01Who we are
Lintel Partners, Lda. (“Lintel”, “we”) is the controller of the personal data described in this policy. Our registered office is at Avenida da República 41, 1050-187 Lisbon, Portugal, and we are registered with the Lisbon Commercial Registry under number 515 384 220.
For anything about your data, write to privacy@lintelpartners.com or to the address above, marked “Data protection”.
02What we collect
We collect only what we need to answer you and to run an engagement:
- Contact details you give us: name, work email, phone, company, country and role.
- What you tell us in the diagnostic form or by email: the topics, timing and company size you choose, and any message.
- Client engagement data: the business information you share during a project, under the confidentiality terms of our contract.
- Website data: the cookies described in our cookies policy, and server logs kept for security.
03Why we use it
| Purpose | Legal basis | Kept for |
|---|---|---|
| Answering a diagnostic request | Steps before a contract, at your request | 12 months after the last contact |
| Delivering an engagement | Performance of our contract | 10 years after the engagement ends (accounting law) |
| Monthly case-study email | Your consent, withdrawn at any time | Until you unsubscribe |
| Recruitment | Steps before a contract, at your request | 12 months, or longer with your consent |
| Website security | Our legitimate interest in a safe site | 90 days |
05Your rights
You can ask to see, correct, delete or move your data, to restrict or object to how we use it, and to withdraw consent at any time. We answer within one month.
If you are not satisfied with our answer, you can complain to the Portuguese supervisory authority, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), or to the authority where you live.
06How we protect it
Access to client data is limited to the team on the engagement. Files are encrypted at rest and in transit, devices are managed, and our information security is certified to ISO 27001.
07Changes to this policy
When we change this policy we update the date at the top of the page. If a change affects how we use data you have already given us, we tell you by email first.