Since May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in force. Taking into account the provisions of this Privacy Policy, BOOM IT has prepared this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate its commitment and respect for the rules of privacy and protection of personal data of its visitors, users, customers and partners.
BOOM IT is committed to adopting the best practices in the field of security and protection of personal data, formalizing this Privacy Policy in order to make known the general rules of privacy and processing of personal data that it collects and processes in strict respect and compliance with community and national legislation on the protection of personal data.
Personal data is considered to be any information, regardless of its nature, related to an identified or identifiable natural person through the data it holds.
With the exception of some of the resources available on the website, in which the user’s consent and express agreement is requested for the collection of personal information, the BOOM IT website may be navigated without any need to disclose personal data.
BOOM IT reserves the right to change or update its Privacy Policy at any time, for example to adapt it to legislative changes, and invites users to consult it regularly.
Agreement and consent
By accessing this website, the user expressly agrees to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any of the terms of the website, you should not browse the website or provide your personal data.
Collection and processing of personal data
When visiting our website, the IP address may be recorded and cookies may be used, as well as other technologies that allow us to collect general information about users, their browsing interests on our website, as well as to allow the correct functioning of the same.
BOOM IT may collect, store and process any information or personal data that users voluntarily provide to us, namely, when contacting us through a form, requesting a contact request, subscribing to our newsletters and participating in online surveys, and the information may be used for statistical purposes, to contact the user or customer in promotions and direct marketing campaigns.
The personal data collected are processed electronically and in strict compliance with the personal data protection legislation, being stored in specific applications or databases created for this purpose and, under no circumstances, will the data collected be used for any purpose other than that for which consent was given by the data subject.
Security of personal data
The BOOM IT website provides forms that collect information from users that require the implementation of security measures in the protection of personal data. In addition to the physical and logical security measures implemented by our service providers where the data is stored, all sessions are encrypted through a Digital Certificate, in order to ensure the secure transmission of your personal data over the internet.
Notwithstanding the security measures adopted by BOOM IT, we advise users that they should also adopt additional security measures to protect their personal data, namely, ensuring the use of equipment and browsers properly updated with the latest security updates, use of firewall and antivirus, as well as validating the authenticity of the websites you visit.
Sharing of personal data
BOOM IT may share information with other companies in the business group, business partners, service providers, agents or duly authorized external resellers, so that it is possible for them to provide or deliver a particular product or service contracted or to monitor commercially, as well as to provide information about products and services that may be of interest to the customer or potential customer.
BOOM IT will only make available to these external companies the minimum amount of personal data necessary to provide services on behalf of BOOM IT, and they are not authorized to use this personal data for purposes other than the provision of the service or the execution of the requested operation.
BOOM IT does not transfer the personal data of its users, customers and partners to third parties for marketing purposes, unless they have authorized it to do so.
Although, in general, users’ personal data are not shared with third parties, in cases where such communication may occur, namely by legal provision, the user will be duly informed, and the identity of the recipients and the purpose of the processing of the data transferred will be transmitted.
Personal data may be disclosed by BOOM IT, in accordance with the legislation in force, with a judicial request or a request from a competent authority.
There may be situations where, for strategic or commercial reasons, BOOM IT decides to sell, buy, merge or reorganize its companies. Such transactions may involve, in accordance with applicable law, the disclosure of personal information to prospective or actual buyers, or the receipt of such information from sellers.
It is BOOM IT’s policy to seek adequate protection for information in this type of transaction.
BOOM IT may collect and share personal data, as well as any other additional information provided to it, to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal practices, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical integrity of any person, violation of BOOM IT’s conditions of use or in any other situation provided for by law.
Email communication
If users choose to provide us with their email address, we will communicate with them via email. BOOM IT does not share the email address of its users with companies that do not belong to BOOM IT.
Users can opt out of receiving emails at any time.
