Article No. 1: Scope
The GTU describes the rules, rights and obligations that the Member accepts when using our Services.
1.1 Conflict between regulations
These General Terms of Use (GTU) determine the main rules on the APP's use. These GTU are supplemented by both our Privacy Policy and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - they provide the Member with clearer guidance on how to use the APP and the applicable rules. In case of conflict between these documents or if they render the rules unintelligible or unpredictable, it is hereby expressly settled that these GTU will prevail over the Privacy Policy and FAQs.
1.2 Severability of Provisions
If any provision of these GTU is declared invalid or unenforceable due to the effects of a law, regulation or decision of a court with material jurisdiction, the other provisions shall remain in force unless these GTU are distorted.
Article No. 2: Modifications to the GTU
2.1 Updates
BITA reserves the right, unilaterally and at any time, to terminate, add or alter these GTU how ever it chooses or to terminate the Service.
The Member will be informed of the updates through an APP notification.
It is the Member's responsibility to carefully read the updated GTU and be fully aware of any alterations resulting from those updates.
Full acceptance of the alterations is implicit in the continued use of the App Services by the Member after the updates.
If the Member does not agree to the alterations made to the GTU, they shall trigger the option to terminate Services and terminate the agreement in the contractual relationship in accordance with Article No.13.3.
2.2 Entry into effect
The new GTU will enter into effect immediately for all Members.
Article No. 3: Applicable law - Dispute resolution
3.1 Applicable Law
This GTU will be governed by Portuguese law.
3.2 Dispute resolution
In case of dispute, the Member must contact BITA in writing in order to seek a friendly settlement with BITA. The consumer may appeal to an Alternative Consumer Dispute Resolution Entity (ACDRE): National Centre for Consumer Conflict Information and Arbitration, geographical scope: the entire national territory, in areas not covered by another arbitration centre with regional jurisdiction. Contact details: Faculty of Law of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campolide Campus 1099-032 Lisbon;
Phone: 213 847 484 – from 15.00h às 17.00h / 91 922 55 40 / Fax: 213 845 201;
Web www.arbitragemdeconsumo.org /
https://www.facebook.com/cniacc
For more information, please visit Portal do Consumidor [Portuguese consumer portal] www.consumidor.pt
Any objection or dispute related to the rules of this GTU, which is not resolved amicably nor subject to an ACDRE, shall be submitted to the District Court of Braga - Portugal.
Article No. 4: Registration
4.1 Download
The APP can be downloaded for free from the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.
The application works on Android mobile devices, from version 4.0.4, and also on Apple iOS devices, from version 9.3.
There may be solutions in which the BITA APP has been embedded within a third-party application.
4.2 Member's rights when Registering
When provided the conditions required for Member registration are met, BITA will assign the Member a Personal Account that will give access to the corresponding profile, the list of Opportunities, the list of notifications and the list of messages.
4.3 Membership Conditions for Registration
You will be able to register in BITA provided that the Member has an active LinkedIn account.
The validation/verification of the member's age is performed by the LinkedIn account, i.e., it is understood that if a LinkedIn account exists and is active the Member's age is not an obstacle to the use of BITA. The Member must guarantee that all information provided upon registration is true and up-to-date.
Member registration occurs through the LinkedIn Sign in feature, which allows BITA to use the following information from LinkedIn to create the Member’s profile: Name, photo, email, location, professional experience (position, company, location, activity period, description of performed tasks), activity sector, professional interests area, professional skills, number of LinkedIn connections, hyperlink to access the LinkedIn page.
The Member shall, therefore, verify the accuracy of their information on LinkedIn before registering with BITA.
Upon registration, the Member accepts both this GTU and our Privacy Policy, and agrees to fully comply with its obligations, in particular those set forth in the Member's code of conduct described in Article No. 9.
Article No. 5: Services and Features
5.1 Purpose of the Service
BITA intends to promote among Members the creation of business opportunities/partnerships, encourage the exchange of information/knowledge and privileging the human interaction which is so important in the business world. To this end, it presents a list of Opportunities, current or past, containing profiles of other Members, provided that they have crossed paths at a given time in the same geographical area. Each Member is free to Connect, Chat, choose one of the meeting points provided to facilitate the personal encounter, and to create relationships with other Members in accordance with this GTU.
