Privacy Policy

This is a courtesy translation. In case of any discrepancy, the Portuguese version prevails.

1. Who is responsible for your data

The controller of the personal data collected on this website is Pro-Educação, Sociedade de Ensino, Lda., the owner of Colégio Leonardo da Vinci, with tax number (NIF) 501 869 182 and registered office at Rua Conselheiro Bento Miguel, n.º 10, 4710-294 Braga.

For any privacy question, you can contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at [VALIDAR] DPO email or by letter to the address above, marked “DPO – Colégio Leonardo da Vinci”.

2. What data we collect on this website

We only collect the data you send us through the forms:

• Pre-registration: for the pupil, their name, date of birth, address, current school and year, siblings already at the school, the year or class wanted whether the child has specific educational needs and, if so, which ones; for the father, mother or other parent or guardian, their name, occupation, date of birth, mobile phone and email (only the responsible parent’s or guardian’s contact details are required); and, if you wish, how you heard about the school and any notes.
• Contact: name, email, phone (optional), subject and message.

We only process the answer on specific educational needs with your explicit consent (Article 9(2)(a) GDPR). Apart from that, we do not ask for health data, photos or documents through the website; these matters are dealt with in person at the meeting. Please do not include them in your messages.

For security reasons, the server temporarily logs technical information about requests (such as the IP address) to prevent abuse (spam). [VALIDAR] retention period for hosting logs.

3. What we use the data for and on what legal basis

We do not use website data for advertising or profiling.

4. How long we keep the data

Data sent through the forms reaches the school office by email and is not stored on the website server. We keep these emails only for as long as needed to reply to the request and, if there is no enrolment, for a maximum of 12 months [VALIDAR]. If your child is enrolled, the data then follows the rules of the pupil’s file.

5. Who we share the data with

We do not sell or transfer your data. The website hosting company and the email provider may have access to it, only to provide services to the school and under confidentiality obligations [VALIDAR] names of providers.

6. Cookies and third-party content

This website does not use analytics, advertising or third-party cookies.

Some content from other companies is only loaded if you click the corresponding button:

• Facebook posts (Meta Platforms Ireland) on the home page;
• Google Maps map (Google Ireland) on the contacts page.

When they load, these companies may collect data about your visit, in accordance with their own privacy policies. The links to Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, INOVAR and the uniform shop open external websites with their own policies.

7. Your rights

You can, at any time and free of charge, ask to:

• access your data;
• correct inaccurate or incomplete data;
• erase your data;
• restrict or object to processing;
• receive your data in a commonly used format (portability);
• withdraw your consent, without affecting processing already carried out.

To exercise these rights, send an email to info@colegioldvinci.com or a letter to the address given in section 1. We reply within one month at the latest.

If you believe your rights have not been respected, you can lodge a complaint with the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (CNPD), at www.cnpd.pt.

8. Security

The website uses a secure connection (HTTPS) and the forms are protected against abuse. Access to the emails received is limited to the people who handle the requests.

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy to reflect changes to the website or the law. The date of the last update is shown at the top of the page.