Privacy Policy - Brazil Steel Institute

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) is intended to inform you, a user of Instituto Aço Brasil (“the Site”, “Company”, “we”), about what information is collected, as well as how it is treated, in which situations are shared and when they are excluded, in compliance with the LGPD, Brazilian law No. 13.709, of August 14, 2018.

The acceptance of this Privacy Policy will occur when you provide personal information such as: name, telephone and address, to complete the submission through any form on the website or even when you explicitly accept the privacy policy, through disclaimer or forms on the site, expressing free, express and informed consent. Do not use the website if you do not agree with this Privacy Policy or any other agreement governing the use of the website.

The user can check the content of this Policy directly through the following link: https://acobrasil.org.br/site/en/privacy-policy.

If you have any questions, please contact us by e-mail acobrasil@acobrasil.org.br.

This Privacy Policy came into effect on June 10, 2021. Please be advised that this Privacy Policy will be updated regularly to reflect any changes in the way we treat your personal data or changes in applicable law.

I. What are my rights as a site user?

The website user has the following rights, conferred by Federal Law n. 13.709, of August 14, 2018 (Personal Data Protection Law) and by the General European Personal Data Protection Regulation (RGPD):

Right of confirmation and access: it is the user’s right to obtain from the website confirmation that personal data concerning him or her are or are not the object of processing and, if this is the case, the right to access their personal data;
Right of rectification: it is the user’s right to obtain from the website, without undue delay, the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him;
Right to data deletion (right to be forgotten): it is the user’s right to have their data deleted from the website;
Right to limit the processing of data: it is the user’s right to limit the processing of their personal data, being able to obtain it when they dispute the accuracy of the data, when the processing is unlawful, when the website no longer needs the data for the purposes proposals and when you have opposed the processing of data and in case of unnecessary data processing;
Right of opposition: it is the user’s right, at any time, to object, for reasons related to his particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him, and may also object to the use of his personal data for profile definition marketing (profiling);
Right of data portability: it is the user’s right to receive personal data concerning him/her that he/she has provided to the website, in a structured format, commonly used and automatically read, and the right to transmit this data to another website;
Right not to be subjected to automated decisions: it is the user’s right not to be subject to any decision made exclusively based on automated processing, including the definition of profiles (profiling), that produce effects in their legal sphere or that affect them significantly similarly.

II. What information is collected?

We collect specific information about you, such as: name, e-mail, telephone and personal feedback regarding our newsletter, which are provided to us upon registration in one of the forms available on the website.

Some information is also collected automatically when the user accesses and uses the website, being characteristics of the access device, browser and Internet Protocol (IP, with date and time).

III. How is my information collected?

Your information is collected, in large part, through the forms located on the website, where you can submit it spontaneously.

Data such as: links and pages you access are collected through cookies and pixel tags. For more details, see item IV of this document.

IV. About the use of cookies and pixel tags

Instituto Aço Brasil may also use some standard technologies to collect user information, such as cookies and pixel tags, in order to improve your browsing experience.

You can prevent the use of cookies by accessing the cookie management settings present in your device’s browser.

In addition, if you would like to opt-out of allowing Google Analytics to use user data for analysis and enrichment purposes, please visit the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

V. Why is my information collected?

Name, email and telephone information is collected in order to contact you in order to fulfill your requests on our website.
We also collect information from the company where you work for statistical analysis of corporate adherence to our services. This, together with your personal feedback regarding our newsletter, helps us to target more and more relevant content to our users.

VI. Who is my information shared with?

We share user data with third-party companies that provide services for our Company, such as payment processing, email services, hosting services, and customer service and support.

VII. How long will my information remain in the possession of Instituto Aço Brasil?

Your information is stored in our database during your active registration period on the website. You can request the deletion of your registration, and consequently the deletion of your information, following the instructions described in item XI.

VIII. Where is my information physically stored?

Your information is stored in our database, more precisely on a server that is physically located in the city of Porto Alegre/RS – Brazil.

IX. How can I update my information?

To request updating of their information, the user must use the site’s contact form, available at this link, or send an email to acobrasil@acobrasil.org.br, communicating the wish to update their personal data.

X. How can I get a full report of the information Instituto Aço Brasil has about me?

You have the right to receive a report containing all the information we hold about you. To do this, just send an email with the subject “Request to report my information” to acobrasil@acobrasil.org.br, preferably using the same email address used to register on the site as a sender, identifying yourself with a name complete and registration email on the website (in cases where the sender is not the email registered on the website).

This information is necessary for us to apply the authentication process and identify you as the legitimate owner of the information.

We reserve a period of up to 15 working days after your request for you to receive a complete report of your information.

XI. How can I revoke permission to process my information?

You have the right to revoke permission to process your information at any time. As you revoke this permission, your registration on the site will be inactivated and your information deleted from our database.

To revoke, just send an email with the subject “Request to delete my information” to acobrasil@acobrasil.org.br, preferably using the same email address used to register on the site as a sender, identifying yourself with full name and registration email on the website (in cases where the sender is not the email registered on the website).