Privacy Policy

This Privacy and Personal Data Protection Policy explains how personal data is collected, used and processed through this website. The website is intended to serve as a professional and academic portfolio, hosting analyses, projects and related content.

Personal data is processed in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD), and only to the extent necessary for the purposes described in this Policy.

1. DATA CONTROLLER

The owner of this website is the controller of the personal data processed through it. Any questions, requests or communications regarding this Privacy Policy or the processing of personal data may be directed to the contact email address provided on the website.

2. LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING

Personal data may be processed on one or more of the following legal bases, as permitted by applicable law:

• Consent, where required, for example in relation to non-essential cookies or voluntary user interactions;
• Legitimate interest, for purposes such as website security, performance monitoring, statistical analysis and understanding user behaviour, provided that such interests do not override the rights and freedoms of data subjects;
• Legal obligation, where processing is necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations or lawful requests from competent authorities.

3. TYPES OF DATA COLLECTED

This website may collect and process the following categories of data:

• Technical and navigation data, including IP address, date and time of access, session duration, pages visited, links accessed, referrer information, and browser or device characteristics derived from the user agent;
• Device and system information, such as operating system type and version, screen size, and application used to access the website;
• Preference data stored locally, including language settings, visual theme preferences and navigation-related settings.

Cookies and similar technologies are used primarily for essential website functionality, security and analytical purposes. Where applicable, non-essential cookies are used only with the user’s consent. Data collected through these means is used to understand aggregated usage patterns and improve the website’s functionality and user experience.

4. PURPOSES OF PROCESSING

Personal data is processed exclusively for legitimate and specific purposes, including:

• Ensuring the proper technical functioning and security of the website;
• Improving usability, performance and accessibility;
• Understanding aggregated user behaviour for analytical and statistical purposes;
• Complying with legal or regulatory obligations.

No personal data is used for automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects on users.

5. RIGHTS OF PERSONAL DATA HOLDERS

Data subjects have the right to request, at any time and as provided by applicable law:

• Access to their personal data;
• Correction, updating or completion of inaccurate or incomplete data;
• Deletion, anonymisation or blocking of data that is unnecessary, excessive or processed in violation of the law;
• Restriction of processing in certain circumstances;
• Data portability, where applicable;
• Objection to processing based on legitimate interest, where legally permissible;
• Withdrawal of consent, where processing is based on consent, without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing;
• Information about data sharing with third parties;
• The right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority.

Requests relating to these rights may be submitted via the contact email address provided on the website.

6. DATA RETENTION

Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including compliance with legal, regulatory or accountability obligations.

Technical and security-related data may be retained for limited periods. Aggregated or anonymised data, which no longer allows the identification of data subjects, may be retained for analytical or statistical purposes.

7. DATA SHARING AND THIRD PARTIES

This website does not sell personal data. Personal data may be shared with third-party service providers engaged to perform technical, hosting, analytics or support services, strictly to the extent necessary for the purposes described in this Policy.

Such third parties process data in accordance with contractual obligations and applicable data protection legislation.

8. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

Personal data may be stored or processed on servers located in Brazil and/or in other countries, including through cloud service providers. In such cases, appropriate safeguards are adopted to ensure a level of data protection consistent with applicable legal requirements.

9. DATA SECURITY

Reasonable technical and organisational measures are implemented to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or alteration. However, no system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, and absolute security cannot be ensured.

10. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

This Privacy Policy may be updated or modified at any time. Users are encouraged to review this document periodically to remain informed about how personal data is processed.