Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is intended to inform users of the general rules governing the privacy and processing of their personal data collected and processed by Vieira & Lopes Lda.

Users should read this privacy policy carefully and decide freely whether they wish to provide their personal data to Vieira & Lopes Lda before using the company’s website.
The user guarantees that he/she is of legal age and that the data communicated is true, accurate, complete and current, and is responsible for any non-compliance. If the data communicated belongs to a third party, the user guarantees that they have informed the third party of the conditions set out in this document and that they have obtained their authorisation to provide their data to Vieira & Lopes Lda. for the purposes indicated.


Vieira & Lopes Lda. is committed to the privacy of data subjects and the protection and security of their personal data, and we recommend that you read our privacy policy. If you have any questions, you can contact us by e-mail: dataprotection@vieiralopes.pt or by post: Lugar do Faial – Rua 1, 157 Vila de Prado, 4730-460 Vila Verde.

PURPOSE OF PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING

The processing of any personal data collected by Vieira & Lopes Lda., or provided to it, is the responsibility of Vieira & Lopes Lda. with head office at Lugar do Faial – Rua 1, 157 Vila de Prado, 4730-460 Vila Verde and whose details can be found below in the Privacy Policy.
If you are not a customer of Vieira & Lopes Lda. your data will only be processed if you make it available to the company, namely if there is a request to contact you following a request for a product, service or quotation for the same.
The personal data collected is processed electronically and in strict compliance with personal data protection legislation, and will not be used for any purpose other than that for which consent has been given by the data subject.

Please bear in mind that you are not obliged to provide Vieira & Lopes Lda. with any personal data it may request from you (as such, you may exercise your right to object at any time), but if you choose not to do so, we may not be able to provide you with our services, manage your application or answer any questions you may have.
In certain circumstances, Vieira & Lopes Lda. will subcontract the services it provides to clients to third party suppliers who carry out the services on behalf of Vieira & Lopes Lda. In this context, suppliers who are sole traders, self-employed or employees of suppliers will be treated as candidates for data protection purposes. Please note that, in this context, Vieira & Lopes, Lda. requires suppliers to communicate the relevant parts of this Privacy Policy (namely the sections addressed to candidates) to their employees.

During part of your browsing on the Vieira & Lopes Lda. website we may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, download errors, length of visit to certain pages, information regarding your interaction with them, and the methods used to exit them. We may also collect technical information to help us identify your device for fraud prevention and diagnostic purposes.

PURPOSE OF PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING


The purposes and grounds on which Vieira & Lopes Lda. processes your personal data depend on your position as a candidate, employee or supplier/customer/user.
If you are a candidate or supplier/customer/user (sole traders, self-employed or employees of suppliers), please note that your personal data will be collected and processed, in particular, for the following purposes:
Recruitment – includes recruitment activities for the provision of services or back-office functions, such as search and selection. In the case of the provision of services, there is an approach to current and potential clients of Vieira & Lopes Lda. in order to find a placement opportunity at Vieira & Lopes Lda. as well as related activities. In this context, data relating to salary processing and human resources management will also be processed; Execution of contracts – includes activities such as concluding contracts with Vieira & Lopes Lda. and partners, as well as communication with third parties involved in the contracts (insurance companies, beneficiaries, intermediaries), as well as all activities necessary for the execution of the service contract, namely payment processing; Development and improvement of services – includes activities necessary for the development and improvement of the services provided by Vieira & Lopes Lda., analysis of activity and processing for potential future opportunities.

If you are a supplier or a customer, your personal data will be collected and processed, in particular, for the following purposes:
Communications – includes contacts necessary for us to contact you in relation to our contracts;
Development and improvement of services – includes activities necessary for the development and improvement of the services provided to or by Vieira & Lopes Lda, analysis of activity, processing for statistical and scientific purposes, as well as to offer you services or to obtain support and services from you;
Compliance with legal obligations – In certain circumstances, to help us declare, exercise or defend a right.
Vieira & Lopes Lda. may use third parties, external service providers, who perform functions on behalf of Vieira & Lopes Lda., such as companies that host or operate the Vieira & Lopes Lda. website, or that process payments, analyse data, provide customer services, and sponsors or other third parties that collaborate directly with the activity carried out by Vieira & Lopes Lda., so your personal data may be processed by these third parties for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. These third parties must process your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the applicable legislation.

