Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

The Centre for Innovation in Polymer Engineering – PIEP – respects your Privacy.

 

Through the privacy policy, PIEP intends to make known to Customers / Users the general rules for the treatment of personal data, which are collected and processed in strict respect and compliance with the provisions of the personal data protection legislation in force at all times, namely Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and the Council, of 27 April 2016 (“GDPR”)

 

Our privacy policy allows you to know how PIEP collects and uses your data, how the user can control its use and guides our practices concerning the information collected by the various communication platforms used by PIEP, namely website, social networks, and electronic messages, as well as marketing and promotion activities, collectively, “Communication Channels”.

 

PIEP and its communication channels respect the measures established in the General Data Protection Regime.

 

PIEP is responsible for the processing of your data, whether automated or not, from its collection to its organization, from its conservation to its disposal.

It should be noted that the Communication Channels can provide links to other platforms that do not belong to the PIEP universe. We encourage you to check the privacy policies of those websites, services, social networks, or applications before providing your Personal Data.

 

It should be noted that the Communication Channels can provide links to other platforms that do not belong to the PIEP universe. We encourage you to check the privacy policies of those websites, services, social networks, or applications before providing your Personal Data.

1. Personal data

By «Personal Data», PIEP refers to information related to an identified or identifiable natural person («Data Subject»); an identifiable individual is a person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier, such as a name, identification number, location data, identifiers electronically or to one or more specific elements the physical, the physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that individual.

 

The personal data to which PIEP has access are exclusively those provided by you.

 

2. Use of data

PIEP is responsible for the processing of personal data and will only process your personal data when:

2.1 Has a legitimate interest in doing so, in particular for:

a) Provision of Services;
b) Accounting, Tax and Administrative Management (Customers and Suppliers);
c) Subcontracting;
d) Recruitment and Selection;
e) Litigation Management;
f) Control of Physical Security;
g) Access to Infrastructure (Physical and Logical);
h) Suggestions and Complaints.

2.2. You have obtained your consent to process your personal data, according to specified and legitimate purposes; and/or

2.3. It is necessary to comply with contractual obligations and legal obligations that apply to it.

 

The personal data you provide to us will also be processed for the purposes indicated at the time of collection.

By using our website and available platforms, you are agreeing to our privacy policy.

3. Newsletter and informations

The personal data you provide to us will be processed for the purposes indicated at the time of collection.
In the case of the Newsletter, the data processed is the email.
In the case of a request for information and/or contact, the data processed is the name and email.

4. Applications

The personal data collected is intended for the management of activities related to recruitment and selection (Name, email, and CV).

Your CV will be stored in our database for a period of 6 months in the case of a spontaneous application, or 5 years, in the case of response to an advertisement.

Only applications made on the site, in a specific area for this purpose, or via email: jobs@piep.pt will be accepted.

5. Holder rights

At any time, you can exercise your rights with the PIEP, namely:

a) Right of access: as the holder of personal data, you have the right to obtain information, in a clear and clarifying manner, regarding the way PIEP treats your data, as well as to access your data.

b) Right of rectification: you have the right to have your personal data rectified if they are out of date, incorrect or incomplete.

c) Right of erasure/to be forgotten: as the holder of personal data, you have the right to have your personal data deleted, with the proviso that this right is not absolute, with limitations on the right to erase, namely due to legal obligations.

d) Right of opposition: the data subject has the right to oppose, at any time, the processing of personal data concerning him, based on legitimate interests or the public interest, including the definition of profiles. As such, you can request the deletion of the subscription to the PIEP Newsletter or request the removal of our direct disclosure communications at any time.

e) Right to limitation of processing: you have the right to request the limitation of the processing of your data in the following situations: if you challenge the accuracy of personal data; if the treatment is illegal and you do not want to delete your data, but only limit it; if the data are no longer needed by the PIEP; if you have exercised the aforementioned right of opposition, during the period in which the PIEP examines whether your legitimate interests for treatment prevail over your right.

f) Right to data portability: you have the right to move, copy, or transfer data, as long as they are automated, from one database to another.

g) Right to withdraw your consent for data processing: you can withdraw your consent to data processing when this processing is based on your consent. This right does not compromise the legality of the treatment based on consent before the respective withdrawal, nor the subsequent treatment of the same data, based on another legal basis, as being the contractual fulfillment or legal obligation.

h) Right to file a complaint with the National Data Protection Commission (“CNPD”): if you consider that the processing of your personal data carried out by PIEP violates the applicable data protection legislation, you can file a complaint with CNPD. You can contact us in advance before submitting any complaint to the CNPD.

6. Data retention period

The data will only be kept for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. However, data may be kept for longer periods, particularly when the law so requires it.

7. Disclosure of information to third parties

Your personal data will not be sold, traded, exchanged, transferred to third parties, for any reason, without your consent, nor will they be used for purposes other than those for which you gave us consent.

Your information may be released when necessary to comply with legal provisions, to enforce our website policies, or to protect our rights, property, or security.

8. Security and confidentiality

PIEP is committed to keeping your data safe, namely through the application of appropriate security measures to ensure the protection of your personal data and prevent access to it by unauthorized persons. We subject our security systems and policies to periodic reviews to ensure that data is safe and secure.

However, we safeguard that the disclosure of information through the Internet is not completely secure, so we cannot guarantee, absolutely, the security of the information transmitted through our website.

PIEP bases its conduct on the respect and confidentiality of its information, so we will not proceed with the sale, distribution, or commercial availability of your information, to any entity. PIEP will only communicate your data to third parties when it proves necessary for the provision of our services or due to legal obligation.

PIEP is committed to keeping your information confidential in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable legislation.

9. Changes to our Privacy Policy

PIEP reserves the right to revise this privacy policy at any time, the revisions being reflected on this page.

10. Contacts

All your data will be treated in a lawful, transparent, fair, and limited to the permitted purposes.

For any question related to the Privacy Policy, protection of personal data or to exercise the indicated rights, you can contact us through the following channels:

PIEP – Centre of Innovation in Polymer Engineering

University of Minho, Campus of Azurém

4800-058 Guimarães – Portugal

Alternatively, you can send us an email to geral@piep.pt

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