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This Privacy Policy explains how Sara Baptista Studio, based in Portugal, collects and processes the personal data of users of the website www.sarabaptistastudio.com.

We are committed to processing personal data in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the GDPR) and other applicable legislation on data protection and electronic privacy.

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1. Who is the data controller?
The data controller responsible for the processing of personal data is Sara Baptista.

If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data, you can contact us by email at sara.baptista@sarabaptistastudio.com

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2. What personal data do we collect?
Depending on your relationship with us, we may collect the following categories of personal data:

• Identification data, such as first and last name;

• Contact data, such as email address;

• Website browsing and usage data, such as IP address, pages visited, and access times;

• Data provided through contact requests;

• Any other data you voluntarily provide to us.

 

3. For what purposes do we process your data and on what legal basis?
We process your personal data only for specific, explicit, and legitimate purposes, and always on an appropriate legal basis.

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3.1 Managing contact requests
We process data sent by email or other channels in order to respond to requests for information, proposals, appointments, or other enquiries.
Legal basis: pre-contractual steps taken at the data subject’s request or, where applicable, our legitimate interest in responding to communications received.

 

3.3 Compliance with legal obligations
We may process personal data to comply with legal, tax, accounting, and invoicing obligations, to defend our rights in legal proceedings, or to cooperate with public authorities.
Legal basis: compliance with a legal obligation to which the data controller is subject.

 

3.4 Direct marketing and newsletters
We may use your data to send marketing communications, news, campaigns, promotional content, or newsletters.
Legal basis: consent, where legally required, or legitimate interest in cases permitted by applicable law. In any case, you may opt out at any time via the unsubscribe option included in the messages or by contacting us directly.

 

3.5 Website improvement, security, and analytics
We may process technical and browsing data to ensure website security, prevent fraud, diagnose technical issues, generate aggregated statistics, and improve the user experience.
Legal basis: our legitimate interest in the security, operation, and improvement of our services; where the use of cookies or similar technologies requires consent, such processing will depend on your prior consent.

 

4. Are the data mandatory?
Where the collection of certain data is necessary to enter into or perform a contract, provide a service, or comply with a legal obligation, failure to provide such data may prevent us from proceeding with your request, providing the service, or complying with the applicable obligations.

 

5. How long do we keep the data?
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and processed, or for the period required by applicable legal obligations.

 

6. What are your rights?
Where applicable, you may exercise the following rights:

• Right of access to your personal data;

• Right to rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data;

• Right to erasure of data;

• Right to restriction of processing;

• Right to object to processing;

• Right to data portability;

• Right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out prior to withdrawal;

• Right not to be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing, where applicable;

• Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

 

7. Right to lodge a complaint
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority, the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados – CNPD).

 

8. Cookies and similar technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to:
• ensure the technical operation of the website;
• remember user preferences;
• analyse website usage;
• personalise content and, where applicable, support marketing activities.

Strictly necessary cookies may be used without consent where they are essential for the operation of the website or the provision of a service requested by the user. Non-essential cookies, such as many analytics, personalisation, or behavioural advertising cookies, require prior consent before they are placed on the user’s device.

For more detailed information about the cookies used, their purposes, duration, and how to manage consent, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

 

9. Data security
We implement appropriate security measures to protect personal data against destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure, or access, taking into account the nature of the data.

However, despite our efforts, no data transmission over the internet or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. For this reason, we recommend that users also take appropriate security measures when using digital services.

 

10. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy at any time, in particular to reflect legal, regulatory, or operational changes. The most recent version will always be available on our website, indicating the date of the last update.

 

We recommend reviewing this Policy periodically.