Privacy Policy of the CONVERTUS Website
Please read our Privacy Policy carefully.
If you do not agree, please do not use CONVERTUS.
Security and Privacy Policy of the CONVERTUS Website
CONVERTUS knows how important it is for you to know and feel secure about the use of your personal data. Therefore, we are concerned with clarifying and disclosing our policy regarding the use of this information. In this way, you will be able to better understand what information we obtain and how we use it.
Please take a few minutes of your time to read this policy and consciously and safely enjoy everything that CONVERTUS has to offer. To ensure clear and precise rules, CONVERTUS may change this policy from time to time, and therefore recommends that you read it periodically.
What information do we collect
CONVERTUS collects information in various ways, in different areas of the Site.
Some personal information is obtained when you register. During the registration process, CONVERTUS asks for your name, email address, and other personal information. The more accurate information you provide, the better your experience can be personalized.
However, it is technically impossible for subscribers or any users of CONVERTUS to choose, as a login for registration, words, expressions, or denominative graphic sets that have already been chosen by other users and/or subscribers within the same domain. It is also prohibited for subscribers and/or users to choose offensive or injurious expressions, expressions coinciding with trademarks of third-party products or services, corporate names, advertising expressions, names or pseudonyms of public personalities, famous persons, or those registered by third parties, or expressions that do not refer to the registrant’s identity and, in general, expressions that are contrary to the law, public order, or commonly accepted moral standards and good customs.
In addition, the use of names of brands, programs, products, or services owned by or offered by CONVERTUS or any of its websites is strictly prohibited.
Any subscriber and/or user who violates the provisions set forth above may have their login canceled and blocked without prior notice, at the sole discretion of CONVERTUS.
After registration, you will be able to enjoy the benefits of a registered CONVERTUS user, including participation in promotions, online events, sweepstakes, or exclusive newsletters.
CONVERTUS has several partners and/or sponsors who also create sweepstakes and promotions, offering numerous goods and/or services through websites accessed within CONVERTUS. The information you provide when visiting and/or completing transactions on these websites is obtained by such partners and/or sponsors and is therefore subject to their own data collection and usage practices, with CONVERTUS bearing no responsibility for the handling of such information.
To obtain information about the privacy policies and standards of these partners and/or sponsors, we suggest that you locate the specific relationship policies on the partner’s own website.
What are “cookies” and what is their purpose
Cookies are small text files sent to your computer. Cookies are stored on your computer and serve to recognize, track, and store the user’s navigation on the Internet.
The use of cookies to track and store information enables CONVERTUS to offer a more personalized service, according to the characteristics and interests of its users, making it possible, including, to offer specific content and advertising to each person, thus enhancing the user’s Internet experience.
In general, cookies are used to:
- Provide differentiated services, remembering who you are and what your browsing habits are, as well as accessing your registration information on CONVERTUS (stored on our servers);
- Help partners of the CONVERTUS Shopping Channel track visits and transactions in their stores;
- Calculate the size of CONVERTUS’s audience;
- Track the progress of promotions. When a promotion organized by CONVERTUS uses cookies, the information recorded in the cookie indicates the user’s score;
- Measure certain browsing patterns, mapping which areas of CONVERTUS you visited and your overall visiting habits. We use this information to verify our users’ browsing routines and thus offer increasingly personalized content and/or services;
- Facilitate and speed up the completion of forms. The information contained in each user’s cookies may be used to pre-fill data collection forms available on the Internet.
Advertisers, partners, and/or sponsors of CONVERTUS may use their own cookies, which are not covered by this policy. We suggest that you consult the privacy policies of these companies.
How this information will be used
The information collected by CONVERTUS will be used to personalize the content and/or services offered. This includes personalization services, interactive communications, online purchases, and other types of services. By knowing more about you, CONVERTUS can provide more relevant content and services and, consequently, offer a better online experience.
The information may also be used to generate general statistical data for informational or commercial purposes. Geographic, demographic, psychographic, and usage profile information of CONVERTUS users may be provided to partners, sponsors, advertisers, or other external companies, without disclosing names or other navigation data.
The information collected may be used for general advertising campaign targeting, for example, when an advertiser determines that the focus of a given campaign is men over 25 years of age. In this case, advertisements are displayed to users within this age range using banners and/or promotional emails. Upon registering with CONVERTUS, users will have the option to receive or not receive offers and/or advertising in their email accounts, and this option may be changed by the user at any time.
Individual personal information will not be sold or provided to third parties under any circumstances, except in strict compliance with court orders or similar legal procedures. All information provided to partners, sponsors, advertisers, and others will only concern groups of users (market segments).
Who collects the information
When CONVERTUS requests personal information from you, such information will be sent only to websites managed by CONVERTUS, unless otherwise indicated. Some partners, sponsors, advertisers, and others accessed through CONVERTUS may request your financial and/or personal information. In such cases, this information will not be sent to CONVERTUS, and therefore the Site will have no responsibility for the use or handling of such information, and this policy will not apply.
Promotions carried out on CONVERTUS may be sponsored by other companies or result from a partnership between CONVERTUS and such companies. Some or all of the data collected during a promotion may be shared with the partner and/or sponsor. If data is shared, you will be notified before the data is collected or transferred, allowing you to decide not to participate in the promotion if you do not wish your data to be shared.
Whenever you access advertisers or other websites through links present on CONVERTUS websites, such sites may collect information about you. Please note that the privacy practices of such partners and third parties are not covered by this policy and may differ significantly from CONVERTUS’s privacy standards.
