PRIVACY POLICY

 

 

Eng&Steel is the entity responsible for the processing of personal data and permanently assumes the public commitment to act in accordance with national and Community legislation in force and applicable. The personal data of our clients are processed, exclusively, because they are necessary for the preparation of budgets, conclusion and execution of contracts, management of deliveries and follow-up of orders, after-servicesale, in compliance with legal obligations or because they have been subject to consent.The personal data provided by customers or generated by the use of services or acquisition of goods, will be processed and stored electronically and are intended to be used by Eng&Steel to: marketing and sales, customer management, accounting, tax and administrative management, litigation management and, in general, compliance with general obligations.

The processing of data for marketing purposes will be carried out in accordance with the consent option expressed by the customer. Such consent must be prior, free, informed, specific and unambiguous, and contained in a written statement, which may take the form of an option validation. At any time, you may object in writing to the processing of data for marketing purposes.

Personal data are stored for different periods of time, according to the purpose for which they are intended, in accordance with the respective legal criteria, in compliance with the principles of necessity and minimization of the retention period.

Eng&Steel may use subcontracted entities for the purposes of personal data processing, in particular, for promotional campaigns, marketing, customer account management, billing, goods transport, deliveries and after-sales assistance, accounting, litigation management, salary processing, health and safety services at work, among others, with such entities being obliged to develop data protection measures and ensure the defense of the rights of the holders.

Eng&Steel guarantees all data subjects access, rectification, opposition, deletion, limitation and portability of the data provided.

The exercise of such rights must be done through the email MiguelRocha@EngSteel.pt

All data subjects have the right to file a complaint directly with the NATIONAL DATA PROTECTION COMMISSION.

adverts

Like other websites, we collect and use information contained in advertisements. The information contained in the advertisements includes your IP (Internet Protocol) address, your ISP (Internet Service Provider, such as NOS, MEO, or other), the browser you used when visiting our website (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time of your visit and which pages you have visited within our website.

Cookies and Web Beacons

We use cookies to store information, such as your personal preferences when you visit our website. This may include a simple popup, or a link to various services we provide, such as forums.

In addition, we also use third-party advertising on our website to cover maintenance costs. Some of these advertisers may use technologies such as cookies and/or web beacons when they advertise on our website, which will cause those advertisers (such as Google through Google AdSense) also to receive your personal information, such as IP address, your ISP, your browser, etc. This function is generally used for geotargeting (showing advertising of Lisbon only to readers coming from Lisbon, for example) or presenting advertising targeted at a type of user (like showing restaurant advertising to a user who regularly visits cooking websites, e.g.).

Eng&Steel is committed to making both your online experience and your interaction with our website an informative and relevant moment, and to providing the best possible experience during your online visit. One way is through the use of cookies (own and third-party) to store information about your visit to our website on your computer. This information is necessary for the website to function properly.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a file that is downloaded by your computer, mobile phone or other equipment (hereinafter referred to as equipment) when you access our website or use our application. The cookie allows us to store and retrieve information about your browsing habits or your device where you access, generally in an anonymous form and depending on the information it contains, if previously registered, to identify you as a customer or user.

The information obtained is related to the number of pages you visit, the language, the place from which you access, the number of new users, the frequency and number of visits, the duration of the visit, the browser or equipment with which you make the visit on the website or in our application.

What kind of cookies are used on our website?

Own cookies

These are those that are sent to the computer from a domain or computer operated by us.

Third-party cookies

These are those that are sent to your computer from a computer or domain that is not operated by us, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.

Session cookies

They are a type of cookie that expire when you close your session on our website.

Persistent cookies

They are a type of cookie that are stored on the computer for a period of time that can vary from a few minutes to several years.

Analytics cookies

Those that are either processed by us or by third parties and that allow us to quantify the number of visits and the use that users make on our website for the purpose of measuring and statistical analysis of their use and to resolve detected gaps and facilitate the use of our website.

Advertising cookies

When you visit the pages of our website, email or run an application where we publish advertisements for our products or services, to carry out a control and monitoring of the effectiveness of advertising are installed on your browser or computer cookies that are used to measure, for example, the number of times you have seen ads and where they appear, when they are viewed, from where, or if you have not seen them before.

Behavioral advertising cookies

These are a type of cookies that are used to store and retrieve information about the behavior of users obtained through the observation of their browsing habits, which allow a specific profile to be developed to show the user advertising based on it.

Renewing and deleting cookies

Most browsers allow you to control most cookies through your settings.

If you wish, you can allow, block or delete the cookies installed on your computer by setting the options of the browser installed on your computer or from the privacy settings of the computer.

For example, you can find information on how to do this if you use as a browser:

Firefox from enabling and disabling cookies that websites use to track your preferences | Firefox Help
Chrome from how to manage cookies and websites
Explorer from managing cookies in Internet Explorer
Safari from Safari 8 (Yosemite): Manage cookies and website data
Operates from Cookie Manager

More details about cookies

General information on blocking and removing cookies: http://www.aboutcookies.org/

You can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to take full advantage of all the features on their websites.

Category 1: Strictly necessary cookies 

These cookies are essential for you to be able to navigate the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, services requested such as shopping carts or e-invoices cannot be provided.

Categoria 2: Performance cookies 

These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for example, which pages are most frequently accessed by visitors and whether error messages are received from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor. All information collected by these cookies is stored collectively and, consequently, is anonymous. These are used only to improve the operation of a website.

Category 3: functionality cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For example, a website may be able to provide you with local weather forecasts or traffic information by storing in a cookie the information of the region where you are currently. These cookies may also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that can be customized. They may also be used to provide services you have requested, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information collected by these cookies can be processed anonymously and it is not allowed to view your browsing activity on other websites.

Category 4: Targeting cookies or Advertising cookies

These cookies are used to present advertising more relevant to you and your interests. These are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the efficiency of the advertising campaign. Usually, these are placed by advertising networks with the permission of the website operator. These record that you have visited a particular website and this information is shared with other organizations, such as advertisers. Targeting or advertising cookies will often be linked to website functionality provided by the other organization. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor.

Third-party cookies

They are similar to “direct” cookies, however, these originate in a different domain (not related/linked to Eng&Steel) than what you are visiting. These entities (unrelated/linked to Eng&Steel) may also place cookies on your device when you visit the Eng&Steel website.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics uses “cookies” to collect and analyze information regarding the use of the websites visited by the user. To learn more about Google Analytics cookies and their use by Google Inc., you can consult the information on the use of cookies by Google available at:

https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=pt e https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

Regarding Addthis cookies, it is possible to opt out through the following link:

http://www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out .

Most browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome) can show you how to prevent new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie and how to disable and/or delete existing cookies.

However, please note that by not accepting cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of all the features of this website.

LiNKS TO THIRD-PARTY SITES

Eng&Steel has links to other websites, which in our view may contain useful information/tools for our visitors. Our privacy policy does not apply to third-party websites, so if you visit another website from ours you should read the privacy policy of the same.

We are not responsible for the privacy policy or content on these websites.