Privacy Policy

Version 1.1
Last Updated: 02/02/2024

Introduction
Container98 Unipessoal Lda ("we," "us," or "our") recognizes the importance of data protection and respects your rights to autonomy and control over your personal data. This Privacy Notice, together with our Terms and Conditions (https://www.container98.com/terms) and any other referenced documents, outlines how we collect, use, and manage your personal data.

Data Controller
For the purposes of applicable data protection and privacy laws, Container98 Unipessoal Lda, with registered address at Avenida do Atlântico 16 5.07, 1990-019 Lisboa, Portugal , is the data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data.

1. Whose Personal Data Do We Collect?
We collect personal data from various individuals, including but not limited to:

- Our suppliers, customers, and other business contacts.
- Representatives of suppliers, customers, and other business contacts.
- Employees.
- Contractors and consultants.
- Users of our website(s).
- Individuals who contact us by any means.
- Job applicants.

2. How We Collect Your Personal Data
We collect personal data that you knowingly and voluntarily provide to us, both online and offline, including when you:

- Visit our website(s) and complete web forms.
- Visit our premises.
- Communicate with us via telephone, video conferencing, email, or social networking websites.
- Automatically, through cookies and similar technologies when you interact with our website(s).
- From public sources and third-party sources, such as related third parties and sub-contractors.

3. Information We Collect

The personal data we may collect includes but is not limited to:

- Name, gender, job title, photographic identification, email address, home address, and contact details.
- Details of your business and other interests.
- Social Media Profiles.
- Communications with you, including meeting notes.
- Financial and payment information.
- IP address, browser type, operating system, language, time zone setting, access times, and referring website addresses (collected through cookies).
- Information provided in forms on our website(s).
- Records of your website visits and accessed resources.
- Telephone conversations and video conferences (where required by regulatory obligations).

4. Transfers of Personal Data
Your personal data may be transferred to and stored in countries other than your own, which may have different data protection requirements. When transferring personal data across borders, we ensure adequate safeguards are in place to protect your data in accordance with this Privacy Notice.

If you are located in the EEA, Switzerland, South Africa, or the UK, you can request more information about these safeguards through our contact form(https://www.container98.com/contact/).

5. Uses Made of the Information
We use your personal data for various purposes, including but not limited to:

- Administering and improving our website(s).
- Providing information you request and notifying you about website changes.
- Managing our internal recruitment processes.
- Fulfilling contractual obligations.
- Testimonials, customer feedback and support.
- Marketing/ Promotional and targeted advertising.
- Processing payments and managing customer orders.
- Reviewing and posting entries or comments on our blog.
- Complying with legal and regulatory obligations.
- Other business-related purposes.
- Enforce T&C.

6. Recruitment
When you apply for a job through our website or otherwise, we collect additional specific personal data, including qualifications, career history, references, and interview notes. Special category personal data may also be collected with your consent for equal opportunities monitoring.

7. Legal Basis for Processing
The legal basis for processing your personal data includes:

- Your consent.
- The performance of a contract.
- Our legitimate business interests.
- Compliance with legal obligations.

8. Disclosure of Your Information
We may share your personal data with:
- Employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties on a "need to know" basis.
- Our global group entities, ensuring confidentiality and compliance with this Privacy Notice.
- Third parties, including public and government authorities, courts, professional advisors, and suppliers of IT services, Ad and analytics services, Marketing agencies, Data collection & process, Payment recovery services as necessary for various purposes outlined in this Notice.

9. Social Media
Our website(s) may contain links to social media sites and video streaming platforms. Interactions with these links may result in data exchange with these third-party sites. Refer to the respective sites' privacy policies for more information.

10. Records Retention
At Container98, we take data retention seriously. We retain personal data for a specific period based on its type, ensuring that it aligns with the purposes for which it was collected as detailed in this Privacy Policy. After users terminate their accounts, we will securely store your personal information for a period ranging from 90 days to 2 years. The exact duration may vary depending on factors such as the nature of the data and the purposes for which it was collected. In certain instances, we may need to retain specific information for longer periods. This could be for compliance with applicable laws, record-keeping, reporting, or for other legitimate reasons such as safeguarding legal rights and preventing fraud. It's worth noting that residual anonymous information and aggregate data, which do not identify you directly or indirectly, may be stored indefinitely. This allows us to continue improving our services and gain valuable insights while respecting your privacy. By implementing these data retention practices, we ensure that your information is handled responsibly and in accordance with the applicable regulations and our commitment to safeguarding your privacy.

11. Your Rights - Marketing and Third Party Websites
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. Where required by law, we will inform you (before or at the time of collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by ticking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can exercise your right to 'opt-out' from receiving marketing communications at any time by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link provided at the bottom of each commercial email and updating your preferences.

12. Your Rights - Access, Rectification, and Deletion
If you wish to request access to or a machine-readable copy of the personal data that we hold about you, request that we rectify or delete your personal data, or object to the processing of your personal data, please submit your request at our contact form

13. Security
We take reasonable technical and organizational security measures to protect personal data from accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, and unauthorized access, destruction, misuse, modification, or disclosure. While we aim to protect your personal data, please be aware that the transmission of information over the internet is not completely secure, and any transmission of your data to us is at your own risk.

14. Cookies and Other Tools
We may use information about your visits to the Websites by using a "cookie" or similar technologies for storing information. Our Websites will ask you for permission before using cookies. By clicking “Allow section” or “Allow all cookies” and continuing to use the Website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies as described in this the cookie declaration. You may at any time refuse to accept or block cookies by activating the setting on your internet browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies.

15. Changes to Our Privacy Notice
We reserve the right to modify or amend this Notice at any time. Any changes we may make to this Notice in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. It is your responsibility to review this Notice every time you submit information to us.

16. Contact
Questions can be sent by email at info@container98.com. If you are not satisfied with the handling of your concern or complaint, you can escalate this to your national Data Protection Authority. However, we kindly ask that you raise any such matters with us in the first instance, in order that we may have the opportunity to resolve them, without involving a Data Protection Authority.