Terms and Conditions

These Terms and Conditions (hereinafter ‘Terms and Conditions’) regulate the use of the Grupo Rio website, accessible from the address www.gruporio.pt (hereinafter ‘Grupo Rio website’).

This website is owned and managed by GRIO BUILD, CONSTRUÇÕES, LDA (hereinafter referred to as Grupo Rio), as the controller, with tax ID number 514 696 559 and head office at Edificio Baluarte Rua Engenheiro Duarte Pacheco Loja 11 4950-454 Monção, is the legitimate and exclusive owner of the Grupo Rio website.

The use of the Grupo Rio website by clients (hereinafter ‘Client’) or users (“hereinafter “User”) presupposes and implies knowledge and acceptance by the Client and User of these Terms and Conditions.

The Client and the User declare that they possess the necessary legal capacity to accept the present Terms and Conditions.

Grupo Rio reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions, freely and at any time.

Freedom of Use

Provided that they comply with these Terms and Conditions and the applicable legislation, particularly the protection of copyright and intellectual property and criminal laws, the Client and the User enjoy complete freedom of use of the Grupo Rio website.

The Client and the User are solely responsible for the use they make of all the content available on or accessed from the Grupo Rio website, in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

The following activities are in particular expressly prohibited:

  1. carry out illegal activities or activities that violate the rights of the Grupo Rio or its Clients and Users or other Internet users;
  2. use any identity other than that of the Client or User or falsify or conceal in any way the identity of the Client or User in e-mail messages or in any other Internet service;
  3. produce or reproduce content that is offensive, defamatory or likely to violate the privacy or other rights of third parties;
  4. produce or reproduce texts, data, images or programs with illicit, criminal, racist, profane, pornographic or obscene content, or that, in any way, may violate human rights or infringe the legislation in force;
  5. transmit, reproduce, advertise the sale, offer, exchange or demand for any copy or obtain a copy or use any copy of a computer program, musical work, videogram, written publication or any other work protected by copyright or intellectual property law, or any other material or information that may be legally protected or infringes the rights of third parties, regardless of the medium used, without holding the respective rights of transmission, reproduction, advertising, use or legally required authorization;
  6. interfere with or condition, in any way, the use of the Grupo Rio website or violate any rules, regulations or standards of the networks connected to the use of the Grupo Rio website;
  7. introduce, transmit or make accessible in any form material that contains viruses, programs, systems or files that destroy or limit the functionality and/or capability of any computer, including software and hardware or electronic communications equipment;
  8. promote or provide information about illegal activities, such as the physical harm of other individuals or acts of cruelty to animals.

Violation of the Terms and Conditions

Grupo Rio reserves the right to take any action it deems necessary to safeguard its rights in the event of a breach or attempted breach of these Terms, and may choose to suspend or block access to and use of the Grupo Rio website, without the Client or User being entitled to any compensation or indemnity as a result.

Exclusion of Liability

The entire content of the website Grupo Rio, including, but not limited to, text, graphics, images, sounds, logos, trademarks, domains and any other elements, is owned by Grupo Rio, which holds, in particular, all copyright and intellectual property rights, with the exception of content provided by customers or business partners who are identified as such.

The protection of the Grupo Rio content extends to all reproductions or copies, obtained from the content of the Grupo Rio website.

The data of the Client or User may circulate on the network at the risk of being seen or used by unauthorized third parties.

Grupo Rio is not responsible for any loss or damage, direct or indirect, suffered by any Customer or User, in relation to information contained on the Grupo Rio website, or resulting from the Customer’s or User’s use of the Grupo Rio website, namely for loss or modification of the Customer’s or User’s information; Grupo Rio does not guarantee the confidentiality and privacy of any information sent by the Customer or User whenever it is transmitted over the Internet without additional security conditions.

Access to and use of the Grupo Rio website is subject to interference, interruptions, disconnections or other anomalies, specifically as a result of breakdowns, overloads, line loads or other eventualities to which Grupo Rio is unaware, and the Client and User expressly recognise that Grupo Rio shall not be held liable for any potential or actual damages that may directly or indirectly result for the Client or User as a result of the occurrence of such events.

Grupo Rio does not guarantee that the Grupo Rio website will operate uninterruptedly or that it is free of errors, viruses or other harmful elements.

Grupo Rio is not responsible for any defects, incorrect functioning or incompatibility, namely with the hardware of Customers or Users, and is not obliged to provide support in its use, nor guarantee that it fulfils the purposes intended by the Customer or User.

Grupo Rio reserves the right, at any time, to add, delete or modify any of the contents of the Grupo Rio website, and the information contained therein is merely commercial and indicative and is not binding.