The services offered by BITA can under no circumstances be compared to counselling or marriage services. Its sole objective is to facilitate virtual or real meetings through the APP between professionals with mutual interests, in the various fields of professional life and business, in accordance with the locations and preferences of the Members.
5.2 Member Services
Some of BITA's services are available for free in the APP (in addition to connection and telecommunication costs) for Members who agree to fulfil this GTU, including:
- Limited submission of "Connect" connection requests.
- Unlimited sending of messages through the Chat.
- Unlimited viewing of past and current Opportunities.
- Unlimited viewing of summarized and/or detailed profiles of other members.
- Unlimitedly block all Members whose profile does not fit the type of opportunity you want to receive.
- Unlimitedly block of all Members whose conduct warrants such action.
- Confidentially inform BITA of Members whose conduct is contrary to the GTU.
- See the FAQ.
- Consult the tutorial.
Article No. 6: Data protection act
6.1 Identity responsible for data handling
The data is processed by: Business In The Air, with address described in Article No. 14.
Only a few BITA support service collaborators are authorized to process Member personal data for the purposes described in Article No.6.2. These employees only have access to the data necessary to enforce their duties.
BITA may also subcontract trusted and identifiable third parties with access, hosting and/or processing tasks involving the Member's personal data on behalf of BITA and under its instructions, in accordance with the Privacy Policy and ensuring the security and confidentiality of the Member's personal data. These subcontracted third parties essentially allow BITA to establish statistics on the volume of traffic and/or use of the APP and/or ensure the good operation of the Service.
The Member's personal data identified as publicly available through BITA, in accordance with Article No. 6.3 visible in corresponding profile, is only available to the remaining Members with whom they have crossed Paths.
6.2 Purpose of the data processed by BITA
Data collected by BITA is required for normal operation and improvement of the Services offered to Members.
The processed data also allows BITA to carry out statistical studies related to the use of the APP and its Services by Members. It allows BITA to send promotional messages from advertisers and other partners through the APP.
BITA may access, store and share Member's personal data with authorized third parties in response to a legal request (judicial mandate, court order or other) or to fulfil a legal obligation, regulatory or judicial, or to prevent or detect fraudulent activities or attacks against the security of the Service, under and in accordance with governing law.
Under Article No. 6.7, BITA may also share and assign Member's personal data to entities associated with the purposes of its collection, provided that they maintain the guarantees of confidentiality and security of treatment.
6.3 Personal data collection - types of data
Details of the identity of the member: The registration form must be completed for access to the Services. BITA collects data from LinkedIn, through "Sign in with LinkedIn", to simplify the registration process.
BITA records the following personal data:
- Photos: The Member shall provide its public image which may be the one used on LinkedIn. The Member has the option to change the profile photo through the APP profile editing functionality.
For the sake of transparency, published photos should represent the Member and should not mislead other Members about their identity and/or physical appearance. These photos may not represent a famous person, they may not represent a racist, shocking, illegal or sexual message or contain personal information.
The photos are published in the APP under the sole responsibility of the Member.
By becoming a Member you agree to the publication of your pictures in the APP.
- Name
- Mobile number (Not divulged to other members)
- E-mail (Not divulged to other members). Collected directly through the "Sign in with LinkedIn” functionality that allows you to get the main e-mail associated to the Member’s LinkedIn account.
- Location
- Professional experience (position, company, location, activity period, description of performed tasks)
- Business sector
- Professional interests area
- Professional skills
- Number of LinkedIn connections
- Hyperlink to the Member’s LinkedIn page
BITA will use the mobile number and/or email address to send alerts to the Member. The Member’s mobile number and email address will not be visible or available to remaining Members, unless the Member authorizes their disclosure.
Location data (Geolocation): The main duties and objectives of BITA are to allow the relationship between Members from the moment they cross paths, thus facilitating virtual and real meetings.
The Member will be requested to authorise the collection and processing of their geolocation to allow BITA to identify crossing points with other Members who also agree to the geolocation. The list of Opportunities is created using geolocation.
BITA can, with express consent, access the Member's position, approximately or more precisely depending on the technology used. BITA collects and processes the movements and/or itinerary of its Members. The Member's exact position or itinerary is never available to other Members.
The Member is free to withdraw his consent at any time and disable geolocation technology on his smartphone. When doing so, the Member will be prevented from receiving new Opportunities, will not have access to the other Members with whom they cross paths after deactivating geolocation technology.
