Privacy Policy

1. About this policy

This Privacy Policy explains how WND collects, uses, retains and protects personal data in connection with visits to this website, business enquiries, product submissions, project requirements and potential partnerships.

WND is operated by Why Not Deal, Lda., which is the controller of personal data relating to this website under applicable data protection law.

For privacy enquiries, please contact:

2. Data we may collect

Depending on how you interact with WND, we may process the following information:

• Your name, company, role and business contact details;
• Email address, telephone number and WhatsApp contact details;
• Emails, messages, documents and attachments you choose to provide;
• Information about products, manufacturers, supply capabilities and technical documentation;
• Project location, application context, required products, timing, budget range and current challenges;
• Information relevant to product assessment, supply-chain matching or partnership discussions;
• Limited technical records generated by hosting or security systems, such as IP address, browser type, access time, requested pages and error or security logs.

Please do not send us sensitive personal data unrelated to your enquiry through the website, email or WhatsApp.

3. How we use data

We may use personal data to:

• Respond to enquiries and begin preliminary discussions;
• Understand products, suppliers or project requirements;
• Assess potential fit with European markets and real project contexts;
• Connect potential suppliers, customers, local engineering teams and other partners;
• Manage existing or prospective business relationships;
• Operate, secure and troubleshoot the website;
• Meet legal, tax, accounting or regulatory obligations;
• Send relevant business information where any required consent has been obtained.

4. Legal bases for processing

Depending on the circumstances, we may process personal data on the following legal bases:

• Taking steps at your request before entering into a contract, or performing a contract;
• Our legitimate interests in responding to business enquiries, managing B2B relationships and protecting website security;
• Compliance with applicable legal obligations;
• Your consent, where required by law.

Where processing relies on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

5. Sharing data

Where necessary in relation to your enquiry or a potential partnership, we may share limited information with:

• Website hosting, IT, email and communications providers;
• MCEP Engineering and other local engineering resources in Portugal or elsewhere in Europe;
• Manufacturers, suppliers, customers, distributors, installation teams or professional advisers relevant to a specific requirement;
• Courts, regulators or public authorities where required by law.

Where appropriate, we will explain the disclosure or obtain authorisation before sharing specific contact details with a potential partner.

WND does not sell or rent personal data.

6. International data transfers

Because WND connects Chinese supply chains with European markets, some business communications may involve recipients outside the European Economic Area, including manufacturers or supply-chain partners in China.

We will make such transfers only where they are genuinely necessary and permitted by applicable data protection rules, using appropriate safeguards where required, such as an adequacy decision, standard contractual clauses or another legally recognised mechanism.

You may contact us using the email address in this policy for information about a specific transfer.

7. Email and WhatsApp

When you contact WND by email or WhatsApp, the relevant communications provider will process the content of that communication.

Following a WhatsApp link takes you away from the WND website to a service provided by WhatsApp/Meta. Its own privacy policy and terms govern its processing of personal data.

Email communications may be processed through Google’s Gmail service and are subject to the relevant service terms and privacy policy.

8. Retention periods

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

As a general principle, business enquiries that do not lead to an ongoing relationship may be kept for no more than 24 months after the last meaningful interaction. Data may be retained longer where there is an active partnership, contract, dispute or legal retention requirement.

Technical log retention depends on hosting arrangements, security needs and data-minimisation principles. Contracts, invoices and accounting records are retained for the periods required by applicable law.

9. Your rights

Subject to the applicable conditions, you may request:

• Access to your personal data;
• Correction of inaccurate or incomplete data;
• Erasure of personal data;
• Restriction of processing;
• Data portability;
• Objection to processing based on legitimate interests;
• Withdrawal of consent already given.

To exercise a right, email whynotdealpt@gmail.com. We may need to verify your identity and will normally respond to a valid request within one month.

If you believe that your personal data has not been processed in accordance with applicable law, you may lodge a complaint with the Portuguese supervisory authority:

Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD)
https://www.cnpd.pt/

10. Cookies and website technologies

The WND website does not currently set non-essential cookies for advertising, profiling or traffic analytics. Hosting, content-delivery or security providers may process limited technical logs needed to operate and secure the website. If analytics, marketing technology, third-party embeds or other consent-dependent features are added in future, we will update this policy and provide appropriate cookie information and consent controls where required by law.

11. Data security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, use, alteration, disclosure or loss. No internet transmission or electronic communication can, however, be guaranteed to be completely secure.

12. Children

WND is a B2B website for businesses, professionals and project partners. It is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect children’s personal data through this website.

13. Automated decision-making

WND does not make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects on individuals solely through automated processing.

14. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when website features, business processes or legal requirements change. The revised version will be published on this page with an updated revision date.

15. Contact us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our handling of personal data, please contact: