Privacy and Cookie Policy

Brito e Miranda, S.A. intends to ensure and protect your privacy, as well as comply with its legal obligations. Brito e Miranda, S.A. is committed to protecting the personal data entrusted to it, establishing with you a commitment to transparency, rigour and security with regard to compliance with the applicable legislation on data protection. The security and privacy of your personal data are our obligation and our priority.

Consequently, all personal information is handled and protected with due care, and always under the terms of the applicable law, namely Regulation EU 2016/679, General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter GDPR).

By using our services and browsing our website, you entrust us with your information. Therefore, and to help you understand what data we collect, what motivates our collection and what we do with your data, where you can access it and what your rights are, we reflect our conduct in this Privacy and Cookies Policy, which we kindly ask you to read carefully.

Privacy Policy

To whom does this policy apply?

Our Privacy Policy applies to all website visitors, customers, employees, and all services provided by us.

How do we collect your personal data?

Brito e Miranda, S.A. is the entity responsible both for the collection and processing of personal data collected through its website, and/or through face-to-face contact at its facilities, or via phone call or by email to any of our email addresses. Your data is processed and stored electronically.

What personal data do we collect?

We only process personal data in accordance with a specific purpose or purposes defined at the time of its collection, and such data is not processed in a way incompatible with those purposes.

The personal data we collect through the website is processed electronically and stored in databases, strictly complying with the applicable Data Protection legislation and Information Security standards.

In order to provide our services to our clients, the following personal data is requested:

• Identification data (e.g., name, civil ID number, date of birth)

• Contact data (e.g., phone number, email)

• Academic and professional data (e.g., position, curriculum vitae, professional contacts)

• Billing data (e.g., tax number - NIF)

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For what purpose do we process your personal data?

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

• To provide the information you request and respond to your inquiries;

• To provide services to our customers;

• Management and execution of the contractual relationship, such as: provision of contracted services, billing and collection for the provided services, and communication of changes to service provision conditions;

• To comply with legal obligations to which we are subject;

• For recruitment and selection purposes;

• To monitor, comply with or assess the website’s terms and conditions and handle complaints;

• To conduct statistical studies.

Thus, Brito e Miranda, S.A., as the data controller:

• Ensures that the processing of your personal data is carried out only for the purposes for which it was collected or for purposes compatible with them;

• Collects, uses and retains only the minimum, necessary and sufficient personal data for the intended purpose;

• Processes personal data for legally provided purposes or to fulfill services requested by you;

• Respects the retention periods of personal data, after which the data is deleted;

• Protects personal data, adopting appropriate technical and organisational measures;

• Collects and processes personal data always in strict compliance with the GDPR and other related legislation.

How do we store and protect your data?

The data we collect is transferred, processed and stored by MAILCHIMP.

We protect your personal data by storing it on secure servers and using cybersecurity and organisational security measures. Some of the protections we use include firewalls and data encryption, physical access security for our data centers, and information access control. However, be aware that no system is perfect or can guarantee that unauthorized access or theft will not occur.

When we provide our customers with a password to access restricted areas of the site, the customer is responsible for keeping that password confidential. You should not share your password with anyone. Transmitting information over the internet is not entirely secure. We will do our best to protect your personal information.

What measures have we implemented to ensure the security of your personal data?

We have adopted appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure an adequate level of security for the risk, which we periodically review and improve, aimed at ensuring the security and protection of your personal data in terms of availability, integrity, and confidentiality, as well as to prevent its loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorised processing or access, or any other unlawful form of processing.

What are your rights?

The user has the following rights regarding their personal information:

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• Access – The user has the right to access the data we hold. The user will need to prove their identity before we address any issues related to their personal data.

• Correction or deletion – The user has the right to request Brito e Miranda, S.A. to change or delete any personal data we hold about them (unless we have the legal right or obligation to retain it).

• Restriction – The user has the right to restrict the use of their personal information if the data is inaccurate, if the use is unlawful or if it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which we hold it.

• Automated decision-making – A user with any questions about our automated decision-making processes or their accuracy should inform us of their preferences.

• Complaints – If, for any reason, the user is not satisfied with the way we handle their personal data, they should contact Brito e Miranda, S.A.

Right of Access, Correction and Cancellation

In accordance with Law no. 67/98 of October 26, you may request access to your personal data, and become aware of its content, as well as request its correction, update or deletion, by written request to Brito e Miranda, S.A. at the email address: info@britoknitting.com.

In what circumstances is data shared with other entities (third parties and subcontractors)?

As part of its activity, Brito e Miranda, S.A. may use third parties for the provision of certain services.

Brito e Miranda, S.A. may share your personal data with subcontractors, always remaining responsible for its processing. We stress that the entities subcontracted by Brito e Miranda, S.A. are fully trustworthy and offer adequate legal and technical guarantees to safeguard your data.

The transmission of personal data to subcontractors will only take place within the scope of contractually established relationships with Brito e Miranda, S.A. and only when there is a justified basis for doing so.

Subcontractors of Brito e Miranda, S.A. will only process personal data for the purposes defined and agreed upon between the parties and must ensure that data retention, when necessary and applicable, complies with legal and/or contractual deadlines.

Data subjects must be informed at the time of data collection about their possible sharing with subcontractors of Brito e Miranda, S.A., whenever possible with the identification of the organisation and its contact, as well as the purpose of the sharing.

Data transfers abroad

If the provision of certain services by Brito e Miranda, S.A. involves the transfer of personal data outside Portugal, Brito e Miranda, S.A. will strictly comply with the applicable legal provisions, particularly regarding the adequacy of the recipient country's data protection level and the requirements for such transfers.

Acceptance of the Privacy Policy

It is understood that you accept the conditions of this privacy policy when you enter your data. Completing the forms implies consent to the automated processing and use of the data in accordance with the privacy terms described in this document.

Cookies Policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are files imported to your computer or other device when you access certain web pages. They collect information about your preferences, not including your personal data. In some cases, cookies are necessary to facilitate browsing and allow storage and retrieval of information about the user's or device’s browsing preferences. For example, how users arrive and use the website or the geographical area through which they access it.

There are different types of cookies:

Session cookies – These are temporary cookies, generated and available until the session ends. The next time the user accesses their browser, the cookies will no longer be stored. The information obtained allows session management, problem identification and a better browsing experience.

Functionality cookies – These cookies allow remembering user preferences when browsing the site. Thus, there is no need to reconfigure and personalise it every time you visit.

Analytical cookies – These cookies are used to analyse how users use the site, allowing the highlighting of articles or services that may interest users, and to monitor site performance, such as identifying the most popular pages, the most effective linking methods, or determining the reason for error messages. These cookies are used only for statistical creation and analysis, and never collect personal data.

Consent

By accepting the use of cookies or continuing to browse our website, we consider that you accept the use of cookies for the purposes indicated and in accordance with the conditions on this page.

If at any time you wish to withdraw your consent to our Cookies Policy, you must delete the stored cookies by adjusting the corresponding options found in your browser’s “Tools” menu.

For more information about cookies and their use, we suggest you visit the following link: www.allaboutcookies.org.

Policy Terms Review

By using the Brito e Miranda, S.A. website, you agree to the collection and use of your information under the terms and conditions set out in this Privacy Policy and the respective Cookies Policy. Brito e Miranda, S.A. may, at any time and without prior notice, change these terms, and such changes will be published on the website of Brito e Miranda, S.A.