1. OVERVIEW
This Privacy Policy provides information on the treatment of the personal data of users (hereinafter “User” or “Users”) collected in connection with the use of this website https://www.vallis.pt/ (hereinafter “Website”).
Users of the Website may be, but are not limited to:
- i. All visitors to the Website;
- ii. Visitors who wish to apply for employment opportunities;
- iii. All clients or potential clients, investors, buyers, sellers or partners of VALLIS, as well as their legal representatives.
VALLIS ensures compliance with the obligations arising from Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (hereinafter “RGPD”) and other legislation on personal data protection and privacy.
Respect for the privacy of its Users and compliance with applicable legal obligations in this matter is a priority for VALLIS. We guarantee Users the respect for their rights, including the protection of personal data and privacy, adopting the necessary measures to safeguard the processing activities.
The provision of personal data implies knowledge and acceptance of the conditions of use of the Website available for consultation at https://vallis.pt/termos-condicoes (hereinafter referred to as “Terms and Conditions”).
The Privacy Policy applies exclusively to the treatment of personal data carried out by VALLIS in the context of the purposes established herein, in which personal information is considered relative to a single person, of any nature and regardless of its support, which identifies or allows the identification of that person.
The party responsible for processing the Users’ personal data is VALLIS CAPITAL PARTNERS (“VALLIS“), with head office at Avenida da Boavista, 36, 1º Piso, 4050-112, in Oporto, with the single registration and taxpayer number 509302491.
2. PURPOSES, GROUNDS FOR LAWFULNESS AND RETENTION PERIOD
The User can access, browse and use this website without providing any personal information, without prejudice to the navigation data required for the correct management of the Website. However, the use of certain tools of the Website may require the provision of personal data.
In this context, data processing has the following purposes, grounds for lawfulness and retention periods:
Website Management
The processing of this data is necessary to allow access to and use of the Website, the processing being based on the execution of a contract the terms of which are governed by the Terms and Conditions of use of the Website and, failing this, by the general principles of law.
The data will be kept for a period of three months after the last visit to the Website.
Applications
The processing of this data is necessary for the purposes of recruiting and selecting employees. This processing is based on pre-contractual procedures at the request of the User.
The data will be kept for 18 (eighteen) months after the last interaction in the event of the candidate not being selected and for the duration of the professional relationship in other cases.
Management of the contractual relationship with clients and other entities
The processing of this data is necessary for the purposes of concluding, executing and managing contracts to which clients or other entities are a party, or for pre-contractual steps at their request. This data will be treated in the context of a commercial relationship celebrated with VALLIS.
The data will be kept until 1 (one) year after the end of the contract or, if this has not been concluded, until 6 (six) months after the beginning of the contracting process without conclusion, without prejudice to being kept for a longer period in compliance with specific legal obligations.
Prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing crimes
The processing of this data is necessary to verify lists of persons and entities subject to financial or commercial sanctions or to identify and report suspicious operations. This treatment is based on pre-contractual diligence and compliance with legal obligations.
The data will be kept for a period of 7 (seven) years after the end of the contractual relationship.
Contact and complaint management
The processing of this data is necessary for the reception, analysis and response to requests for information and complaints. This processing is based on the legitimate interest of the company in duly following up your requests and in compliance with legal obligations.
Your data will be kept, by legal requirement, for a period of 3 (three) years.
VALLIS performs data processing necessary to ensure compliance with various legal obligations, including, without limitation,
- legislation on the prevention and fight against money laundering and terrorist financing;
- tax law; and/or
- relating to the protection of personal data.
The data is stored and used for the period strictly necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, unless another retention period results from the direct application of the law.
We emphasize that your personal data may be kept for periods of prescription or expiration in the general terms of law or until final legal action has been taken.
At the end of such periods, your personal data will be deleted or irreversibly anonymized.
3. PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED
In the context of the purposes stated, VALLIS processes only the personal data strictly necessary for the pursuit of these purposes, namely:
- Personal identification data (e.g. full name, age, sex, nationality, place of birth, identification document, photograph, marital status, names of household members, number of dependents, residence visa, e-mail, telephone and address and proof of bite);
- Recruitment (e.g. application date, interview result, result of admission tests or examinations, curriculum vitae and certificate of qualifications);
- Means of payment and transactions (e.g. account number, IBAN/NIB, number, description, date, amount of transaction);
- Financial situation (e.g., income and remuneration, liens, debt amounts, benefit statement, risk class, shareholder position, financial assets or liabilities in the financial sector)
- Legal proceedings (e.g., lawsuits, lawsuit number, litigation proceedings, type of lawsuit, outcome of proceedings, claims incurred)
- Web browsing data (e.g., electronic identifier, connection start or end date/time, interaction history and host).
