Privacy Policy | The Chefs Company

What is the privacy policy?

A Privacy Policy is a statement that discloses some or all of the ways in which a website collects, uses, discloses and manages the data of its visitors and customers. It meets a legal requirement to protect the privacy of a visitor or customer.

Countries have their own laws with different requirements by jurisdiction regarding the use of privacy policies.

Owner and Responsible for Treatment

The Chefs Company, Carina Brito and Ana Rodrigues, Lisbon, Portugal

Owner's contact email: info@thechefscompany.pt

Types of Data collected

The Owner does not provide a list of the types of Personal Data collected.

Complete information about each type of Personal Data collected is provided in the respective sections of this privacy policy or through specific explanatory texts presented before Data collection.

Personal Data may be provided free of charge by the User, or, in the case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Data requested by this Application is mandatory, and the lack of availability thereof may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services. If this Application specifically indicates that some Data is not mandatory, the User may choose not to communicate such Data without this affecting the availability or functioning of the Service.

If the User has any doubts about which Personal Data is mandatory, they may contact the Owner.

Any use of Cookies – or other tracking tools – by this Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application is for the purpose of providing the Service requested by the User, in addition to any other purpose described in this document and in the Privacy Policy. Cookies.

The User is responsible for any third party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this service (this Application).

Mode and place of processing of Data

Treatment methods

The Owner will adopt appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification or unauthorized destruction of the Data.

Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT tools enabled for this purpose, following organizational procedures and methods strictly related to the indicated purposes. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of responsible persons who are involved in the operation of this service (this Application) (administration, sales, marketing, legal department, system management) or to external parties ( such as third party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies), appointed as Subcontractors by the Owner, if necessary. An updated list of these parties can be requested from the Owner at any time.

Local

The Data is processed in the offices where the Owner operates and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on your location, data transfers may involve transferring your User Data to a country other than your own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, the User can consult the section relating to information on the processing of Personal Data.

Conservation period

Unless otherwise indicated in this document, Personal Data will be processed and stored for the time required by the purpose for which it was collected, and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligations or based on the Users' consent.

Cookies Policy

This Application uses Trackers. To find out more, Users can consult the Cookies Policy.

Additional information for the User

Legal basis for the processing

The Owner may process Personal Data relating to the User if one of the following situations applies:

• The User has provided their consent for one or more specific purposes.

• the provision of Data is necessary to fulfill a contract with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;

• processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;

• the processing is related to a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official powers attributed to the Owner;

• processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or any third party.

In any case, the Owner will collaborate in clarifying the specific legal basis that applies to the processing and, in particular, whether the provision of Personal Data is a legal or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to conclude a contract.

Additional information about the conservation period

Like this:

• Personal Data collected for purposes related to the fulfillment of a contract between the Owner and the User will be kept until such contract has been fully fulfilled.

• Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner's legitimate interests will be kept for the period necessary to satisfy such purposes. The User may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner in the respective sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

The Owner may retain Personal Data for a longer period if the User has provided their consent to such processing, provided that such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to comply with a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

Once the retention period ends, Personal Data will be deleted. Therefore, the rights of access, erasure, rectification and portability of data cannot be exercised after the end of the retention period.

User Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

The User may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.

The User has the right, in particular, to the extent permitted by law:

• Withdraw your consent at any time. The User has the right to withdraw consent if they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.

• Object to the processing of your Data. The User has the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out based on a legal basis other than that consented to.

• Access your Data. The User has the right to know whether the Data is being processed by the Owner, to obtain information regarding certain aspects of the processing and to obtain a copy of the Data being processed.

• Check and seek rectification of Data. The User has the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and request that they be updated or corrected.

• Restrict the processing of your Data. The User has the right to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process your Data for any purpose other than its conservation.

• Demand the erasure or deletion of your Personal Data. The User has the right to demand that the Owner delete their Data.

• Receive your Data and transfer it to another data controller. The User has the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used format and in a format that allows them to be read electronically, and, when technically possible, to transmit them to another controller without any hindrance.

• File a complaint. The User has the right to lodge a complaint with the respective competent data protection authority.

Users also have the right to learn about the legal basis for Data transfers abroad, including to any international organization governed by public international law or created by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard your Data.

Information about the right to object to processing

When Personal Data is processed due to a public interest, in the exercise of official powers attributed to the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, the User may object to such processing by providing a reason relating to their specific situation to justify the opposition.

However, the User is advised that, if their Personal Data is processed for direct marketing purposes, they may object to such processing at any time, free of charge and without providing any justification. When the User objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, Personal Data will not be processed for such purposes. To find out whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, the User may consult the relevant sections of this document.

How to exercise these rights

Any request to exercise User rights may be directed to the Owner using the contact information indicated in this document. Such requests are free of charge, which will be responded to by the Owner as quickly as possible and always within a month, providing the User with the information required by law. Any rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of processing will be communicated by the Owner to each recipient, if any, to whom the Personal Data has been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. At the User's request, the Owner will inform the User about such recipients.

Additional information about the collection and processing of Data

Judicial actions

The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner, in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from the improper use of this service (this Application) or related Services.

The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be obliged to reveal personal data at the request of government authorities.

Additional information about the User's Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User, upon request, with additional and contextual information about specific Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data.

System reports and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application, as well as any third-party services, may collect files that record interaction with this Application (system reports) or use other Personal Data (such as IP address) for this purpose.

Information not included in this policy

At any time, the Owner may be asked for more information about the collection or processing of Personal Data. You can see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Owner reserves the right to change this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly on this service (this Application) and/or - as long as technically and legally possible - sending a notification to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. We strongly recommend that you check this page frequently, making reference to the last modification described at the bottom.

In case the changes affect the processing activities carried out based on the User's consent, the Owner will obtain a new consent from the User, when necessary.

You can download the document here.