With whom your information may be shared
CONVERTUS does not disclose information that may identify you, except when authorized by you or under the circumstances provided for in this policy. In some cases, identification will be necessary if you purchase a product or service or win a prize whose delivery requires your personal information. Identification may also be required for a commercial transaction to be completed. Disclosure of your data may also occur due to legal requirements.
We may disclose your personal information in the following circumstances:
Business partners and sponsors: CONVERTUS may disclose your personal information to certain partners, sponsors, advertisers, and others. However, in such cases, you will be consulted before the data is collected or transferred. Details of shared use can be found in specific terms of use and promotion rules. Some or all data collected during a CONVERTUS promotion may be shared with a sponsor. If personally identifiable data is shared, you will be informed before the data is collected or transferred.
Some promotions offer opportunities to request additional information from sponsors. By requesting more information, you grant CONVERTUS permission to transfer your personal information to the sponsor so that it may fulfill your request.
Shopping Channel: If you purchase a product through the CONVERTUS Shopping Channel, the information obtained during your visit to the stores and the information you provide to them, such as your credit card number and contact details, are automatically forwarded to the merchants to enable the transactions. Merchants participating in the CONVERTUS Shopping Channel have their own privacy and data collection practices. CONVERTUS is not responsible for these independent policies. To obtain more information about a merchant, its store, and its privacy policies, return to the store’s homepage and locate the relevant policy link.
Auctions: CONVERTUS does not operate its own auction service and therefore assumes no responsibility for information you may provide to websites that organize such events. Please note that such information is not subject to the CONVERTUS Privacy Policy.
Third-party data and aggregated data: Under confidentiality agreements and other contractual instruments, CONVERTUS may compare user information with third-party data. In addition, CONVERTUS may disclose aggregated statistics for groups of users (for example, “45% of our users are female”) to describe our services to potential partners, advertisers, etc., as well as for other lawful purposes.
Other: CONVERTUS may also disclose user information in special cases where we have reason to believe that such disclosure is necessary to identify, contact, or take legal action against someone who may be causing harm or interfering (intentionally or unintentionally) with the rights or property of CONVERTUS, other CONVERTUS users, or any person who may be harmed by such activities. CONVERTUS may disclose user information when required by law and for administrative purposes or other purposes we deem necessary to maintain and improve our products and services.
Your options regarding the collection, use, and distribution of your information
If, upon registering, you indicated that you are interested in receiving offers or information from CONVERTUS and our partners, we may occasionally send you emails about products and services that may interest you. Only CONVERTUS (or agents working on behalf of CONVERTUS under confidentiality agreements) will send such communications, and only if you indicated that you do not object to receiving them. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, simply inform us when providing your personal information or, at any time, update your registration details by selecting the option not to receive further communications. Your login and password will be required to access and modify your registration information.
For some types of promotions, we will request your email address to keep you informed about your score, participation, and prize status. By participating in such promotions, you automatically receive promotion-related messages, unless you choose a no-email option offered by some promotions. Occasionally, these promotion-related emails may include targeted advertisements. If a promotion does not offer an option to opt out of emails, you may choose not to receive emails, but you will consequently no longer participate in that promotion.
You also have options regarding cookies. By changing your browser preferences, you may choose to accept all cookies, be notified when a cookie is sent, or reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies, you will not be able to use some CONVERTUS services that require registration for participation, nor will you be able to enjoy all the benefits and conveniences of a personalized Internet experience.
CONVERTUS does not sell user information to anyone. At the time of data collection or transfer, we will notify you if information about you is to be shared with third parties. In addition, you will always have the option not to allow such data transfer. If you do not wish your data to be shared, you may choose not to use a particular service or not to participate in certain promotions or contests.
How CONVERTUS handles your personal finance and health information
CONVERTUS will keep your financial and health-related information confidential and will never commercialize such information.
Knowing your profile of service and resource usage helps us offer personalized content. However, as with all information that may identify you, we do not make this information available to third parties without your permission. Any statistics about users that we may provide to potential advertisers or partners regarding the use of financial products or services on CONVERTUS are provided only in aggregate form and do not include any information that would allow personal identification of any individual user.
Security precautions established for your protection in the event of loss, misuse, or alteration of your information
Your CONVERTUS account information is protected by a password so that only you have access to your personal information.
Your password is confidential, and we recommend that you do not disclose it to anyone. CONVERTUS will never request your personal password under any circumstances, whether by email or by telephone. Remember to log out of your CONVERTUS account and close your browser window when you finish browsing the Internet. This ensures that other people cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer or use a public-access computer.
No data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. Therefore, although CONVERTUS always strives to protect your personal information, it is not possible to guarantee the security of all information you provide to us. Using the service under these conditions is a personal decision.
What else you need to know about your online privacy
Ultimately, you are responsible for maintaining your privacy and the confidentiality of your passwords and/or personal information.
Therefore, we recommend that you:
- Stay informed: when accessing the Internet, always look for the privacy policy/statement of the website you are visiting;
- Tell your children not to share their passwords with strangers. Teach them not to provide any personal information, including their names, and tell them never to fill out online forms without first asking for your permission;
- Use complex passwords. Simple passwords are easy to break. Use complex passwords with long combinations of letters and numbers requiring uncommon keyboard patterns;
- Never provide your password to anyone online. Only provide your password when making purchases in person. If your password has been disclosed, change it immediately;
- Personal ads and chat rooms are public domains. Any information you make available in chat rooms, forums, or personal ads will be accessible to anyone with access to those locations. We suggest that you avoid including information that allows people to find you, such as your phone number or mailing address.
Sincerely,
Flávio Antunes Estaiano de Rezende
Economist and Developer of the CONVERTUS website and the Economaster Ecosystem