Privacy Policy
At TechOf we respect your privacy and appreciate the trust you place in us.
In this Privacy Notice we explain who we are, for what purposes we can use your data and its legal basis, with whom we share it, how long we keep it, as well as the ways to contact us and exercise your rights.
Your data will be processed under the responsibility of Re:Act – Re & Upskilling Lda , legal fiscal number 516 744 038, headquartered at Avenida João Crisóstomo 46A | 1050-127 Lisbon, hereinafter ” TECHOF “.
For questions related to the processing of your personal data, including the exercise of your rights, you should contact us through the following means:
- Email: privacy@techof.pt
- Our centre is located at:
- Alameda dos Oceanos, 106.11 Supplement C 1E
- 1990-426 Lisbon.
For what Purposes do we process your data?
Contact Management via Website (GUEST)
The Data Subject may access one of our websites to register for a promotion or information. The processing of your data will only be processed with your consent, and to contact you, we will contact you in response to your request.
Retention period: We keep these data for a maximum period of 6 months.
Recipients: We share this data with the TECHOF you wish to visit. The information systems used in this treatment are hosted in the European Union, in an international reference provider that gives us guarantees.
Your rights: You have the rights of access, rectification, elimination, limitation of treatment, portability of your data and submission of a complaint to the supervisory authority. You also have the right to withdraw/delete the consent you have given at any time, this action not invalidating the legality of the treatments that have been processed during the periods in which the consent existed.
You have the right to object to the processing of your data, including for direct marketing purposes (direct marketing).
Automated decisions, including profiling: No fully automated decisions are made, nor are profiles defined that significantly affect you based on this data processing.
Management of Visits to our Centres (CLUB)
The Data Subject goes to one of our Centres to find out more information related to our Services. The processing of your data will be processed at the centre, by reading the Privacy Notice included in our documentation, where you can give us your consent to process your needs survey, as well as to contact/meet you later to follow up on your decision.
Retention period: We keep these data for a maximum period of 1 year. This period may be extended with the revalidation of your consent.
Recipients: We share this data with the TECHOF that you want to visit, which registers your information in a computer system developed in Portugal and hosted in the European Union, in an international reference supplier that gives us guarantees. We share your email on the Diagnostic Test Platform owned by AdamMilo, which is GDPR compliant.
Your rights: You have the rights of access, rectification, elimination, limitation of treatment, portability of your data and submission of a complaint to the supervisory authority. You also have the right to withdraw/delete the consent you have given at any time, this action not invalidating the legality of the treatments that have been processed during the periods in which the consent existed.
You have the right to object to the processing of your data, including for direct marketing purposes (direct marketing).
Automated decisions, including the definition of profiles: When processing the Diagnostic Test on the platform, you will be given the ability to prepare for the program you want. This result will be strictly and merely indicative in view of the presentation made by the TECHOF consultant. If you do not agree with the result, you have the right to object to it, speaking to the consultant who is accompanying you.
Student at our Centres (STUDENT)
The Data Subject registers as a student. All information related to the Privacy and Protection of your Personal Data is detailed in the contract.
Retention period: We keep student data for the duration of the contract, except in situations where legislation requires us to keep the data for longer periods, such as invoicing and accounting .
Your rights : You have the rights of access, rectification, elimination, limitation of treatment, portability of your data and submission of a complaint to the supervisory authority. You also have the right to withdraw/delete the consent you have given at any time, this action not invalidating the legality of the treatments that have been processed during the periods in which the consent existed.
You have the right to object to the processing of your data, including for direct marketing purposes (direct marketing).
Alumni Management (ALUMNI)
After finishing one of our programs, you still have access to some of our services, which may include communications about new services or ongoing campaigns ( marketing ). Data processing for this purpose is based on TECHOF ‘s legitimate interest .
Retention period : Data for the purposes of Alumni Management are processed up to 3 years after the termination of the contract, to allow for example the issuance of new copies of training certificates. The data necessary for Invoicing Management will be kept for the periods provided for by law, including for the necessary file for tax purposes, up to 12 years. This period may be extended only with your consent.
Recipients/Third parties : We share this data with public entities, such as the Tax and Customs Authority, and with the General Directorate of Education and Science Statistics to record your training in accordance with the requirements of the Law. We also share a limited amount of data with an online Questionnaire system to process the Post-Training Satisfaction Questionnaire in accordance with DGERT requirements.
Your rights : You have the rights of access, rectification, elimination, limitation of treatment, portability of your data and submission of a complaint to the supervisory authority. You also have the right to withdraw/delete the consent you have given at any time, this action not invalidating the legality of the treatments that have been processed during the periods in which the consent existed.
You have the right to object to the processing of your data, including for direct marketing purposes (direct marketing).
Automated decisions, including profiling : No fully automated decisions are made, nor are profiles defined that significantly affect you based on this data processing.
Marketing
THE TECHOF may process your data to send you information about its services and promotions.
This data processing will only be processed with your consent. If you consent, you will receive marketing communications via email and/or SMS and/or Push Notification . TECHOF may also share your data with third parties that manage email and/or SMS and/or push Notification or social networks, such as Facebook , for the purpose of processing marketing campaigns through social networks.
Consent to the processing of personal data, including for direct marketing purposes , can be withdrawn/deleted at any time.
Your data will be kept for this purpose until your consent is withdrawn/deleted or you object to the processing of your data for this purpose.
