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Privacy and Personal Data Protection Policy

Last update: August 28, 2020.

This Privacy and Personal Data Protection Policy (“Policy”) was created to reaffirm the commitment of

PIRES & GONÇALVES ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS, based in Alameda Rio Negro, No. 161, 11º floor, Alphaville, Barueri/SP, CEP 06454-000, CNPJ: 02.023.230.0001-00, (“We”).

With the protection of the personal data of our customers and visitors when we serve You, both in our online environments, such as our electronic address https://www.pgadvogados.com.br/en, as well as in person at our physical units (“Our Environments”).

This Policy describes how we collect, maintain, and use your Personal Data, as well as the rights You have, under the terms of applicable laws, in particular Law No. 13.709/2018 (“General Data Protection Legislation”).

We are always looking to offer our services as efficiently as possible, constantly updating ourselves for this. For this reason, this Policy may be adjusted at any time, and it is up to You to check it whenever possible through this electronic address.

Which contact data we collect?

Some contact information might be collected, such as:

(i) Full Name
(ii) E-mail
(iii) Phone
(iv) Full comercial and/or personal address

For which purposes do we use them?

Your personal data collected will have the purpose of:

(i) Identify You for access to Our Environments or to respond to requests made through our service channels, including “Contact Us”; and
(ii) Inform You about news, features, content, news, and other events that we consider relevant to You.

! Remember that You are solely responsible for the accuracy, veracity, or lack of it in relation to the Data You provide or for its outdating. Be aware that it is your responsibility to ensure their accuracy or keep them up to date.

! We are not obliged to process any Personal Data if there are reasons to believe that such processing could imply any violation of any applicable law, or if Our Environments are being used for any illegal, unlawful or contrary to morality purposes .

! The database formed through the collection of Personal Data is under our responsibility, and its use, access and sharing, when necessary, will be made within the limits and purposes of our business described in this Policy.

Which other personal data do we collect?

We might collect digitally identifying data, such as:

(i) Date and time records for each action You take in Our Environments
(ii) Screens You accessed in the online environment of our website
(iii) Cookies
(iv) Video images captured on CCTV

For which purposes do we use them?

Your personal data collected will have the purpose of:

(i) Identify and authenticate You in Our Environments
(ii) Comply with legal obligations of record keeping, especially those established by the Brazilian Internet Law Framework - Law 12.965/2014 in the context of online environments
(iii) Monitoring the security of Our Environments for your and our security.

How do we use Cookies?

Why do we use Cookies?

The use of Cookies by us in Our Online Environments, aims to improve your experience, both in terms of performance and in terms of usability, since the content available will be directed to your needs.

How are they stored?

Cookies allow Our Environments to memorize information when You access them, such as the preferred language, the location and recurrence of your sessions and other variables that we consider relevant to enrich your experience. Cookies may also be used to compile anonymous and aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how You use Our Environments, as well as to improve our structures and content. We will not personally identify You using this data.

What type of Cookies do we use?

There are two types of Cookies that can be used in Our Environments: "Session Cookies" and "Persistent Cookies". Session cookies are temporary cookies that will remain on your device until You finish browsing or using Our Environments. Persistent cookies are Cookies that remain on your device until they are deleted (how long the Cookie will remain on the device depends on the expiration date of the specific Cookie and the settings of the used web browser).

How can I control or delete Cookies?

You can change the settings to block the use of Cookies or receive alerts when a Cookie is being sent to your device. See your browser's instructions. If You use different devices to access Our Environments (for example, computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.) You must ensure that the browser for each device is adjusted to suit your preferences regarding Cookies.

Which Cookies do we use and for how long?

! To disable Cookies, in a simple and intuitive way, we have listed below the necessary procedure to be followed according to each browser:

(i) For more information on “Private Browsing” and Cookie management in the Firefox browser, click here.
(ii) For more information on “Browsing as Incognito” and Cookies management in the Chrome browser, click here.
(iii) For more information on “Private Browsing” and Cookie management from the Internet Explorer browser, click here.
(iv) For more information on “Private Browsing” and Cookie management from Safari, click here.
(v) For more information on "Private Browsing" and Cookie management in the Opera browser, click here.

How do we share data and information

The collected data and the registered activities may be shared:

(i) With our partner who manages our selection and recruitment procedures through the item “Work With Us”, available for registration of resumes in case You are interested in joining our team;
(ii) With competent judicial, administrative or governmental authorities, whenever there is a legal determination, request, requisition or court order; and
(iii) Automatically, in the event of corporate transactions, such as mergers, spin-offs, acquisitions and incorporations.

How we protect your data and how You can protect it too

Cautions you should take

It is very important that You protect your data against unauthorized access to your computer, account or password when You are in Our Online Environments, in addition to making sure to always click "log out" when You are finished browsing a shared computer. It is also very important that You know that we will never send electronic messages or conventional mail asking for data, or containing attachment files, such as: .exe, .com, among others, or links to downloads.