Messaging data: The messaging data is sent and stored on BITA servers through the Chat Service, allowing conversations between Members who have agreed to connect.
These Messages will be accessible in the APP only to Members who have taken part in the Chat.
In the event of a legal request and/or in accordance with legal or regulatory provisions and/or as evidence of a complaint made to BITA by a Member, BITA shall have the right to disclose such messages.
Data related to search preferences: Queries made to Opportunities, Members profiles and their interaction are logged and handled to analyse usage behaviours, improve the APP’s operability, and for business prospecting purposes.
Mobile Data: BITA collects data through the APP that may include information such as IP address, operating system and version, or application failures.
6.4 Further information on collected data
BITA cannot be held responsible for data published in the APP and released by a Member.
6.5 Sensitive data
Some types of data are legally classified as "sensitive" under article 7 of Law no. 67/98, of October 26 in the wording provided by Law no. 103/2015, of August 24, known as the “Personal Data Protection Law” and hereinafter referred to as PDPL.
BITA advises Members not to disclose sensitive information to other Members or to BITA itself, such as, for example, ethnic origin, sexual orientation or political opinions. However, if the Member is willing to disclose such data in their profile, the disclosure is considered as an express consent for the collection and processing of such data by BITA.
6.6 Rights of Members
In accordance with article 11 of the PDPL the Member has the right to access, correct and contest his personal data. BITA is attentive to the concerns of its Members and therefore commits itself to respect the rules of personal data protection and to deal with such requests as quickly as possible. Subject to proof of identity, Members may exercise their rights by sending a letter or an email to the address listed in Article No. 14 of this GTU.
The right of access safeguards:
- The Member's right to request the data belonging to them from BITA in an intelligible format.
- The member's right to demand the correction, addition, updating or removal of any personal data that is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, out of date, or even the use, communication or storage of which is prohibited on the basis of articles 2 and 7 of the PDPL.
- The member's right to oppose, at no cost, the use of their data by BITA for business prospecting purposes, based on article 12 of the PDPL.
- The Member's right to demand the removal, free of charge, of certain information transmitted to BITA within the limit, however, of the legal obligations imposed on BITA as hosting provider.
These rights apply within the limits of BITA's resources by virtue of the use of the "Sign in with LinkedIn" functionality, i.e. some of the data submitted to BITA by LinkedIn cannot be corrected without the assistance of LinkedIn. The Member must previously, of their own initiative, rectify their personal data on LinkedIn and subsequently update their Profile in the APP.
- The Member's right to set out guidelines for the retention, deletion and communication of their personal data after his death.
6.7 Transfer of personal data
Personal data, be it visible to other Members or not, may be provided by BITA to third parties, in strict compliance with applicable legal provisions, which the member hereby expressly consents to.
6.8 Storage of personal data
BITA will store the member's personal data for as long as it necessary in order for the Member to use their Account.
In addition, in accordance with its hosting provider status, BITA has the legal obligation of retaining some Member personal data for the period set by the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (CNPD) under article 23 paragraph no. 1 subparagraph f) of the PDPL.
BITA undertakes to make every effort and invest all means at its disposal to ensure that the stored data is as safe as possible, under article 15 of the PDPL. However, it is up to the Member to take appropriate measures to protect their out of scope data from BITA.
6.9 Data transfer within the EU
By registering, the Member expressly agrees that their data is transmitted to subcontractors and hosted on servers owned by our service providers within the European Union.
BITA guarantees that transfers are made under conditions that ensure confidentiality, data security, as well as an adequate level of protection under articles 18 and above of the PDPL.
Article No. 7: Declaration at CNPD [the Portuguese Data Protection Authority]
The collection of member personal data was officially declared to the CNPD.
Article No. 8: BITA's Obligations and Responsibilities
8.1 Technical Resources and Security
BITA agrees to provide and/or contract infrastructures and technical resources to provide a high-quality Service to Members with android mobile devices, from version 4.0.4, and also on Apple iOS devices, from version 9.3.
BITA cannot be held responsible for any operational failure on the Members’ device or for any compatibility issues between the APP and the device.
Every effort is made to ensure that the risks of fraudulent access to the BITA system are minimized. However, it is impossible to guarantee a network is fully secure.
BITA shall not be liable for any failure, interruption or poor performance of Member's Internet service provider services or for any cause beyond BITA's control that may disrupt or have an adverse effect on access to BITA's Services.
