ABSOLUTE TRANSPARENCY

Last update: November 2024

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The Blue Economy Competence Center, organizing entity of the Blue Business and Innovation Fair, is committed to protecting your privacy. Please read this privacy policy and if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.

By using the bluebusiness.pt platform you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data in accordance with the privacy policy expressed here. This confidentiality policy is intended to inform you about the online collection, use and disclosure of your personal data.

The clauses of this policy apply to all personal data collected by the Blue Economy Competence Center on the bluebusiness.pt platform. You can send your comments, questions or complaints about this privacy policy to info@economiaazul.pt

Authorization to collect your personal data

When you visit the bluebusiness.pt platform, certain non-personal information may be automatically saved, such as the website that sent you to us, your IP address, browser type and language, and time of access, as part of the functioning of the website. Navigational information may also be saved, including information about the pages you visit, the links you click and other actions related to your use of the website. We only collect your personal data after you have given us authorization to collect that specific data. By voluntarily providing us with this data, you are authorizing us to collect and use your personal data under the terms stipulated in this privacy policy.

Personal data includes:

- Information collected when registering, including your first and last name, your e-mail address and specific information about your professional activity.

You always have the option of not providing your personal data, but in this case it will not be possible to complete your registration for the event.

Use of your personal data

The Blue Economy Competence Center collects and uses your personal data with a view to:

- Send notifications by email, as part of the services available;

- Carry out research and analysis to improve our products, services and technologies;

- Present content adapted to your interests and preferences;

- To communicate with you about your transactions, new products and services. We may send you communications related to the Blue Business and Innovation Fair. We may also send you surveys or marketing communications to tell you about new products or services or other information or offers that may be of interest to you. These surveys or marketing communications may be sent by the Blue Economy Competence Center or by the company holding the Blue Economy Competence Center brand, Sardinha & Ruivo, Lda, or any of its divisions, branches or subsidiaries.

Disclosure of your personal data

Except as stipulated in this privacy policy, the Blue Economy Competence Center will not disclose or sell your personal data to third parties. We may disclose your personal data to third party service providers who perform services on our behalf. For example, we may hire other companies to perform payment processing, data storage, website hosting, order processing and shipping, to provide marketing assistance, carry out audits, etc. These external service providers (i) will be entitled to access only the personal data they need to provide the service, (ii) have a duty to protect personal data to the same extent as the Blue Economy Competence Center, and (iii) ) are prohibited from using them for any other purposes.

We may disclose your personal data to the company that owns the Blue Economy Competence Center brand - Sardinha & Ruivo, Lda, as it uses your personal data for the same purposes and gives it the same level of protection under the terms established in this privacy policy.

Data about our customers, including personal data, may be disclosed in connection with any merger, acquisition or sale of the company and/or its assets, as well as in the unlikely event of insolvency, bankruptcy or managed management, in which case personal data would be transferred as part of the company's assets. We reserve the right to disclose your personal data if required or permitted by law.

Security of your personal data

The security of your personal data is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to help protect your personal data, including but not limited to:

- Limiting access to your personal data to our employees who need that access to provide services to you;

- Asking our employees to sign confidentiality agreements to protect customer data and other confidential data;

- Ensuring that external service providers sign confidentiality agreements to maintain the confidentiality of your personal data and not use it for any other unauthorized purposes;

- Storing your personal data in secure computer systems, in order to protect them from unauthorized access or use.

However, no method of transmitting information over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. For this reason, even though we strive to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee complete security. If you use a password to protect your personal and account information, it is your responsibility to keep your password confidential.

Privacy policy changes

The Blue Economy Competence Center reserves the right to change the terms of this privacy policy at any time. When we make changes, we will modify the "last updated" date indicated in the policy header. If there are any important changes to this statement or to the way in which the Blue Economy Competence Center will use your personal data, you will be informed of these changes through a prominent notice in this document or on our homepage or by sending of an e-mail message.