Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a Glance

General Information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our full privacy policy text below.

Data Collection on Our Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website? The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the "Information on the Data Controller" section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data? On one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data that you enter into a contact form or send to us via email. On the other hand, other data is collected automatically or after your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for? Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour (subject to your explicit prior consent).

What rights do you have regarding your data? You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time and free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances and the right to data portability. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time.

2. General Notes and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in strict accordance with the statutory data protection regulations (UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018) and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g., communication by email) can have security gaps. Absolute protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the Data Controller

The data controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Nucloval - Investigação Científica Unipessoal Lda.

Sítio da Arrochela, Cx. Postal 707 Z

8125-012 Quarteira

Portugal

Email: info@poolwatcher.pro

The data controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Retention Period

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, the deletion takes place after these reasons cease to apply.

Lawful Bases for Data Processing on This Website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) UK GDPR. In the event of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49 (1) (a) UK GDPR.

If the data processing is necessary for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, the processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) UK GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which we are subject, on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (c) UK GDPR. Data processing can also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR.

Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the UK GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the country of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. For users in the United Kingdom, the competent supervisory authority is:

Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

Wycliffe House, Water Lane

Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Website: https://ico.org.uk/

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.

Access, Rectification, Restriction, and Deletion (Your Rights)

Within the framework of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, and the purpose of the data processing at any time, and, if applicable, a right to rectification, restriction, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. When processing has been restricted, such data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the United Kingdom.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

3. Data Collection on Our Website

Cookies (Compliance with PECR)

Our internet pages use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small data packages and do not cause any damage to your end device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or an automatic deletion is carried out by your web browser.

Cookies can come from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from partner companies within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services or web analytics tools).

Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions you want (functional cookies) or to optimize the website (analytical cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. In accordance with UK PECR rules, if consent was requested for the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) UK GDPR); consent can be withdrawn at any time via the cookie consent banner.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Server Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and browser version

• Operating system used

• Referrer URL (the previously visited page)

• Host name of the accessing computer

• Time of the server request

• IP address

This data will not be merged with other data sources. The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website – the server log files must be recorded for this purpose.

Contact via Email or Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via email or a contact form, your details from the inquiry form or email, including the contact details you provided there (such as name, email address), will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) UK GDPR if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) UK GDPR) if this was requested.

The data you enter will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your inquiry has been completely processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

4. Analysis Tools and Tracking (Optional / If applicable)

Google Tag Manager / Google Analytics

Provided you have given your consent, this website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics as well as the organizational tool Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We use Google Analytics with activated IP anonymization. This means that your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission.

The storage of Google Analytics cookies and the use of this analysis tool are based on Art. 6 (1) (a) UK GDPR. Consent can be withdrawn at any time via the website's cookie settings banner.