We, Scalzilli Althaus Spohr Advogados (“Scalzilli Althaus”, “The Company” or “We”), a legally constituted company, registered under CNPJ/ME No. 02.736.067/0001-14, registered with the Brazilian Bar Association, Porto Alegre Section, under No. 634, based in the city of Porto Alegre, RS, at 110, Rua Carlos Huber, provide our clients and the general public excellent legal services, that focus on results and relationships. Therefore, we take your privacy and the protection of your data seriously. This document explains how we handle your personal data, what your rights are and how to exercise them.
Why does Scalzilli Althaus retain personal data?
We only retain personal data where it is necessary and appropriate to the purposes for which it was taken and it is always handled in accordance with the relevant legal basis. Therefore, we may keep the data in order to carry out a contract or for preliminary procedures related to a contract to which the holder is a party, to comply with legal or regulatory requirements, for the regular exercise of the law, if there is a legitimate interest or with your consent.
1. Basic Principles: what do you need to know to be able to understand
this policy?
In order to make this document easier to read, we have listed some useful definitions. These terms will be used with capital letters:
| Term | Concept |
| Personal Data | This is information related to an individual that makes it possible to identify that person. Examples of personal data that could enable you to be identified, are: Name, CPF, telephone number, email, license plate etc. |
| Handling | This is any type of use that we may put your Personal Data to, including, but not limited to the following activities: recording, storing, examining, using, sharing, sending, classifying, copying, removing and assessing. This term (and others derived from it) will not use capital letters in this document. |
| Holder | This is you, the individual to whom the personal data refers. |
| Company | This is us, Scalzilli Althaus Spohr Advogados. |
| Policy | This is this privacy policy. |
2. What type of personal data does Scalzilli Althaus handle?
The type of Personal data and the way in which the Company records it, depends on your relationship to the Company and the reason for it. For example, we will record different Personal data if you are one of the public highway users we manage, compared to if you are a user of our website.
We have listed below some of the situations in which we may need to deal with your Personal data as part of your relationship with the Company:
| Source of Information | Purposes of the Information | Types of Personal Data Used |
| Newsletter (direct) | Provides relevant information about the office and the area of interest of the users who have signed up to the newsletter. | Name and email |
| Contact emails with staff (direct) | Allows staff from our multifunctional teams, who are directly responsible, to provide service to users. | Emails and other information provided by users in their messages. |
| Contact Us form (direct) | Allows the user to contact the company regarding any matter they wish. | Name, email, phone number and message. |
| Join Us form (direct) | Allows any interested user to register for any job application processes at the company, both administration roles and associate lawyers. | Name, email, telephone number and message and the details in the resume that would be attached. |
| Email to the Ombudsman (direct) | Enables clients to comment on Scalzilli Althaus’s services, ask questions, make any criticism, or contribute suggestions. | Emails and other information provided by the users in their messages. |
| Email to the DPO (direct) | Enables users to ask for information or exercise any of their rights under the LGPD. | Emails and other information provided by the users in their messages. |
| Contact Emails (direct) | This is how users can contact the company for more information about our work or book a meeting to discuss matters or costs. | Emails and other information provided by users in their messages. |
| WhatsApp (direct) | This is how users can contact the company for more information about our work or book a meeting to discuss matters or costs. | The Telephone number of the app and other information provided by users in their messages. |
3. What are cookies and how are they used on the Scalzilli Althaus
website?
As is common practice with all professional websites, this site uses cookies. These are small files, stored on your computer to improve the experience. The box below explains what information is collected, how we use them and why we sometimes need to store cookies. We also explain how you can block these cookies from being stored, although this will downgrade or prevent a certain degree of functionality of the website.
We use cookies for various reasons, as explained below. Unfortunately, most of the time it is not possible to deactivate cookies without completely losing all the functionality and resources that they provide to the website.
We have listed some of the cookies used by the Company below and their respective function:
| Cookie | Funcionalidade |
| Google Analytics (required) | Google Analytics is a tool that allows you to analyze the behavior / engagement of users on a website / app that collects first-party cookies, data related to the device / browser, the IP address and the activities on the website / app to assess and collect statistics about users’ interactions on the websites and the applications that use it. You can read more at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=pt-BR |
| _utma | This collects information on the number of times the user has visited the website. It also identifies the date of the first and last time that they visited the page. |
| _utmb | Identifies the time the page was visited. |
| _utmc | Identifies the state of the session. |
| _utmt | Improves the speed of requests to the server. |
| _utmv | Identifies the domain |
| _utmz | Records the origin of the user and the keywords used to open or find the address of the page. |
How to deactivate cookies?
Most browser settings automatically accept cookies. You can change the settings to block cookies or warn you when a cookie is being sent to your device. There are various ways to manage cookies. You can block them entirely, block cookies for a specific website and even block cookies from third parties in relation to a website. If you block all cookies it will affect the functionality you experience, because websites will not be able to identify your preferences or be able to recommend relevant content or advertising.
Check the instructions for your browser for more information on how to adjust or change your settings. Remember that you will need to change the settings for each device you use to access the Services (e.g. Computers, smartphones, tablets). Links on how to change the settings for cookies in the main browsers are below:
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/pt-br/topic/excluir-e-gerenciar-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d
Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/pt-br/help/4468242/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=pt-BR
Safari: https://support.apple.com/pt-br/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
4. Who Does Scalzilli Althaus Share Your Personal data With?
We work with a number of other organizations which are necessary for us to function. Therefore, we may share some of the information of our users anonymously, within the law or where required by it. Here are some of the situations in which we might share Personal data:
Our Suppliers and Partners.
