Privacy Policy

  1. Information security
  • The security of your personal information is important to Colep Consumer Products and we have implemented reasonable physical, technical and administrative security standards to protect personal information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. Colep-CP protects your personal information against unauthorized access, use or disclosure, using security technologies and procedures, such as encryption and limited access. Only authorized individuals access your personal information, and they receive training about the importance of protecting personal information.
  • Colep Consumer Products service providers and agents are contractually bound to maintain the confidentiality of personal information and may not use the information for any unauthorized purpose.
  1. Rights regarding personal data

At any time, the data subject may:

  • Request access to personal information – You have the right to access personal information which Colep-CP holds about you.
  • Request rectification of personal information – You have a right to request Colep Consumer Products to correct your personal information where it is inaccurate or out of date.
  • Request to be forgotten – You have the right under certain circumstances to have your personal information erased. Your information can only be erased if your data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, and Colep-CP has no other legal ground for processing the data.
  • Request restrict processing – You have the right to limit the processing of your personal information, but only when:
    • its accuracy is contested, to allow Colep Consumer Products to verify its accuracy; or
    • the processing is unlawful, but you do not want it erased; or
    • it is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was collected, but Colep-CP still need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or
    • you have exercised the right to object, and verification of overriding grounds is pending.
  • Object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information at any time, but only when that processing has Colep Consumer Products’ legitimate interests as its legal basis. If you raise an objection, Colep-CP has an opportunity to demonstrate that has compelling legitimate interests which override your rights and freedoms.

The data subject may, at any time, exercise their rights or withdraw consent, by contacting the Data Protection Officer or the responsible for data protection at Colep Consumer Products, whichever applies, at dpo@colep-cp.com or by letter to the postal address GDPR Request, C/O Head of iCS, Rua Comendador Arlindo Soares de Pinho, 1977, 3730-423 Vale de Cambra, Portugal.

  • Your requests will be treated with special care so that we can ensure the effectiveness of your rights. You may be required to prove your identity to ensure that you are the eligible data subject.
  • You should be aware that in certain cases (e.g. due to legal requirements) your request cannot be immediately met.
  • In any case, you will be informed of the measures taken to that effect within 1 (one) month from the moment the request is made.
  • You also have the right to submit a complaint to the Portuguese Data Protection Authority https://www.cnpd.pt/, or, if you are in a different European jurisdiction, near your local Data Protection Authority.
  1. Where we store your personal information
  • The data we collect from you can be transferred to, accessible from, and stored in a location outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). It can also be treated equally by employees outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”), working for us or one of our service providers.
  • Colep-CP only transfers personal data outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”) in a secure and legal way.
  • To the extent that some countries may not have legislation regulating the use and transfer of data, we take steps to ensure that external entities adhere to the established in this Policy. These measures may include the analysis of the privacy security of external entities and/or the conclusion of contracts (based on the model adopted by the European Commission).
  1. Website & cookies

Colep Consumer Products web pages use cookies. When you visit the website, Colep-CP may install small information on your computer, which are known as “cookies”. Cookies are stored by the browser on the hard disk. Cookies help us in many ways. We use cookies to better organize the website or information about our products and to make that information more tailored to your interests or preferences. Cookies allow us to know who visited which pages and what content, to evaluate the frequency of visits to certain pages, to determine which of the favourite areas of the website and to guide the use of the website more generally. You can prevent cookies from being generated by selecting the corresponding option in your browser (known as the “browser”). The platforms youronlinechoices.eu and networkadvertising.org offer solutions that allow you to manage your cookie-related permissions used by digital advertising platforms. We recommend that you use these platforms to manage your permissions on the use of cookies.