Access to Personal Data, proportionality and relevance?

Internally, the Personal Data collected is accessed only by duly authorized professionals, respecting the principles of proportionality, necessity and relevance to the objectives of our business, in addition to the commitment to confidentiality and preservation of your privacy under the terms of this Policy.

External links

When You use Our Environments, You may be taken via hyperlink to other portals or platforms that may collect your information. When accessing external links, You should always check for the existence of Privacy Policies and Terms of Use, carefully reading the conditions provided.

Email communication

To optimize and improve our communication, when we send an email to You, we can receive a notification when they are opened, if this possibility is activated. Be aware, our emails are sent only by domains ending with @pgadvogados.com.br

For how long do we store your data

We keep your personal data for the necessary period or when, for legal reasons, we are obliged to. Otherwise, we will exclude them from our bases or make them anonymous so that with their processing it is no longer possible to identify You.

At any time You can request the deletion of personal data.

By legal force, even if You request exclusion, we must keep the personal data provided by You for a minimum period of 05 (five) years¹ counted from the end of the relationship between us or your exclusion request, whichever comes first . Those collected in an automated way, on the other hand, must be kept for at least 06 (six) months² counted from the date on which the interaction in Our Environments was carried out.

¹ Articles 12 and 34 of Consumer Protection Code.
² Article 15 of Internet Law Framework.

! We may also keep records of CCTV recordings for short periods, from 30 to 60 days, in accordance with our security policies and monitoring of physical environments to protect You, our employees and Our Environments.

How do we assure the security of your data

The security of your personal data is one of our main concerns. To protect it, we use technical and organizational information security measures aiming the confidentiality and protection of all data collected or generated in Our Environments.

The collected data will be stored in our databases, which are located on Amazon Web Service servers located abroad, as well as in a resource usage environment or servers in the cloud (cloud computing).

What are your rights

The General Data Protection Law grants You certain rights with respect to the processing of your personal data. Which are:

(i) Access - the right to be informed and to have access to your personal data under our processing
(ii) Correction - the right to request the update or rectification of your outdated, incomplete or incorrect personal data
(iii) Portability - the right to request that the personal data under our processinf to be transferred to another service provider indicated by You
(iv) Elimination - the right to have your personal data deleted from our databases, except for legal storage hypotheses.
(v) Anonymization or blocking - the right to request that excessive processing of personal data is subjected to anonymization or that the excessive processing is suspended by us
(vi) Revocation - the right to revoke your consent for the purposes of processing personal data attached to it
(vii) Information about the consequences of the revocation - the right to be informed about the consequences of the relationship with us and the execution of a specific purpose if You wish to revoke your consent
(viii) Opposition - Your right to object to the processing of personal data that is out of line with the provisions of the General Data Protection Law

! You can also send requests or complaints regarding the processing of your personal data to the National Data Protection Authority.

How can You contact us?

In case of any doubt related to this Policy or requests for the fulfillment of your rights, You or your legal representative may contact our Data Protection Officer directly through the e-mail privacy@pgadvogados.com.br.

Did any expression seemed strange? Maybe this little glossary can help you

We know that some terms used in this Policy may not be as usual for You in your day-to-day activities. For this reason, we have prepared a small glossary containing their definitions.

If another expression has raised doubts, do not hesitate to ask us through the service channels informed in the section How can you contact us? of this Policy.

A

Anonymization: a process in which you remove the personality from the data and remove the link between You and the information provided.

C

CCTV: “Closed Circuit Television”. Monitoring and surveillance system by camera that sends the images in real time to a video recorder and / or monitoring center through wired system or through IP.

Cookies: files sent by our server to the computer, cell phone, tablet or any other device used by You and responsible for collecting data to access Our Environments, personalizing your navigation.

D

Database: structured set of data, including personal data, installed in one or several locations, electronic or physical.

Data subject: individual to whom the personal data that is object of processing refers, for example, the client, the legal guardian and / or third parties (family members and visitors).

Data Protection Officer: person appointed to act as a communication channel between You, Us and the National Data Protection Authority.

I

IP: abbreviation for “Internet Protocol”. It is the set of numbers and letters that identifies the device used by You to access Our Environments.

N

National Data Protection Authority: Government body responsible for ensuring and supervising compliance with the General Law on the Protection of Personal Data.

P

Personal Data: Data related to the identified or identifiable natural person.

Processing: any operation carried out with personal data, such as collection, production, reception, classification, use, access, reproduction, transmission, distribution, processing, filing, storage, elimination, evaluation, control, modification, communication, transfer, dissemination or extraction.

Y

You: holder of the personal data (data subject), that is, our customers, legal guardians or third parties, such as family members and visitors.

This Policy must be interpreted according to Brazilian law. If any provision is found to be illegal or illegitimate, the remaining valid conditions will remain applicable. The jurisdiction of the District of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, is elected to resolve any dispute or controversy involving this document.