At ALABE — Associação dos Laboratórios de Enologia, accessible from https://alabe.pt/, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our members and visitors.
This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information collected and recorded by ALABE and how we process and protect it.
If you have additional questions or require further information regarding our Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us.
This Privacy Policy applies solely to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regard to information shared and/or collected through contact forms, interlaboratory proficiency testing circuits, and the members area.
1. Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms and data processing conditions.
2. Information We Collect
The personal information you are requested to provide (name, email address, telephone number, VAT/Tax ID, entity, and billing address) is gathered strictly for the explicit purpose indicated at the time of submission.
If you contact us directly (via email or contact form), we may record the correspondence for customer service, resolution history, and technical support purposes.
3. How We Use Your Information
We process collected data for legitimate operational and associative purposes, including:
- Managing registrations for events, general assemblies, and interlaboratory circuits (CIVP, AROMA, SENSORIAL, PROVA, DETEC, LABCOM);
- Invoicing, issuing receipts, and fulfilling statutory accounting and tax obligations;
- Communicating associative news, technical circulars, and official notices;
- Maintaining platform security, preventing unauthorized access, and defending against automated abuse (Cloudflare Turnstile anti-bot verification).
4. Log Files
ALABE follows standard web server logging procedures (IP address, browser type, Internet Service Provider, date/time stamps, referring/exit pages), strictly without association to personally identifiable records, exclusively for technical administration, error analysis, and server security.
5. Cookies
We only use essential cookies necessary for user session operation, preference retention, and authentication security. You may configure your browser settings to reject or delete cookies at any time.
6. GDPR Data Protection Rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679), you are entitled to the following rights:
- Right of Access: request information and a copy of your processed personal data;
- Right to Rectification: request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
- Right to Erasure: request the deletion of your personal data under statutory conditions;
- Right to Restriction or Objection: object to or request the limitation of data processing under certain circumstances;
- Right to Data Portability: receive the personal data provided in a structured, commonly used format.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact ALABE via email at geral@alabe.pt.
7. Protection of Minors
ALABE does not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 16 years of age. Should we discover that a minor has provided personal information without parental consent, immediate steps will be taken to delete such data from our records.