Privacy & Cookies

Below we explain how we handle your personal data, why, and what your rights are.

Privacy

1. What personal data do we process?

We process the following personal data:

  • First and last name
  • Address details
  • Phone number
  • Email address
  • Date of birth
  • Country of birth
  • Nationality
  • ID document, type, number, place, and date of birth
  • Date of arrival and departure
  • Number of people
  • Website browsing behavior, privacy-friendly (no IP addresses)

2. Why do we process this personal data?

We process personal data for the following purposes:

  • To register, administrate, and invoicing bookings
    We are required to inform the Portuguese authorities (SEF) about your stay as a tourist.
  • Contacting you
    We use various channels to contact you: phone, mail, email, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook, for example. To make this possible, we process personal data.
  • Newsletters and mailings
    You can sign up for newsletters to stay informed. If you no longer wish to receive newsletters, you can unsubscribe in every email.
  • Improving our services
    To improve our services, we also keep personal data. For example, behavior on our website to analyze which pages are most visited or to see which newsletters are well-read.

3. Rights of data subjects

When we process your personal data, you have various rights:

  • Information and access:
    Of course, you can see which personal data we process about you. We are also happy to tell you more about how and why we process that data.
  • Rectification:
    Do you think we have incorrect data about you? Let us know, and we will adjust it.
  • Right to erasure:
    You can ask us to delete your data. Let us know, and we will remove it from our system.
  • Restriction:
    You can ask to temporarily restrict the processing of certain personal data. For example, because you believe the data is incorrect.
  • Objection:
    You can object to the processing of your personal data.
  • Portability:
    This is a new right under the GDPR to transfer your personal data. If you want to use this, please contact us.

Additionally, you can also:

  • Withdraw consent:
    For example, for receiving newsletters or mailings, this is possible by unsubscribing at the bottom of each email. If you want to withdraw consent for another processing, you can contact us.

4. Retention period

We do not retain personal data longer than necessary for the purposes for which we collect your data.

5. Processors

We use processors to process personal data:

  • MyTourist, Elst, Netherlands for processing online bookings
  • Calculos & Virgulas, Alvor, Portugal for accounting and informing SEF
  • Siteground, Madrid, Spain for website hosting
  • Mailchimp, United States for newsletters
  • Google Analytics 4, United States for insights into visitor behavior to improve the website

Furthermore, we only provide data to third parties if you have given permission.

Cookies

6. Cookies on the website

We use cookies. Thanks to cookies, we can improve our website and provide you with relevant information. For example, we collect information about your website visit or through which device you view the website.

7. Why do we place cookies?

We use cookies to make the website work properly and securely. We also place cookies to collect information about your internet behaviour, to give you an optimal website experience and to learn how we can better tailor our website to your needs.

Some cookies are necessary and are always set.

These are functional cookies and necessary for a website to function. Among other things, they allow you to book.

For placing non-essential cookies, we first ask for your permission. We use these cookies to see through which website or channel you came to our website, to show you relevant information, and to display content on other websites or channels.

Choose your cookie setting. You can always change it here:

  • Functional cookies
    Functional cookies are cookies needed for the site to work well. Your permission is not required for these cookies.
  • Analytical cookies
    We also use cookies to analyze how many visits the website receives, with which browsers, on which pages, and to request feedback. This information helps us improve the website. We have set Google Analytics 4 to be privacy-friendly according to the guidelines of the Data Protection Authority.
  • Marketing cookies
    These cookies collect information about you and track your internet behavior. To show you more relevant content. This also includes videos, photos, and other content embedded on the website via YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest.

9. Placed cookies

WordPress

Functional

Usage

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Functional

Name
Expiration
persistent
Function
Store user preferences
Name
Expiration
session
Function
Store browser details
Name
Expiration
persistent
Function
Store user preferences
Name
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store user preferences
Name
Expiration
session
Function
Read if cookies can be placed
Name
Expiration
persistent
Function
Store logged in users
Name
Expiration
session
Function
Store language settings

Google Analytics

Statistics

Usage

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Statistics

Name
Expiration
2 years
Function
Store and count pageviews
Name
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store and count pageviews

Stripe

Functional

Usage

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Functional

Name
Expiration
1 year
Function
Provide fraud prevention

Complianz

Functional

Usage

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties. For more information, please read the Complianz Privacy Statement.

