Privacy Policy

SPO's website is intended to be a means of communication of SPO through which we will carry out various activities such as dissemination of educational material, event information, webinars, etc.

Although everything is done to ensure the precision of information, it cannot be guaranteed that there is no inaccuracy, whatever the reason for it.

The content of this site is protected by Intellectual Property Rights and Industrial Property Rights under Portuguese and European Union laws and international conventions.

The information on the website is public and may be reproduced, provided the source is acknowledged, however its use for commercial or offensive purposes is prohibited.

All attempts to alter or insert information, or any other action that may cause damage and put at risk the integrity of the system, are strictly prohibited and may be punished in accordance with the legislation in force.

References to external links exempt SPO from any responsibility for their content, as well as for the way in which the personal data of users may be collected and processed by those sites.

The protection of privacy and personal data is a priority for SPO and a clear commitment from us.

This policy concerns the privacy practices of the portals and online sites managed by SPO.

SPO, in the scope of its activity, needs to regularly collect some personal data. Any personal data you provide us will be treated with the security and confidentiality guarantees required by the legal framework on the protection of personal data.

The processing of your data is done in compliance with the legislation on personal data protection. These data will be subject to computer processing, will remain in the SPO database and are intended for registration, institutional information, etc.

The data provided will not be transferred to third parties without your prior consent, but may be used within SPO or by another entity acting as SPO's agent for processing or mailing purposes.

The provision of data is optional and is guaranteed under the law, the right of access, rectification or cancellation of any data concerning you, by writing to the address e-mail:geral@spoftalmologia.pt.

Privacy

SPO respects your right to privacy and does not collect any personal information about you on this site without your explicit request or consent.

The interaction with SPO's websites does not require any user information, except when, for expressly identified purposes, the record is declared necessary and is authorized by the user.

Data processing manager

The entity responsible for the collection and processing of personal data is SPO, which provides the service to you and, in the context, decides which data is collected, the means of data processing and the purposes for which the data is used. Should you require any clarification or request the deletion of your personal data, as mentioned above, this request should be sent via email to geral@spoftalmologia.pt.

Type of personal data collected

SPO, within the scope of its activity, collects and processes personal data necessary for the registration and communication with members, processing data such as name and email.

The personal data collected is processed electronically and in strict compliance with the legislation on the protection of personal data, and is stored in specific databases, created for this purpose and which guarantee its security and confidentiality in accordance with the accepted information technology, technical and organisational measures, in order to protect against the loss, alteration, destruction, misuse in general or that the data collected are used for a purpose other than that for which consent was given by the data subject

Purpose for which the personal data are processed

The purpose of the processing of personal data is to manage and register and communicate with the associates.

Periodically, SPO, after obtaining the necessary consent, may use the contact information given to provide information it considers relevant, it being always possible for the Data Subject to withdraw this consent and stop receiving this type of information.

The data collected will also be used exclusively for SPO's marketing activities, for the purposes of compiling aggregated statistics, metrics and generalized trend data for the improvement and optimization of advertising campaigns and for other marketing, promotional and analytical purposes.

If you ask the data processing manager about the collection and processing of your data you may be given more detailed information about the use we will make of it.

Storage time

The period of time for which data is stored and retained varies according to the purpose for which the information is processed and in accordance with any applicable legal obligations and requirements, which require the data to be retained for a minimum period of time.

Thus, and whenever there is no specific legal obligation, the data will be stored and kept only for the minimum period necessary for the purposes that motivated their collection or their subsequent processing, after which they will be deleted.

We expressly remind you that at any time you can request the deletion of all your personal data, as long as legally permitted, from our databases. This request should be sent via email to geral@spoftalmologia.pt.

Access, update, rectification, objection, limitation, removal and portability of personal data

Any request for access, updating, rectification, opposition, limitation, limitation, removal, portability or non-submission to automated individual decisions of the personal data likely to identify you, may be requested by direct contact with SPO using the email address geral@spoftalmologia.pt, indicating the subject "Modification, Opposition, Deletion or Portability of personal data"

Objection to receiving contacts for marketing purposes

SPO may promote dissemination actions among its members. If you do not wish to receive this communication you may withdraw your consent, at any time, to the use of your data for marketing purposes and sending of informative communications, by sending a written request addressed to SPO through the email geral@spoftalmologia.pt com or using the remove button at the bottom of the newsletters.

Communication of data to other entities (third parties and subcontractors)

SPO does not share users' personal data with third parties with whom it has not established a contractual relationship providing for the confidential treatment of these data in accordance with SPO's privacy statement.

SPO may communicate your personal data to third parties provided that, for this purpose, it has unequivocally obtained the consent of the Data Subjects or when:

a) the transfer is made in compliance with a legal obligation, a resolution of the National Commission for the Protection of Data or a court order;

(b) the communication is carried out in order to protect the vital interests of Data Subjects or any other legitimate purpose laid down by law.

SPO 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 established and safeguarded in a contract to be signed between the SPO and the third party(ies).

Therefore, any entity subcontracted by SPO shall process the personal data collected and processed on behalf of and on the account of SPO in the obligation to adopt the necessary technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access and against any other unlawful forms of processing.

In any case, SPO remains responsible for the personal data collected.

In the case of some services, cookies (text file saved on the user's computer, with the purpose of personalising visits) can be used to count the number of visits to the site without personally identifying the user. This type of cookies does not store or collect any type of personal information from the user, and its installation can always be controlled through the user's browser. The only cookie saved and used by SPO is the one that identifies the authentication status of its members on the website.

Changes to the privacy policy

SPO reserves the right to change, add or revoke this Privacy Policy, in part or in full, at any time and without prior notice and with immediate effect, but without prejudice to the legal rights granted to the Data Subjects.

Any changes will be immediately posted on this same web page, therefore we recommend periodic visits to this page to stay updated on the latest version.

If you have any doubts or questions about how SPO handles your personal data, please send us your request for clarification via email to geral@spoftalmologia.pt or to SPO's address.

Under the legal terms in force, any copy, reproduction, dissemination, modification, publication or any commercial or non-commercial use of any content found on this site is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of SPO, under penalty of the appropriate legal action being taken.

This Privacy Statement was last updated on February 2021.