Privacy Policy – portasolutions

PORTA SOLUTION’S PRIVACY POLICY

We respect the privacy of visitors to our Website and Users of our Services and we understand how protection of Personal Data is important, thus we created this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy applies to the processing of Personal Data by Porta Solutions Finance Consultants L.L.C.

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy “we”, “our” and “us” refer to Porta Solutions Finance Consultants L.L.C, “User”, “you” and “your” refer to a specific individual/company accessing the platform and “Services” refer to our products or services.

By continuing to use our Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and accepted the information described in this Privacy Policy.

Please note that our Services and Website are not intended for minors below the age of 18 years and we do not knowingly collect data relating to minors.

If provided a translation of the English language version of this Policy, the English language version of the Policy will control if there is any conflict.

GENERAL

According to applicable data protection legislation (namely, Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 regarding the Protection of Personal Data (“PDPL”) and General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)) we are controllers of your Personal Data. A Personal Data controller is a person who determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.

We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our Website (https://portasolutions.io/#), subscribe to the newsletter, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Website. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, address, phone number, email address, link to Telegram or other Messenger. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personal identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain site related activities.

If you are dissatisfied with the way we process your Personal Data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority for data protection issues – UAE Data Office. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the supervisory authority for data protection issues.

COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL DATA

Personal Data is defined as any data relating to an identified natural person, or a natural person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, through the linking of data, by reference to an identifier such as his name, voice, picture, identification number, electronic, identifier, geographical location, or one or more physical, physiological, cultural or social characteristics. It also includes Sensitive Personal Data and Biometric Data. Where this Policy states that a list of items is “including”, the lists so described are meant to be examples and not exhaustive or exclusive.

We collect your Personal Data both online and offline. Most commonly, we receive your Personal Data:

from your direct interaction with us, either when doing business with you or when you visit our Website.
from your employer when your employer is our client, supplier or business partner, so we can perform our Services and work with you.
from public data sources like sanction lists, trade registers and social media, for instance where we need such Personal Data to verify your identity before we do business with you.

We process your Personal Data for the purposes as set out below. We also inform you of the legal ground (Article 4 of the PDPL) on the basis of which we process your Personal Data.

Assessment and acceptance of clients, conclusion and execution of agreements with clients, suppliers and business partners.

This purpose includes the processing of Personal Data that is necessary in connection with the evaluation and acceptance of customers, suppliers and business partners, including confirming and verifying the identity of relevant business contacts, as well as performing due diligence and verification of publicly available government and / or law enforcement agencies, agency sanctions lists ( e.g. for compliance). This purpose also includes the processing of Personal Data necessary for the conclusion and execution of agreements with customers, suppliers and business partners, including necessary verification activities (for example, to access our premises or systems), the provision of customer services, as well as for the registration and financial settlement of the Services provided to and from us.

The legal grounds for these processing activities are:

the fact that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party (p. 10 of the Article 4);
the fact that the processing is for Personal Data that has become available and known to the public by your act (p. 2 of the Article 4).

Development and improvement of our Services.

This purpose concerns the processing of Personal Data necessary for the development and improvement of our Services, as well as for research and development. This includes the processing of Personal Data of business contacts for surveys, reviews and research purposes. The legal ground for these processing activities is your consent (Article 1, the last paragraph, “Consent” definition). You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at [email protected].

Relationship management and marketing.

This purpose includes the processing of Personal Data that is necessary for activities such as maintaining and developing contacts with customers, suppliers and business partners through marketing communications, account management, customer service, conducting and analyzing market research and marketing strategies. The legal grounds for these processing activities are:

your consent (Article 1, the last paragraph, “Consent” definition);
the fact that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party (p. 10 of the Article 4).

Business process execution, internal management and management reporting.

This purpose includes the processing of Personal Data that is necessary for the performance of business processes and internal activities. It also includes the processing of Personal Data for management reporting and analysis, archiving, as well as for the prevention, preparation or participation in the resolution of disputes. The legal grounds for these processing activities are:

the fact that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party (p. 10 of the Article 4);
the fact that the processing is necessary for archival purposes and statistical studies, in accordance with the legislation in force (p. 7 of the Article 4).

Health, safety, security and integrity purposes.

This purpose includes the processing of Personal Data necessary to protect our rights, interests and assets and rights, interests and assets of our employees, customers, suppliers and business partners, as well as for health and safety related activities. It also includes authentication of the customer, supplier or business partner status and access rights. The legal grounds for these processing activities are:

the fact that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party (p. 10 of the Article 4);
compliance with a legal obligation to which Porta Solutions Finance Consultants L.L.C is subject (p. 9 of the Article 4).

Compliance with the law.

This purpose includes the processing of Personal Data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in order to comply with a legal obligation to which Porta Solutions Finance Consultants L.L.C is subject, including the disclosure of Personal Data to government agencies or supervisory authorities. The legal ground for these processing activities is the fact that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party (p. 10 of the Article 4).

