Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Sales, Faria & Andrade collects, uses, shares, and protects the personal data of its clients, suppliers, and website users, in full compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable Portuguese legislation.

1. Data Controller

The entity responsible for processing your personal data is:
  • Company: Sales, Faria & Andrade, Lda.
  • NIF (Tax Number): 511031181
  • Headquarters: Travessa do Amparo Ent. Part. Fração C, 9000-647
  • Contact E-mail: geral@salesfariaandrade.pt

2. Personal Data We Collect

  • Identification Data: Full name, civil identification number (CC/BI), and NIF (Tax Number).
  • Contact Data: E-mail address, telephone number, mobile number, and billing/construction site address.
  • Property Data: Property blueprints, land registry documents, or permanent certificates (only when strictly necessary for municipal licensing or construction execution).
  • Financial Data: IBAN (for processing payments or refunds).
  • Image Data: Photographs or video recordings of the progress and final result of the construction work (always ensuring that elements directly identifying the client or third parties are not exposed).

3. Purposes and Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data based on the following lawfulness conditions:
  • Performance of a Contract or Pre-contractual Measures: For preparing quotes, managing construction contracts, executing building works, providing technical assistance, and coordinating with subcontractors.
  • Compliance with Legal Obligations: For issuing invoices (communication to the Portuguese Tax Authority), obtaining construction permits, managing work accident insurance, and complying with workplace health and safety regulations.
  • Legitimate Interest: To respond to information requests through our website or to ensure the security of our facilities and construction sites.
  • Consent: For sending marketing communications, advertising our services, or [Optional] sharing photographs of completed projects in our portfolio/social media (provided you have given your explicit consent).

4. Sharing of Personal Data

Your personal data will only be shared with third parties when strictly necessary:
    • Subcontractors and Technical Partners: Architects, engineers, or specialized technicians who collaborate directly on your construction project.
    • Public Authorities: Tax Authority (Autoridade Tributária), Municipal Councils (for licensing), and other regulatory entities in the construction sector.
    • Service Providers: Accounting firms, legal counsel, IT services, or insurance companies.

We do not sell or trade your personal data to third parties.
 

5. Data Retention Period

Personal data will be stored only for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. General retention periods are:
  • Billing and Accounting Data: Retained for the legal period of 10 years.
  • Construction Warranty: Retained during the legal construction warranty period (generally between 5 to 10 years, depending on the type of defect or structure).
  • Contacts from Non-Awarded Quotes: Retained for a maximum period of 1 year after the last contact.

6. Rights of the Data Subject

As a data subject, you have the right to request the following from Sales, Faria & Andrade at any time:
  • Access to the personal data you provided.
  • Rectification of inaccurate or outdated data.
  • Erasure of data (right to be forgotten), provided it does not conflict with legal retention obligations.
  • Restriction of or objection to data processing.
  • Portability of data in a structured format.
To exercise these rights, you must send a written request to the e-mail: geral@salesfariaandrade.pt. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) through the website www.cnpd.pt.

7. Data Security

We commit to adopting appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, or access.

8. Updates to this Policy

Sales, Faria & Andrade reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy whenever necessary to reflect legislative or operational changes. The updated version will always be available on our website.

Last updated: May 23, 2026