Privacy Policy

Terms and Conditions

Norte Surf Fest recommends that you read the Terms and Conditions below carefully.
By accessing and using this Website, the user declares to have read, understood and accepted the Terms and Conditions presented, without the need for any subsequent act or consent.

By accessing and using this Website, the user declares to have read, understood and accepted the Terms and Conditions presented, without the need for any subsequent act or consent.

The Terms and Conditions may be altered at any time, with the alterations being deemed to take effect from the date they are updated on the website. Subsequent access to and use of the website or platforms by the user will be considered an unequivocal sign that they have read, understood and accepted the new changes to the Terms and Conditions.

Norte Surf Fest is committed to respecting the privacy of its users. For this reason, the following Privacy Policy has been drawn up to properly inform users of how the website works and how their personal information is handled.
References in this Privacy Policy to "Norte Surf Fest", "we", "us" or "our" refer to Norte Surf Fest.
Any changes to our Privacy Policy, subsequent to your active submission of personal data, and which call into question the purposes for which you provided them, can be consulted on this page.

Retention of personal information

Under the terms of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council - all personal data provided will be subject to computer processing and will be held by us.

Once we have collected the personal information you have voluntarily provided us with, we will store and maintain it until you instruct us otherwise, or for the minimum period necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or processed, or for the period of time authorized by the National Data Protection Commission. Keeping this information allows us to continue to provide you with personalized services without interruption.

Any user may freely choose whether or not to provide any individualized personal information. By providing your personal data, you are authorizing the collection, use and disclosure of the same between Norte Surf Fest and its subsidiary companies in accordance with the rules defined herein, namely not to use information relating to users that has been provided by them without their authorization, except for the purposes for which it is intended.

In accordance with the Data Protection Regulation, the holder of the personal data provided may, at any time, exercise their right to object to marketing communications, rectification and cancellation of any personal data provided, and this right may be exercised by sending an email to info@nortesurfest.pt
Any form on this site allows registration in the newsletter database according to the principles mentioned in this point.

Information security and use

Norte Surf Fest is committed to ensuring the privacy of visitors to its website.

In addition to guaranteeing the confidentiality and absolute secrecy of the data to which we have access, we undertake to use it for the strict purpose for which it was collected, never selling, renting or making available to third parties any personal data sent by users of our website.
Norte Surf Fest respects the most correct and effective practices in the field of security and protection of personal data, with all the measures required according to current technical knowledge being applied to prevent the loss, misuse, alteration, illegitimate intrusion and subtraction of personal data. Nevertheless, it is important to note that no method of communication or electronic storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee that it will not be viewed by third parties.

Copyright and Intellectual Property

All data, trademarks and content in general on this website may be protected under the general terms of the law and by national and international legislation for the protection of Intellectual Property. Reproduction for personal use is permitted, but unauthorized modification, imitation, loan, rental, transmission or sale of any content on this website is prohibited.

All rights not expressly granted by us are reserved rights. Therefore, all texts, images, illustrations, photographs, advertising, trademarks and other elements of the content of the website may be protected by law, and any copying, reproduction, dissemination or transmission, use, modification, sale, publication, distribution or any other use, in whole or in part, by any means whatsoever, is expressly prohibited.

Exceptions to this prohibition are free uses authorized by law, namely the right to quote, provided that their origin is clearly identified.

Permission is granted to use documents (such as Press Releases, Announcements and Annual Reports) from this website, provided that the copyright notice appears on all copies. The use of these documents must be for informational purposes only and not for commercial or personal purposes, and they must not be copied or placed on any network computer or disseminated in any other media, and no modifications must be made to the documents. Violators will be prosecuted.

Although the personal data provided to us is covered by our privacy policy, we understand that all information communicated to us via the internet (including suggestions, material or ideas) will be our property and exclusive, albeit restricted, use. Such information does not have to be treated as confidential by us.

Some parts of the website may contain images that are copyrighted by their suppliers (such as stock photos).

Any file that is made available to download from the website is copyright of the operator providing it. The terms of use of these files are established by the operator who makes them available, so we recommend that you read them.

Hyperlinks

In order to facilitate accessibility, links to other websites on the Internet will be added. If you choose to use the links to these websites, you must review and accept the rules of that website before using it. We cannot guarantee their quality, nor do we assume any responsibility for the content or other functionalities of these websites.
The company's website is not responsible for the content or theme of any other portal, including any website that has given access to its portal or whose access has been achieved through its portal.

