Last updated: March 2026 Cooper's Bar & Kitchen ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Who We Are

Cooper's Bar & Kitchen Main Strip (Oura), Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal Email: bookings@mattsbar.net We are the data controller for the personal information collected through this website.

2. What Data We Collect

We may collect the following personal information when you use our contact form:

• First name and last name
• Email address
• Phone number
• The content of your message

We do not collect any sensitive personal data (e.g. health information, financial details).

3. How We Use Your Data

We use your personal data solely to:

• Respond to your enquiry or booking request
• Communicate with you about your visit to Cooper's Bar & Kitchen

The legal basis for processing your data is legitimate interests (responding to enquiries) and, where relevant, contract performance (processing bookings).

4. How Long We Keep Your Data

We retain contact form submissions for a maximum of 12 months, after which they are permanently deleted. We will delete your data sooner upon request.

5. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data. We may share it with:

• Email service providers used to send and receive messages (e.g. SMTP providers)
• Hosting providers that store our website data securely within the EU

All third parties are required to handle your data in accordance with GDPR.

6. Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Please see our Cookie Policy for full details.

7. Your Rights

Under GDPR you have the right to:

• Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate data
• Erasure — ask us to delete your data ("right to be forgotten")
• Restriction — ask us to limit how we use your data
• Portability — receive your data in a machine-readable format
• Object — object to our processing of your data

To exercise any of these rights, please email us at bookings@mattsbar.net. We will respond within 30 days.

8. Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Portuguese data protection authority: CNPD — Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados www.cnpd.pt

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The current version will always be available on this page with the date it was last updated.