1. Data Controller

The entity responsible for the processing of your personal data is the Associação Portuguesa de Análise Experimental de Tensões (APAET), with its registered office at A/C Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Avenida do Brasil, 101, 1700-066 LISBOA and NIF 501 699 546 (hereinafter referred to as the “Association” or “We”).

  • Data Protection Contact: geral@apaet.pt

2. Personal Data Collected

We only collect the data strictly necessary for the registration and management of your membership in the Association, exclusively through the registration form available on our website.

The data collected includes, but is not limited to:

  • Full name.

  • Email address.

  • Phone/Mobile number.

  • [OTHER RELEVANT DATA, e.g., Identification Number, Date of Birth, Address – Adjust according to the form]

Note: Our website does not use authentication systems, online sales, or collect payment data. We do not use tracking or analytical cookies that identify the user.

3. Purposes and Legal Basis for Processing

Purpose of Processing Data Processed Legal Basis (GDPR)
Membership Registration and Management All data collected in the form. Contract Performance (Association Statutes) and/or Legitimate Interest (Administrative Management).
Institutional Communication Name and Email/Phone Number. Legitimate Interest (Informing about internal activities, meetings, events, fees) or Consent.
Compliance with Legal Obligations Identification data, NIF (if applicable). Compliance with Legal Obligation (Tax, accounting, etc.).

4. Data Retention

Your personal data will only be kept for the period necessary for the purposes mentioned above or while you are a member of the Association, plus the legal statute of limitations for the legal obligations to which the Association is subject.

If you cease to be a member, your data will be deleted or anonymised within a maximum period of [SPECIFY PERIOD, e.g., 1 year], unless there is a legal obligation to retain them.

5. Data Sharing

The Association undertakes not to sell, rent, or transmit your data to third parties, except in the following cases:

  • Legal Obligation: When required by law or court order (e.g., tax authorities).

  • Subcontractors: Only to service providers who act strictly on behalf of and under the instructions of the Association (e.g., website hosting service, email marketing service for institutional communications), under a contract that guarantees data protection.

6. Your Rights

As the data subject, you have the right to:

  • Access: Request a copy of your personal data.

  • Rectification: Request the correction of incomplete or incorrect data.

  • Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): Request the deletion of your data (subject to legal retention obligations).

  • Restriction: Request the limitation of the processing of your data.

  • Objection: Object to the processing of your data.

  • Portability: Request that your data be transferred to another entity, in a structured format.

You may exercise these rights at any time by sending a written request to our Data Protection contact: geral@apaet.pt.

7. Right to Complain

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority, in Portugal, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), should you consider that the processing of your data does not comply with legal requirements.

8. Changes to the Privacy Policy

This Policy may be reviewed and updated. Any significant change will be published on the website with due notice.