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PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: August 18, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how catarinabento.studio ("we", "us", "Casa Portuguesa") collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you visit this website, join a waitlist, subscribe to our newsletter, or purchase a course or membership.

1. Who We Are

Casa Portuguesa is operated by Catarina Bento, based in Lisbon, Portugal. As the data controller, Catarina Bento is responsible for the personal data collected through this website.

Contact: [email protected]

Because Casa Portuguesa is established in Portugal (an EU member state), no separate EU representative under Article 27 GDPR is required. The relevant supervisory authority is Portugal's Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), www.cnpd.pt.

2. What Data We Collect

  • Name and email address, when you join a waitlist, subscribe to the newsletter, fill out a form, or purchase a course or membership.
  • Payment information, processed directly by our payment providers (Stripe and/or PayPal). We do not store your card details ourselves.
  • Usage data, such as pages visited and general engagement with emails, collected automatically through Kajabi (our website and course platform) and our email marketing tools.
  • [Add any other data collected, e.g., timezone, course progress, community posts, if applicable.]

3. How We Use Your Data

  • To provide access to purchased courses, memberships, and the Casa Portuguesa community.
  • To send you emails you've opted into (newsletter, waitlist updates, course-related communication).
  • To process payments and manage your subscription (including billing, renewals, and cancellations).
  • To respond to questions or requests sent to [email protected].
  • To improve the website and course content based on general usage patterns.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

We process personal data on the following legal bases:

  • Consent, for newsletter sign-ups and marketing emails (you may withdraw consent at any time by unsubscribing).
  • Contract, to deliver a course or membership you've purchased.
  • Legitimate interest, for basic website analytics and improving our services.

5. Third-Party Services We Use

  • Kajabi, our website, course hosting, and email marketing platform (data may be processed on servers outside the EU; Kajabi maintains its own GDPR compliance measures).
  • Stripe and/or PayPal, for payment processing.
  • Substack, for newsletter delivery [confirm if still in use alongside Kajabi email].
  • Zapier, for connecting some of our internal tools [confirm if applicable].

6. Cookies

This website uses cookies, primarily through Kajabi, to keep the site functional and to understand general visitor behavior. [Confirm with Kajabi's current cookie disclosure tools whether a cookie banner is active on the site, and list any additional cookies added manually, e.g. via embedded videos or tracking pixels.]

7. Data Retention

[This section needs your input: how long do you keep contact/customer data after someone unsubscribes or their membership ends? A common approach is to retain data only as long as necessary for the purposes described above, or as required by tax/accounting law, typically several years for financial records.]

8. Your Rights

Under GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you.
  • Request correction of inaccurate data.
  • Request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten"), subject to legal retention requirements.
  • Withdraw consent to marketing emails at any time.
  • Lodge a complaint with the CNPD (Portugal's data protection authority) if you believe your data has been mishandled.

To exercise any of these rights, contact [email protected].

9. Children's Privacy

This website is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 16.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects the most recent revision.

TERMS OF USE

Last updated: August 18, 2026

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing catarinabento.studio, purchasing a course, or joining the Casa Portuguesa membership, you agree to these Terms of Use.

2. Courses & Membership

  • Course and membership access is granted upon successful payment.
  • Founding member pricing, where offered, is locked in for as long as the membership remains active without cancellation. If a membership is cancelled and later reactivated, standard current pricing applies.
  • [Add refund policy here: e.g., no refunds after X days, or refunds available under Y conditions. This is currently undefined and should be decided before publishing.]

3. Intellectual Property

All course content, workbooks, videos, and materials provided through Casa Portuguesa are the intellectual property of Catarina Bento and may not be copied, redistributed, or resold without written permission.

4. User Conduct

Members of the Casa Portuguesa community agree to engage respectfully. Catarina Bento reserves the right to remove access for anyone who violates community guidelines or misuses shared materials.

5. Payment & Subscriptions

Memberships are billed on a recurring basis (monthly, as applicable) through Stripe and/or PayPal. You may cancel at any time; cancellation stops future billing but does not retroactively refund past payments unless stated otherwise in Section 2.

6. Limitation of Liability

Casa Portuguesa provides educational content and does not guarantee specific learning outcomes. [Standard limitation-of-liability language should be added here and reviewed by a lawyer, as this section carries real legal weight.]

7. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Portugal. Any disputes will be subject to the jurisdiction of the Portuguese courts.

8. Contact

Questions about these Terms can be sent to [email protected].