Privacy Policy
Effective Date: April 29, 2026
At UC Manufacturing (“we”, “us”, or “our”), accessible from ucmanufacturing.pt, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by UC Manufacturing and how we use it, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
1. Information We Collect
We collect data to operate effectively and provide you with the best experiences on our website. The personal information we collect depends on how you interact with us:
Information you provide directly: When you use our contact forms, we may collect your Name, Email Address, Phone Number, and the content of the message you send us.
Information collected automatically: When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain technical information, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, and browsing behavior, primarily through cookies
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
Respond to your inquiries, customer service requests, and support needs.
Provide, operate, and maintain our website.
Improve, personalize, and expand our website.
Understand and analyze how you use our website.
Prevent fraud and ensure the security of our website.
3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (GDPR)
Under the GDPR, we must have a legal basis to process your personal data. We rely on the following bases:
Consent: You have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose (e.g., when you submit a contact form).
Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, unless there is a good reason to protect your personal data which overrides those legitimate interests.
4. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.
5. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. UC Manufacturing aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data. Your rights include:
The right to access, update or delete the information we have on you.
The right of rectification: You have the right to have your information rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
The right to object: You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
The right of restriction: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
The right to data portability: You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable format.
The right to withdraw consent: You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your personal information.
6. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at:
Email: privacy@ucmanufacturing.pt
Address: Pólo II da Universidade de Coimbra, R. Luis Reis dos Santos, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal