Privacy Policy

Effective date: July 1, 2022

Grudis Accounting Research Network's ("we", or "our") operates the website https://www.grudis.pt (hereinafter referred to as the "service").

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data when you use our service and the options you have associated with that data.

The privacy of members and the protection of their personal data are of the utmost importance to the Grudis Network. Grudis Accounting Research Network's will not use your data for purposes other than those strictly necessary for the functioning of the Network and will not transfer your personal data to third parties without your explicit authorization.

We use your data to provide and improve the service. By using the service, you consent to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise stated in this privacy policy, the terms used in this privacy policy have the same meaning as our terms and conditions, accessible at https://www.grudis.pt

Collection and use of information

We collect several different types of information for various purposes, in order to provide and improve our service for you, namely to:

  • Inclusion in the Grudis maillist;
  • Dissemination of images within the scope of dissemination of events in which to participate;
  • Access to the restricted area of the grudis.pt website;
  • Management of the various initiatives that the Grudis Network develops or may develop.

Types of data collected

Personal data

When using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • telephone contact
  • First and last name
  • Cookies and usage data

usage data

We may also collect information about how the service is accessed and used ("usage data"). This usage data may include information such as your computer's Internet protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our service you visit, the time and date of your visit. , time spent on these pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

Tracking data and cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to monitor activity on our service and maintain certain information.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include a unique anonymous identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies are also used as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information, and to improve and analyze our Service.

You can configure your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is accepted. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some components of our Service.

Examples of cookies we use:

  • Session cookies. We use session cookies to operate our service.
  • Preference cookies. We use preference cookies to store your various preferences and settings.
  • Security Cookies. We use security cookies for security purposes.

Data usage

Grudis Accounting Research Network's uses the collected data for several purposes:

  • To provide and maintain the Service
  • To notify you of changes to our Service
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
  • To provide customer service and support
  • To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service
  • To monitor use of the Service
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues

Data transfer

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained — on computers located outside of your city, region, country or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside Portugal and choose to provide us with information, please note that we transfer data, including personal data, to Portugal and process it there.

Your consent to this privacy policy followed by the submission of such information represents your agreement to such transfer.

Grudis Accounting Research Network's will take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy and will not allow any transfer of your personal data to another organization or country, unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.

data disclosure

Legal requirements

Grudis Accounting Research Network's may disclose your personal data in good faith in the belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Fulfill a legal obligation
  • To protect and defend the rights or property of Grudis - Association for Accounting Research
  • To prevent or investigate possible irregularities in relation to the Service
  • To protect the personal safety of service users or the public
  • To protect against legal liability

data security

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Service providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services, or to help us analyze how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may use third party services to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

  • Google Analytics

    Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that monitors and records website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the data collected to contextualize and personalize the advertisements of its own advertising network.

    You may opt out of making your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visit activity.

    For more information about Google's privacy practices, please visit Google's Privacy & Terms page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Managing contacts and sending messages

This type of Service makes it possible to manage a database of e-mail contacts, telephone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the user. These services may also collect data regarding the date and time when the message was viewed by the user, as well as when the user interacted with it by clicking on links included in the message.

  • RSMail is an email address management and messaging service.

    Personal data collected: email address and name.

  • RSForm is a user profile data collection and management service, which includes personal and professional data. Some of the requested data are mandatory and others are optional.

Links to other websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be redirected to the third party's website. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every website you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any other third party website or services.

children's privacy

Our service is not intended for anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").

We do not collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we find that we have collected personal data from children without verifying parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to this privacy policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Effective Date" at the top of this privacy policy.

You are advised to periodically review this privacy policy for any changes. Changes to this privacy policy are effective when posted on this page.

contact us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us:

  • By email: rgpd@grudis.pt

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Grudis Accounting Research Network's mission is to promote the development of Accounting research, fostering the interaction between the Portuguese and international communities.