Privacy Policy

1. identification of the person responsible

1.1. Thiswebsiteis owned and managed by HTD – HomeTourDrive, Lda. (hereinafter referred to as ”HTD”), as Data Controller, with VAT number 516 214 322 and registered office at Rua Noémia Teixeira Gomes Pedro, n.º 10, 2580-656 Abrigada, Portugal.

1.2. By using this Website you consent to the terms described in this Privacy Policy (“Policy“).

1.3. Without prejudice to the need to read this document, you should consult its Terms and Conditions available on the page, which explain a little better the objectives of this website, our mission and how, through interaction with it, we may have contact with your personal data.

2. Processing of Personal Data

2.1. The National Personal Data Protection Law (Law no. 58/2019, of August 8, hereinafter “LPDP”) and the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016, hereinafter “GDPR”) ensure the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data.

2.2. According to the law, personal data is any “information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“the data subject”); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person”.

2.3. The personal data collected and processed by HTD are those that you voluntarily make available to us through the different collection vehicles on the website, that is, through the different moments of interaction with the user provided throughout the Website and better explained in the Terms and Conditions of the same. However, filling them in may be necessary to access or obtain certain personalized information content or services.

2.4. The categories of personal data collected will differ according to the data subject’s interaction with this website and according to their own interests on each visit.

2.5. Under no circumstances will personal data on racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, data relating to health and sex life, genetic data, biometric data or data relating to sex life or sexual orientation be requested, unless, at specific times when the request may occur, the data subject expressly and freely consents to its disclosure.

2.6. Under no circumstances will HTD transfer the personal data you provide through this website to third parties ( HTD Partners) without the prior consent of the data subject.

2.7. This consent, as you will see, whenever requested, for the most varied purposes, will always be free, express and embodied in a clear and unequivocal positive act. However, we will ensure that the ease with which it is provided is similar to that with which it can be removed, if the user so wishes.

2.8. HTD cannot be held responsible for the user entering the personal data of third parties in order to receive any commercial contact.

2.9. HTD may, however, transfer this data for the fulfillment of legal obligations or following subcontracting relationships established for its own purposes, always subject to adequate guarantees, without your consent.

2.10. By accepting this Privacy Policy, the user gives their informed, express, free and unequivocal consent for the personal data provided through the website to be included in a file for which we are responsible. HTD whose processing under the terms of the legislation on the protection of personal data complies with the appropriate technical and organizational security measures.

2.11. HTD therefore maintains this database, which will contain a record of users who provide their personal data, which is collected and processed automatically by Wace.

3. Purpose of processing personal data

3.1. HTD, with its websites, is committed to creating informative, diversified content, with simple and accessible language, frequently publishing useful and relevant content, using differentiated content strategies and a creative orientation. Based on the visibility of its website, it publishes sponsored content and interacts with the user, and may collect personal data. There, the purpose of collecting and processing personal data will be to carry out direct marketing, own and third party and/or market research.

3.2. HTD may carry out various surveys on its websites. If you do so, your data will either be anonymized or you will be asked for your free and informed consent, and it will be deleted as soon as the conclusions of the study have been drawn, and the data will not be used for any other purpose.

4. Direct Marketing and Communication of Data to Third Parties

4.1. By putting a cross and pressing the “I accept” button (or equivalent) on the forms or answering “Yes” on the Chatbots, you are consenting to receive electronic direct marketing communications and/or market research.

4.2. These electronic communications can be made by email, telephone, cell phone, SMS/MMS, push notifications or messages in chat applications (Whatsapp, Messenger, Skype, etc.).

4.3. The communications will be carried out by HTD or its Partners (when it so permits), which may use the data provided for the same direct marketing purposes.

4.4. HTD’s “Partners” are legal persons, public or private, for-profit or not-for-profit and are generally identified at the time of registration or, failing that, belong to the categories indicated at the time of registration, listed here:

• Banking, Finance and Insurance
• Science, Technology and Telecommunications
• Education, Training and Employment
• Energy
• Non-Profit Entities
• Real Estate
• Health, Well-being and Food;
• Tourism and Travel
• Culture, Entertainment and Leisure.

4.5. HTD believes that it is clearer for the user to know the categories of the Partners in question, rather than the name of each Partner, insofar as, with the simple name, only with a disproportionate search effort will the Data Subject be able to know what type of advertising they are consenting to. However, if you would like more information on each category of partner, you can contact us and we will promptly publish the updated list of partners, without prejudice to the fact that others may be added at a later date, depending on the changes and development of the business.

5. Exercising Rights

5.1. To exercise your right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability and objection, please send an e-mail to info@hometourdrive.com with your request. In exercising your rights, you must specify your claim, which will be met in a timely manner, within the legal deadlines if the identity of the data subject is confirmed.

5.2. If you wish to exercise your right to object to receiving marketing communications, you can do so at any time:

• By clicking on the link to this effect (usually with the indication “unsubscribe”) in any e-mail message you receive as a result of registering on this Website;
• By e-mail to info@hometourdrive.com.
• Or by post, to the address indicated at the beginning of this Privacy Policy.

6. Security

6.1. HTD uses appropriate security measures to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, and against all other unlawful forms of processing, taking into account the current state of technology, the nature of the data stored and the risks to which they are exposed.

6.2. HTD guarantees the confidentiality of the data you may provide because it is stored on a secure server (256-bit SSL) which encrypts it. You can check that your browser is secure if the padlock symbol appears or if the address starts with https instead of http.

6.3. However, as the Internet is not completely secure, we warn you that your personal data may circulate on open networks, without security conditions, to which HTD is not a party and cannot be held responsible, running the risk of being seen and used by unauthorized third parties.

7. Data retention

7.1. Your data is kept by HTD for the purposes described herein, and to prove your registration on this Website, as well as to prove the exercise of your rights, within the admissible periods according to the guidelines of the supervisory entities.

8. Other considerations

8.1. HTD shall not be held liable for any acts or omissions of third parties, in particular with regard to links to other websites and their content.

8.2. In the event of merger, demerger, transformation, dissolution or insolvency of the commercial company HTDIn the event of a breach of contract, your data may be transmitted to third parties as a commercial asset, always in compliance with the applicable law and maintaining your rights as the data subject, in particular with regard to the consent given and the rights of opposition, access, rectification, erasure, limitation and portability.

8.3. In the event of any legislative or commercial changes, HTD reserves the right to amend this Policy at any time, so you should consult it whenever you use this Website.

8.4. For more information, please contact us by email at“info@hometourdrive.com”.

9. Control Authority

9.1. Under the terms of the law, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint, if they consider there to be grounds for doing so, regarding the protection of personal data, with the competent supervisory authority, which, without prejudice to any other being identified, will be the National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) www.cnpd.pt.