Use and risk

Neither Norte Surf Fest nor any other party involved in the creation, production, maintenance or implementation of the website may be held liable for any losses or damages in civil liability (including, but not limited to, consequential damages, loss of profits and moral damages, caused directly or indirectly), arising as a result of the correct or incorrect use of the website and its contents by the user, access to the user's computer and computer system by third parties, viruses, etc.

Although we are committed to the security of our website and have put in place the appropriate technical, physical and logical protection measures to guarantee its protection, we do not guarantee or declare that the files available for download from the website are free of viruses, worms, Trojan horses, scripts or any other code or program that contains destructive or harmful properties. The information on the website should be considered informative. Despite our efforts to keep the content up to date and reliable, it may contain inaccuracies, typographical errors or be out of date, and may be changed at any time without prior notification. We therefore do not recommend using them to make decisions.

Cookie Policy

The cookies used on our website are used to improve performance and your user experience. Cookies are small text files stored on your device to collect information about it and your user experience.

This information is used to record visits and statistics on user activity on the website.

The owners of this domain do not use the information stored in these files for commercial purposes with third parties, nor do the cookies store data that can be used for marketing purposes.

By browsing this website, you consent to the use and storage of cookies on your device. Most browsers automatically accept cookies. You can prevent them from being stored on your device by setting your browser not to accept cookies. Cookies stored on your device can be deleted at any time.

What is the purpose of cookies?

Cookies help you to get the most out of our websites. They help to determine the usefulness, interest and number of uses of the websites, enabling faster and more efficient browsing and eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information.

What types of cookies do we use?

Essential cookies: These allow you to browse the website and use its applications, as well as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, the services you have requested cannot be provided.

Analytical Cookies: These are used to analyze how users use the website and monitor its performance. This allows us to provide a high quality experience by customizing our offer and quickly identifying and correcting any problems that are identified. These cookies are only used for statistical creation and analysis purposes, without ever collecting personal information.

Functionality Cookies: These store the user's preferences regarding the use of the website, so that it is not necessary to reconfigure the website each time you visit it.

Third-party cookies

They measure the success of applications and the effectiveness of third-party advertising. They can also be used to personalize a widget with user data.

Cookies can be:

Permanent: These are stored for a variable period of time in the browser on your access devices (PC, mobile and tablet) and are used whenever the user visits the website again. They are generally used to direct browsing according to the user's interests, allowing us to provide a more personalized service.

Session cookies: These are temporary and remain in your browser's cookies until you leave the website. The information obtained allows us to identify problems and provide a better browsing experience.

Cookie Management

Certain cookies are deleted as soon as you close the tab or browser (depending on the browser you use), certain cookies are renewed with each visit and certain cookies are deleted after a period of time.

You can configure the devices and browsers you use to reject all or some of the cookies.

The most common method is anonymous browsing.

Information on "Incognito Browsing" and cookie management in the Chrome browser:

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en

Information on "Private Browsing" and cookie management in the Firefox browser:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

Information on "Private Browsing" and managing cookies from Safari:

https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=en_US

Information on "Private Browsing" and cookie management from the Internet Explorer browser:

https://support.microsoft.com/pt-pt/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

You can also find more information on how to control cookies here:

https://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-control-cookies/

To manage cookies in the Chrome browser:

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647

To manage cookies in the Firefox browser:
https://support.mozilla.org/pt-PT/kb/ativar-e-desativar-cookies-que-os-websites-utiliza

To manage cookies in the Safari browser:

https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=pt_PT

To manage cookies in the Internet Explorer browser:

https://support.microsoft.com/pt-pt/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

For information on how to delete cookies in other browsers:

https://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-delete-cookies/

If you take the action of blocking or deleting cookies in this domain, you will be restricting a significant part of the functionalities provided that may result in unexpected behavior.

For more information on cookies and their use, we suggest you consult the following links, which are only in English:

http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

https://www.aboutcookies.org/

To control the collection of information from third-party cookies, you can do so here:

http://www.youronlinechoices.com/
http://preferences-mgr.truste.com/

DNT (Do not track) is a standard that is not adopted by default by many third-party cookies. To find out if your browser is being monitored and change your settings, click here: https://allaboutdnt.com/

Manage your cookies on this site here.

Alternative Dispute Resolution - ADR
In the event of a dispute, the consumer can turn to an Alternative Dispute Resolution Body