INTRODUCTION
IMFU values the privacy of its customers and users. Here we explain how we collect, use, share, and protect the personal data of visitors to our website https://www.imfu.pt/

DATA CONTROLLER
In compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) No. 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, which lays down the rules relating to the protection, processing and free movement of personal data and which repeals Directive 95/46/EC), we inform you that the processing of personal data collected on the domain www.imfu.pt is the responsibility of IMFU – Indústria de Moldes, Ferramentas e Utensílios, S.A., with its registered office at Rua do Barreiro, nº 333 – Crestins, 4470-573 Moreira da Maia.

PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED

We may collect the following personal data of any nature and regardless of its format, including sound and image, relating to a natural person, capable of identifying or making them identifiable:

• Contact information: name, identification number, address, email address, telephone number, photographs, and images, when the user fills out forms on our website.
• Browsing data: IP address, device type, browser used, pages visited, and time spent on the site, collected through cookies and similar technologies.

PURPOSES OF PROCESSING
The personal data collected is used to:

• Respond to job applications, information requests, or contact submissions made through our website.
• Improve the browsing experience on the website through the analysis of usage data.

SHARING OF PERSONAL DATA
IMFU does not share your personal data with third parties, except when necessary to comply with legal obligations or when such sharing is necessary for the provision of our services.

RIGHTS OF DATA SUBJECTS
Under the GDPR, you have the right to:

• Access your personal data and/or request its rectification.

• Request the deletion of your data if it is no longer necessary for its purposes.
• Object to the processing of your data or its limitation.
• Request the portability/transferability of the data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
• Withdraw previously given consent, without compromising the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the consent previously given.
• Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (National Data Protection Commission), whenever the economic agent considers that there has been a violation of the rights they have under the applicable data protection law.

To exercise these rights, please contact us via email: geral@imfu.pt

DATA SECURITY
We are committed to the protection and confidentiality of personal data, developing appropriate technical and organizational initiatives to comply with the Privacy Policy, aiming to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the data, process it in a genuine, understandable manner and within the permitted purposes, and protect your personal data against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, or disclosure.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically.

We recommend that you review this page regularly to stay informed about how we protect your data.

COOKIES POLICY 
We use cookies on our website to improve performance and your user experience.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?
“Cookies” are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device through the internet browser, retaining only information related to your preferences, and therefore not including your personal data.

The placement of cookies will help the website recognize your device the next time you visit. We use the term cookies in this policy to refer to all files that collect information in this way.

The cookies used do not collect information that identifies the user. Cookies collect general information, namely how users arrive at and use websites or the area of the country/countries through which they access the website, etc.

Cookies only retain information related to your preferences. At any time, the user can, through their internet browser, decide to be notified about the receipt of cookies, as well as block their entry into their system. Refusal to use cookies on the website may result in the inability to access some of its areas or to receive personalized information.

WHAT ARE COOKIES FOR?

Cookies serve to help determine the usefulness, interest, and number of uses of your websites, allowing for faster and more efficient navigation, eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information.
WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES DO WE USE?

1. Strictly necessary (essential) cookies: These allow you to navigate the website and use its applications, as well as access secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, the services you have requested cannot be provided. Some cookies are essential to access specific areas of our website.
2. Analytical cookies: These cookies are used to analyze how users use the website and to monitor its performance. This allows us to provide a high-quality experience by customizing our offering. For example, we use performance cookies to identify the most popular pages, which method of linking between pages is most effective, or to determine why some pages are receiving error messages. These cookies are used only for the purpose of creating and analyzing statistics, without ever collecting personal information..
3. 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.
4. Third-party cookies: These 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:

1) Persistent cookies: These are stored, for a variable period, at the internet browser level on your access devices (computer, mobile, and tablet) and are used whenever the user makes a new visit to the website. They are generally used to direct navigation according to the user’s interests, allowing us to provide a more personalized service.

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

HOW CAN YOU MANAGE COOKIES?
As we explained, cookies help you get the most out of our website. All internet browsers allow the user to accept, refuse, or delete cookies, namely by selecting the appropriate settings in the respective internet browser. After authorizing the use of cookies, the user can always disable some or all of our cookies.

CONTACT
For questions related to this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

• Address:: Rua do Barreiro, nº 333 – Crestins, 4470-573 Moreira da Maia
• E-mail: geral@imfu.pt
• Telephone:: +351 229 436 400