The Member must have access to a secure email and LinkedIn account. If such precaution is not taken, or even if it is, the Members’ account may in rare cases be subject to fraud.
BITA will seek to avoid any risk of Members receiving spam messages or messages claiming to have been sent by BITA. The Member shall ensure that they communicate any of the above circumstances to BITA, sending a letter or e-mail to the address provided in Article No. 14 of this document.
8.2 Illegal Conduct
BITA and its partners shall not be liable for its Members’ actions which are illegal or imply criminal sanctions, including, but not limited to:
- All types of fraud
- Prostitution
- Identity theft
- Violation of an intellectual property right of a third party.
8.3 Alert System
As a hosting provider, BITA has no legal obligation to monitor content sent or stored through APP.
However, for Member protection, BITA has created an alert system to report some illegal and abusive content.
In this case and after due verification by the support service, BITA undertakes to promptly remove the aforementioned content.
BITA shall be deemed to have taken note of the unlawful content when it is notified of the:
- Date of notification
- Identity of the content issuer
- Description of the facts (it is recommended screenshots containing the respective unlawful content are provided)
- Reasons why the contents shall be removed
Consequently, BITA has created an alert system that allows Members to communicate unlawful content namely if it supports crimes against humanity and encourages terrorism, racial hatred, hatred based on gender, sexual orientation or disability and, in particular, child pornography, violence against Women and a violation of human dignity.
BITA views this procedure very seriously, guided by extremely strict professional ethics and refuses any association with violent or insulting Members, as well as illegal and abusive content.
Thus, when content posted by a Member is flagged, the respective Account may be removed or suspended in accordance with the conditions set forth in Article No. 13.4. This decision is based on the evidence presented by the complainant and is carried out to provide for the removal of any illegal content, pursuant to the legal obligations of BITA.
The Member who originally published reported content will be informed of such a decision by email and/or notification via the APP. In no case shall they be informed of the identity of the claimant who made the complaint.
Beyond the scope of this alert procedure, the Member can decide to block another Member to avoid any conversation with them, personal contact, update and communication of their profile.
This alert system is available and operational by sending a letter or an email to the address indicated in Article No. 14 of this GTU.
If posted content can be viewed as a violation of the laws or regulations, the Member victim of this content is encouraged to file a complaint with the competent law enforcement authorities.
The communication system implemented by BITA does not replace any complaint and/or legal action against the Member who created the reported content.
Any abuse of a Member's alert system or any unjustified notice will be considered a violation of this GTU and may result in penalties, including account suspension (in accordance with GTU Article 13.4, cancellation of the Account or even complaint to the competent national entity to establish the competent proceeding.
8.4 Duty of Care
The Member is solely responsible for verifying the identity of the people with whom they wish to arrange a real meeting and not a virtual meeting. BITA cannot be held responsible for any problems arising from a meeting/real meeting.
8.5 Group Events
Use of the APP to plan or organise a demonstration on the public way is strictly forbidden. Should such a demonstration occur, BITA cannot be held liable for any disruption to the public order or any damage caused by such a demonstration.
Article No. 9: Member's Code of Conduct
9.1 Duty of fairness and honesty upon registration
To become a Member, all of the following conditions must be met:
- You must have honestly and reliably completed LinkedIn's profile information, as well as the BITA APP profile information. Otherwise, the Member agrees to correct any errors in their LinkedIn profile and to synchronize information between: their LinkedIn profile and their APP Account, as well as correct the APP's profile information.
- You must have read this GTU and have accepted it when confirming your registration.
- You must agree to regularly update information provided by accessing your Account from the APP.
BITA has no legal obligation, nor technical resources to verify the identity of Members. However, in case of doubt or reason for suspicion, or after the use of the alert feature by a third party, pointing to identity theft or fictitious or incorrect information, BITA will conduct an investigation as soon as possible and may correct the information provided, when necessary, without misrepresenting the Member’s profile.
During the investigation period, BITA reserves the right to suspend the suspected Member’s Account as well as their access to the APP and to carry out the necessary investigations, in particular asking them to provide an official identification document. The Member will be informed of their account suspension via the APP and/or by email to the address given by the Member in accordance with Article No. 13.4.
If the Member is unable to provide the requested proof, or in case of proven violation of this GTU, BITA may cancel the Service for the Member in question, in accordance with the conditions set forth in Article No. 13.4.
