Privacy Policy

Last updated: 11 October 2026

1. Who is responsible

The controller for the processing of personal data on this website is: Associação Comunidade de Aprendizagem das Cerejeiras Rubras, Rua da Escola 147, 3230-544 Penela, Portugal, NIPC 514120118, represented by the Board of Directors. Email: geral@cerejeiras.eu

We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer, as we are not required to do so. For all data protection questions, please write to geral@cerejeiras.eu.

2. Visiting this website

When you visit this website, our host Wix.com automatically processes technical data such as your IP address, browser type, device, date and time of access and the pages viewed. This is necessary to deliver the website securely and reliably. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in operating a secure website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

3. Cookies and statistics

We only use cookies that are strictly necessary to run the website, unless you agree to more. Statistics cookies (Wix Analytics and Google Analytics) are only set after you have given your consent in the cookie banner. Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Art. 5 of Law no. 41/2004). You can change or withdraw your consent at any time via "Cookie settings" in the footer. Details are in our Cookie Policy.

Google Analytics: If you consent to statistics cookies, we use Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics collects information about how you use our website, such as pages visited, time spent, device and browser type and approximate location. IP addresses are not stored. Google may transfer data to Google LLC in the USA; this transfer is based on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Data is deleted after 14 months. More information: policies.google.com/privacy

4. "Check availability" form

When you ask about a place for your child, we process the following data:

• your name, email address, phone number and country

• the age of your child or children

• the desired start date

• the languages spoken in your family

• where you live or whether you plan to move to Portugal

• your motivation for choosing Cerejeiras, any other questions you share and how you heard about us

We use this data only to answer your request, check whether a place is available in a suitable age group and, if you wish, arrange a visit or meeting. Please share only the information about your child that is needed for this.

Legal basis: steps taken at your request before a possible enrolment (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and your consent given in the form (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). Information about children is provided by their parents or legal guardians.

5. Contact form and email

When you use the contact form or write to us by email, we process your name, email address, phone number (optional) and your message in order to reply. Legal basis: your consent and our legitimate interest in answering enquiries (Art. 6(1)(a) and (f) GDPR).

6. Job applications

If you apply for a position by email, we process the data in your application, such as your name, contact details, CV, qualifications, work experience and any other documents you send. We use this data only to assess your application and carry out the selection process. Legal basis: steps prior to entering into an employment contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). Please do not send information about health, religion or other special categories of data unless it is relevant to the position.

7. How long we keep your data

• Availability requests and contact enquiries: up to 12 months after our last contact, unless an enrolment follows.

• Applications: up to 6 months after the end of the selection process. With your consent, we keep your application longer for future vacancies.

• Statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.

8. Who receives your data

We do not sell your data or share it for advertising. Our website and form data are hosted by Wix.com Ltd. (Israel) and its group companies, including Wix.com Inc. (USA), which process data on our behalf under a data processing agreement. Israel has an adequacy decision of the European Commission. Transfers to the USA are based on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework or the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses. Inside the association, only the people who handle enrolment or recruitment have access.

9. External links

Our website links to Facebook, Instagram and Google Maps. These are plain links: no data is sent to these services until you click them. After that, the privacy policy of the respective provider applies.

10. Your rights

You have the right to access, rectify and erase your data, to restrict processing, to data portability and to object to processing based on legitimate interest. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your rights, write to geral@cerejeiras.eu.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Portuguese supervisory authority: Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), Av. D. Carlos I, 134, 1º, 1200-651 Lisboa, www.cnpd.pt.

11. Changes

We update this policy when our website or our processing changes. The current version is always available on this page.