The protection of your personal data is a priority for Matos e Guardiola Lda. Below, we describe who we are, for what purposes we may use your personal data, how we process it, with whom we share it, how long we retain it, and how you can contact us and exercise your rights.

Who are we?

Your personal data will be processed by Matos e Guardiola Lda., registration number 510642977.

Matos e Guardiola Lda. is the entity responsible for processing personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as the GDPR).

Why do we process your personal data?

Your personal data may be collected and processed by Matos e Guardiola Lda. for the following purposes:

a) To comply with the legal obligations to which Matos e Guardiola Lda. is subject, particularly communications to immigration and border authorities and for invoicing purposes.

b) For the performance of the Temporary Tourist Accommodation Agreement or the Local Accommodation Management Agreement entered into with Matos e Guardiola Lda., particularly payment transactions, check-in and check-out management, guest management, the provision of additional services during the stay, such as cleaning, or for the purposes of pre-contractual procedures.

c) For communications by mobile phone and email, including information and commercial communications, digital platforms, within the scope of Matos e Guardiola Lda.'s marketing strategies, commercial and contractual information and communications, as well as responses to requests for information.

d) To protect property or assets held by Matos e Guardiola Lda., as well as for statistical analysis purposes.

Failure to provide personal data for the purposes set out in points a) and b) will result in Matos e Guardiola Lda. being unable to comply with its legal obligations and, consequently, may lead to the termination of the Temporary Tourist Accommodation Agreement or the Local Accommodation Management Agreement entered into, without the right to any compensation, as well as the inability of Matos e Guardiola Lda. to provide services for reasons not attributable to it.

What type of personal data do we collect?

Within the scope of its activities, Matos e Guardiola Lda. will collect and process the personal data necessary to provide the contracted services, respond to requests for information or manage pre-contractual procedures, particularly identification details, contact information, banking details or payment card information.

What is the legal basis for processing your personal data?

Your personal data will be processed on the basis of the performance of the Temporary Tourist Accommodation Agreement, the Local Accommodation Management Agreement and compliance with the legal obligations imposed on Matos e Guardiola Lda., particularly legislation concerning the entry, stay and departure of foreign nationals from Portuguese territory and tax legislation (Article 6(1)(b) and (c) of the GDPR).

Additionally, personal data collected for the purposes set out in point c) of the previous section is processed on the basis of the consent you have given to Matos e Guardiola Lda. (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR).

For the purposes set out in point d) of the previous section, Matos e Guardiola Lda. will process personal data on the basis of its legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR).

How long do we retain your personal data?

Without prejudice to any legal or regulatory provisions or judicial decisions to the contrary, the personal data collected will be retained only for the minimum period necessary for the purposes that justified its collection or subsequent processing.

With whom may we share your personal data?

Matos e Guardiola Lda. may need to share some of your personal data with other recipients. These recipients include:

a) Public authorities to which Matos e Guardiola Lda. is legally obliged to provide information, particularly the Immigration and Border Services and the DGCI – Directorate-General for Taxes.

b) Subcontractors providing certain services involving your personal data under a subcontracting agreement, exclusively for the purpose of providing technical assistance to Matos e Guardiola Lda. These include, in particular, website hosting providers, email marketing service providers, cleaning companies, law firms, accounting firms and insurance companies.

d) Competent authorities to which Matos e Guardiola Lda. is legally required to disclose information in connection with legal proceedings or to detect technical and/or security issues, such as judicial bodies or competent supervisory authorities.

Is my personal data transferred to countries outside the European Union?

Your personal data collected by Matos e Guardiola Lda. will not be transferred to any entity established outside the territory of the European Union.

Exceptionally and subject to certain conditions, Matos e Guardiola Lda. may transfer your personal data to countries outside the European Union in accordance with applicable legislation, particularly for data hosting or storage, subcontracting of technical processing, backup and recovery of stored data, and service development.

Matos e Guardiola Lda. guarantees that it will not transfer your personal data to countries that do not ensure an adequate level of protection in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR.

What are my rights?

At any time, under the GDPR, you may request access to your personal data, as well as its rectification or erasure, restriction of processing, the right to object and the right to data portability.

If the requests submitted are manifestly unfounded or excessive, particularly due to their repetitive nature, Matos e Guardiola Lda. may charge a reasonable fee, taking into account the administrative costs of providing the information or communication, or taking the requested measures, or may refuse to act on the request.

Where the processing of personal data by Matos e Guardiola Lda. is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent. Exercising this right will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent previously given, nor the subsequent processing of the same data based on another legal basis, such as the performance of a contract or compliance with a legal obligation to which Matos e Guardiola Lda. is subject.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados).

Security and confidentiality

We are committed to keeping your data secure and use appropriate security measures to ensure the protection of your personal data and prevent access by unauthorised persons.

However, the transmission of data over the Internet is not completely secure, and we cannot provide an absolute guarantee of the security of information transmitted through our website.

We also respect the confidentiality of your information. Therefore, we do not sell, distribute or otherwise make your information commercially available to third parties.

Matos e Guardiola Lda. undertakes to maintain the confidentiality of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable legislation.

Do you have any questions?

If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights, you may contact us at:

Email: apraia.myownparadise@gmail.com

Address: Rua Cândido dos Reis 93-- 3080-155 Figueira da Foz, Portugal

Please note that Matos e Guardiola Lda. occasionally updates this Privacy Policy. Therefore, we recommend that you review this document periodically to ensure that you have the most up-to-date information.