Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how ATLANTIC – Atlantic Property Tax Consultants, Lda (“ATLANTIC”, “we”, “us”) collects, uses and protects personal data when you visit www.aptc.pt or otherwise interact with us. This policy is drafted in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, “GDPR”) and Portuguese Law No. 58/2019, which implements the GDPR in Portugal.

1. Data Controller

The data controller is ATLANTIC – Atlantic Property Tax Consultants, Lda., NIPC 507694953, with registered office at Rua das Cássias, Edf. Los Arcos, Loja T, 8125-466 Vilamoura, Portugal. For any questions about this policy or your personal data, please contact us at info@aptc.pt.

2. What Personal Data We Collect

• Identification and contact data you provide through our Contact Form or by email (e.g. name, email address, phone number, country of residence, and the content of your message).
• Technical data collected automatically when you visit our website (e.g. a truncated IP address, browser type and pages visited). Where you download our Property Tax Guide, we record a truncated IP address as evidence of your consent. We do not store full IP addresses against enquiries.
• The page you submitted a form from, and the referring page if your browser sent one, so we understand which content is useful.
• Any other data you choose to share with us in the course of our professional relationship.

3. Purposes and Legal Basis for Processing

• To respond to enquiries submitted through the Contact Form (legal basis: steps taken at your request prior to entering into a contract, Article 6(1)(b) GDPR).
• To provide our property tax advisory and fiscal representation services once engaged (legal basis: performance of a contract, Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, and compliance with legal obligations, Article 6(1)(c) GDPR).
• To operate and secure our website, and to measure aggregate traffic without cookies or profiling (legal basis: legitimate interest, Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
• To understand how the website is used through Google Analytics (legal basis: your consent, Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, together with Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive as implemented by Portuguese Law No. 41/2004). Nothing is loaded and no cookie is set unless you accept, and you may withdraw at any time on our Cookie Information page.
• To send updates and news, where you have separately opted in (legal basis: consent, Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may withdraw this consent at any time.
• To comply with tax, accounting and other legal obligations applicable to our activity in Portugal.

4. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described above, and in any event in accordance with applicable Portuguese legal and tax retention periods. Data submitted through the Contact Form without further engagement is retained for a limited period of 12 months and then deleted or anonymised.

5. Sharing of Personal Data

We do not sell personal data. We may share personal data with:

• Cloudflare, Inc.: website hosting, database and file storage, spam protection (Turnstile), cookieless traffic measurement, and delivery of emails sent by this website, as our processor.
• Google LLC: Google Analytics, only where you have consented, and Google Maps if you choose to load the map on our Contact page.
• The Portuguese Tax Authority (Autoridade Tributária) and other public bodies where required by law or in the context of fiscal representation.
• Professional advisors, where necessary, subject to confidentiality obligations.

All processors act under appropriate data processing agreements.

6. International Transfers

As we work with non-resident investors, personal data may occasionally be transferred outside the European Economic Area. Where this occurs, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses or another valid transfer mechanism under the GDPR.

7. Your Rights

Under the GDPR and Portuguese law, you have the right to: request access to your personal data; request rectification of inaccurate data; request erasure of your data, where applicable; request restriction of processing; object to processing based on legitimate interest; and request data portability. You may exercise these rights by contacting us at info@aptc.pt. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Portuguese data protection authority, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), at www.cnpd.pt.

8. Cookies and Analytics

Our website uses cookies that are strictly necessary for it to function, and, only where you have consented, Google Analytics, which sets cookies and transfers data to Google LLC, including outside the European Economic Area under the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Non-essential cookies are set only with your consent, in accordance with Law No. 41/2004 (as amended) on privacy in electronic communications. You can give or withdraw consent at any time on our Cookie Information page. We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.

9. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or alteration.

10. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be published on this page with a revised effective date.

Last updated: 19 August 2026