PERSONAL DATA SECURITY

Vieira & Lopes Lda. undertakes to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, alteration, dissemination or unauthorised access. An adequate level of security is considered to be applied in relation to the risks presented by the processing, given the nature of the data to be protected.

In accordance with the law, Vieira & Lopes Lda. has adopted the necessary measures to ensure that the data provided is protected against access or use by unauthorised third parties.

Vieira & Lopes Lda. undertakes all possible measures to ensure the confidentiality and security of your personal data, carrying out all efforts and security measures to protect your personal data from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

Our measures include implementing appropriate access controls to ensure that we encrypt, pseudonymise and anonymise personal data wherever possible. Access to your personal data is only permitted under the terms described above, always on a need-to-know basis, and subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations when processed by third parties. Although the transmission of data via the internet or website cannot guarantee total security against intrusions, Vieira & Lopes Lda and its service providers make every effort to implement and maintain physical, electronic and procedural security measures designed to protect your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.

TRANSMISSION OF PERSONAL DATA


Vieira & Lopes Lda., in the course of its business, may use third parties to provide certain services. Sometimes, the provision of these services implies access by these entities to our Customers’ personal data. When this happens, Vieira & Lopes Lda. takes the appropriate measures to ensure that the entities that have access to 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 Vieira & Lopes Lda. and the third party(ies). Thus, any entity subcontracted by Vieira & Lopes Lda. will process the personal data of our Customers, in the name and on behalf of Vieira & Lopes Lda, under the obligation to adopt the necessary technical and organisational measures in order to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, alteration, dissemination or unauthorised access and against any other form of unlawful processing. In any case, Vieira & Lopes Lda. remains responsible for the personal data you provide to us. Under the terms of the applicable law, Vieira & Lopes Lda. is obliged to disclose data to the Tax Administration, Social Security, the Labour Conditions Authority and, following court orders, to the judicial authorities.

RIGHTS OF THE HOLDER OF PERSONAL DATA

Under the terms of the Personal Data Protection Act, the data subject is guaranteed the right to access, update, rectify or delete their personal data, as well as the right to portability, limitation and opposition to the processing thereof, at any time through the following channels:

Mail: Lugar do Faial – Rua 1, 157 Vila de Prado, 4730-460 Vila Verde – Portugal

E-mail: dataprotection@vieiralopes.pt

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the National Data Protection Commission if you believe that your rights regarding your personal data have been infringed.

In addition, Vieira & Lopes Lda. has a Personal Data Protection Officer (DPO) whose role is to monitor compliance of this policy with the General Data Protection Regulation. You can contact the Personal Data Protection Officer (DPO) of Vieira & Lopes Lda. about any issue related to this privacy policy by e-mailing dataprotection@vieiralopes.pt with the subject line “Vieira & Lopes Lda. – Privacy of personal data”.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF DATA OWNERS


The data subject or their legal representative guarantees that the data communicated is true, accurate, complete and current.
In the event that the data communicated belongs to a third party, it is the responsibility of the person communicating the data to ensure that they are legally entitled to provide said data, and they must also inform said third party of the conditions set out in this document and ensure that they have obtained their authorisation to provide their data under the conditions and for the purposes indicated in this Policy.
CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
For any question related to this privacy policy, the Data Subject or their legal representative may contact the Data Protection Officer (DPO) of Vieira & Lopes Lda. at the following e-mail address: dataprotection@vieiralopes.pt.
By submitting your personal data, you consent to it being processed for the purposes described.

Updated July 2023