At Codavel, we’re committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy explains when and why we collect personal information about you, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others, how we keep it safe and secure and your rights and choices in relation to your information.
Any questions regarding this policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to info@codavel.com or by writing to Codavel, Rua da Constituição, 346-358, 4200-192 Porto, Portugal. Alternatively, you can telephone +351 225 027 121.
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In this policy ‘Codavel’, ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’ means:
• Codavel, S.A., registered VAT no. PT514998253. Registered address is Rua da Constituição, 346-358, 4200-192 Porto, Portugal.
We obtain information about you in the following ways:
For example, we may obtain information about you when you purchase products, contact us using our website form or when you register to receive one of our newsletters / blog posts.
We, like many companies, automatically collect the following information:
• technical information, including the type of device you’re using, the IP address, browser and operating system being used to connect your computer to the internet. This information may be used to improve the services we offer.
• information about your visit to this website, for example we collect information about pages you visit and how you navigate the website, i.e. length of visits to certain pages, products you viewed and searched for, referral sources (e.g. how you arrived at our website).
We collect and use your personal information by using cookies on our website – more information on cookies can be found under the ‘Use of Cookies’ section below.
When you interact with us on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin we may obtain information about you (for example, when you publicly tag us in an event photo). The information we receive will depend on the privacy preferences you have set on those types of platforms.
We collect information from you when you buy a product from Codavel, subscribe to our newsletter / blog posts or fill out a form. You may be asked to enter your personal information or connect with one of the social networks available.
The personal information we collect, store and use might include:
• your name and contact details (including email address and telephone number);
• information about your activities on our website and about the device used to access it, for instance your IP address and geographical location;
• any other personal information shared with us.
Data protection laws recognise certain categories of personal information as sensitive and therefore requiring greater protection, for example information about your health, ethnicity and religion. We do not collect sensitive data about you.
We may use your information for a number of different purposes, which may include:
• providing you with the products or information you asked for;
• processing orders that you have submitted;
• carrying out our obligations under any contracts entered into between you and us;
• keeping a record of your relationship with us;
• conducting analysis and market research so we can understand how we can improve our products or information;
• notifying you of changes to our services;
• sending you communications which you have requested and that may be of interest to you. These may include information about blog posts or new features.
The email address you provide may be used to send you information, promote new features and products, and/or other requests or questions.
Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.
We keep your information for no longer than is necessary for the purposes it was collected for. The length of time we retain your personal information for is determined by operational and legal considerations. For example, we are legally required to hold some types of information to fulfil our statutory and regulatory obligations (e.g. tax/accounting purposes).
We review our retention periods on a regular basis.
The personal information we collect is only accessed by employees of Codavel that are authorized for that purpose, according to our internal procedures. We do not sell or rent your information to third parties and we do not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
Data protection law requires us to rely on one or more lawful grounds to process your personal information. We consider the following grounds to be relevant:
Where you have provided specific consent to us using your personal information in a certain way, such as to send you email, text and/or telephone marketing.
Where we are entering into a contract with you or performing our obligations under it like when you buy Codavel named products.
Where necessary so that we can comply with a legal or regulatory obligation to which we are subject, for example where we are ordered by a court.
Where it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate interests (as long as what the information is used for is fair and does not duly impact your rights).
When we legitimately process your personal information in this way, we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative), and your rights under data protection laws. We will not use your personal information where our interests are overridden by the impact on you, for example, where use would be excessively intrusive (unless, for instance, we are otherwise required or permitted to by law).
We may use your contact details to provide you with information about the products you can buy or to promote our blog posts, if we think it may be of interest to you.
We will only send you marketing communications by email, text and telephone if you have explicitly provided your prior consent. You may opt out of our marketing communications at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the end of our marketing emails.
You have a choice about whether or not you wish to receive information from us. If you do not want to receive direct marketing communications from us about the products you can buy or to promote our blog posts, then you can select your choices by ticking the relevant boxes situated on the form used to collect your information.
We’re committed to putting you in control of your data so you’re free to change your marketing preferences (including to tell us that you don’t want to be contacted for marketing purposes) at any time by contacting us by email: info@codavel.com or telephone: +351 225 027 121.
We will not use your personal information for marketing purposes if you have indicated that you do not wish to be contacted and will retain your details on a suppression list to help ensure that we do not continue to contact you. However, we may still need to contact you for administrative purposes such as billing.
Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, you have certain rights over the personal information that we hold about you. Here is a summary of the rights that we think apply:
You have a right to request access to the personal data that we hold about you. You also have the right to request a copy of the information we hold about you, and we will provide you with this unless legal exceptions apply.
If you want to access your information, please send a description of the information you want to see and proof of your identity by email to the address provided below.
You have the right to have inaccurate or incomplete information we hold about you corrected. The accuracy of your information is important to us so we’re working on ways to make it easier for you to review and correct the information that we hold about you. In the meantime, if you change email address, or if you believe any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, please contact us via email (see below). Alternatively, you can telephone +351 225 027 121.
You have a right to ask us to restrict the processing of some or all of your personal information if there is a disagreement about its accuracy or we’re not lawfully allowed to use it.
You may ask us to delete some or all of your personal information and in certain cases, and subject to certain exceptions; we will do so as far as we are required to. In many cases, we will anonymise that information, rather than delete it.
If we are processing your personal information (1) based on your consent, or in order to enter into or carry out a contract with you, and (2) the processing is being done by automated means, you may ask us to provide it to you or another service provider in a machine-readable format.
You have the right to object to processing where we using your personal information (1) based on legitimate interests, (2) for direct marketing or (3) for statistical/research purposes.
If you want to exercise any of the above rights, please email us at info@codavel.com. We may be required to ask for further information and/or evidence of identity. We will endeavour to respond fully to all requests within one month of receipt of your request, however if we are unable to do so we will contact you with reasons for the delay.
Please note that exceptions apply to a number of these rights, and not all rights will be applicable in all circumstances.
When you give us personal information, we take steps to ensure that appropriate technical and organisational controls are in place to protect it.
Non-sensitive details (your email address etc.) are transmitted normally over the Internet, and this can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
Like many other websites, this website uses cookies. 'Cookies' are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you visit. For example, we use cookies to store your country preference. This helps us:
• To deliver a better more personalised service when you browse our website and improve our products.
• To personalize your experience. Your information helps us to respond better to your individual needs.
• To improve our website. We continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
• To improve customer service. Your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs.
It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. Turning cookies of may result in a loss of functionality when using our website.
Google Analytics: we use Google Analytics to measure how our site is used by visitors and to generate reports for our own use. Codavel does not use the data gathered by Google Analytics and does not provide any type of treatment to the data.
Mailchimp: we use Mailchimp to provide an email marketing service and we rely on this supplier to send marketing communications. The personal information saved there is not shared with third parties.
Wordpress: we use Wordpress as a website management platform. Although wordpress collects information, Codavel does not provide any type of treatment to the data.
Hubspot: we use HubSpot to better understand our website's visitor's behaviour. The personal information saved there is not shared with third parties.
Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organisations. This policy applies only to our website‚ so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other websites even if you access them using links from our website.
Our website is intended for general audiences and is not directed to individuals of less than 18 years of age. If you are a parent or guardian and believe we may have collected information about a child, please contact us as described in the “How to contact us?” section, below.
As part of the services offered to you through this website, the information which you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). By way of example, this may happen if any of our servers are from time to time located in a country outside of the EEA. You should be aware that these countries may not have similar data protection laws to Portugal. By submitting your personal data, you’re agreeing to this transfer, storing or processing. If we transfer your information outside of the EEA in this way, we will take steps to ensure that appropriate security measures are taken with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this policy.
If you use our services while you are outside the EEA, your information may be transferred outside the EEA in order to provide you with those services. We undertake regular reviews of who has access to information that we hold to ensure that your info is only accessible by appropriately trained staff.
You can direct any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy to Codavel's e-mail info@codavel.com. Codavel maintains procedures to receive and investigate complaints and complainants will be advised of the results of any such investigation.
Any changes we may make to this policy in the future will be posted on this website so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes. If we make any significant changes we’ll make this clear on this website.
To get more information about Codavel's Privacy Policy, change or withdraw your consent or make a complaint or suggestion under this Privacy Policy, you can contact:
Codavel, S.A.
Address: Rua da Constituição, 346-358, 4200-192 Porto, Portugal
Telephone Number: +351 225 027 121
Email Address: info@codavel.com
Portuguese Data Protection Supervisor: Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados
Address: Rua de São Bento n.º 148-3º 1200-821 Lisboa, Portugal
Telephone Number: +351 213928400
Email Address: geral@cnpd.pt
Website: https://www.cnpd.pt/
We keep this policy under regular review. This policy was last updated in September 2021.