Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2026

Simple Living, Lda., managing and operating as Casa Sacoto ("we," "us," or "our"), respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website at www.sacoto.pt (the "Website") and when you interact with us to inquire about or book our wedding and event services.

This policy explains your privacy rights and how the law protects you under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Data Controller

Simple Living, Lda. is the legal entity acting as the data controller and is responsible for your personal data. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data protection practices, please contact us at:

  • Company Name: Simple Living, Lda. (trading as Casa Sacoto)

  • VAT Number (NIPC): PT517446987

  • Email: info@sacoto.pt

  • Postal Address: Casal Sacoto EN374, 2565-116 Carmões, Portugal

2. The Data We Collect About You

Personal data means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity Data: Includes first name, last name, and title.

  • Contact Data: Includes email address, telephone numbers, and billing address.

  • Event Data: Includes details about your planned wedding or event (e.g., event date, guest count, specific requests).

  • Financial Data: Includes bank account and payment details necessary for billing and invoicing.

  • Usage Data: Includes information about how you use our Website (collected via cookies, as detailed in our Cookie Policy).

3. How Is Your Personal Data Collected?

We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including through:

  • Direct interactions: You may give us your Identity, Contact, and Event Data by filling in forms on our Website or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you request a quote or book our venue.

  • Automated technologies: As you interact with our Website, we may automatically collect Technical and Usage Data about your equipment and browsing actions using cookies.

4. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Performance of a Contract: Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you (e.g., reserving the venue, planning your event).

  • Legitimate Interests: Where it is necessary for our legitimate business interests, and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

  • Legal Obligation: Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation (e.g., issuing official invoices to comply with Portuguese tax authorities).

5. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

  • By law in Portugal, we must keep basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, Financial, and Transaction Data) for tax purposes for 10 years after they cease being customers.

  • Data collected for inquiries that do not result in a booking will be deleted within 2 of your last communication with us.

6. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. Access to your personal data is limited to those employees, agents, and contractors who have a business need to know.

7. Your Legal Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data.

  • Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you.

  • Request erasure of your personal data (the "right to be forgotten").

  • Object to processing of your personal data.

  • Request restriction of processing of your personal data.

  • Request the transferof your personal data to you or to a third party.

  • Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at info@sacoto.pt.

You also have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (CNPD - Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados, www.cnpd.pt). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the CNPD, so please contact us in the first instance.