[{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/about/","section":"ruiguimaraes.net","summary":"Over 25 years of Information Technology experience focused on systems, infrastructure, cloud, security, automation and consulting.","title":"About","type":"page"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/categories/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Categories","type":"categories"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/services/cloud/","section":"Services","summary":"Planning, migration and administration of Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Exchange Online and hybrid environments.","title":"Cloud and Microsoft Services","type":"services"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/contact/","section":"ruiguimaraes.net","summary":"Contact ruiguimaraes.net to discuss projects, infrastructure requirements or technical challenges.","title":"Contact","type":"page"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/services/consulting/","section":"Services","summary":"Specialised consulting to assess, plan and modernise Information Technology infrastructure.","title":"Information Technology Consulting","type":"services"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/services/infrastructure/","section":"Services","summary":"Implementation, administration and modernisation of servers, networks, virtualisation, storage and critical services.","title":"Information Technology Infrastructure","type":"services"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/services/monitoring/","section":"Services","summary":"Centralised monitoring of availability, performance, capacity, events, metrics and security.","title":"Monitoring and Observability","type":"services"},{"content":"This Privacy Policy explains how personal data submitted through the contact form available on ruiguimaraes.net is processed.\nPersonal data is processed transparently, limited to the purposes described in this policy and in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.\nLast updated: 1 August 2026.\n1. Data controller\r#\rThe data controller responsible for personal data collected through this website is Rui Guimarães.\nWebsite:\nhttps://www.ruiguimaraes.net/\nFor privacy-related questions or to exercise your rights, use the form available on the Contact page.\n2. Personal data collected\r#\rThe contact form may collect:\nName; Email address; Company or organisation, when provided; Telephone number, when provided; Selected subject; Message content; IP address; Submission date and time; Basic browser information, including User-Agent, Referrer and accepted browser language. Passwords, tokens, private keys, access credentials or other confidential information are not requested.\nUsers must not submit sensitive or confidential information through the form.\n3. Purposes of processing\r#\rData is processed exclusively to:\nreceive and assess requests submitted through the form; respond to questions, information requests or contact proposals; assess requests related to services, projects or technical challenges; take pre-contractual steps requested by the user; prevent abuse, spam and misuse of the form; ensure the security and technical operation of the website. Data is not used for:\nnewsletters; behavioural advertising; unsolicited marketing campaigns; sale or commercial disclosure of personal data. 4. Legal basis\r#\rDepending on the nature of the request, processing may be based on:\npre-contractual steps requested by the data subject; legitimate interests in responding to contact requests and protecting the website; compliance with applicable legal obligations. The form checkbox confirms that the user has read this Privacy Policy and understands how the data will be used to respond to the request.\n5. Data retention\r#\rData is retained only for as long as necessary to:\nrespond to the request; manage a potential professional or contractual relationship; comply with legal obligations; resolve disputes or protect legitimate rights. Requests that do not result in an ongoing professional or contractual relationship should be deleted when they are no longer required, unless retention is legally required.\n6. Recipients and technical providers\r#\rData submitted through the form is received by the website controller.\nEmail delivery is processed through the mail infrastructure associated with the support.ruiguimaraes.net domain.\nThe website and form endpoint are hosted by a hosting provider that may process technical data required for operation, security and maintenance.\nProviders that have not been confirmed in the project are not named.\nThe policy does not claim that all data remains exclusively in Portugal or the European Union unless this has been verified.\n7. Security\r#\rTechnical and organisational measures are used to protect data submitted through the form, including:\nHTTPS; field validation and sanitisation; authenticated SMTP delivery; abuse and spam protection; rate limiting; SMTP credentials stored outside the public website root. No Internet-connected system can guarantee absolute security.\n8. Data subject rights\r#\rUnder applicable data protection legislation, users may request:\naccess; rectification; erasure; restriction of processing; objection; portability, where applicable. To exercise these rights, use the Contact page and clearly state that the request concerns personal data protection.\nUsers also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Portuguese Data Protection Authority.\n9. Cookies and local storage\r#\rThe contact form does not use cookies, localStorage or persistent browser storage to retain submitted form content.\nThis policy only states what is confirmed by the current implementation.\n10. External links\r#\rThe website may contain links to external websites and services.\nThis Privacy Policy applies only to processing carried out on ruiguimaraes.net and does not cover the privacy practices of external websites.\n11. Changes to this policy\r#\rThis Privacy Policy may be updated to reflect technical, legal or operational changes.\nThe last updated date must remain visible near the beginning of the page.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/privacy/","section":"ruiguimaraes.net","summary":"","title":"Privacy Policy","type":"page"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/","section":"ruiguimaraes.net","summary":"","title":"ruiguimaraes.net","type":"page"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/services/","section":"Services","summary":"Specialised consulting and services in infrastructure, cloud, automation, security and monitoring.","title":"Services","type":"services"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/services/security/","section":"Services","summary":"Security hardening for systems, identities, access and services through auditing, monitoring and risk reduction.","title":"Systems and Infrastructure Security","type":"services"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/services/automation/","section":"Services","summary":"Automation of technical tasks and operations using PowerShell, scripts, APIs and infrastructure as code.","title":"Systems and Operations Automation","type":"services"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/en/tags/","section":"Tags","summary":"","title":"Tags","type":"tags"}]