Privacy Policy

The access and use of the website www.atipicaguesthouse.com (hereinafter referred to as the website) attributes the condition of user to its visitor. A-Típica Guesthouse, of Rumos Estivais Lda, headquartered at Rua Teófilo de Braga, 19, 9500-247 Ponta Delgada, São Miguel – Azores, with NIF 517 463 555, is responsible for the website and undertakes to guarantee the privacy of the personal data of its users. Please read the following text to understand and become aware of how the information you provide will be handled by A-Típica Guesthouse, hereinafter referred to as ‘the administration’.

1 - DEFINITION

1.1 Personal data should be understood as information of any nature and support, including sound and image, relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable person is a person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, namely by reference to an identification number or to one or more specific elements of his physical, physiological, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity.

2 - RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESSING AND NATIONAL CONTROL AUTHORITY

2.1 A-Típica Guesthouse is the entity responsible for collecting and processing Users’ personal data, namely by the categories of data collected, how they are processed and the purposes for which they are used.

2.2 National control authority | The national supervisory authority is the National Data Protection Commission (CNPD): Av. D. Carlos I, 134 – 1.º 1200-651 Lisbon, email geral@cnpd.pt

3 - PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED AND PURPOSES

3.1 Access to the website and navigation: when accessing the website, a set of computer data is automatically collected, which is temporarily recorded in specific files, and is also automatically deleted after a certain period. The collection of this data has purely technical purposes, such as connection configuration, system security, technical administration of the network and optimization of our website.

The data we refer to are the following:
a) IP address of the requesting processor;
b) Date and time of access;
c) Name and URL of the transferred file;
d) Volume of the transmitted data;
e) Identification data of the browser software and operating system;
f) Website from which you accessed our site;
g) Name of the Internet service provider.

3.2 During the visit to the website, the administration may collect personal data from the user (for example, by e-mail, when filling out the contact form, or when filling out the booking request form).

3.3 To fill out the contact form, you must name, location, contact, e-mail. A dialog box is also available in which you can register more information that received other personal data.

3.4 By using the administration’s website, you undertake to accept this Privacy Policy, as explained in this section of the website. If you do not accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, we ask that you do not provide any personal data through this website.

3.5 The user guarantees that the personal data provided are true and is responsible for communicating any changes to them.

4 – PERIOD OF CONSERVATION OF YOUR DATA

The user’s personal data will be kept for the period necessary to comply with legal obligations. In the absence of a specific legal requirement, the user’s personal data will be stored and kept for a period of 5 years after the last change, update or user interaction with the website. After this period, they will be deleted.

5 – STORAGE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Personal data collected and processed by the administration are stored on servers with limited access, located in controlled facilities.

6 - DATA TRANSFERS ABROAD

The provision of certain services by the administration may imply the transfer of your data outside Portugal. In such a case, the administration will strictly comply with the applicable legal provisions, namely regarding the determination of the adequacy of such Country with regard to the protection of personal data and the requirements applicable to such transfers.

7 - DATA SECURITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY

It is the objective of the administration to guarantee the quality and integrity of the information provided by website users, having implemented the necessary measures, both at a technological and organizational level, in order to keep information safe, namely, authentication / control systems access (login and password), use of firewall and intrusion detection systems, recording of actions taken by employees on personal data of customers or users (login);

10 - APPLICABLE LAW

In case of controversy or claim of any nature related to this website, Portuguese law will apply, regardless of any conflict of applicable laws. Without prejudice to filing a complaint with the identified national control authority 2.2, the parties agree that all legal actions or proceedings arising out of or related to this Privacy Policy will be the responsibility of the Portuguese courts and agree to submit any dispute relating to this matter to the jurisdiction of the Judicial Court of the District of Ponta Delgada.

8 - RIGHTS OF THE DATA HOLDERS

In accordance with current legislation, the User has the right to access and rectify his Data, as well as the right to request its deletion, oppose its treatment and obtain its limitation or portability to the extent applicable. You can also object to your Data being used for the purpose of creating your customer profile; in this case, you will not be able to benefit from personalized offers or services. In addition, you may at any time request to stop receiving communications from us for marketing and advertising purposes. These rights can be exercised by contacting the administration directly.

By mail: Rua Teófilo de Braga, 19, 9500-247 Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Açores
By email: atipicaguesthouse@gmail.com

9 – LINK TO SOCIAL MEDIA

We allow connection to social networks, but we are not responsible for their privacy and security policies. We recommend that you check them out. These are links to social networks external to the website, subject to their own Privacy Policies.

These networks may record information regarding user activities on the Internet, including on our website.

We recommend analyzing the conditions of use and privacy policies of these social networks, in order to know exactly how they use the personal data of users, as well as the procedure for eliminating or limiting the processing of such data.

11 - UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy is subject to change. The indication of the date of the last update to this document appears in the caption “Updated on”, at the bottom of this document. Changes to this Privacy Policy will take effect upon publication on the website.

This notice was updated on July 10, 2025