Privacy Policy
Last Updated On: September 27, 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to Art Algarve Interiors. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data in an open and transparent manner. This privacy policy (“Policy”) explains how we collect, use, process, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website https://artalgarveinteriors.com/ (“Website”).
Our website address is: https://artalgarveinteriors.com.
2. Who We Are (Data Controller)
The person responsible for your personal data (the data controller) is:
Name: Gabriella King (trading as Art Algarve Interiors)
NIF: 295646390
Address: Largo do Trem 14, 8800-742 Tavira – Faro, Portugal
Contact Email: admin@artalgarveinteriors.com
3. What Information We Collect
We may collect personal information from you in a variety of ways:
a) Personal Data You Provide to Us:
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you fill out contact forms, subscribe to our newsletter, or leave comments. This may include:
Your first and last name
Your email address
Your telephone number
Information about your project (e.g., location, project type)
Any other information you choose to provide in your communications with us.
b) Comments:
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
c) Media:
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
d) Data We Collect Automatically:
When you access our Website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage. This data includes:
Log and Usage Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, pages viewed, and dates/times of your visits.
Cookie Data: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies. If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. For full details, please see our Cookie Policy.
4. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
5. How and Why We Use Your Information
We use your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfilment of our contract with you, your consent, and/or legal obligations. The purposes include:
To Respond to Your Enquiries: To communicate with you and respond to your requests.
To Send Marketing Communications: If you have opted-in, to send you information about our services. You can opt-out at any time.
To Improve Our Website: We use analytics data to understand how users interact with our Website.
For Business Administration and Legal Compliance: To run our business and comply with legal obligations.
6. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. We may share your data with:
Third-Party Service Providers: Such as our website host (Hostinger, servers in France), analytics providers (Google), and email marketing provider.
Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
7. How Long We Retain Your Data
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.
Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
User Registration: For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
8. Your Data Protection Rights
Under GDPR, you have rights over your data.
Access & Portability: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
Erasure: You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Other Rights: You also have the right of rectification, the right to object, the right of restriction, and the right to withdraw consent.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address provided in Section 2.
9. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Data may also be processed by third-party services listed in Section 6, some of which may be located outside of the European Economic Area. We take steps to ensure your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
10. Policy for Children
We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 18.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Last Updated” date. We encourage you to review this policy frequently.