ABOUT
An independent publication preparing readers for Portugal's TNIC citizenship exam and learning the country behind it.
HOW WE WORK
The publication is fully independent. It is not affiliated with the Portuguese government, AIMA, or any prep service competing for the same readers and test takers.
We do not take sponsorships from immigration law firms, relocation companies, or anyone whose business depends on a particular reading of Portuguese citizenship law.
Every issue is verified against primary Portuguese government sources before publication. We track new regulations the week they land. We sign every issue by name. We correct errors in public. You can read our full editorial standards in Methodology.
PRIVATE POLICY
This is a small, independent publication. The privacy policy is short on purpose: less data collected means less to explain. If anything, here is unclear, write to me and I will answer personally.
1. Who runs this site
The Portugal Civics Issue is an independent publication operated by Chris ("I," "me," or "we" below).
It is not affiliated with the Portuguese government, AIMA, or any official body.
2. What I collect
Only what is necessary to run the publication:
Email addresses — when you subscribe, join the TNIC waitlist, or contact me directly. You provide these voluntarily.
Basic analytics — pages visited, approximate location (country/region only), device type, and how you arrived at the site. This is aggregated and is not used to identify individuals.
Anything you choose to send me — corrections, questions, feedback. If you write to me, I keep that email so I can reply and follow up.
I do not collect payment information directly; if subscriptions become paid in future, payments will be handled by a third-party processor (e.g. Stripe, PayPal) under their own privacy terms.
3. How I use it
To send you the publication and waitlist updates you subscribed to.
To reply to messages you send me.
To understand which articles are useful so I can improve them.
To meet legal obligations (very rare for a publication of this size, but listed for completeness).
I do not sell your data. I do not share it with advertisers. I do not use it to train AI models.
4. Where your data lives
Email lists and site data are stored with the platform providers I use to run the site and newsletter (for example, my website host and newsletter platform). These providers are bound by their own privacy and security policies. A current list is available on request.
6. Your rights (GDPR)
Because this publication is read in Portugal and the EU, the General Data Protection Regulation applies.
You have the right to:
Know what data I hold about you.
Ask me to correct it.
Ask me to delete it.
Withdraw your consent (for example, unsubscribe) at any time. Every email contains an unsubscribe link.
Complain to a data protection authority — in Portugal, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD).
To exercise any of these rights, email: chris@theportugalcivicsissue.com I aim to respond within seven days.
5. Cookies and tracking
The site uses a small number of cookies — strictly the ones needed to make the site work and to collect the aggregated analytics described above. There are no advertising cookies and no cross-site tracking.
Your browser settings let you block or delete cookies at any time.
7. How long I keep your data
Subscriber emails are kept for as long as you are subscribed. If you unsubscribe, your address is removed from the active list. It is not sold.
Correspondence is kept only as long as needed to handle your request and any reasonable follow-up. After that it is deleted, it is not archived.
8. Children
This publication is written for adults preparing for the Portuguese citizenship process. I do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 16.
9. Changes to this policy
If this policy changes meaningfully, I will note the change at the top of this page and, where appropriate, email subscribers.
For factual corrections, source citations, story tips, or anything else — write to chris@theportugalcivicsissue.com