Privacy Policy

ALAAR — Associação Limiana dos Amigos dos Animais de Rua respects the privacy of people who contact the association and uses personal data only for purposes related to its activities and to requests submitted through this website.

1. Data controller

The data controller is ALAAR — Associação Limiana dos Amigos dos Animais de Rua, operating in Ponte de Lima. For questions concerning privacy or your personal data, contact alaarpl@gmail.com.

2. Data that may be collected

Depending on the form used, ALAAR may collect identification and contact details, address, locality, information required for adoption applications, temporary foster family applications, volunteering, membership requests, messages sent to the association and other information voluntarily provided by the data subject.

3. How we use personal data

Data is processed to receive, review and follow up requests and applications; contact interested persons; manage adoption, foster care, volunteering and membership processes; answer messages; maintain the history required to manage those processes; and comply with legal obligations applicable to the association.

4. Legal basis

The legal basis depends on the specific purpose. It may arise from steps requested by the data subject, performance of a relationship with the association, compliance with legal obligations, ALAAR's legitimate interests where applicable, or consent where consent is the appropriate basis. Where processing relies on consent, consent may be withdrawn in accordance with applicable law.

5. Retention

Personal data will be kept only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and, where applicable, for periods required to comply with legal obligations, manage the association's processes or establish, exercise or defend rights.

6. Access and security

Access to personal data should be limited to people who need it to perform their duties at ALAAR. The association should adopt appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect data against unauthorised access, loss, alteration or improper disclosure.

7. Sharing data

ALAAR does not use data collected through these forms for sale. Data may be disclosed to third parties only when necessary for the purpose of a process, to use service providers essential to the association's operation, or where required by law, in accordance with applicable data protection rules.

8. Your rights

Under applicable law, you may, depending on the circumstances, request access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, object to processing and request data portability, as well as withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. You may also lodge a complaint with the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (CNPD).

9. Cookies

The current version of this website uses only mechanisms necessary for its operation. The restricted Management area uses a technical authentication session. See the Cookie Policy for more information.

10. Updates

This policy may be updated following legal, technical or functional changes to the website. The version published on this page is the version applicable at any given time.