VALLIS does not process sensitive data categories revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, as well as the processing of genetic data, biometric data to uniquely identify a person, data concerning health, or data concerning a person’s sex life or sexual orientation.
4. PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED
In accordance with applicable law and as holders of personal data, the User may at any time request the right of access, rectification and deletion of their personal data just as they may cancel their consent to the processing of their personal data for the future when this has been the basis for the lawfulness of the processing.
The user’s personal data will be deleted if the user consent to the storage of such data is withdrawn, if the information of the personal data to achieve the intended purpose is no longer necessary or if the storage of the personal data is inadmissible due to other legal reasons.
For the purpose of exercising your rights you may submit them in writing to the following addresses:
- E-mail: info@vallis.pt
- Letter to the following address: Vallis Capital Partners S.A., Av. da Boavista, 36, Piso 1, 4050-112 Porto, Portugal
The user has the right to complain to the competent supervisory authority regarding matters relating to the processing of personal data. In Portugal, the competent supervisory authority is the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados.
For more information, please go to www.cnpd.pt.
5. SHARING OF PERSONAL DATA
VALLIS may transmit its data to entities subcontracted by it for the purposes mentioned above, under the terms of the contracts entered into with them. The subcontracted entities are bound to it by written contract and may only process your personal data for the established purposes and are not authorized to process them, directly or indirectly, for any other purpose, for their own benefit or for the benefit of a third party.
If there is a legitimate interest in intra-group data sharing, your personal data may be transmitted for internal administrative purposes between companies of the VALLIS Group. For example, to companies controlled or participated in by VALLIS (together referred to as “VALLIS Group”) or complementary groupings of companies formed by the VALLIS Group, in the context of measures to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing and fraud, or for administrative and financial management purposes at Group level.
In compliance with legal and/or contractual obligations, your personal data may also be transmitted to third parties for their own purposes, namely banks and insurance companies, judicial, administrative, supervisory or regulatory authorities.
To facilitate your navigation on the Website (in particular to visualize, via Google Maps, your or our location), your personal data may be processed by the entities managing the social networks or functionalities made available, in accordance with their respective privacy policies, which we recommend that you read before navigating on this Website.
6. TRANSFERS OF PERSONAL DATA
Your personal data is not transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Exceptionally, VALLIS may need to use solutions and service providers located outside the European Union. In such cases, VALLIS will safeguard that your personal data benefit from a high level of protection under applicable personal data law by promoting the transfer under a European Commission adequacy decision or the standard data protection clauses (or analogous), approved by the European Commission.
7. SECURITY MEASURES
VALLIS makes its best efforts to protect the personal data of Users against unauthorized access. To this end, it uses security systems, rules and other procedures to ensure the protection of personal data, as well as to prevent unauthorized access to the data, improper use, disclosure, loss or destruction. To this end, VALLIS has taken the following measures:
- Performing regular data backups;
- Making its employees and its network of agents aware of good practices;
- Protecting its internal IT network;
- Protecting its explanation and backup servers entrusted to professional hosts; and
- Physically protecting your facilities and your servers.
It is, however, the responsibility of the Users, to guarantee and ensure that the devices and equipment used to access this Website are adequately protected against harmful software, computer viruses and worms.
8. INFORMATION ON COOKIES
We advise you to read the Cookies Policy, available at https://vallis.pt/politica-cookies, which is an integral part of this policy, to find out more information about the processing of your personal data carried out through this functionality.
9. HYPERLINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
VALLIS may make hyperlinks available to other websites of interest and is not responsible for the privacy policy or conditions of use of these other websites. We recommend that when accessing other websites, you consult all the information and conditions mentioned above.
10. QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
The User may contact VALLIS about any questions related to the treatment of his data and to the exercise of the rights conferred to him by the applicable legislation and, especially, by this Privacy Policy, through the following contacts:
- E-mail: info@vallis.pt
- Letter to the following address: Vallis Capital Partners S.A., Av. da Boavista, 36, Piso 1, 4050-112 Porto, Portugal
VALLIS will follow up on any exercise of rights as soon as possible.
11. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
VALLIS reserves the right to change, at any time, this Privacy Policy. These changes will be duly publicized on the Website, at https://vallis.pt.
Last update: 29th of November, 2022.