9.2 Duty of fairness and honesty during APP use
In order to remain a Member, all of the following conditions must be met:
- Be honest and truthful in your acknowledgments.
- Refrain from posting any third-party photographs, or any confidential information about others, such as financial data.
- Refrain from posting any content or pictures in the APP that are pornographic or that violate modesty and human dignity.
- Respect the private nature of content and conversations exchanged with other Members using the APP, and therefore refrain from disclosing the content of such Messages.
- Refrain from violating intellectual property laws.
- Refrain from disturbing public order.
- Refrain from committing defamation and, more generally, from using insulting language, particularly racial or discriminatory language.
- Complying with the laws and regulations in force.
- Refrain from inciting violence or from promoting terrorism, war crimes or crimes against humanity.
- Refrain from infringing accepted social standards and courtesy standards with other Members.
- Refrain from infringing the normal operation of the APP’s services or the infrastructure in any way whatsoever.
- Refrain from using robots or other tools other than those provided by BITA within the scope of the APP to contact other Members.
- Refrain from using the APP to organise escort services.
- Refrain from approaching other Members with the aim of promoting paid services or products.
- Refrain from disclosing your login information to other Members, particularly your username and the password used to access your Account.
- Refrain from advertising or promoting the use of any other service in any way, whether or not it is a competing service, and refrain from committing any offense related to unfair competition.
The Member shall not copy, and/or disseminate, and/or transfer technical data that may be intercepted in the network connected to the BITA APP.
9.3 Professional Use
The Member agrees to use BITA only for professional use. The BITA network must not be exploited for election purposes. It is strictly forbidden to send marketing and/or commercial messages and/or newsletters through BITA Chat, including but not limited to content, guidelines or links to third party sites or materials, particularly those of BITA's competitors.
9.4 Member's Liability
The Member shall be liable for their own actions and for the data they publish through the APP.
Should BITA's liability be sought within the framework of the Member's failure to fulfil their obligations, the Member shall guarantee BITA against any and all judgements delivered against it, arising from a contravention of the law or of these GTU by the Member.
BITA does not moderate the content posted by Members and shared through the APP. In particular, BITA staff do not check for any photos, texts or content to which the hyperlinks posted by Members are pointing. The Member may report illegal content that violates Portuguese law or this GTU, using the alert tools provided by the APP in accordance with Article No. 8.3.
9.5 Photographs
All pornographic or exhibitionist photographs, which are a public outrage to modesty and more generally that contravene the most basic moral rules, are strictly prohibited. The publication of these photographs will be considered a serious infraction and may lead to suspension and/or closure of the Member’s Account, as well as any other penalties that may be imposed by the courts.
9.6 Meetings in a real setting
BITA advises Members who wish to meet in person to be vigilant. Members are solely responsible for verifying the identity of those with whom they meet. Meetings taking place in a real setting are organised independently of BITA and are of the sole responsibility of the Members. BITA cannot be held liable for any acts or problems of any kind that have been committed, or caused by Members and/or former Members, when such events occur following use of the APP. In this respect, one of the desired benefits either through the detailed consultation of the profile or of the App’s Chat message exchange service, is also to ensure that Members remain safe and free from harassment and for them to decide with which people they want to connect and which ones it will actually be appropriate for them to talk to, either virtually or in person.
For those with whom the Member has agreed to exchange Messages, it is recommended that Members do not immediately exchange information that is not included in the profile, such as a telephone number, email or address. For security reasons, BITA strongly recommends that meetings in a real environment be organized only in busy public spaces.
For this purpose, BITA offers the Meeting-Point concept, which identifies public meeting venues that can be chosen by Members. BITA shall not be held liable for any situation that may occur at these very locations.
9.7 Account Management
The Member shall regularly check their notifications and messages, as they may be used by BITA to keep the Member updated on its Services. This information can also be sent to the email address of the Member obtained through "Sign in with LinkedIn".
The Member can access Services from the Account by connecting to the APP using username and confidential password. The Member is solely responsible for the confidentiality of their login information, and must not in any way communicate it to third parties. The Member exonerates BITA against any communication, use or acknowledgments made through the use of their Account.
9.8 Equipment
The cost of equipment (hardware or software) required for BITA's access service, along with all other costs related to it, including telecommunication costs, are borne exclusively by the Member. The Member is the only one responsible for the hardware used to access BITA’s Service.
