Privacy Policy

This privacy policy notice is for the website https://akpalgarve.com and served by Alexander Kenney Properties LDA (Herein referred to as AKP) of Alexander Kenney Properties, Estrada de Vale do Lobo, Rua Manuel Teixeira Gomes 925A, Almancil 8135-124, Algarve, Portugal, and governs the privacy of those who use it and our services.

The purpose of this policy is to explain to you how we control, process, handle and protect your personal information while browsing or using this website, including your rights under current laws and regulations. If you do not agree to the following policy you may wish to cease viewing / using this website.

Policy key definitions:

• "I", "our", "us", or "we" refer to the business, Alexander Kenney Properties LDA.
• "you", "the user" refer to the person(s) using this website and our services.
• GDPR means General Data Protection Act.
• PECR means Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulation.
• ICO means Information Commissioner's Office.
• Cookies mean small files stored on a users computer or device.

Processing of your personal data

Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) we control and/or process any personal information about you electronically using the following lawful bases. Under the GDPR your individual rights are as follows.

• the right to be informed;
• the right of access;
• the right to rectification;
• the right to erasure;
• the right to restrict processing;
• the right to data portability;
• the right to object; and
• the right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling.

You also have the right to complain if you feel there is a problem with the way we are handling your data. We handle subject access requests in accordance with the GDPR.

Data retention period

We will continue to process your information under the basis of this privacy policy until you withdraw consent or it is determined your consent no longer exists.

Sharing your information

We do not share your information with any third parties.

Changes to this Privacy Notice

If, as determined by us, the lawful basis upon which we process your personal information changes, we will notify you about the change and any new lawful basis to be used if required. We shall stop processing your personal information if the lawful basis used is no longer relevant.

Types of data we collect

When someone visits our website; https://akpalgarve.com we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behavior patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the site. This information is processed in a manner that does not identify you. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website.

Further data that we collect may also involve specific property search criteria, either via email, telephone conversations, or third party referral agents/sites/portals. This is important for us to be able to provide the most relevant level of service to anybody who has contacted us for assistance with the property purchasing process.

Data security and protection

We ensure the security of any personal information we hold by using secure data storage technologies and precise procedures in how we store, access and manage that information. Our methods meet the GDPR compliance requirement.

Transparent Privacy Explanations

We have provided some further explanations about user privacy and the way we use this website to help promote a transparent and honest user privacy methodology.

Sponsored links, affiliate tracking & commissions

Our website may at times contain adverts, sponsored and affiliate links on some pages. These are typically self served through our own means. We only use trusted advertising partners who each have high standards of user privacy and security.

Clicking on any adverts, sponsored or affiliate links may track your actions by using a cookie saved to your device. You can read more about cookies on this website above. Your actions are usually recorded as a referral from our website by this cookie.

If you have any concerns about this we suggest you do not click on any adverts, sponsored or affiliate links found on the website.

Email marketing messages & subscription

Under the GDPR we use the consent lawful basis for anyone subscribing to our newsletter or marketing mailing list. We only collect certain data about you, as detailed in the "Processing of your personal data" above. Any email marketing messages we send are done so through an EMS, email marketing service provider. An EMS is a third party service provider of software / applications that allows marketers to send out email marketing campaigns to a list of users.

Email marketing messages that we send may contain tracking beacons / tracked clickable links or similar server technologies in order to track subscriber activity within email marketing messages. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of data such as; times, dates, I.P addresses, opens, clicks, forwards, geographic and demographic data. Such data, within its limitations will show the activity each subscriber made for that email campaign.

Any email marketing messages we send are in accordance with the GDPR and the PECR. We provide you with an easy method to withdraw your consent (unsubscribe) or manage your preferences / the information we hold about you at any time. See any marketing messages for instructions on how to unsubscribe or manage your preferences.

Our EMS provider is yet to be decided. We will hold the following information about you within our EMS system:

• Email address
• IP address
• Subscription time & date