Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Sonia Marques Döbler Advogados (“SMDA”) collects, uses, shares, and otherwise processes Personal Data about:

  • Website Visitors
  • Contact person for clients and/or potential clients
  • Contact person for suppliers of goods and services
  • Any other person from whom SMDA obtains Personal Data

Definitions

For a better understanding of this Privacy Policy, it is necessary to comprehend the following definitions, which may be read in the plural or singular:

  • National Data Protection Authority (ANPD): Public Administration body responsible for ensuring, implementing, and supervising the compliance with this Law throughout the national territory.
  • Controller: A natural person or legal entity, public or private, who is responsible for making decisions regarding the Processing of Personal Data pertain.
  • Personal Data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
  • General Data Protection Law (LGPD): Law No. 13.709/2018, which governs the protection of Personal Data.
  • Processor: A natural person or legal entity of public or private law who processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller.
  • Data Subject: A natural person to whom the Personal Data that are subject to Processing refers.
  • Processing: Any operation performed with Personal Data, such as collection, production, reception, classification, use, access, reproduction, transmission, distribution, processing, filing, storage, elimination, evaluation or control of information, modification, communication, transfer, dissemination, or extraction.

Overview

SMDA is the Controller of the Personal Data it processes and therefore has the competence to make decisions regarding them. The Processing of your Personal Data may be carried out by SMDA with your consent, where applicable, or in order to comply with legal, regulatory, or contractual obligations, or on the basis of SMDA’s legitimate interest.

Purposes

Your Personal Data are collected by SMDA with the purpose of enabling and/or improving the provision of the legal services for which SMDA was hired, as well as to:

  1. Manage SMDA’s relationship with its clients;
  2. Identify and/or offer you relevant content about a particular preference and/or interest you expressed to SMDA, including but not limited to newsletters, events, invitations, reminders, thank you notes, amongst others;
  3. Build a database of SMDA’s suppliers and service providers;
  4. Build a database of candidates for employment and internship positions with SMDA;
  5. Create a database of SMDA’s employees;
  6. Protect and manage the interests of SMDA;
  7. Comply with applicable law.

Personal Data Collected

SMDA collects Personal Data through online or physical forms such as when you register for an event, submit information to apply for a job, or fill in your contact information on the Website. The Personal Data that SMDA typically requests include name, email, phone number, address, job title, and company. Additionally, other personal information may be obtained from resumes you submit when applying for a job, from the organization you work for, or even from public sources.

Furthermore, when you visit SMDA Website, internet log data and details of visitor behavior patterns are also collected. The aim is to gather information such as the number of visitors to the various parts of SMDA Website.

Sharing of Personal Data

SMDA will not sell your Personal Data, but they may be shared or transferred to third parties in Brazil or abroad in order to adequately fulfill the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, as well as to comply with court orders or decisions from any other competent authority, according to applicable law. In any case, SMDA undertakes to share only the Personal Data necessary to fulfill the respective purpose or comply with the specific order, as applicable.

Storage of Personal Data

SMDA may store your Personal Data for the time necessary to fulfill the purposes indicated in this Privacy Policy, as well as to comply with legal or regulatory obligations; for the regular exercise of rights in judicial, administrative, or arbitration proceedings; in situations that justify its legitimate interest; or for other purposes provided for in the LGPD.

Data Subject Rights

Regarding your Personal Data, you have the following rights:

  • Confirmation: You have the right to confirm the existence of Processing of your Personal Data by SMDA.
  • Access: Subject to certain exceptions, you have the right to request a copy of your Personal Data.
  • Rectification: You have the right to demand that any outdated, incomplete, or inaccurate Personal Data that SMDA processes about you be corrected.
  • Deletion: You have the right to request the deletion of your Personal Data processed based on your consent unless SMDA is required to retain that to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation or to exercise rights in judicial, administrative, or arbitration proceedings, or for other purposes authorized by the LGPD.
  • Portability: You may request the portability of your Personal Data to third parties. This means that you can request a copy of your Personal Data in an electronic format and transmit it for use in third party services. If you request it and it is technically possible, SMDA will transfer your Personal Data to you.
  • Objection: You have the right to object to the Processing of your Personal Data in case of non-compliance with the LGPD.
  • Withholding Consent: You have the right to request information about the possibility of not giving your consent to the Processing of your Personal Data and the consequences of not consenting.
  • Withdrawal of Consent: If you have consented to the Processing of your Personal Data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time and free of charge.

You also have the right to file a complaint with the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) if you believe that SMDA has failed to comply with applicable data protection laws.

Data Security

To safeguard the Personal Data under the custody and control of SMDA, technical and organizational measures have been implemented to prevent and remedy unauthorized access to Personal Data, employing applicable means and recommended security standards to protect them to the extent technically and operationally feasible.

However, despite these efforts, due to the inherent nature of the Internet as an open global communication medium and other risk factors, SMDA cannot guarantee that all information will be absolutely protected from intrusion by third-party during transmission or while stored on SMDA’s systems.

You also play an important role in protecting Personal Data. You should not share any usernames, passwords, or other authentication data provided to you and it is advisable not to reuse passwords on more than one website or application.

In this regard, SMDA will not be liable in any way for any damages of any kind, including but not limited to those resulting from the disclosure of your Personal Data to third parties or the loss of such information directly or indirectly resulting from your misuse of the Internet. SMDA shall not be liability for any damages resulting from the misuse of the Website or resulting from accidents, modifications, or any other conduct and/or conditions not controlled by SMDA.

You are not required to provide any Personal Data to use the Website or to interact offline with SMDA, but certain features will not be available to you if you do not provide your Personal Data. Additionally, SMDA may not be able to respond to your request, provide you with legal services, or supply you with marketing materials that SMDA believes may be of value to you.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at the following email address: dpo@dobler.com.br

Version 1 (Jul-16-2024)

 

 

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