PRIVACY POLICY AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Ivo Tavares Studio Unipessoal Lda, hereinafter referred to as ‘Ivo Tavares Studio,’ is a photography and video company that can be contacted through the details available on the contact page.
DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING
At ‘Ivo Tavares Studio,’ we collect and use your data through our website, management platforms, forms, and/or social media. This policy also applies to any information you share with us personally, via SMS, email, letter, or other means. The data collected is strictly necessary for conducting our business activities. Our commitment is to ensure the security and confidentiality of your data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Data Collected:
- First Name
- Company Name
- Tax Identification Number (TIN)
- Bank Details
- Phone Number
- Email Address
- Addresses
Storage Methods:
- CRM and Project Management: When you contact us via email, phone, or through our website.
- Billing Software: When you purchase a product or service.
- Servers and Email Marketing Platform: When you subscribe to our newsletter.
- E-commerce Platform / Online Store: When you add artworks to your cart, proceed to checkout, and make a purchase in our store
We choose these systems based on their commitment to security and privacy.
Affected Individuals:
- Interested parties
- Business and contractual partners
- Online store customers
DISCLOSURE OF DATA TO THIRD PARTIES
Personal data processed will not be shared with third parties but may be made available to our employees and subcontracted entities who provide support, under our responsibility and supervision.
Such Entities Include:
- Providers of technological services (IT, web hosting, communications, technical support)
- Security service providers (fraud detection and prevention)
- Marketing partners and service providers (email marketing, traffic analysis)
- Printing service providers
- Partner carriers
Some of these companies may be located outside the European Economic Area, such as in the United States. We ensure that these entities provide security measures equivalent to those in the European Union, such as signing Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.
Note: For purchases made in the online store, we share your name, delivery address, and phone number with our printing lab partner and carrier, exclusively for the purpose of producing and dispatching your photographic artwork.
PURPOSE OF DATA PROCESSING
The data collected is processed for:
- Contractual services (quotes, contracts, invoices, receipts)
- Communication (calls, WhatsApp, emails)
- Service delivery (travel, product deliveries)
- Product and service delivery
- Security (identification via Google reCAPTCHA)
- Processing online store orders and issuing corresponding invoices.
DATA RETENTION PERIOD
Unless otherwise indicated or required by law, the collected data is retained only for the duration necessary to achieve the processing purposes. Deletion is ensured once the purpose is fulfilled.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have the following rights regarding the data we retain:
- Right of access and correction of data.
- Right to restrict its processing.
- Right to data portability.
- Right to deletion (right to be forgotten).
- Right to object to processing.
- Right to withdraw consent.
To exercise these rights free of charge, please contact us via the contact page.
LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE
Our site contains links to other websites that we consider useful. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those sites. We recommend consulting their privacy policies.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
All material available on this site (text and images) is the property of ‘Ivo Tavares Studio’ or third parties. Reuse requires explicit permission from the authors.
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of data stored on users’ devices via their browsers, retaining information related to preferences but not including personal data. The collected data may include access details, geographical location, browser type, and site usage patterns, among others.
Cookies help determine the utility, interest, and frequency of website visits, enabling a faster and more efficient browsing experience by eliminating the need to re-enter information repeatedly.
The website has a consent banner that allows the user to choose which categories of cookies they accept.
Types of Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookies:
They allow navigation on the website and the use of applications, as well as access to secure areas of the website and to protect forms against abuse, saving user preferences regarding the use of the website. Without these cookies, the services you have requested cannot be provided.
In our online store, these cookies are strictly necessary to enable essential features such as adding photographs to your shopping cart and completing the checkout process securely.
Functional, analytical, performance, advertising or other cookies:
Our website uses Google Consent Mode v2. This means that, by default, the storage of analytics cookies is disabled. We only activate these statistical identifiers if you give us your explicit consent via the cookie banner. The IP address is anonymized before storage.
Third-Party Cookies
The website uses Google Analytics for tracking. Google Analytics collects visitor IP addresses, device and browser information (e.g., device type, operating system, screen resolution, and timezone), and site usage details (e.g., pages visited and time spent on the site). This data helps form an anonymous usage profile, with the IP address not stored permanently.
The use of Google Analytics allows us to better tailor our website offerings to visitor interests and enhance usability.
Articles and pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g., YouTube videos, Spotify audio tracks). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the user visited those other websites.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content.
Privacy Notice: To protect your data, we have implemented a technical solution that blocks the automatic loading of this external content. These elements (and their respective third-party cookies) will only be loaded after your explicit consent via our cookie management banner or by clicking the ‘Accept Cookies’ button directly on the blocked content.
Managing Cookie Usage
Users can easily change their preferences or withdraw their consent at any time. At the bottom of this page, you will find a ‘Cookies‘ or ‘Cookie Settings‘ button that reopens the preferences panel, allowing you to accept or reject the use of non-essential cookies.
Browsers allow users to view and disable stored cookies individually, block cookies from specific websites, or block all cookies altogether. Storage duration can also be adjusted in the browser’s cookie settings. Each browser handles cookie management differently, and detailed instructions can be found in the “Help” menu of each browser.
Below are links to cookie management settings for popular browsers:
Liability and Warranties
Ivo Tavares Studio disclaims responsibility and does not guarantee that this website is secure or free of viruses or other harmful elements (which may be present in the content and/or files stored on your system). Ivo Tavares Studio will not be liable for legal actions or damages resulting from the unauthorized or improper use of photographs displayed on this website.
Terms of Use
Clients/users must honorably commit to using this website in accordance with the law. Users must ensure that their activities do not violate legal, moral, ethical standards, or third-party rights.
Privacy Policy Changes
The Privacy Policy may be modified at any time by Ivo Tavares Studio. However, any changes will be published on the website, and it will be assumed that users are aware of them.
Last updated: May 19, 2026