Privacy Policy
Last updated: 3 October 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how JEREMY WEST DESIGN, UNIPESSOAL LDA, trading as Melides Design (“Melides Design”, “we”, “us” or “our”), collects, uses, stores and protects personal data when you visit or interact with our website, www.melidesdesign.com (the “Website”), or otherwise contact us through the Website.
We are committed to respecting your privacy and processing personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”).
1. Who We Are
The Website is operated by:
JEREMY WEST DESIGN, UNIPESSOAL LDA
Trading as Melides Design
NIPC: 519655540
Villa O
Pinheiro da Chave
Melides 7570-704
Portugal
Email: melidesdesign@gmail.com
For the purposes of the GDPR, JEREMY WEST DESIGN, UNIPESSOAL LDA is the data controller in relation to personal data that we determine how and why to process.
2. Personal Data We Collect
Depending on how you use our Website, we may collect the following categories of personal data.
Information you provide to us
If you contact us, submit an enquiry or complete a form on the Website, we may collect information such as:
your name;
email address;
telephone number;
company or organisation name;
information contained in your message or enquiry; and
any other information you choose to provide to us.
Please avoid providing sensitive or special-category personal data unless it is necessary for your enquiry.
Information collected automatically
When you visit the Website, certain technical and usage information may be collected automatically. This may include:
your IP address;
browser type;
device and operating system information;
network information;
pages you visit;
the website or page that referred you to our Website;
dates and times of visits; and
information about how you interact with the Website.
Some of this information is collected through cookies and similar technologies.
3. How We Use Your Personal Data
We may use your personal data to:
operate, maintain and secure the Website;
respond to enquiries and communications;
provide information about our design services and projects;
communicate with prospective and existing clients;
administer our relationship with clients and suppliers;
understand how visitors use our Website;
improve the Website, our services and the user experience;
prevent fraud, misuse and security incidents;
comply with legal, regulatory, accounting or tax obligations; and
establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
We will not use your personal data for purposes that are incompatible with those described above unless permitted or required by law.
4. Our Legal Bases for Processing
Under the GDPR, we must have a lawful basis for processing personal data. Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on:
Legitimate interests — where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, including operating and improving our Website, responding to enquiries, managing our business and protecting our systems, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and interests.
Performance of a contract or steps before entering into a contract — where processing is necessary to provide services to you or to respond to a request made before entering into a contract.
Legal obligation — where we need to process information to comply with applicable law.
Consent — where we have asked you to consent to a particular type of processing, including the use of certain non-essential cookies where applicable. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.
5. Squarespace
Our Website is built and hosted using Squarespace.
Squarespace provides the technology that enables us to operate and host the Website. In connection with providing these services, Squarespace may process information about visitors to the Website, including information about browsers, networks and devices, referring web pages, pages viewed on our Website and IP addresses.
Squarespace may process certain information on our behalf as a service provider or data processor. Squarespace may also process certain technical website-usage information for its own purposes in accordance with its own privacy practices.
For more information about how Squarespace processes personal information, please refer to Squarespace's Privacy Policy.
6. Website Analytics
We may use analytics provided by Squarespace to understand how visitors interact with the Website.
Analytics information may include browser, network and device information, IP addresses, pages visited, referring pages, clicks and internal links, scrolling, searches, timestamps and other information about Website activity.
We use this information to understand Website traffic and usage and to maintain and improve the Website and our services.
Where applicable law requires consent for analytics cookies or similar technologies, these technologies will be used in accordance with the choices you make through our cookie consent mechanism.
7. Cookies
The Website uses cookies and similar technologies.
Some cookies are necessary for the Website to function correctly and securely. Other cookies may be used for analytics, performance or other purposes.
Where required by law, non-essential cookies will only be placed after you have provided the appropriate consent. You can use our cookie banner or cookie settings to manage or withdraw your consent.
You can also configure your browser to refuse or delete cookies. Please be aware that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Website.
Further information about the cookies used on the Website should be provided in our Cookie Policy.
8. Sharing Your Personal Data
We do not sell your personal data.
We may share personal data where reasonably necessary with service providers that help us operate our business and Website, including:
Squarespace, as our Website platform and hosting provider;
IT, hosting and technical service providers;
email and communications providers;
professional advisers, including lawyers, accountants and auditors; and
government, regulatory, judicial or law-enforcement authorities where disclosure is required by law.
If we use additional third-party services or integrations on the Website, those providers may receive information when you interact with the relevant functionality.
9. International Transfers
Some of our service providers may process or store personal data outside Portugal or the European Economic Area (“EEA”).
Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA to a country that has not been recognised as providing an adequate level of data protection, we will take appropriate measures as required by applicable law. These may include using European Commission-approved Standard Contractual Clauses or another legally recognised transfer mechanism.
10. How Long We Keep Your Personal Data
We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy legal, accounting, contractual or reporting requirements.
The appropriate retention period depends on the nature of the information, why we collected it, whether we have an ongoing relationship with you and any legal requirements that apply.
When personal data is no longer required, we will delete, anonymise or otherwise securely dispose of it where reasonably practicable.
11. Data Security
We take reasonable organisational and technical measures designed to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful loss, destruction, alteration, disclosure or unauthorised access.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
12. Your Data Protection Rights
Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:
request access to personal data we hold about you;
request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data;
request deletion of your personal data;
request restriction of processing;
object to certain processing based on legitimate interests;
receive certain personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and, where applicable, have it transmitted to another controller;
withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent; and
lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection supervisory authority.
These rights are subject to certain legal conditions and exceptions.
To exercise your rights, please contact us at melidesdesign@gmail.com. We may need to request information from you to confirm your identity before fulfilling a request.
13. Portuguese Data Protection Authority
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), the Portuguese data protection supervisory authority.
You may also have the right to complain to another competent supervisory authority depending on where you live or where the relevant processing takes place.
We encourage you to contact us first if you have concerns about how we handle your personal data so that we have an opportunity to address them.
14. Third-Party Websites and Embedded Content
The Website may contain links to third-party websites or content provided by third parties.
If you follow a link to another website or interact with third-party embedded content, that third party may collect information about you in accordance with its own privacy policy.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites and encourage you to review their privacy information.
15. Children's Privacy
Our Website and services are not directed at children, and we do not knowingly seek to collect personal data from children through the Website.
If you believe that a child has provided personal data to us through the Website, please contact us.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our Website, our business practices, service providers or applicable law.
When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
17. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, how we process your personal data or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact:
JEREMY WEST DESIGN, UNIPESSOAL LDA
Trading as Melides Design
NIPC: 519655540
Villa O
Pinheiro da Chave
Melides 7570-704
Portugal
Email: melidesdesign@gmail.com