TERMS OF USE AND PRIVACY POLICY

MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS, a civil society of lawyers registered with OAB/PR [Brazilian Bar Association of the state of Paraná] under No. 2548 and registered with CNPJ [Corporate taxpayer’s identification no.] under No. 10.890.129/0001-76, presents the Terms of Use and Privacy Policies applicable to anyone who accesses the content platforms available in the domain(s) and subdomain(s) of its ownership http://www.medeirosemerick.adv.br/. Access to the website and the use of its content automatically bind you, the User, to compliance with the rules of conditions of use and information security and privacy policies, as described in these Terms of Use and Privacy Policies.

1. Content

All content made available on the platforms and domains of MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS is for information purposes only, with the sole purpose of facilitating access to information and materials produced by lawyers of the firm MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS, and in no way constitutes legal guidance or any kind of legal service.

2. Intellectual Property

All materials made available such as texts, photos, videos, logos, trademarks, etc., belong to MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS or have been regularly licensed to them, being under the protection of copyright and intellectual property legislation.

The User, by having access to these materials, undertakes to respect the ownership rights of MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS, being expressly forbidden any form of reproduction or circulation of the materials made available without due mention to the source and author of the material.

3. Liability

The use of the information made available, for any purpose whatsoever, is the sole responsibility of the User, and MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS is not responsible, before the user and third parties, for any losses and damages arising from mistakes, errors, omissions or inaccuracies contained in the materials made available.

MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS is not responsible for the opinions expressed by its lawyers in the informative texts made available, as well as for the information contained in any links to which reference is made.

MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS reserves the right to create limitations on use and storage, at its own discretion, at any time and with or without prior notice, in order to comply with the obligations established under the legislation in force. MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS also has no responsibility for the deletion, failure to store or failure to transmit any content.

4. Data Collected

MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS collects as little personal data as possible from Users who access their domains and platforms. Thus, the following data and information will be or may be collected:

a) User registration data (name, surname, email, professional institution (company, association, etc.) and only when extremely necessary: personal document numbers (such as CPF [Individual taxpayer’s identification no.], RG [Identity card], etc.), professional and residence address(es), telephone number(s) and date of birth);

b) Access logs (information such as IP address and other information technology information that is stored in accordance with the Internet Civil Framework – Law No. 12.965/2014);

c) Cookies (only data essential for faster access to our domains and platforms and to measure access metrics will be collected via cookies. Such data will not be shared with third parties. You may adjust your browser settings to disable cookies and/or delete them);

5. Purposes of the use of information collected and sent by Users

MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS does not sell or pass on the personal data collected from Users. Based on the legal bases provided for in art. 7 of the General Data Protection Law (Law No. 13.907/2018), MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS may collect, use, transfer, store or process personal information of Users, either by consenting to the hypotheses described in this Terms of Use and Privacy Policies document, for the proper execution of legal obligations and to meet the legitimate interests of MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS, or third parties, always with respect to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the holder(s).

The personal information collected will be or may be used, transferred, stored or processed for the following purposes: (i) to establish contact and relationship; (ii) to send emails and mail to the journals Argument, Digital Argument, Pocket Argument, Insights, Themes of Interest, Guides and E-books; (iii) to send invitations to events and launches; (iv) to send messages of service and support; (v) to apply, customize and update the Client Area; (vi) to prepare financial, procedural and strategic reports in the interest of MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS and their clients.

The processing of personal data, for any purpose other than the hypotheses mentioned above, will be duly communicated to the User.

The submitted résumés will be received by the Human Resource department for insertion in the MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS office database and then forwarded to the analysis of the lawyers and partners of the department responsible for the selection process.

The information sent by users to the email address(es) indicated on the Platforms and websites do not constitute a client-lawyer relationship, and MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS has no obligations arising from such relationships.

The processing of personal data will be terminated, with the consequent elimination of such data, except in the cases of retention authorized by the legislation in force, in the following cases: i) attainment of the purpose of the treatment; ii) end of the treatment period; iii) request by the owner him or herself; and/or iv) by determination of the national authority.

6. Information Security and Privacy Policies

The privacy policy of MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS aims to ensure that any information and data from users will not be provided, published or marketed in any circumstances, without the consent of the User and/or for purposes other than those described herein.

MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS will require all service providers who process personal data to also do so in accordance with the General Personal Data Protection Law and other applicable regulations.
The personal data informed to MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS are stored in a secure, private database and with restricted access to qualified employees, who are required to maintain the confidentiality of the information and not to use it improperly.

MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS will observe all rights guaranteed to the holders of personal data (notably those provided for in art. 18 of the LGPD [General Personal Data Protection Law], being guaranteed the fulfillment of the requests for confirmation of existence, access, correction and elimination), which may be exercised, at any time, by sending a specific request to the address http://www.medeirosemerick.adv.br/
If the User has questions or complaints about the practices of use and processing of data by MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS, they must manifest them by sending an email to the same address indicated above.

7. Links or redirection to third-party content

The pages and contents of third parties pointed out or references that are not under the control of MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS do not make it co-responsible for the content of any other website indicated or accessed through the domain http://www.medeirosemerick.adv.br/ MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS reserves the right to eliminate any link or direction to other websites or services at any time. MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS does not endorse firms or products indicated, accessed or disclosed through these websites, nor by the advertisements published there, reserving the right to publish this alert on its websites whenever it deems necessary.

8. Changes to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policies

MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS will keep the updated version of this Terms of Use and Privacy Policies document, which may be consulted at any time by the User, through access to the domain http://www.medeirosemerick.adv.br/ However, MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS may change, at any time, these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, aiming at their improvement.

9. Applicable law and jurisdiction

All items of these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, and the legal relationship between the User and MEDEIROS & EMERICK ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS are governed by the laws in force in the Federative Republic of Brazil. Also, for all matters relating to the interpretation, compliance or any other questioning related to this Terms of Use and Privacy Policy document, they will be submitted to the Courts of the District of Curitiba, State of Paraná, with the express waiver of any other.