet Algarve is committed to guaranteeing the security and protection of the personal data it collects and has adopted a series of technical and organisational measures to this end.
Cookie policy
Horse Vet Algarve uses cookies on its websites to improve performance and visitor experience.
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your computer or mobile device via your browser when you visit it. Placing cookies will help the website recognise your device on subsequent visits.
We use the term cookies in this policy to refer to all files that collect information in this way.
The cookies used do not collect information that identifies the visitor. Cookies collect general information, such as how users arrive at and use the sites or the area of the country/countries through which they access the site, pages viewed, for statistical purposes.
At any time, the user can choose to be notified of the receipt of cookies via their web browser, as well as block their entry into their system.
Refusing to use cookies on the site may result in you being unable to access some of its areas or receive personalised information.
Cookies are used to help determine the authenticity, usefulness, interest and number of uses of websites, enabling faster and more efficient browsing and eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information.
Our cookies have different functions:
– Essential cookies – Some cookies are essential to access specific areas of our website. They allow you to browse the site and use its applications. Without these cookies, services that require them cannot be provided.
– Analytical cookies – We use these cookies to analyse how users use the site and monitor its performance. This allows us to provide a high-quality experience by personalising our offer and quickly identifying and correcting any problems that arise. For example, we use performance cookies to find out which pages are most popular, which method of linking between pages is most effective, or to determine why some pages are receiving error messages. These cookies are only used for the purposes of creating and analysing statistics, without ever collecting personal information.
– Functionality cookies – We use functionality cookies to allow us to remember user preferences. In a nutshell, functionality cookies store the user’s preferences regarding the use of the website, so that it is not necessary to reconfigure the website each time you visit it.
–Third-party cookies – Used to measure the success of applications and the effectiveness of third-party advertising.
We use 1 type of cookie:
–Permanent cookies – These are stored in the browser on your access devices (PC, mobile and tablet) and are used whenever the user visits the site again. They are generally used to direct browsing according to the visitor’s interests, allowing us to provide a more personalised service.
After authorising the use of cookies, the user can always deactivate some or all of our cookies. All internet browsers allow visitors to accept, refuse or delete cookies by managing the settings in their browser. Please note that if you deactivate cookies, parts of our website may not function properly.
User rights in relation to data
The data subject has the right to ask Horse Vet Algarve for access to personal data concerning them, to have it rectified or erased, to restrict the processing of their data and to data portability when technically possible. The data subject may object to the processing or withdraw their consent at any time.
How to exercise your rights
To exercise your rights, the data subject should send a request to the email address mariajoanacampos@gmail.com.
Responsible for data collection and processing
Your data will be processed by Horse Vet Algarve.
It is the responsibility of the data controller to apply the appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure and be in a position to prove that the collection and processing of personal data is carried out in compliance with the rules resulting from the GDPR and the respective Implementing Law.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
The Privacy and Personal Data Protection Policy set out herein may be amended from time to time without the prior consent of the data subject. Any significant changes will be communicated with the same degree of publicity as the initial version.
Last Revision: December 2024
