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Legal & Compliance
Privacy and Cookie Policy
This website is operated under the responsibility of Dr. André Varandas Borges, Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Physician, Tax ID (NIF) 516085654, Medical License (Cédula Profissional) No. 62482.
Appropriate technical and organizational measures are implemented to ensure the security and protection of personal data, guaranteeing that processing is carried out lawfully, transparently, and solely for authorized purposes, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”), applicable since May 25, 2018.
Accordingly, and without prejudice to consulting the statutory definitions in the GDPR, we set out below the essential concepts governing personal data protection.
1. What is personal data?
Under the GDPR, personal data means any information of any nature and regardless of its format (physical or digital) relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to their physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity.
2. Who is the data subject?
The data subject is the identified or identifiable natural person to whom the personal data relates, including service recipients, patients, or website users.
3. What is processing of personal data?
Processing of personal data refers to any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure, dissemination, or erasure.
4. Data Controller
The Data Controller is the natural or legal person that determines the purposes and means of personal data processing.
For this website, the Data Controller is Dr. André Varandas Borges, who may engage service providers under contract to pursue the stated purposes within the scope of his clinical activity.
5. Data collected, purposes of processing, and legal basis
On this website, only personal data strictly necessary for processing contact requests, appointments, and examination inquiries are collected.
Where necessary, health-related data may be processed, strictly subject to medical confidentiality and the highest professional privacy standards.
Such data will be used exclusively for the purposes described and will not be shared with third parties, except where required by statutory obligations or essential for providing healthcare services, with all involved third parties equally bound by professional secrecy.
6. Retention period and data security
Personal data will be retained only for the duration strictly necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or for the period required by applicable medical and tax legislation.
The Data Controller stores data in data centers located in Portugal and within the European Union, protected by high-standard security measures compliant with applicable data protection laws.
7. Rights of Data Subjects
Under the GDPR, data subjects are entitled to the following rights:
- Right to rectification of personal data;
- Right of access to personal data;
- Right to data portability;
- Right to erasure ('right to be forgotten').
Data subjects have the right to request at any time from the Controller access to, rectification of, or erasure of their personal data. They also have the right to request restriction of processing pursuant to Article 18 of the GDPR, and the right to receive personal data concerning them in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format under Article 20 of the GDPR.
Users also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados - CNPD) should their rights not be satisfied.
8. Cookie Policy
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when visiting this website. These files do not damage your equipment and serve essential functions for website operation and improving your browsing experience. As a user, you may consult, manage, or delete cookies at any time.
In general, cookies facilitate navigation, store user preferences, and collect aggregated statistical information about website traffic.
This website uses cookies for the above purposes subject to explicit user consent. Where consent is not granted, only a strictly necessary cookie is stored to record your preference and prevent repetitive prompts on future visits.
The website controller does not control cookies that may be deployed by third-party external platforms (such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube). When accessing external media embeds, third-party cookies may be placed, and users should review the corresponding external privacy policies.
This website may utilize web analytics tools such as Google Analytics to collect aggregated and anonymous statistical traffic data.
Information collected through these tools does not allow direct user identification, nor does it combine data with IP addresses for personal identification. For more information, consult Google's privacy policy.
Cookies utilized on this website
| Name | Type | Duration | Description | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CookieConsent | cookie | 1 year | Store cookie preferences | Dr. André Varandas Borges |
| _ga | cookie | 2 years | Used to distinguish unique users | |
| _gid | cookie | 24 hours | Used to distinguish unique users | |
| _gat | cookie | 1 minute | Used to throttle request rate |
Changing and withdrawing consent
Users may at any time modify or withdraw their cookie consent through their browser settings or directly via this website to restrict or block cookies.
Cookie Preferences
You can inspect and customize cookies utilized across this website. In accordance with our Privacy and Cookie Policy, you may change or withdraw your consent at any time.
9. Changes to this Privacy Policy
The Provider reserves the right to update these privacy terms at any time, notifying users of material revisions via the website.
These terms are designed to ensure safe, transparent, and effective use of the services provided.