The Sleep Journey is concerned with the privacy of the users of its website.
This blog is a platform created by Colunex to give the users tips and information around sleep, lifestyle, events, among others and to publicity the brand with online ads and newsletters that completes and boost the context on the blog.
Aware that the use of your personal data requires that it is done consciously and based on a relationship of trust, this Privacy, and Personal Data Protection Policy helps you understand how we collect, treat and protect your personal data when you visit our website and www.colunex.com, an affiliated website, owner of The Sleep Journey.

You may obtain additional information or clarify any doubts about this Privacy and Personal Data Protection Policy by contacting The Sleep Journey by the following means:

Colunex Portuguesa, S.A.
A/C Departamento de Proteção de Dados
Edifício Colunex
Rua da Estrada Velha 931
4585-610 RECAREI
or to the e-mail address: info@thesleepjourney.com

Privacy Policy and Protection of Personal Data
The Sleep Journey is committed to protecting the privacy of its customers, guaranteeing a safe online experience.
Users are given the opportunity to browse the entire website without the need to provide personal information. However, The Sleep Journey encourages users to, on their free will, provide their personal data, i.e. information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data holder’), such as the name, e-mail address, country, among others, in other to keep in touch with the website.

By providing your personal data to The Sleep Journey, you acknowledge and consent to the processing of your personal data in accordance with this Privacy and Personal Data Protection Policy. To this extent and with regard to the processing of personal data, you are advised to read this Privacy Policy.

If it is our intention to make any changes to this Policy, we will post those changes at www.thesleepjourney.com and we recommend consulting the date of the last update, at the end of this page.

Concepts
Personal Data
Personal Data means any information of any nature, regardless of its support, including sound and image, relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (data subject). Any person who can be identified directly or indirectly, namely by reference to an identification number or to more specific elements of his / her physical, physiological, psychic, economic, cultural or social identity, shall be considered identifiable.

Data Collection
What data is collected by The Sleep Journey? Typically, personal data collected is limited to the name, email, country, and job.

When are these personal data collected? In general, personal data is requested when you intend to register for our newsletter and keep in touch with the blog news. The Sleep Journey respects your right to privacy and does not collect any personal information about you without your prior consent.

What is the purpose of the collection of personal data? Usually, personal data collected from users is intended for communication actions, marketing or advertising of The Sleep Journey and/or third-party companies, such as Colunex Portuguesa SA, owner of the blog www.thesleepjourney.com.

Who is responsible for processing personal data? The responsible for the processing of personal data is the owner company, Colunex Portuguesa, S.A.

Subcontractors and Transfer of personal data, including databases and other operations, may, under legally defined terms and conditions, be hosted, shared and communicated to Third Parties.

We may send you marketing and promotion initiatives, but only if you have indicated in your communication preferences that you are interested in the communications in question.

We may also share information with companies that provide us with support services (for example, email management companies) and help us market our services. These companies may need information from you to perform their functions. These companies are not authorized to use the information we share with them for any other purpose.

We may disclose specific information on a government request in response to a lawsuit, if required by law, to protect the rights, property, or safety of third parties. We do not provide information to these entities or companies for commercial or marketing purposes.

Personal data may also be made available to the courts and other competent authorities, in strict compliance with the provisions of the law, in particular, when necessary for the resolution of disputes and for activities related to the protection of public safety, defense, and security and to the prevention, investigation or detection of criminal offenses.

The Sleep Journey may also use subcontractors for all or part of the purposes identified above, as well as for the maintenance, accommodation and management of its computer systems and equipment, under the terms permitted by the legislation governing the processing of personal data, these entities being obliged to maintain confidentiality and to guarantee the security of the data of The Sleep Journey users, and shall not use such data for any other purpose, or for their own benefit, nor to relate them to other data that they possess.

How long does the personal data last? Your personal information is only kept for the period of time necessary to provide the service and for legally defined periods.

Information we collect

When you visit the website, we automatically collect certain information about your device, namely information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse, we collect information about the individual web pages and articles that you view and information about how you interact with it.

We collect the previous information using the following technologies:

“Cookies” are small text files that are stored in the device (computer, tablet, mobile phone) through the browser and are commonly used to retain information about the visit to the website between several sessions (e.g. preferences, pages visited, etc.).
Cookies are used by most websites for the ultimate purpose of improving the user experience.

What kind of Cookies are used on The Sleep Journey website?

  • Cookies: Allow you to browse the website and use the applications and services that the blog provides, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Without these cookies, services cannot be provided
  • Performance and analysis cookies: Allow easy and individual navigation because they keep the preferences of the user regarding the use of the site so that it is not necessary to reconfigure at each visit and allow to obtain aggregated data for statistical analysis and improvement of the site.
  • Social Cookies: Some pages of the Colunex website contain components that are made available by third parties (eg Facebook, etc.)
  • Advertising Cookies: They allow direct advertising according to the interests of each user, through the collection of habits of navigation on the Internet. In this way, the advertising made available will meet your needs.

Some cookies used on the site will be automatically deleted from your device when you log out of the browser (called “session cookies”). Other types of cookies will remain on your computer and allow you to identify them on the next visit to the website (so-called “permanent cookies”).

How can you block the use of Cookies? Your browser allows you to manage the cookies in the configuration options, and may even block all cookies from The Sleep Journey. However, blocking cookies will affect your experience as a user. We provide you with the links to the information pages that will allow you to configure your browser:

Which entities can access the information collected by the Cookies? The information collected by cookies may be used by The Sleep Journey, its subcontractors or partners.

“Log files” that track actions occurring on the website, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
“Web beacons”, “tags”, and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the website.

Sharing your personal information
We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your personal information, as described above. For instance, we make use of Google Analytics to understand how our users navigate on the website. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Marketing, Advertising, and Communication
In order to inform users about new articles and features, The Sleep Journey will use the email, unless the customer has objected.
You may also withdraw your consent at any time by sending your request to:

Colunex Portuguesa, S.A.
A/C Departamento de Proteção de Dados
Edifício Colunex
Rua da Estrada Velha 932
4585-610 RECAREI
or to the e-mail address: info@thesleepjourney.com

Customer Rights
Right of access, correction, opposition, and elimination of personal data in accordance with the applicable legislation, the user is guaranteed the right of access to data that directly concerns him or her, and may request its correction or addition by contacting the Data Protection Department of The Sleep Journey.
The user may also, at any time, oppose the processing of the data, by contacting The Sleep Journey through the e-mail address: info@thesleepjourney.com

The Sleep Journey has made a commitment to comply with the legislation on the protection of the privacy of Customer data and to treat this data only for the purposes for which it was collected and to ensure that this data is treated with adequate levels of security and confidentiality in the terms of the applicable legislation and the conditions set by the National Data Protection Commission (CNPD).
Any doubts or questions that remain regarding the applicable legislation should be contacted by this entity (CNPD):
Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados
Av. D. Carlos I, 134 – 1.º
1200-651 Lisboa

or through the website: www.cnpd.pt
or by phone: +351 213928400

The Sleep Journey commits itself to respect the legislation regarding the protection of the privacy of Customer data and to treat such data only for the purposes for which it was collected and to ensure that such data is treated with adequate levels of security and confidentiality in accordance with applicable law and conditions laid down by the CNPD.

Notwithstanding the security measures adopted by The Sleep Journey, we are required to alert all Internet surfers that they should take additional security measures, in particular, to ensure that they use an updated PC and Browser in terms of properly configured security patches, active firewall, antivirus and antispyware, and make sure the authenticity of the websites you visit on the internet and avoid websites whose reputation you do not trust.