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Privacy notice.

This notice explains how Ideia Matriz — Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Lda. processes personal data through this website, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Portuguese Law nº 58/2019.

Last updated: June 2026

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Data controller

Ideia Matriz — Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Lda.
Rua da Torre, nº 1155, Esc. C, 2750-768 Cascais, Portugal.
NIPC 506 612 821.

Contact: geral@ideiamatriz.pt · +351 214 820 119.

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Personal data we process

This website processes only the personal data you choose to provide:

  • Identification and contact data submitted when you write to us by email (name, email address, telephone, and any information you include in the message).
  • Technical data automatically generated by your browser when visiting this site (IP address, user agent, requested page), used solely for security and to keep the site running.

We do not knowingly collect data from minors under the age of 16.

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Purposes and legal basis

  • Replying to enquiries — basis: pre-contractual measures and our legitimate interest in responding (Art. 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR).
  • Operating the website securely — basis: legitimate interest in protecting the service (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
  • Compliance with legal obligations, including tax, accounting and the Portuguese Public Procurement Code where applicable (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR).

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Cookies and tracking

This website does not use third-party advertising, analytics or tracking cookies. Only strictly necessary technical storage required to render the site is used; no consent banner is therefore required under Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive as transposed by Law nº 41/2004.

Web fonts are loaded from Google Fonts. Your IP address is briefly transmitted to that provider for the sole purpose of delivering the font file.

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Retention

Email correspondence is kept for as long as necessary to handle your request and, where a contractual relationship arises, for the legal retention periods applicable to accounting and project documentation (typically up to 10 years).

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Recipients and transfers

Personal data is not sold or shared with third parties for marketing purposes. It may be processed by service providers acting as data processors on our behalf (email hosting, website hosting) bound by appropriate confidentiality and security obligations. No transfers outside the EEA take place that are not covered by an adequacy decision or appropriate safeguards under Chapter V GDPR.

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Your rights

You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict or object to the processing of your personal data, as well as the right to data portability and to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out beforehand.

To exercise these rights, contact us at geral@ideiamatriz.pt. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Portuguese Data Protection Authority — Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados (CNPD), www.cnpd.pt.

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Intellectual property

All texts, drawings, photographs and other materials published on this website are the property of Ideia Matriz — Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Lda., or used with permission. Reproduction without prior written consent is not permitted.

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Applicable law

This notice is governed by Portuguese law. Any dispute shall be submitted to the competent courts of the district of Cascais.