Video surveillance of the Centres
The TECHOF Center has a video surveillance system, for the legitimate interest of TECHOF and for the purpose of protecting people and property, duly signposted.
The image recordings (video only) obtained by video surveillance systems are kept, in a coded record, for a period of 30 days from the respective capture, after which they are destroyed (without prejudice to their conservation for a longer period in case of legal proceedings).
These recordings are not shared with other recipients.
Recruitment
By submitting your data through the form in the “recruitment” area, you consent to us contacting you to confirm receipt of your application and to arrange a face-to-face interview at one of our centres or at our offices, as well as further contacts always at scope of the recruitment and selection process.
We will keep your data for this purpose for a maximum period of 3 years . This maximum period is particularly suitable for applications to the teaching position.
Your data may be shared with one of our English centres, namely about the location of the role for which the user has applied.
Cookies
We only use cookies for statistical evaluation and for the purpose of improving customer orientation, and we do not identify users, only sessions. When browsing our website, you will be presented with a message informing you about the use of cookies. If you continue browsing without changing your browser’s cookie settings, the user is agreeing to the use of cookies by TECHOF.
We use the following Google Analytics cookies :
- _ ga conserved for 2 years to distinguish users
- _ gid kept for 24 hours to distinguish users
- _gat saved for 1 minute to control the request rate.
Will my information be shared with others?
In addition to the recipients indicated above, your personal information may be disclosed:
- TECHOF Service Providers Recipients .
Your personal data may be processed by companies contracted by TECHOF , namely for website hosting, sending emails, sending SMS, sending Push Notifications , sending of Newsletters or other providers with whom we have subcontracting and/or privacy agreements.
These companies are only provided with the data necessary for the provision of the services in question. Your data will be processed within the European Union, or with service providers with whom we have SCC ( Standard Contractual Clauses ) signed to guarantee the security/privacy of this data .
Your rights
At any time, and within the limits provided by law, you can ask us to:
- Access to the information we hold about you.
- The rectification of the information if it is incorrect or incomplete.
- To erase or limit the processing of your personal data.
- Opposition to the processing of your personal data, including for direct marketing.
- The withdrawal of consents that you have given us, without invalidating this action, the legality of the treatments processed, while there was consent.
- The portability of your data, if the treatment is based on your consent or a contract and is processed by automated means, you have the right to send the personal data previously provided in a structured format, commonly used and machine-readable.
Your requests will be dealt with as soon as necessary so that we can ensure the effectiveness of your rights. You may be asked to prove your identity to ensure that these rights are being legitimately assigned to the respective data subject.
You will always be informed of the measures taken in this regard, within a maximum period of one month from the moment the request is made.
You also have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority. In Portugal, it is the National Data Protection Commission .
Right of Access
The holder of personal data has the right to obtain confirmation from TECHOF that the data concerning him or her are being processed or not and, if applicable, to access their personal data and access the information provided for by law.
If you want more than one copy of your personal data being processed, TECHOF may subject this service to a payment of a fee for administrative costs.
Right of rectification
The holder of personal data has the right to obtain from TECHOF , without undue delay, the rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data concerning him.
Right to data erasure (“right to be forgotten”)
The holder of the personal data has the right to ask TECHOF to erase their data, and TECHOF has the obligation to erase the personal data when one of the following reasons applies:
- Personal data are no longer necessary for the purpose for which they were collected or processed.
- The holder has withdrawn his consent for the processing of data (in cases where the treatment is based on consent) and there is no other basis for said treatment.
- The holder opposes the treatment and there are no prevailing legitimate interests that justify the treatment.
Right to limitation of treatment
The data subject has the right to obtain from TECHOF the limitation of the treatment, if one of the following situations applies:
- Challenge the accuracy of the personal data, for a period that allows TECHOF to verify its accuracy.
- The processing of data is lawful, and the data subject opposes the erasure of his personal data and requests, in return, the limitation of its use.
- TECHOF no longer needs the personal data for processing purposes, but this data is required by the holder for the purposes of declaring, exercising, or defending a right in a judicial process.
- If you have objected to the processing, until it is verified that the legitimate reasons of the controller prevail over those of the data subject.
Right to data portability
If the treatment depends on the consent of the data subject and this consent has been provided by automated means, the data subject has the right to receive the personal data concerning him and which he has provided to TECHOF in a structured format, in common use and automatic reading.
Right of opposition
In cases where the processing of data is processed for the purpose of the legitimate interests pursued by TECHOF or if the processing of data is processed for the purposes of direct marketing or in the definition of profiles, the data subject may still, at any time, oppose the processing of your personal data for these purposes.
Can I revoke my consent later?
Yes, if consent is legally necessary for the processing of personal data, the data subject has the right to withdraw consent at any time, although this right does not compromise the lawfulness of the treatment processed based on the consent previously given, nor the subsequent processing. of the same data, based on another legal basis, such as the fulfilment of the contract or the legal obligation to which TECHOF is subject.
If you wish to withdraw your consent, among other ways, such as the opt -out included in our communications, you can contact us via the email address privacy@techof.pt.
If you still have any doubts?
If you still have any doubts regarding this Data Privacy information, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us:
- Email: privacy@techof.pt
- Our centre is located at:
- Alameda dos Oceanos, 106.11 Supplement C 1E
- 1990-426 Lisbon.
TECHOF will occasionally update this Privacy Notice. We ask that you visit us periodically to keep up to date. If significant changes arise that may have a material impact on the holders, we will seek the appropriate way to inform them.