What is personal data?

Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation defines personal data as “information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”); an identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier, such as a name, an identification number, location data, electronic identifiers, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person”.

Who are the holders of personal data?

The natural person to whom the data relates.

Who is responsible for the processing of your personal data?

A GMT TOURS LDA. 

What categories of personal data do we process?

In addition to the situations in which we process data to comply with legal requirements, GMT Tours collects and processes personal data necessary for the provision of services and/or supply of products in the context of the activity that it carries out, processing in this context data such as name, telephone number, email address and others.

For what purposes do we process your personal data?

The purpose of collecting your data is to manage the contractual relationship, provide contracted services, adapt the services to the needs and interests of the clients.

What are the deadlines for processing and storing personal data?

GMT Tours will keep your personal data for the period necessary to provide the services and to comply with legal obligations.
In this way, and whenever there is no specific legal requirement, the data will be stored and kept only for the minimum period necessary for the purposes that motivated the collection or its subsequent treatment after which they will be eliminated.

How do we collect your personal data?

GMT Tours collects your data through the website, upon your consent.
The personal data collected by GMT Tours is stored on servers and databases where several security mechanisms have been implemented. We have also implemented technical and organisational measures, such as restricting access to the stored data to specifically authorised employees.

To whom do we transmit your personal data?

The personal data collected will not be communicated to third parties without your consent, either at the time of collection of the data or afterwards, except when such communication is strictly necessary to provide a certain product or service to the user or in compliance with legal obligations.
GMT Tours will also ensure the necessary contractual measures to guarantee that the subcontractors respect and protect your personal data.

Under what circumstances do we transfer your data to a third country?

GMT Tours will not transmit your data to a third country outside of the European Union Area unless you have given your express and prior consent and that consent is free, informed, specific and unambiguous.

How can you access, rectify or oppose the processing of your personal data?

At any time you have the right to access your personal data, as well as, within the limits of the contract, to change them, oppose to their processing, decide on the automated processing of the same, withdraw consent and exercise the other rights provided by law.
To exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure, portability, limitation and opposition to the processing of personal data, under the terms of the General Regulation on Data Protection, you must send a written request to GMT Tours, proving your identity, to the email address geral@gmttors.com. You can also use the following channels:

Letter: Av. das Madalenas, 99, Bl. C, 4º A, 9020-330 Santo António
Telephone: 935 833 338

What are cookies?

Cookies are files or pieces of information that may be stored on your computer (or other internet-enabled device) that contain the name of the website it comes from, the “life expectancy” (i.e. how long it will remain on your device), and a (randomly generated) value.

What do we use cookies for?

Cookies are used to make the website easier to use and shape. They may be used to help speed up your experience and future website activities or to compile anonymous sets of statistics that allow us to understand how people use our website. It is not possible to identify you personally through this information.

What types of cookies do we use?

Two types of cookies may be used, session cookies, temporary cookies that remain on your device until you leave our website and close your browser, and persistent cookies, which remain on your device longer, or until you manually delete them (the amount of time a cookie remains on your device will depend on the duration or “life expectancy” of the specific cookie and your browser settings).

For what purposes do we use cookies?

• Essential cookies – these ensure the correct functioning of our website. They allow you to navigate and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website through login.
• Performance cookies – to collect statistical information and analyse how users use the website, to provide a better browsing experience, personalise content and identify and correct any problems.
• Marketing or third-party cookies – these are used to personalise advertising based on what is relevant to the user and measure its effectiveness.

External web services

We sometimes use external web services to display content within our pages such as images or videos or to conduct surveys. As with social media buttons, we cannot prevent them from collecting information about your use of this embedded content.

Changes to Cookie Policy

The variation of the cookies that appear on this website may not be related to the management and maintenance of the same, so regular reviews are made in order to adapt its cookie policy. GMT Tours reserves the right at any time, without prior notice and with immediate effect, to change, partially or totally, the present cookies policy. Any changes will be immediately published on the platforms, so we advise you to regularly consult this page.