Calacattaconcept, Lda (hereinafter referred to as "Calacattaconcept") is fully committed to protecting the personal data provided to us, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of April 27, 2016, and applicable Portuguese legislation.
We ensure that all technical and organizational measures are in place to safeguard the privacy and security of personal data. This document explains how personal data is collected, used, and managed through our website and associated services.
1. Introduction
This website uses cookies exclusively with the aim of improving and optimizing its users' experience.
2. What are cookies?
They are very small files that contain information relevant to browsing this website. These files are sent by the device used to access this website (smartphone, computer, tablet, etc.) via the web browser during the user's visit to the website.
Cookies allow:
Ensure correct functioning of web pages.
Save user preferences (e.g. chosen language, font size, etc.).
Get information about the browsing experience provided to you.
Obtain anonymous statistical information about the pages users visit or time spent on the site.
3. Purposes of using cookies
The purposes for using cookies on this website are:
Make sure it works properly;
Make navigation easier and improve the user experience.
Responding to contact requests;
Managing newsletter subscriptions and sending updates or promotional emails;
Scheduling meetings or appointments via integrated tools such as Calendly;
Recruitment processes through the Careers page (e.g., job applications, CV submissions);
Improving services and providing a more personalized experience for our users.
Users can opt-out of promotional communications, including newsletters, by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email they receive from us.
The use of cookies allows website navigation to be constantly optimized in order to provide a high quality experience that exceeds the quality obtained on the user's previous visit.
3.1 Use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics tool provided by Google Inc., to help understand how users interact with the website. Google Analytics collects information such as pages visited, time spent on the site, traffic sources, and other metrics related to the browsing experience.
The data collected by Google Analytics may include:
Anonymized IP address;
Approximate location (city or country);
Information about the device, browser, and operating system used.
The information collected is anonymous and is used exclusively for statistical purposes and to optimize the website.
For more information on how Google uses your data, visit:
How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
Opt-out of Google Analytics:
Users can prevent their data from being collected by Google Analytics by installing the opt-out browser add-on, available at:
Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
4. Types of Data Collected
Depending on the purpose, we may collect the following types of personal data:
Contact Forms: Name, email address, phone number;
Newsletter Subscriptions: Email address;
Careers Page Submissions: Name, email, phone number, education background, CV, portfolio links, and other data voluntarily provided by the user;
Appointments: Name, email, and additional details submitted via Calendly.This information is collected directly from users through forms on our website.
5. Legal Basis for Data Processing
We process personal data based on the following legal grounds:
Consent: For newsletters, marketing communications, and job applications, explicit consent is obtained from the user before processing their data.
Legitimate Interest: For responding to inquiries or managing meeting appointments.
Consent may be withdrawn at any time by contacting us at support@calacattaconcept.pt.
6. Retention Period
Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in Section 1 or as required by law. Specifically:
Newsletter subscriptions: Until the user unsubscribes;
Careers submissions: Data is retained for six months unless otherwise requested by the applicant;
Contact forms and appointments: Data is deleted after the inquiry or meeting is resolved.
7. Rights of Data Subjects
Under the GDPR, users have the following rights regarding their personal data:
Access: Request a copy of their data;
Correction: Update or amend inaccuracies;
Deletion: Request data to be deleted ("right to be forgotten");
Restriction: Limit how their data is processed;
Portability: Obtain a copy of their data in a structured, machine-readable format;
Objection: Object to specific data processing activities.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at support@calacattaconcept.pt. We will respond promptly, within the legally mandated timeframe.
8. Typology and functionality
According to their permanence, cookies can be divided into two types:
Session cookies:
They expire the moment the browser window is closed. They are used to link user actions during the session.
Persistent cookies:
They expire when their task or function is fully performed, their validity expires, or they are manually removed by the user. They will be reactivated with each visit to the website.
According to their purpose, they can further be classified as follows:
Strictly necessary or essential:
They are essential cookies for the website to operate. They are responsible for ensuring the website functions and displays correctly. They are activated in response to user actions, such as the login procedure or filling out forms.
Performance:
Dedicated to collecting statistical data about website performance. No user data is collected, only parameters of possible errors or performance of new features that may be or have been implemented on the website.
Functionality:
They are mainly used to support website features and may store some user information such as chosen language, client area customization, etc.
Advertising or specific target:
They are used to record the pages the user has viewed and the links the user has followed in order to provide the user with the most relevant or interesting advertising content for the user. This information may be shared with third parties and used to evaluate the success rate of advertising campaigns.
Note: Any third party website may contain this type of cookie over which we have no control.
9. Blocking the use of cookies
If you wish, you can disable your browser's cookie functionality or limit the use of cookies to a specific service.
Typically, any changes at the web browser level regarding how cookies are used and/or accepted can be made in the “Options” or “Browser Preferences” section.
Here are instructions for blocking the use of cookies in the most common internet browsers:
Google Chrome: - http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647
Internet Explorer: - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/how-to-manage-cookies-in-internet-explorer-9
Mozilla Firefox: - https://support.mozilla.org/pt-PT/kb/ativar-e-desativar-cookies-que-os-websites-utiliza
Apple Safari: - https://support.apple.com/en-br/HT201265
Users can opt out of sharing their data with Google services. To do this, they need to access the Ads Preferences Manager and the Analytics Opt-out browser add-on.
In addition to the means described above for different Internet browsers, the user can also use specific tools to deal with cookies.
10. Consequences of blocking cookies on this website
By partially or completely blocking the cookies used on this website, some features and/or services may not function correctly or behave differently than expected (for example, user preferences or the client area are not being saved or loaded correctly).
If the user blocks the use of cookies on this website, it is very likely that they will no longer be able to access certain areas of the website or that the user's experience when browsing the website will be considerably reduced.
11. Additional Warranties and Withdrawal of Acceptance
Calacattaconcept, Lda is not responsible for the content and veracity of the privacy policies of any third-party components included on this website.
The use and registration of cookies on this website may be subject to the acceptance of cookies by the user during their visit to this website, installation or updating of the browser used. This acceptance can be revoked at any time through the content and privacy configuration options already mentioned in section 4 of this policy.
12. Changes to the Cookie Privacy Policy
Calacattaconcept, Lda reserves the right to modify this Cookies Policy in accordance with legal or regulatory requirements in accordance with current law.
Any significant changes to these policies will be duly communicated to users of this website.
As this Cookies Policy can be revised at any time, according to the criteria described above, Calacattaconcept, Lda encourages its users to review the Cookies Policy periodically to be informed of the Cookies Policy in force.
The modified Cookie Policy will be effective from the date of revision, and this date will be visible at the top of the page.
Cookie Policy - Version 1.1 - Janary 2025
