Your privacy matters
Privacy Policy
Last updated: 30 September 2026
Fagundes Genealogy respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when using this website and our genealogy research services.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, how it may be shared, and the choices and rights available to you.
1. Who We Are
Fagundes Genealogy provides genealogy and family history research services, including research in Portuguese and Azorean records, transcription, translation, family trees and related genealogical services.
For questions regarding privacy or personal data, you can contact us at:
Email: fagundesgenealogy@gmail.com
2. Information We Collect
When you use this website or request our services, we may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including your name, email address, information submitted through contact or research request forms, and genealogical information such as names, dates, locations and family relationships.
If you create a Client Area account, we may also process information necessary to manage your account, genealogy research, research updates and documents made available to you.
We may also automatically receive technical information when you visit the website, such as browser type, device information, IP address, pages visited and information collected through cookies or similar technologies.
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use your information to respond to enquiries, provide genealogy research services, manage client accounts, communicate with you about your research, provide documents and research results, maintain and improve the website, protect the security of the website and comply with applicable legal obligations.
Where required by law, analytics and advertising technologies are used only after the appropriate consent has been obtained.
4. Genealogy Research Information
Genealogy research may involve historical records containing information about individuals and families.
Information supplied by clients is used only for the purpose of carrying out the requested genealogy research and providing the related service.
Clients should only provide personal information that they are entitled to share.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
This website may use cookies and similar technologies to ensure the website functions correctly, remember user preferences, understand how visitors use the website, measure website performance and support advertising.
Some cookies are necessary for the operation of the website. Other cookies, such as analytics or advertising cookies, may require your consent.
Where applicable, you can accept, reject or manage your choices through the consent options displayed on the website.
You may withdraw or change your consent at any time through the available privacy settings.
6. Google Analytics and Related Google Services
We may use Google services, including Google Analytics and tools integrated through Google Site Kit, to understand website traffic and how visitors interact with the website.
Depending on your consent choices, these services may process information such as device information, browser information, IP address and website activity.
Google processes this information in accordance with its own privacy policies and applicable data protection safeguards.
7. Advertising and Google AdSense
This website may use Google AdSense and other advertising services.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a user’s previous visits to this website or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to provide advertisements that may be based on visits to this website and other websites.
Users may manage or opt out of personalized advertising through Google’s advertising settings.
Other third-party advertising vendors or advertising networks may also use cookies or similar technologies where applicable.
Advertising cookies and personalized advertising will be used only in accordance with applicable consent requirements.
8. Consent for Users in Europe
For users in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, we use an appropriate consent mechanism to manage consent for cookies, analytics and advertising technologies where required.
Google requires publishers serving personalized advertising in these regions to use a Google-certified Consent Management Platform integrated with the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework. Ajuda do Google
Your choices may include consenting to or refusing advertising storage, personalized advertising, advertising user data and analytics storage.
9. Legal Basis for Processing
Where the GDPR applies, we may process personal data on one or more of the following legal bases:
- your consent;
- performance of a contract or steps taken before entering into a contract;
- our legitimate interests in operating, securing and improving our website and services;
- compliance with legal obligations.
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.
10. Sharing of Personal Information
We do not sell your personal information.
Information may be shared with trusted service providers where necessary to operate the website or provide our services, including website hosting, email, analytics and advertising providers.
These providers may process information only as necessary to provide their services and are subject to their own contractual, privacy and legal obligations.
11. International Data Transfers
Some service providers, including Google, may process information outside the European Economic Area.
Where required, appropriate legal safeguards are used for international transfers of personal data.
12. Data Retention
Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, to provide requested services, maintain appropriate business and research records and comply with legal obligations.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and service provided.
13. Your Data Protection Rights
Where applicable under data protection law, including the GDPR, you may have the right to request access to your personal information, request correction of inaccurate information, request deletion, request restriction of processing, object to certain processing, request data portability and withdraw consent.
You may exercise these rights by contacting:
You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority, including the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (CNPD).
14. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or loss.
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
15. Third-Party Websites
This website may contain links to external websites.
Fagundes Genealogy is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites. Visitors should review the privacy policies of those websites separately.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, services, legal obligations or third-party services.
The date at the top of this page indicates when the Privacy Policy was last updated.
17. Contact
For questions about this Privacy Policy or the processing of personal information, please contact:
Fagundes Genealogy
Email: fagundesgenealogy@gmail.com.
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https://fagundesgenealogy.com/privacy-policy/