Privacy policy.
What personal data this website collects, what for, for how long and how you can ask to see or delete it.
Who we are
The website De mãos dadas pelo Martim (demaosdadaspelomartim.pt) is run by the parents of Martim Silva Cruz, Mickael Cruz and Marisa Silva, in Boliqueime, Algarve. They are the controllers of the personal data collected on the website.
We are not a company or an association: we are a family helped by the community. We never ask for more data than we need and we never sell it.
What data we collect and why
| Where | What data | What for | Legal basis (GDPR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Join my team" form | Name, email or phone, message and the kind of help you chose. | Replying and arranging the help. | Consent |
| Request to become a collection point (map) | Name and type of the place, town, address (optional), the contact person and your note. | So Martim’s parents can talk to you and put your point on the map. | Consent |
| Email notifications | Email, date of the request and whether you confirmed. | Letting you know about Martim’s news and new events. | Consent, confirmed by email |
| Friends wall | First name, locality (if you type it), level, right answers, time and date of the challenge. | Showing your result in the top 10. | Consent (box on the diploma) |
| "Caps from all over" map | A point rounded to about 5 km. No name, email or IP. | Showing where helpers come from. | Not personal data |
| Statistics | Daily counts of pages opened and a few actions. No IP, cookies or device data. | Knowing what is useful on the website. | Not personal data |
| Abuse protection | An encrypted code of the IP address, which cannot identify you. | Stopping repeated submissions and bots. | Legitimate interest (security) |
| Server logs | IP address, page requested, date and browser, kept automatically by the host. | Running and securing the website. | Legitimate interest (security) |
The website has no public user accounts, comments, advertising or third-party tracking tools.
How long we keep it
- Form messages: in the recipient’s inbox, for up to 12 months after the last contact. The website does not keep them.
- Requests to become a collection point: until they are handled; then they are deleted after 6 months (the point’s name and town stay on the map while it is a collection point).
- Email notifications: until you unsubscribe (from any email) or ask us to delete it. Requests that are not confirmed are deleted after 30 days.
- Friends wall: for as long as the wall exists, or until you ask us to remove your name.
- Encrypted IP code: 24 hours.
- Backups: every week a copy of the wall and the notification list is made and kept for 12 weeks.
- Server logs: for the period set by the host (DreamHost).
Who we share it with
- We don’t sell or pass your data to anyone.
- DreamHost (website hosting and email, servers in the European Union, in Amsterdam), which processes data only on our behalf.
- The form and the notifications send email from ajudar@demaosdadaspelomartim.pt. Form messages reach Martim’s parents.
- The share buttons (WhatsApp, Facebook, X, TikTok) and the links to Google Maps, Facebook or WhatsApp only send data to those services when you tap them, and from then on their own rules apply.
- The map uses OpenStreetMap images and libraries from Cloudflare (cdnjs), which receive your device’s IP address to show them.
Children
The bottle-cap challenge and the games are made for the whole family. If you are under 13, ask an adult before putting your name on the wall, asking for email notifications or writing to us. The website only asks for a first name and never shows surnames, photos or contact details of the children who play.
Photos and videos
Photos and videos from events are published to show the community’s support for Martim. If you appear in an image and would rather it were removed, write to us and we will take it down, no questions asked.
Donations
Donations are made by bank transfer directly to Martim’s charity account, or directly to Clínica Kinésio. The website does not collect or store any bank details. Clínica Kinésio issues a receipt with your tax number to those who give to it directly, under its own rules.
Security
The website always uses an encrypted connection (HTTPS). Data is kept in a server folder that cannot be reached from the internet, only Martim’s parents can sign in to the management panel, with a password, and technical access to the server uses an encrypted key.
Your rights
You can ask us at any time to see your data, correct it, delete it, restrict its use, object to its processing or receive a copy. Where processing is based on your consent, you can withdraw it whenever you want, without affecting what was done before. We reply within one month.
If you think we have not handled your data properly, you can complain to the Portuguese data protection authority, Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (cnpd.pt).
Contact
For any request about your data, including removing your name from the wall, stopping notifications or taking down a photo: micka.a.cruz@gmail.com
About what is stored in your browser, read the cookie policy.
Version 1.0 · in force since 26 September 2026.