PRIVACY POLICY

ABOWIN PARTNERS, LDA (“ABOWIN”), corporate entity no. 513907408, with registered office at Rua do Molhe, 256, 4150-499 Porto, is the entity responsible for the processing and collection of personal data provided by Users on all of the company's platforms, namely under the brand “Talent Portugal". ABOWIN is the entity that processes the personal data provided by users on the aforementioned platforms, as the entity responsible for processing personal data, in the sense in which such expressions are defined and used in personal data protection legislation.

Processing of your personal data

The information is requested by ABOWIN from each User whenever they register on the website and the information is the minimum sufficient for the correct provision of the service by ABOWIN.

ABOWIN treats the Users' personal data, ensuring that its treatment is done in accordance with the privacy protection rules emerging from Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and other applicable national legislation.

1.  Platform “Talent Portugal"

The platform “Talent Portugal” aims to put candidates and employers in close contact. To register you must provide us with the following personal data:

•  Identification data (name, country of residence, district, nationality));

•  Contact details (email address);

•  Education and professional experience data (eg, education, qualifications, certifications, languages, employment status);

•  Photograph (optional).

When registering on the platform, you will be asked whether you want your candidate profile to be available to all companies participating in the platform or only to the companies you apply to. This means that you can have a private candidate profile, and your personal data will only be made available to the companies to which you submit an application; or a public candidate profile, where your personal data will be available to any company participating in the platform, even if you do not submit an application.

You can find the updated list of companies participating in the platform here: .

The personal data you provide us will be processed by ABOWIN, as the data controller, to manage the platform and your candidate profile. 

We may also send you career and employability communications that we think you may find useful, based on our legitimate interest.

Depending on your choice, your personal data will be made available to the participating companies, which will process them as data controllers. The participating companies may contact you directly for recruitment and selection purposes, and are autonomously responsible for this purpose.  

For any questions regarding the processing of your data, please contact us at our headquarters located at Rua do Molhe, 256, 4150-499 Porto or via email [email protected]

2. Job Fairs

In the course of its activity, ABOWIN directly promotes and organizes job fairs but also licenses the job fair organization platform to clients, to whom it allows the use of a subsite. As part of ABOWIN's commercial relations with its clients, contracts are concluded that allow and legitimize each event to be managed by ABOWIN's client with the support of ABOWIN. The collection of personal information from Users of events promoted by ABOWIN's clients is intended for these clients and not for ABOWIN. Each of these events is the sole responsibility of ABOWIN's client – ​​the event organizer – who must explain the purpose of using ABOWIN's technology.

ABOWIN recommends that event organizers fully comply with the legislation on the processing of personal data. Should any non-compliance be detected, ABOWIN reserves the right to terminate the contract concluded with the event organizer. This disclaimer is not intended to limit ABOWIN's liability in an unlawful manner, nor to exclude its liability where this is not possible.

3. Events and conferences

ABOWIN processes personal data of users who register to participate in the events and conferences it organizes. In these circumstances, the name, contact details and professional information (company and position) of the participant are collected. 

This data is processed to organize and manage participation in events and conferences, as well as to send relevant communications about them. 

If participants expressly consent, ABOWIN may also share their contacts with the partners of the respective event or conference, so that they can promote their future initiatives that may represent opportunities and/or knowledge sharing for participants. 

For the purposes of managing and organizing participation in events and conferences, participants’ personal data is processed based on our legitimate interest in ensuring the best experience for participants. Sending communications about events and sharing your data with event partners is based on your express consent, granted at the time of registration or enrollment for the event or conference.

4. Newsletters

In some cases, we may launch newsletters about careers and employability, which you may receive if you subscribe to them. To do this, ABOWIN collects your email address. 

Basis of legality: The sending of newsletters is based on your express consent, granted at the time of subscription.

Rights of data subjects

In the course of our activity, ABOWIN may transmit personal data to subcontractors, data controllers, and other entities, ensuring compliance with applicable data protection standards. Recipients include:

• • Partners and companies participating in our platforms: your personal data may be shared with event or conference partners and companies participating in our platform. Talent Portugal or job fair software, if you expressly consent to such sharing.
  • External service providers: such as entities contracted for technical or logistical support or to perform specialized activities. For example, data may be shared with entities that provide communications sending services, technological support services and consultancy.
  • Government and judicial entities: Include courts, public prosecutors and other competent authorities, to comply with legal obligations or within the scope of legal proceedings. 

ABOWIN may transfer personal data outside the European Economic Area, via its external service providers. We ensure that appropriate safeguards have been adopted to comply with the requirements of data protection legislation. You can obtain further information about these safeguards by contacting us.

Period of retention of personal data

ABOWIN will retain the personal data of all users of its platforms for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes set out in this Policy or for the period required by applicable legal standards. We may, however, retain personal data for a longer period if responsibilities arise as a result of the processing, in accordance with the legislation in force at any given time. 

Thus, the time limits for keeping personal data, according to each processing purpose, are as follows:

1.  Data processed based on the explicit consent of data subjects will be retained until and if they withdraw their consent;
2.  Data processed for the purposes of organizing and managing events and conferences will be kept for the duration of the events and conferences and will be subsequently deleted, unless the data subjects give their explicit consent for other purposes;
3.  The data we process to send relevant communications about employability and careers will be processed until and if the data subject objects to receiving them, namely by canceling their subscription.

Changes to the privacy notice

This privacy notice may be updated, and data subjects will be informed within a reasonable period of time when the changes reveal a fundamental change in the nature of the processing, such as a change in the purposes of the processing, a change in the identity of the controller or the expansion of the categories of recipients.

Cookies Policy

Or what are Cookies?

Os cookies are files or small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you access websites and other services online. The cookies help identify your browser and may store your information (i.e. user settings and preferences).

What are Cookies used for?

Os cookies are used to simplify navigation and allow the user to make better use of the websites. To this extent, the cookies perform various functions and have different purposes, including recognizing the user whenever they access the websites, eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information, helping to detect suspected threats, allowing the collection of website usage statistics and making them available. This allows for faster, more efficient and better quality browsing.

What types of Cookies are there?

Os cookies can be categorized according to their origin, their permanence and the purpose they serve.

As for the origin, the cookies can be classified as:

• • cookies primary: are established by website that the user is visiting. They are generally used to improve the user experience, taking into account specific functions of the website. It allows, for example, to remember language preferences, store login information or track sessions.
  • cookies third party: are established and configured by others websites/services (e.g. advertisers). They are often used to track user behavior on the website, creating profiles about your individual interests. This information is then used primarily to improve advertising and provide advertising targeted to the user's interests.

As for their permanence, the cookies can be classified as:

• • cookies session: are stored in the memory of the website during the session (i.e. they are deleted when the website);
  • cookies persistent: these remain on the user's device even after the website be closed. However, they still have a conservation period.

As for the purpose they serve, the cookies can be classified into cookies essential, cookies preferably, cookies analytical and cookies advertising. 

What is the lawful basis for processing cookies?

With the exception of cookies strictly necessary for the performance of the websites, the storage of others cookies will always depend on the user's acceptance and consent.