DYNAMIZE – this supplier is responsible for managing our email marketing to subscribers to our Newsletter.
MICROSOFT – this is the supplier that hosts our email service, used to support users that contact us by email or by the website form.
The Association of Law Practices of Rio Grande do Sul – a partner who may be sent the registered details of users who are interested in applying to the company for both administrative and associate lawyer positions.
5. What are your rights as a holder of personal data?
Your Personal Data is yours and Brazilian law ensures that you have a set of rights regarding it. We are committed to complying with these rights and, in this section, we will explain what these rights are and how you can exercise them. See Below:
| Your Rights | Explanation |
| Confirmation and Access | You can ask the company to confirm if it is holding any of your Personal data, so that, if it is, you can have access to it. You can ask for a copy of the records that we have about you. |
| Correction | You can ask for your Personal data to be corrected, if it is incomplete, incorrect or not up to date. |
| Anonymity, blocking or deletion | You can ask that (a) your Personal data is anonymized, so that it can no longer be related to you and, therefore, it will no longer be treated as Personal data; (b) your Personal Data is blocked from use, which will temporarily suspend our ability to handle it for certain purposes; and (c) your Personal Data is deleted, in which case we must delete all of your Personal Data without it being recoverable. |
| Portability | You may ask that the Company provides your personal data in a format that is structured and compatible, so that it may be sent to a third party, provided that such a transfer does not violate the Company’s intellectual property rights or business confidentiality. |
| Information on Sharing | You have the right to know which public or private organizations we have shared your information with. Item 3 of this Policy indicates which third parties we have relationships with, which may involve the sharing of Personal data. In each case, if you have any questions or would like more information, you have the right to ask us. In certain cases we may restrict the information we give you, if such information could violate intellectual property rights or the Company’s confidential business. |
| Information on the option not to consent | You have the right to receive clear and complete information on the option to not give your consent when asked for by the Company and its consequences Your consent, where required, must be freely given and informed. However, whenever we ask for your consent, you are free to refuse – in this case, we may be unable to provide you with certain services. |
| Revoking consent | Where you have consented for some reason to the use of your Personal data, you can always choose to take back your agreement. However, this will not affect the legality of any data handling that took place prior to consent being revoked. Should you take back your consent, we may no longer be able to provide certain services, but we will advise you of this, if it happens. |
| Opposing Use | The law allows us to handle Personal data, even without your consent or a contract with us. In these situations, we will only handle your personal data if we have a legitimate reason to do so; for example, when we need to ensure the safety of our roads. Should you not agree with any of the purposes for which we are using your Personal data, you can inform us and ask that we stop. |
Important Information
For your safety, whenever you submit a request to exercise your rights, the Company may ask for information or additional documents, so that we can confirm your identity, in order to prevent fraud. We do this to ensure everyone’s security and privacy.
In some cases, the Company may have legitimate reasons for not responding to a request to exercise their rights. Such situations may include, for example, incidents where the disclosure of specific information could violate intellectual property rights or the Company’s business confidentiality or that of third parties, as well as cases where requests for the deletion of information cannot be carried out because the Company is required to retain it, either to comply with legal or regulatory requirements or to enable the Company or third parties to defend themselves in any type of dispute.
Also, some requests may not be answered immediately. The Company is committed to replying to all requests within a reasonable period of time and always in accordance with the applicable legislation.
Should you have any questions about these issues or how you can exercise your rights, please contact us through our information services listed at the end of this Policy.
6. How Long Will Personal data be Kept?
The Company has a Personal data retention policy that is in accordance with the relevant legislation. Personal data is only stored for as long as it is needed to fulfill the purpose it was collected for, unless there is any other reason for it to be retained, e.g. to comply with any legal, regulatory or contractual requirement, or any other legal requirement.
We always carry out a technical analysis to determine the appropriate length of time to retain each type of Personal data collected, based on its nature, the reason it was recorded and the purpose for which it will be handled, as well as any need to retain it to satisfy any requirement or protect any rights.
7. How does Scalzilli Althaus secure your personal data?
We are responsible for looking after your Personal data and ensuring it is only used for the purposes mentioned in this Policy. To ensure your privacy and that your Personal data is protected, we employ advanced technical resources to ensure that all information handled by the Company is secure. Among the security measures we use are access controls to the data processing systems, encryption techniques and firewalls to prevent improper access to databases, as well as other information security controls.
We have taken measures to protect the privacy of your Personal data, but unfortunately we cannot guarantee that it is completely safe. Unauthorized access and use of your information by third parties, as well as hardware or software failures are out of the Company’s control, as well as other external factors that may compromise the security of your Personal data. Therefore, it is vital that you remain alert to help keep the system safe for everyone. Should you discover or learn about any matter that could compromise the security of your information related to the company, please contact us through the contact details listed below.
8. How to discuss your personal data with Scalzilli Althaus?
If you believe that your Personal data has been treated in a manner that is incompatible with this Policy or with your choices as the Holder of your Personal data, or if you also have questions, comments or suggestions regarding this Policy and the way we treat your Personal data, please contact us. We have a Supervisor who is available at the following contact addresses:
Data Protection Officer: CASSIANE RUBO E GABRIELE CHIMELO
Mailing address: 110, Rua Carlos Huber, Três Figueiras, Porto Alegre, RS, Zip Code 91330-150
Contact email: dpo@scaadvocacia.com.br
9. Privacy Policy Changes
We are always looking to improve our services and the way we operate. This Policy may receive amendments to reflect any improvements. Therefore, we suggest that you visit this page regularly so that you are aware of any changes that have been made.
Date of last update: February 13, 2021
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