Secil — Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento, S.A. (“Secil”) ensures to the visitors of this website (User or Users) the respect for their privacy as well as the protection and safety of their personal data. A visit to the Website https://www.secil-group.com (“Website”), on its own, does not imply the automatic registration of any personal data that identifies the User. However, the use of certain features may imply the release of personal data by the Users.
The present Privacy Policy is an integral part of the Terms and Conditions of Website Use and regulates the collection, treatment and protection of personal data given out by the Users through our online platforms, as well as the exercise of their rights relating to this data, under the terms of the (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
We solicitate the greater attention of the user towards the reading of the present Privacy Policy in order to freely, clearly and voluntarily determine if you are willing to give out your personal data to Secil.
The Users guarantee that they are above the age of majority and that the data provided is real, exact, complete and up to date, making them responsible by any damage or loss, direct or indirect, that may result by the non-compliance with this obligation. In the case of the provided data belonging to a third party, the Users guarantee that they have informed the third party in question of the information contained in this document and that they have received their authorisation in order to provide Secil with the data for the stated purposes.
Co-responsible for the treatment of personal data are The Grupo Secil (Secil Group) companies, as stated below:
- Secil — Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento S.A.
- CMP — Cimentos Maceira e Pataias S.A.
- Unibetão — Indústrias de Betão Preparado S.A.
- Secil Britas S.A.
- Secil Brands
- IRP
- Cimentos Madeira
- Brimade
- Betomadeira
- Cementos Secil SLU
- Secil Cement BV
- Argibetão
- Secil Prebetão
- Société des Ciments de Gabès
- Ciments de Sibline
- Secil Angola, Investimentos e Participações, S.A.
- Secil Cabo Verde
- Supremo Cimento
- Secil Holanda
- Secil Espanha
These companies jointly determine the ends and means for personal user data treatment and act according to the legislation on data protection. To contact Secil for any question related to the present Privacy Policy, you can do it through the following contact points:
- E-mail: dpo.gruposecil@secil.pt
- Post: Avenida Eng.º Duarte Pacheco, 19 - 7.º, 1070-100 Lisboa
Secil will be handling your data manually and/or in an automated manner, for the following specific purposes:
- Fulfilment of legal obligations;
- Provision of services in the cement and construction supply area;
- Management of the commercial relation;
- Direct marketing, namely for the dissemination of products, training and information activities, promotional campaigns, activities for the promotion of products and events, through any communication channel, in the case that you have authorised the processing of your data for this purpose. The processing for the stated purposes will be necessary for Secil’s service provision. Said processing will be carried out after your consent and, except in the cases where another legitimate processing cause exists and where, therefore, the data subject’s consent won’t be necessary.
We hereby inform you that your personal data may be communicated to the Grupo Secil (Secil Group) entities above designated as co-responsible, which commit to handling that data solely and exclusively for the compliance of the above mentioned purposes.
Secil may also report your personal data to third parties as long as that, for that effect, it has received the Users’ unequivocal consent or even when:
(i) the transmission is carried out within the framework of the compliance with a legal obligation or a court order; and
(ii) the communication will be carried out to protect the vital interests of the Users or any other legitimate purpose provided for by law.
Secil will carry out the User’s data processing fully under European Union territory, wherefore it does not foresee any international data transfer.
The personal data collected will be retained to allow your identification, only during the period necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes for which the data was collected or for the subsequent processing, by the end of which the data will be permanently eliminated.
The User can, at any moment and freely, exercise their right to access, update, rectify delete, oppose, limit and transfer their personal data through the Contact Form existent on the Website, through a written request to the e-mail address dpo.gruposecil@secil.pt or to the address Avenida Eng.º Duarte Pacheco, 19 - 7.º, 1070-100 Lisboa
In any case, we hereby inform the User that, in the event it is considered that Secil has violated, our may violate the rights that are conferred to the User by the legislation related to the protection of personal data, they can file a claim to the National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) through the phone number 213 928 400 or at the e-mail address geral@cnpd.pt.
The acceptance by the User that their data may be handled or conceded, will always be revokable, without retroactive effect. To revoke consent, the Users can contact Secil in writing at the e-mail address dpo.gruposecil@secil.pt or to the address Avenida Eng.º Duarte Pacheco, 19 - 7.º, 1070-100 Lisboa.
The data which, in the forms made available by Secil through its online platforms, are marked with an asterisk (*) will be necessary to comply with the contractual or legally established purposes. Thereby, if the User does not provide them Secil will not be able to satisfy that request.
Secil will be able to create user profiles, which will allow for the automation of decision-making, based on personal, economical and/or financial characteristics. In these cases, the User will get the right to exert human intervention in such decision, to express their opinion and impugn the decision adopted by Secil.
Secil makes its best effort to protect the Users’ data against non-authorised access through the Internet. For that effect, it uses security systems, rules and other procedures, as a way to guarantee the protection of the Users’ personal data, as well as to prevent non-authorised use to the data, its improper use, release, loss or destruction.
However, it is the User’s responsibility to assure that the computer they are using is properly protected against prejudicial “software”, computer viruses and worms. Moreover, they should be aware that without the proper safety measures, (for example, without safe configuration of the internet browser, updated antivirus software, firewall software and the non-usage of software from questionable origins), the risk that the personal data and passwords be accessed by a non-authorised third party is aggravated.
It should be noted that the every time data collection is carried out in open access networks, like the Internet, your data may circulate without security conditions, posing risk of being seen and used by non-authorised third parties.
Secil holds its right to, at any given moment, without notice and effective immediately, change, add or revoke, partially or totally, the present Policy. Any changes will be published immediately to the respective online pages, for which we advise their regular consultation in order to stay updated.
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding how Secil operates in handling your personal data, please send us your clarification request through the Contact Form available on the Website, by e-mail to dpo.gruposecil@secil.pt or by letter to Avenida Eng.º Duarte Pacheco, 19 - 7.º, 1070-100 Lisboa.