Privacy Policy

This website is owned and managed by the General Directorate of Tourism and Hospitality of São Tomé and Príncipe (DGTH), located at Avenida Marginal 12 de Julho, P.O. Box 40, São Tomé.
By using this website, you agree to the terms described in this privacy policy.

Collection and Processing of Personal
Data The personal data collected and processed by the DGTH consists of the information you voluntarily provide through the forms on this website. However, filling out these forms may be necessary to access certain content or services.
The personal data collected includes, among other things, your name and email address.
The collection of this data is based on your free and express consent, formalized by a positive action, and withdrawing your consent is just as simple.

Purpose of Personal Data Processing:
The purpose of collecting and processing personal data is to answer your questions and allow you to subscribe to the newsletter. Your data will be processed exclusively for these explicit and legitimate purposes and will not be used subsequently for purposes incompatible with them. The data collected and processed are adequate, relevant, and not excessive in relation to these purposes.

Your rights:
To exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection, and data portability regarding your personal data, please send a written request to the following email address: promocaostp@gmail.com. When exercising these rights, please specify your request, which will be processed as soon as possible, in accordance with the law.

DGTH implements appropriate security measures to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, alteration, disclosure, or unauthorized access, and against any other form of unlawful processing. However, since the Internet is not a completely secure network, we inform you that your personal data may be transmitted over the network without adequate protection, thereby exposing it to the risk of being accessed and used by unauthorized third parties.

Data
Retention: Your data is retained by DGTH for the purposes described herein, to verify your registration on this website, and to verify the exercise of your rights, within the authorized timeframes, in accordance with the guidelines of the supervisory authorities.

Other Considerations:
DGTH assumes no liability for the acts or omissions of third parties, particularly with regard to links to other websites and their content.
In the event of legislative or commercial changes, DGTH reserves the right to modify this policy at any time. We therefore encourage you to review this policy each time you use this website.
For more information, please contact us by email at: promocaostp@gmail.com

GDPR Compliance:
DGTH has taken note of the implementation of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.
The DGTH is committed to acting in accordance with this regulation and is taking all necessary measures to that end.