This Privacy Policy explains how nineyards Unipessoal Lda collects, uses, and protects personal data through the website www.nineyards.pt.

nineyards is committed to processing personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable Portuguese legislation.

The entity responsible for processing personal data is:

‍nineyards Unipessoal Lda
NIF: 516842170
Praça de 25 de Abril, 88, Porto, Portugal
Email: info@nineyards.pt

Through the website contact forms or direct communications, nineyards may collect:
- Name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Company name
- Any information voluntarily submitted in message fields

The website does not provide account creation, payment systems, or e-commerce functionality.

Personal data is collected exclusively when users voluntarily submit information through the website’s contact forms or direct email communications.

Form submissions are transmitted via SMTP email directly to nineyards’ internal inboxes. The website itself does not store form submissions in a dedicated database.

Personal data may be processed for the following purposes:
- Responding to inquiries and contact requests
- Business communication
- Evaluating potential collaborations or projects
- Operational follow-up related to submitted requests
- Website security and technical administration

nineyards does not sell or commercially distribute personal data to third parties

Personal data is processed based on:
- User consent through voluntary submission
- Legitimate business interests in responding to inquiries and managing communications
- Compliance with applicable legal obligations where necessary

Personal data will only be retained for the period reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or to comply with legal obligations.

Email communications may remain archived within internal email systems for operational and record-keeping purposes.

nineyards does not share personal data with third parties except where necessary for:
- Technical website hosting and infrastructure services
- Email delivery systems
- Legal or regulatory compliance obligations

Any third-party service providers are expected to comply with applicable data protection standards.

Under GDPR, users may request:
- Access to their personal data
- Correction of inaccurate data
- Deletion of personal data
- Restriction of processing
- Objection to processing
- Data portability, where applicable

Requests may be submitted to: info@nineyards.pt

Users also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (CNPD).

The website may use technically necessary cookies or basic analytics tools required for website functionality and performance monitoring.

If additional non-essential cookies are implemented in the future, appropriate consent mechanisms will be introduced in accordance with GDPR requirements.

nineyards implements reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, misuse, disclosure, or destruction.

However, no electronic transmission or storage system can be guaranteed as completely secure.

The website may contain links to external websites. nineyards is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites.

nineyards reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Updated versions will be published on this page with immediate effect upon publication.

For questions related to this Privacy Policy or personal data processing:

‍nineyards Unipessoal Lda
Praça de 25 de Abril, 88, Porto, Portugal
Email: info@nineyards.pt

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