Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy transparently describes how UHY Portugal, as the data controller, collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects the personal data of its users, clients, partners, and other data subjects.
This policy is applied in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR), as well as other applicable national legislation.

2. Data Controller

UHY Portugal, headquartered at Av. Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, n.º 108, 1º B, 1070-067 Lisboa, is responsible for processing your personal data.
You may contact us for matters related to data protection via email: compliance@uhy.pt.

3. Purpose

The purpose of this website is to provide users with access to information about our services and to collect personal data for the intended purposes.

4. Terms of Use

Access to the website grants you user status and implies full knowledge and unconditional acceptance of all the clauses and conditions of use contained in this Privacy Policy.
Access to this site does not imply, in any way, a commercial relationship with the site owner.
If you do not agree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website.

5. Categories of Personal Data Collected

• Identification data: name, position, company
• Contact data: email, phone, professional address
• Professional data: CV, experience, applications
• Browsing data: IP address, cookies, access logs
• Financial data: tax ID, IBAN, invoices (when applicable)

6. Purposes of Processing and Legal Basis

Your data may be processed for the following purposes:

• Performance of contracts or pre-contractual measures
• Compliance with legal obligations (e.g., tax, accounting, regulatory)
• Consent of the data subject for sending communications
• Legitimate interest, namely for information security, service improvement, and fraud prevention

7. Processing of Sensitive Data or Data of Minors

UHY Portugal does not intentionally request or process data from minors or special categories of data (such as health data, political opinions, religion), except in cases provided by law. Should this occur, it will always be based on explicit and informed consent.

8. Automated Decision-Making and Profiling

We do not carry out decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, that produce legal effects concerning the data subject.

9. Recipients of Personal Data

We may share your data with:

• Subcontractors (IT, cloud, digital marketing service providers)
• Public or regulatory authorities, where legally required
• Business partners, only with explicit consent

10. International Data Transfers

If data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, we will ensure that the country in question offers an adequate level of protection, or we will implement standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.

11. Data Retention Period

Data is retained only for the period strictly necessary for the purposes of processing, and/or for the legally required period.
Once these periods have ended, the data will be deleted or anonymized.

12. Rights of Data Subjects

The data subject has the following rights under the GDPR:

• Access to their personal data
• Rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)
• Restriction of processing
• Data portability
• Objection to processing
• Not to be subject to automated decision-making
• Withdrawal of consent, where applicable
• Complaint to the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (www.cnpd.pt)

13. Information Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, destruction, or alteration, including encryption, access control, firewalls, backups, and internal confidentiality policies.

14. Cookie Policy

Our website uses cookies to provide a better browsing experience.
For more information, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

15. Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this Policy at any time.
The most current version will always be available on the website and will indicate the date of the last update.

Last updated: 11/07/2025