Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Carnesto collects, uses, and protects your personal information. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and handling your data responsibly as you explore our craft workshops and creative events.

Information We Collect

We collect information to provide and improve our craft workshop services. When you register for pottery classes, watercolour painting sessions, candle making gatherings, or floral arrangement courses, we gather your name, email address, phone number, and workshop preferences.

We automatically collect usage information when you visit our website, including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on our site. This helps us understand how visitors interact with our workshop offerings and improve your experience.

We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience, remember your preferences, and provide personalized content about our craft events in Portugal.

How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information to process workshop registrations, send you confirmation details, and provide updates about upcoming pottery, painting, candle making, and floral arrangement classes. Your information helps us communicate workshop schedules, course materials, and special offers tailored to your creative interests.

We analyze usage data to improve our website functionality and workshop marketing. This allows us to better serve adults aged 40-60 seeking quality craft experiences. We may use your email to send newsletters about new creative hobby events, but you can unsubscribe at any time.

We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties without your consent, except when required by law or to trusted service providers who assist us in operating our website and providing workshop services.

Your Rights and Choices

You have the right to access, update, or delete your personal information at any time. You can request a copy of the data we hold about you or ask us to correct inaccurate information. We will respond to all data requests within thirty days.

You have the right to opt out of marketing communications. You can unsubscribe from our workshop newsletters by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email or contacting us directly. This does not affect our ability to send transactional messages about your workshop registrations.

If you have concerns about how we handle your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies to enhance your website experience and remember your preferences when browsing our craft workshop offerings. Cookies help us understand which pottery classes, painting sessions, or candle making events interest you most.

We use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which remain on your device. You can control cookie settings through your browser preferences. However, disabling cookies may affect your ability to access certain features of our website.

We also use analytics tools to track aggregate website performance and visitor behavior. This helps us improve our digital presence and better showcase our creative hobby events to potential participants in Portugal.

Data Security

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Your data is encrypted during transmission and stored securely on protected servers.

While we take data security seriously, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security, but we continuously work to maintain and improve our protective measures.

Policy Updates

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. We will notify you of significant changes by posting the updated policy on our website and updating the “Last updated” date. Your continued use of our services following such changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.