Article No. 10: Communication with Members
10.1 Delivery notifications
The Member may receive push notifications through the APP to notify them of important events, including, but not limited to:
- A connection request sent by another Member.
- Confirmation that the connection interest is mutual and that the Chat is available.
- Messages sent by another Member.
- BITA Messages relating to the Member's Account and/or Services.
10.2 Newsletter
With registration in the APP, the Member agrees to receive a BITA newsletter. The Member can unsubscribe at any time through the "send comment" functionality accessible through the "Menu" functionality, it is only necessary to fill in all the elements and use "unsubscribe from Newsletter" as the subject. The indicated email should be the main email associated to the LinkedIn account.
10.3 Advertising and promotional messages
BITA is free to publish, through the APP, advertising and promotional messages from advertisers and/or any other partner. The Member expressly agrees to receive such messages.
Article No. 11: Intellectual and Industrial Property
11.1 Prerogatives relating to Trademark Law
Any reproduction, use in part or in total of the "business in the air" brand, or the APP logo, in part or in total, regardless of method, form or format, is strictly forbidden without prior written permission from BITA, which may launch legal proceedings.
11.2 Prerogatives related to copy right
Any representation, reproduction, distribution or exploitation, in part or in total, of the contents and Services provided by the APP, such as, for example, software, animations, texts, graphics and more broadly the general structure, by any method and in any form, in any format or by any means, is strictly forbidden without prior authorization, expressed by and in writing from BITA, which may launch legal proceedings.
11.3 Licence
The usage rights granted by BITA to the Member are restricted to professional use. Any other use by the Member is prohibited without prior authorisation from BITA.
The Member exonerates BITA from any legal action or conviction for infringement of intellectual property of third parties’ rights by the Member. The Member declares to hold BITA harmless against any claim or resulting damages.
Article No. 12: Unfair competition
The following acts are strictly prohibited: the design of a product similar to the APP or the creation of a derivative and, more generally, guilty of parasitism, imitation, defamation campaign or any other act of unfair competition. BITA reserves the right, in this case, to notify the member in question.
Article No. 13: Uninstalling, Suspending, Deleting the Account
In any of the following operations, BITA shall maintain Member data for a period of at least one year, by virtue of the legal provisions incumbent upon BITA under Article 6.6, which may subsequently be permanently deleted.
13.1 Uninstalling the APP
The Member can uninstall the APP at any time. The Member will no longer have access to the APP until they reinstall it.
Upon uninstalling the APP:
- The Member profile will still be available in the list of Opportunities of the other Members that they crossed paths with.
- The Member’s profile will no longer be considered for calculation of new Opportunities to display to the remaining Members.
In case of reinstalling the APP, the Member will again have access to your data and past opportunities. However, if this new installation of the APP occurs one year after the last uninstallation, BITA does not guarantee that the old opportunities still remain available for consultation.
13.2 Deleting the Account
The Member may at any time decide to permanently delete their Account by sending a letter to BITA, whose postal address is indicated in Article No. 14. In this case, the Member’s profile will be deleted permanently.
Upon deleting the Account:
- The Member’s profile will be hidden from the list of Opportunities of other Members, i.e. it will no longer be referred to as a Past or current Opportunity.
- The Member’s profile will no longer be considered for calculation of new Opportunities to display to the remaining Members.
The Member will not be able to reactivate their old Account.
13.3 Suspending/Deleting the Account in the case of a violation of the GTU
In case of breach of the GTU by the Member, their Account may be either suspended as a safeguard or deleted at any time by BITA.
BITA shall have the right to suspend a Member's Account for the time necessary to enable the BITA support team to carry out all necessary investigations as a consequence of a complaint as indicated in Article No. 8.3 or insofar as it is deemed to be a violation of the GTU.
The Member whose Account is suspended will be informed of such a decision through a notification via the APP and/or by email. The Member is invited to contact the BITA support team for more information on the reasons for the suspension of the account and to provide any explanations it may deem appropriate or to prove that the violation has since been corrected.
If, within 30 days of notification of account suspension, the Member has not contacted BITA's support or if the data provided by the Member has not helped correct the situation, BITA shall have the right to notify the member of the deletion of the Account through a notification via the APP and/or by email. Unless otherwise specified, the duration of such deletion shall be four years from the date of notification, during which period the Member shall be registered in an exclusion list.
Upon suspending the Account:
- The Member profile will be hidden from the list of Opportunities of other Members, i.e. it will no longer be referred to as a past or current opportunity.