Functional

Name
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store accepted cookie policy ID
Name
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store if the cookie banner has been dismissed

Facebook

Marketing, Functional

Usage

We use Facebook for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more about Facebook

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Facebook Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name
Expiration
3 months
Function
Store and track visits across websites
Name
Expiration
2 years
Function
Store last visit
Name
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store account details
Name
Expiration
3 months
Function
Store a unique session ID
Name
Expiration
3 months
Function
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
Name
Expiration
90 days
Function
Store logged in users
Name
Expiration
2 years
Function
Provide fraud prevention
Name
Expiration
30 days
Function
Store a unique user ID
Name
Expiration
2 years
Function
Store browser details
Name
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store account details

Functional

Name
Expiration
1 week
Function
Read screen resolution
Name
Expiration
90 days
Function
Provide fraud prevention
Name
Expiration
session
Function
Store and track if the browser tab is active

Google Adsense

Marketing

Usage

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Marketing

Name
Expiration
persistent
Function
Store and track conversions

WP Google Maps

Functional

Usage

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Functional

Name
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store cookie consent preferences

Google Fonts

Marketing

Usage

We use Google Fonts for display of webfonts. Read more about Google Fonts

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Google Fonts Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name
Expiration
expires immediately
Function
Read user IP address

Google Maps

Marketing

Usage

We use Google Maps for maps display. Read more about Google Maps

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Google Maps Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name
Expiration
expires immediately
Function
Read user IP address

YouTube

Marketing

Usage

We use YouTube for video display. Read more about YouTube

Sharing data

For more information, please read the YouTube Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name
Expiration
session
Function
Store location data
Name
Expiration
6 months
Function
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
Name
Expiration
session
Function
Store and track interaction
Name
Expiration
8 months
Function
Store user preferences

LinkedIn

Functional, Marketing, Statistics, Preferences

Usage

We use LinkedIn for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more about LinkedIn

Sharing data

For more information, please read the LinkedIn Privacy Statement.

Functional

Name
Expiration
session
Function
Provide load balancing functionality
Name
Expiration
6 months
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
Expiration
10 years
Function
Store privacy preferences

Marketing

Name
Expiration
30 days
Function
Store and track visits across websites
Name
Expiration
90 days
Function
Store and track a visitor's identity
Name
Expiration
1 month
Function
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
Name
Expiration
90 days
Function
Store and track a visitor's identity
Name
Expiration
30 days
Function
Provide ad delivery or retargeting

Statistics

Name
Expiration
30 days
Function
Store and track a visitor's identity
Name
Expiration
30 days
Function
Store and track visits across websites

Preferences

Name
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store if a message has been shown
Name
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store browser details
Name
Expiration
1 day
Function
Provide load balancing functionality
Name
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store logged in users

Miscellaneous

Purpose pending investigation

Usage

Sharing data

Sharing of data is pending investigation

Purpose pending investigation

Name
tooltipPause
Expiration
Function
Name
_gcl_ls
Expiration
Function
Name
68ca1db1_wp_ai_studio_invalidation
Expiration
Function
Name
a3df552e_wp_ai_studio_token
Expiration
Function
Name
mytourist
Expiration
Function
Name
lastExternalReferrerTime
Expiration
Function
Name
Expiration
Function
Name
lastExternalReferrer
Expiration
Function
Name
formbricks-js
Expiration
Function
Name
a3df552e_wp_ai_studio_invalidation
Expiration
Function
Name
chatbase_anon_id
Expiration
Function
Name
Expiration
Function
Name
googlesitekit_1.189.0_244dc7965ae891410f40a79adebc8192_modules::search-console::searchanalytics::56c
Expiration
Function
Name
wp_consent_statistics-anonymous
Expiration
Function
Name
wp_consent_marketing
Expiration
Function
Name
wp_consent_statistics
Expiration
Function
Name
wp_consent_preferences
Expiration
Function

10. Questions and more information?

Do you have questions about Privacy and Cookies? Let us know via our contact details on the website.