Grupo Rio reserves the right to prevent access to and use of the Grupo Rio website by any Customers or Users who violate any provision of these Terms and Conditions or any legal regulations, particularly with regard to the use of the Internet and its users.

Grupo Rio is not responsible for the accuracy, quality, security, legality or lawfulness, including compliance with the rules regarding copyright and related rights, regarding the content, products or services contained on the Grupo Rio website that have been provided by clients or business partners, as well as for any information contained on third-party websites to which it establishes links.

Grupo Rio is also not responsible for any acts or omissions of such third parties relating to such content, products or services, and does not guarantee that such products or services will achieve certain results intended by the Client or the User.

Grupo Rio assumes no responsibility for consequences resulting from access by Clients or Users to third party websites through links provided by Grupo Rio.

Responsability of the client or user

The Client or User is solely and exclusively responsible for the use they make of the Grupo Rio Website, and therefore undertakes to comply with the applicable legislation, in particular the Code of Copyright and Related Rights, the Industrial Property Code and the Computer Crime Act, as well as to act in good faith and make use that does not offend any third party rights, in particular the right to image, the right to a good name, the right to honour and privacy, and that does not constitute any attack based on race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, political conviction or sex, that does not constitute defamation, incitement to theft, fraud, violence, terrorism, sadism, prostitution, paedophilia, and that does not use obscene, indecent or pornographic content.

The Client or User is authorised to use the contents of the Grupo Rio website solely and exclusively for the purposes for which they are intended, and is expressly prohibited from reproducing, publishing or publicly disseminating, distributing or otherwise making the contents accessible to third parties, for the purposes of public communication or commercialisation, and is also prohibited from making any alterations to the contents.

It is also expressly forbidden for the Client or User to create or introduce into the Rio Group Website any type of virus or programme that damages or contaminates it, or to advise third parties to do so.

The Client or User undertakes not to invade the privacy of other Users or Clients of the Grupo Rio Website, and undertakes, in particular, not to send unsolicited messages, not to collect, process or communicate personal data without the consent of the data subject and not to send false or misleading messages or messages that violate any legal regulations in force.

The Client or User is solely responsible for any direct or indirect damage caused to themselves, to Grupo Rio or to any third party in connection with their use of the Grupo Rio Website, and undertakes to pay any compensation that may be awarded as a result of any action, claim or judgement to which it gives rise.

Social Media

The terms and conditions described extend to the social networks used by the Rio Group, for
example Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn or Youtube.

Personal Data

The Customer or User hereby consents to the collection and computer processing of their data, where applicable, authorising Grupo Rio to enter this data in an appropriate database.

Grupo Rio is the data controller. The personal data provided by the Client or User is intended for the management of Grupo Rio clients as well as for Grupo Rio marketing actions. Under the terms of Law no. 67/98, of 26 October, Clients and Users are guaranteed access to their data, and may request in writing that it be updated, corrected or deleted, as well as the right to request at any time that their data not be used for Grupo Rio marketing actions.

Cookie Policy

Grupo Rio uses cookies – small information files – to improve your browsing experience. By continuing, you agree to us doing so, unless you change your settings. Cookies are small text files sent to your computer or mobile device when you visit websites. They help websites store and retrieve information about your browsing habits in order to personalise browsing according to your preferences. Cookies are used on the website.

  • Session cookies: these are temporary cookies that remain in the browser’s cookie file until the browser leaves the web page, so there is no record of them on the user’s hard drive. The information collected by these cookies is used to analyse traffic patterns on the site, which allows us to improve the content and usability of the site.
  • Analytical cookies: these are cookies which, when properly processed by us or by third parties, allow us to quantify the number of users and to measure and statistically analyse how users use the website. We analyse your browsing on our website in order to improve the supply of products and services that we make available to you.
  • Advertising cookies: these are cookies which, when properly processed by us or by third parties, allow us to manage the offer of advertising space on the website more efficiently, being able to analyse your browsing habits and show you advertising related to your browsing profile.

Disabling cookies on the site

Although Grupo Rio, by default, optimises its website so that you can take advantage of cookie information, if you wish, you can disable this setting in your browser. It is certain that you will not have such an intuitive interaction, obtained by virtue of this capture, which can be very useful and facilitating.

If you want to deactivate this option, you can find out how below: Google Chrome Internet explorer Safari Firefox Effects of disabling cookies: If you prefer not to allow cookies, you can disable them in the browser you use and continue browsing, but you should bear in mind that this may prevent some web pages from being presented in the most pleasant and optimised way for the user.