Barreto Advogados & Consultores Associados takes the security and privacy of your personal data very seriously.
In this Privacy Notice, we will advise you, both objectively and transparently, how we process your personal data through our website, including the data we gather and the purposes, how we use them, with whom we share them, and how we protect them.
Furthermore, we will explain how you may manage the processing of your personal data and how to exercise your rights as data subject so as to provide you with an excellent experience at the website of Barreto Advogados.
MAIN DEFINITIONS USED IN THIS PRIVACY NOTICE
So that you may understand this Privacy Notice, we listed below definitions of the keywords and expressions used, in a simplified way.
Data subject : natural person holder of the personal data which are under processing. For the purposes of this Notice, you are deemed to be a data subject .
Personal data: information that identifies or renders identifiable the natural person (Examples: name, address, age, marital status, Individual Taxpayers’ Register (CPF), ID Card (RG), electronic address, location data, among others).
Processing: Every activity that we may conduct with your personal data, since gathering or reception of the data through any sort of use, such as sharing, storage, and deletion.
Controller: Barreto Advogados & Consultores Associados is deemed to be a controller of personal data because, while in possession of your personal data, it is liable for the decision-making concerning the processing conducted.
Processor: a natural person or legal entity, either public or private, which/who carries out processing of personal data on behalf of the controller.
Person in charge: a person appointed by the controller and processor to act as a communication channel between the controller, the data subject and the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD).
Applicable law: in this Privacy Notice reference is mainly made to the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD) – Federal Law no. 13.709/2018. However, we also consider applicable to this document any and all other rules of the Brazilian legal system related to the protection of your privacy and your personal data.
HOW YOUR PERSONAL DATA MAY BE GATHERED
If your first contact with us occurred using the website of Barreto Advogados, we may gather some of your personal data from cookies implemented in our website, according to the permissions granted by you. In the next topic, we will explain a little more about this technology.
On the other hand, if your first contact with us occurred using the profiles of Barreto Advogados in social media, we suggest that you check the privacy notice of each platform accessed, as well as the respective privacy settings according to your preferences.
WHAT ARE COOKIES AND HOW DOES THIS WEBSITE USE THEM?
Cookies are small files installed on your device which gather and store information about you and your browsing on the website of Barreto Advogados.
This tracking technology is used, for example, to recall your prior activity on the website, your location, and your clicks, among other information that has been previously recorded on the website. The cookies may also help us find out how many visits were made to our website.
By accessing our website, we will automatically gather your information using cookies, through the settings existing in your browser or your “IP” address.
The cookies are gathered through the Google Analytics platform, such that we recommend you check the specific terms and conditions of the platform if you are interested – https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=pt.
On the website of Barreto Advogados, the following types of cookies are used:
Required cookies: these are cookies critical for the appropriate operation of our website, ensuring primary and security features anonymously, i.e., you are not identified through this type of cookies.
Analytical cookies: these are cookies that monitor from where you access and how you interact with the website of Barreto Advogados. They are useful for us to view the total numbers on what types of content are preferred by website users, i.e., for audience calculation. We do not intend to identify you through these cookies. This information is not shared with third parties or cross-referenced with other databases for other purposes. They are also deemed to be temporary, as they expire when you close your browser.
In addition, you will be able to clear your browsing history whenever you want, to delete specific cookies that you have recently accessed without affecting the operation of other websites.
We provide you with a cookie preference setting page, so that you may edit your preferences at any time. However, if you refuse the cookies, you may not have access to all the features and functionalities of the website of Barreto Advogados.
FOR WHAT PURPOSES YOUR PERSONAL DATA MAY BE USED
The gathering and use of personal data gathered have the primary purpose of promoting the disclosure of institutional information of Barreto Advogados in the online environment and, in the future and if you agree, disclosure of a monthly newsletter to our clients and visitors to our website.
If you have voluntarily provided your personal data through our website using the contact channel made available, your data will be used for the purposes expressly indicated at the time you provided them and, when applicable, according to permissions expressly granted by you.
HOW CAN YOUR PERSONAL DATA BE SHARED?
We will only be able to share your personal data with other companies, taking into account that we work jointly with social media and other monitoring and strategy tools to make feasible the disclosure of our services and ensure compliance with our obligations, and it may be necessary for some of your data to be shared with some companies, such as Google, Twitter, and Meta (responsible for Facebook and Instagram).
Furthermore, we may treat your personal data to comply with obligations imposed by the applicable laws to the activities of Barreto Advogados, by public authorities or official bodies.
Finally, we will not share your personal data in a way not explained in this Privacy Notice or in a way that is contrary to the preferences previously established by you.
HOW CAN YOUR PERSONAL DATA BE STORED OR DELETED?
The data you provide to Barreto Advogados will be kept for as long as necessary to comply with the purposes set forth herein and to ensure compliance with legal obligations.
SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Barreto Advogados is concerned about ensuring the security and confidentiality of the information and personal data you provide us.
Accordingly, we take actions to protect your personal data against unauthorized access and use security systems, rules and procedures to ensure the protection of your personal data, as well as to prevent misuse, disclosure, loss, or destruction.
However, it is your responsibility to guarantee and ensure that the devices and equipment used to access the website are properly protected against harmful software, computer viruses, and worms.
YOUR RIGHTS AS DATA SUBJECT
As established in the current laws on data protection, you may, at any time, exercise rights related to the processing of personal data and question the purpose or information about the use of your data. In addition, you will be able to exercise your rights to update, access, rectify, delete, oppose, and portability and the right to request the limitation of the processing of your personal data.
To exercise your rights as a data subject, you may contact Barreto Advogados for any questions related to the processing of your personal data and to the exercise of the rights granted to you by applicable laws, through the following email: privacidade@barreto-advogados.com.br.
If you no longer wish to receive our emails with periodic information, invitations, and institutional releases, among others, you may also send an email to the address privacidade@barreto-advogados.com.br advising that you are no longer interested in receiving this information or click the opt-out button contained in our releases sent to your email, and we will stop sending the messages and we will stop processing your data for this purpose.
CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY NOTICE
Barreto Advogados reserves the right to, at any time, change this Privacy Notice, which will be duly published on the website.
*Latest update on November 04, 2022.