- The Member’s profile will no longer be considered for calculation of new Opportunities to display to the remaining Members.
13.4 Suspend dormant accounts
BITA reserves the right to suspend dormant Accounts. The account is understood to be Dormant if at least one of the following situations occurs continuously for the period of one year:
- The Member's APP does not establish contact with BITA servers.
- The Member's APP does not send geolocation information to BITA servers.
- The Member does not connect with other Members, i.e. does not use the Chat feature with new Opportunities that are presented to them during this time period.
The Member will be informed, by e-mail at the indicated address, of their account suspension with a 15-day advance notice.
During the advance notice period, the Member may reactivate their Account, which will result in inactivation of the suspension procedure. All contents of the Member’s profile will be preserved.At the end of the pre-notice deadline and in the absence of any contrary intention expressed by the Member, the Account may be terminated by BITA.
Upon suspending the Account:
- The Member profile will be hidden from the list of Opportunities of other Members, i.e. it will no longer be referred to as a past or current opportunity.
- The Member’s profile will no longer be considered for calculation of new Opportunities to display to the remaining Members.
The Member will not be able to reactivate their previous Account.
Article No. 14: Contacts and Claims
Members may contact “Business In The Air” directly to ask questions, clarify procedures, or at all times making use of the email address support@BusinessInTheAir.com.
We also recommend reading our frequently asked questions (FAQs).
The Member may also send a registered letter to Praceta das Agras N.º 10, 4705-391 Celeirós – Braga – Portugal with your request for clarification or claim.
Article No. 15: Confidentiality Clause
In the case of a dispute, neither BITA nor the Member are authorised to disclose information on the agreement reached between both, and each party agrees to fulfil a confidentiality clause which obliges them to prefer confidential negotiations in case of disagreement.
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Article No. 1: Data protection act
1.1 Identity responsible for data handling
The data is processed by: Business In The Air, with address described in Article No. 3
Only a few BITA support service collaborators are authorized to process Member personal data for the purposes described in Article No.1.2. These employees only have access to the data necessary to enforce their duties.
BITA may also subcontract trusted and identifiable third parties with access, hosting and/or processing tasks involving the Member's personal data on behalf of BITA and under its instructions, in accordance with the Privacy Policy and ensuring the security and confidentiality of the Member's personal data. These subcontracted third parties essentially allow BITA to establish statistics on the volume of traffic and/or use of the APP and/or ensure the good operation of the Service.
The Member's personal data identified as publicly available through BITA, in accordance with Article No. 1.3 visible in corresponding profile, is only available to the remaining Members with whom they have crossed Paths.
1.2 Purpose of the data processed by BITA
Details of the identity of the member: The registration form must be completed for access to the Services. BITA collects data from LinkedIn, through "Sign in with LinkedIn", to simplify the registration process.
BITA records the following personal data:
- Photos: The Member shall provide its public image which may be the one used on LinkedIn. The Member has the option to change the profile photo through the APP profile editing functionality.
For the sake of transparency, published photos should represent the Member and should not mislead other Members about their identity and/or physical appearance. These photos may not represent a famous person, they may not represent a racist, shocking, illegal or sexual message or contain personal information.
The photos are published in the APP under the sole responsibility of the Member.
By becoming a Member you agree to the publication of your pictures in the APP.
- Name
- Mobile number (Not divulged to other members)
- E-mail (Not divulged to other members). Collected directly through the "Sign in with LinkedIn” functionality that allows you to get the main e-mail associated to the Member’s LinkedIn account.
- Location
- Professional experience (position, company, location, activity period, description of performed tasks)
- Business sector
- Professional interests area
- Professional skills
- Number of LinkedIn connections
- Hyperlink to the Member’s LinkedIn page
BITA will use the mobile number and/or email address to send alerts to the Member. The Member’s mobile number and email address will not be visible or available to remaining Members, unless the Member authorizes their disclosure.
Location data (Geolocation): The main duties and objectives of BITA are to allow the relationship between Members from the moment they cross paths, thus facilitating virtual and real meetings.
The Member will be requested to authorise the collection and processing of their geolocation to allow BITA to identify crossing points with other Members who also agree to the geolocation. The list of Opportunities is created using geolocation.
BITA can, with express consent, access the Member's position, approximately or more precisely depending on the technology used. BITA collects and processes the movements and/or itinerary of its Members. The Member's exact position or itinerary is never available to other Members.