CHILDREN’S PERSONAL DATA

Our Services are exclusively offered to individuals at least 18 years old and we do not process any Personal Data of children under this age.

Our Services cannot be used by children. If the parents discover that their child has submitted Personal Data, they may ask us to delete the Personal Data by sending an email to [email protected].

If we will discover that Personal Data of children under 18 has nevertheless been collected, it will take the necessary measures to delete such Personal Data.

DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS

Due to applicable law the data subjects are granted by the following rights:

right to access to information;
right to request Personal Data portability;
right to rectification or erasure of Personal Data;
right to restriction of processing;
right to stop processing;
right of processing and automated processing.

Due to Article 17 of the PDPL, if the Processing is for direct marketing purposes the Data Subject has the right to object to and stop the Processing of his/her Personal Data by contacting us at [email protected].

Due to paragraph 2 of the Article 6 of the PDPL, the Data Subject may, at any time, withdraw his/her Consent to the Processing of his/her Personal Data, in which case we will delete his/her Personal Data, with the exception of such Personal Data that we need in accordance with the applicable law. Such withdrawal shall not affect the legality and lawfulness of the Processing made based on the Consent given prior to the withdrawal.

However, please note that these rights are not absolute, and may be subject to our own legitimate interests and regulatory requirements. If you wish to exercise any of the aforementioned rights or receive more information, please contact us at [email protected].

SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA

We are committed to protecting your personal information and maintaining its accuracy. We maintain reasonable physical, administrative and technical security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use and disclosure. We also require our suppliers to protect such information from unauthorized access, use and disclosure.

Notwithstanding the security measures that we take, it is important to remember that the transmission of data via the Internet may not be completely secure and that you are advised to take suitable precautions when transmitting to us data via the Internet. Although we will do our best to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site, and any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.

DATA RETENTION

As a general rule, we will retain your Personal Data for the duration of our business relationship with you and for the time necessary to retain your Personal Data after the Services are terminated. This period will depend on the purpose for which we use your Personal Data. For example:

if your business contact details are included on our invoices, we will retain your Personal Data along with our invoices;
if your business contact details are included in our project plans, we will retain your Personal Data in accordance with the retention periods of our project plans;
if we need your Personal Data for identification and verification purposes, we will retain your Personal Data for as long as we are required to retain verification evidence in accordance with applicable law;
if you are one of our potential customers, we will keep your contact details for as long as we send you commercial communications that interest you.

Information will be stored in accordance with the provisions of applicable law. We will deviate from these retention periods if we have a strong interest in keeping your Personal Data longer (for example, in the event of ongoing or pending legal proceedings).

SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

This Privacy Policy and our practices are designed to provide a consistent level of protection for personal information worldwide. This means that even in countries where laws provide less protection for your information, we will still treat your information in the manner described here.

In some cases, we use vendors located in different countries to collect, use, analyze and otherwise process information on our behalf. It is our practice for such providers to handle information in accordance with this Policy.

From time to time, we may disclose information that identifies you at an individual level and that we have collected on our websites to other entities that are not acting as our suppliers, such as our business partners. Except as described in this Privacy Policy, we will only do so with your prior consent. However, we do not sell or rent such information.

Circumstances may arise where, for strategic or other business reasons, we decide to sell, buy, merge or otherwise reorganize businesses in certain countries. Such a transaction may involve the disclosure of personal information to potential or actual buyers or the receipt of such information from sellers. Consistent with our practice, to maintain adequate information security in such transactions.

When transferring your information outside the country of collection for the purposes set out above, we comply with applicable law. For data coming from a Member State of the European Union, we use various data transfer mechanisms (including standard contractual clauses) for this purpose.

Please be aware that, under certain circumstances, personal information may be disclosed to public authorities in accordance with legal proceedings, court orders, or legal process. We may also share your information to protect our rights and property, the rights and property of our business partners, suppliers or customers and others, when we have reasonable grounds to believe that such rights or property have been or may be affected.

DATA COLLECTED BY THE THIRD-PARTY

Our Website implements the following solutions, please be aware that they may also collect your Personal Data.

The Pocket: collecting information about the URLs, titles and content of the web pages and other information you save to Pocket. The types of information that may be collected includes your browser type, device type, time zone, language, and other information related to the manner in which you access the Pocket Technologies. If you are on a mobile device, the Pocket may collect the advertising identifiers provided by Apple on iOS and by Google on Android. The information about your use of the Pocket Technologies may also be collected. For example, as a part of providing Pocket’s syncing features, Pocket sync information about the items that you save and view within Pocket so that your list, tags, scroll position, and other account and usage information may be synced across all of your devices.
Google Analytics: various data that Google Analytics cookies can collect from you through our Website, such as IP addresses, unique IDs, ClientIDs, search and browser history and many other types of data.

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CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY

We may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time which will be indicated by changing the date at the top of this page. If you do not accept a new edition of the Privacy Policy, you must stop using the Website and Services.