Depending on the settings of the users’ email application, their personal information may be transmitted automatically when they send an email to BOOM IT.
Cancellation option
BOOM IT regularly communicates with users and customers who request, show interest in or hire our services, either by email or by telephone.
BOOM IT may use email addresses to confirm the opening of an account, to send payment notices, information about changes to our services, as well as notifications and other publications required by law. As a rule, users cannot opt-out of these communications. In any event, these will be primarily informational and non-promotional in nature.
BOOM IT gives the possibility of exercising the option to unsubscribe if users or customers do not wish to receive other types of communication, such as emails or updates about new products or services offered on this website. This unsubscribe option can be exercised autonomously and automatically by clicking directly on the unsubscribe link in the emails received or, alternatively, by sending an email with the request to unsubscribe@boomit.pt. This last option may take longer to be implemented.
Data Retention
BOOM IT will not retain its users’ personal data beyond the time necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected or beyond the time required by law or applicable regulations.
Links to third party websites
This website may contain links to other websites outside of BOOM IT.
The provision of these links is made in good faith, and BOOM IT cannot be held responsible for any collection and processing of personal data carried out by websites belonging to third parties, and therefore there is no assumption of responsibility in relation to them, so this Privacy Policy is not applicable to such cases.
We advise you to consult the Privacy and Personal Data Protection Policies of the websites you visit.
Cookies
This website uses cookies, which are small data files that can be created on the computer or mobile device and that are used by the browser to improve the user experience when visiting a website. In any case, your personal data or private information are not stored.
Unfortunately, there are no standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling some of the functionality and features made available by this website. You should be aware that disabling cookies may severely affect the functionality of this website and many other websites that you may visit.
Although we do not recommend disabling cookies, you can disable their use in your internet browser settings. As these vary depending on the browser, it is necessary to access the help menu of the browser in use for more information.
This website uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widespread and reliable analytics solutions on the market, in order to help BOOM IT understand how users use the website and how we can improve their experience. Google Analytics cookies may collect how much time users spend on the website and on the pages visited. In this way, we can continue to improve our website to produce the best content and content relevant to our users and customers.
For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please see the official Google Analytics page.
IP addresses
BOOM IT may store IP addresses to collect general user information, namely, what information you have shared, to determine which pages of our website have been visited and which topics of interest, so that we can adjust and make the most relevant information available to visitors. You may also use IP addresses to assist in troubleshooting and website administration.
BOOM IT does not relate IP addresses with any personal data that allows the identification of a specific person, that is, under no circumstances is the user’s visit recorded in such a way that it is possible to correlate and directly access the user’s identity and personal data.
Analytical tools
BOOM IT may collect information during your visit to the website through automated tools that include web beacons, cookies, embedded web links, and other commonly used information collection tools.
These types of tools collect certain information that your browser provides, such as the type and language of the browser, the type of equipment, the country, the access times and the origin of the traffic from which the user navigated to the BOOM IT website.
By using these tools, BOOM IT will also be able to confirm the receipt of emails that the recipient has agreed to receive and control other information, such as the pages visited and the time spent browsing the website, as well as other data not associated with a particular person.
Inline links
Emails from BOOM IT may use links designed to take you to a relevant area of the website to determine the effectiveness of marketing initiatives.
These links may allow BOOM IT to determine whether the recipient has opened or clicked on a particular link in the email associated with a marketing initiative, and information about that interaction may be associated with their personal identity.
If you do not want BOOM IT to collect information about the links you have clicked, you can always choose not to click on the links in the emails you receive.
Queries, access and updating of your personal data
Under the terms of the Personal Data Protection Law, the data subject is guaranteed the right to access, update, rectify or delete their personal data at any time, as well as the right to oppose the use of the data provided for marketing purposes, for the sending of informative communications or inclusion in lists or information services, To do so, if you have not done so at the time of collection, you must send a written request to the address provided on our website or send the request by email to privacy@boomit.pt.