The Member is free to withdraw his consent at any time and disable geolocation technology on his smartphone. When doing so, the Member will be prevented from receiving new Opportunities, will not have access to the other Members with whom they cross paths after deactivating geolocation technology.
Messaging data: The messaging data is sent and stored on BITA servers through the Chat Service, allowing conversations between Members who have agreed to connect.
These Messages will be accessible in the APP only to Members who have taken part in the Chat.
In the event of a legal request and/or in accordance with legal or regulatory provisions and/or as evidence of a complaint made to BITA by a Member, BITA shall have the right to disclose such messages.
Data related to search preferences: Queries made to Opportunities, Members profiles and their interaction are logged and handled to analyse usage behaviours, improve the APP’s operability, and for business prospecting purposes.
Mobile Data: BITA collects data through the APP that may include information such as IP address, operating system and version, or application failures.
1.4 Further information on collected data
BITA cannot be held responsible for data published in the APP and released by a Member.
1.5 Sensitive data
Some types of data are legally classified as "sensitive" under article 7 of Law no. 67/98, of October 26 in the wording provided by Law no. 103/2015, of August 24, known as the “Personal Data Protection Law” and hereinafter referred to as PDPL.
BITA advises Members not to disclose sensitive information to other Members or to BITA itself, such as, for example, ethnic origin, sexual orientation or political opinions. However, if the Member is willing to disclose such data in their profile, the disclosure is considered as an express consent for the collection and processing of such data by BITA.
1.6 Rights of Members
In accordance with article 11 of the PDPL the Member has the right to access, correct and contest his personal data. BITA is attentive to the concerns of its Members and therefore commits itself to respect the rules of personal data protection and to deal with such requests as quickly as possible. Subject to proof of identity, Members may exercise their rights by sending a letter or an email to the address listed in Article No. 3 of this PP.
The right of access safeguards:
- The Member's right to request the data belonging to them from BITA in an intelligible format.
- The member's right to demand the correction, addition, updating or removal of any personal data that is inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, out of date, or even the use, communication or storage of which is prohibited on the basis of articles 2 and 7 of the PDPL.
- The member's right to oppose, at no cost, the use of their data by BITA for business prospecting purposes, based on article 12 of the PDPL.
- The Member's right to demand the removal, free of charge, of certain information transmitted to BITA within the limit, however, of the legal obligations imposed on BITA as hosting provider.
These rights apply within the limits of BITA's resources by virtue of the use of the "Sign in with LinkedIn" functionality, i.e. some of the data submitted to BITA by LinkedIn cannot be corrected without the assistance of LinkedIn. The Member must previously, of their own initiative, rectify their personal data on LinkedIn and subsequently update their Profile in the APP.
- The Member's right to set out guidelines for the retention, deletion and communication of their personal data after his death.
1.7 Transfer of personal data
Personal data, be it visible to other Members or not, may be provided by BITA to third parties, in strict compliance with applicable legal provisions, which the member hereby expressly consents to.
1.8 Storage of personal data
BITA will store the member's personal data for as long as it necessary in order for the Member to use their Account.
In addition, in accordance with its hosting provider status, BITA has the legal obligation of retaining some Member personal data for the period set by the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (CNPD) under article 23 paragraph no. 1 subparagraph f) of the PDPL.
BITA undertakes to make every effort and invest all means at its disposal to ensure that the stored data is as safe as possible, under article 15 of the PDPL. However, it is up to the Member to take appropriate measures to protect their out of scope data from BITA.
1.9 Data transfer within the EU
By registering, the Member expressly agrees that their data is transmitted to subcontractors and hosted on servers owned by our service providers within the European Union.
BITA guarantees that transfers are made under conditions that ensure confidentiality, data security, as well as an adequate level of protection under articles 18 and above of the PDPL.
Article No. 2: Declaration at CNPD [the Portuguese Data Protection Authority]
The collection of member personal data was officially declared to the CNPD.
Article No. 3: Contacts and Claims
Members may contact “Business In The Air” directly to ask questions, clarify procedures, or at all times making use of the email address support@BusinessInTheAir.com.
We also recommend reading our frequently asked questions (FAQs).
The Member may also send a registered letter to Praceta das Agras N.º 10, 4705-391 Celeirós – Braga – Portugal with your request for clarification or claim.
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