Privacy Notice

(Last update: 03.10.2022)

 

The personal data collected on this website, or when you contact us within the scope of the Greater Porto initiative, are processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and other applicable legislation regarding the protection of personal data.

Pursuant to articles 13 and 14 of the GDPR, the following Privacy Notice describes how we process the personal data we receive when you use our website or when you contact us via the contact form, email or by phone, as well as your rights and how to exercise them.

 

Joint Controllers

Pursuant to the GDPR, articles 4 (#7) and 26, the responsibility for the processing of personal data within the scope of this website lies with the three entities promoting the Greater Porto initiative:

Municipality of Matosinhos
Address: Avenida Dom Afonso Henriques, 4454-510 Matosinhos

Municipality of Porto
Address: Praça General Humberto Delgado, 4049-001 Porto

Municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia
Address: Rua Álvares Cabral, 4400-017 Vila Nova de Gaia

 

Data Protection Officer

Pursuant to Article 37(1)(a) of the GDPR, each entity referred to above has designated a Data Protection Officer. Within the scope of the Greater Porto initiative, you can exercise your rights as a data subject, as well as request information, via the email privacy@greaterporto.pt.

 

Personal Data

“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier, such as a name, an identification number, location data, identifiers electronically or to one or more specific elements of the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person (Article 4(1) GDPR).

 

Legal basis for treatment

Your personal data will be processed in accordance with the following provisions of the GDPR:

• Article 6 no. 1 a), in situations where the holder of the personal data has given his consent;
• Article 6, paragraph 1 b), if the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract or for a procedure prior to the conclusion of a contract;
• Article 6 no. 1 c), if the processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which Greater Porto is bound;
• Article 6, paragraph 1 d), if the processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the person concerned or of another natural person;
• Article 6(1) e), if the processing is necessary for the exercise of functions of public interest or for the exercise of the public authority vested in the controller.

 

Personal data processed when you contact us

When you contact us, your data and the information provided are processed for the purpose of contacting you and dealing with your request for information, as well as, if you have consented, to send you commercial or institutional information within the scope of the Greater Porto initiative. The processing and storage of this data will take place, under the terms of the GDPR, until you withdraw your consent or until there are no longer any purposes for the treatment of them.

If the duty to respond to a request made by you is not within our competence and responsibility, it may be forwarded to the competent authorities without your prior consent, in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR, provided that it is legitimate to assume that the forwarding of the question safeguards your interest, and that no sensitive personal data is involved (Article 6(1)(e) GDPR).

 

Your Rights

In your relationship with us and as a data subject, the GDPR guarantees you the following rights:

• Right of access;
• Right to rectification;
• Right to erasure;
• Right to Restriction of Processing;
• Right to Data Portability;
• Right of Object.

More information about your rights as a data subject can be found on the European Commission “My rights” web page.

If the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to revoke it at any time and unconditionally. Such withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of any use based on the provision of consent on a date prior to its withdrawal (Article 7(3) of the GDPR).

 

Cookies

For information on the use of cookies on this website, see the Cookies Notice.

 

Complaints

If you consider that the processing of personal data carried out constitutes a violation of the GDPR, you have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority (Article 77 of the GDPR).

The supervisory authority of Portugal is:

Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados
Address: Av. D. Carlos I, 134 – 1.º 1200-651 Lisbon – PORTUGAL
Phone: (+351) 213928400
Fax: (+351) 213976832
Email: geral@cnpd.pt

Updates to the Privacy Notice

Greater Porto may modify this Note from time to time to reflect, for example, legal or regulatory changes. For this reason, we recommend that you visit this page regularly to stay informed. For more information, contact us at privacy@greaterporto.pt.