Privacy Policy of Pacheco Neto, Sanden, Teisseire Advogados (“PNST”)
Last Updated: 9/11/2022
This Policy covers how PNST handles your personal data. If you have any questions, please contact us through our communication channels or reach out to PNST’s Data Protection Officer at: privacidade@pnst.com.br
1. WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE PROCESS?
PNST collects, stores, and uses the following personal data that you provide in the following situations:
- Registration on the website;
- Registration for events organized and/or promoted by PNST;
- Subscription to legal news clipping services and PNST’s mailing list;
- Sending a message through PNST’s contact page;
- Submitting a resume via the website or institutional email;
- Inclusion in PNST’s supplier and service provider database;
- Compliance with applicable legislation;
- Fulfillment of any request made by you to PNST.
The personal data collected includes: contact information such as name, phone number, email address, postal address, job title/position, CPF or equivalent foreign identification, RG or RNE, and date of birth.
You are responsible for the accuracy of the information provided. If you provide third-party personal data, you must ensure that you have authorization to do so, as PNST is not responsible for such actions.
PNST does not collect sensitive personal data through its website. If you voluntarily choose to provide sensitive personal data, you acknowledge and consent to the processing of such data as described in this Policy.
Sensitive personal data collected through other means and/or formats by PNST will be processed for specific purposes, as previously informed and authorized by you.
If, while browsing the website, you are redirected via a link to another website, you should also review the privacy policy of that website. PNST is not responsible for the collection and use of personal data by third-party websites.
2. PURPOSE, STORAGE PERIOD, AND DELETION
Purpose
We collect and store your personal data for the following purposes:
- Provision of legal services;
- Marketing and institutional advertising, including informing you about future PNST events;
- Management of event registrations organized and/or promoted by PNST;
- Responding to requests and inquiries about the services provided;
- Dissemination of legal and/or market-related content;
- Subscription management for PNST’s legal news clipping services available on the website;
- Inclusion in PNST’s mailing list;
- Sending institutional communications;
- Recruitment of professionals;
- Protection of rights and obligations related to PNST’s legitimate interest;
- Compliance with legal, judicial, or regulatory orders, or exercising rights in judicial or administrative proceedings.
We only process data that is relevant and adequate for the purposes defined above, limiting the collection to the necessary amount.
The processing of certain types of data may be required by law, contract, or other legal obligations. Before processing your personal data, we assess whether it is possible to limit the amount of data collected and whether certain data can be anonymized or pseudonymized.
Storage Period
Your personal data will be stored in our database for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which they were collected. PNST may retain personal data even after a deletion request if required by applicable law, court orders, or to protect PNST’s rights.
If we need to process your data for a different purpose than originally collected, we will inform you and request your prior consent.
Deletion
If you wish to delete your personal data, you may contact us at privacidade@pnst.com.br to request its permanent deletion.
PNST will retain your deletion request and, in compliance with the required legal retention period, will proceed with the destruction or anonymization of identifiable information.
In compliance with legal obligations or court orders, PNST may retain certain data for a reasonable period after a deletion request. These data will not be anonymized or destroyed before the conclusion of this period.
3. TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA TO THIRD PARTIES – WHEN YOUR DATA IS SHARED
The information collected or provided by you will not be transferred to third parties, except in the following cases:
- When you request or authorize PNST to share data with partners or third parties;
- With payment processors for event participation fees (if applicable);
- With governmental bodies, authorities, and other public entities to comply with applicable legislation and regulations;
- To legal authorities, regulatory bodies, or private entities in compliance with legal obligations or court orders;
- To exercise or defend any rights of PNST, at its sole discretion, including in judicial or administrative proceedings;
- With external agents such as suppliers, consultants, marketing partners, research firms, and other service providers, including payment processors, cloud storage providers, data analytics providers, research partners, security and system improvement providers, lawyers, accountants, and other professional service providers.
PNST requires external agents to process data in accordance with its confidentiality and security standards, respecting this Policy.
4. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION – HOW WE PROTECT YOUR DATA
Data Security
We have security processes in place, including guidelines and measures to protect your data against destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, or access.
We implement strict access controls to ensure that only authorized personnel can process personal data. We regularly back up our data and use encryption technologies to protect the confidentiality and authenticity of your data.
In case of a security breach that exposes you to a high level of risk (such as discrimination, identity theft, financial loss, reputational damage, or other significant disadvantages), you will be notified as soon as possible.
PNST stores your data on its own servers and/or contracted partners, located in Brazil and/or abroad, as well as cloud servers, which may involve the transfer and processing of data outside Brazilian territory.
5. WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS, AND WHO CAN YOU CONTACT?
You may, at any time, request PNST to:
- Confirm the existence of personal data processing;
- Access your data;
- Correct incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated data;
- Anonymize, block, or delete unnecessary, excessive, or unlawfully processed data (as outlined in Section 2 of this Privacy Policy);
- Transfer data to another service provider, subject to commercial and industrial confidentiality;
- Delete personal data processed with your consent, except when retention is required by law, for third-party transfer, or for PNST’s exclusive use (provided that data is anonymized and inaccessible to third parties);
- Inform you about public and private entities with which PNST has shared your data;
- Inform you about the possibility of refusing consent and the consequences of such refusal;
- Revoke consent at any time.
Unless there is a legal basis for processing your data without consent, we will always obtain your permission before processing personal data.
Consent may be revoked at any time. To obtain more information or to revoke your consent, contact PNST’s Data Protection Officer at privacidade@pnst.com.br
PNST acts as the data controller and complies with personal data protection regulations. If you need information about data processing or wish to make a request regarding personal data, please contact us at privacidade@pnst.com.br
Our Data Protection Officer is [*] – Email: privacidade@pnst.com.br
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